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Mexico vs Nigeria

On research quality in 2022–now, Nigeria ranks #44 in the world and Mexico #45, of 192 countries. Mexico stands higher in 10 of the 26 fields both publish in, Nigeria in 16.

Mexico

World rank, 2022–now
#45
#43 all time
Works, 2022–now
177k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
52%
of its works free to read

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

Nigeria

World rank, 2022–now
#44
#51 all time
Works, 2022–now
134k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
70%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Library and Information Sciences, Drug Discovery, Forestry.

Who leads in each field?

Mexico stands higher in 10 of 26 fields, Nigeria in 16. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Mexico 1016 Nigeria
  1. #26Agricultural and Biological Sciences#18
  2. #39Arts and Humanities#33
  3. #32Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#43
  4. #52Business, Management and Accounting#50
  5. #41Chemical Engineering#43
  6. #38Chemistry#37
  7. #52Computer Science#54
  8. #55Decision Sciences#51
  9. #42Dentistry#58
  10. #47Earth and Planetary Sciences#44
  11. #59Economics, Econometrics and Finance#28
  12. #56Energy#32
  13. #52Engineering#46
  14. #40Environmental Science#30
  15. #44Health Professions#40
  16. #38Immunology and Microbiology#40
  17. #43Materials Science#39
  18. #45Mathematics#23
  19. #41Medicine#49
  20. #35Neuroscience#48
  21. #52Nursing#42
  22. #36Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#21
  23. #38Physics and Astronomy#67
  24. #39Psychology#58
  25. #47Social Sciences#25
  26. #27Veterinary#29

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?

20k40k60kMexico49k in 2025Nigeria40k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Mexico or Nigeria?

Mexico publishes 1.3× as much research as Nigeria in 2022–now (177k against 134k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Mexico or Nigeria?

9.7% of Nigeria's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.2% for Mexico.

Where does their research happen?