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On research quality in 2022-now, Norway ranks #21 in the world and Poland #23, of 189 countries. Norway stands higher in 18 of the 26 fields both publish in, Poland in 8.

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Norway

World rank, 2022-now
#21
#21 all time
Works, 2022-now
81k
fractional
Top-10% rate
12.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Research and Theory, Ocean Engineering.

Poland

World rank, 2022-now
#23
#28 all time
Works, 2022-now
250k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
49%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences, History.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Norway leads on 6 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, international co-authorship and growth. Poland leads on 2 of 9 measures: output and open access. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Norway 61 level2 Poland
  1. #21Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#23
  2. 1.27×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.93×
  3. 81kOutputfractional works, 2022-now250k
  4. 12.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited9.2%
  5. 26.2Citations per workall time, per fractional work9.2
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 47%Open accessof its works free to read, all time49%
  8. 31%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time13%
  9. +4%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change-11%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Norway stands higher in 18 of 26 fields, Poland in 8. Norway leads most in Earth and Planetary Sciences (#10 against #35); Poland leads most in Chemistry (#17 against #34). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Norway 188 Poland
  1. #27Agricultural and Biological Sciences#21
  2. #17Arts and Humanities#19
  3. #23Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#25
  4. #19Business, Management and Accounting#25
  5. #23Chemical Engineering#25
  6. #34Chemistry#17
  7. #22Computer Science#23
  8. #17Decision Sciences#30
  9. #26Dentistry#18
  10. #10Earth and Planetary Sciences#35
  11. #19Economics, Econometrics and Finance#21
  12. #16Energy#22
  13. #21Engineering#25
  14. #13Environmental Science#28
  15. #16Health Professions#28
  16. #21Immunology and Microbiology#30
  17. #24Materials Science#17
  18. #23Mathematics#24
  19. #19Medicine#29
  20. #20Neuroscience#29
  21. #26Nursing#21
  22. -Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#18
  23. #24Physics and Astronomy#23
  24. #14Psychology#30
  25. #15Social Sciences#24
  26. -Veterinary#16

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.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Norway rankPoland rank Norway top 10%Poland top 10% Norway worksPoland works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #27 #21 12.7% 11.8% 2.2k 12k
Arts and Humanities #17 #19 14.9% 9.8% 3.2k 17k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #23 #25 10.9% 9.3% 3.3k 12k
Business, Management and Accounting #19 #25 14.4% 8.7% 2.5k 7.4k
Chemical Engineering #23 #25 8.5% 7.2% 238 905
Chemistry #34 #17 8.5% 9.0% 541 4.5k
Computer Science #22 #23 12.7% 8.1% 5.1k 11k
Decision Sciences #17 #30 13.0% 8.1% 1.2k 1.7k
Dentistry #26 #18 13.2% 20.1% 273 965
Earth and Planetary Sciences #10 #35 11.8% 7.1% 2.6k 3.3k
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #19 #21 13.1% 8.5% 1.7k 6.7k
Energy #16 #22 11.6% 10.1% 710 2.1k
Engineering #21 #25 10.1% 8.3% 11k 32k
Environmental Science #13 #28 11.2% 9.0% 5.9k 12k
Health Professions #16 #28 13.1% 10.4% 3.1k 3.7k
Immunology and Microbiology #21 #30 12.2% 9.9% 773 2.1k
Materials Science #24 #17 9.8% 7.2% 1.2k 8.7k
Mathematics #23 #24 12.6% 8.1% 749 2.9k
Medicine #19 #29 14.0% 10.5% 14k 40k
Neuroscience #20 #29 11.1% 8.9% 1.4k 3.4k
Nursing #26 #21 12.6% 12.0% 356 1.3k
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics - #18 - 12.5% - 779
Physics and Astronomy #24 #23 10.2% 7.3% 1.3k 5.6k
Psychology #14 #30 13.7% 8.2% 5.1k 7k
Social Sciences #15 #24 15.5% 8.7% 13k 50k
Veterinary - #16 - 10.4% - 359

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Norway

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4,529▲ 1.81×130 topics
  2. Epidemiology3,392◆ 0.93×140 topics
  3. Sustainability2,832▲ 1.26×137 topics
  4. Machine Learning2,813◆ 0.92×97 topics
  5. Deep Learning2,229▼ 0.70×85 topics
  6. Globalization2,190▲ 1.21×181 topics
  7. Mental Health2,024▲ 1.54×48 topics
  8. Renewable Energy1,984▲ 1.49×61 topics
  9. Environmental Impact1,867▲ 1.19×74 topics
  10. Public Health1,651▲ 1.23×76 topics
  11. Inflammation1,586▼ 0.81×83 topics
  12. Education1,547◆ 0.98×157 topics
  13. Quality of Life1,464◆ 1.10×61 topics
  14. Remote Sensing1,286◆ 1.14×40 topics
  15. Depression1,172▲ 1.45×26 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease1,141◆ 1.09×39 topics
  17. Human Rights1,138▲ 1.21×88 topics
  18. Risk Factors1,114◆ 1.10×37 topics
  19. Ethics917▲ 1.97×59 topics
  20. Resilience899▲ 1.99×19 topics
  21. Democracy824▲ 2.6×30 topics
  22. Global Warming762▲ 1.94×16 topics
  23. Embodiment756▲ 4.4×7 topics
  24. Religion751▲ 1.76×43 topics
  25. Invasive Species740▲ 1.90×21 topics
  26. Well-being708▲ 1.98×14 topics
  27. Aquaculture699▲ 3.0×8 topics
  28. Tacit Knowledge638▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Arctic600▲ 5.9×4 topics
  30. Ethical Guidelines519▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Social Science508▲ 15×7 topics
  32. Ocean Circulation494▲ 3.9×3 topics
  33. Pragmatism481▲ 21×4 topics
  34. Dementia Care473▲ 42×2 topics
  35. Interactional Expertise460▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Technical Decision-making460▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Fisheries Sustainability459▲ 5.8×2 topics
  38. Constitutionalism432▲ 5.3×6 topics
  39. ECHR375▲ 12×1 topic
  40. European Legal Systems375▲ 12×1 topic

