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India vs United Kingdom

On research quality in 2022–now, The United Kingdom ranks #3 in the world and India #4, of 192 countries. India stands higher in 11 of the 26 fields both publish in, the United Kingdom in 15.

India

World rank, 2022–now
#4
#11 all time
Works, 2022–now
1.4M
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
40%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical Science, Complementary and alternative medicine.

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?

India stands higher in 11 of 26 fields, United Kingdom in 15. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

India 1115 United Kingdom
  1. #3Agricultural and Biological Sciences#6
  2. #11Arts and Humanities#2
  3. #5Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3
  4. #5Business, Management and Accounting#4
  5. #3Chemical Engineering#4
  6. #3Chemistry#5
  7. #3Computer Science#4
  8. #5Decision Sciences#3
  9. #5Dentistry#4
  10. #6Earth and Planetary Sciences#3
  11. #4Economics, Econometrics and Finance#3
  12. #3Energy#4
  13. #3Engineering#4
  14. #3Environmental Science#4
  15. #3Health Professions#4
  16. #7Immunology and Microbiology#3
  17. #3Materials Science#4
  18. #3Mathematics#4
  19. #9Medicine#3
  20. #9Neuroscience#3
  21. #16Nursing#4
  22. #3Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#4
  23. #10Physics and Astronomy#4
  24. #10Psychology#3
  25. #8Social Sciences#3
  26. #19Veterinary#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.

How has their output grown?

200k400kIndia391k in 2025United Kingdom190k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, India or United Kingdom?

India publishes 1.9× as much research as the United Kingdom in 2022–now (1.4M against 727k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, India or United Kingdom?

21.8% of the United Kingdom's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 13.0% for India.

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