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Egypt
Egypt ranks between 8th and 40th across the 45 technologies, by share of the 10% most cited papers, 2021–2025.
TechnologyRankIts neighbours in the rankingShare of the top 10%, from 2021 to 2025Its institution with the most credit
Supercapacitors
8thof 86
1stCN46.3%6thUS2.3%7thIR1.9%8thEG1.4%9–11TW1.3%9–11AU1.3%
National Research Centre0.1% of the top 10%
Optical communication
8thof 54
1stCN38.8%5–6JP3.1%7thIN2.4%8thEG2.0%9thFR1.8%10–11BE1.6%
Mansoura University0.8% of the top 10%
Nuclear fission power
11thof 64
1stCN43.3%9thDE1.6%10thIT1.4%11thEG1.1%12–13PL0.8%12–13IR0.8%
Higher Technological Institute0.3% of the top 10%
Hydrogen by electrolysis
13–16tied, of 83
1stCN53.0%11thIT1.3%12thHK1.2%13–16EG0.9%13–16PT0.9%13–16FR0.9%
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology0.1% of the top 10%
Cybersecurity
13thof 104
1stCN14.8%11–12TR2.2%11–12JO2.2%13thEG2.0%14thMY1.9%15thAE1.6%
Zagazig University0.2% of the top 10%
Inertial navigation
12–15tied, of 401.8 papers of credit
1stCN64.0%12–15ES0.8%12–15TR0.7%12–15EG0.6%16–29BR0.4%16–29AE0.4%
Military Technical College0.6% of the top 10%
New antibiotics and antivirals
17–21tied, of 82
1stCN30.3%13–15KR1.3%16thTW1.2%17–21EG1.0%17–21BD1.0%17–21NL1.0%
National Research Centre0.3% of the top 10%
Metamaterials
21–24tied, of 73
1stCN55.5%16–20JP0.5%16–20DK0.5%21–24EG0.4%21–24ES0.4%21–24MY0.4%
Beni-Suef University0.1% of the top 10%
Advanced composites
22–23tied, of 68
1stCN50.8%19–21AE0.7%22–23TW0.6%22–23EG0.6%24–30HU0.5%24–30IE0.5%
Alexandria University0.2% of the top 10%
6G and advanced wireless
22–25tied, of 80
1stCN39.9%22–25ES0.7%22–25BD0.6%22–25EG0.6%26–29PK0.5%26–29MO0.5%
Suez University0.1% of the top 10%
Distributed ledgers
25thof 103
1stCN20.6%21–24IR0.9%21–24TW0.9%25thEG0.8%26–29JP0.7%26–29PT0.7%
Benha University0.2% of the top 10%
Magnets and superconductors
21–26tied, of 582.0 papers of credit
1stCN35.0%21–26PK0.5%21–26NO0.4%21–26EG0.4%27–39SI0.3%27–39PL0.3%
Cairo University0.2% of the top 10%
Advanced robotics
26–30tied, of 543.4 papers of credit
1stCN31.5%18–25SE0.5%18–25AE0.5%26–30EG0.5%26–30IL0.5%26–30TW0.4%
Nile University0.2% of the top 10%
Quantum computing
26–29tied, of 71
1stUS34.9%22–25AE0.4%26–29BE0.3%26–29EG0.3%26–29ZA0.3%26–29HU0.3%
Ain Shams University0.2% of the top 10%
Satellite navigation
22–27tied, of 452.8 papers of credit
1stCN56.1%22–27HR0.5%22–27IL0.4%22–27EG0.4%28–32NO0.3%28–32RU0.3%
Military Technical College0.2% of the top 10%
Advanced chip manufacturing
21–33tied, of 390.7 papers of credit
1stCN31.8%21–33SA0.2%21–33TN0.2%21–33EG0.2%21–33IQ0.1%21–33GR0.1%
Zewail City of Science and Technology0.2% of the top 10%
Sonar and underwater acoustics
24–31tied, of 370.3 papers of credit
1stCN71.6%24–31FR0.1%24–31FI0.1%24–31EG0.1%24–31CZ0.1%24–31PT0.1%
Aswan University0.1% of the top 10%
Hydrogen storage and ammonia fuel
26–31tied, of 683.2 papers of credit
1stCN44.5%26–31BR0.4%26–31ZA0.4%26–31EG0.3%26–31PL0.3%26–31BD0.3%
Zagazig University0.1% of the top 10%
Perovskite solar cells
29–32tied, of 764.3 papers of credit
1stCN53.9%24–28TR0.3%24–28DZ0.3%29–32EG0.2%29–32LT0.2%29–32NG0.2%
Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport0.0% of the top 10%
Additive manufacturing
30–32tied, of 90
1stCN34.0%27–29RO0.5%27–29SE0.5%30–32EG0.4%30–32RU0.4%30–32PK0.4%
Kafrelsheikh University0.1% of the top 10%
mRNA vaccines and therapeutics
23–30tied, of 702.5 papers of credit
1stUS38.7%23–30RU0.3%23–30AT0.3%23–30EG0.3%31–37ZA0.2%31–37BR0.2%
Beni-Suef University0.1% of the top 10%
Gene editing
30–35tied, of 773.5 papers of credit
1stUS32.2%30–35AT0.3%30–35LT0.3%30–35EG0.3%30–35AE0.3%30–35ZA0.3%
Outside the top 30
Cairo University0.1% of the top 10%
Quantum communication
27–40tied, of 571.2 papers of credit
1stCN28.9%27–40IE0.2%27–40RU0.2%27–40EG0.2%27–40ZA0.2%27–40TW0.2%
Outside the top 30
Ain Shams University0.2% of the top 10%
Electric batteries
28–40tied, of 89
1stCN68.0%28–40NO0.1%28–40AE0.1%28–40EG0.1%28–40ZA0.1%28–40IQ0.1%
Outside the top 30
Mansoura University0.0% of the top 10%
Small satellites
24–39tied, of 470.7 papers of credit
1stUS13.7%24–39PK0.7%24–39CL0.6%24–39EG0.6%24–39BO0.5%24–39MY0.4%
Outside the top 30
Mansoura University0.4% of the top 10%
Drones and swarming
34–36tied, of 814.8 papers of credit
1stCN52.2%30–33BD0.4%30–33NL0.4%34–36EG0.3%34–36LU0.3%34–36TN0.3%
Outside the top 30
Suez Canal University0.1% of the top 10%
Hyperspectral imaging
37–39tied, of 540.7 papers of credit
1stCN71.4%27–36MA0.1%27–36PT0.1%37–39EG0.1%37–39KZ0.1%37–39CH0.1%
Outside the top 30
Damietta University0.0% of the top 10%
Post-quantum cryptography
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Large language models
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Atomic clocks
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced aircraft engines
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hypersonic flight
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Autonomous underwater vehicles
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Nuclear fusion
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Wide-bandgap semiconductors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Critical minerals processing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Quantum sensors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
AI chips
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
High-performance computing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Space launch
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Radar
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Directed energy
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Electronic warfare
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Synthetic biology
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Genome sequencing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Neighbours are the countries ranked just above and below. Ranks are shown as a range where shares are equal to one decimal place. Source: OpenAlex, pulled 18 October 2026. Method