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Research in Kairouan

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Kairouan, Tunisia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Kairouan.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
8.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1963-2026
64 years on the record
Kairouan

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 Kairouan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of KairouanUniversity 1,185 #9,976

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 Kairouan work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Kairouan is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Mathematics (12%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 366 fractional works · 59.8% of its workEngineering: 95 fractional works · 15.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 35 fractional works · 5.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 77 fractional works · 12.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 40 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 67 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 6.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 26 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 62 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 21 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 20.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 33 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 33 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 24 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 76 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMedicine: 68 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKairouan612fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences21%

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. Engineering9515.5%
    2. Mathematics7712.5%
    3. Materials Science6711.0%
    4. Computer Science6210.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy193.2%
    6. Environmental Science183.0%
    7. Energy162.6%
    8. Chemistry71.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences345.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting335.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance335.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities162.6%
    5. Psychology71.1%
    6. Decision Sciences50.8%
    1. Medicine6811.0%
    2. Health Professions61.0%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences264.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology91.5%
    3. Neuroscience61.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kairouan strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kairouan is most concentrated in Applied Mathematics, Mathematics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (22.1× the world share in Applied Mathematics).

  1. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 32.8 works22×
  2. MathematicsField · 64.8 works11×
  3. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 21.6 works9.2×
← 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: 0.90× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.36× its world share, 55 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.74× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.03× its world share, 80 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.02× its world share, 55 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 10.63× its world share, 65 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.39× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.73× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.74× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics10.63×65 works
  2. Materials Science3.02×55 works
  3. Energy2.74×13 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.74×30 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.73×29 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.39×16 works
  7. Computer Science1.36×55 works
  8. Engineering1.03×80 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.97×14 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.90×22 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.84×4 works
  12. Chemistry0.78×6 works
  13. Neuroscience0.66×6 works
  14. Environmental Science0.58×15 works
  15. Medicine0.56×56 works
  16. Nursing0.45×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.43×28 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.38×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.33×4 works
  21. Psychology0.33×5 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×3 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×8 works
  24. Veterinary0.24×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Kairouan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nonlinear Equations, Electronic Structure, Renewable Energy, Thin Films, Boundary Value Problems, Metal-Insulator Transition, Deep Learning and Controllability.

▲ 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 Learning31▲ 1.47×56 topics
  2. Machine Learning29▲ 1.44×52 topics
  3. Renewable Energy24▲ 2.8×25 topics
  4. Electronic Structure16▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Nonlinear Equations16▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Neural Networks16▲ 1.64×21 topics
  7. Thin Films13▲ 11×6 topics
  8. Boundary Value Problems13▲ 42×2 topics
  9. Metal-Insulator Transition13▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Controllability13▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Magnetocaloric Materials13▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Perovskites13▲ 67×1 topic
  13. Corporate Governance12▲ 2.8×9 topics
  14. Internet of Things12▲ 2.4×16 topics
  15. Nonlinear Systems12▲ 9.0×7 topics
  16. Monetary Policy12▲ 8.0×5 topics
  17. Microstructure10▲ 3.2×12 topics
  18. Fractional Differential Equations10▲ 73×1 topic
  19. Semilinear Differential Equations10▲ 73×1 topic
  20. Superconductivity10▲ 9.3×6 topics
  21. Perovskite Oxides10▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Hypergeometric Functions10▲ 68×2 topics
  23. Stock Market9▲ 6.8×3 topics
  24. Ferroelectricity9▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Room Temperature9▲ 9.4×3 topics
  26. Magnetic Nanoparticles8▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Fractional Laplacian8▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Sobolev Spaces8▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Photovoltaics8▲ 8.3×4 topics
  30. Magnetoelectric8▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Multiferroic8▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Financial Development8▲ 8.2×2 topics
  33. Panel Data Analysis8▲ 8.0×2 topics
  34. Economic Policy Uncertainty7▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Oil Price Shocks7▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Finite Element7▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Ceramics7▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Heterogeneous7▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Multiscale Methods7▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Numerical Methods7▲ 13×3 topics

What research is done in Kairouan?

Magnetic and transport p…10Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials: 10 fractional worksNonlinear Differential E…8Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis: 8 fractional worksMultiferroics and related materials: 7 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 7 fractional worksNonlinear Partial Differential Equations: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 6 fractional worksFerroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials: 6 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…5Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 5 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 5 fractional worksAnalytic and geometric function theory: 5 fractional works
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsApplied MathematicsEconomics and EconometricsComputational Theory and Mathematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 10 works
  2. 2 Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis Applied Mathematics 8 works
  3. 3 Multiferroics and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 7 works
  4. 4 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  5. 5 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Applied Mathematics 7 works
  6. 6 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 works
  7. 7 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials Materials Chemistry 6 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 5 works
  9. 9 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  10. 10 Analytic and geometric function theory Geometry and Topology 5 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%Kairouan14.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.6% in 2014.

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