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2017-2018 RANKING BY COUNTRY

Tunisia [ Overall Ranking ]

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1 Universite de Tunis-El-Manar 703 B++ 66.86 63.78 31.57 54.75 45.06 47.78 309.78
2 Universite de Sfax 761 B++ 66.35 63.67 31.18 54.67 45.06 46.99 307.92
3 Universite de Monastir 1176 B+ 64.79 63.11 30.34 54.02 31.22 46.34 289.83
4 Universite de Carthage 1355 B+ 64.63 50.22 30.26 44.49 19.90 46.19 255.69
5 Universite de la Manouba 1639 B 37.83 29.15 25.89 27.00 16.63 45.01 181.50
6 Universite de Sousse 1693 B 38.68 27.51 21.61 24.28 15.82 39.49 167.39
7 Universite de Tunis 1901 B 21.34 19.90 19.27 19.43 12.17 30.35 122.44
8 Universite de Gabes 2088 B 21.62 13.99 7.10 11.47 6.78 27.08 88.03

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 2017-2018 RANKING BY REGION
Africa
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University Name Article Citation AIT CIT Collobration Total
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1 University of Cape Town 229 73.82 71.62 34.30 62.57 49.09 54.01 345.40
2 University of Witwatersrand 317 71.45 68.63 33.24 60.50 47.80 51.20 332.82
3 University of Kwazulu Natal 349 70.53 68.28 32.73 59.38 47.95 50.55 329.42
4 Cairo University 396 71.47 66.11 33.27 58.11 46.68 49.36 325.00
5 Stellenbosch University 421 69.86 67.06 32.71 57.34 45.92 50.04 322.94
6 University of Pretoria 459 70.25 65.43 32.63 56.49 45.44 49.76 320.00
7 Ain Shams University 631 66.91 64.23 31.56 56.09 45.87 47.20 311.86
8 University of Johannesburg 655 66.01 63.82 31.16 56.69 46.67 46.76 311.12
9 Universite de Tunis-El-Manar 703 66.86 63.78 31.57 54.75 45.06 47.78 309.78
10 Makerere University 735 64.73 64.97 30.40 55.07 45.57 47.75 308.50
11 Mansoura University 747 66.21 64.05 30.92 54.75 45.10 47.24 308.26
12 Alexandria University 751 66.38 63.75 31.07 54.55 45.04 47.43 308.22
13 Universite de Sfax 761 66.35 63.67 31.18 54.67 45.06 46.99 307.92
14 North West University - South Africa 808 65.36 63.77 30.89 54.78 45.13 46.81 306.74
15 Assiut University 882 64.80 63.44 30.56 54.41 45.03 46.94 305.19
16 Suez Canal University 901 63.18 63.04 30.09 55.47 47.05 45.91 304.75
17 University of the Western Cape 919 64.07 63.80 30.28 54.67 45.26 46.26 304.33
18 Rhodes University 997 64.09 63.32 30.17 54.28 45.03 45.89 302.78
19 Addis Ababa University 1003 63.74 63.47 30.05 54.20 45.07 46.13 302.67
20 University of South Africa 1051 63.55 63.31 30.23 54.03 45.54 45.15 301.81
21 University of the Free State 1094 64.37 63.23 30.38 54.25 42.44 45.83 300.52
22 Zagazig University 1125 64.44 63.28 30.38 54.19 38.67 46.14 297.09
23 University of Yaounde I 1167 63.44 63.08 30.05 54.01 33.84 46.35 290.76
24 Universite de Monastir 1176 64.79 63.11 30.34 54.02 31.22 46.34 289.83
25 Al Azhar University 1177 63.68 63.03 30.12 54.00 32.85 45.95 289.63
26 Kwame Nkrumah University Science & Technology 1196 63.06 63.60 16.22 54.10 45.39 45.47 287.84
27 Mohammed V University 1210 63.34 45.05 30.48 55.62 46.28 45.47 286.23
28 University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad 1225 60.86 45.93 30.07 55.59 46.45 45.54 284.45
29 Tanta University 1236 63.92 63.07 30.08 47.07 32.11 45.70 281.95
30 University of Ghana 1251 63.55 63.00 27.49 47.19 32.77 45.94 279.95
31 University of Nairobi 1264 59.16 63.09 24.22 45.45 39.91 45.90 277.74
32 Helwan University 1330 63.06 42.68 25.25 48.33 37.52 45.40 262.25
33 University of Malawi 1345 42.95 63.17 18.10 43.19 45.06 45.74 258.20
34 Universite de Carthage 1355 64.63 50.22 30.26 44.49 19.90 46.19 255.69
35 University Science & Technology Houari Boumediene 1399 63.65 44.71 30.24 40.34 19.20 45.56 243.70
36 Beni Suef University 1401 63.17 46.24 19.04 37.98 31.42 45.37 243.23
37 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 1402 63.15 45.26 26.18 39.91 23.44 45.21 243.14
38 University of Zambia 1429 32.14 63.07 12.15 37.44 45.04 45.45 235.29
39 University of Ibadan 1447 63.18 43.50 30.06 32.76 16.02 45.38 230.90
40 Sohag University 1456 43.80 47.15 14.26 40.85 36.36 45.21 227.63
41 Menofia University 1460 56.88 42.05 30.01 35.19 17.23 45.35 226.71
42 Minia University 1487 52.33 45.11 20.10 33.12 24.29 45.41 220.35
43 Benha University 1514 63.18 36.33 18.69 30.69 19.15 45.14 213.18
44 Tshwane University of Technology 1587 41.24 37.18 24.29 31.80 20.87 39.83 195.21
45 University of Zimbabwe 1599 38.40 43.23 13.61 26.98 25.52 45.22 192.96
46 University Djillali Liabes Sidi Bel Abbes 1616 31.57 42.95 13.48 30.35 30.17 39.71 188.23
47 Universite de la Manouba 1639 37.83 29.15 25.89 27.00 16.63 45.01 181.50
48 Mekelle University 1663 13.66 53.51 3.79 29.24 45.20 29.90 175.30
