Table 2.
Publication characteristics of the top 20 Arab institutions according to the number of articles published between 2009 and 2018.
| Rank | Institution |
Articles by institution |
% of national contribution | Articles in international journals | Articles in top quartile journals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairo University (Egypt) | 387 | 27% | 108 (28%) | 34 (9%) |
| 2 | Ain Shams University (Egypt) | 367 | 26% | 153 (42%) | 47 (13%) |
| 3 | King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia) | 265 | 27% | 283 (87%) | 63 (19%) |
| 4 | King Saud University (Saudi Arabia) | 239 | 24% | 185 (76%) | 37 (15%) |
| 5 | American University of Beirut (Lebanon) | 199 | 40% | 186 (97%) | 57 (30%) |
| 6 | Mansoura University (Egypt) | 146 | 10% | 72 (48%) | 11 (7%) |
| 7 | Balamand, IDRAAC, St. George (Lebanon) | 138 | 27% | 131 (99%) | 103 (78% |
| 8 | University of Jordan | 126 | 41% | 112 (92%) | 19 (16%) |
| 9 | Zagazig University (Egypt) | 115 | 8% | 52 (44%) | 8 (7%) |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates University | 110 | 34% | 110 (97%) | 20 (18%) |
| 11 | Razi Hospital (Tunisia) | 104 | 30% | 99 (92%) | 16 (15%) |
| 12 | Université Saint-Joseph (Lebanon) | 101 | 20% | 100 (100%) | 16 (16%) |
| 13 | Assiut University (Egypt) | 89 | 6% | 72 (77%) | 17 (18%) |
| 14 | Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar) | 87 | 46% | 86 (97%) | 21 (24%) |
| 15 | Kuwait University (Kuwait) | 87 | 55% | 81 (92%) | 13 (15%) |
| 16 | Sultan Qaboos University (Oman) | 79 | 81% | 62 (82%) | 14 (18%) |
| 17 | Alexandria University (Egypt) | 71 | 5% | 53 (74%) | 12 (17%) |
| 18 | Weill Cornell Medical College (Qatar) | 71 | 37% | 72 (100%) | 15 (21%) |
| 19 | Tanta University (Egypt) | 67 | 5% | 19 (28%) | 4 (6 %) |
| 20 | Jordan University of Science and Technology | 66 | 22% | 41 (65%) | 12 (19%) |
| Arab Institutions Total | 4,506 | - | 1,089 (24%) | 780 (18%) |