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Algeria vs Senegal

On research quality in 2022-now, Algeria ranks #148 in the world and Senegal #151, of 189 countries. Algeria stands higher in 16 of the 20 fields both publish in, Senegal in 4.

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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.

Senegal

World rank, 2022-now
#151
#136 all time
Works, 2022-now
5.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
4.3%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
62%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Forestry, Horticulture, Microbiology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Algeria leads on 5 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate and citations per work. Senegal leads on 3 of 9 measures: open access, international co-authorship and growth. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Algeria 51 level3 Senegal
  1. #148Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#151
  2. 0.61×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.40×
  3. 43kOutputfractional works, 2022-now5.3k
  4. 5.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited4.3%
  5. 7.1Citations per workall time, per fractional work6.7
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 39%Open accessof its works free to read, all time62%
  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+15%

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 16 of 20 fields, Senegal in 4. Algeria leads most in Engineering (#92 against #124); Senegal leads most in Medicine (#118 against #147). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Algeria 164 Senegal
  1. #119Agricultural and Biological Sciences#97
  2. #101Arts and Humanities-
  3. #102Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #105Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #69Chemistry-
  6. #97Computer Science#121
  7. #75Decision Sciences-
  8. #77Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  9. #104Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  10. #60Energy-
  11. #92Engineering#124
  12. #110Environmental Science#106
  13. #106Health Professions-
  14. #82Materials Science-
  15. #74Mathematics-
  16. #147Medicine#118
  17. #69Neuroscience-
  18. #68Physics and Astronomy-
  19. #105Psychology-
  20. #144Social Sciences#122

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 rankSenegal rank Algeria top 10%Senegal top 10% Algeria worksSenegal works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #119 #97 5.9% 5.5% 2.8k 657
Arts and Humanities #101 - 6.1% - 1.4k -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #102 - 4.9% - 1.1k -
Business, Management and Accounting #105 - 5.3% - 739 -
Chemistry #69 - 9.0% - 970 -
Computer Science #97 #121 6.1% 3.1% 4.8k 314
Decision Sciences #75 - 5.2% - 312 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #77 - 4.7% - 725 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #104 - 6.9% - 636 -
Energy #60 - 6.8% - 1.2k -
Engineering #92 #124 5.7% 2.8% 11k 419
Environmental Science #110 #106 5.4% 3.8% 2.5k 310
Health Professions #106 - 5.9% - 491 -
Materials Science #82 - 7.2% - 2.7k -
Mathematics #74 - 6.7% - 1.7k -
Medicine #147 #118 3.7% 2.6% 3.7k 1.4k
Neuroscience #69 - 3.6% - 249 -
Physics and Astronomy #68 - 6.2% - 1.2k -
Psychology #105 - 5.4% - 464 -
Social Sciences #144 #122 6.2% 8.4% 3.2k 643

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

Senegal

▲ 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. Epidemiology498▲ 2.0×129 topics
  2. Climate Change426▲ 2.5×90 topics
  3. Sustainability328▲ 2.2×77 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers307▲ 24×6 topics
  5. Adaptation238▲ 13×13 topics
  6. Agroecology208▲ 24×5 topics
  7. Diversity207▲ 19×10 topics
  8. Agricultural Development202▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Livestock Farming201▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Multifunctionality201▲ 70×2 topics
  11. Work Organization199▲ 84×1 topic
  12. Public Health191▲ 2.1×56 topics
  13. Healthcare160▲ 2.3×27 topics
  14. Sustainable Agriculture126▲ 6.6×12 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation113▲ 4.9×14 topics
  16. Pathogenesis112▲ 3.6×23 topics
  17. Social Justice112▲ 3.0×31 topics
  18. Community Engagement110▲ 5.5×15 topics
  19. Global Burden110▲ 3.3×12 topics
  20. Colonialism108▲ 3.7×34 topics
  21. Territorial Governance105▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Local Development105▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Vaccine Development100▲ 6.4×11 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity99▲ 3.7×19 topics
  25. Governance98▲ 4.9×11 topics
  26. Agroforestry96▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Climate Resilience95▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Ethnicity94▲ 4.1×13 topics
  29. Nutritional Value92▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Vaccine90▲ 3.7×11 topics
  31. Social Movements82▲ 4.5×18 topics
  32. Rural Livelihoods82▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Indigenous Fruits82▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Tree Domestication82▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Decentralization77▲ 6.0×4 topics
  36. Citizen Participation74▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Environmental Participation73▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Proximity and Innovation73▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Africa65▲ 26×3 topics
  40. Political Transition62▲ 20×3 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 Senegal every year since 1980.

still counting5k10k15kAlgeria12k in 2025Senegal1,295 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 2025Senegal0.022% 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%Algeria6.6% in 2025Senegal4.2% 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 Senegal
  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 Senegal?

Algeria publishes 8.1× as much research as Senegal in 2022-now (43k against 5.3k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Algeria or Senegal?

5.8% of Algeria's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 4.3% for Senegal.

Is Algeria or Senegal growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +15% against 2018-21 for Senegal, and -1% for Algeria.

Which has more open access research, Algeria or Senegal?

62% of Senegal's research is free to read, against 39% of Algeria's.

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

Algeria holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Senegal 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

Senegal

  1. 1Université Gaston Berger4.4% top 10% · 520 works
  2. 2Cheikh Anta Diop University3.6% top 10% · 2.2k works
  3. 3Ziguinchor University5.2% top 10% · 302 works
  4. 4Université Alioune Diop de Bambey1.8% top 10% · 254 works
  5. 5Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable10.7% top 10% · 168 works
  6. 6Centre Hospitalier National Universitaire de Fann2.0% top 10% · 262 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

Senegal

  1. 1 Amadou Alpha Sall #62,432 worldwide 13k citations · 193 works
  2. 2 Amadou Alpha Sall #98,926 worldwide 12k citations · 199 works
  3. 3 Susan Shepherd #185,173 worldwide 10k citations · 146 works
  4. 4 Massamba Sylla #244,316 worldwide 2.4k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Gamou Fall #272,079 worldwide 2.7k citations · 161 works