49 University Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar 1671 31.29 37.25 14.47 25.41 20.17 45.34 173.93
50 Universite Mohammed Premier 1689 6.55 14.43 13.70 55.20 46.81 32.27 168.96
51 Universite de Sousse 1693 38.68 27.51 21.61 24.28 15.82 39.49 167.39
52 Kafrelsheikh University 1712 31.01 30.46 9.89 24.49 19.32 45.08 160.24
53 University of Gondar 1730 31.86 44.17 8.27 21.36 26.08 23.58 155.32
54 Universite Badji Mokhtar - Annaba 1750 34.99 23.90 17.21 20.46 10.06 45.01 151.62
55 University of Port Harcourt 1755 0.86 63.09 2.06 32.20 45.86 6.33 150.40
56 Universite de Bejaia 1799 35.55 21.40 11.52 17.66 10.51 45.01 141.66
57 Zewail City of Science & Technology 1802 14.23 7.31 6.76 54.55 46.39 12.19 141.43
58 Southern Valley University 1811 23.61 26.59 10.59 20.81 13.14 45.05 139.80
59 University of Dar es Salaam 1828 15.65 26.33 6.46 23.87 21.30 42.65 136.25
60 American University Cairo 1837 22.76 22.26 17.17 23.38 14.04 34.75 134.35
61 University of Nigeria 1857 45.51 16.10 21.27 13.13 3.62 30.80 130.44
62 Universite Ferhat Abbas Setif 1868 24.18 19.75 13.43 18.44 9.36 43.32 128.48
63 British University in Egypt 1885 1.43 5.97 8.36 55.06 46.81 7.23 124.86
64 Obafemi Awolowo University 1886 29.01 20.03 15.50 15.13 6.40 38.47 124.54
65 Bahir Dar Univeristy 1896 12.81 32.03 1.74 16.19 45.03 15.24 123.04
66 Universite de Tunis 1901 21.34 19.90 19.27 19.43 12.17 30.35 122.44
67 Universite Constantine 1922 27.31 16.90 16.20 14.27 6.32 35.77 116.76
68 University of Khartoum 1925 19.92 19.11 11.25 13.11 7.75 45.01 116.16
69 University of Botswana 1981 17.92 15.13 11.07 13.08 6.42 41.18 104.81
70 Universite Abou Bekr Belkaid 1996 23.04 14.82 12.71 12.06 5.90 34.07 102.61
71 Suez University 1997 12.52 6.99 2.88 23.51 39.55 16.93 102.38
72 Moi University 2006 7.69 25.81 3.92 13.96 17.92 32.04 101.35
73 Mbarara University of Science & Technology 2011 6.27 24.86 2.67 13.53 22.81 30.80 100.94
74 University of Lagos 2039 21.05 16.40 14.44 10.72 5.16 27.98 95.75
75 Jimma University 2057 18.21 18.90 4.71 11.66 8.52 30.69 92.68
76 Durban University of Technology 2069 19.92 17.40 6.58 13.58 15.91 18.06 91.44
77 Sokoine University of Agriculture 2070 14.51 15.28 4.52 11.74 8.17 37.12 91.34
78 University of Limpopo 2073 14.80 16.89 11.59 13.45 8.72 25.05 90.49
79 Universite de Gabes 2088 21.62 13.99 7.10 11.47 6.78 27.08 88.03
80 Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2100 19.06 16.32 10.26 13.69 11.43 15.24 85.99
81 Ahmadu Bello University 2101 17.07 18.11 9.18 10.79 6.97 23.81 85.94
82 University of Ilorin 2143 15.37 16.41 6.90 10.98 8.14 23.13 80.93
83 Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research 2151 11.10 15.93 2.00 11.10 12.87 26.52 79.52
84 Universite de Mascara 2205 2.85 15.99 2.91 12.23 13.66 25.28 72.91
85 University of Namibia 2211 3.42 16.06 2.82 9.07 13.62 27.19 72.18
86 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology 2213 13.09 13.70 3.71 10.23 7.33 24.04 72.10
87 Port Said University 2217 9.68 14.35 5.61 9.64 6.35 25.61 71.23
88 Universite Moulay Ismail 2218 12.52 11.28 4.80 11.23 8.15 23.13 71.12
89 Universite de Jijel 2242 6.83 12.74 3.68 13.58 12.91 18.40 68.14
Universite des Sciences et de la Technologie d'Oran Mohamed
90 Boudiaf 2243 15.37 8.28 9.05 7.17 2.62 25.39 67.88
91 University of Fort Hare 2273 15.93 11.49 10.10 9.19 4.12 12.30 63.14
92 Aswan University 2281 13.94 9.25 5.80 6.98 3.82 22.46 62.25
93 Kenyatta University 2282 9.96 10.61 3.55 7.56 5.00 25.50 62.19
94 Universite Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou 2286 6.27 9.61 5.86 9.01 5.06 25.84 61.64
95 University of Rwanda 2287 9.11 9.52 3.44 6.22 3.99 29.34 61.61
96 Damanhour University 2301 13.66 10.19 3.17 7.85 4.51 20.43 59.81
97 University of Mauritius 2304 4.28 12.38 5.62 9.02 8.62 19.64 59.56
98 Abdelmalek Essaadi University 2320 8.83 8.20 5.11 5.99 3.22 25.50 56.85
99 University Chouaib Doukkali 2324 6.83 10.39 3.46 9.87 7.78 17.72 56.05
100 Damietta University 2329 20.48 9.55 2.80 6.13 3.49 12.98 55.43
101 Universite de M'hammed Bougara Boumerdes 2348 10.53 7.73 7.80 6.34 2.60 18.40 53.40
102 Hawassa University 2355 3.42 9.47 2.78 8.17 5.10 23.13 52.07
103 Universite Saad Dahlab de Blida 2364 0.29 9.63 5.19 9.45 6.78 19.52 50.87
104 University of Batna 2405 9.39 5.63 7.91 5.72 2.76 15.12 46.54
105 University of Cape Coast 2411 11.10 7.43 2.16 4.74 2.35 17.72 45.50
106 Universite Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Fes 2413 9.68 6.57 6.46 4.66 2.37 15.46 45.20
107 University of Venda 2446 5.70 8.28 4.74 5.72 3.54 14.00 41.97
108 Universite Ibn Zohr Agadir 2490 0.58 6.59 2.56 5.09 2.78 19.52 37.11
 Methodology

