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Spain vs Switzerland

On research quality in 2022–now, Spain ranks #10 in the world and Switzerland #14, of 192 countries. Spain stands higher in 23 of the 26 fields both publish in, Switzerland in 3.

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.

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?

Spain stands higher in 23 of 26 fields, Switzerland in 3. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Spain 233 Switzerland
  1. #12Agricultural and Biological Sciences#20
  2. #8Arts and Humanities#18
  3. #10Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#11
  4. #6Business, Management and Accounting#25
  5. #12Chemical Engineering#28
  6. #7Chemistry#19
  7. #15Computer Science#16
  8. #12Decision Sciences#11
  9. #12Dentistry#22
  10. #11Earth and Planetary Sciences#10
  11. #12Economics, Econometrics and Finance#23
  12. #19Energy#37
  13. #18Engineering#25
  14. #10Environmental Science#14
  15. #10Health Professions#22
  16. #10Immunology and Microbiology#13
  17. #20Materials Science#25
  18. #12Mathematics#19
  19. #10Medicine#14
  20. #11Neuroscience#13
  21. #9Nursing#35
  22. #13Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#24
  23. #9Physics and Astronomy#8
  24. #8Psychology#15
  25. #7Social Sciences#19
  26. #11Veterinary#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?

50k100k150kSpain111k in 2025Switzerland35k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Spain or Switzerland?

Spain publishes 3.1× as much research as Switzerland in 2022–now (435k against 142k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Spain or Switzerland?

22.0% of Switzerland's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.1% for Spain.

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