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Indonesia vs Puerto Rico

On research quality in 2022-now, Puerto Rico ranks #62 in the world and Indonesia #65, of 189 countries. Indonesia stands higher in 20 of the 26 fields both publish in, Puerto Rico in 6.

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Indonesia

World rank, 2022-now
#65
#66 all time
Works, 2022-now
1.6M
fractional
Top-10% rate
7.4%
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, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Demography.

Puerto Rico

World rank, 2022-now
#62
#64 all time
Works, 2022-now
7.4k
fractional
Top-10% rate
7.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
44%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Microbiology, General Psychology, Horticulture.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Puerto Rico leads on 5 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work and international co-authorship. Indonesia leads on 3 of 9 measures: output, open access and growth. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Indonesia 31 level5 Puerto Rico
  1. #65Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#62
  2. 0.48×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.71×
  3. 1.6MOutputfractional works, 2022-now7.4k
  4. 7.4%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited7.8%
  5. 2.6Citations per workall time, per fractional work15.2
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 86%Open accessof its works free to read, all time44%
  8. 4%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time39%
  9. +65%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+3%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Indonesia stands higher in 20 of 26 fields, Puerto Rico in 6. Indonesia leads most in Social Sciences (#27 against #64); Puerto Rico leads most in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#41 against #96). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Indonesia 206 Puerto Rico
  1. #59Agricultural and Biological Sciences#81
  2. #53Arts and Humanities#62
  3. #96Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#41
  4. #33Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #41Chemical Engineering-
  6. #60Chemistry-
  7. #64Computer Science#67
  8. #64Decision Sciences-
  9. #59Dentistry-
  10. #62Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  11. #59Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  12. #70Energy-
  13. #87Engineering#57
  14. #74Environmental Science#63
  15. #51Health Professions#49
  16. #69Immunology and Microbiology-
  17. #73Materials Science-
  18. #67Mathematics-
  19. #129Medicine#52
  20. #67Neuroscience-
  21. #56Nursing-
  22. #40Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-
  23. #63Physics and Astronomy-
  24. #92Psychology#53
  25. #27Social Sciences#64
  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.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Indonesia rankPuerto Rico rank Indonesia top 10%Puerto Rico top 10% Indonesia worksPuerto Rico works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #59 #81 6.7% 7.2% 125k 314
Arts and Humanities #53 #62 7.9% 8.7% 36k 251
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #96 #41 1.9% 9.1% 13k 634
Business, Management and Accounting #33 - 7.6% - 182k -
Chemical Engineering #41 - 2.7% - 663 -
Chemistry #60 - 2.4% - 4.6k -
Computer Science #64 #67 8.1% 5.7% 176k 294
Decision Sciences #64 - 2.8% - 11k -
Dentistry #59 - 1.6% - 2.7k -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #62 - 2.4% - 7.4k -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #59 - 7.0% - 40k -
Energy #70 - 2.6% - 3.4k -
Engineering #87 #57 3.5% 7.2% 75k 560
Environmental Science #74 #63 6.3% 6.7% 55k 361
Health Professions #51 #49 7.9% 10.5% 68k 256
Immunology and Microbiology #69 - 2.0% - 2.6k -
Materials Science #73 - 2.9% - 9k -
Mathematics #67 - 7.9% - 16k -
Medicine #129 #52 5.2% 7.2% 95k 2.1k
Neuroscience #67 - 1.9% - 2.5k -
Nursing #56 - 2.0% - 5.6k -
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics #40 - 3.1% - 2.8k -
Physics and Astronomy #63 - 3.7% - 1.6k -
Psychology #92 #53 5.0% 5.4% 31k 318
Social Sciences #27 #64 8.8% 8.9% 613k 1k
Veterinary #28 - 3.2% - 313 -

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Indonesia

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Community Empowerment148k▲ 12×16 topics
  2. Social Media117k▲ 4.9×41 topics
  3. E-Learning112k▲ 6.7×27 topics
  4. Character Education108k▲ 13×6 topics
  5. Educational Technology107k▲ 5.2×48 topics
  6. Media Literacy106k▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Local Wisdom105k▲ 13×9 topics
  8. Indonesia97k▲ 13×5 topics
  9. Curriculum Development95k▲ 8.1×20 topics
  10. E-commerce94k▲ 9.6×11 topics
  11. Digital Literacy90k▲ 9.1×13 topics
  12. Education88k▲ 3.0×161 topics
  13. Financial Performance86k▲ 8.8×16 topics
  14. Digital Learning84k▲ 9.6×13 topics
  15. Sustainable Development84k▲ 3.1×113 topics
  16. COVID-1983k▲ 3.7×34 topics
  17. Qualitative Research83k▲ 5.6×45 topics
  18. Pandemic81k▲ 4.7×14 topics
  19. Online Learning80k▲ 5.6×27 topics
  20. Corporate Governance79k▲ 6.2×32 topics
  21. Economic Impact76k▲ 8.2×13 topics
  22. Islamic Banking71k▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Supply Chain Management65k▲ 4.2×27 topics
  24. SMEs64k▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Islamic Education64k▲ 11×4 topics
  26. STEM Education64k▲ 8.1×16 topics
  27. Digital Marketing63k▲ 9.4×6 topics
  28. UMKM62k▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Mobile Learning61k▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Health Education61k▲ 8.1×11 topics
  31. Information Technology53k▲ 6.4×32 topics
  32. Learning Outcomes52k▲ 7.2×9 topics
  33. Pandemic Response47k▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Information Literacy46k▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Reading Interest45k▲ 13×1 topic
  36. School Literacy Movement45k▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Customer Satisfaction45k▲ 8.1×10 topics
  38. Community Participation44k▲ 7.2×19 topics
  39. Public Health Policy42k▲ 9.3×4 topics
  40. Breastfeeding42k▲ 11×3 topics

