Arcif 2026 report maps Arabic academic publishing as Algeria and Egypt lead

The 2026 results of the Arcif index highlight Algeria and Egypt’s leading positions in Arabic-language academic publishing, offering a view of a research landscape spanning a million scholarly works.

The report examines journals, authors and citations, bringing together measures of publication activity and the extent to which researchers draw on previously published work. Algeria and Egypt feature prominently across these areas.

The findings place the two countries at the centre of the discussion about where Arabic-language research is published and how it circulates within the academic community. Journal output and author participation help map that activity, while citations offer a different perspective on its reach.

These measures are best read together: publishing volume shows the scale of research activity, whereas citations indicate how often work is referenced by other scholars. The Arcif results provide a framework for examining both the production and scholarly visibility of Arabic-language research.