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Romania vs United Arab Emirates

On research quality in 2022–now, Romania ranks #40 in the world and the United Arab Emirates #41, of 192 countries. Romania stands higher in 19 of the 25 fields both publish in, the United Arab Emirates in 6.

Romania

World rank, 2022–now
#40
#45 all time
Works, 2022–now
85k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Energy, Orthodontics, Music.

United Arab Emirates

World rank, 2022–now
#41
#52 all time
Works, 2022–now
46k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Ocean Engineering, Health Informatics, General Dentistry.

Who leads in each field?

Romania stands higher in 19 of 25 fields, United Arab Emirates in 6. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Romania 196 United Arab Emirates
  1. #45Agricultural and Biological Sciences#62
  2. #34Arts and Humanities#56
  3. #40Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#50
  4. #33Business, Management and Accounting#32
  5. #42Chemical Engineering—
  6. #39Chemistry#40
  7. #47Computer Science#25
  8. #41Decision Sciences#39
  9. #15Dentistry#25
  10. #39Earth and Planetary Sciences#52
  11. #30Economics, Econometrics and Finance#33
  12. #33Energy#27
  13. #48Engineering#29
  14. #38Environmental Science#49
  15. #28Health Professions#30
  16. #34Immunology and Microbiology#52
  17. #36Materials Science#40
  18. #30Mathematics#50
  19. #37Medicine#46
  20. #34Neuroscience#49
  21. #46Nursing—
  22. #31Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics—
  23. #50Physics and Astronomy#48
  24. #40Psychology#54
  25. #37Social Sciences#44

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?

10k20k30kRomania23k in 2025United Arab Emirates14k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Romania or United Arab Emirates?

Romania publishes 1.8× as much research as the United Arab Emirates in 2022–now (85k against 46k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Romania or United Arab Emirates?

23.4% of the United Arab Emirates's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 15.8% for Romania.

Where does their research happen?

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