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Algeria vs Kazakhstan

On research quality in 2022-now, Kazakhstan ranks #91 in the world and Algeria #148, of 189 countries. Algeria stands higher in 1 of the 21 fields both publish in, Kazakhstan in 20.

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Algeria

World rank, 2022-now
#148
#124 all time
Works, 2022-now
43k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
39%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Numerical Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Simulation.

Kazakhstan

World rank, 2022-now
#91
#85 all time
Works, 2022-now
40k
fractional
Top-10% rate
7.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
68%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Fuel Technology, General Energy, Nuclear Energy and Engineering.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Kazakhstan leads on 6 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Algeria leads on 2 of 9 measures: output and citations per work. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Algeria 21 level6 Kazakhstan
  1. #148Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#91
  2. 0.61×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.69×
  3. 43kOutputfractional works, 2022-now40k
  4. 5.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited7.7%
  5. 7.1Citations per workall time, per fractional work5.0
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 39%Open accessof its works free to read, all time68%
  8. 24%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time30%
  9. -1%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+81%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Algeria stands higher in 1 of 21 fields, Kazakhstan in 20. Kazakhstan leads most in Social Sciences (#74 against #144); Algeria leads most in Energy (#60 against #66). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Algeria 120 Kazakhstan
  1. #119Agricultural and Biological Sciences#96
  2. #101Arts and Humanities#73
  3. #102Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#79
  4. #105Business, Management and Accounting#91
  5. #69Chemistry#67
  6. #97Computer Science#88
  7. #75Decision Sciences#71
  8. #77Earth and Planetary Sciences#67
  9. #104Economics, Econometrics and Finance#89
  10. #60Energy#66
  11. #92Engineering#77
  12. #110Environmental Science#91
  13. #106Health Professions#93
  14. -Immunology and Microbiology#64
  15. #82Materials Science#59
  16. #74Mathematics#61
  17. #147Medicine#132
  18. #69Neuroscience#58
  19. #68Physics and Astronomy#59
  20. #105Psychology#82
  21. #144Social Sciences#74

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Algeria rankKazakhstan rank Algeria top 10%Kazakhstan top 10% Algeria worksKazakhstan works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #119 #96 5.9% 8.7% 2.8k 2.8k
Arts and Humanities #101 #73 6.1% 10.0% 1.4k 1.5k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #102 #79 4.9% 6.5% 1.1k 1.1k
Business, Management and Accounting #105 #91 5.3% 8.2% 739 1.4k
Chemistry #69 #67 9.0% 4.2% 970 500
Computer Science #97 #88 6.1% 8.6% 4.8k 3.3k
Decision Sciences #75 #71 5.2% 7.4% 312 316
Earth and Planetary Sciences #77 #67 4.7% 6.3% 725 608
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #104 #89 6.9% 7.7% 636 1.5k
Energy #60 #66 6.8% 6.0% 1.2k 522
Engineering #92 #77 5.7% 6.6% 11k 7.1k
Environmental Science #110 #91 5.4% 6.8% 2.5k 1.8k
Health Professions #106 #93 5.9% 8.2% 491 708
Immunology and Microbiology - #64 - 6.8% - 232
Materials Science #82 #59 7.2% 6.1% 2.7k 1.4k
Mathematics #74 #61 6.7% 6.5% 1.7k 806
Medicine #147 #132 3.7% 6.2% 3.7k 4.1k
Neuroscience #69 #58 3.6% 7.0% 249 239
Physics and Astronomy #68 #59 6.2% 6.2% 1.2k 736
Psychology #105 #82 5.4% 7.3% 464 1.1k
Social Sciences #144 #74 6.2% 9.6% 3.2k 8.1k

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Algeria

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning2,412▲ 1.45×84 topics
  2. Machine Learning2,407▲ 1.50×95 topics
  3. Renewable Energy1,864▲ 2.7×59 topics
  4. Climate Change1,361◆ 1.04×117 topics
  5. Environmental Impact1,193▲ 1.45×72 topics
  6. Sustainability1,073◆ 0.91×119 topics
  7. Neural Networks1,047▲ 1.41×41 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties1,038▲ 2.2×39 topics
  9. Nanomaterials948▲ 1.88×21 topics
  10. Remote Sensing904▲ 1.54×37 topics
  11. Solar Energy845▲ 5.6×5 topics
  12. Power Electronics836▲ 5.4×8 topics
  13. Heat Transfer756▲ 3.2×20 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency742▲ 1.67×46 topics
  15. Antioxidant715▲ 2.2×51 topics
  16. Artificial Neural Networks705▲ 3.2×10 topics
  17. Nanostructures664▲ 3.4×17 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity653▲ 2.2×32 topics
  19. Renewable Energy Integration643▲ 4.1×6 topics
  20. Medicinal Plants613▲ 3.3×20 topics
  21. Parameter Estimation578▲ 9.5×6 topics
  22. Nonlinear Systems537▲ 5.1×8 topics
  23. Nanocrystals496▲ 4.0×5 topics
  24. Efficiency461▲ 3.2×8 topics
  25. Semiconductors458▲ 3.3×6 topics
  26. Flavonoids453▲ 3.7×12 topics
  27. Model Predictive Control450▲ 3.7×6 topics
  28. Grid Integration442▲ 8.8×4 topics
  29. Grid-Connected Inverters442▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Nonlinear Equations423▲ 6.8×6 topics
  31. Phenolic Compounds411▲ 4.7×9 topics
  32. Modeling and Simulation397▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Controllability389▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Maximum Power Point Tracking388▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Photovoltaic Arrays388▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Spintronics376▲ 6.1×4 topics
  37. Decentralized Control345▲ 6.1×2 topics
  38. Boundary Value Problems344▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Experimental Investigation322▲ 6.5×5 topics
  40. Phase Change Materials319▲ 7.0×3 topics

