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Algeria vs Somalia

On research quality in 2022-now, Somalia ranks #146 in the world and Algeria #148, of 189 countries. Algeria stands higher in 18 of the 20 fields both publish in, Somalia in 2.

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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.

Somalia

World rank, 2022-now
#146
#183 all time
Works, 2022-now
2.5k
fractional
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
81%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Somalia 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 Somalia
  1. #148Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#146
  2. 0.61×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.71×
  3. 43kOutputfractional works, 2022-now2.5k
  4. 5.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited10.2%
  5. 7.1Citations per workall time, per fractional work4.8
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 39%Open accessof its works free to read, all time81%
  8. 24%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time50%
  9. -1%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+194%

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 18 of 20 fields, Somalia in 2. Somalia leads most in Social Sciences (#117 against #144). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Algeria 182 Somalia
  1. #119Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #101Arts and Humanities-
  3. #102Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #105Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #69Chemistry-
  6. #97Computer Science-
  7. #75Decision Sciences-
  8. #77Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  9. #104Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  10. #60Energy-
  11. #92Engineering-
  12. #110Environmental Science-
  13. #106Health Professions-
  14. #82Materials Science-
  15. #74Mathematics-
  16. #147Medicine#126
  17. #69Neuroscience-
  18. #68Physics and Astronomy-
  19. #105Psychology-
  20. #144Social Sciences#117

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 rankSomalia rank Algeria top 10%Somalia top 10% Algeria worksSomalia works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #119 - 5.9% - 2.8k -
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 - 6.1% - 4.8k -
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 - 5.7% - 11k -
Environmental Science #110 - 5.4% - 2.5k -
Health Professions #106 - 5.9% - 491 -
Materials Science #82 - 7.2% - 2.7k -
Mathematics #74 - 6.7% - 1.7k -
Medicine #147 #126 3.7% 5.7% 3.7k 959
Neuroscience #69 - 3.6% - 249 -
Physics and Astronomy #68 - 6.2% - 1.2k -
Psychology #105 - 5.4% - 464 -
Social Sciences #144 #117 6.2% 14.5% 3.2k 413

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

Somalia

▲ 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. Epidemiology316▲ 2.4×129 topics
  2. Globalization122▲ 1.90×80 topics
  3. Climate Change118▲ 1.32×67 topics
  4. Sustainability107▲ 1.34×62 topics
  5. Economic Growth100▲ 3.8×23 topics
  6. Public Health96▲ 2.0×57 topics
  7. Inflammation94▲ 1.36×73 topics
  8. Treatment92▲ 2.3×51 topics
  9. Maternal Mortality90▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Renewable Energy86▲ 1.81×33 topics
  11. Diagnosis82▲ 2.7×41 topics
  12. Risk Factors82▲ 2.3×36 topics
  13. COVID-1979▲ 1.85×31 topics
  14. Education77▲ 1.37×69 topics
  15. Immune Response70▲ 3.8×20 topics
  16. Community Health Workers69▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Health Inequalities69▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Vaccine69▲ 5.3×11 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease69▲ 1.84×37 topics
  20. Pathogenesis66▲ 3.9×24 topics
  21. Socio-economic Factors64▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Child Mortality64▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Health Systems64▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Management64▲ 2.4×32 topics
  25. Child Development60▲ 4.4×8 topics
  26. Risk Management57▲ 3.7×12 topics
  27. Poverty Reduction57▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Global Burden55▲ 3.1×12 topics
  29. Food Security52▲ 2.9×15 topics
  30. Mortality51▲ 2.7×13 topics
  31. Governance48▲ 4.5×13 topics
  32. Global Burden of Disease46▲ 5.6×4 topics
  33. Vulnerability45▲ 5.9×5 topics
  34. Agriculture45▲ 3.6×12 topics
  35. Maternal and Child Undernutrition42▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Water Sanitation Hygiene42▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Conflict40▲ 7.5×10 topics
  38. Global Health35▲ 6.9×6 topics
  39. Gender Inequality34▲ 7.4×5 topics
  40. Respiratory Infections33▲ 8.8×3 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 Somalia every year since 1980.

still counting5k10k15kAlgeria12k in 2025Somalia870 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 2025Somalia0.015% 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%15%Somalia14.9% 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 Somalia
  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 Somalia?

Algeria publishes 17.1× as much research as Somalia in 2022-now (43k against 2.5k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Algeria or Somalia?

10.2% of Somalia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.8% for Algeria.

Is Algeria or Somalia growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +194% against 2018-21 for Somalia, and -1% for Algeria.

Which has more open access research, Algeria or Somalia?

81% of Somalia's research is free to read, against 39% of Algeria's.

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

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

Somalia

  1. 1SIMAD University20.2% top 10% · 423 works
  2. 2Somali National University13.1% top 10% · 179 works
  3. 3University of Somalia8.9% top 10% · 139 works
  4. 4Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology21.2% top 10% · 128 works
  5. 5Mogadishu University10.0% top 10% · 153 works
  6. 6Amoud University17.8% top 10% · 94 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

Somalia

  1. 1 Jama Mohamed #49,156 worldwide 20k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Abdikafi Hassan Abdi #80,606 worldwide 681 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Abdimalik Ali Warsame #155,996 worldwide 1.2k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Ahmed Ismail Mohamed #279,065 worldwide 9.3k citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Bashir Mohamed Osman #336,096 worldwide 1.3k citations · 28 works