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France vs United Kingdom

On research quality in 2022–now, The United Kingdom ranks #3 in the world and France #7, of 192 countries. France stands higher in 0 of the 26 fields both publish in, the United Kingdom in 26.

France

World rank, 2022–now: #7; #5 all time
Works, 2022–now: 553k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 13.3%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 36%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Industrial relations, History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology.

United Kingdom

World rank, 2022–now: #3; #3 all time
Works, 2022–now: 727k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 21.8%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 37%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Classics, Medical Terminology, Space and Planetary Science.

Who leads in each field?

France stands higher in 0 of 26 fields, United Kingdom in 26. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

France 026 United Kingdom

#7Agricultural and Biological Sciences#6
#14Arts and Humanities#2
#6Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3
#10Business, Management and Accounting#4
#9Chemical Engineering#4
#8Chemistry#5
#11Computer Science#4
#10Decision Sciences#3
#24Dentistry#4
#5Earth and Planetary Sciences#3
#9Economics, Econometrics and Finance#3
#14Energy#4
#13Engineering#4
#8Environmental Science#4
#16Health Professions#4
#5Immunology and Microbiology#3
#11Materials Science#4
#8Mathematics#4
#8Medicine#3
#7Neuroscience#3
#36Nursing#4
#11Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#4
#5Physics and Astronomy#4
#13Psychology#3
#14Social Sciences#3
#6Veterinary#2

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022–now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.