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Hong Kong vs Iran

On research quality in 2022–now, Iran ranks #16 in the world and Hong Kong #18, of 192 countries. Hong Kong stands higher in 10 of the 26 fields both publish in, Iran in 16.

Hong Kong

World rank, 2022–now
#18
#27 all time
Works, 2022–now
80k
fractional
Top-10% rate
31.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
32%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Computational Mathematics, Acoustics and Ultrasonics, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

Iran

World rank, 2022–now
#16
#21 all time
Works, 2022–now
268k
fractional
Top-10% rate
16.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Molecular Medicine, Filtration and Separation.

Who leads in each field?

Hong Kong stands higher in 10 of 26 fields, Iran in 16. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Hong Kong 1016 Iran
  1. #66Agricultural and Biological Sciences#22
  2. #16Arts and Humanities#29
  3. #30Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#17
  4. #22Business, Management and Accounting#37
  5. #17Chemical Engineering#14
  6. #25Chemistry#9
  7. #7Computer Science#27
  8. #16Decision Sciences#31
  9. #20Dentistry#9
  10. #15Earth and Planetary Sciences#20
  11. #25Economics, Econometrics and Finance#46
  12. #20Energy#16
  13. #9Engineering#12
  14. #24Environmental Science#15
  15. #31Health Professions#11
  16. #31Immunology and Microbiology#15
  17. #15Materials Science#13
  18. #38Mathematics#18
  19. #36Medicine#19
  20. #31Neuroscience#18
  21. —Nursing#6
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#10
  23. #17Physics and Astronomy#28
  24. #11Psychology#17
  25. #15Social Sciences#39
  26. —Veterinary#23

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?

50k100kIran69k in 2025Hong Kong23k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Hong Kong or Iran?

Iran publishes 3.3× as much research as Hong Kong in 2022–now (268k against 80k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Hong Kong or Iran?

31.8% of Hong Kong's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 16.3% for Iran.

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