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South Africa vs Taiwan

On research quality in 2022–now, Taiwan ranks #31 in the world and South Africa #34, of 192 countries. South Africa stands higher in 7 of the 25 fields both publish in, Taiwan in 18.

South Africa

World rank, 2022–now
#34
#33 all time
Works, 2022–now
113k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.5%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
49%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Archeology, Religious studies, Public Administration.

Taiwan

World rank, 2022–now
#31
#26 all time
Works, 2022–now
143k
fractional
Top-10% rate
17.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
29%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Bioengineering, Otorhinolaryngology, Hardware and Architecture.

Who leads in each field?

South Africa stands higher in 7 of 25 fields, Taiwan in 18. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

South Africa 718 Taiwan
  1. #16Agricultural and Biological Sciences#60
  2. #9Arts and Humanities#35
  3. #39Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#31
  4. #21Business, Management and Accounting#35
  5. #36Chemical Engineering#25
  6. #31Chemistry#27
  7. #44Computer Science#23
  8. #38Decision Sciences#22
  9. #39Dentistry#27
  10. #29Earth and Planetary Sciences#40
  11. #17Economics, Econometrics and Finance#40
  12. #34Energy#28
  13. #38Engineering#24
  14. #25Environmental Science#42
  15. #37Health Professions#36
  16. #27Immunology and Microbiology#26
  17. #38Materials Science#29
  18. #37Mathematics#21
  19. #40Medicine#26
  20. #45Neuroscience#26
  21. #26Nursing#24
  22. #34Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#33
  23. #42Physics and Astronomy#27
  24. #33Psychology#18
  25. #13Social Sciences#43

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?

20k40kTaiwan38k in 2025South Africa31k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, South Africa or Taiwan?

Taiwan publishes 1.3× as much research as South Africa in 2022–now (143k against 113k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, South Africa or Taiwan?

21.5% of South Africa's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 17.4% for Taiwan.

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