Saudi Arabia vs Türkiye
On research quality in 2022–now, Saudi Arabia ranks #15 in the world and Türkiye #17, of 192 countries. Saudi Arabia stands higher in 13 of the 26 fields both publish in, Türkiye 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.
Türkiye
- World rank, 2022–now
- #17
- #28 all time
- Works, 2022–now
- 460k
- fractional
- Top-10% rate
- 13.0%
- share of its work among the world’s most cited
- Open access
- 60%
- of its works free to read
Strongest relative focus: Museology, Religious studies, Archeology.
Who leads in each field?
Saudi Arabia stands higher in 13 of 26 fields, Türkiye in 13. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.
- #24Agricultural and Biological Sciences#13
- #37Arts and Humanities#7
- #25Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#28
- #16Business, Management and Accounting#14
- #11Chemical Engineering#20
- #6Chemistry#17
- #13Computer Science#17
- #18Decision Sciences#15
- #3Dentistry#7
- #24Earth and Planetary Sciences#23
- #15Economics, Econometrics and Finance#8
- #9Energy#6
- #11Engineering#17
- #16Environmental Science#13
- #9Health Professions#12
- #24Immunology and Microbiology#33
- #10Materials Science#19
- #6Mathematics#10
- #24Medicine#23
- #21Neuroscience#22
- #10Nursing#8
- #14Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#19
- #26Physics and Astronomy#29
- #31Psychology#12
- #28Social Sciences#9
- —Veterinary#16
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?
Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.
Which publishes more research, Saudi Arabia or Türkiye?
Türkiye publishes 2.9× as much research as Saudi Arabia in 2022–now (460k against 156k fractional works).
Whose research has more impact, Saudi Arabia or Türkiye?
23.4% of Saudi Arabia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 13.0% for Türkiye.
Where does their research happen?
Saudi Arabia
- 1King Saud University25.0% top 10%
- 2King Abdullah University of Science and Technology28.3% top 10%
- 3King Khalid University27.1% top 10%
- 4King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals26.2% top 10%
- 5King Abdulaziz University23.0% top 10%
- 6Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University29.3% top 10%
Türkiye
- 1Gazi University15.8% top 10%
- 2Atatürk University14.9% top 10%
- 3Koç University18.0% top 10%
- 4Sakarya University15.2% top 10%
- 5Ankara University12.9% top 10%
- 6Hacettepe University13.4% top 10%
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