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Netherlands vs South Korea

On research quality in 2022–now, South Korea ranks #11 in the world and the Netherlands #13, of 192 countries. The Netherlands stands higher in 12 of the 26 fields both publish in, South Korea in 14.

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.

South Korea

World rank, 2022–now
#11
#15 all time
Works, 2022–now
358k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
43%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Leadership and Management, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Who leads in each field?

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

Netherlands 1214 South Korea
  1. #17Agricultural and Biological Sciences#29
  2. #12Arts and Humanities#25
  3. #14Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#12
  4. #19Business, Management and Accounting#17
  5. #23Chemical Engineering#6
  6. #24Chemistry#10
  7. #20Computer Science#9
  8. #7Decision Sciences#13
  9. #28Dentistry#18
  10. #12Earth and Planetary Sciences#17
  11. #14Economics, Econometrics and Finance#20
  12. #26Energy#11
  13. #21Engineering#6
  14. #11Environmental Science#18
  15. #15Health Professions#14
  16. #11Immunology and Microbiology#14
  17. #30Materials Science#5
  18. #24Mathematics#9
  19. #11Medicine#13
  20. #14Neuroscience#10
  21. #18Nursing#3
  22. #18Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#16
  23. #12Physics and Astronomy#14
  24. #9Psychology#14
  25. #12Social Sciences#24
  26. #13Veterinary#24

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?

50k100kSouth Korea93k in 2025Netherlands49k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Netherlands or South Korea?

South Korea publishes 1.9× as much research as the Netherlands in 2022–now (358k against 191k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Netherlands or South Korea?

25.2% of the Netherlands's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.2% for South Korea.

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