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Research in Oran

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Oran, Algeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Université d'Oran 2 and Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf.

Research institutions
8
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
78k
5.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Oran

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 Oran?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Université Oran 1 Ahmed Ben BellaUniversity 4,643 #8,905
2Université d'Oran 2University 3,961 #9,227
3Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed BoudiafUniversity 3,326 #10,900
4Centre of Research in Social and Cultural AnthropologyGovernment institution 1,524 #8,464 all time
5University Hospital of OranHospital / health system 868 #16,670
6École Nationale Polytechnique d'OranUniversity 750 #15,669
7Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Télécommunications et des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication, Abdelhafid BoussoufUniversity 99 not ranked
8Agence Thématique de Recherche en Science de la SantéGovernment institution 8 not ranked

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Université Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella: 30.6%Université d'Oran 2: 26.1%Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf: 21.9%Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology: 10.0%4 others listed: 11.4%31%largest
Université Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella4,643 · 30.6%Université d'Oran 23,961 · 26.1%Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf3,326 · 21.9%Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology1,524 · 10.0%4 others listed1,725 · 11.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Oran work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Oran is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Medicine (15%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,657 fractional works · 56.8% of its workEngineering: 658 fractional works · 22.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 179 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 88 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 67 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 60 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 50 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 290 fractional works · 9.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 87 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 58 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 188 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 101 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 149 fractional works · 5.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 132 fractional works · 4.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 57 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 71 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 52 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 41 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 51 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 49 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 518 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 262 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 73 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 58 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 116 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 506 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 439 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSurgery: 58 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 46 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 46 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 236 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 112 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 47 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 85 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOran2,917fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences18%

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. Engineering65822.6%
    2. Computer Science2909.9%
    3. Materials Science1886.4%
    4. Environmental Science1495.1%
    5. Mathematics1324.5%
    6. Chemistry712.4%
    7. Energy521.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences511.7%
    9. Physics and Astronomy491.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering170.6%
    1. Social Sciences2629.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities1164.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting401.4%
    4. Psychology401.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance391.4%
    6. Decision Sciences200.7%
    1. Medicine43915.0%
    2. Health Professions461.6%
    3. Nursing130.4%
    4. Dentistry50.2%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1123.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology852.9%
    3. Neuroscience170.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology90.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Oran strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Oran is most concentrated in Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Physics and Mathematics (6.9× the world share in Applied Mathematics).

  1. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 51.9 works6.9×
  2. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 24.6 works5.9×
  3. MathematicsField · 120.4 works3.9×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 102 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 77 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.27× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.71× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.55× its world share, 64 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 265 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.94× its world share, 47 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.51× its world share, 593 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 127 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.80× its world share, 165 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.91× its world share, 120 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.75× its world share, 44 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 396 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 103 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 35 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 233 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics3.91×120 works
  2. Energy1.94×47 works
  3. Materials Science1.80×165 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.71×16 works
  5. Chemistry1.55×64 works
  6. Engineering1.51×593 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.37×103 works
  8. Computer Science1.30×265 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.27×12 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.06×44 works
  11. Environmental Science0.97×127 works
  12. Nursing0.85×11 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×102 works
  14. Veterinary0.82×3 works
  15. Medicine0.79×396 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.75×44 works
  17. Social Sciences0.70×233 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.65×16 works
  19. Health Professions0.63×43 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×35 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×77 works
  22. Psychology0.45×36 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×35 works
  24. Dentistry0.41×5 works
  25. Neuroscience0.38×16 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×8 works

Which keywords describe research in Oran?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Islam, Renewable Energy, North Africa, Nanocrystals and Experimental Investigation.

▲ 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 Learning134▲ 1.34×72 topics
  2. Machine Learning122▲ 1.25×74 topics
  3. Renewable Energy78▲ 1.85×39 topics
  4. Heat Transfer77▲ 5.3×20 topics
  5. Environmental Impact65▲ 1.31×44 topics
  6. Nanocomposites54▲ 2.4×20 topics
  7. Neural Networks54▲ 1.20×35 topics
  8. Nanomaterials50▲ 1.63×19 topics
  9. Islam42▲ 6.9×5 topics
  10. Nanocrystals39▲ 5.2×5 topics
  11. Migration39▲ 3.9×13 topics
  12. Nanostructures38▲ 3.2×12 topics
  13. North Africa36▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Democracy36▲ 3.5×12 topics
  15. Religion36▲ 2.6×15 topics
  16. Power Electronics35▲ 3.7×8 topics
  17. Gender34▲ 2.1×19 topics
  18. Experimental Investigation32▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Efficiency31▲ 3.6×6 topics
  20. Multilingualism30▲ 6.5×5 topics
  21. Semiconductor30▲ 3.1×7 topics
  22. Semiconductors30▲ 3.5×5 topics
  23. Solar Energy29▲ 3.2×5 topics
  24. Photovoltaics28▲ 6.3×4 topics
  25. Sociolinguistics28▲ 5.2×7 topics
  26. Numerical Simulation28▲ 3.2×10 topics
  27. Social Change28▲ 7.6×3 topics
  28. Family Law27▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Political Islam27▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Reform26▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Solar Cells26▲ 4.4×7 topics
  32. Spintronics25▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Electronic Structure24▲ 4.7×8 topics
  34. Review24▲ 6.9×4 topics
  35. Language Contact23▲ 8.6×5 topics
  36. Thermal Conductivity22▲ 4.8×8 topics
  37. Language Policy21▲ 5.2×4 topics
  38. Nonlinear Equations21▲ 5.6×6 topics
  39. Boundary Value Problems20▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Controllability19▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Oran?

Multiculturalism, Politi…25Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 25 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat …15Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 15 fractional worksMatrix Theory and Algorithms: 14 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 14 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 14 fractional worksSpectral Theory in Mathematical Physics: 13 fractional worksHolomorphic and Operator Theory: 12 fractional worksFractional Differential …12Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 12 fractional worksHeusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties: 12 fractional worksNonlinear Differential Equations Analysis: 12 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsBiomedical EngineeringComputational Theory and MathematicsWater Science and Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 25 works
  2. 2 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  3. 3 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 14 works
  4. 4 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 14 works
  5. 5 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  6. 6 Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics Mathematical Physics 13 works
  7. 7 Holomorphic and Operator Theory Applied Mathematics 12 works
  8. 8 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 12 works
  9. 9 Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 12 works
  10. 10 Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis Applied Mathematics 12 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 counting5%10%15%Oran10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.8% in 2009.

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