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Indonesia vs Pakistan

On research quality in 2022–now, Pakistan ranks #25 in the world and Indonesia #27, of 192 countries. Indonesia stands higher in 10 of the 26 fields both publish in, Pakistan in 16.

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.

Pakistan

World rank, 2022–now
#25
#41 all time
Works, 2022–now
170k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
61%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Dentistry, Leadership and Management, Modeling and Simulation.

Who leads in each field?

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

Indonesia 1016 Pakistan
  1. #10Agricultural and Biological Sciences#14
  2. #3Arts and Humanities#55
  3. #47Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#35
  4. #9Business, Management and Accounting#20
  5. #32Chemical Engineering#30
  6. #30Chemistry#18
  7. #21Computer Science#22
  8. #30Decision Sciences#24
  9. #31Dentistry#16
  10. #41Earth and Planetary Sciences#30
  11. #19Economics, Econometrics and Finance#10
  12. #30Energy#10
  13. #39Engineering#22
  14. #27Environmental Science#17
  15. #18Health Professions#24
  16. #46Immunology and Microbiology#37
  17. #35Materials Science#22
  18. #43Mathematics#14
  19. #43Medicine#34
  20. #52Neuroscience#40
  21. #15Nursing#34
  22. #5Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#22
  23. #64Physics and Astronomy#30
  24. #37Psychology#46
  25. #4Social Sciences#30
  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 2025Pakistan50k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Indonesia or Pakistan?

Indonesia publishes 9.3× as much research as Pakistan in 2022–now (1.6M against 170k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Indonesia or Pakistan?

15.1% of Pakistan's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 7.2% for Indonesia.

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