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Kazakhstan vs Namibia

On research quality in 2022-now, Kazakhstan ranks #91 in the world and Namibia #93, of 189 countries. Kazakhstan stands higher in 19 of the 21 fields both publish in, Namibia in 2.

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Kazakhstan

World rank, 2022-now
#91
#85 all time
Works, 2022-now
40k
fractional
Top-10% rate
7.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
68%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Fuel Technology, General Energy, Nuclear Energy and Engineering.

Namibia

World rank, 2022-now
#93
#111 all time
Works, 2022-now
2.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
57%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Archeology, Library and Information Sciences.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Kazakhstan leads on 5 of 9 measures: research quality, output, top-10% rate, open access and growth. Namibia leads on 3 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields, citations per work and international co-authorship. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Kazakhstan 51 level3 Namibia
  1. #91Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#93
  2. 0.69×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.93×
  3. 40kOutputfractional works, 2022-now2.3k
  4. 7.7%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited6.2%
  5. 5.0Citations per workall time, per fractional work9.1
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 68%Open accessof its works free to read, all time57%
  8. 30%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time38%
  9. +81%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+43%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Kazakhstan stands higher in 19 of 21 fields, Namibia in 2. Kazakhstan leads most in Social Sciences (#74 against #93); Namibia leads most in Medicine (#95 against #132). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Kazakhstan 192 Namibia
  1. #96Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #73Arts and Humanities-
  3. #79Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #91Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #67Chemistry-
  6. #88Computer Science#81
  7. #71Decision Sciences-
  8. #67Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  9. #89Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  10. #66Energy-
  11. #77Engineering-
  12. #91Environmental Science#95
  13. #93Health Professions-
  14. #64Immunology and Microbiology-
  15. #59Materials Science-
  16. #61Mathematics-
  17. #132Medicine#95
  18. #58Neuroscience-
  19. #59Physics and Astronomy-
  20. #82Psychology-
  21. #74Social Sciences#93

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.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Kazakhstan rankNamibia rank Kazakhstan top 10%Namibia top 10% Kazakhstan worksNamibia works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #96 - 8.7% - 2.8k -
Arts and Humanities #73 - 10.0% - 1.5k -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #79 - 6.5% - 1.1k -
Business, Management and Accounting #91 - 8.2% - 1.4k -
Chemistry #67 - 4.2% - 500 -
Computer Science #88 #81 8.6% 4.4% 3.3k 210
Decision Sciences #71 - 7.4% - 316 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #67 - 6.3% - 608 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #89 - 7.7% - 1.5k -
Energy #66 - 6.0% - 522 -
Engineering #77 - 6.6% - 7.1k -
Environmental Science #91 #95 6.8% 6.0% 1.8k 208
Health Professions #93 - 8.2% - 708 -
Immunology and Microbiology #64 - 6.8% - 232 -
Materials Science #59 - 6.1% - 1.4k -
Mathematics #61 - 6.5% - 806 -
Medicine #132 #95 6.2% 6.8% 4.1k 240
Neuroscience #58 - 7.0% - 239 -
Physics and Astronomy #59 - 6.2% - 736 -
Psychology #82 - 7.3% - 1.1k -
Social Sciences #74 #93 9.6% 6.1% 8.1k 482

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Kazakhstan

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development2,930▲ 4.0×107 topics
  2. Climate Change2,302▲ 1.83×125 topics
  3. Globalization2,060▲ 2.3×155 topics
  4. Innovation2,045▲ 4.3×77 topics
  5. Education1,859▲ 2.3×127 topics
  6. Sustainability1,598▲ 1.41×127 topics
  7. Educational Technology1,528▲ 2.8×47 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence1,416▲ 2.1×65 topics
  9. Renewable Energy1,317▲ 1.96×59 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency1,275▲ 3.0×45 topics
  11. E-Learning1,254▲ 2.8×25 topics
  12. Digital Transformation1,221▲ 4.9×30 topics
  13. Online Learning1,056▲ 2.7×26 topics
  14. Pedagogy1,044▲ 4.5×27 topics
  15. Legal Regulation1,032▲ 9.9×8 topics
  16. Food Security1,014▲ 4.0×24 topics
  17. Economic Development995▲ 2.7×50 topics
  18. Economic Security965▲ 9.8×7 topics
  19. Digitalization959▲ 10×14 topics
  20. Teacher Training911▲ 3.2×26 topics
  21. Ethnicity894▲ 5.2×22 topics
  22. Digital Economy894▲ 9.6×19 topics
  23. Higher Education879▲ 3.6×30 topics
  24. Regional Development854▲ 5.4×21 topics
  25. Culture849▲ 3.5×33 topics
  26. Migration766▲ 4.8×30 topics
  27. Islam635▲ 6.6×5 topics
  28. Geopolitics627▲ 8.9×11 topics
  29. Strategic Planning618▲ 9.1×5 topics
  30. Foresight613▲ 10×2 topics
  31. International Trade Law612▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Public Oversight607▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Transport Policy607▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Modernization604▲ 7.1×5 topics
  35. Sharia Law592▲ 8.9×2 topics
  36. Malay Language592▲ 9.1×1 topic
  37. Design584▲ 7.7×6 topics
  38. Air Force572▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Warfare572▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Central Asia572▲ 17×4 topics

