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South Sudan vs Syria

On research quality in 2022-now, Syria ranks #176 in the world and South Sudan #178, of 189 countries. South Sudan stands higher in 5 of the 8 fields both publish in, Syria in 3.

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South Sudan

World rank, 2022-now
#178
#154 all time
Works, 2022-now
2.8k
fractional
Top-10% rate
8.5%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
63%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Gender Studies, Architecture, Library and Information Sciences.

Syria

World rank, 2022-now
#176
#180 all time
Works, 2022-now
5.4k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
70%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Orthodontics, Oral Surgery, Complementary and Manual Therapy.

Who leads, measure by measure?

South Sudan leads on 4 of 9 measures: citation excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work and international co-authorship. Syria leads on 4 of 9 measures: research quality, output, open access and growth. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

South Sudan 41 level4 Syria
  1. #178Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#176
  2. 0.79×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.65×
  3. 2.8kOutputfractional works, 2022-now5.4k
  4. 8.5%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited6.7%
  5. 23.6Citations per workall time, per fractional work9.9
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 63%Open accessof its works free to read, all time70%
  8. 65%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time22%
  9. +16%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+68%

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, citation excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

South Sudan stands higher in 5 of 8 fields, Syria in 3. South Sudan leads most in Engineering (#114 against #128). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

South Sudan 53 Syria
  1. -Agricultural and Biological Sciences#121
  2. #98Arts and Humanities-
  3. -Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#98
  4. #118Computer Science#127
  5. -Dentistry#47
  6. #114Engineering#128
  7. #144Medicine#146
  8. #143Social Sciences#145

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 South Sudan rankSyria rank South Sudan top 10%Syria top 10% South Sudan worksSyria works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - #121 - 6.2% - 356
Arts and Humanities #98 - 9.8% - 217 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology - #98 - 5.8% - 306
Computer Science #118 #127 8.4% 7.3% 220 258
Dentistry - #47 - 12.0% - 307
Engineering #114 #128 9.6% 5.8% 290 496
Medicine #144 #146 8.7% 5.4% 314 2k
Social Sciences #143 #145 7.7% 6.1% 651 380

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.

South Sudan

▲ 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. Globalization159▲ 2.4×116 topics
  2. Human Rights122▲ 3.5×54 topics
  3. Education112▲ 1.93×95 topics
  4. Machine Learning110◆ 0.98×89 topics
  5. Deep Learning99▼ 0.85×74 topics
  6. Global Governance93▲ 11×19 topics
  7. Peacebuilding84▲ 36×6 topics
  8. Sustainable Development81▲ 1.53×65 topics
  9. Democracy79▲ 6.7×18 topics
  10. Neoliberalism70▲ 5.7×24 topics
  11. Economic Growth67▲ 2.4×29 topics
  12. History66▲ 2.8×47 topics
  13. Ethnic Conflict65▲ 41×4 topics
  14. Innovation64▲ 1.82×56 topics
  15. Authoritarianism57▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Economic Development56▲ 2.1×40 topics
  17. Transitional Justice55▲ 20×4 topics
  18. Social Justice55▲ 2.7×40 topics
  19. Identity54▲ 2.2×56 topics
  20. Civil War54▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Protest53▲ 41×3 topics
  22. Political Institutions53▲ 77×1 topic
  23. State Capacity53▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Colonialism51▲ 3.2×38 topics
  25. Gender Inequality51▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Culture47▲ 2.7×27 topics
  27. International Law46▲ 4.3×24 topics
  28. Religion45▲ 2.9×33 topics
  29. Nationalism44▲ 2.9×29 topics
  30. War Crimes44▲ 29×3 topics
  31. Gender-based Violence42▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Feminist Perspectives40▲ 43×3 topics
  33. Sexual Violence39▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Local Turn38▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Resilience Governance38▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Military Masculinity38▲ 81×1 topic
  37. UN Resolution 132538▲ 81×1 topic
  38. Poverty Reduction37▲ 8.4×6 topics
  39. Conflict32▲ 5.8×10 topics
  40. NGOs29▲ 9.1×4 topics

