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Slovakia vs Slovenia

On research quality in 2022-now, Slovenia ranks #36 in the world and Slovakia #56, of 189 countries. Slovakia stands higher in 3 of the 21 fields both publish in, Slovenia in 18.

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Slovakia

World rank, 2022-now
#56
#53 all time
Works, 2022-now
33k
fractional
Top-10% rate
8.0%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Life-span and Life-course Studies, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, General Materials Science.

Slovenia

World rank, 2022-now
#36
#35 all time
Works, 2022-now
28k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.0%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
51%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Music, Space and Planetary Science, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Slovenia leads on 6 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, open access and growth. Slovakia leads on 2 of 9 measures: output and international co-authorship. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Slovakia 21 level6 Slovenia
  1. #56Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#36
  2. 0.69×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.92×
  3. 33kOutputfractional works, 2022-now28k
  4. 8.0%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited9.0%
  5. 12.2Citations per workall time, per fractional work14.6
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 46%Open accessof its works free to read, all time51%
  8. 30%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time26%
  9. -4%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+6%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Slovakia stands higher in 3 of 21 fields, Slovenia in 18. Slovenia leads most in Physics and Astronomy (#31 against #55); Slovakia leads most in Chemistry (#44 against #49). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Slovakia 318 Slovenia
  1. #56Agricultural and Biological Sciences#47
  2. #48Arts and Humanities#35
  3. #50Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#34
  4. #51Business, Management and Accounting#40
  5. #44Chemistry#49
  6. #57Computer Science#40
  7. #53Decision Sciences#34
  8. #52Earth and Planetary Sciences#47
  9. #50Economics, Econometrics and Finance#46
  10. #55Energy#56
  11. #52Engineering#45
  12. #67Environmental Science#44
  13. #64Health Professions#48
  14. #45Immunology and Microbiology#42
  15. #45Materials Science#33
  16. #49Mathematics#38
  17. #48Medicine#50
  18. #48Neuroscience#38
  19. #55Physics and Astronomy#31
  20. #63Psychology#42
  21. #57Social Sciences#38

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.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Slovakia rankSlovenia rank Slovakia top 10%Slovenia top 10% Slovakia worksSlovenia works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #56 #47 8.9% 9.8% 1.9k 1.1k
Arts and Humanities #48 #35 8.1% 9.4% 1.2k 1.5k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #50 #34 7.3% 9.7% 1.4k 1.4k
Business, Management and Accounting #51 #40 10.9% 10.0% 1.2k 1.1k
Chemistry #44 #49 6.0% 7.9% 535 421
Computer Science #57 #40 7.8% 9.4% 2.5k 2k
Decision Sciences #53 #34 8.5% 10.7% 417 300
Earth and Planetary Sciences #52 #47 6.3% 7.4% 636 419
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #50 #46 10.6% 9.4% 1.1k 957
Energy #55 #56 7.8% 6.4% 231 255
Engineering #52 #45 6.4% 8.1% 6.1k 3.8k
Environmental Science #67 #44 7.5% 7.3% 2.2k 1.5k
Health Professions #64 #48 9.0% 8.3% 514 650
Immunology and Microbiology #45 #42 7.9% 8.2% 247 213
Materials Science #45 #33 6.4% 8.3% 1.3k 1k
Mathematics #49 #38 9.1% 10.0% 425 404
Medicine #48 #50 8.6% 9.5% 3.7k 4.4k
Neuroscience #48 #38 6.7% 8.1% 416 324
Physics and Astronomy #55 #31 4.9% 10.5% 872 561
Psychology #63 #42 7.7% 7.6% 931 1.1k
Social Sciences #57 #38 9.7% 9.7% 4.3k 4.4k

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Slovakia

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability1,583▲ 1.73×133 topics
  2. Climate Change1,484▲ 1.46×128 topics
  3. Sustainable Development1,086▲ 1.85×110 topics
  4. Machine Learning1,048▼ 0.84×97 topics
  5. Epidemiology931▼ 0.62×138 topics
  6. Deep Learning899▼ 0.70×85 topics
  7. Globalization868▲ 1.18×171 topics
  8. Environmental Impact776▲ 1.21×73 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties767▲ 2.1×39 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence739▲ 1.39×66 topics
  11. Renewable Energy686▲ 1.27×61 topics
  12. Innovation683▲ 1.77×87 topics
  13. Education666◆ 1.03×144 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency661▲ 1.91×45 topics
  15. Remote Sensing566▲ 1.24×41 topics
  16. Human Rights562▲ 1.47×85 topics
  17. Biodiversity559▲ 1.96×38 topics
  18. Economic Development540▲ 1.80×55 topics
  19. Big Data519▲ 1.45×37 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management495▲ 1.47×27 topics
  21. Internet of Things483▲ 1.51×33 topics
  22. Invasive Species428▲ 2.7×21 topics
  23. Environmental Management421▲ 2.8×22 topics
  24. Microstructure412▲ 2.1×19 topics
  25. Ethics385▲ 2.0×57 topics
  26. Simulation373▲ 3.9×18 topics
  27. Cyber-Physical Systems366▲ 3.7×9 topics
  28. Supply Chain312▲ 4.1×12 topics
  29. Digitalization309▲ 4.0×16 topics
  30. European Union289▲ 3.5×26 topics
  31. Digital Education279▲ 5.0×7 topics
  32. Logistics277▲ 4.8×10 topics
  33. Media264▲ 4.7×17 topics
  34. School Climate236▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Financial Security234▲ 5.9×3 topics
  36. Learning Environments228▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Student Attitudes222▲ 5.9×2 topics
  38. Educational Methods221▲ 104×1 topic
  39. Pedagogical Research221▲ 104×1 topic
  40. Human Resource201▲ 22×3 topics

