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Hong Kong vs Saudi Arabia

On research quality in 2022–now, Saudi Arabia ranks #15 in the world and Hong Kong #18, of 192 countries. Hong Kong stands higher in 8 of the 25 fields both publish in, Saudi Arabia in 17.

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.

Saudi Arabia

World rank, 2022–now: #15; #31 all time
Works, 2022–now: 156k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 23.4%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 58%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Dentistry, Orthodontics, Modeling and Simulation.

Who leads in each field?

Hong Kong stands higher in 8 of 25 fields, Saudi Arabia in 17. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Hong Kong 817 Saudi Arabia

#66Agricultural and Biological Sciences#24
#16Arts and Humanities#37
#30Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#25
#22Business, Management and Accounting#16
#17Chemical Engineering#11
#25Chemistry#6
#7Computer Science#13
#16Decision Sciences#18
#20Dentistry#3
#15Earth and Planetary Sciences#24
#25Economics, Econometrics and Finance#15
#20Energy#9
#9Engineering#11
#24Environmental Science#16
#31Health Professions#9
#31Immunology and Microbiology#24
#15Materials Science#10
#38Mathematics#6
#36Medicine#24
#31Neuroscience#21
—Nursing#10
—Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#14
#17Physics and Astronomy#26
#11Psychology#31
#15Social Sciences#28

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.