Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Compare · Countries

Laos vs Uruguay

On research quality in 2022-now, Laos ranks #79 in the world and Uruguay #80, of 189 countries. Laos stands higher in 0 of the 12 fields both publish in, Uruguay in 12.

Research profiles alike: 0.74very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Compare other countries
vs

Laos

World rank, 2022-now
#79
#88 all time
Works, 2022-now
1.2k
fractional
Top-10% rate
7.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
66%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Parasitology, Forestry, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Uruguay

World rank, 2022-now
#80
#73 all time
Works, 2022-now
10k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Life-span and Life-course Studies, Paleontology, General Social Sciences.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Laos leads on 7 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Uruguay leads on 1 of 9 measures: output. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Laos 71 level1 Uruguay
  1. #79Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#80
  2. 0.96×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.70×
  3. 1.2kOutputfractional works, 2022-now10k
  4. 7.2%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited5.7%
  5. 11.8Citations per workall time, per fractional work9.6
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 66%Open accessof its works free to read, all time58%
  8. 56%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time36%
  9. +81%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+6%

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?

Laos stands higher in 0 of 12 fields, Uruguay in 12. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Laos 012 Uruguay
  1. -Agricultural and Biological Sciences#83
  2. -Arts and Humanities#60
  3. -Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#54
  4. -Business, Management and Accounting#87
  5. -Computer Science#100
  6. -Economics, Econometrics and Finance#77
  7. -Engineering#102
  8. -Environmental Science#88
  9. -Health Professions#60
  10. -Medicine#65
  11. -Psychology#68
  12. -Social Sciences#67

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 Laos rankUruguay rank Laos top 10%Uruguay top 10% Laos worksUruguay works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - #83 - 6.1% - 914
Arts and Humanities - #60 - 8.3% - 354
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology - #54 - 5.2% - 624
Business, Management and Accounting - #87 - 5.5% - 229
Computer Science - #100 - 5.0% - 500
Economics, Econometrics and Finance - #77 - 7.3% - 240
Engineering - #102 - 4.2% - 448
Environmental Science - #88 - 5.2% - 686
Health Professions - #60 - 4.9% - 460
Medicine - #65 - 4.1% - 2.2k
Psychology - #68 - 4.8% - 333
Social Sciences - #67 - 7.6% - 2.2k

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.

Laos

▲ 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. Epidemiology110▲ 1.87×113 topics
  2. Climate Change94▲ 2.3×89 topics
  3. Sustainability72▲ 2.0×75 topics
  4. Public Health47▲ 2.2×58 topics
  5. Environmental Impact47▲ 1.85×48 topics
  6. Biodiversity45▲ 4.0×31 topics
  7. Globalization44▲ 1.51×67 topics
  8. Sustainable Development39▲ 1.70×59 topics
  9. Education38▲ 1.51×69 topics
  10. Economic Development33▲ 2.8×20 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity28▲ 4.3×21 topics
  12. Biogeography27▲ 6.6×19 topics
  13. Pathogenesis26▲ 3.5×22 topics
  14. Antioxidant25▲ 2.5×41 topics
  15. Immune Response24▲ 2.9×22 topics
  16. Food Security23▲ 2.9×24 topics
  17. Vaccine Development23▲ 6.0×11 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation22▲ 4.0×14 topics
  19. Democracy22▲ 4.3×14 topics
  20. Invasive Species22▲ 3.6×20 topics
  21. Health Education22▲ 3.5×11 topics
  22. Vaccine22▲ 3.7×11 topics
  23. Ethnic Identity20▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Medicinal Plants19▲ 3.3×18 topics
  25. Cultural Politics19▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Laos19▲ 91×1 topic
  27. Thailand19▲ 91×1 topic
  28. Anti-inflammatory18▲ 4.3×23 topics
  29. Monetary Policy18▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Land Use Change18▲ 4.0×8 topics
  31. Maternal Health17▲ 4.5×4 topics
  32. Economic Evaluation17▲ 9.9×2 topics
  33. Breastfeeding16▲ 4.8×3 topics
  34. Molecular Phylogeny16▲ 6.5×12 topics
  35. Financial Analysis15▲ 8.8×3 topics
  36. Market Competition15▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Asset Pricing14▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Panel Data Models14▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Stock Prices14▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Taxonomy14▲ 6.3×13 topics

