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Italy vs United States

On research quality in 2022–now, The United States ranks #2 in the world and Italy #6, of 192 countries. Italy stands higher in 0 of the 26 fields both publish in, the United States in 26.

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 States

World rank, 2022–now
#2
#1 all time
Works, 2022–now
3.1M
fractional
Top-10% rate
17.5%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
33%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Library and Information Sciences, Transplantation, General Psychology.

Who leads in each field?

Italy stands higher in 0 of 26 fields, United States in 26. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Italy 026 United States
  1. #9Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2
  2. #6Arts and Humanities#1
  3. #7Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1
  4. #3Business, Management and Accounting#2
  5. #10Chemical Engineering#2
  6. #14Chemistry#2
  7. #10Computer Science#2
  8. #9Decision Sciences#1
  9. #6Dentistry#1
  10. #7Earth and Planetary Sciences#2
  11. #5Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2
  12. #12Energy#2
  13. #8Engineering#2
  14. #7Environmental Science#2
  15. #5Health Professions#1
  16. #6Immunology and Microbiology#1
  17. #17Materials Science#2
  18. #7Mathematics#2
  19. #4Medicine#1
  20. #5Neuroscience#1
  21. #11Nursing#1
  22. #6Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#1
  23. #7Physics and Astronomy#2
  24. #7Psychology#1
  25. #11Social Sciences#1
  26. #3Veterinary#1

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?

500k1MUnited States805k in 2025Italy124k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Italy or United States?

The United States publishes 6.4× as much research as Italy in 2022–now (3.1M against 479k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Italy or United States?

21.9% of Italy's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 17.5% for the United States.

Where does their research happen?

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