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Poland vs Sweden

On research quality in 2022–now, Poland ranks #20 in the world and Sweden #21, of 192 countries. Poland stands higher in 16 of the 26 fields both publish in, Sweden in 10.

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.

Sweden

World rank, 2022–now
#21
#14 all time
Works, 2022–now
121k
fractional
Top-10% rate
24.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
41%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Research and Theory, Software.

Who leads in each field?

Poland stands higher in 16 of 26 fields, Sweden in 10. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Poland 1610 Sweden
  1. #25Agricultural and Biological Sciences#38
  2. #15Arts and Humanities#22
  3. #16Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#18
  4. #30Business, Management and Accounting#27
  5. #18Chemical Engineering#31
  6. #21Chemistry#34
  7. #31Computer Science#26
  8. #29Decision Sciences#25
  9. #13Dentistry#33
  10. #26Earth and Planetary Sciences#16
  11. #22Economics, Econometrics and Finance#32
  12. #13Energy#45
  13. #23Engineering#26
  14. #19Environmental Science#22
  15. #17Health Professions#23
  16. #19Immunology and Microbiology#18
  17. #21Materials Science#26
  18. #22Mathematics#29
  19. #16Medicine#18
  20. #15Neuroscience#16
  21. #33Nursing#17
  22. #15Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#30
  23. #22Physics and Astronomy#19
  24. #29Psychology#16
  25. #27Social Sciences#16
  26. #15Veterinary#10

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?

50k100kPoland64k in 2025Sweden31k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Poland or Sweden?

Poland publishes 2.1× as much research as Sweden in 2022–now (250k against 121k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Poland or Sweden?

24.7% of Sweden's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 14.2% for Poland.

Where does their research happen?

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