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Hong Kong vs Switzerland

On research quality in 2022–now, Switzerland ranks #14 in the world and Hong Kong #18, of 192 countries. Hong Kong stands higher in 10 of the 26 fields both publish in, Switzerland 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.

Switzerland

World rank, 2022–now: #14; #12 all time
Works, 2022–now: 142k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 22.0%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 47%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Classics, Structural Biology.

Who leads in each field?

Hong Kong stands higher in 10 of 26 fields, Switzerland 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 Switzerland

#66Agricultural and Biological Sciences#20
#16Arts and Humanities#18
#30Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#11
#22Business, Management and Accounting#25
#17Chemical Engineering#28
#25Chemistry#19
#7Computer Science#16
#16Decision Sciences#11
#20Dentistry#22
#15Earth and Planetary Sciences#10
#25Economics, Econometrics and Finance#23
#20Energy#37
#9Engineering#25
#24Environmental Science#14
#31Health Professions#22
#31Immunology and Microbiology#13
#15Materials Science#25
#38Mathematics#19
#36Medicine#14
#31Neuroscience#13
—Nursing#35
—Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#24
#17Physics and Astronomy#8
#11Psychology#15
#15Social Sciences#19
—Veterinary#12

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.