ITS Research Intelligence

Tunisia University Research Rankings

Name: Tunisia University Research Rankings – ITS Research Solution
Creator: ITS Research Solution
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Compare Tunisia universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 21 index-ready universities in Tunisia. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 1,874 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 7,079. The average publication-growth signal is 31.6%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Tunisia

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie	Tunisia	58.7	11,150	5,137	37.6%
#2	National Engineering School of Tunis	Tunisia	57.5	2,991	11,804	-12.6%
#3	University of Jendouba	Tunisia	57.1	2,306	12,196	47.4%
#4	University of Kairouan	Tunisia	54.5	1,815	8,174	33.0%
#5	Tunisia Private University	Tunisia	50.8	664	1,171	146.0%
#6	Tunisia Polytechnic School	Tunisia	49.5	668	4,865	-17.9%
#7	Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l’Éducation Physique de Sfax	Tunisia	48.5	496	3,460	4.9%
#8	Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sfax	Tunisia	46.3	379	1,418	-10.4%
#9	Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques de Gafsa	Tunisia	45.7	392	1,306	42.8%
#10	École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Gabès	Tunisia	45.6	471	828	-7.5%
#11	Higher Institute of Food Industries of Tunis	Tunisia	45.3	263	1,128	21.9%
#12	Institut Préparatoire aux Études d'Ingénieurs de Monastir	Tunisia	44.0	296	2,439	-49.3%
#13	Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques en Communications de Tunis	Tunisia	43.8	297	655	36.8%
#14	Mediterranean School of Business	Tunisia	43.4	269	1,183	63.8%
#15	Université Ibn Khaldoun	Tunisia	43.2	515	510	28.9%
#16	Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques de Nabeul	Tunisia	41.4	223	512	35.1%

Transparent methodology

What the ITS Research Performance Score measures

The current score is intentionally research-specific. Thirty percent reflects five-year publication output, thirty percent five-year citations, twenty percent h-index, ten percent i10-index and ten percent five-year publication growth. Volume-based indicators are log-normalized before weighting so the largest universities do not dominate simply because of scale. Growth is bounded before entering the score so a tiny starting value cannot create an unrealistic advantage.

The score does not currently claim to measure teaching quality, student satisfaction, reputation, employability or finances. It also does not label the underlying citation totals as field-normalized impact. Future field-normalized modules should be added only when the underlying work-level calculations are available and validated. This separation keeps the ranking interpretable and prevents unsupported claims.

Source data is drawn from OpenAlex and linked to ROR identifiers. Both are open scholarly infrastructures. ITS Research Solution adds value through normalization, quality gates, trend calculations, ranking methodology, benchmarking and readable institution-level analysis.