Slovenia

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability1,037▲ 1.30×130 topics
  2. Epidemiology1,033▼ 0.79×140 topics
  3. Machine Learning877▼ 0.81×95 topics
  4. Climate Change861◆ 0.97×122 topics
  5. Globalization722◆ 1.12×170 topics
  6. Religion674▲ 4.5×40 topics
  7. Sustainable Development669▲ 1.31×102 topics
  8. Human Rights623▲ 1.86×85 topics
  9. Ethics610▲ 3.7×55 topics
  10. Environmental Impact591◆ 1.06×71 topics
  11. Identity578▲ 2.4×73 topics
  12. Resilience546▲ 3.4×19 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence539▲ 1.16×65 topics
  14. Mental Health525◆ 1.12×48 topics
  15. Cultural Integration439▲ 6.3×3 topics
  16. Media438▲ 8.9×17 topics
  17. Economic Growth432▲ 1.62×35 topics
  18. Social Change430▲ 11×20 topics
  19. Spirituality420▲ 13×8 topics
  20. Cultural History414▲ 11×15 topics
  21. Communication Technology400▲ 98×1 topic
  22. Youth Subcultures400▲ 98×1 topic
  23. International Relations344▲ 4.3×31 topics
  24. Nation-Building250▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Transition240▲ 8.3×6 topics
  26. International Trade236▲ 5.2×12 topics
  27. Authoritarianism235▲ 8.2×5 topics
  28. Memory Politics215▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Dissent215▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Post-Communist215▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Foreign Policy212▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Lexicography212▲ 7.5×5 topics
  33. Sovereign Debt Crises208▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Negotiation201▲ 17×4 topics
  35. Commercial Diplomacy193▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Economic Diplomacy193▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Etymology191▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Historical Phonology191▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Language Evolution187▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Indo-European177▲ 26×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Slovakia has out-published Slovenia every year since 2009, when it overtook it.

still counting5k10kSlovakia8,800 in 2025Slovenia8,105 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Slovakia0.15% in 2025Slovenia0.14% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%Slovenia9.1% in 2025Slovakia7.9% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Slovakia 04 level1 Slovenia
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 1In the top 1,0001
  5. #49Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#39

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Slovakia or Slovenia?

Slovakia publishes 1.2× as much research as Slovenia in 2022-now (33k against 28k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Slovakia or Slovenia?

9.0% of Slovenia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 8.0% for Slovakia.

Is Slovakia or Slovenia growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +6% against 2018-21 for Slovenia, and -4% for Slovakia.

Which has more open access research, Slovakia or Slovenia?

51% of Slovenia's research is free to read, against 46% of Slovakia's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Slovakia or Slovenia?

Slovakia holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Slovenia 0; in the top 1,000 it is 1 against 1.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Slovakia

  1. 1Slovak Academy of Sciences7.7% top 10% · 8.4k works
  2. 2Comenius University Bratislava9.8% top 10% · 4k works
  3. 3Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra11.2% top 10% · 800 works
  4. 4Technical University of Košice7.1% top 10% · 3k works
  5. 5University of Žilina9.6% top 10% · 2.4k works
  6. 6Matej Bel University7.1% top 10% · 737 works

Slovenia

  1. 1University of Ljubljana9.7% top 10% · 8.5k works
  2. 2Jožef Stefan Institute9.3% top 10% · 1.7k works
  3. 3University of Maribor9.6% top 10% · 4.2k works
  4. 4University of Primorska10.1% top 10% · 1.2k works
  5. 5National Institute of Chemistry9.7% top 10% · 478 works
  6. 6Faculty of Media6.6% top 10% · 647 works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Slovakia

  1. 1 Marek Majdán #18,656 worldwide 132k citations · 247 works
  2. 2 P. Strmeň #43,782 worldwide 21k citations · 304 works
  3. 3 Frantíšek Máliš #78,042 worldwide 4.2k citations · 92 works
  4. 4 B. Sitár #105,002 worldwide 12k citations · 110 works
  5. 5 Beáta Gavurová #106,962 worldwide 7.5k citations · 416 works

Slovenia

  1. 1 Matjaž Perc #1,993 worldwide 51k citations · 733 works
  2. 2 Abdulrasheed Zakari #11,817 worldwide 6.6k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Tomaž Prosen #20,492 worldwide 18k citations · 393 works
  4. 4 G. Kramberger #34,382 worldwide 6.1k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Robert Dominko #39,565 worldwide 17k citations · 379 works

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