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Institut des Régions Arides

In research, Institut des Régions Arides stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,232 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,487 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Food Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science — Food Science is 15.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,951
of 28,054 · #19,517 all time
Rank in Tunisia
#26
of 59
Research works
680
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Institut des Régions Arides known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,232 of 3,409 11.1%98 #1859
Life SciencesDomain #6,487 of 7,800 11.1%115 #8957

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut des Régions Arides sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Institut des Régions Arides specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Food Science takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Food ScienceSubfield · 22.0 works15×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 97.5 works11×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 32.8 works9.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10.75× its world share, 98 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.57× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 4.95× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.83× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut des Régions Arides?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohamed Neffati, Ali Ferchichi and Mongi Sghaïer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut des Régions Arides.

  1. 1 Mohamed Neffati Tunisia · #219,831 worldwide 124 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Ali Ferchichi Tunisia · #225,526 worldwide 191 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Mongi Sghaïer Tunisia · #511,826 worldwide 40 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Touhami Khorchani Tunisia · #814,329 worldwide 22 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Mohamed Ouessar Tunisia · #967,825 worldwide 66 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Mohamed Hammadi Tunisia · #1,074,580 worldwide 26 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Sghaier Najari Tunisia · #1,181,832 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Kamel Nagaz Tunisia · #1,350,464 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Mohamed Moussa Tunisia · #1,444,544 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Institut des Régions Arides

Which keywords describe research at Institut des Régions Arides?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Antioxidant, Health Benefits, Antioxidant Activity, Smallholder Farmers, Phenolic Compounds, Proteins and Adaptation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Climate Change29▲ 5.5×43 topics
  2. Antioxidant20▲ 16×25 topics
  3. Health Benefits19▲ 30×10 topics
  4. Antioxidant Activity17▲ 14×19 topics
  5. Sustainability16▲ 3.5×18 topics
  6. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 28×5 topics
  7. Phenolic Compounds12▲ 33×8 topics
  8. Proteins12▲ 68×2 topics
  9. Adaptation12▲ 21×3 topics
  10. Diabetes10▲ 11×4 topics
  11. Livestock Farming10▲ 83×3 topics
  12. Lactoferrin10▲ 124×2 topics
  13. Polyphenols9▲ 28×6 topics
  14. Therapeutic9▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Camel Milk9▲ 341×1 topic
  16. Multifunctionality9▲ 96×2 topics
  17. Nutritional9▲ 341×1 topic
  18. Antioxidants9▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Agricultural Development9▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Agroecology9▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Diversity9▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Work Organization9▲ 108×1 topic
  23. Flavonoids8▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Medicinal Plants8▲ 10×12 topics
  25. Cancer Prevention8▲ 15×8 topics
  26. Remote Sensing8▲ 3.2×19 topics
  27. Fatty Acids7▲ 36×3 topics
  28. Pest Management7▲ 44×4 topics
  29. Bioactive Compounds7▲ 13×9 topics
  30. Biological Activities6▲ 21×6 topics
  31. Bioavailability6▲ 17×5 topics
  32. Health Effects6▲ 5.4×7 topics
  33. Nutritional Significance6▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Essential Oils6▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Genetic Diversity6▲ 6.5×13 topics
  36. Functional Properties5▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 8.6×11 topics
  38. Antimicrobial Activity5▲ 16×4 topics
  39. Land Use Change5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  40. Anticancer Activity5▲ 72×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut des Régions Arides publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Diversity and Health Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities and Edible Oils Quality and Analysis.

Animal Diversity and Hea…9Animal Diversity and Health Studies: 9 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 9 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 4 fractional worksEdible Oils Quality and Analysis: 4 fractional worksDate Palm Research Studies: 4 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 3 fractional worksSoil erosion and sedimen…3Soil erosion and sediment transport: 3 fractional worksWater management and technologies: 3 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional works
Food ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsBiochemistryOrganic Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Diversity and Health Studies Food Science 9 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  3. 3 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 4 works
  4. 4 Edible Oils Quality and Analysis Organic Chemistry 4 works
  5. 5 Date Palm Research Studies Plant Science 4 works
  6. 6 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 3 works
  7. 7 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 3 works
  8. 8 Water management and technologies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  9. 9 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 2 works
  10. 10 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.0%domestic only64.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut des Régions Arides's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.