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Moldova vs Timor-Leste

On research quality in 2022-now, Moldova ranks #159 in the world and Timor-Leste #162, of 189 countries. Moldova stands higher in 11 of the 12 fields both publish in, Timor-Leste in 1.

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Moldova

World rank, 2022-now
#159
#170 all time
Works, 2022-now
7.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
2.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
79%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Energy, Anatomy, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

Timor-Leste

World rank, 2022-now
#162
#182 all time
Works, 2022-now
673
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.1%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
83%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Linguistics and Language, Law, Human Factors and Ergonomics.

Who leads, measure by measure?

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

Moldova 31 level5 Timor-Leste
  1. #159Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#162
  2. 0.33×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.66×
  3. 7.3kOutputfractional works, 2022-now673
  4. 2.6%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited5.1%
  5. 4.2Citations per workall time, per fractional work2.7
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 79%Open accessof its works free to read, all time83%
  8. 24%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time46%
  9. +29%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+194%

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?

Moldova stands higher in 11 of 12 fields, Timor-Leste in 1. Timor-Leste leads most in Social Sciences (#111 against #142). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Moldova 111 Timor-Leste
  1. #112Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #96Arts and Humanities-
  3. #106Business, Management and Accounting-
  4. #123Computer Science-
  5. #105Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  6. #126Engineering-
  7. #108Environmental Science-
  8. #98Health Professions-
  9. #84Materials Science-
  10. #142Medicine-
  11. #104Psychology-
  12. #142Social Sciences#111

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 Moldova rankTimor-Leste rank Moldova top 10%Timor-Leste top 10% Moldova worksTimor-Leste works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #112 - 3.3% - 423 -
Arts and Humanities #96 - 3.5% - 343 -
Business, Management and Accounting #106 - 1.6% - 350 -
Computer Science #123 - 2.8% - 478 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #105 - 1.6% - 405 -
Engineering #126 - 2.2% - 578 -
Environmental Science #108 - 3.0% - 345 -
Health Professions #98 - 2.7% - 257 -
Materials Science #84 - 1.8% - 204 -
Medicine #142 - 2.2% - 1.2k -
Psychology #104 - 1.8% - 303 -
Social Sciences #142 #111 3.2% 6.6% 1.6k 258

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.

Moldova

▲ 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 Development524▲ 3.9×87 topics
  2. Globalization458▲ 2.7×111 topics
  3. Education415▲ 2.8×116 topics
  4. Human Rights413▲ 4.7×69 topics
  5. Climate Change381▲ 1.64×108 topics
  6. Innovation361▲ 4.1×71 topics
  7. Epidemiology318◆ 0.93×126 topics
  8. Sustainability308▲ 1.47×100 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence277▲ 2.3×55 topics
  10. Educational Technology249▲ 2.5×44 topics
  11. Economic Development237▲ 3.5×34 topics
  12. Renewable Energy220▲ 1.78×55 topics
  13. Pedagogy210▲ 4.9×26 topics
  14. Mental Health205▲ 1.68×40 topics
  15. Digital Transformation185▲ 4.0×28 topics
  16. E-Learning185▲ 2.2×24 topics
  17. Teacher Training171▲ 3.3×27 topics
  18. Higher Education159▲ 3.5×26 topics
  19. Leadership154▲ 3.7×31 topics
  20. Environmental Management153▲ 4.4×19 topics
  21. International Law139▲ 5.2×29 topics
  22. Regional Development135▲ 4.6×16 topics
  23. Digital Economy130▲ 7.6×19 topics
  24. Health Promotion126▲ 4.7×12 topics
  25. European Union125▲ 6.5×23 topics
  26. Global Governance119▲ 5.8×21 topics
  27. Legal Regulation116▲ 6.0×8 topics
  28. Judicial Review112▲ 15×6 topics
  29. Athletic Training110▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Physical Education109▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Digitalization108▲ 6.1×9 topics
  32. Financial Security105▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Economic Security102▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. Motor Skills Development94▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Biomechanical Analysis93▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Fitness Technology92▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Sports Science92▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Constitutionalism91▲ 12×4 topics
  39. ECHR87▲ 29×1 topic
  40. European Legal Systems87▲ 29×1 topic