Namibia

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change142▲ 1.98×86 topics
  2. Sustainability137▲ 2.1×77 topics
  3. Machine Learning109▲ 1.25×64 topics
  4. Globalization101▲ 1.96×83 topics
  5. Deep Learning88◆ 0.97×63 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence71▲ 1.89×38 topics
  7. Education66▲ 1.47×58 topics
  8. Higher Education65▲ 4.6×23 topics
  9. Sustainable Development65▲ 1.57×59 topics
  10. Renewable Energy62▲ 1.62×36 topics
  11. Mental Health60▲ 1.60×35 topics
  12. Healthcare59▲ 1.97×21 topics
  13. Internet of Things59▲ 2.6×22 topics
  14. Big Data58▲ 2.3×22 topics
  15. Educational Technology56▲ 1.80×29 topics
  16. Social Capital54▲ 4.0×17 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management54▲ 2.3×17 topics
  18. Economic Development50▲ 2.4×23 topics
  19. Innovation50▲ 1.82×44 topics
  20. Technology Integration48▲ 5.8×12 topics
  21. Economic Growth47▲ 2.2×26 topics
  22. Biodiversity46▲ 2.3×30 topics
  23. Leadership42▲ 3.2×21 topics
  24. Colonialism40▲ 3.2×16 topics
  25. Population Dynamics40▲ 5.8×10 topics
  26. Job Satisfaction39▲ 3.4×14 topics
  27. Lifelong Learning39▲ 7.2×9 topics
  28. Rural Development37▲ 4.1×13 topics
  29. Habitat Selection33▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Community Health Workers33▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Cloud Computing32▲ 4.3×12 topics
  32. Poverty Reduction32▲ 9.2×6 topics
  33. Trophic Cascades31▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Multilingualism31▲ 7.3×4 topics
  35. Student Perceptions28▲ 5.9×7 topics
  36. Animal Movement27▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Bilingual Education27▲ 8.9×3 topics
  38. Language Policy27▲ 7.4×3 topics
  39. Occupancy Rates27▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Gender Inequality24▲ 6.6×6 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Kazakhstan has out-published Namibia every year since 1980.

still counting5k10k15kKazakhstan11k in 2025Namibia606 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.10%0.20%Kazakhstan0.19% in 2025Namibia0.010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%15%Kazakhstan8.7% in 2025Namibia6.5% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Kazakhstan 05 level0 Namibia
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Kazakhstan or Namibia?

Kazakhstan publishes 17.5× as much research as Namibia in 2022-now (40k against 2.3k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Kazakhstan or Namibia?

7.7% of Kazakhstan's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.2% for Namibia.

Is Kazakhstan or Namibia growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +81% against 2018-21 for Kazakhstan, and +43% for Namibia.

Which has more open access research, Kazakhstan or Namibia?

68% of Kazakhstan's research is free to read, against 57% of Namibia's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Kazakhstan or Namibia?

Kazakhstan holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Namibia 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 0.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Kazakhstan

  1. 1Nazarbayev University14.3% top 10% · 3.1k works
  2. 2Suleyman Demirel University5.8% top 10% · 2.9k works
  3. 3L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University7.3% top 10% · 3.1k works
  4. 4Astana Medical University7.4% top 10% · 1.8k works
  5. 5Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University8.9% top 10% · 1.2k works
  6. 6Ahmet Yesevi University7.6% top 10% · 795 works

Namibia

  1. 1University of Namibia5.5% top 10% · 1.4k works
  2. 2Namibia University of Science and Technology7.0% top 10% · 641 works
  3. 3International University of Management6.6% top 10% · 111 works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Kazakhstan

  1. 1 Kairat Davletov #4,259 worldwide 125k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 Mukhtar Kulimbet #8,033 worldwide 26k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Shazim Ali Memon #24,150 worldwide 9.8k citations · 153 works
  4. 4 Anas Hajar #24,262 worldwide 1.1k citations · 125 works
  5. 5 Mayowa Tosin Babalola #43,099 worldwide 3.7k citations · 74 works

Namibia

  1. 1 Michael Sony #63,785 worldwide 6.2k citations · 191 works
  2. 2 Uchendu Eugene Chigbu #104,490 worldwide 2.1k citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Gillian Maggs‐Kölling #275,971 worldwide 2.7k citations · 102 works
  4. 4 Mary Seely #392,753 worldwide 5.9k citations · 164 works
  5. 5 Subhash S. Naik #540,111 worldwide 2k citations · 20 works