Syria

▲ 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. Epidemiology519▲ 1.95×130 topics
  2. Quality of Life243▲ 2.5×54 topics
  3. Machine Learning238◆ 1.07×80 topics
  4. Inflammation207▲ 1.46×81 topics
  5. Treatment200▲ 2.5×48 topics
  6. Deep Learning193▼ 0.84×72 topics
  7. Diagnosis184▲ 3.0×41 topics
  8. Surgical Management135▲ 5.0×20 topics
  9. Management132▲ 2.5×36 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress123◆ 1.12×58 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence115▲ 1.21×45 topics
  12. Risk Factors114▲ 1.55×35 topics
  13. COVID-19109▲ 1.26×29 topics
  14. Chemotherapy108▲ 2.3×24 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors101▲ 3.5×14 topics
  16. Clinical Trials101▲ 2.3×18 topics
  17. Complications100▲ 3.0×17 topics
  18. Genetics97▲ 2.1×24 topics
  19. Antioxidant93▲ 2.0×51 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations81▲ 2.8×23 topics
  21. Pathogenesis79▲ 2.3×24 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines79▲ 2.1×14 topics
  23. Wound Healing70▲ 3.9×12 topics
  24. Diagnostic Criteria68▲ 4.4×10 topics
  25. Science66▲ 4.0×4 topics
  26. Prenatal Diagnosis65▲ 6.7×7 topics
  27. Orthognathic Surgery63▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Dental Esthetics61▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Orthodontic Tooth Movement61▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Islam61▲ 4.4×4 topics
  31. Social Influence61▲ 4.3×3 topics
  32. Psychological Factors59▲ 4.3×5 topics
  33. Sharia Law59▲ 6.2×2 topics
  34. Malay Language58▲ 6.2×1 topic
  35. Revascularization58▲ 5.5×4 topics
  36. Dental Materials54▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Restorative Dentistry54▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate43▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Root Canal Irrigants43▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Fetal Surgery43▲ 12×3 topics

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?

Syria has out-published South Sudan every year since 2018, when it overtook it.

still counting1k2kSyria1,528 in 2025South Sudan726 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 counting0.020%0.040%Syria0.026% in 2025South Sudan0.012% 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%15%South Sudan7.9% in 2025Syria7.7% 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.

South Sudan 05 level0 Syria
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

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, South Sudan or Syria?

Syria publishes 1.9× as much research as South Sudan in 2022-now (5.4k against 2.8k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, South Sudan or Syria?

8.5% of South Sudan's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.7% for Syria.

Is South Sudan or Syria growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +68% against 2018-21 for Syria, and +16% for South Sudan.

Which has more open access research, South Sudan or Syria?

70% of Syria's research is free to read, against 63% of South Sudan's.

Which has more world-class institutions, South Sudan or Syria?

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

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%.

South Sudan

  1. 1University of Juba4.9% top 10% · 254 works
  2. 2Bridge University9.2% top 10% · 2.4k works

Syria

  1. 1Arab International University3.1% top 10% · 391 works
  2. 2Damascus University8.4% top 10% · 1.7k works
  3. 3University of Aleppo6.5% top 10% · 645 works
  4. 4Al Wataniya Private University3.1% top 10% · 166 works
  5. 5Homs University6.5% top 10% · 197 works
  6. 6Syrian Private University11.3% top 10% · 250 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.

South Sudan

  1. 1 Luka Biong Deng Kuol #1,484,511 worldwide 185 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Lul Lojok Deng #1,685,030 worldwide 693 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Denis Mubiru #2,538,397 worldwide 180 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Nyagong Santino David Ladu #2,558,092 worldwide 212 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Justin Bruno Tongun #2,574,350 worldwide 366 citations · 26 works

Syria

  1. 1 Abdo Hassoun #71,953 worldwide 6.8k citations · 179 works
  2. 2 Hazem Ghassan Abdo #93,429 worldwide 4.1k citations · 141 works
  3. 3 Reem Hasan Obaydo #301,686 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Salvatore Ceccarelli #504,669 worldwide 11k citations · 211 works
  5. 5 Entessar Mohammad Al Jbawi #569,131 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works