Oman's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Oman has 154 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 13.2% from 136 in 2025. That places Oman 59th in the world by number of listed scientists. Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists (42), followed by University of Nizwa (28).

Single Year

154

+18 (+13.2%) vs 2025

Career Data

+20 (+31.7%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#59

No change vs 2025

Institutes

+6 (+25.0%) vs 2025

Scientists in Oman on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than tripled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+46.5%

2022+22.2%

2023+10.4%

2024+7.1%

2025+49.5%

2026+13.2%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	43		21
2021	63	+46.5%	36	+71.4%
2022	77	+22.2%	41	+13.9%
2023	85	+10.4%	46	+12.2%
2024	91	+7.1%	50	+8.7%
2025	136	+49.5%	63	+26.0%
2026	154	+13.2%	83	+31.7%

Top 10 institutes in Oman

By number of listed scientists

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Rank in Oman	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,531	FM Farooq, Muhammad Omer	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 17
2	3,896	Ghazal, Taher M.	Sohar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 209
3	4,776	Kazem, Hussein A.	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 116
4	6,481	AU Al-Mulali, Usama	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 167
5	7,803	BS Bhatia, Saurabh C.	University of Nizwa	Polymers	Rank 42
6	8,439	MW Mensi, Walid	Sultan Qaboos University	Economics	Rank 152
7	11,626	Khatib, Saleh F.A.	Sohar University	Business & Management	Rank 361
8	12,634	MS Maurya, S. K.	University of Nizwa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 160
9	16,541	AA Abulibdeh, Ammar O.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 453
10	18,368	HM Hayyan, Maan	A’Sharqiyah University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 124
11	18,681	EA Eltaweil, Abdelazeem Saad	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Ibra	Environmental Sciences	Rank 405
12	18,981	MK Masters, Ken	Sultan Qaboos University	Medical Informatics	Rank 26
13	19,322	AA Al-Muhtaseb, Ala'a H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 519
14	19,561	FR Farooq, Rayees	Sohar University	Business & Management	Rank 574
15	22,230	SS Sadrameli, Seyed Mojtaba	German University of Technology in Oman	Energy	Rank 598
16	22,740	OP Okonkwo, Paul C.	Dhofar University	Energy	Rank 614
17	23,683	AA Al-Harrasi, Ahmed Sulaiman	University of Nizwa	Organic Chemistry	Rank 255
18	24,616	AH Al-Hattami, Hamood Mohammed	A’Sharqiyah University	Business & Management	Rank 687
19	26,009	AF Almaqtari, Faozi A.	A’Sharqiyah University	Business & Management	Rank 728
20	26,604	SM Soliman, Mohammad S.A.	Sultan Qaboos University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 141
21	29,255	MF Mjalli, Farouq S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 201
22	34,591	SR Sayyed, Riyaz Zafar	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 497
23	36,995	IM Islam, Mazhar Ul	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 298
24	39,363	Yadav, Dhananjay	University of Nizwa	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 366
25	40,448	SM Shafiq, Muhammad Zubair	College of Medicine	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 425
26	40,889	AM Ali, Mohamed R.	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 1,173
27	48,981	Hussain, Murid	Muscat University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 382
28	49,307	TA Tarhini, Ali	Sultan Qaboos University	Education	Rank 695
29	50,395	AB Ali, B. H. H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 35
30	50,766	AA Al-Ansi, Abdullah M.	Dhofar University	Education	Rank 708
31	52,283	SP Sah, Pankaj Kumar	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Muscat	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,290
32	52,966	BS Bin-Nashwan, Saeed Awadh	Dhofar University	Business & Management	Rank 1,326
33	53,007	Milad, Abdalrhman Abrahim	University of Nizwa	Energy	Rank 1,562
34	53,482	AN Ali, Nisar	A’Sharqiyah University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,165
35	55,911	Al Sayed Noor, Alhamzah	A’Sharqiyah University	Business & Management	Rank 1,393
36	56,454	Gani, Azmat	Sultan Qaboos University	Economics	Rank 755
37	57,314	BM Ben Makhlouf, Abdellatif	Sohar University	General Mathematics	Rank 255
38	57,420	RM Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur	Sultan Qaboos University	Food Science	Rank 720
39	58,981	JF Jamil, Farrukh	Muscat University	Energy	Rank 1,749
40	60,633	AS Asaf, Sajjad	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 951
41	61,046	MM Meddah, Mohammed Seddik	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 552
42	64,098	EM Essa, Musthafa Mohamed	Sultan Qaboos University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,759
43	65,158	AK Al-Jabri, Khalifa S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 584
44	66,499	SA Shehadeh, Ali	Dhofar University	Building & Construction	Rank 600
45	66,651	SA Samour, Ahmed	Dhofar University	Energy	Rank 1,973
46	68,777	BE Barhoumi, El Manaa	Dhofar University	Energy	Rank 2,055
47	70,046	DS Dobretsov, Sergey V.	Sultan Qaboos University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 349
48	75,886	Naikoo, Gowhar Ahmad	Dhofar University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 454
49	76,649	RR Ramadan, Rabie A.	University of Nizwa	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,606
