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Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland

On research quality in 2022–now, Switzerland ranks #14 in the world and Saudi Arabia #15, of 192 countries. Saudi Arabia stands higher in 13 of the 26 fields both publish in, Switzerland in 13.

Saudi Arabia

World rank, 2022–now
#15
#31 all time
Works, 2022–now
156k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Dentistry, Orthodontics, Modeling and Simulation.

Switzerland

World rank, 2022–now
#14
#12 all time
Works, 2022–now
142k
fractional
Top-10% rate
22.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Classics, Structural Biology.

Who leads in each field?

Saudi Arabia stands higher in 13 of 26 fields, Switzerland in 13. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Saudi Arabia 1313 Switzerland
  1. #24Agricultural and Biological Sciences#20
  2. #37Arts and Humanities#18
  3. #25Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#11
  4. #16Business, Management and Accounting#25
  5. #11Chemical Engineering#28
  6. #6Chemistry#19
  7. #13Computer Science#16
  8. #18Decision Sciences#11
  9. #3Dentistry#22
  10. #24Earth and Planetary Sciences#10
  11. #15Economics, Econometrics and Finance#23
  12. #9Energy#37
  13. #11Engineering#25
  14. #16Environmental Science#14
  15. #9Health Professions#22
  16. #24Immunology and Microbiology#13
  17. #10Materials Science#25
  18. #6Mathematics#19
  19. #24Medicine#14
  20. #21Neuroscience#13
  21. #10Nursing#35
  22. #14Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#24
  23. #26Physics and Astronomy#8
  24. #31Psychology#15
  25. #28Social Sciences#19
  26. —Veterinary#12

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?

20k40k60kSaudi Arabia45k in 2025Switzerland35k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Saudi Arabia or Switzerland?

Saudi Arabia publishes 1.1× as much research as Switzerland in 2022–now (156k against 142k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Saudi Arabia or Switzerland?

23.4% of Saudi Arabia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 22.0% for Switzerland.

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