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Netherlands vs Spain

On research quality in 2022–now, Spain ranks #10 in the world and the Netherlands #13, of 192 countries. The Netherlands stands higher in 1 of the 26 fields both publish in, Spain in 25.

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.

Spain

World rank, 2022–now
#10
#13 all time
Works, 2022–now
435k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
52%
of its works free to read

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

Who leads in each field?

Netherlands stands higher in 1 of 26 fields, Spain in 25. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Netherlands 125 Spain
  1. #17Agricultural and Biological Sciences#12
  2. #12Arts and Humanities#8
  3. #14Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#10
  4. #19Business, Management and Accounting#6
  5. #23Chemical Engineering#12
  6. #24Chemistry#7
  7. #20Computer Science#15
  8. #7Decision Sciences#12
  9. #28Dentistry#12
  10. #12Earth and Planetary Sciences#11
  11. #14Economics, Econometrics and Finance#12
  12. #26Energy#19
  13. #21Engineering#18
  14. #11Environmental Science#10
  15. #15Health Professions#10
  16. #11Immunology and Microbiology#10
  17. #30Materials Science#20
  18. #24Mathematics#12
  19. #11Medicine#10
  20. #14Neuroscience#11
  21. #18Nursing#9
  22. #18Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#13
  23. #12Physics and Astronomy#9
  24. #9Psychology#8
  25. #12Social Sciences#7
  26. #13Veterinary#11

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?

50k100k150kSpain111k in 2025Netherlands49k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Netherlands or Spain?

Spain publishes 2.3× as much research as the Netherlands in 2022–now (435k against 191k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Netherlands or Spain?

25.2% of the Netherlands's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.1% for Spain.

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