50	77,581	KS Khan, Sultan Daud	Sohar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,650
51	77,703	AA Ahmad, Aftab	University of Nizwa	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 499
52	79,001	NR Natarajan, Rajamohan	Sohar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,783
53	80,171	Zakarya, Muhammad	Sohar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,750
54	80,314	QM Qyyum, Muhammad Abdul	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 2,422
55	80,384	PP Pathare, Pankaj B.	Sultan Qaboos University	Food Science	Rank 1,041
56	83,881	AI Ahmed, Ishfaq	University of Buraimi	Business & Management	Rank 1,921
57	84,928	YM Yaish, Mahmoud W.F.	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,392
58	85,128	SR Saen, Reza Farzipoor	Sultan Qaboos University	Operations Research	Rank 342
59	87,004	MO Marzouk, Osama A.	University of Buraimi	Energy	Rank 2,626
60	87,932	KS Khan, Shah A.	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 582
61	89,358	KN Kilinç, Nurcan	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,028
62	90,466	HM Hossain, Mohammad Amzad	University of Nizwa	Tropical Medicine	Rank 85
63	90,489	AA Abdelmaboud, Abdelzahir	Sultan Qaboos University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,220
64	91,437	KA Khan, Ajmal L.	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 356
65	93,235	SA Shehzad, Adeeb	Dhofar University	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 621
66	97,717	AR Ahshan, Razzaqul	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 2,982
67	97,925	SI Salem, Islam El Bayoumi	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Salalah	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 435
68	98,491	IM Ibrahim, Mahmoud A.A.	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Nizwa	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,162
69	110,437	NM Nikoo, Mohammad Reza	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 642
70	115,691	MA Mohammed, Ahmed Maher	Purshottam Kanji Exchange	Operations Research	Rank 463
71	115,819	Chan, Moon Fai	Sultan Qaboos University	Nursing	Rank 314
72	116,027	SY Shah, Yasir Abbas	University of Nizwa	Food Science	Rank 1,637
73	118,554	KA K Ali, Khalid Karam	Sohar University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 297
74	118,990	Al-Arbi Ganat, Tarek Al Arbi Omar	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,686
75	119,095	SB Saboori, Behnaz	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,692
76	120,224	DS Das, Srijit	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 45
77	131,762	AA Al Awaidy, Salah T.	Freelance Public Health Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,779
78	132,166	Ghaderi, Zahed	Sultan Qaboos University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 580
79	132,282	Basha, J. Sadhik	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Energy	Rank 4,152
80	136,791	SB Shannaq, Boumedyen	University of Buraimi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,265
81	137,221	Nair, Abhijit Sukumaran	Ministry of Health Oman, Ibra Hospital	Anesthesiology	Rank 360
82	139,218	KS Khan, Shaukat	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 1,418
83	139,325	MM Mansouri, Majdi M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,641
84	139,634	AM Akhtar, Md Jawaid	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 592
85	139,971	Zaman, Shahid	University of Nizwa	General Mathematics	Rank 697
86	141,367	AM Alazaiza Motasem, Y. D.	A’Sharqiyah University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 3,350
87	142,449	QM Qoronfleh, M. Walid	Healix Lab	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,086
88	144,224	AD AbdElminaam, Diaa Salama	Sohar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,599
89	151,860	PA Philip, Anil K.	University of Nizwa	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,133
90	153,869	AJ Al-Lawati, Jawad Ahmed	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,024
91	154,888	AJ Arulappan, Judie	Sultan Qaboos University	Nursing	Rank 445
92	155,233	Ahmad, Md Wasi	Dhofar University	Materials	Rank 3,853
93	157,929	AR Al-Maroof, Rana Saeed	Al Buraimi University College	Education	Rank 2,162
94	162,153	RM Rateb, Mostafa E.	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 720
95	162,665	HJ Hussain, Javid	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 726
96	164,188	AR Abed, Raeid M.M.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Microbiology	Rank 3,124
97	172,593	IA Iqbal, Ahmed	A’Sharqiyah University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,844
98	173,382	EA El-Saleh, Ayman A.	A’Sharqiyah University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,099
99	173,948	AM Al-Abri, Mohammed Zahir	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,677
100	177,990	AA Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M.S.	University of Nizwa	Microbiology	Rank 3,377
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Oman are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

154 scientists affiliated with Oman are on the 2026 single-year list, and 83 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Oman has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2026 single-year list, Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists from Oman, with 42. It is followed by University of Nizwa with 28.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Oman changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Oman went from 43 scientists in 2020 to 154 in 2026, a change of +258.1%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.