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Iran vs Switzerland

On research quality in 2022–now, Switzerland ranks #14 in the world and Iran #16, of 192 countries. Iran stands higher in 10 of the 26 fields both publish in, Switzerland in 16.

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.

Switzerland

World rank, 2022–now
#14
#12 all time
Works, 2022–now
142k
fractional
Top-10% rate
22.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Classics, Structural Biology.

Who leads in each field?

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

Iran 1016 Switzerland
  1. #22Agricultural and Biological Sciences#20
  2. #29Arts and Humanities#18
  3. #17Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#11
  4. #37Business, Management and Accounting#25
  5. #14Chemical Engineering#28
  6. #9Chemistry#19
  7. #27Computer Science#16
  8. #31Decision Sciences#11
  9. #9Dentistry#22
  10. #20Earth and Planetary Sciences#10
  11. #46Economics, Econometrics and Finance#23
  12. #16Energy#37
  13. #12Engineering#25
  14. #15Environmental Science#14
  15. #11Health Professions#22
  16. #15Immunology and Microbiology#13
  17. #13Materials Science#25
  18. #18Mathematics#19
  19. #19Medicine#14
  20. #18Neuroscience#13
  21. #6Nursing#35
  22. #10Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#24
  23. #28Physics and Astronomy#8
  24. #17Psychology#15
  25. #39Social Sciences#19
  26. #23Veterinary#12

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 2025Switzerland35k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Iran or Switzerland?

Iran publishes 1.9× as much research as Switzerland in 2022–now (268k against 142k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Iran or Switzerland?

22.0% of Switzerland's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 16.3% for Iran.

Where does their research happen?

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