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Mongolia vs Nicaragua

On research quality in 2022-now, Nicaragua ranks #82 in the world and Mongolia #107, of 189 countries. Mongolia stands higher in 9 of the 12 fields both publish in, Nicaragua in 3.

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Mongolia

World rank, 2022-now
#107
#119 all time
Works, 2022-now
6.4k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.0%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
55%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Fuel Technology, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Music.

Nicaragua

World rank, 2022-now
#82
#79 all time
Works, 2022-now
2.7k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
79%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Horticulture, General Social Sciences, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Mongolia leads on 4 of 9 measures: output, citations per work, international co-authorship and growth. Nicaragua leads on 4 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate and open access. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Mongolia 41 level4 Nicaragua
  1. #107Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#82
  2. 0.52×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.80×
  3. 6.4kOutputfractional works, 2022-now2.7k
  4. 5.0%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited5.9%
  5. 4.7Citations per workall time, per fractional work4.0
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 55%Open accessof its works free to read, all time79%
  8. 39%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time34%
  9. +58%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+4%

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?

Mongolia stands higher in 9 of 12 fields, Nicaragua in 3. Nicaragua leads most in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#60 against #107). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Mongolia 93 Nicaragua
  1. #107Agricultural and Biological Sciences#60
  2. #68Arts and Humanities-
  3. #88Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #95Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #105Computer Science-
  6. #63Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  7. #91Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  8. #95Engineering-
  9. #98Environmental Science-
  10. #101Medicine#69
  11. #84Psychology-
  12. #88Social Sciences#62

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 Mongolia rankNicaragua rank Mongolia top 10%Nicaragua top 10% Mongolia worksNicaragua works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #107 #60 5.0% 5.1% 358 355
Arts and Humanities #68 - 6.3% - 485 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #88 - 4.5% - 209 -
Business, Management and Accounting #95 - 4.9% - 269 -
Computer Science #105 - 3.9% - 513 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #63 - 3.3% - 216 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #91 - 7.0% - 246 -
Engineering #95 - 3.3% - 603 -
Environmental Science #98 - 4.3% - 556 -
Medicine #101 #69 5.2% 5.4% 742 259
Psychology #84 - 4.8% - 202 -
Social Sciences #88 #62 6.1% 6.9% 1.2k 768

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.

Mongolia

▲ 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. Climate Change527▲ 2.6×105 topics
  2. Sustainability358▲ 1.97×106 topics
  3. Globalization307▲ 2.1×132 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence271▲ 2.5×62 topics
  5. Machine Learning257◆ 1.04×88 topics
  6. Sustainable Development249▲ 2.1×83 topics
  7. Epidemiology227▼ 0.76×130 topics
  8. Deep Learning220▼ 0.86×81 topics
  9. Education190▲ 1.49×115 topics
  10. Adaptation165▲ 7.4×14 topics
  11. Ecological Knowledge164▲ 52×2 topics
  12. Innovation162▲ 2.1×71 topics
  13. Economic Development157▲ 2.6×41 topics
  14. Livelihoods149▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Land Management148▲ 57×2 topics
  16. Pastoralists147▲ 78×1 topic
  17. Rangeland Degradation147▲ 78×1 topic
  18. Economic Growth132▲ 2.2×33 topics
  19. Linguistics127▲ 11×9 topics
  20. History126▲ 2.4×45 topics
  21. Biodiversity114▲ 2.0×35 topics
  22. Etymology112▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Historical Phonology112▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Morphology111▲ 8.3×11 topics
  25. Language Contact104▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Virtual Reality103▲ 2.8×19 topics
  27. Syntax100▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Turkic94▲ 48×1 topic
  29. oral epics94▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Central Asia90▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Multimedia Technology83▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Economic Security80▲ 5.1×7 topics
  33. Arctic75▲ 9.1×4 topics
  34. Financial Security73▲ 9.2×3 topics
  35. Human-Computer Interaction70▲ 5.2×7 topics
  36. Eurasian Exchange61▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Silk Roads61▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Graphic Design59▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Digital Media Technology59▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Visual Communication Design59▲ 21×1 topic

