Table 3.
Collaborations by individual Arab countries; 2007-2016; countries ranked in descending order by total research output*
| Total research output |
Papers without international collaboration |
Papers with international collaboration with |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
other Arab countries |
European Union |
Canada and United States |
Overall |
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|
Country † |
Papers per country |
Citations per paper† |
% |
Citations per paper† |
% |
Citations per paper† |
% |
Citations per paper† |
% |
Citations per paper† |
% |
Citations per paper* |
| Egypt |
24 692 |
8.3 |
49 |
6.0 |
21 |
8.1 |
18 |
16.2 |
16 |
16.9 |
51 |
10.8 |
| Saudi Arabia |
21 897 |
9.7 |
32 |
5.4 |
25 |
8.5 |
21 |
18.5 |
23 |
21.2 |
68 |
12.0 |
| Tunisia |
8769 |
8.3 |
55 |
5.1 |
9 |
18.2 |
37 |
14.1 |
6 |
34.0 |
45 |
12.8 |
| Lebanon |
4504 |
15.0 |
36 |
8.1 |
15 |
26.0 |
34 |
26.4 |
33 |
27.4 |
64 |
19.3 |
| Morocco |
4027 |
7.7 |
59 |
3.1 |
9 |
30.9 |
33 |
16.2 |
8 |
36.0 |
41 |
14.8 |
| United Arab Emirates |
3927 |
13.2 |
23 |
7.2 |
21 |
15.6 |
36 |
21.0 |
30 |
24.1 |
77 |
15.2 |
| Jordan |
3592 |
11.2 |
46 |
6.1 |
18 |
22.4 |
21 |
27.1 |
23 |
26.9 |
54 |
16.0 |
| Qatar |
2971 |
12.5 |
15 |
7.6 |
22 |
20.4 |
47 |
18.2 |
36 |
20.8 |
85 |
13.6 |
| Arab world | 76978 | 9.2 | 51 | 5.4 | – | – | 27 | 14.8 | 19 | 18.2 | 49 | 13.0 |
*This table is limited to the 8 most published countries with most research output. The papers by other countries are too few to accurately examine the impact of their international collaborations.
†Source: Web of Science (November 2017), covering papers for the period 2007-2016 cited from January 2007 up to November 2017.