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South Korea vs Switzerland

On research quality in 2022–now, South Korea ranks #11 in the world and Switzerland #14, of 192 countries. South Korea stands higher in 16 of the 26 fields both publish in, Switzerland in 10.

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.

Switzerland

World rank, 2022–now
#14
#12 all time
Works, 2022–now
142k
fractional
Top-10% rate
22.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Classics, Structural Biology.

Who leads in each field?

South Korea stands higher in 16 of 26 fields, Switzerland in 10. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

South Korea 1610 Switzerland
  1. #29Agricultural and Biological Sciences#20
  2. #25Arts and Humanities#18
  3. #12Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#11
  4. #17Business, Management and Accounting#25
  5. #6Chemical Engineering#28
  6. #10Chemistry#19
  7. #9Computer Science#16
  8. #13Decision Sciences#11
  9. #18Dentistry#22
  10. #17Earth and Planetary Sciences#10
  11. #20Economics, Econometrics and Finance#23
  12. #11Energy#37
  13. #6Engineering#25
  14. #18Environmental Science#14
  15. #14Health Professions#22
  16. #14Immunology and Microbiology#13
  17. #5Materials Science#25
  18. #9Mathematics#19
  19. #13Medicine#14
  20. #10Neuroscience#13
  21. #3Nursing#35
  22. #16Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#24
  23. #14Physics and Astronomy#8
  24. #14Psychology#15
  25. #24Social Sciences#19
  26. #24Veterinary#12

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?

50k100kSouth Korea93k in 2025Switzerland35k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, South Korea or Switzerland?

South Korea publishes 2.5× as much research as Switzerland in 2022–now (358k against 142k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, South Korea or Switzerland?

22.0% of Switzerland's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.2% for South Korea.

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