Nicaragua

▲ 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. Education295▲ 5.5×90 topics
  2. Sustainability220▲ 2.9×89 topics
  3. Innovation201▲ 6.2×54 topics
  4. Globalization194▲ 3.2×97 topics
  5. Climate Change171▲ 2.0×99 topics
  6. Sustainable Development153▲ 3.1×71 topics
  7. Environmental Impact151▲ 2.8×58 topics
  8. Educational Technology135▲ 3.6×35 topics
  9. Public Health131▲ 2.9×58 topics
  10. Food Security119▲ 7.0×23 topics
  11. E-Learning117▲ 3.9×20 topics
  12. Teacher Training117▲ 6.1×22 topics
  13. Latin America114▲ 19×22 topics
  14. Knowledge Management107▲ 6.1×27 topics
  15. Biodiversity104▲ 4.4×31 topics
  16. Digital Marketing101▲ 8.3×4 topics
  17. Public Policy96▲ 6.5×22 topics
  18. Sustainable Agriculture96▲ 10.0×16 topics
  19. Pedagogy95▲ 6.0×19 topics
  20. Rural Development88▲ 8.2×16 topics
  21. Competitiveness87▲ 35×6 topics
  22. Small and Medium Enterprises86▲ 15×6 topics
  23. Health Promotion82▲ 8.3×15 topics
  24. Social Responsibility81▲ 11×11 topics
  25. Distance Learning77▲ 7.1×11 topics
  26. Nutrition75▲ 5.4×16 topics
  27. Urban Development75▲ 6.8×14 topics
  28. Innovation Ecosystems73▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Social Impact72▲ 5.9×16 topics
  30. Inclusive Education71▲ 6.3×15 topics
  31. Agroecology70▲ 16×6 topics
  32. Climate Change Adaptation69▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Community Participation68▲ 6.1×15 topics
  34. Rural Communities67▲ 38×5 topics
  35. Globalization Effects65▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Psychopharmacology Education64▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Tourism Management64▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Soil Management62▲ 51×2 topics
  39. Crop Production62▲ 17×4 topics
  40. Organic Farming60▲ 29×2 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?

Mongolia has out-published Nicaragua every year since 1988, when it overtook it.

still counting1k2kMongolia1,989 in 2025Nicaragua797 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%Mongolia0.034% in 2025Nicaragua0.014% 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%Nicaragua7.3% in 2025Mongolia5.3% 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.

Mongolia 05 level0 Nicaragua
  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, Mongolia or Nicaragua?

Mongolia publishes 2.4× as much research as Nicaragua in 2022-now (6.4k against 2.7k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Mongolia or Nicaragua?

5.9% of Nicaragua's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.0% for Mongolia.

Is Mongolia or Nicaragua growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +58% against 2018-21 for Mongolia, and +4% for Nicaragua.

Which has more open access research, Mongolia or Nicaragua?

79% of Nicaragua's research is free to read, against 55% of Mongolia's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Mongolia or Nicaragua?

Mongolia holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Nicaragua 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%.

Mongolia

  1. 1National University of Mongolia4.4% top 10% · 1.2k works
  2. 2University of Finance and Economics4.8% top 10% · 561 works
  3. 3University of the Humanities9.3% top 10% · 603 works
  4. 4Mongolian Academy of Sciences2.2% top 10% · 827 works
  5. 5National Academy of Governance8.6% top 10% · 375 works
  6. 6Ider University5.8% top 10% · 187 works

Nicaragua

  1. 1National Autonomous University of Nicaragua6.5% top 10% · 839 works
  2. 2National Agrarian University4.6% top 10% · 338 works
  3. 3Universidad del Valle7.5% top 10% · 240 works
  4. 4Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León4.7% top 10% · 122 works
  5. 5Universidad de las Américas10.9% top 10% · 114 works
  6. 6National University of Engineering3.0% top 10% · 119 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.

Mongolia

  1. 1 Munkhtuya Tumurkhuu #26,249 worldwide 24k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Yanjinlkham Munkhsaikhan #149,169 worldwide 3.7k citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Ryenchindorj Erkhembayar #171,998 worldwide 17k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Болормаа Норов #173,089 worldwide 2.7k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan #177,653 worldwide 2.4k citations · 82 works

Nicaragua

  1. 1 María Ángeles Pérez #787,667 worldwide 1.8k citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Félix Espinoza #819,809 worldwide 4.7k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Eliette C. Valladares #837,359 worldwide 3.5k citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Aurora Aragón #874,577 worldwide 2.5k citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Armando Saballos #1,129,075 worldwide 663 citations · 36 works