Table 1 Ranking and contribution of Arab countries in research on COVID-19
From: The Arab region’s contribution to global COVID-19 research: Bibliometric and visualization analysis
| Rank | Country | Number of publication | % | Population by milliun | GDP by billion | AI | AI Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Saudi Arabia | 2186 | 35.65 | 35 | 800 | 49.97 | 1st |
| 2nd | Egypt | 1281 | 20.89 | 100 | 350 | 4.48 | 6th |
| 3rd | UAE | 719 | 11.73 | 10 | 450 | 32.36 | 2nd |
| 4th | Morocco | 431 | 7.03 | 35 | 120 | 1.48 | 9th |
| 5th | Jordan | 430 | 7.01 | 10 | 45 | 1.94 | 8th |
| 6th | Qatar | 402 | 6.56 | 3 | 220 | 9.19 | 5th |
| 7th | Iraq | 357 | 5.82 | 40 | 250 | 1.25 | 11th |
| 8th | Lebanon | 347 | 5.66 | 7 | 55 | 15.62 | 3rd |
| 9th | Tunisia | 222 | 3.62 | 12 | 50 | 0.76 | 16 |
| 10th | Oman | 205 | 3.34 | 5 | 80 | 0.92 | 12th |
| 11th | Kuwait | 203 | 3.31 | 4 | 180 | 14.89 | 4th |
| 12th | Algeria | 135 | 2.20 | 45 | 220 | 0.84 | 15th |
| 13th | Bahrain | 110 | 1.79 | 1.6 | 35 | 0.86 | 14th |
| 14th | Sudan | 101 | 1.65 | 40 | 80 | 0.42 | 17th |
| 15th | Palestine | 86 | 1.40 | 4.5 | 16 | 1.38 | 10th |
| 15th | Yemen | 86 | 1.40 | 30 | 40 | 3.87 | 7th |
| 17th | LAJ | 57 | 0.93 | 7 | 80 | 0.28 | 18th |
| 18th | SAR | 42 | 0.69 | 22 | 40 | 0.92 | 13th |
| 19th | Somalia | 14 | 0.23 | 14 | 1.1 | 0.03 | 20th |
| 20th | Mauritania | 10 | 0.16 | 4.5 | 8 | 0.04 | 19th |
| 21st | Comoros | 2 | 0.03 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.00 | 22nd |
| 21st | Djibouti | 2 | 0.03 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 0.02 | 21st |