Tunisia's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Tunisia has 46 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 15.0% from 40 in 2024. That places Tunisia 72nd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax has the most listed scientists (8), followed by Université de Sousse (5).

Single Year

+3 (+3.8%) vs 2024

Career Data

+6 (+15.0%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#72

down 2 places vs 2024

Institutes

+4 (+16.7%) vs 2024

Scientists in Tunisia on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than tripled since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+53.3%

2022+17.4%

2023+3.7%

2024+42.9%

2025+15.0%

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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

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Rank in Tunisia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	13,181	TE Talbi, Emna Ghazali	Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 287
2	36,249	HM Hamdi, Moktar	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie	Biotechnology	Rank 103
3	41,948	NM Nasri, Moncef	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 188
4	67,963	BS Boufi, Sami	Faculté des Sciences de Sfax	Polymers	Rank 605
5	108,798	AH Aydi, Hassen	Université de Sousse	General Mathematics	Rank 564
6	121,425	Bougatef, Ali	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 672
7	126,781	Moakher, Maher	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur	Applied Mathematics	Rank 278
8	139,425	Krichen, Moez	University of Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,929
9	144,149	AM Alimi, M. Adel	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,046
10	147,667	KM Ksibi, Mohamed	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,193
11	154,656	KM Khairallah, Moncef	CHU Fattouma-Bourguiba	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 1,147
12	170,423	BS Ben Salem, Hichem	University of Carthage, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 507
13	171,792	Ben Jebli, Mehdi	Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et de Gestion de Jendouba	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,419
14	178,064	NI Nehdi, Imededdine Arbi	Université de Tunis El Manar, Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes d’Ingénieur de EL Manar	Food Science	Rank 1,052
15	181,508	AM Aouadi, Moncef	University of Carthage, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Bizerte	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,337
16	185,954	Ouakad, Hassen M.	South Mediterranean University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,281
17	188,446	EL El-Mir, Lassaad Mabrouk	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 5,016
18	223,497	AH Attia, Hamadi	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,362
19	223,695	Monser, Lotfi	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,836
20	232,966	FM Feki, Moez	Université de Sousse	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 748
21	232,971	KR Ksouri, Riadh	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Food Science	Rank 1,437
22	245,414	AC Aouiti, Chaouki	University of Carthage	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,446
23	249,677	BN Ben Nasrallah, Sassi	Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Monastir	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,874
24	252,433	KK Khwaldia, Khaoula	Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico-Chimique	Food Science	Rank 1,583
25	252,680	BM Bouaziz, Mohamed Ali	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,587
26	253,785	BK Boubaker, Karemt Ben Mahmoud	Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis	Materials	Rank 3,816
27	257,889	CO Cheikhrouhou, Omar	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,599
28	286,020	HM Hamza, M'Hamed H.	Rheumatic Department	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,755
29	293,714	GK Ghédira, Kamel	Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,384
30	295,106	Besbes, Souhail	University of Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,897
31	299,290	TS Tabbane, Sami	University of Carthage	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,053
32	301,724	AC Abdelly, Chédly	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4,583
33	323,989	Sebri, Maamar	Université de Sousse	Energy	Rank 5,490
34	345,580	KH Khemakhem, Hamadi	University of Sfax	Materials	Rank 5,493
35	359,057	Farhani, Sahbi	Université de Sousse	Energy	Rank 6,204
36	372,241	JA Jemni, Abdelmajid	Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Monastir	Energy	Rank 6,478
37	385,321	BR Bel-Hadj-Tahar, Radhouane	Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l'Energie	Materials	Rank 6,227
38	405,226	DC Dziri, Chadli	Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,403
39	407,889	SE Srasra, Ezzeddine	Centre National de Recherches en Sciences des Matériaux	General Chemistry	Rank 977
40	444,749	M’nassri, R.	Université de Kairouan	Materials	Rank 7,338
41	473,158	Ben Saad, Helmi	Université de Sousse	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,399
42	504,279	Gritli, Hassène	Univesity of Carthage, Institut Supérieur des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 12,233
43	555,709	FF Fnaiech, Farhat	École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Tunis	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 2,207
44	629,376	RS Rahmani, Salem	Institut Supérieur des Technologies Médicales de Tunis	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 2,545
45	713,504	DN Derbel, Nabil	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 2,943
46	919,253	FM Fakhfakh, Mourad	ENET'Com-National School of Electronics and Telecommunications of Sfax	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 4,078
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Tunisia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

81 scientists affiliated with Tunisia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 46 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax has the most listed scientists from Tunisia, with 8. It is followed by Université de Sousse with 5.

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

On the career-long list, Tunisia went from 15 scientists in 2020 to 46 in 2025, a change of +206.7%.

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.