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Germany vs Italy

On research quality in 2022–now, Germany ranks #5 in the world and Italy #6, of 192 countries. Germany stands higher in 18 of the 26 fields both publish in, Italy in 8.

Germany

World rank, 2022–now
#5
#4 all time
Works, 2022–now
708k
fractional
Top-10% rate
17.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
31%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Theoretical Computer Science, Structural Biology, Classics.

Italy

World rank, 2022–now
#6
#8 all time
Works, 2022–now
479k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.9%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
43%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Industrial relations, General Arts and Humanities, Space and Planetary Science.

Who leads in each field?

Germany stands higher in 18 of 26 fields, Italy in 8. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Germany 188 Italy
  1. #5Agricultural and Biological Sciences#9
  2. #4Arts and Humanities#6
  3. #4Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#7
  4. #8Business, Management and Accounting#3
  5. #5Chemical Engineering#10
  6. #4Chemistry#14
  7. #5Computer Science#10
  8. #4Decision Sciences#9
  9. #8Dentistry#6
  10. #4Earth and Planetary Sciences#7
  11. #6Economics, Econometrics and Finance#5
  12. #8Energy#12
  13. #7Engineering#8
  14. #5Environmental Science#7
  15. #8Health Professions#5
  16. #4Immunology and Microbiology#6
  17. #6Materials Science#17
  18. #5Mathematics#7
  19. #5Medicine#4
  20. #4Neuroscience#5
  21. #14Nursing#11
  22. #9Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#6
  23. #3Physics and Astronomy#7
  24. #4Psychology#7
  25. #6Social Sciences#11
  26. #8Veterinary#3

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.

How has their output grown?

100k200kGermany185k in 2025Italy124k in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Germany or Italy?

Germany publishes 1.5× as much research as Italy in 2022–now (708k against 479k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Germany or Italy?

21.9% of Italy's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 17.8% for Germany.

Where does their research happen?

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