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Israel vs South Africa

On research quality in 2022–now, South Africa ranks #34 in the world and Israel #36, of 192 countries. Israel stands higher in 10 of the 25 fields both publish in, South Africa in 15.

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.

South Africa

World rank, 2022–now
#34
#33 all time
Works, 2022–now
113k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.5%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
49%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Archeology, Religious studies, Public Administration.

Who leads in each field?

Israel stands higher in 10 of 25 fields, South Africa in 15. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Israel 1015 South Africa
  1. #57Agricultural and Biological Sciences#16
  2. #21Arts and Humanities#9
  3. #24Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#39
  4. #72Business, Management and Accounting#21
  5. —Chemical Engineering#36
  6. #46Chemistry#31
  7. #32Computer Science#44
  8. #21Decision Sciences#38
  9. #37Dentistry#39
  10. #35Earth and Planetary Sciences#29
  11. #66Economics, Econometrics and Finance#17
  12. #64Energy#34
  13. #51Engineering#38
  14. #53Environmental Science#25
  15. #45Health Professions#37
  16. #23Immunology and Microbiology#27
  17. #47Materials Science#38
  18. #34Mathematics#37
  19. #32Medicine#40
  20. #32Neuroscience#45
  21. #32Nursing#26
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#34
  23. #21Physics and Astronomy#42
  24. #20Psychology#33
  25. #31Social Sciences#13

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?

20k40kSouth Africa31k in 2025Israel21k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Israel or South Africa?

South Africa publishes 1.4× as much research as Israel in 2022–now (113k against 79k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Israel or South Africa?

21.5% of South Africa's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 19.0% for Israel.

Where does their research happen?

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