Question 1

How strong is science in Lithuania?

Accepted Answer

Lithuania ranks #73 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#71 all time), with 20k research works and 8.4% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Lithuania strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Lithuania ranks highest in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#47 of 105), Engineering (#62 of 131) and Computer Science (#65 of 128). Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Energy, Language and Linguistics and Algebra and Number Theory.

Question 3

Which universities in Lithuania lead research?

Accepted Answer

Vytautas Magnus University, Vilnius University and Kaunas University of Technology rank highest in Lithuania on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Lithuania?

Accepted Answer

Morteza Ghobakhloo, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas and Dalia Štreimikienė rank highest among researchers based in Lithuania.

Question 5

Which cities in Lithuania are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Vilnius and Kaunas.

Question 6

How much of Lithuania's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

65% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 18% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Lithuania's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Lithuania?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Education, Sustainable Development, Globalization, Pedagogy, European Union, Higher Education and Climate Change.

Question 9

Which fields of science does Lithuania work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Lithuania is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (14%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Lithuania's?

Accepted Answer

Moldova has the research profile closest to Lithuania's (similarity 0.75 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Arts and Humanities, followed by South Sudan and Croatia.

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