Question 1

How strong is science in Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Cuba ranks #103 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#102 all time), with 9.1k research works and 5.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Cuba strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Cuba ranks highest in Psychology (#61 of 106), Social Sciences (#91 of 148) and Health Professions (#66 of 106). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Life-span and Life-course Studies, General Social Sciences and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

Question 3

Which universities in Cuba lead research?

Accepted Answer

University of Havana, Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV) and University of Holguín rank highest in Cuba on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Arian Abrahantes Quintana, Juan J. Llibre Rodríguez and Arturo Escobar rank highest among researchers based in Cuba.

Question 5

Which cities in Cuba are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Havana.

Question 6

How much of Cuba's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

41% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 19% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Cuba's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% lower than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Cuba?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Public Health, Competitiveness, Health Promotion, Innovation, Sustainability, Epidemiology and Knowledge Management.

Question 9

Which fields of science does Cuba work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Cuba is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Cuba's?

Accepted Answer

Bolivia has the research profile closest to Cuba's (similarity 0.92 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Health Professions, followed by Colombia and Costa Rica.