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Singapore vs Sweden

On research quality in 2022–now, Sweden ranks #21 in the world and Singapore #22, of 192 countries. Singapore stands higher in 7 of the 26 fields both publish in, Sweden in 19.

Singapore

World rank, 2022–now
#22
#22 all time
Works, 2022–now
70k
fractional
Top-10% rate
26.6%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
34%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Hardware and Architecture, Software, Acoustics and Ultrasonics.

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?

Singapore 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.

Singapore 719 Sweden
  1. #63Agricultural and Biological Sciences#38
  2. #48Arts and Humanities#22
  3. #23Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#18
  4. #53Business, Management and Accounting#27
  5. #15Chemical Engineering#31
  6. #20Chemistry#34
  7. #12Computer Science#26
  8. #27Decision Sciences#25
  9. #51Dentistry#33
  10. #42Earth and Planetary Sciences#16
  11. #49Economics, Econometrics and Finance#32
  12. #23Energy#45
  13. #14Engineering#26
  14. #39Environmental Science#22
  15. #39Health Professions#23
  16. #22Immunology and Microbiology#18
  17. #16Materials Science#26
  18. #54Mathematics#29
  19. #29Medicine#18
  20. #27Neuroscience#16
  21. #29Nursing#17
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#30
  23. #15Physics and Astronomy#19
  24. #19Psychology#16
  25. #42Social Sciences#16
  26. —Veterinary#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?

20k40kSweden31k in 2025Singapore19k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Singapore or Sweden?

Sweden publishes 1.7× as much research as Singapore in 2022–now (121k against 70k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Singapore or Sweden?

26.6% of Singapore's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 24.7% for Sweden.

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