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Poland vs Russia

On research quality in 2022–now, Poland ranks #20 in the world and Russia #24, of 192 countries. Poland stands higher in 20 of the 26 fields both publish in, Russia in 6.

Poland

World rank, 2022–now
#20
#24 all time
Works, 2022–now
250k
fractional
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
48%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Linguistics and Language, General Social Sciences, History.

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?

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

Poland 206 Russia
  1. #25Agricultural and Biological Sciences#39
  2. #15Arts and Humanities#28
  3. #16Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#26
  4. #30Business, Management and Accounting#44
  5. #18Chemical Engineering#24
  6. #21Chemistry#22
  7. #31Computer Science#38
  8. #29Decision Sciences#43
  9. #13Dentistry#34
  10. #26Earth and Planetary Sciences#19
  11. #22Economics, Econometrics and Finance#16
  12. #13Energy#7
  13. #23Engineering#27
  14. #19Environmental Science#33
  15. #17Health Professions#49
  16. #19Immunology and Microbiology#32
  17. #21Materials Science#9
  18. #22Mathematics#13
  19. #16Medicine#25
  20. #15Neuroscience#29
  21. #33Nursing#55
  22. #15Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#32
  23. #22Physics and Astronomy#18
  24. #29Psychology#44
  25. #27Social Sciences#33
  26. #15Veterinary#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 2025Poland64k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Poland or Russia?

Russia publishes 2.2× as much research as Poland in 2022–now (544k against 250k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Poland or Russia?

14.2% of Poland's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.2% for Russia.

Where does their research happen?

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