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Iran vs Poland

On research quality in 2022–now, Iran ranks #16 in the world and Poland #20, of 192 countries. Iran stands higher in 15 of the 26 fields both publish in, Poland in 11.

Iran

World rank, 2022–now
#16
#21 all time
Works, 2022–now
268k
fractional
Top-10% rate
16.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Molecular Medicine, Filtration and Separation.

Poland

World rank, 2022–now
#20
#24 all time
Works, 2022–now
250k
fractional
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
48%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences, History.

Who leads in each field?

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

Iran 1511 Poland
  1. #22Agricultural and Biological Sciences#25
  2. #29Arts and Humanities#15
  3. #17Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#16
  4. #37Business, Management and Accounting#30
  5. #14Chemical Engineering#18
  6. #9Chemistry#21
  7. #27Computer Science#31
  8. #31Decision Sciences#29
  9. #9Dentistry#13
  10. #20Earth and Planetary Sciences#26
  11. #46Economics, Econometrics and Finance#22
  12. #16Energy#13
  13. #12Engineering#23
  14. #15Environmental Science#19
  15. #11Health Professions#17
  16. #15Immunology and Microbiology#19
  17. #13Materials Science#21
  18. #18Mathematics#22
  19. #19Medicine#16
  20. #18Neuroscience#15
  21. #6Nursing#33
  22. #10Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#15
  23. #28Physics and Astronomy#22
  24. #17Psychology#29
  25. #39Social Sciences#27
  26. #23Veterinary#15

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?

50k100kIran69k in 2025Poland64k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Iran or Poland?

Iran publishes 1.1× as much research as Poland in 2022–now (268k against 250k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Iran or Poland?

16.3% of Iran's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 14.2% for Poland.

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