Introduction
As globalization drives rapid change in all aspects of research & development, international competition and collaboration have
become high priority items on the agenda of most universities around the world. In this climate of competition and collaboration,
ranking universities in terms of their performance has become a widely popular and debated research area. All universities need to
know where they stand among other universities in the world in order to evaluate their current academic performance and to
develop strategic plans that can help them strengthen and sustain their progress. In an effort to address this need, several ranking
systems have been proposed since 2003, including ARWU-Jiao Tong (China), THE (United Kingdom), Leiden (The Netherlands),
QS (United Kingdom), Webometrics (Spain), HEEACT/NTU (Taiwan) and SciMago (Spain) which rank universities worldwide based
on various indicators.

The use of bibliometric data obtained from widely known and credible information resources such as Web of Science, Scopus, and
Google Scholar has contributed to the objectivity of these ranking systems. Nevertheless, most ranking systems cover up to top
700-1000 universities around the world, which mostly represents institutions located in developed countries. Universities from other
countries around the world also deserve and need to know where they stand among other institutions at global and national levels.
This motivated us to develop a multi-criteria ranking system that is more comprehensive in coverage, so that more universities will
have a chance to observe the state of their academic progress.

Aim and Scoop

The URAP ranking system's focus is on academic quality. URAP has gathered data about 3,000 Higher Education Institutes (HEI)
in an effort to rank these organizations by their academic performance. The overall score of each HEI is based upon its
performance over several indicators which are described in the Ranking Indicators section. The ranking includes HEIs except for
governmental academic institutions, e.g. the Chinese Academy of Science and the Russian Academy of Science, etc. Data for
3,000 HEIs have been processed and top 2,500 of them are scored. Thus, URAP covers approximately 12% of all HEIs in the
world, which makes it one of the most comprehensive university ranking systems in the world.

