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Greece vs Portugal

On research quality in 2022–now, Portugal ranks #33 in the world and Greece #37, of 192 countries. Greece stands higher in 7 of the 26 fields both publish in, Portugal in 19.

Greece

World rank, 2022–now
#37
#34 all time
Works, 2022–now
88k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
42%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Space and Planetary Science, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Classics.

Portugal

World rank, 2022–now
#33
#32 all time
Works, 2022–now
129k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Filtration and Separation, Architecture.

Who leads in each field?

Greece stands higher in 7 of 26 fields, Portugal in 19. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Greece 719 Portugal
  1. #40Agricultural and Biological Sciences#28
  2. #38Arts and Humanities#30
  3. #34Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#29
  4. #18Business, Management and Accounting#12
  5. #39Chemical Engineering#21
  6. #47Chemistry#28
  7. #28Computer Science#34
  8. #36Decision Sciences#23
  9. #36Dentistry#29
  10. #32Earth and Planetary Sciences#34
  11. #26Economics, Econometrics and Finance#31
  12. #29Energy#40
  13. #33Engineering#30
  14. #37Environmental Science#28
  15. #27Health Professions#20
  16. #29Immunology and Microbiology#30
  17. #51Materials Science#31
  18. #33Mathematics#42
  19. #28Medicine#30
  20. #28Neuroscience#24
  21. #37Nursing#19
  22. #37Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#23
  23. #39Physics and Astronomy#36
  24. #35Psychology#25
  25. #34Social Sciences#21
  26. —Veterinary#17

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?

20k40kPortugal31k in 2025Greece24k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Greece or Portugal?

Portugal publishes 1.5× as much research as Greece in 2022–now (129k against 88k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Greece or Portugal?

21.1% of Greece's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.3% for Portugal.

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