Puerto Rico

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology612▲ 1.78×138 topics
  2. Education265▲ 1.78×109 topics
  3. Climate Change257◆ 1.09×104 topics
  4. Inflammation234▲ 1.27×83 topics
  5. Mental Health222▲ 1.79×45 topics
  6. Public Health220▲ 1.75×70 topics
  7. Globalization209▲ 1.23×131 topics
  8. Sustainability206◆ 0.98×103 topics
  9. Quality of Life203▲ 1.63×60 topics
  10. Cancer185▲ 1.59×57 topics
  11. COVID-19172▲ 1.54×31 topics
  12. Risk Factors166▲ 1.74×37 topics
  13. Treatment161▲ 1.53×52 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress158◆ 1.11×62 topics
  15. Innovation142▲ 1.59×58 topics
  16. Diagnosis142▲ 1.76×41 topics
  17. Depression142▲ 1.86×26 topics
  18. Educational Technology130▲ 1.28×40 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease119▲ 1.20×38 topics
  20. Healthcare118▲ 1.20×35 topics
  21. Identity117▲ 1.87×60 topics
  22. Gender110▲ 2.4×43 topics
  23. Chemotherapy110▲ 1.80×25 topics
  24. E-Learning110▲ 1.32×23 topics
  25. Immunotherapy110▲ 1.76×19 topics
  26. Metabolic Syndrome105▲ 1.50×24 topics
  27. Genetics105▲ 1.72×27 topics
  28. Teacher Training95▲ 1.79×23 topics
  29. Global Burden94▲ 1.99×12 topics
  30. Literature91▲ 1.93×43 topics
  31. Distance Learning86▲ 2.9×12 topics
  32. Health Promotion84▲ 3.1×17 topics
  33. Latin America84▲ 5.1×22 topics
  34. Pedagogy84▲ 1.93×25 topics
  35. Colonialism83▲ 2.0×40 topics
  36. Resilience83▲ 1.95×17 topics
  37. Genetic Mutations82▲ 2.2×23 topics
  38. Cancer Incidence63▲ 5.3×4 topics
  39. Human Papillomavirus51▲ 4.8×3 topics
  40. Virtual Teaching41▲ 8.8×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Indonesia has out-published Puerto Rico every year since 1991, when it overtook it.

still counting200k400k600kIndonesia417k in 2025Puerto Rico2,147 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting5.0%10%Indonesia7.1% in 2025Puerto Rico0.036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%Puerto Rico7.9% in 2025Indonesia7.0% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Indonesia 32 level0 Puerto Rico
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 1In the top 5000
  4. 14In the top 1,0001
  5. #19Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#40

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Indonesia or Puerto Rico?

Indonesia publishes 212.8× as much research as Puerto Rico in 2022-now (1.6M against 7.4k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Indonesia or Puerto Rico?

7.8% of Puerto Rico's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 7.4% for Indonesia.

Is Indonesia or Puerto Rico growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +65% against 2018-21 for Indonesia, and +3% for Puerto Rico.

Which has more open access research, Indonesia or Puerto Rico?

86% of Indonesia's research is free to read, against 44% of Puerto Rico's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Indonesia or Puerto Rico?

Indonesia holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Puerto Rico 0; in the top 1,000 it is 14 against 1.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Indonesia

  1. 1Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu8.9% top 10% · 29k works
  2. 2Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara8.2% top 10% · 21k works
  3. 3Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu Surabaya7.0% top 10% · 5.7k works
  4. 4Universitas Patria Artha7.2% top 10% · 16k works
  5. 5Indonesia University of Education10.9% top 10% · 21k works
  6. 6State University of Padang8.1% top 10% · 22k works

Puerto Rico

  1. 1National University College17.6% top 10% · 927 works
  2. 2Universidad Metropolitana15.8% top 10% · 332 works
  3. 3Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico7.6% top 10% · 712 works
  4. 4University of Puerto Rico System7.3% top 10% · 1k works
  5. 5University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras5.9% top 10% · 577 works
  6. 6Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico3.7% top 10% · 338 works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Indonesia

  1. 1 Dian Palupi Kusuma #10,218 worldwide 82k citations · 164 works
  2. 2 Sven Wunder #14,885 worldwide 26k citations · 307 works
  3. 3 Opan Arifudin #18,342 worldwide 4.1k citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Dina Nur Anggraini Ningrum #20,874 worldwide 95k citations · 117 works
  5. 5 David Gaveau #22,682 worldwide 8.7k citations · 115 works

Puerto Rico

  1. 1 Justin Paul #306 worldwide 36k citations · 297 works
  2. 2 T. Mitchell Aide #13,830 worldwide 21k citations · 184 works
  3. 3 Jess K. Zimmerman #21,938 worldwide 19k citations · 279 works
  4. 4 Zhongfang Chen #23,734 worldwide 43k citations · 462 works
  5. 5 Gregory J. Quirk #27,119 worldwide 32k citations · 173 works