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Russia vs Sweden

On research quality in 2022–now, Sweden ranks #21 in the world and Russia #24, of 192 countries. Russia stands higher in 7 of the 26 fields both publish in, Sweden in 19.

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.

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?

Russia stands higher in 7 of 26 fields, Sweden in 19. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Russia 719 Sweden
  1. #39Agricultural and Biological Sciences#38
  2. #28Arts and Humanities#22
  3. #26Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#18
  4. #44Business, Management and Accounting#27
  5. #24Chemical Engineering#31
  6. #22Chemistry#34
  7. #38Computer Science#26
  8. #43Decision Sciences#25
  9. #34Dentistry#33
  10. #19Earth and Planetary Sciences#16
  11. #16Economics, Econometrics and Finance#32
  12. #7Energy#45
  13. #27Engineering#26
  14. #33Environmental Science#22
  15. #49Health Professions#23
  16. #32Immunology and Microbiology#18
  17. #9Materials Science#26
  18. #13Mathematics#29
  19. #25Medicine#18
  20. #29Neuroscience#16
  21. #55Nursing#17
  22. #32Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#30
  23. #18Physics and Astronomy#19
  24. #44Psychology#16
  25. #33Social Sciences#16
  26. #25Veterinary#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?

100k200kRussia112k in 2025Sweden31k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Russia or Sweden?

Russia publishes 4.5× as much research as Sweden in 2022–now (544k against 121k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Russia or Sweden?

24.7% of Sweden's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.2% for Russia.

Where does their research happen?

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