URAP ranking system is completely based on objective data obtained from reliable open sources. The system ranks the universities
according to multiple criteria. Most of the currently available ranking systems are both size and subject dependent. The AIT and CIT
indicators aim to minimize the influence of differences among publication trends across disciplines by providing subject level
adjustment. As of 2017, URAP employed a new filter for the article and citation indicators to promote publication quality by focusing
on articles published in journals that are listed within the first, second and third quartiles in terms of their Journal Impact Factor
within their respective subject areas. The URAP research team is continuously working on new methods to improve the existing
indicators.

The goal of the URAP ranking system is not to label world universities as best or worst. Our intention is to help universities identify
potential areas of progress with respect to specific academic performance indicators. Similar to other ranking systems, the URAP
system is neither exhaustive nor definitive, and is open to new ideas and improvements. The current ranking system will be
continuously upgraded based on our ongoing research and the constructive feedback of our colleagues.

World Ranking Indicators

URAP 2017-2018 World Ranking is based on 6 academic performance indicators. Since URAP is an academic performance based
ranking, publications constitute the basis of the ranking methodology. Both quality and quantity of publications and international
research collaboration performance are used as indicators. The indicators, the data sources, and the duration of coverage are
summarized in the table below.

Indicator Objective Coverage Source

Article Current Scientific Productivity 2016 InCites

Citation Research Impact 2012-2016 InCites
Total Document Scientific Productivity 2012-2016 InCites
Article Impact Total Research Quality 2012-2016 InCites
Citation Impact Total Research Quality 2012-2016 InCites
International Collaboration International Acceptance 2012-2016 InCites

A detailed description of each indicator is provided below:

Article: is a measure of current scientific productivity which includes articles published in journals that are listed within the first,
second and third quartiles in terms of their Journal Impact Factor. Articles that include more than 1000 authors are excluded. The
weight of this indicator on the overall ranking is %21.
Citation: is a measure of research impact and scored according to the total number of citations received in 2012-2016 for the
articles published in 2012-2016 in journals that are listed within the first, second and third quartiles in terms of their Journal Impact
Factor. Articles that include more than 1000 authors are excluded. The effect of citation on the overall ranking is %21.
Total Document: is the measure of sustainability and continuity of scientific productivity and presented by the total document count
which covers all scholarly output of the institutions, including conference papers, reviews, letters, discussions, scripts in addition to
journal articles published during 2012-2016 period. The total document counts are not subjected to any filtering. The weight of this
indicator is %10.
Article Impact Total (AIT) : is a measure of scientific productivity corrected by the institution's normalized CPP(1) with respect to
the world CPP in 23 subject areas between 2012 and 2016. The ratio of the institution's CPP and the world CPP indicates whether
the institution is performing above or below the world average in that field. This ratio is multiplied by the number of publications in
that field and then summed across the 23 fields. which is summarized in the following formula:

This indicator aims to balance the institution's scientific productivity with the field normalized impact generated by those publications
in each field. The weight of this indicator is %18.
Citation Impact Total (CIT): is a measure of research impact corrected by the institution's normalized CPP with respect to the
world CPP in 23 subject areas between 2012 and 2016. The ratio of the institution's CPP and the world CPP indicates whether the
institution is performing above or below the world average in that field. This ratio is multiplied by the number of citations in that field
and then summed across the 23 fields. This indicator aims to balance the institution's scientific impact with the field normalized
impact generated by the publications in each field, which is summarized in the following formula:

The contribution of this indicator to the overall ranking is %15.

International Collaboration: is a measure of global acceptance of a university. International collaboration data, which is based on
the total number of articles published in collaboration with foreign universities, is obtained from InCites for the years 2012-2016. The
weight of this indicator is %15 in the overall ranking.

Data Collection & Scoring

Data is gathered from Web of Science and InCites which provide lists of HEIs. 3000 HEIs with highest number of publications were
initially considered, and 2500 of them were ranked after data processing. Reliability of ranking depends mostly on the quality of the
data used. In order to provide reliable data, pre-processing and data cleaning techniques were employed. Statistical analysis
indicated that the raw bibliometric data underlying our indicators had highly skewed distributions. Therefore, the indicator values
above and below the median are linearly scored in two groups. The Delphi system was conducted with a group of experts to assign
weighting scores to the indicators. Total score of 600 is distributed to each indicator as follows:

 Article: % 21
 Total Document: % 10
 Citation: %21
 Article Impact Total: %18
 Citation Impact Total: %15
 International Collaboration: %15