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On research quality in 2022-now, Latvia ranks #71 in the world and Lithuania #73, of 189 countries. Latvia stands higher in 2 of the 19 fields both publish in, Lithuania in 17.

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Latvia

World rank, 2022-now
#71
#97 all time
Works, 2022-now
13k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
57%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Energy, Political Science and International Relations, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Lithuania

World rank, 2022-now
#73
#71 all time
Works, 2022-now
20k
fractional
Top-10% rate
8.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
65%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Energy, Language and Linguistics, Algebra and Number Theory.

Who leads, measure by measure?

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

Latvia 31 level5 Lithuania
  1. #71Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#73
  2. 0.66×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.71×
  3. 13kOutputfractional works, 2022-now20k
  4. 6.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited8.4%
  5. 9.4Citations per workall time, per fractional work8.7
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 57%Open accessof its works free to read, all time65%
  8. 30%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time18%
  9. +3%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?

Latvia stands higher in 2 of 19 fields, Lithuania in 17. Lithuania leads most in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#47 against #71); Latvia leads most in Medicine (#71 against #83). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Latvia 217 Lithuania
  1. #75Agricultural and Biological Sciences#63
  2. #61Arts and Humanities#63
  3. #71Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#47
  4. #65Business, Management and Accounting#62
  5. -Chemistry#64
  6. #68Computer Science#65
  7. -Decision Sciences#59
  8. -Earth and Planetary Sciences#71
  9. #72Economics, Econometrics and Finance#64
  10. #68Engineering#62
  11. #90Environmental Science#70
  12. #77Health Professions#63
  13. #61Materials Science#56
  14. -Mathematics#72
  15. #71Medicine#83
  16. -Neuroscience#50
  17. -Physics and Astronomy#60
  18. #72Psychology#55
  19. #81Social Sciences#77

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 Latvia rankLithuania rank Latvia top 10%Lithuania top 10% Latvia worksLithuania works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #75 #63 7.0% 12.2% 829 1.1k
Arts and Humanities #61 #63 8.9% 8.7% 458 1.2k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #71 #47 5.3% 8.2% 487 796
Business, Management and Accounting #65 #62 8.1% 10.4% 924 996
Chemistry - #64 - 8.9% - 222
Computer Science #68 #65 6.9% 9.0% 828 1.1k
Decision Sciences - #59 - 11.8% - 207
Earth and Planetary Sciences - #71 - 5.6% - 240
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #72 #64 7.6% 10.1% 626 683
Engineering #68 #62 5.4% 7.2% 1.9k 2.7k
Environmental Science #90 #70 5.3% 8.6% 863 1.1k
Health Professions #77 #63 9.1% 8.3% 265 479
Materials Science #61 #56 4.8% 6.5% 451 622
Mathematics - #72 - 5.7% - 250
Medicine #71 #83 7.8% 7.3% 1.4k 2.9k
Neuroscience - #50 - 7.9% - 255
Physics and Astronomy - #60 - 6.3% - 359
Psychology #72 #55 6.2% 8.6% 393 850
Social Sciences #81 #77 7.7% 8.0% 2.4k 3.6k

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.

Latvia

▲ 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. Sustainability717▲ 2.0×112 topics
  2. Sustainable Development539▲ 2.3×96 topics
  3. Climate Change538▲ 1.35×116 topics
  4. Human Rights509▲ 3.4×76 topics
  5. Globalization452▲ 1.56×140 topics
  6. Renewable Energy451▲ 2.1×56 topics
  7. Environmental Impact389▲ 1.55×69 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence388▲ 1.85×60 topics
  9. Machine Learning385▼ 0.79×87 topics
  10. Innovation379▲ 2.5×75 topics
  11. Epidemiology361▼ 0.62×133 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency304▲ 2.2×43 topics
  13. Economic Development288▲ 2.5×46 topics
  14. Education281◆ 1.11×120 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management260▲ 1.97×24 topics
  16. Environmental Management254▲ 4.2×19 topics
  17. Economic Growth238▲ 1.99×33 topics
  18. Big Data228▲ 1.62×31 topics
  19. International Law208▲ 4.5×31 topics
  20. Corporate Governance206▲ 1.90×28 topics
  21. Social Capital203▲ 2.7×18 topics
  22. European Union198▲ 6.0×25 topics
  23. International Relations187▲ 5.2×25 topics
  24. Digital Transformation182▲ 2.3×28 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship176▲ 3.0×21 topics
  26. European Integration149▲ 18×5 topics
  27. Legal Regulation137▲ 4.2×8 topics
  28. Global Governance136▲ 3.9×25 topics
  29. Criminal Justice135▲ 4.1×8 topics
  30. Soviet Union129▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Diplomacy127▲ 9.3×7 topics
  32. Life Cycle Assessment122▲ 3.0×8 topics
  33. Eastern Europe118▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Cold War118▲ 13×5 topics
  35. Cultural Integration114▲ 3.6×3 topics
  36. Postcolonial Theory108▲ 28×3 topics
  37. Australia106▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Resource Efficiency100▲ 5.0×3 topics
  39. Financial Security98▲ 6.3×3 topics
  40. Environmental Protection93▲ 13×10 topics

