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On research quality in 2022-now, Vietnam ranks #66 in the world and the Philippines #68, of 189 countries. The Philippines stands higher in 6 of the 25 fields both publish in, Vietnam in 19.

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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.

Vietnam

World rank, 2022-now
#66
#56 all time
Works, 2022-now
82k
fractional
Top-10% rate
7.3%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
55%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Ecology, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Civil and Structural Engineering.

Who leads, measure by measure?

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

Philippines 21 level6 Vietnam
  1. #68Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#66
  2. 0.49×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.60×
  3. 56kOutputfractional works, 2022-now82k
  4. 5.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited7.3%
  5. 7.6Citations per workall time, per fractional work10.1
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 64%Open accessof its works free to read, all time55%
  8. 20%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time29%
  9. +102%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+74%

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?

Philippines stands higher in 6 of 25 fields, Vietnam in 19. Vietnam leads most in Business, Management and Accounting (#38 against #70); The Philippines leads most in Arts and Humanities (#54 against #71). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Philippines 619 Vietnam
  1. #65Agricultural and Biological Sciences#76
  2. #54Arts and Humanities#71
  3. #73Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#70
  4. #70Business, Management and Accounting#38
  5. -Chemical Engineering#38
  6. #57Chemistry#53
  7. #53Computer Science#51
  8. #54Decision Sciences#41
  9. -Dentistry#51
  10. #61Earth and Planetary Sciences#57
  11. #66Economics, Econometrics and Finance#47
  12. #65Energy#48
  13. #73Engineering#48
  14. #77Environmental Science#46
  15. #59Health Professions#71
  16. #57Immunology and Microbiology#49
  17. #67Materials Science#53
  18. #62Mathematics#51
  19. #74Medicine#53
  20. #45Neuroscience#54
  21. #50Nursing#49
  22. -Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#37
  23. #65Physics and Astronomy#61
  24. #57Psychology#59
  25. #53Social Sciences#58

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 Philippines rankVietnam rank Philippines top 10%Vietnam top 10% Philippines worksVietnam works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #65 #76 4.7% 5.6% 3.8k 4.7k
Arts and Humanities #54 #71 7.9% 8.9% 1.9k 1.5k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #73 #70 4.3% 4.6% 1.3k 3.1k
Business, Management and Accounting #70 #38 4.6% 12.6% 3.2k 4.8k
Chemical Engineering - #38 - 6.5% - 273
Chemistry #57 #53 3.9% 5.4% 344 1.3k
Computer Science #53 #51 6.6% 7.4% 5.8k 8k
Decision Sciences #54 #41 4.7% 10.4% 934 1.3k
Dentistry - #51 - 9.7% - 253
Earth and Planetary Sciences #61 #57 4.4% 6.0% 476 1k
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #66 #47 6.5% 10.5% 1.4k 3.3k
Energy #65 #48 4.4% 7.1% 263 1k
Engineering #73 #48 3.3% 6.6% 4.3k 16k
Environmental Science #77 #46 4.0% 7.1% 3.2k 7.6k
Health Professions #59 #71 7.5% 7.8% 1.9k 1k
Immunology and Microbiology #57 #49 4.7% 6.1% 287 555
Materials Science #67 #53 4.4% 4.9% 523 3.5k
Mathematics #62 #51 8.4% 7.8% 619 1.5k
Medicine #74 #53 4.8% 5.4% 5.9k 9.7k
Neuroscience #45 #54 4.5% 4.6% 361 458
Nursing #50 #49 3.2% 6.2% 367 337
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics - #37 - 4.2% - 483
Physics and Astronomy #65 #61 6.7% 3.9% 279 1k
Psychology #57 #59 4.2% 8.8% 3.7k 1.6k
Social Sciences #53 #58 7.7% 9.5% 15k 7.3k

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.

