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Research in Sousse

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Sousse, Tunisia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Sousse, Hôpital Sahloul and Hôpital Farhat Hached.

Research institutions
4
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
95k
7.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1964-2026
63 years on the record
Sousse

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 Sousse?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of SousseUniversity 7,157 #3,531
2Hôpital Farhat HachedHospital / health system 3,685 #11,865
3Hôpital SahloulHospital / health system 2,486 #11,567
4Alternative Energy Systems (Tunisia)Company 55 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.

University of Sousse: 53.5%Hôpital Farhat Hached: 27.5%Hôpital Sahloul: 18.6%Alternative Energy Systems (Tunisia): 0.4%53%largest
University of Sousse7,157 · 53.5%Hôpital Farhat Hached3,685 · 27.5%Hôpital Sahloul2,486 · 18.6%Alternative Energy Systems (Tunisia)55 · 0.4%

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

Which fields of science does Sousse work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Sousse is in Health Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Engineering (11%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,018 fractional works · 43.7% of its workMedicine: 1,818 fractional works · 39.3% of its workSurgery: 209 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 159 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 153 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 94 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 91 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 86 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 86 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 83 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 77 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 62 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 148 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 77 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,336 fractional works · 28.9% of its workEngineering: 525 fractional works · 11.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 152 fractional works · 3.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 65 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 62 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 57 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 441 fractional works · 9.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 135 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 86 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 84 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 72 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 102 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 90 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 848 fractional works · 18.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 227 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 153 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFinance: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 212 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 89 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 203 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAccounting: 71 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 118 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 420 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 163 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 153 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 81 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSousse4,621fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences44%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. Health Sciences2,01843.7%
    1. Medicine1,81839.3%
    2. Health Professions1483.2%
    3. Dentistry360.8%
    4. Nursing130.3%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Engineering52511.4%
    2. Computer Science4419.5%
    3. Environmental Science1022.2%
    4. Mathematics902.0%
    5. Materials Science601.3%
    6. Energy461.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy300.7%
    8. Chemistry220.5%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences130.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2274.9%
    2. Social Sciences2124.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2034.4%
    4. Psychology1182.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities491.1%
    6. Decision Sciences400.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1633.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1533.3%
    3. Neuroscience531.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology400.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sousse strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sousse is most concentrated in Dermatology, Rheumatology and Hepatology (5.3× the world share in Dermatology).

  1. DermatologySubfield · 57.2 works5.3×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 88.5 works4.7×
  3. HepatologySubfield · 31.6 works4.0×
  4. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 84.5 works3.8×
  5. FinanceSubfield · 44.6 works3.6×
  6. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 75.8 works3.5×
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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: 0.72× its world share, 141 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 148 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 36 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.25× its world share, 400 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.03× its world share, 39 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 469 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 52 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.64× its world share, 79 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.69× its world share, 34 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 136 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 1,629 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 45 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.35× its world share, 179 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.26× its world share, 199 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 104 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 184 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.26×199 works
  2. Medicine2.05×1,629 works
  3. Dentistry1.69×34 works
  4. Mathematics1.64×79 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.35×179 works
  6. Computer Science1.25×400 works
  7. Health Professions1.25×136 works
  8. Energy1.03×39 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×36 works
  10. Psychology0.83×104 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.82×32 works
  12. Engineering0.76×469 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×141 works
  14. Neuroscience0.71×48 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×10 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×148 works
  17. Nursing0.53×11 works
  18. Veterinary0.49×3 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.44×6 works
  20. Environmental Science0.40×82 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.38×45 works
  22. Materials Science0.36×52 works
  23. Social Sciences0.35×184 works
  24. Chemistry0.30×20 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.27×25 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Sousse?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Diagnosis, Treatment, Autoantibodies, Management, Immunosuppressive Therapy and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology377▲ 2.0×126 topics
  2. Deep Learning270▲ 1.69×78 topics
  3. Machine Learning180▲ 1.17×80 topics
  4. Treatment166▲ 3.0×51 topics
  5. Diagnosis163▲ 3.8×40 topics
  6. Inflammation127▲ 1.29×73 topics
  7. Management114▲ 3.1×31 topics
  8. Quality of Life111▲ 1.67×51 topics
  9. Renewable Energy101▲ 1.51×41 topics
  10. Neural Networks97▲ 1.36×37 topics
  11. Autoantibodies91▲ 8.4×8 topics
  12. COVID-1987▲ 1.44×25 topics
  13. Economic Growth86▲ 2.3×20 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease84▲ 1.59×37 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome81▲ 2.2×23 topics
  16. Mental Health80▲ 1.22×32 topics
  17. Healthcare79▲ 1.50×24 topics
  18. Risk Factors75▲ 1.48×34 topics
  19. Depression75▲ 1.84×20 topics
  20. Corporate Governance74▲ 2.2×17 topics
  21. Global Burden74▲ 2.9×12 topics
  22. Immunosuppressive Therapy69▲ 7.8×8 topics
  23. Monetary Policy68▲ 6.2×8 topics
  24. Chemotherapy63▲ 1.92×24 topics
  25. Genetics62▲ 1.89×25 topics
  26. Pathogenesis61▲ 2.6×24 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance57▲ 2.8×10 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors55▲ 2.7×14 topics
  29. Surgical Management53▲ 2.8×20 topics
  30. Power Electronics49▲ 3.3×8 topics
  31. Stock Market47▲ 4.5×3 topics
  32. Financial Development46▲ 6.6×3 topics
  33. Panel Data Analysis44▲ 6.3×2 topics
  34. Rituximab44▲ 6.6×4 topics
  35. Inflammatory Bowel Disease40▲ 7.2×5 topics
  36. Global Economy34▲ 5.8×3 topics
  37. Economic Policy Uncertainty33▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Oil Price Shocks33▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Kuznets Curve32▲ 6.5×1 topic
  40. Trade Openness32▲ 6.5×1 topic

What research is done in Sousse?

Market Dynamics and Vola…30Market Dynamics and Volatility: 30 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…28Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 28 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 23 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 22 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 21 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 21 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 20 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…19Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 19 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 18 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 18 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAccountingEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 30 works
  2. 2 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 28 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 23 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 22 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 21 works
  6. 6 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 21 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 20 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 19 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 18 works
  10. 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 18 works

Research output over time

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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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sousse9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2024.

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