Question 1

How strong is science in Tunisia?

Accepted Answer

Tunisia ranks #139 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#115 all time), with 38k research works and 5.9% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Tunisia strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Tunisia ranks highest in Engineering (#93 of 131), Computer Science (#91 of 128) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#80 of 107). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Algebra and Number Theory, Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics.

Question 3

Which universities in Tunisia lead research?

Accepted Answer

Manouba University, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie and University of Sousse rank highest in Tunisia on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Tunisia?

Accepted Answer

Naima Lassoued, Imen Khanchel and Karim Rejeb rank highest among researchers based in Tunisia.

Question 5

Which cities in Tunisia are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Tunis and Sfax.

Question 6

How much of Tunisia's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

33% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 33% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Tunisia's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Tunisia?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Which fields of science does Tunisia work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Tunisia is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Engineering (15%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Tunisia's?

Accepted Answer

Morocco has the research profile closest to Tunisia's (similarity 0.70 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Mathematics, followed by Mauritania and Saudi Arabia.