Uruguay

▲ 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. Epidemiology790▲ 1.68×137 topics
  2. Climate Change549▲ 1.71×107 topics
  3. Globalization529▲ 2.3×120 topics
  4. Public Health505▲ 2.9×68 topics
  5. Education416▲ 2.0×104 topics
  6. Sustainability402▲ 1.39×101 topics
  7. Quality of Life357▲ 2.1×58 topics
  8. Latin America301▲ 13×23 topics
  9. Educational Technology292▲ 2.1×37 topics
  10. Biodiversity287▲ 3.2×33 topics
  11. Human Rights286▲ 2.4×58 topics
  12. Mental Health259▲ 1.53×47 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress258▲ 1.32×60 topics
  14. Innovation246▲ 2.0×56 topics
  15. Sustainable Development245▲ 1.32×66 topics
  16. Healthcare238▲ 1.76×29 topics
  17. Public Policy231▲ 4.1×23 topics
  18. Qualitative Research220▲ 2.2×31 topics
  19. Treatment218▲ 1.52×51 topics
  20. Healthcare Access205▲ 6.4×12 topics
  21. Knowledge Management196▲ 3.0×29 topics
  22. Teacher Training196▲ 2.7×23 topics
  23. Social Movements192▲ 5.5×29 topics
  24. Social Determinants181▲ 7.4×8 topics
  25. Social Inequality169▲ 5.3×16 topics
  26. Invasive Species160▲ 3.2×20 topics
  27. Drug Resistance157▲ 4.6×9 topics
  28. Health Policy156▲ 8.6×7 topics
  29. Communication144▲ 3.9×23 topics
  30. Inclusive Education138▲ 3.2×18 topics
  31. Evolution135▲ 4.2×17 topics
  32. Chronic Diseases127▲ 4.2×9 topics
  33. Inequality117▲ 4.3×15 topics
  34. Welfare State106▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Constitutional Law102▲ 6.6×7 topics
  36. Research99▲ 6.7×10 topics
  37. Legal Theory98▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Legal Philosophy96▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Dairy Cattle95▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Aging Population95▲ 9.1×4 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?

Uruguay has out-published Laos every year since 1980.

still counting1k2k3kUruguay2,758 in 2025Laos416 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 counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Uruguay0.047% in 2025Laos0.0071% 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 counting10%20%Laos8.3% in 2025Uruguay5.7% 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.

Laos 05 level0 Uruguay
  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, Laos or Uruguay?

Uruguay publishes 8.6× as much research as Laos in 2022-now (10k against 1.2k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Laos or Uruguay?

7.2% of Laos's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.7% for Uruguay.

Is Laos or Uruguay growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +81% against 2018-21 for Laos, and +6% for Uruguay.

Which has more open access research, Laos or Uruguay?

66% of Laos's research is free to read, against 58% of Uruguay's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Laos or Uruguay?

Laos holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Uruguay 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%.

Laos

  1. 1National University of Laos4.6% top 10% · 362 works
  2. 2Rural Development Agency7.7% top 10% · 144 works
  3. 3Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry8.4% top 10% · 213 works
  4. 4Ministry of Health6.3% top 10% · 120 works
  5. 5Souphanouvong University3.1% top 10% · 97 works
  6. 6National Institute of Public Health4.1% top 10% · 99 works

Uruguay

  1. 1Universidad de la República de Uruguay5.3% top 10% · 5.3k works
  2. 2Universitario Francisco de Asís4.0% top 10% · 1.6k works
  3. 3Universidad de Montevideo5.6% top 10% · 567 works
  4. 4Universidad Católica del Uruguay9.4% top 10% · 277 works
  5. 5Universidad ORT Uruguay10.3% top 10% · 276 works
  6. 6Ministerio de Educación y Cultura9.5% top 10% · 195 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.

Laos

  1. 1 Mayfong Mayxay #108,394 worldwide 33k citations · 323 works
  2. 2 Paul N. Newton #120,711 worldwide 47k citations · 583 works
  3. 3 Tamalee Roberts #271,991 worldwide 23k citations · 89 works
  4. 4 Koukeo Phommasone #403,495 worldwide 22k citations · 124 works
  5. 5 Thoumthone Vongvisouk #656,079 worldwide 786 citations · 32 works

Uruguay

  1. 1 Rafael Radí #57,480 worldwide 48k citations · 529 works
  2. 2 Valentina Colistro #96,125 worldwide 24k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Gustavo J. Nagy #150,922 worldwide 3.4k citations · 101 works
  4. 4 José Luis Badano #151,123 worldwide 8.5k citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Gastón Ares #170,491 worldwide 24k citations · 521 works