Zagazig University issued a statement, detailing the university’s obtaining second place locally in the “Transparent Ranking” classification for reference citations for the January 2025 edition, at the level of Egyptian universities, out of 53 Egyptian universities listed in the classification.
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And I mentioned Zagazig UniversityIn its statement, the “Transparent Ranking” classification of reference citations contained in the files of prominent researchers through Google Scholar – January version for the current year 2025, showed that Zagazig University ranked second among Egyptian universities out of 53 Egyptian universities listed in the classification, and ranked 2157th globally. Among the 30,000 universities listed in the classification, according to the transparent classification of universities issued by Google Scholar. This classification is a distinctive initiative that aims to evaluate universities globally based on the number of citations. Reference contained in the files of prominent researchers affiliated with it.
Dr. Khaled Al-Dirandali, President of Zagazig University, confirmed that the university achieved second place locally in the “Transparent Ranking” classification for reference citations for the January 2025 edition, and the number of citations reached 745,278 reference citations, which placed the university in second place locally, ahead of the previous edition, indicating that The university recorded an 18.9% increase in the number of citations compared to the July 2024 edition, when the number of citations was then 626,386 citations, and the university then occupied third place locally, stressing that this increase in the number of citations reflects the growth of the university’s scientific production and highlights the quality of the scientific research outputs provided by the university’s faculty members and researchers.
Dr. Khaled Al-Dirandali praised the university’s achievement of a distinguished global ranking, praising the efforts made and the steps being taken towards raising the university’s research and academic level with the aim of achieving a high level of excellence and regional and international leadership, stressing the continuation of work and making more efforts as well as providing all the necessary capabilities to improve the system. The university’s educational and research efforts continue to strive to reach the level of the best international universities. His Excellency extended his sincere thanks and appreciation to the university’s scholars and researchers in all scientific specializations. For this achievement, in which excellence was continued and more distinguished efforts were made in international publishing, praising the efforts of the university’s International Classification Committee team responsible for updating the university’s files and submitting them to international classification bodies.
Dr. Ihab El-Beblawi, Vice President of the University for Graduate Studies and Research, explained that the university’s progress in the international classifications reflects the intensive efforts it is making to improve the quality of scientific research and education, stressing that the university will continue to support researchers and provide the appropriate environment to achieve more achievements in the future, indicating that the classification “Transparent Ranking” is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Laboratory, a research group affiliated with the Institute of Public Policy and Public Property of the Supreme Council for Scientific Research (Spain), and includes more than 6,300 higher education institutions are ranked based on the number of citations received by each institution’s top researchers according to their public profiles on Google. This data is used as a “transparency” indicator in web rankings (Webometrics). The data was collected during the first weeks of January 2025, and this is a release. The nineteenth to classify universities based on the number of citations to Google Scholar files of researchers currently affiliated with them. The classification began 8 years ago and is published in January and July, and the data will be combined with the “Transparency” index. (Openness) in the next edition of the Web Ranking of Universities, scheduled to be published in the last week of January 2025.
Al-Beblawi also pointed out that the university ranked third locally in the “Webometrics” classification for reference citations for the January 2025 edition, with a number of citations amounting to 745,278 reference citations, compared to July 2024, when the university obtained 626,386 citations at that time and was in third place locally, and the percentage of increase in the number of citations was about 18.9%. Stressing that this increase in the number of citations indicates an increase in the university’s scientific production and the quality of the scientific research outputs of its faculty and researchers.
For her part, Dr. Naglaa Fathi, Advisor to the University President for International Classification and University Performance Development, pointed out the university’s interest in scientific research and providing all means of support to researchers within the framework of clear research strategies and plans, which had a great impact on the university obtaining distinguished positions in many international classifications.
She also expressed her happiness at Zagazig University obtaining this distinguished position in the “Webometrics” classification for reference citations, as this global and local ranking reflects the efforts made by the university to improve the quality of research and scientific publishing, as these efforts succeeded in increasing the number of citations by 18.9% since January, which strengthens its position. The university is on the global academic map, noting that this achievement would not have occurred without the hard work and dedication of university scholars in various specializations, and the continuous support from the university administration in enhancing academic and research capabilities. To reach higher levels of excellence and innovation, which reflects the dedication and continuous efforts made by the university’s faculty members and researchers to improve the quality of scientific research and increase academic production, which has a wide resonance at the levels (regional and international), and the university proves once again the extent of its commitment to scientific excellence and confirms its role as an academic institution. A pioneer in supporting scientific research and publishing to enhance Egypt’s position on the global higher education map.
Dr. Ahmed Askoura, Director of the Center for Project Management, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and International Classification at the university, and Dr. Mohamed Lotfy, Director of the International Classification Unit, explained that the “Transparent Ranking” classification for reference citations depends on the websites of universities, and the rate of citations to scientific research published internationally, relying on (Google Scholar) for research citations. Global.