MT
Malta
Malta ranks between 31st and 33rd across the 45 technologies, by share of the 10% most cited papers, 2021–2025.
TechnologyRankIts neighbours in the rankingShare of the top 10%, from 2021 to 2025Its institution with the most credit
Nuclear fusion
31–33tied, of 500.5 papers of credit
1stUS27.5%23–30HK0.1%23–30TH0.1%31–33SI0.1%31–33KW0.1%31–33MT0.1%
Outside the top 30
University of Malta0.1% of the top 10%
Quantum computing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Quantum communication
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Post-quantum cryptography
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Large language models
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Atomic clocks
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Small satellites
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced aircraft engines
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hypersonic flight
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Drones and swarming
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Autonomous underwater vehicles
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Electric batteries
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Supercapacitors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Perovskite solar cells
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hydrogen by electrolysis
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Wide-bandgap semiconductors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Additive manufacturing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Critical minerals processing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Gene editing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
mRNA vaccines and therapeutics
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Quantum sensors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
AI chips
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced chip manufacturing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
High-performance computing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Space launch
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Satellite navigation
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Inertial navigation
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Radar
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Sonar and underwater acoustics
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Directed energy
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Electronic warfare
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hyperspectral imaging
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Metamaterials
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Magnets and superconductors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Nuclear fission power
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Synthetic biology
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Genome sequencing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
New antibiotics and antivirals
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Optical communication
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
6G and advanced wireless
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Cybersecurity
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Distributed ledgers
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced robotics
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hydrogen storage and ammonia fuel
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced composites
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Neighbours are the countries ranked just above and below. Ranks are shown as a range where shares are equal to one decimal place. Source: OpenAlex, pulled 18 October 2026. Method