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Italy vs United Kingdom

On research quality in 2022–now, The United Kingdom ranks #3 in the world and Italy #6, of 192 countries. Italy stands higher in 1 of the 26 fields both publish in, the United Kingdom in 25.

Italy

World rank, 2022–now: #6; #8 all time
Works, 2022–now: 479k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 21.9%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 43%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Industrial relations, General Arts and Humanities, Space and Planetary Science.

United Kingdom

World rank, 2022–now: #3; #3 all time
Works, 2022–now: 727k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 21.8%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 37%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Classics, Medical Terminology, Space and Planetary Science.

Who leads in each field?

Italy stands higher in 1 of 26 fields, United Kingdom in 25. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Italy 125 United Kingdom

#9Agricultural and Biological Sciences#6
#6Arts and Humanities#2
#7Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3
#3Business, Management and Accounting#4
#10Chemical Engineering#4
#14Chemistry#5
#10Computer Science#4
#9Decision Sciences#3
#6Dentistry#4
#7Earth and Planetary Sciences#3
#5Economics, Econometrics and Finance#3
#12Energy#4
#8Engineering#4
#7Environmental Science#4
#5Health Professions#4
#6Immunology and Microbiology#3
#17Materials Science#4
#7Mathematics#4
#4Medicine#3
#5Neuroscience#3
#11Nursing#4
#6Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#4
#7Physics and Astronomy#4
#7Psychology#3
#11Social Sciences#3
#3Veterinary#2

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.