The output of researchers in Morocco compared to some North African countries from 1996 to 2012, and its relationship to governmental major decisions on higher education and scientific research

Iran’s international collaborative articles in medical sciences

“…Nonetheless, this issue needs to be studied more. These results could also be due to the global incremental trend of national and international collaboration articles in the world from 2000 to 2016, and this reason confirms the incremental trend in India, Vietnam, Serbian, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Australia, UK, and USA (18,(32)(33)(34)(35). One study concerning national and international medical research of India showed that out of 50 medical institutes, 19 had average or above average annual growth rate in national research publications during 2003 and 2012.…”

“…North African countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria also showed an incremental trend in total publication articles from 1996 to 2012 (34). For the year 2000, SCImago indicated up to 1156 publications for Morocco, 738 for Tunisia, and 486 for Algeria.…”

“…In medical sciences, the output of the 3 countries remained very stable from 1996 to 2002. Later, Tunisian outputs increased while the Moroccan output stagnated or even decreased until 2006, when it resumed increasing slowly (34). Another study showed that the rates of international collaboration in medical radiation science journals from Australia, the UK, and the USA increased during 2012 and 2014 (35).…”

“…For the year 2000, SCImago indicated up to 1156 publications for Morocco, 738 for Tunisia, and 486 for Algeria. In 2012, the Moroccan researchers published 3282 articles, Algerians 3800, and Tunisians 5170 (34). In medical sciences, the output of the 3 countries remained very stable from 1996 to 2002.…”

Tracing ovarian cancer research in Morocco: A bibliometric analysis

“…Another issue that may halt the publications of national research in international journals is the language. In fact, teaching science courses in Arabic at high school and in French at the university is an important concern in Morocco ( Medina, 2015 ) that is still debated. This is a major barrier with a significant negative impact for clinical researchers as most medical journals publish in English only.…”