Egypt's Academic Publishing Fast Facts

1. The Egyptian higher education sector is the top producer of peer-reviewed journal publications in Africa.

2. Egypt’s academic publishing performance was highlighted by the release of data by SCImago, which listed Egypt as the top producer of peer-reviewed journal publications in Africa, and in 30th position globally.

3. With a 23% share of Africa’s publications in peer-reviewed journals, Egypt increased its research output by almost 19% in 2020, as it produced 32,323 publications, compared to 26,223 publications in 2019, an increase of 6,100 publications, according to SCImago’s datasets.

4. In the latest QS Ranking, released on 8 June 2021, there are indicators of a rising Egyptian tertiary education sector that had not only three universities among the top 1,000 institutions, but also 13 universities out of the 31 African universities in the overall rankings.

5. “The high research productivity led to the inclusion of about 14% of Egypt’s 63 universities in global rankings, which would empower the Egyptian universities’ contributions to the country’s ‘soft power’.

This information was obtained from this University World News article.