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On research quality in 2022-now, Panama ranks #67 in the world and the Philippines #68, of 189 countries. Panama stands higher in 5 of the 22 fields both publish in, the Philippines in 17.

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Panama

World rank, 2022-now
#67
#65 all time
Works, 2022-now
6.5k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
72%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Computer Science Applications.

Philippines

World rank, 2022-now
#68
#60 all time
Works, 2022-now
56k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
64%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Leadership and Management, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Research and Theory.

Who leads, measure by measure?

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

Panama 61 level2 Philippines
  1. #67Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#68
  2. 0.82×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.49×
  3. 6.5kOutputfractional works, 2022-now56k
  4. 6.7%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited5.8%
  5. 13.9Citations per workall time, per fractional work7.6
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 72%Open accessof its works free to read, all time64%
  8. 26%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time20%
  9. +92%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+102%

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?

Panama stands higher in 5 of 22 fields, Philippines in 17. The Philippines leads most in Computer Science (#53 against #82); Panama leads most in Environmental Science (#53 against #77). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Panama 517 Philippines
  1. #61Agricultural and Biological Sciences#65
  2. -Arts and Humanities#54
  3. #59Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#73
  4. #73Business, Management and Accounting#70
  5. -Chemistry#57
  6. #82Computer Science#53
  7. -Decision Sciences#54
  8. -Earth and Planetary Sciences#61
  9. #67Economics, Econometrics and Finance#66
  10. -Energy#65
  11. #76Engineering#73
  12. #53Environmental Science#77
  13. #56Health Professions#59
  14. -Immunology and Microbiology#57
  15. -Materials Science#67
  16. -Mathematics#62
  17. #64Medicine#74
  18. -Neuroscience#45
  19. -Nursing#50
  20. -Physics and Astronomy#65
  21. #69Psychology#57
  22. #56Social Sciences#53

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 Panama rankPhilippines rank Panama top 10%Philippines top 10% Panama worksPhilippines works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #61 #65 6.5% 4.7% 526 3.8k
Arts and Humanities - #54 - 7.9% - 1.9k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #59 #73 7.0% 4.3% 217 1.3k
Business, Management and Accounting #73 #70 5.4% 4.6% 358 3.2k
Chemistry - #57 - 3.9% - 344
Computer Science #82 #53 6.7% 6.6% 589 5.8k
Decision Sciences - #54 - 4.7% - 934
Earth and Planetary Sciences - #61 - 4.4% - 476
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #67 #66 5.9% 6.5% 271 1.4k
Energy - #65 - 4.4% - 263
Engineering #76 #73 4.6% 3.3% 234 4.3k
Environmental Science #53 #77 7.6% 4.0% 509 3.2k
Health Professions #56 #59 4.9% 7.5% 288 1.9k
Immunology and Microbiology - #57 - 4.7% - 287
Materials Science - #67 - 4.4% - 523
Mathematics - #62 - 8.4% - 619
Medicine #64 #74 4.3% 4.8% 895 5.9k
Neuroscience - #45 - 4.5% - 361
Nursing - #50 - 3.2% - 367
Physics and Astronomy - #65 - 6.7% - 279
Psychology #69 #57 6.7% 4.2% 258 3.7k
Social Sciences #56 #53 8.6% 7.7% 1.8k 15k

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.

Panama

▲ 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. Education1,073▲ 8.1×78 topics
  2. Innovation593▲ 7.4×42 topics
  3. E-Learning508▲ 6.8×17 topics
  4. Educational Technology483▲ 5.3×36 topics
  5. Climate Change475▲ 2.2×100 topics
  6. Sustainability460▲ 2.4×91 topics
  7. Pedagogy438▲ 11×17 topics
  8. Competitiveness414▲ 67×6 topics
  9. COVID-19402▲ 4.0×28 topics
  10. Teacher Training400▲ 8.4×20 topics
  11. Globalization397▲ 2.6×85 topics
  12. Digital Marketing392▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Distance Learning361▲ 13×10 topics
  14. Knowledge Management357▲ 8.3×22 topics
  15. Small and Medium Enterprises329▲ 24×8 topics
  16. Social Responsibility329▲ 18×10 topics
  17. Digital Divide311▲ 16×8 topics
  18. Digital Competence308▲ 45×3 topics
  19. Online Education307▲ 20×4 topics
  20. ICT306▲ 29×4 topics
  21. Virtual Teaching304▲ 73×1 topic
  22. Innovation Ecosystems277▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Inclusive Education275▲ 9.8×15 topics
  24. Urban Development271▲ 9.9×15 topics
  25. Economic Impact269▲ 6.5×9 topics
  26. Globalization Effects252▲ 47×2 topics
  27. Tourism Management252▲ 47×2 topics
  28. City Branding250▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Psychopharmacology Education250▲ 52×1 topic
  30. Technology250▲ 6.2×20 topics
  31. Social Impact239▲ 7.9×14 topics
  32. Communication228▲ 9.3×16 topics
  33. Teacher Development221▲ 46×2 topics
  34. Educational Leadership218▲ 22×4 topics
  35. Student Performance216▲ 26×4 topics
  36. Organizational Commitment216▲ 14×5 topics
  37. Curriculum Design216▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Quality Education214▲ 77×1 topic
  39. School Culture214▲ 77×1 topic
  40. Informal Learning212▲ 21×5 topics

