04/04/2021
Minister of Higher Education Announces Egyptian Scientific Research Institutions Have Advanced in 2021 Scimago Index Rankings
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced that Egyptian scientific research institutions have advanced in the Scimago Index Rankings for the year 2021, where 7 new Egyptian research institutions appeared in the Scimago rankings of global research institutions for this year. The number of research institutions participating in the index this year reached 7533 in all countries of the world. The number of Egyptian institutions appearing in the 2021 rankings reached 48 institutions while the number in 2020 was 41, with an increase of 6 state research institutions and a private university.
Dr. Mahmoud Saqr, President of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, indicated that the rankings of Egyptian research institutions ranged from 495 to 864 in the world. He stated that the most important results of these rankings came as follows:
At the global level, the Egyptian Network for High Energy Physics at the Academy of Scientific Research ranked first locally and ranked 495th globally while it ranked 752nd globally in 2020. Cairo University ranked second locally and 527th globally with 3 positions higher than in 2020 rankings, and the National Research Center ranked 3rd and 629th globally.
At the African level, according to the rankings of state institutions in Africa, the National Research Center ranked second, and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology ranked fifth. According to the rankings of university institutions in Africa, Cairo University ranked third in Africa.
At the level of Middle Eastern countries, according to the rankings of state institutions in the Middle East, the National Research Center came second, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology ranked fifth within the Middle East countries, and the Agricultural Research Center at the Ministry of Agriculture ranked eleventh. According to the rankings of university institutions in the Middle East, Cairo University ranked eleventh.
At the local level, according to the rankings of state research institutions, the National Research Center ranked first, the Academy of Scientific Research second, and the Petroleum Research Institute third.
In the sub-indexes that make up the main index, and according to the rankings of state institutions in the scientific research index, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology ranked first locally and ranked 353th globally, followed by the National Research Center which ranked 359th globally and second locally.
In the Innovation Impact Index, the Petroleum Research Institute ranked first locally and ranked 436th globally, and the National Research Center ranked 442nd globally and second locally.
In the societal impact index, the National Research Center came first locally and 230th globally, and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology ranked 236th globally and second locally.
For more information, you can visit the website:
https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php www.asrt.sci.eg
It is worth noting that the Egyptian Observatory for Science, Technology and Innovation Indexes at the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology has prepared the report on the results of the rankings of scientific research institutions which are prepared by the Scimago Foundation for the ranking of global research institutions for the year 2021. This ranking is concerned with arranging universities and research centers according to an index that combines three different indexes that are based on research performance (50%), innovation outputs (30%), and societal impact (20%). Each major index includes a number of sub-indexes. The institution should publish no less than 100 papers in the SCOPUS database in the year of evaluation.
