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Netherlands vs Switzerland

On research quality in 2022–now, The Netherlands ranks #13 in the world and Switzerland #14, of 192 countries. The Netherlands stands higher in 16 of the 26 fields both publish in, Switzerland in 10.

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.

Switzerland

World rank, 2022–now
#14
#12 all time
Works, 2022–now
142k
fractional
Top-10% rate
22.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Classics, Structural Biology.

Who leads in each field?

Netherlands stands higher in 16 of 26 fields, Switzerland in 10. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Netherlands 1610 Switzerland
  1. #17Agricultural and Biological Sciences#20
  2. #12Arts and Humanities#18
  3. #14Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#11
  4. #19Business, Management and Accounting#25
  5. #23Chemical Engineering#28
  6. #24Chemistry#19
  7. #20Computer Science#16
  8. #7Decision Sciences#11
  9. #28Dentistry#22
  10. #12Earth and Planetary Sciences#10
  11. #14Economics, Econometrics and Finance#23
  12. #26Energy#37
  13. #21Engineering#25
  14. #11Environmental Science#14
  15. #15Health Professions#22
  16. #11Immunology and Microbiology#13
  17. #30Materials Science#25
  18. #24Mathematics#19
  19. #11Medicine#14
  20. #14Neuroscience#13
  21. #18Nursing#35
  22. #18Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#24
  23. #12Physics and Astronomy#8
  24. #9Psychology#15
  25. #12Social Sciences#19
  26. #13Veterinary#12

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 2025Switzerland35k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Netherlands or Switzerland?

The Netherlands publishes 1.3× as much research as Switzerland in 2022–now (191k against 142k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Netherlands or Switzerland?

25.2% of the Netherlands's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 22.0% for Switzerland.

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