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South Korea vs Spain

On research quality in 2022–now, Spain ranks #10 in the world and South Korea #11, of 192 countries. South Korea stands higher in 8 of the 26 fields both publish in, Spain in 18.

South Korea

World rank, 2022–now
#11
#15 all time
Works, 2022–now
358k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
43%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Leadership and Management, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Spain

World rank, 2022–now
#10
#13 all time
Works, 2022–now
435k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
52%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Life-span and Life-course Studies, General Social Sciences, General Arts and Humanities.

Who leads in each field?

South Korea stands higher in 8 of 26 fields, Spain in 18. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

South Korea 818 Spain
  1. #29Agricultural and Biological Sciences#12
  2. #25Arts and Humanities#8
  3. #12Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#10
  4. #17Business, Management and Accounting#6
  5. #6Chemical Engineering#12
  6. #10Chemistry#7
  7. #9Computer Science#15
  8. #13Decision Sciences#12
  9. #18Dentistry#12
  10. #17Earth and Planetary Sciences#11
  11. #20Economics, Econometrics and Finance#12
  12. #11Energy#19
  13. #6Engineering#18
  14. #18Environmental Science#10
  15. #14Health Professions#10
  16. #14Immunology and Microbiology#10
  17. #5Materials Science#20
  18. #9Mathematics#12
  19. #13Medicine#10
  20. #10Neuroscience#11
  21. #3Nursing#9
  22. #16Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#13
  23. #14Physics and Astronomy#9
  24. #14Psychology#8
  25. #24Social Sciences#7
  26. #24Veterinary#11

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?

50k100k150kSpain111k in 2025South Korea93k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, South Korea or Spain?

Spain publishes 1.2× as much research as South Korea in 2022–now (435k against 358k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, South Korea or Spain?

18.2% of South Korea's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.1% for Spain.

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