As described in the university ranking section, it is not easy to obtain and standardize data from about 12,000 universities for the country ranking. Therefore, we based our ranking system on the number of meritorious scientists. Four criteria are used to rank the countries. The first one is the number of scientists in the top 10,000 list. The second criterion is the number of scientists in the top 100,000 list. The third one is the number of scientists listed in the AD Scientific Index. In the case of equalities after applying all these three criteria, the world rank of the meritorious scientist of that country is used.
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1 | 2 | 41 | ![]() Top 5000 |
713 | Ain Shams University | 254 | Ahmed Ali Abdelalim i | 84 | 8129 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 42 | 2 | 26 |
2 | 7 | 88 | ![]() Top 2000 |
1879 | University of Nairobi | 47798 | Menale Kassie | 75 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | 9 | 91 | ![]() Top 500 |
1942 | Université de Sfax | 20458 | Moncef Nasri | 20 | 434 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 10 | 93 | ![]() Top 1000 |
1909 | Addis Ababa University | 23759 | Abraham Aseffa | 49 | 1064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | 12 | 103 | ![]() Top 200 |
2490 | University of Khartoum | 58205 | Muntaser Ibrahim | 48 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
6 | 13 | 107 | ![]() Top 1000 |
3088 | Makerere University | 53649 | Harriet Mayanja-Kizza | 37 | 726 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | 14 | 109 | ![]() Top 200 |
2781 | University of Malawi | 50769 | Ken Maleta | 9 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | 15 | 110 | ![]() Top 200 |
2751 | University of Mauritius | 27517 | Rajesh Jeewon | 7 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9 | 22 | 117 | ![]() Top 500 |
3390 | University of Zimbabwe | 67948 | Jephat Chifamba i | 19 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | 20 | 118 | ![]() Top 500 |
3135 | University of Zambia | 98590 | Robert Serpell | 15 | 517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
11 | 25 | 136 | ![]() Top 500 |
5033 | University of Tripoli (Al Fateh University) | 131937 | Mohammed Ahmed | 23 | 422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | 29 | 142 | ![]() Top 100 |
5843 | African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Rwanda | 146006 | Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla | 16 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | 27 | 143 | ![]() |
4907 | Institut Pasteur of Madagascar | 139629 | Jean-Michel Heraud | 8 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 26 | 151 | ![]() Top 200 |
4508 | Université de Kinshasa | 112580 | Pius T Mpiana | 10 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | 31 | 156 | ![]() |
5679 | University of Eswatini | 111226 | Ara Monadjem | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | 39 | 165 | ![]() |
8754 | University of Seychelles | 325181 | Jérôme Harlay | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | 43 | 183 | ![]() |
7375 | Somali National University | 447250 | Ali Yassin Sheikh | 14 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | 44 | 186 | ![]() |
7020 | Université du Burundi | 544574 | Juma Shabani | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | 45 | 188 | ![]() |
8552 | Mai Nefhi College of Engineering and Technology | 407411 | Atul Kaushik | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | 46 | 189 | ![]() |
7088 | Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches de Djibouti | 475101 | Mohamed Osman Awaleh | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | 51 | 202 | ![]() |
10719 | Université des Comores | 655957 | Kassim Mohamed Aboudou | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
