Tunisia's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Tunisia has 52 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 13.0% from 46 in 2025. That places Tunisia 73rd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax has the most listed scientists (9), followed by University of Sfax (6).

Single Year

+10 (+12.3%) vs 2025

Career Data

+6 (+13.0%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#73

down 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

+3 (+10.7%) vs 2025

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%

2026+13.0%

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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%
2026	91	+12.3%	52	+13.0%

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Rank in Tunisia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	36,176	HM Hamdi, Moktar	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie	Biotechnology	Rank 99
2	36,859	NM Nasri, Moncef	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 179
3	61,890	BS Boufi, Sami	Faculté des Sciences de Sfax	Polymers	Rank 532
4	77,382	Krichen, Moez	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,699
5	102,050	AH Aydi, Hassen	Université de Sousse	General Mathematics	Rank 531
6	118,470	Bougatef, Ali	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 696
7	128,382	Moakher, Maher	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur	Applied Mathematics	Rank 285
8	136,476	KM Ksibi, Mohamed	University of Sfax	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,151
9	142,112	AM Alimi, M. Adel	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,191
10	154,439	KM Khairallah, Moncef	CHU Fattouma-Bourguiba	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 1,130
11	160,251	Ben Jebli, Mehdi	Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et de Gestion de Jendouba	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,387
12	164,179	AM Aouadi, Moncef	University of Carthage, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Bizerte	Applied Mathematics	Rank 374
13	168,104	NI Nehdi, Imededdine Arbi	Université de Tunis El Manar, Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes d’Ingénieur de EL Manar	Food Science	Rank 1,032
14	171,888	BS Ben Salem, Hichem	University of Carthage, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 521
15	178,534	EL El-Mir, Lassaad Mabrouk	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 4,620
16	185,582	Ouakad, Hassen M.	South Mediterranean University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,465
17	214,123	KK Khwaldia, Khaoula	Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico-Chimique	Food Science	Rank 1,378
18	214,291	CO Cheikhrouhou, Omar	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,116
19	222,316	KR Ksouri, Riadh	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Food Science	Rank 1,444
20	222,348	AH Attia, Hamadi	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,446
21	237,464	Monser, Lotfi	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,932
22	238,442	AC Aouiti, Chaouki	University of Carthage, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,579
23	245,240	FM Feki, Moez	Université de Sousse	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 795
24	249,648	BK Boubaker, Karemt Ben Mahmoud	Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis	Materials	Rank 3,840
25	251,521	BM Bouaziz, Mohamed Ali	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,658
26	256,231	BN Ben Nasrallah, Sassi	Université de Monastir	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,953
27	280,631	GK Ghédira, Kamel	Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,281
28	286,406	TS Tabbane, Sami	University of Carthage, Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,927
29	296,420	Besbes, Souhail	University of Sfax	Food Science	Rank 2,016
30	302,961	AC Abdelly, Chédly	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4,621
31	307,526	HK Hosni, Karim	Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico-Chimique	Food Science	Rank 2,113
32	309,982	HM Hamza, M'Hamed H.	Rheumatic Department	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,080
33	310,499	Sebri, Maamar	Université de Sousse	Energy	Rank 5,463
34	317,093	CH Chtourou, Hamdi	Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l'Education Physique de Sfax	Sport Sciences	Rank 1,148
35	320,443	SL Sellaoui, Lotfi	Université de Monastir	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,945
36	346,105	KH Khemakhem, Hamadi	University of Sfax	Materials	Rank 5,619
37	347,832	CF Chaari Fourati, Lamia Chaari	University of Sfax	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,628
38	351,791	Farhani, Sahbi	Université de Sousse	Energy	Rank 6,344
39	355,389	Ben Saad, Helmi	Université de Sousse	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,711
40	366,692	JA Jemni, Abdelmajid	Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Monastir	Energy	Rank 6,684
41	394,981	DC Dziri, Chedly	Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,230
42	413,170	SE Srasra, Ezzeddine	Centre National de Recherches en Sciences des Matériaux	General Chemistry	Rank 948
43	419,230	KF Kamoun, Faouzi	École Supérieure Privée d’ingénierie et de Technologies	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 4,461
44	444,336	MR M’nassri, Rafik	Université de Kairouan	Materials	Rank 7,589
45	455,130	Gritli, Hassène	Univesity of Carthage, Institut Supérieur des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 11,593
46	584,874	FF Fnaiech, Farhat	École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Tunis	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 2,351
47	586,219	HM Haddar, Mohamed Ben Jamel	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 4,729
48	610,229	Jeribi, Aref	University of Sfax	General Mathematics	Rank 5,247
49	674,804	RS Rahmani, Salem	Université de Tunis El Manar	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 2,764
50	730,105	DN Derbel, Nabil	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 3,022
51	964,383	FM Fakhfakh, Mourad	ENET'Com-National School of Electronics and Telecommunications of Sfax	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 4,302
52	1,555,514	Dhouib, Souhail	University of Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 46,891
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Tunisia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

91 scientists affiliated with Tunisia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 52 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax has the most listed scientists from Tunisia, with 9. It is followed by University of Sfax with 6.

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 52 in 2026, a change of +246.7%.

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.