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Israel vs Norway

On research quality in 2022–now, Norway ranks #35 in the world and Israel #36, of 192 countries. Israel stands higher in 10 of the 24 fields both publish in, Norway in 14.

Israel

World rank, 2022–now
#36
#19 all time
Works, 2022–now
79k
fractional
Top-10% rate
19.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
30%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Archeology, Space and Planetary Science, Theoretical Computer Science.

Norway

World rank, 2022–now
#35
#29 all time
Works, 2022–now
81k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Research and Theory, Ocean Engineering.

Who leads in each field?

Israel stands higher in 10 of 24 fields, Norway in 14. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Israel 1014 Norway
  1. #57Agricultural and Biological Sciences#61
  2. #21Arts and Humanities#20
  3. #24Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#36
  4. #72Business, Management and Accounting#38
  5. —Chemical Engineering#34
  6. #46Chemistry#58
  7. #32Computer Science#37
  8. #21Decision Sciences#26
  9. #37Dentistry#40
  10. #35Earth and Planetary Sciences#14
  11. #66Economics, Econometrics and Finance#38
  12. #64Energy#35
  13. #51Engineering#37
  14. #53Environmental Science#29
  15. #45Health Professions#32
  16. #23Immunology and Microbiology#36
  17. #47Materials Science#44
  18. #34Mathematics#44
  19. #32Medicine#31
  20. #32Neuroscience#30
  21. #32Nursing#21
  22. #21Physics and Astronomy#35
  23. #20Psychology#23
  24. #31Social Sciences#18

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?

10k20k30kIsrael21k in 2025Norway20k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Israel or Norway?

Norway publishes 1.0× as much research as Israel in 2022–now (81k against 79k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Israel or Norway?

23.8% of Norway's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 19.0% for Israel.

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