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Portugal vs Taiwan

On research quality in 2022–now, Taiwan ranks #31 in the world and Portugal #33, of 192 countries. Portugal stands higher in 14 of the 26 fields both publish in, Taiwan in 12.

Portugal

World rank, 2022–now
#33
#32 all time
Works, 2022–now
129k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Filtration and Separation, Architecture.

Taiwan

World rank, 2022–now
#31
#26 all time
Works, 2022–now
143k
fractional
Top-10% rate
17.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
29%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Bioengineering, Otorhinolaryngology, Hardware and Architecture.

Who leads in each field?

Portugal stands higher in 14 of 26 fields, Taiwan in 12. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Portugal 1412 Taiwan
  1. #28Agricultural and Biological Sciences#60
  2. #30Arts and Humanities#35
  3. #29Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#31
  4. #12Business, Management and Accounting#35
  5. #21Chemical Engineering#25
  6. #28Chemistry#27
  7. #34Computer Science#23
  8. #23Decision Sciences#22
  9. #29Dentistry#27
  10. #34Earth and Planetary Sciences#40
  11. #31Economics, Econometrics and Finance#40
  12. #40Energy#28
  13. #30Engineering#24
  14. #28Environmental Science#42
  15. #20Health Professions#36
  16. #30Immunology and Microbiology#26
  17. #31Materials Science#29
  18. #42Mathematics#21
  19. #30Medicine#26
  20. #24Neuroscience#26
  21. #19Nursing#24
  22. #23Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#33
  23. #36Physics and Astronomy#27
  24. #25Psychology#18
  25. #21Social Sciences#43
  26. #17Veterinary—

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?

20k40kTaiwan38k in 2025Portugal31k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Portugal or Taiwan?

Taiwan publishes 1.1× as much research as Portugal in 2022–now (143k against 129k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Portugal or Taiwan?

18.3% of Portugal's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 17.4% for Taiwan.

Where does their research happen?

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