Kazakhstan

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainable Development2,930▲ 4.0×107 topics
  2. Climate Change2,302▲ 1.83×125 topics
  3. Globalization2,060▲ 2.3×155 topics
  4. Innovation2,045▲ 4.3×77 topics
  5. Education1,859▲ 2.3×127 topics
  6. Sustainability1,598▲ 1.41×127 topics
  7. Educational Technology1,528▲ 2.8×47 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence1,416▲ 2.1×65 topics
  9. Renewable Energy1,317▲ 1.96×59 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency1,275▲ 3.0×45 topics
  11. E-Learning1,254▲ 2.8×25 topics
  12. Digital Transformation1,221▲ 4.9×30 topics
  13. Online Learning1,056▲ 2.7×26 topics
  14. Pedagogy1,044▲ 4.5×27 topics
  15. Legal Regulation1,032▲ 9.9×8 topics
  16. Food Security1,014▲ 4.0×24 topics
  17. Economic Development995▲ 2.7×50 topics
  18. Economic Security965▲ 9.8×7 topics
  19. Digitalization959▲ 10×14 topics
  20. Teacher Training911▲ 3.2×26 topics
  21. Ethnicity894▲ 5.2×22 topics
  22. Digital Economy894▲ 9.6×19 topics
  23. Higher Education879▲ 3.6×30 topics
  24. Regional Development854▲ 5.4×21 topics
  25. Culture849▲ 3.5×33 topics
  26. Migration766▲ 4.8×30 topics
  27. Islam635▲ 6.6×5 topics
  28. Geopolitics627▲ 8.9×11 topics
  29. Strategic Planning618▲ 9.1×5 topics
  30. Foresight613▲ 10×2 topics
  31. International Trade Law612▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Public Oversight607▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Transport Policy607▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Modernization604▲ 7.1×5 topics
  35. Sharia Law592▲ 8.9×2 topics
  36. Malay Language592▲ 9.1×1 topic
  37. Design584▲ 7.7×6 topics
  38. Air Force572▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Warfare572▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Central Asia572▲ 17×4 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Algeria has out-published Kazakhstan every year since 1980.

still counting5k10k15kAlgeria12k in 2025Kazakhstan11k in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Algeria0.20% in 2025Kazakhstan0.19% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%Kazakhstan8.7% in 2025Algeria6.6% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Algeria 05 level0 Kazakhstan
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Algeria or Kazakhstan?

Algeria publishes 1.1× as much research as Kazakhstan in 2022-now (43k against 40k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Algeria or Kazakhstan?

7.7% of Kazakhstan's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.8% for Algeria.

Is Algeria or Kazakhstan growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +81% against 2018-21 for Kazakhstan, and -1% for Algeria.

Which has more open access research, Algeria or Kazakhstan?

68% of Kazakhstan's research is free to read, against 39% of Algeria's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Algeria or Kazakhstan?

Algeria holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Kazakhstan 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 0.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Algeria

  1. 1Ministère de la Culture8.1% top 10% · 1k works
  2. 2University of Biskra6.5% top 10% · 1.3k works
  3. 3Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Bab El Oued8.9% top 10% · 592 works
  4. 4University of Béjaïa4.8% top 10% · 1.2k works
  5. 5University of Laghouat4.8% top 10% · 845 works
  6. 6University of Batna 14.2% top 10% · 1.4k works

Kazakhstan

  1. 1Nazarbayev University14.3% top 10% · 3.1k works
  2. 2Suleyman Demirel University5.8% top 10% · 2.9k works
  3. 3L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University7.3% top 10% · 3.1k works
  4. 4Astana Medical University7.4% top 10% · 1.8k works
  5. 5Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University8.9% top 10% · 1.2k works
  6. 6Ahmet Yesevi University7.6% top 10% · 795 works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Algeria

  1. 1 Kamel Si Mohammed #16,456 worldwide 2.9k citations · 120 works
  2. 2 Meriem Abdoun #19,682 worldwide 16k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 A. Mellit #43,083 worldwide 15k citations · 267 works
  4. 4 Abdelmalek Bouzenada #44,864 worldwide 1.2k citations · 139 works
  5. 5 Khaled Derkaoui #70,622 worldwide 1k citations · 56 works

Kazakhstan

  1. 1 Kairat Davletov #4,259 worldwide 125k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 Mukhtar Kulimbet #8,033 worldwide 26k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Shazim Ali Memon #24,150 worldwide 9.8k citations · 153 works
  4. 4 Anas Hajar #24,262 worldwide 1.1k citations · 125 works
  5. 5 Mayowa Tosin Babalola #43,099 worldwide 3.7k citations · 74 works