Tunisia's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Tunisia has 53 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 1.9% from 52 in 2021. That places Tunisia 69th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax has the most listed scientists (11), followed by Université de Gabès (5).

Single Year

+1 (+1.9%) vs 2021

Career Data

+4 (+17.4%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#69

down 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

+4 (+16.7%) vs 2021

Scientists in Tunisia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 36% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+33.3%

2022+1.9%

2023+17.0%

2024+25.8%

2025+3.8%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	39		15
2021	52	+33.3%	23	+53.3%
2022	53	+1.9%	27	+17.4%
2023	62	+17.0%	28	+3.7%
2024	78	+25.8%	40	+42.9%
2025	81	+3.8%	46	+15.0%

Top 10 institutes in Tunisia

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2022

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All 53 scientists

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Rank in Tunisia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	14,940	NM Nasri, Moncef	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 87
2	19,379	BS Boufi, Sami	Faculté des Sciences de Sfax	Polymers	Rank 146
3	37,883	Ben Jebli, Mehdi	Université de Jendouba	Environmental Sciences	Rank 466
4	38,824	HM Hamdi, Moktar	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie	Biotechnology	Rank 114
5	48,212	SK Saidi, Kais	University of Sfax	Energy	Rank 1,018
6	58,132	Bougatef, Ali	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 443
7	74,408	AF Amri, Fethi	Université de Gabès	Energy	Rank 1,622
8	75,420	KM Ksibi, Mohamed	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Environmental Sciences	Rank 986
9	75,530	KR Ksouri, Riadh	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Food Science	Rank 609
10	80,135	AM Aouadi, Moncef	University of Carthage, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Bizerte	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 691
11	83,945	Farhani, Sahbi	Université de Sousse	Energy	Rank 1,849
12	84,295	KM Khairallah, Moncef	CHU Fattouma-Bourguiba	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 464
13	98,794	SL Sellaoui, Lotfi	Faculty of Sciences of Monastir	Chemical Engineering	Rank 691
14	100,990	Sebri, Maamar	Université de Sousse	Energy	Rank 2,273
15	102,811	Moakher, Maher	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur	Applied Mathematics	Rank 255
16	103,154	KK Khwaldia, Khaoula	Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico-Chimique	Food Science	Rank 872
17	111,870	AH Attia, Hamadi	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 953
18	127,165	JM Jridi, Mourad	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,095
19	129,393	BM Bouaziz, Mohamed	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,121
20	132,288	CH Chtourou, Hamdi	Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l'Education Physique de Sfax	Sport Sciences	Rank 609
21	134,449	EM El Mir, L.	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 2,822
22	148,651	AA Alimi, Adel M.	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,957
23	151,249	KS Keshk, Sherif M.A.S.	Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l'Energie	Polymers	Rank 1,467
24	151,466	BN Ben Nasrallah, Sassi	Ecole National d'Ingenieurs de Monastir	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,300
25	153,368	HA Houas, A.	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 3,251
26	166,927	AC Aouiti, Chaouki	University of Carthage	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,421
27	167,232	AC Abdelly, C.	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,783
28	167,355	GK Ghedira, Kamel	Université de Monastir, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 647
29	185,934	MT Mabrouki, Tarek	Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,643
30	188,195	JA Jemni, Abdelmajid	Ecole National d'Ingenieurs de Monastir	Energy	Rank 4,579
31	191,677	AS Ammar, Salah	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 4,090
32	206,314	TS Tiba, Sofien	FSEG Sfax - Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion de Sfax	Energy	Rank 5,049
33	209,088	BA Bahrouni, Ala Eddine	Faculty of Sciences of Monastir	General Mathematics	Rank 1,178
34	211,287	BH Bouallagui, Hassib	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie	Biotechnology	Rank 1,020
35	219,492	BA Belazi, Akram	Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,206
36	225,821	BS Ben Salem, Hichem	University of Carthage, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 696
37	238,865	GM Gargouri, M.	University of Sfax	Materials	Rank 4,831
38	244,316	KO Kurakevych, O.	Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie	Materials	Rank 4,969
39	251,743	MA Meddeb, Aref	Université de Sousse	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,555
40	254,006	CO Cheikhrouhou, Omar	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,586
41	268,373	DF Dammak, Fakhreddine	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,301
42	278,974	HM Hsairi, Mohamed	Université de Tunis El Manar, Institut Salah Azaiez	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,118
43	288,003	MW Mnif, Wissem	Université de la Manouba	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,370
44	291,992	CF Chaari, Fakher	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,492
45	292,538	SE Srasra, Ezzeddine	National Center of Researches in Material Sciences	General Chemistry	Rank 716
46	294,917	Gritli, Hassène	University of Carthage	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,606
47	372,737	TA Triki, Ali	Université de Gabès	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 3,192
48	437,254	MA Masmoudi, Ahmed	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,890
49	438,811	BS Belghith, Safya	Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 4,962
50	442,741	BR Ben Romdhane, Habiba	Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,655
51	506,672	AN Atti, Naziha	University of Carthage, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,944
52	619,316	AH Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer	National Institute of Public Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,404
53	1,034,423	BA Ben Abdelaziz, Ahmed	University Hospital of Sahloul	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 10,355
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Tunisia are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

53 scientists affiliated with Tunisia are on the 2022 single-year list, and 27 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Tunisia has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2022 single-year list, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax has the most listed scientists from Tunisia, with 11. It is followed by Université de Gabès with 5.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Tunisia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Tunisia went from 39 scientists in 2020 to 53 in 2022, a change of +35.9%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.