Philippines

▲ 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. Educational Technology4,628▲ 5.5×47 topics
  2. E-Learning3,697▲ 5.4×27 topics
  3. Technology Integration3,446▲ 15×12 topics
  4. Education3,106▲ 2.5×152 topics
  5. Machine Learning3,005▲ 1.26×96 topics
  6. Online Learning2,867▲ 4.8×27 topics
  7. Globalization2,845▲ 2.0×172 topics
  8. Sustainability2,665▲ 1.52×135 topics
  9. Mental Health1,973▲ 1.93×48 topics
  10. Mobile Learning1,780▲ 7.3×6 topics
  11. Sustainable Development1,666▲ 1.49×110 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence1,622▲ 1.59×66 topics
  13. Student Satisfaction1,621▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Teacher Professional Development1,551▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Inclusive Education1,550▲ 6.0×20 topics
  16. Student Engagement1,547▲ 5.4×17 topics
  17. Digital Transformation1,537▲ 4.0×32 topics
  18. Professional Development1,514▲ 10×15 topics
  19. Online Education1,393▲ 10×7 topics
  20. Higher Education1,319▲ 3.5×34 topics
  21. Teacher Perception1,245▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Google Classroom1,242▲ 17×1 topic
  23. Virtual Classroom1,242▲ 17×1 topic
  24. Distance Learning1,203▲ 4.8×14 topics
  25. Health Education1,148▲ 3.7×11 topics
  26. Teaching Strategies1,146▲ 5.7×7 topics
  27. Social Capital1,136▲ 3.1×21 topics
  28. Leadership1,135▲ 3.2×41 topics
  29. Motivation1,133▲ 3.8×12 topics
  30. Biogeography1,123▲ 5.6×20 topics
  31. STEM Education1,082▲ 3.3×16 topics
  32. Lifelong Learning1,067▲ 7.2×11 topics
  33. Job Satisfaction1,053▲ 3.3×15 topics
  34. 21st Century Skills1,012▲ 4.9×6 topics
  35. Self-Efficacy888▲ 4.8×11 topics
  36. Microlearning810▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Phylogeny798▲ 6.7×17 topics
  38. Academic Achievement778▲ 6.3×10 topics
  39. Taxonomy766▲ 7.4×15 topics
  40. Educational Leadership723▲ 8.0×4 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?

The Philippines has out-published Panama every year since 1980.

still counting10k20kPhilippines18k in 2025Panama2,375 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 counting0.20%0.40%Philippines0.31% in 2025Panama0.040% 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%Panama6.9% in 2025Philippines5.6% 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.

Panama 03 level2 Philippines
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0001
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#48

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, Panama or Philippines?

The Philippines publishes 8.6× as much research as Panama in 2022-now (56k against 6.5k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Panama or Philippines?

6.7% of Panama's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.8% for the Philippines.

Is Panama or Philippines growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +102% against 2018-21 for the Philippines, and +92% for Panama.

Which has more open access research, Panama or Philippines?

72% of Panama's research is free to read, against 64% of the Philippines's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Panama or Philippines?

Panama holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and the Philippines 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 1.

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%.

Panama

  1. 1Universidad de Panamá5.7% top 10% · 2.2k works
  2. 2Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología9.4% top 10% · 1.2k works
  3. 3Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá5.0% top 10% · 451 works
  4. 4Universidad de Santander4.6% top 10% · 232 works
  5. 5Quality Leadership University Panama6.1% top 10% · 210 works
  6. 6Hospital del Niño4.4% top 10% · 245 works

Philippines

  1. 1Northwestern University11.9% top 10% · 850 works
  2. 2De La Salle University6.5% top 10% · 2.6k works
  3. 3Cebu Technological University7.8% top 10% · 927 works
  4. 4Bulacan State University4.7% top 10% · 693 works
  5. 5Caraga State University4.7% top 10% · 721 works
  6. 6University of Mindanao6.9% top 10% · 1.1k 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.

Panama

  1. 1 Stephen P. Hubbell #1,469 worldwide 56k citations · 353 works
  2. 2 S. Joseph Wright‬ #4,590 worldwide 58k citations · 585 works
  3. 3 Dolores R. Piperno #5,646 worldwide 16k citations · 174 works
  4. 4 Helene C. Muller‐Landau #10,654 worldwide 29k citations · 271 works
  5. 5 Richard Condit #11,184 worldwide 27k citations · 257 works

Philippines

  1. 1 Veincent Christian Filipino Pepito #10,461 worldwide 72k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Jason Villota Chavez #12,774 worldwide 1.5k citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Liane Peña Alampay #24,239 worldwide 7.2k citations · 141 works
  4. 4 Reggie C. Pantig #27,163 worldwide 2.2k citations · 119 works
  5. 5 Nese Sreenivasulu #33,746 worldwide 13k citations · 242 works