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Germany vs United Kingdom

On research quality in 2022–now, The United Kingdom ranks #3 in the world and Germany #5, of 192 countries. Germany stands higher in 3 of the 26 fields both publish in, the United Kingdom in 23.

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.

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?

Germany stands higher in 3 of 26 fields, United Kingdom in 23. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Germany 323 United Kingdom

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