Timor-Leste

▲ 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. Globalization46▲ 3.0×53 topics
  2. Community Empowerment46▲ 8.2×12 topics
  3. Sustainability38▲ 2.0×54 topics
  4. Health Education36▲ 11×10 topics
  5. Sustainable Development32▲ 2.7×34 topics
  6. Human Rights31▲ 4.0×26 topics
  7. Neoliberalism30▲ 11×11 topics
  8. Education29▲ 2.2×49 topics
  9. Corporate Governance29▲ 5.1×14 topics
  10. Social Justice28▲ 6.0×22 topics
  11. Non-Communicable Diseases25▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Maternal Health24▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Environmental Law24▲ 15×6 topics
  14. COVID-1924▲ 2.4×18 topics
  15. Educational Technology24▲ 2.6×24 topics
  16. Social Media24▲ 2.2×19 topics
  17. Breastfeeding24▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Public Health Policy23▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Peacebuilding23▲ 44×4 topics
  20. Child Nutrition23▲ 16×1 topic
  21. Stunting23▲ 16×1 topic
  22. Indonesia22▲ 6.6×5 topics
  23. Economic Development22▲ 3.6×19 topics
  24. Criminal Justice22▲ 13×6 topics
  25. Local Turn21▲ 180×1 topic
  26. Resilience Governance21▲ 180×1 topic
  27. Community Participation21▲ 7.8×8 topics
  28. Colonialism19▲ 5.1×14 topics
  29. Economic Impact18▲ 4.3×7 topics
  30. Child Development18▲ 5.5×8 topics
  31. International Law17▲ 6.9×9 topics
  32. Islamic Banking16▲ 5.6×3 topics
  33. Healthcare Access15▲ 7.0×7 topics
  34. Governance14▲ 5.7×8 topics
  35. Patient Satisfaction14▲ 5.8×6 topics
  36. Restorative Justice14▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Patient Experience13▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Corruption13▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Organizational Behavior13▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Legal Pluralism12▲ 20×3 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?

Moldova has out-published Timor-Leste every year since 2001.

still counting1k2k3kMoldova1,848 in 2025Timor-Leste260 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%Moldova0.031% in 2025Timor-Leste0.0044% 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%Timor-Leste4.8% in 2025Moldova3.7% 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.

Moldova 05 level0 Timor-Leste
  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, Moldova or Timor-Leste?

Moldova publishes 10.9× as much research as Timor-Leste in 2022-now (7.3k against 673 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Moldova or Timor-Leste?

5.1% of Timor-Leste's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 2.6% for Moldova.

Is Moldova or Timor-Leste growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +194% against 2018-21 for Timor-Leste, and +29% for Moldova.

Which has more open access research, Moldova or Timor-Leste?

83% of Timor-Leste's research is free to read, against 79% of Moldova's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Moldova or Timor-Leste?

Moldova holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Timor-Leste 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%.

Moldova

  1. 1Moldova State University1.6% top 10% · 1.5k works
  2. 2Technical University of Moldova3.1% top 10% · 928 works
  3. 3Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science5.5% top 10% · 320 works
  4. 4State University of Physical Education and Sport3.4% top 10% · 386 works
  5. 5Institute of Educational Sciences8.2% top 10% · 216 works
  6. 6Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova1.8% top 10% · 672 works

Timor-Leste

  1. 1Universidade da Paz6.1% top 10% · 342 works
  2. 2National University of East Timor4.0% top 10% · 330 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.

Moldova

  1. 1 Valeriu Crudu #140,526 worldwide 4.5k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Denis L. Nika #196,481 worldwide 9.6k citations · 101 works
  3. 3 Dumitru Chesov #439,970 worldwide 1.8k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Oleg I. Lupan #601,694 worldwide 14k citations · 252 works
  5. 5 Eleonora Vataman #611,941 worldwide 11k citations · 37 works

Timor-Leste

  1. 1 João Soares Martins #225,608 worldwide 3.1k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Seguito Monteiro #2,276,815 worldwide 36 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Salvador Amaral #2,597,992 worldwide 499 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Juvinal Ximenes Guterres #2,767,071 worldwide 24 citations · 14 works
  5. 5 Joanita Bendita da Costa Jong #2,958,778 worldwide 368 citations · 23 works