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Research in Biskra

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Biskra, Algeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Biskra and CRSTRA.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.4k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
7.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Biskra

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Biskra?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BiskraUniversity 3,858 #3,504
2CRSTRAResearch facility 544 #13,403

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Biskra work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research in Biskra is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Computer Science (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,119 fractional works · 69.8% of its workEngineering: 496 fractional works · 30.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 114 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 99 fractional works · 6.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 60 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 45 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 42 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 193 fractional works · 12.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 58 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 49 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 142 fractional works · 8.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 120 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 68 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 51 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 48 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 31 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 215 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 90 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 49 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArcheology: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 200 fractional works · 12.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 158 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPlant Science: 57 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 32 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 69 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBiskra1,603fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences13%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering49630.9%
    2. Computer Science19312.0%
    3. Environmental Science1428.9%
    4. Materials Science1207.5%
    5. Energy513.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences332.0%
    7. Chemistry312.0%
    8. Mathematics251.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy241.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Social Sciences905.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities493.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance301.9%
    4. Psychology161.0%
    5. Decision Sciences150.9%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting150.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1589.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology261.6%
    3. Neuroscience110.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    1. Medicine513.2%
    2. Health Professions130.8%
    3. Nursing30.2%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Biskra strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Biskra is most concentrated in Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (5.0× the world share in Civil and Structural Engineering).

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 84.9 works5.0×
  2. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 39.3 works4.4×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 29.1 works4.3×
  4. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 43.7 works3.9×
  5. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 57.6 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 145 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.29× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.62× its world share, 181 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.50× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.08× its world share, 449 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.74× its world share, 125 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.05× its world share, 103 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.20× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 79 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.50×46 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.12×145 works
  3. Engineering2.08×449 works
  4. Materials Science2.05×103 works
  5. Environmental Science1.74×125 works
  6. Computer Science1.62×181 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.30×30 works
  8. Chemistry1.29×29 works
  9. Mathematics1.20×20 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.03×43 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.94×13 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×26 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.64×21 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.63×3 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×3 works
  16. Neuroscience0.43×10 works
  17. Veterinary0.43×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.43×79 works
  19. Nursing0.38×3 works
  20. Health Professions0.34×13 works
  21. Psychology0.32×14 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×23 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×13 works
  24. Dentistry0.16×1 works
  25. Medicine0.16×45 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Biskra?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Nanostructures, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Mechanical Properties and Model Predictive Control.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning113▲ 2.0×68 topics
  2. Machine Learning110▲ 2.0×65 topics
  3. Climate Change81▲ 1.86×69 topics
  4. Remote Sensing70▲ 3.6×29 topics
  5. Renewable Energy64▲ 2.8×33 topics
  6. Sustainability59▲ 1.49×45 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties52▲ 3.3×30 topics
  8. Nanomaterials47▲ 2.8×17 topics
  9. Environmental Impact46▲ 1.69×42 topics
  10. Nanostructures44▲ 6.7×12 topics
  11. Artificial Neural Networks36▲ 5.0×8 topics
  12. Solar Energy33▲ 6.5×5 topics
  13. Model Predictive Control32▲ 8.0×6 topics
  14. Convolutional Neural Networks32▲ 2.8×13 topics
  15. Semiconductors32▲ 6.8×4 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency31▲ 2.1×27 topics
  17. Power Electronics30▲ 5.8×7 topics
  18. Thermal Comfort29▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Nanocrystals29▲ 6.9×5 topics
  20. Semiconductor27▲ 5.1×6 topics
  21. Parameter Estimation26▲ 13×6 topics
  22. Feature Extraction26▲ 3.5×10 topics
  23. Vibration Analysis25▲ 5.7×7 topics
  24. Renewable Energy Integration23▲ 4.3×5 topics
  25. Photodetectors22▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Adaptive Control21▲ 9.8×6 topics
  27. Nanowires20▲ 8.9×4 topics
  28. Urban Heat Island19▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Adsorption19▲ 5.5×7 topics
  30. Buckling Behavior18▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Biochar17▲ 6.3×4 topics
  32. Spintronics17▲ 8.4×3 topics
  33. Transparent Conductors16▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Doping16▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Ferromagnetism16▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Zinc Oxide16▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Pest Management16▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Vegetation16▲ 9.4×4 topics
  39. Water Management16▲ 7.7×6 topics
  40. Grid Integration15▲ 9.2×3 topics

What research is done in Biskra?

Building Energy and Comf…14Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 14 fractional worksZnO doping and properties14ZnO doping and properties: 14 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 13 fractional worksPhotovoltaic System Optimization Techniques: 12 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 11 fractional worksSensorless Control of Electric Motors: 11 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 11 fractional worksWater management and tec…10Water management and technologies: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 10 fractional worksComposite Structure Analysis and Optimization: 10 fractional works
Building and ConstructionMaterials ChemistryEnvironmental EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 14 works
  2. 2 ZnO doping and properties Materials Chemistry 14 works
  3. 3 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 13 works
  4. 4 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  5. 5 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 11 works
  6. 6 Sensorless Control of Electric Motors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 11 works
  8. 8 Water management and technologies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 10 works
  10. 10 Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization Mechanics of Materials 10 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Biskra13.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.1% in 2011.

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