Lithuania

▲ 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. Sustainability824▲ 1.45×121 topics
  2. Climate Change727◆ 1.15×118 topics
  3. Epidemiology724▼ 0.78×135 topics
  4. Education679▲ 1.70×124 topics
  5. Globalization673▲ 1.47×156 topics
  6. Sustainable Development616▲ 1.70×98 topics
  7. Environmental Impact523▲ 1.32×70 topics
  8. Human Rights478▲ 2.0×81 topics
  9. Renewable Energy472▲ 1.40×55 topics
  10. Innovation454▲ 1.89×74 topics
  11. Mental Health415▲ 1.25×46 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence405▲ 1.22×63 topics
  13. Pedagogy400▲ 3.4×30 topics
  14. Higher Education392▲ 3.2×32 topics
  15. Leadership360▲ 3.2×35 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency334▲ 1.56×43 topics
  17. Environmental Management326▲ 3.5×19 topics
  18. Economic Growth325▲ 1.72×34 topics
  19. European Union302▲ 5.8×27 topics
  20. Identity292▲ 1.73×72 topics
  21. Literature263▲ 2.1×51 topics
  22. International Relations262▲ 4.7×28 topics
  23. Learning248▲ 3.6×14 topics
  24. Ethics247▲ 2.1×50 topics
  25. Professional Identity240▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Entrepreneurship232▲ 2.5×22 topics
  27. Digital Competence226▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Soviet Union217▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Feminist Research215▲ 165×1 topic
  30. Social Competence215▲ 165×1 topic
  31. European Integration209▲ 16×6 topics
  32. Eastern Europe202▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Diplomacy177▲ 8.2×8 topics
  34. Cold War168▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Postcolonial Theory156▲ 26×4 topics
  36. Australia155▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Rhetoric151▲ 6.4×6 topics
  38. Social Perception142▲ 15×5 topics
  39. Imagology132▲ 57×1 topic
  40. National Stereotypes132▲ 57×1 topic

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?

Lithuania has out-published Latvia every year since 1996, when it overtook it.

still counting2k4k6kLithuania5,287 in 2025Latvia3,318 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 counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Lithuania0.090% in 2025Latvia0.056% 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%Lithuania10.0% in 2025Latvia8.0% 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.

Latvia 05 level0 Lithuania
  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, Latvia or Lithuania?

Lithuania publishes 1.6× as much research as Latvia in 2022-now (20k against 13k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Latvia or Lithuania?

8.4% of Lithuania's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.8% for Latvia.

Is Latvia or Lithuania growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +6% against 2018-21 for Lithuania, and +3% for Latvia.

Which has more open access research, Latvia or Lithuania?

65% of Lithuania's research is free to read, against 57% of Latvia's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Latvia or Lithuania?

Latvia holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Lithuania 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%.

Latvia

  1. 1Riga Technical University5.8% top 10% · 2.3k works
  2. 2University of Latvia6.1% top 10% · 2.9k works
  3. 3College of Business Administration14.5% top 10% · 444 works
  4. 4College of Law5.7% top 10% · 1k works
  5. 5Riga Stradiņš University9.9% top 10% · 1k works
  6. 6Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies3.9% top 10% · 844 works

Lithuania

  1. 1Vytautas Magnus University9.8% top 10% · 1.7k works
  2. 2Vilnius University7.0% top 10% · 5.1k works
  3. 3Kaunas University of Technology11.3% top 10% · 2.1k works
  4. 4Vilnius Gediminas Technical University9.2% top 10% · 2.1k works
  5. 5Mykolas Romeris University8.3% top 10% · 635 works
  6. 6Klaipėda University7.7% top 10% · 550 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.

Latvia

  1. 1 Andrejs Ērglis #117,746 worldwide 36k citations · 513 works
  2. 2 Kristaps Klavins #165,683 worldwide 3.6k citations · 104 works
  3. 3 Laima Tihomirova #186,734 worldwide 4.7k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Liene Ņikitina-Zaķe #227,666 worldwide 18k citations · 108 works
  5. 5 Oskar Faix #233,046 worldwide 11k citations · 135 works

Lithuania

  1. 1 Morteza Ghobakhloo #2,585 worldwide 15k citations · 136 works
  2. 2 Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas #8,332 worldwide 56k citations · 838 works
  3. 3 Dalia Štreimikienė #21,194 worldwide 25k citations · 825 works
  4. 4 Jelena Čelutkienė #36,225 worldwide 49k citations · 275 works
  5. 5 Tomas Baležentis #51,809 worldwide 12k citations · 422 works