Poland

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization11k▲ 2.1×185 topics
  2. Education10k▲ 2.2×159 topics
  3. Cultural Studies7,244▲ 7.1×45 topics
  4. European Union7,132▲ 12×29 topics
  5. Human Rights6,479▲ 2.3×90 topics
  6. Nationalism6,245▲ 5.0×34 topics
  7. Migration6,012▲ 6.4×35 topics
  8. Ethnography5,863▲ 12×16 topics
  9. Innovation5,612▲ 1.97×90 topics
  10. Literature5,338▲ 3.5×64 topics
  11. Eastern Europe5,308▲ 37×3 topics
  12. Soviet Union5,301▲ 35×3 topics
  13. Pedagogy4,873▲ 3.5×30 topics
  14. Cultural Identity4,864▲ 3.5×40 topics
  15. Cultural Discourse4,864▲ 49×3 topics
  16. Polish history4,844▲ 71×1 topic
  17. Polish minority4,844▲ 71×1 topic
  18. Ethics4,813▲ 3.4×62 topics
  19. Cultural Heritage4,748▲ 3.2×40 topics
  20. Sociolinguistics4,605▲ 9.1×9 topics
  21. Culture4,528▲ 3.1×40 topics
  22. Language4,404▲ 6.4×15 topics
  23. Urban Development4,401▲ 4.5×23 topics
  24. Multilingualism4,107▲ 9.2×6 topics
  25. Lexicography4,106▲ 17×5 topics
  26. Translation4,103▲ 9.0×7 topics
  27. Media Discourse3,674▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Social Sciences3,670▲ 9.2×24 topics
  29. Lifelong Learning3,640▲ 6.4×11 topics
  30. Ethnolinguistics3,637▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Public Administration3,554▲ 16×6 topics
  32. European Union Law3,482▲ 79×2 topics
  33. Youth Development3,383▲ 13×9 topics
  34. Digital Innovations3,236▲ 81×1 topic
  35. National Identity3,110▲ 9.7×11 topics
  36. Social Change3,067▲ 9.0×21 topics
  37. Data Privacy2,893▲ 9.6×4 topics
  38. Historiography2,859▲ 8.5×15 topics
  39. Memory Studies2,850▲ 16×6 topics
  40. Anthropology2,767▲ 11×11 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Poland has out-published Norway every year since 1980.

still counting50k100kPoland64k in 2025Norway20k in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting1.0%2.0%3.0%Poland1.1% in 2025Norway0.35% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%15%Norway12.0% in 2025Poland9.2% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Norway 32 level0 Poland
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 3In the top 5001
  4. 7In the top 1,0005
  5. #23Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#29

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Norway or Poland?

Poland publishes 3.1× as much research as Norway in 2022-now (250k against 81k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Norway or Poland?

12.8% of Norway's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.2% for Poland.

Is Norway or Poland growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +4% against 2018-21 for Norway, and -11% for Poland.

Which has more open access research, Norway or Poland?

49% of Poland's research is free to read, against 47% of Norway's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Norway or Poland?

Norway holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Poland 0; in the top 1,000 it is 7 against 5.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Norway

  1. 1Norwegian University of Science and Technology13.6% top 10% · 12k works
  2. 2University of Oslo14.4% top 10% · 13k works
  3. 3University of Bergen13.1% top 10% · 6.5k works
  4. 4University of Stavanger14.0% top 10% · 3.2k works
  5. 5UiT The Arctic University of Norway12.1% top 10% · 3.7k works
  6. 6Norwegian Institute of Public Health15.2% top 10% · 1k works

Poland

  1. 1Polish Academy of Sciences9.4% top 10% · 21k works
  2. 2Jagiellonian University8.7% top 10% · 14k works
  3. 3University of Warsaw8.8% top 10% · 11k works
  4. 4AGH University of Krakow9.1% top 10% · 8k works
  5. 5University of Wrocław7.6% top 10% · 4.2k works
  6. 6Wrocław University of Science and Technology8.6% top 10% · 3.4k works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Norway

  1. 1 Amandeep Dhir #8 worldwide 33k citations · 319 works
  2. 2 Glen P. Peters #264 worldwide 69k citations · 451 works
  3. 3 Puneet Kaur #1,322 worldwide 18k citations · 209 works
  4. 4 Edvard Ingjald Moser #1,526 worldwide 53k citations · 437 works
  5. 5 Simon Elias Bibri #1,816 worldwide 12k citations · 146 works

Poland

  1. 1 P. Jaranowski #637 worldwide 94k citations · 375 works
  2. 2 T. Kunigo #1,235 worldwide 24k citations · 283 works
  3. 3 N. Haddad #1,253 worldwide 21k citations · 240 works
  4. 4 O. Arslan #1,266 worldwide 42k citations · 484 works
  5. 5 M. Lisovyi #1,357 worldwide 65k citations · 863 works

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