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Pakistan vs Russia

On research quality in 2022–now, Russia ranks #24 in the world and Pakistan #25, of 192 countries. Pakistan stands higher in 13 of the 26 fields both publish in, Russia in 13.

Pakistan

World rank, 2022–now
#25
#41 all time
Works, 2022–now
170k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
61%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Dentistry, Leadership and Management, Modeling and Simulation.

Russia

World rank, 2022–now
#24
#16 all time
Works, 2022–now
544k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
41%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Fuel Technology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, General Materials Science.

Who leads in each field?

Pakistan stands higher in 13 of 26 fields, Russia in 13. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Pakistan 1313 Russia
  1. #14Agricultural and Biological Sciences#39
  2. #55Arts and Humanities#28
  3. #35Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#26
  4. #20Business, Management and Accounting#44
  5. #30Chemical Engineering#24
  6. #18Chemistry#22
  7. #22Computer Science#38
  8. #24Decision Sciences#43
  9. #16Dentistry#34
  10. #30Earth and Planetary Sciences#19
  11. #10Economics, Econometrics and Finance#16
  12. #10Energy#7
  13. #22Engineering#27
  14. #17Environmental Science#33
  15. #24Health Professions#49
  16. #37Immunology and Microbiology#32
  17. #22Materials Science#9
  18. #14Mathematics#13
  19. #34Medicine#25
  20. #40Neuroscience#29
  21. #34Nursing#55
  22. #22Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#32
  23. #30Physics and Astronomy#18
  24. #46Psychology#44
  25. #30Social Sciences#33
  26. —Veterinary#25

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?

100k200kRussia112k in 2025Pakistan50k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Pakistan or Russia?

Russia publishes 3.2× as much research as Pakistan in 2022–now (544k against 170k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Pakistan or Russia?

15.1% of Pakistan's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.2% for Russia.

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