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Macau vs Vietnam

On research quality in 2022–now, Vietnam ranks #53 in the world and Macau #55, of 192 countries. Macau stands higher in 6 of the 25 fields both publish in, Vietnam in 19.

Macau

World rank, 2022–now
#55
#65 all time
Works, 2022–now
16k
fractional
Top-10% rate
30.6%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
39%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Business and International Management.

Vietnam

World rank, 2022–now
#53
#53 all time
Works, 2022–now
82k
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.9%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
55%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Ecology, Civil and Structural Engineering, Numerical Analysis.

Who leads in each field?

Macau stands higher in 6 of 25 fields, Vietnam in 19. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Macau 619 Vietnam
  1. —Agricultural and Biological Sciences#59
  2. #49Arts and Humanities#52
  3. #53Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#61
  4. #39Business, Management and Accounting#23
  5. —Chemical Engineering#44
  6. —Chemistry#48
  7. #40Computer Science#46
  8. #52Decision Sciences#40
  9. —Dentistry#57
  10. —Earth and Planetary Sciences#49
  11. #51Economics, Econometrics and Finance#18
  12. —Energy#31
  13. #45Engineering#42
  14. #76Environmental Science#47
  15. —Health Professions#60
  16. —Immunology and Microbiology#54
  17. #56Materials Science#53
  18. —Mathematics#39
  19. #80Medicine#60
  20. #55Neuroscience#66
  21. —Nursing#54
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#41
  23. #61Physics and Astronomy#65
  24. #50Psychology#57
  25. #61Social Sciences#48

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?

10k20k30kVietnam26k in 2025Macau5,227 in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Macau or Vietnam?

Vietnam publishes 5.1× as much research as Macau in 2022–now (82k against 16k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Macau or Vietnam?

30.6% of Macau's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 13.9% for Vietnam.

Where does their research happen?