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Ireland vs Nigeria

On research quality in 2022–now, Ireland ranks #43 in the world and Nigeria #44, of 192 countries. Ireland stands higher in 13 of the 26 fields both publish in, Nigeria in 13.

Ireland

World rank, 2022–now
#43
#36 all time
Works, 2022–now
57k
fractional
Top-10% rate
20.9%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
42%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Geriatrics and Gerontology, Medical Terminology, Research and Theory.

Nigeria

World rank, 2022–now
#44
#51 all time
Works, 2022–now
134k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
70%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Library and Information Sciences, Drug Discovery, Forestry.

Who leads in each field?

Ireland stands higher in 13 of 26 fields, Nigeria in 13. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Ireland 1313 Nigeria
  1. #42Agricultural and Biological Sciences#18
  2. #40Arts and Humanities#33
  3. #37Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#43
  4. #43Business, Management and Accounting#50
  5. —Chemical Engineering#43
  6. #51Chemistry#37
  7. #49Computer Science#54
  8. #37Decision Sciences#51
  9. #43Dentistry#58
  10. #48Earth and Planetary Sciences#44
  11. #50Economics, Econometrics and Finance#28
  12. #61Energy#32
  13. #43Engineering#46
  14. #45Environmental Science#30
  15. #33Health Professions#40
  16. #35Immunology and Microbiology#40
  17. #49Materials Science#39
  18. #61Mathematics#23
  19. #33Medicine#49
  20. #36Neuroscience#48
  21. #25Nursing#42
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#21
  23. #43Physics and Astronomy#67
  24. #38Psychology#58
  25. #38Social Sciences#25
  26. —Veterinary#29

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?

20k40kNigeria40k in 2025Ireland15k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Ireland or Nigeria?

Nigeria publishes 2.4× as much research as Ireland in 2022–now (134k against 57k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Ireland or Nigeria?

20.9% of Ireland's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.7% for Nigeria.

Where does their research happen?