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Israel vs Portugal

On research quality in 2022–now, Portugal ranks #33 in the world and Israel #36, of 192 countries. Israel stands higher in 8 of the 26 fields both publish in, Portugal in 18.

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.

Portugal

World rank, 2022–now
#33
#32 all time
Works, 2022–now
129k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Filtration and Separation, Architecture.

Who leads in each field?

Israel stands higher in 8 of 26 fields, Portugal in 18. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Israel 818 Portugal
  1. #57Agricultural and Biological Sciences#28
  2. #21Arts and Humanities#30
  3. #24Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#29
  4. #72Business, Management and Accounting#12
  5. —Chemical Engineering#21
  6. #46Chemistry#28
  7. #32Computer Science#34
  8. #21Decision Sciences#23
  9. #37Dentistry#29
  10. #35Earth and Planetary Sciences#34
  11. #66Economics, Econometrics and Finance#31
  12. #64Energy#40
  13. #51Engineering#30
  14. #53Environmental Science#28
  15. #45Health Professions#20
  16. #23Immunology and Microbiology#30
  17. #47Materials Science#31
  18. #34Mathematics#42
  19. #32Medicine#30
  20. #32Neuroscience#24
  21. #32Nursing#19
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#23
  23. #21Physics and Astronomy#36
  24. #20Psychology#25
  25. #31Social Sciences#21
  26. —Veterinary#17

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?

20k40kPortugal31k in 2025Israel21k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Israel or Portugal?

Portugal publishes 1.6× as much research as Israel in 2022–now (129k against 79k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Israel or Portugal?

19.0% of Israel's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.3% for Portugal.

Where does their research happen?

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