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Indonesia vs Malaysia

On research quality in 2022–now, Indonesia ranks #27 in the world and Malaysia #30, of 192 countries. Indonesia stands higher in 8 of the 26 fields both publish in, Malaysia in 18.

Indonesia

World rank, 2022–now
#27
#40 all time
Works, 2022–now
1.6M
fractional
Top-10% rate
7.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
86%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Human Factors and Ergonomics, Demography, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Malaysia

World rank, 2022–now
#30
#37 all time
Works, 2022–now
176k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
56%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Accounting, Information Systems and Management, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design.

Who leads in each field?

Indonesia stands higher in 8 of 26 fields, Malaysia in 18. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Indonesia 818 Malaysia
  1. #10Agricultural and Biological Sciences#34
  2. #3Arts and Humanities#32
  3. #47Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#41
  4. #9Business, Management and Accounting#11
  5. #32Chemical Engineering#19
  6. #30Chemistry#29
  7. #21Computer Science#14
  8. #30Decision Sciences#14
  9. #31Dentistry#23
  10. #41Earth and Planetary Sciences#37
  11. #19Economics, Econometrics and Finance#11
  12. #30Energy#15
  13. #39Engineering#20
  14. #27Environmental Science#21
  15. #18Health Professions#25
  16. #46Immunology and Microbiology#41
  17. #35Materials Science#23
  18. #43Mathematics#40
  19. #43Medicine#38
  20. #52Neuroscience#42
  21. #15Nursing#27
  22. #5Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#27
  23. #64Physics and Astronomy#49
  24. #37Psychology#24
  25. #4Social Sciences#17
  26. #28Veterinary—

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?

200k400k600kIndonesia417k in 2025Malaysia45k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Indonesia or Malaysia?

Indonesia publishes 9.0× as much research as Malaysia in 2022–now (1.6M against 176k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Indonesia or Malaysia?

15.8% of Malaysia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 7.2% for Indonesia.

Where does their research happen?

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