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Nigeria vs Romania

On research quality in 2022–now, Romania ranks #40 in the world and Nigeria #44, of 192 countries. Nigeria stands higher in 12 of the 26 fields both publish in, Romania in 14.

Nigeria

World rank, 2022–now: #44; #51 all time
Works, 2022–now: 134k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 9.7%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 70%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Library and Information Sciences, Drug Discovery, Forestry.

Romania

World rank, 2022–now: #40; #45 all time
Works, 2022–now: 85k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 15.8%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 58%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Energy, Orthodontics, Music.

Who leads in each field?

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

Nigeria 1214 Romania

#18Agricultural and Biological Sciences#45
#33Arts and Humanities#34
#43Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#40
#50Business, Management and Accounting#33
#43Chemical Engineering#42
#37Chemistry#39
#54Computer Science#47
#51Decision Sciences#41
#58Dentistry#15
#44Earth and Planetary Sciences#39
#28Economics, Econometrics and Finance#30
#32Energy#33
#46Engineering#48
#30Environmental Science#38
#40Health Professions#28
#40Immunology and Microbiology#34
#39Materials Science#36
#23Mathematics#30
#49Medicine#37
#48Neuroscience#34
#42Nursing#46
#21Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#31
#67Physics and Astronomy#50
#58Psychology#40
#25Social Sciences#37
#29Veterinary—

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.