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Norway vs Taiwan

On research quality in 2022–now, Taiwan ranks #31 in the world and Norway #35, of 192 countries. Norway stands higher in 7 of the 25 fields both publish in, Taiwan in 18.

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.

Taiwan

World rank, 2022–now
#31
#26 all time
Works, 2022–now
143k
fractional
Top-10% rate
17.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
29%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Bioengineering, Otorhinolaryngology, Hardware and Architecture.

Who leads in each field?

Norway stands higher in 7 of 25 fields, Taiwan in 18. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Norway 718 Taiwan
  1. #61Agricultural and Biological Sciences#60
  2. #20Arts and Humanities#35
  3. #36Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#31
  4. #38Business, Management and Accounting#35
  5. #34Chemical Engineering#25
  6. #58Chemistry#27
  7. #37Computer Science#23
  8. #26Decision Sciences#22
  9. #40Dentistry#27
  10. #14Earth and Planetary Sciences#40
  11. #38Economics, Econometrics and Finance#40
  12. #35Energy#28
  13. #37Engineering#24
  14. #29Environmental Science#42
  15. #32Health Professions#36
  16. #36Immunology and Microbiology#26
  17. #44Materials Science#29
  18. #44Mathematics#21
  19. #31Medicine#26
  20. #30Neuroscience#26
  21. #21Nursing#24
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#33
  23. #35Physics and Astronomy#27
  24. #23Psychology#18
  25. #18Social Sciences#43

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?

20k40kTaiwan38k in 2025Norway20k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Norway or Taiwan?

Taiwan publishes 1.8× as much research as Norway in 2022–now (143k against 81k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Norway or Taiwan?

23.8% of Norway's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 17.4% for Taiwan.

Where does their research happen?

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