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Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia

On research quality in 2022–now, The Netherlands ranks #13 in the world and Saudi Arabia #15, of 192 countries. The Netherlands stands higher in 14 of the 26 fields both publish in, Saudi Arabia in 12.

Netherlands

World rank, 2022–now
#13
#10 all time
Works, 2022–now
191k
fractional
Top-10% rate
25.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
48%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Medical Terminology, General Decision Sciences, Applied Psychology.

Saudi Arabia

World rank, 2022–now
#15
#31 all time
Works, 2022–now
156k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Dentistry, Orthodontics, Modeling and Simulation.

Who leads in each field?

Netherlands stands higher in 14 of 26 fields, Saudi Arabia in 12. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Netherlands 1412 Saudi Arabia
  1. #17Agricultural and Biological Sciences#24
  2. #12Arts and Humanities#37
  3. #14Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#25
  4. #19Business, Management and Accounting#16
  5. #23Chemical Engineering#11
  6. #24Chemistry#6
  7. #20Computer Science#13
  8. #7Decision Sciences#18
  9. #28Dentistry#3
  10. #12Earth and Planetary Sciences#24
  11. #14Economics, Econometrics and Finance#15
  12. #26Energy#9
  13. #21Engineering#11
  14. #11Environmental Science#16
  15. #15Health Professions#9
  16. #11Immunology and Microbiology#24
  17. #30Materials Science#10
  18. #24Mathematics#6
  19. #11Medicine#24
  20. #14Neuroscience#21
  21. #18Nursing#10
  22. #18Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#14
  23. #12Physics and Astronomy#26
  24. #9Psychology#31
  25. #12Social Sciences#28
  26. #13Veterinary—

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?

20k40k60kNetherlands49k in 2025Saudi Arabia45k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Netherlands or Saudi Arabia?

The Netherlands publishes 1.2× as much research as Saudi Arabia in 2022–now (191k against 156k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Netherlands or Saudi Arabia?

25.2% of the Netherlands's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 23.4% for Saudi Arabia.

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