Question 1

How strong is science in Indonesia?

Accepted Answer

Indonesia ranks #65 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#66 all time), with 1.6M research works and 7.4% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Indonesia strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Indonesia ranks highest in Social Sciences (#27 of 148), Education (#23 of 112) and Sociology and Political Science (#35 of 119). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human Factors and Ergonomics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Demography.

Question 3

Which universities in Indonesia lead research?

Accepted Answer

Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu, Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara and Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu Surabaya rank highest in Indonesia on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Indonesia?

Accepted Answer

Dian Palupi Kusuma, Sven Wunder and Opan Arifudin rank highest among researchers based in Indonesia.

Question 5

Which cities in Indonesia are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Yogyakarta.

Question 6

How much of Indonesia's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

86% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 4% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Indonesia's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% higher than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Indonesia?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Empowerment, Character Education, Media Literacy, Local Wisdom, E-Learning, Indonesia, Curriculum Development and Social Media.

Question 9

Which fields of science does Indonesia work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 58% of research in Indonesia is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Indonesia's?

Accepted Answer

Philippines has the research profile closest to Indonesia's (similarity 0.87 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Social Sciences, followed by Timor-Leste and Ghana.