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

Vietnam

▲ 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. Deep Learning4,809▲ 1.44×85 topics
  2. Risk Assessment3,823▲ 6.0×29 topics
  3. Machine Learning3,748▲ 1.16×96 topics
  4. GIS-based Evaluation3,304▲ 105×2 topics
  5. Fuzzy Mathematics3,282▲ 162×1 topic
  6. Set Pair Analysis3,282▲ 162×1 topic
  7. Environmental Impact2,725▲ 1.65×71 topics
  8. Epidemiology2,604▼ 0.68×138 topics
  9. Sustainability2,540◆ 1.08×124 topics
  10. Climate Change2,333◆ 0.89×119 topics
  11. Neural Networks2,310▲ 1.55×41 topics
  12. Economic Growth1,925▲ 2.4×36 topics
  13. Renewable Energy1,924▲ 1.38×58 topics
  14. Globalization1,892◆ 1.00×152 topics
  15. Nanomaterials1,645▲ 1.63×21 topics
  16. Antioxidant1,581▲ 2.4×51 topics
  17. History1,473▲ 2.2×53 topics
  18. Biomedical Applications1,456▲ 1.27×36 topics
  19. Identity1,451▲ 2.1×64 topics
  20. Religion1,430▲ 3.2×38 topics
  21. Vietnam1,369▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Culture1,363▲ 2.7×37 topics
  23. Gender1,352▲ 2.6×52 topics
  24. Colonialism1,347▲ 2.9×41 topics
  25. Politics1,301▲ 5.1×21 topics
  26. Society1,296▲ 7.0×20 topics
  27. Economy1,273▲ 18×7 topics
  28. Convolutional Neural Networks1,239▲ 1.76×14 topics
  29. Consumer Behavior1,143▲ 1.90×19 topics
  30. Higher Education1,077▲ 2.1×30 topics
  31. Anti-inflammatory1,041▲ 3.8×29 topics
  32. Environmental Management989▲ 2.5×23 topics
  33. Medicinal Plants980▲ 2.6×20 topics
  34. Infrastructure912▲ 8.0×8 topics
  35. Monitoring790▲ 9.0×5 topics
  36. Laser Scanning643▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Geodetic639▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Leveling639▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Second Language Acquisition571▲ 6.4×3 topics
  40. Corrective Feedback531▲ 7.4×1 topic

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?

Vietnam has out-published the Philippines every year since 1999, when it overtook it.

still counting10k20k30kVietnam26k in 2025Philippines18k 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%0.60%Vietnam0.44% in 2025Philippines0.31% 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%Vietnam7.4% 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.

Philippines 23 level0 Vietnam
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 1In the top 1,0000
  5. #48Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

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, Philippines or Vietnam?

Vietnam publishes 1.5× as much research as the Philippines in 2022-now (82k against 56k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Philippines or Vietnam?

7.3% of Vietnam's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.8% for the Philippines.

Is Philippines or Vietnam growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +102% against 2018-21 for the Philippines, and +74% for Vietnam.

Which has more open access research, Philippines or Vietnam?

64% of the Philippines's research is free to read, against 55% of Vietnam's.

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

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

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%.

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

Vietnam

  1. 1University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City17.0% top 10% · 1.6k works
  2. 2FPT University10.5% top 10% · 1.7k works
  3. 3National Economics University15.8% top 10% · 1.2k works
  4. 4Phenikaa University9.7% top 10% · 1k works
  5. 5Duy Tan University14.0% top 10% · 1.3k works
  6. 6Ho Chi Minh City Open University15.5% top 10% · 857 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.

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

Vietnam

  1. 1 Xuan Vinh Vo #1,005 worldwide 17k citations · 382 works
  2. 2 Arivalagan Pugazhendhi #1,857 worldwide 47k citations · 692 works
  3. 3 Dinh‐Toi Chu #3,275 worldwide 128k citations · 334 works
  4. 4 Bach Xuan Tran #5,523 worldwide 263k citations · 504 works
  5. 5 Anh Tuan Hoang #8,950 worldwide 26k citations · 465 works