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Norway vs Portugal

On research quality in 2022–now, Portugal ranks #33 in the world and Norway #35, of 192 countries. Norway stands higher in 6 of the 26 fields both publish in, Portugal in 20.

Norway

World rank, 2022–now
#35
#29 all time
Works, 2022–now
81k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.8%
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.

Portugal

World rank, 2022–now
#33
#32 all time
Works, 2022–now
129k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Filtration and Separation, Architecture.

Who leads in each field?

Norway stands higher in 6 of 26 fields, Portugal in 20. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Norway 620 Portugal
  1. #61Agricultural and Biological Sciences#28
  2. #20Arts and Humanities#30
  3. #36Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#29
  4. #38Business, Management and Accounting#12
  5. #34Chemical Engineering#21
  6. #58Chemistry#28
  7. #37Computer Science#34
  8. #26Decision Sciences#23
  9. #40Dentistry#29
  10. #14Earth and Planetary Sciences#34
  11. #38Economics, Econometrics and Finance#31
  12. #35Energy#40
  13. #37Engineering#30
  14. #29Environmental Science#28
  15. #32Health Professions#20
  16. #36Immunology and Microbiology#30
  17. #44Materials Science#31
  18. #44Mathematics#42
  19. #31Medicine#30
  20. #30Neuroscience#24
  21. #21Nursing#19
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#23
  23. #35Physics and Astronomy#36
  24. #23Psychology#25
  25. #18Social Sciences#21
  26. —Veterinary#17

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?

20k40kPortugal31k in 2025Norway20k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Norway or Portugal?

Portugal publishes 1.6× as much research as Norway in 2022–now (129k against 81k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Norway or Portugal?

23.8% of Norway's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.3% for Portugal.

Where does their research happen?

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