Table 2.
Medical research output of all Arab countries 2007-2016; countries ranked in descending order by papers per 1 million people
| World Rank | Countries | Papers per country* | Arab world share | Papers per 1 million | Citations per paper* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 |
Qatar |
2971 |
3.9% |
1156 |
11.4 |
| 50 |
Tunisia |
8769 |
11.4% |
769 |
8.4 |
| 54 |
Lebanon |
4504 |
5.9% |
750 |
13.4 |
| 71 |
Kuwait |
2862 |
3.7% |
706 |
8.7 |
| 39 |
Saudi Arabia |
21 897 |
28.4% |
678 |
9.6 |
| 108 |
Bahrain |
682 |
0.9% |
479 |
NR† |
| 58 |
United Arab Emirates |
3927 |
5.1% |
424 |
12.1 |
| 62 |
Jordan |
3592 |
4.7% |
380 |
9.5 |
| 85 |
Oman |
1527 |
2.0% |
345 |
11.1 |
| 36 |
Egypt |
24 692 |
32.1% |
258 |
7.8 |
| 113 |
Palestine |
613 |
0.8% |
128 |
NR† |
| 56 |
Morocco |
4027 |
5.2% |
114 |
7.3 |
| 119 |
Libya |
561 |
0.7% |
89 |
NR† |
| 80 |
Algeria |
1902 |
2.5% |
47 |
9.1 |
| 106 |
Syria |
710 |
0.9% |
39 |
NR† |
| 186 |
Djibouti |
36 |
0.0% |
38 |
NR† |
| 90 |
Iraq |
1279 |
1.7% |
34 |
9.3 |
| 89 |
Sudan |
1280 |
1.7% |
32 |
16.7 |
| 198 |
Comoros |
19 |
0.0% |
24 |
NR† |
| 120 |
Yemen |
529 |
0.7% |
19 |
NR† |
| 178 |
Mauritania |
58 |
0.1% |
13 |
NR† |
| 192 |
Somalia |
24 |
0.0% |
2 |
NR† |
| TOTAL | ARAB COUNTRIES | 76 978 | 100.0% | 189 | 9.2 |
NR – not reported.
*Source: Essential Science Indicators (October 1, 2017 edition), covering papers and citations for the period January 1, 2007 – August 31, 2017.
†Not reported because the number of papers published by the country was too small to accurately calculate its citation rate.