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Mozambique vs Uruguay

On research quality in 2022-now, Mozambique ranks #78 in the world and Uruguay #80, of 189 countries. Mozambique stands higher in 2 of the 12 fields both publish in, Uruguay in 10.

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Mozambique

World rank, 2022-now
#78
#90 all time
Works, 2022-now
4.5k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
73%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Anatomy, Forestry, Transportation.

Uruguay

World rank, 2022-now
#80
#73 all time
Works, 2022-now
10k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

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

Who leads, measure by measure?

Mozambique leads on 6 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Uruguay leads on 2 of 9 measures: output and citations per work. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Mozambique 61 level2 Uruguay
  1. #78Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#80
  2. 0.80×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.70×
  3. 4.5kOutputfractional works, 2022-now10k
  4. 6.2%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited5.7%
  5. 6.4Citations per workall time, per fractional work9.6
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 73%Open accessof its works free to read, all time58%
  8. 54%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time36%
  9. +23%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?

Mozambique stands higher in 2 of 12 fields, Uruguay in 10. Uruguay leads most in Medicine (#65 against #75); Mozambique leads most in Environmental Science (#80 against #88). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Mozambique 210 Uruguay
  1. #85Agricultural and Biological Sciences#83
  2. -Arts and Humanities#60
  3. -Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#54
  4. -Business, Management and Accounting#87
  5. #104Computer Science#100
  6. -Economics, Econometrics and Finance#77
  7. #98Engineering#102
  8. #80Environmental Science#88
  9. -Health Professions#60
  10. #75Medicine#65
  11. -Psychology#68
  12. #68Social Sciences#67

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 Mozambique rankUruguay rank Mozambique top 10%Uruguay top 10% Mozambique worksUruguay works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #85 #83 7.2% 6.1% 288 914
Arts and Humanities - #60 - 8.3% - 354
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology - #54 - 5.2% - 624
Business, Management and Accounting - #87 - 5.5% - 229
Computer Science #104 #100 4.0% 5.0% 378 500
Economics, Econometrics and Finance - #77 - 7.3% - 240
Engineering #98 #102 5.8% 4.2% 292 448
Environmental Science #80 #88 5.8% 5.2% 325 686
Health Professions - #60 - 4.9% - 460
Medicine #75 #65 7.8% 4.1% 493 2.2k
Psychology - #68 - 4.8% - 333
Social Sciences #68 #67 6.6% 7.6% 1.6k 2.2k

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.

Mozambique

▲ 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. Educational Technology437▲ 7.0×44 topics
  2. Education396▲ 4.3×118 topics
  3. Sustainable Development388▲ 4.7×85 topics
  4. Pedagogy386▲ 14×28 topics
  5. Globalization372▲ 3.6×116 topics
  6. Sustainability358▲ 2.8×100 topics
  7. Teacher Training350▲ 11×27 topics
  8. Online Learning337▲ 7.6×25 topics
  9. E-Learning334▲ 6.5×21 topics
  10. Innovation311▲ 5.7×71 topics
  11. Distance Learning226▲ 12×13 topics
  12. Higher Education186▲ 6.6×26 topics
  13. Digital Literacy183▲ 6.0×11 topics
  14. History174▲ 4.7×39 topics
  15. Digitalization172▲ 16×13 topics
  16. Culture160▲ 5.7×25 topics
  17. Ethnicity158▲ 7.9×16 topics
  18. Literature157▲ 5.4×37 topics
  19. Inclusive Education154▲ 8.0×19 topics
  20. Digital Transformation154▲ 5.3×23 topics
  21. Public Policy149▲ 5.9×24 topics
  22. Digital Education140▲ 18×7 topics
  23. Economic Security138▲ 12×7 topics
  24. Legal Regulation138▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Language Teaching136▲ 9.5×8 topics
  26. Entrepreneurship130▲ 6.2×22 topics
  27. Foresight124▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Teaching Methods123▲ 14×11 topics
  29. Science122▲ 9.3×8 topics
  30. Islam120▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Social Influence118▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Modernization118▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Malay Language118▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Sharia Law118▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Educational Technologies117▲ 24×2 topics
  36. International Trade Law117▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Strategic Planning117▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Public Oversight116▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Transport Policy116▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Design116▲ 13×4 topics

