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Université d'Oran 2

In research, Université d'Oran 2 stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,402 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,450 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,227
of 22,385 · #5,699 all time
Rank in Algeria
#39
of 79
Research works
4k
▼ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
0.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Université d'Oran 2

What is Université d'Oran 2 known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,402 of 9,585 5.1%177 #3707
Social SciencesField #4,450 of 5,988 6.1%95 #2830

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université d'Oran 2 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Université d'Oran 2 work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Université d'Oran 2 is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 198 fractional works · 61.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 106 fractional works · 33.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 28 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 8.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 58 fractional works · 18.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 67 fractional works · 21.0% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 40 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversité d'Oran2321fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences62%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10633.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities5818.2%
    3. Psychology113.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting113.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance82.5%
    6. Decision Sciences41.3%
    1. Engineering185.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences165.1%
    3. Computer Science154.6%
    4. Environmental Science92.8%
    5. Mathematics30.9%
    6. Materials Science30.9%
    7. Energy20.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine309.5%
    2. Health Professions82.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.23× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.29× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 106 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.29×58 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.23×16 works
  3. Social Sciences2.61×106 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.33×4 works
  5. Psychology1.17×12 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.16×8 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.02×11 works
  8. Health Professions0.99×8 works
  9. Veterinary0.76×0 works
  10. Energy0.74×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.73×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.59×15 works
  13. Environmental Science0.56×9 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×8 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×1 works
  16. Medicine0.49×30 works
  17. Engineering0.37×18 works
  18. Neuroscience0.34×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.30×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×4 works
  21. Materials Science0.24×3 works
  22. Nursing0.23×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.17×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.17×1 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université d'Oran 2?

Ranked on the quality score, Badra Moutassem-Mimouni, Tarik Ghodbani and Brahim Bouyacoub lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université d'Oran 2.

  1. 1 Badra Moutassem-Mimouni Algeria · #1,992,134 worldwide 466 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Tarik Ghodbani Algeria · #3,354,806 worldwide 153 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Brahim Bouyacoub Algeria · #4,470,269 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 A Hollande Algeria · #4,557,726 worldwide 63 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Sid Ahmed Bellal Algeria · #4,607,215 worldwide 86 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Mohamed Moulfi Algeria · #4,624,054 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Ahmed Sahli Algeria · #4,647,059 worldwide 26 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Hamza Fekir Algeria · #4,735,403 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Mohamed Miliani Algeria · #4,763,228 worldwide 47 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Abdelhafid Ossoukine Algeria · #4,778,295 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Université d'Oran 2

What are the most cited papers from Université d'Oran 2?

The most cited paper from Université d'Oran 2 is "Parental Burnout Around the Globe: a 42-Country Study" (Isabelle Roskam et al., 2021), with 321 citations. Next come "Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies" (224) and "Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight" (142).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Parental Burnout Around the Globe: a 42-Country Study Isabelle Roskam et al. · Affective Science Open access Mar 2021 321
2 Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies Kimmo Eriksson et al. · Nature Communications Open access108 authors 5 Mar 2021 224
3 Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight Maria LC Iurilli et al. · eLife Open access1,381 authors 8 Mar 2021 142
4 Probability and Statistical Inference Peter F. Heil, Robert V. Hogg, Elliot A. Tanis · Technometrics Nov 1978 114
5 GIS-Based Expert Knowledge for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (LSM): Case of Mostaganem Coast District, West of Algeria Rachida Senouci, Nasr-Eddine Taïbi, Ana Cláudia Teodoro et al. · Sustainability Open access 11 Jan 2021 110
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université d'Oran 2?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics, Migration, Islam, Religion, Cultural Studies, Gender and Globalization.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization20▲ 3.2×38 topics
  2. Multilingualism20▲ 39×5 topics
  3. Sociolinguistics20▲ 33×7 topics
  4. Migration16▲ 14×11 topics
  5. Islam14▲ 21×5 topics
  6. Cultural Studies14▲ 12×11 topics
  7. Religion14▲ 9.3×9 topics
  8. Gender14▲ 7.9×14 topics
  9. Language Policy13▲ 29×4 topics
  10. Social Justice13▲ 6.6×8 topics
  11. Language Contact13▲ 42×4 topics
  12. Democracy12▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Colonialism12▲ 7.9×16 topics
  14. North Africa12▲ 102×2 topics
  15. Family Law11▲ 76×2 topics
  16. Social Change10▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Discourse Analysis10▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Educational Technology10▲ 2.7×9 topics
  19. Political Islam10▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Reform10▲ 50×1 topic
  21. Nationalism10▲ 6.9×11 topics
  22. Social Movements10▲ 10×9 topics
  23. Literature9▲ 5.0×14 topics
  24. Identity9▲ 3.7×17 topics
  25. Language Teaching9▲ 10×5 topics
  26. Pragmatics9▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Pedagogy8▲ 5.2×6 topics
  28. Language Diversity8▲ 80×2 topics
  29. Rhetoric8▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Argumentation8▲ 87×1 topic
  31. Ethos8▲ 87×1 topic
  32. Language Attitudes8▲ 274×1 topic
  33. Youth Language8▲ 274×1 topic
  34. Memory Studies8▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Decolonization7▲ 28×5 topics
  36. Language Education7▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Cultural Diversity7▲ 9.2×5 topics
  38. Political Economy6▲ 7.7×5 topics
  39. Algerian War6▲ 270×1 topic
  40. Colonial Identity6▲ 270×1 topic

Which research topics does Université d'Oran 2 publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies and North African History and Literature.

Multiculturalism, Politi…10Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 10 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…8Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 8 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocult…8Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 8 fractional worksNorth African History an…6North African History and Literature: 6 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 5 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 5 fractional worksPolitical and Social Iss…5Political and Social Issues: 5 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…4Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide: 4 fractional worksLanguage, Linguistics, C…4Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis: 4 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…4Second Language Learning and Teaching: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsPhilosophyLinguistics and LanguageHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  2. 2 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 8 works
  3. 3 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 8 works
  4. 4 North African History and Literature History 6 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 5 works
  7. 7 Political and Social Issues Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide Geophysics 4 works
  9. 9 Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis Language and Linguistics 4 works
  10. 10 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 4 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 available22.6%not open77.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.8%domestic only95.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université d'Oran 2's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Université d'Oran 2 as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Université d'Oran 20.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université d'Oran 2 over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Université d'Oran 23.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.3% in 1994.

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