AECHE Report: A Growing Collaboration Between Arab Countries, Turkey and Europe

What do we see on this slide? Collaboration volumes with individual countries of the group. As an example, Turkey has published 39,405 papers between 1980 and 2016 with a European institution, across all research fields. The main European nations collaborating with the group. France is the country collaborating the most with the group.

How much do Algerian, Egyptian, Jordanian, Libyan, Moroccan, Tunisian and Turkish organisations collaborate with European institutions over time ? Total With EU The volume of papers published by Algerian, Egyptian, Libyan, Moroccan, Tunisian and Turkish researchers has greatly increased in recent years, and so have the amount of papers published in collaboration with European research organizations. The publications presented in this study are directly extracted from high quality journals selected by Clarivate, and indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection.

How much do Algerian, Egyptian, Jordanian, Libyan, Moroccan, Tunisian and Turkish organisations collaborate with European institutions ? Collaboration volumes with individual countries of the group. As an example, Turkey has published 39,405 papers between 1980 and 2016 with a European institution, across all research fields. The main European nations collaborating with the group. France is the country collaborating the most with the group.

An international collaboration strategy often boosts the impact of research papers In total: +59% +57% +64% +47% +67% +48% +59% +60% +43% +53% +33% +53% +68% +15% +66% +29% +40% +40% +84% +28% +44% The effect of trans-continental collaborations on the impact of research. +27% +53% +28% -7% Collaborating with EU organizations increases the overall impact of papers. EU countries do also benefit from collaboration with these southern countries

Collaboration with EU is on the rise, across all categories Collaboration with EU, as a % of all papers published by this group of countries All domains 83K papers How strategic are these collaborations? How can we connect the right dots?

Collaboration with EU is on the rise, across all categories Collaboration with EU, as a % of all papers published by this group of countries All domains 83K papers Clinical medicine

Collaboration with EU is on the rise, across all categories Collaboration with EU, as a % of all papers published by this group of countries Environment & Ecology All domains 83K papers Clinical medicine

Solar Energy/Photovoltaic/Solar cells

Solar Energy/Photovoltaic/Solar cells These are the top 10 European countries collaborating with Algerian, Egyptian, Jordanian, Libyan, Moroccan, Tunisian and Turkish Research organisations How strategic are these collaborations? How can we connect the right dots?

The organisations of each country with the biggest impact in Solar Energy Research World Average World Average

Water purification

Lack of collaboration between those best in class Next step: Connecting the best dots Creating collaboration bridges between most impactful organisations World Average Lack of collaboration between those best in class organisations in Water Purification World Average

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