Uruguay

▲ 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. Epidemiology790▲ 1.68×137 topics
  2. Climate Change549▲ 1.71×107 topics
  3. Globalization529▲ 2.3×120 topics
  4. Public Health505▲ 2.9×68 topics
  5. Education416▲ 2.0×104 topics
  6. Sustainability402▲ 1.39×101 topics
  7. Quality of Life357▲ 2.1×58 topics
  8. Latin America301▲ 13×23 topics
  9. Educational Technology292▲ 2.1×37 topics
  10. Biodiversity287▲ 3.2×33 topics
  11. Human Rights286▲ 2.4×58 topics
  12. Mental Health259▲ 1.53×47 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress258▲ 1.32×60 topics
  14. Innovation246▲ 2.0×56 topics
  15. Sustainable Development245▲ 1.32×66 topics
  16. Healthcare238▲ 1.76×29 topics
  17. Public Policy231▲ 4.1×23 topics
  18. Qualitative Research220▲ 2.2×31 topics
  19. Treatment218▲ 1.52×51 topics
  20. Healthcare Access205▲ 6.4×12 topics
  21. Knowledge Management196▲ 3.0×29 topics
  22. Teacher Training196▲ 2.7×23 topics
  23. Social Movements192▲ 5.5×29 topics
  24. Social Determinants181▲ 7.4×8 topics
  25. Social Inequality169▲ 5.3×16 topics
  26. Invasive Species160▲ 3.2×20 topics
  27. Drug Resistance157▲ 4.6×9 topics
  28. Health Policy156▲ 8.6×7 topics
  29. Communication144▲ 3.9×23 topics
  30. Inclusive Education138▲ 3.2×18 topics
  31. Evolution135▲ 4.2×17 topics
  32. Chronic Diseases127▲ 4.2×9 topics
  33. Inequality117▲ 4.3×15 topics
  34. Welfare State106▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Constitutional Law102▲ 6.6×7 topics
  36. Research99▲ 6.7×10 topics
  37. Legal Theory98▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Legal Philosophy96▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Dairy Cattle95▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Aging Population95▲ 9.1×4 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?

Uruguay has out-published Mozambique every year since 1980.

still counting1k2k3kUruguay2,758 in 2025Mozambique971 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%Uruguay0.047% in 2025Mozambique0.017% 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%Mozambique7.6% in 2025Uruguay5.7% 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.

Mozambique 05 level0 Uruguay
  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, Mozambique or Uruguay?

Uruguay publishes 2.3× as much research as Mozambique in 2022-now (10k against 4.5k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Mozambique or Uruguay?

6.2% of Mozambique's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.7% for Uruguay.

Is Mozambique or Uruguay growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +23% against 2018-21 for Mozambique, and +6% for Uruguay.

Which has more open access research, Mozambique or Uruguay?

73% of Mozambique's research is free to read, against 58% of Uruguay's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Mozambique or Uruguay?

Mozambique holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Uruguay 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%.

Mozambique

  1. 1Eduardo Mondlane University6.6% top 10% · 653 works
  2. 2Pedagogical University4.8% top 10% · 2.1k works
  3. 3Instituto Nacional de Saúde7.9% top 10% · 306 works
  4. 4Universidade Politecnica4.9% top 10% · 259 works
  5. 5Lúrio University8.1% top 10% · 197 works
  6. 6Catholic University of Mozambique4.3% top 10% · 133 works

Uruguay

  1. 1Universidad de la República de Uruguay5.3% top 10% · 5.3k works
  2. 2Universitario Francisco de Asís4.0% top 10% · 1.6k works
  3. 3Universidad de Montevideo5.6% top 10% · 567 works
  4. 4Universidad Católica del Uruguay9.4% top 10% · 277 works
  5. 5Universidad ORT Uruguay10.3% top 10% · 276 works
  6. 6Ministerio de Educación y Cultura9.5% top 10% · 195 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.

Mozambique

  1. 1 Albertino Antonio Moura Damasceno #33,973 worldwide 64k citations · 338 works
  2. 2 Inácio Mandomando #104,696 worldwide 17k citations · 290 works
  3. 3 Ana Olga Mocumbi #117,838 worldwide 42k citations · 274 works
  4. 4 Albertino Damasceno #155,059 worldwide 14k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Eusébio Macete #174,962 worldwide 7.4k citations · 120 works

Uruguay

  1. 1 Rafael Radí #57,480 worldwide 48k citations · 529 works
  2. 2 Valentina Colistro #96,125 worldwide 24k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Gustavo J. Nagy #150,922 worldwide 3.4k citations · 101 works
  4. 4 José Luis Badano #151,123 worldwide 8.5k citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Gastón Ares #170,491 worldwide 24k citations · 521 works