Indonesia

Time frame: 1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026

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The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Indonesia's position overall, regionally, and in subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Indonesia is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Asia Pacific
Overall 48 12

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Asia Pacific
Applied sciences 49 12
Health sciences 57 13
Natural sciences 50 12
Biological sciences 49 11
Chemistry 62 13
Earth & environmental sciences 43 11
Physical sciences 50 11
Social sciences 35 10

Research

Indonesia has the following research output in the current window (1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 205 51.83

Overall Count and Share for 'Indonesia' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 20 4.62
Applied sciences 42 12.04
Chemistry 13 2.15
Earth & environmental sciences 28 7.13
Health sciences 49 6.71
Social sciences 20 10.11
Physical sciences 33 9.06

Note: Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.

Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Indonesia published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 15 17 15 42 53
Applied sciences 1 2 2 13 16
Health sciences 0 2 3 4 6
Natural sciences 11 13 10 17 24
Biological sciences 3 2 2 4 6
Chemistry 0 1 0 1 4
Earth & environmental sciences 3 5 2 6 7
Physical sciences 5 6 6 6 8
Social sciences 2 0 1 8 6
Nature & Science 1 1 1 2 1

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Collaboration

In many cases, the highest quality science comes from collaborating. Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Indonesia.

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Collaboration by percentage of Share

Country/territory Share
Japan 25.8%
Australia 23.3%
UK 22.3%
USA 20.6%
Thailand 7.8%
Cape Verde 0.2%

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Top 10 collaborators with Indonesia by Share

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating country/territory Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Japan 8.24 / 15.12 23.36
Australia 7.48 / 13.62 21.11
United Kingdom (UK) 8.06 / 12.11 20.17
United States of America (USA) 6.18 / 12.46 18.63
Thailand 4.84 / 2.21 7.06
Cape Verde 0.03 / 0.11 0.15

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Top 10 institutions from Indonesia by Share

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