Oman's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List
Oman has 36 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 71.4% from 21 in 2020. That places Oman 66th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 3 places. Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists (23), followed by Sohar University (4).
Scientists in Oman on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 71% since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
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| 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 | 135 | +48.4% | 62 | +24.0% |
Top 10 institutes in Oman
By number of listed scientists
All 36 scientists
| Rank in Oman | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
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| 1 | 23,322 | Sultan Qaboos University | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 194 | |
| 2 | 34,621 | Sultan Qaboos University | Food Science | Rank 118 | |
| 3 | 79,835 | Sohar University | Operations Research | Rank 295 | |
| 4 | 81,011 | Sultan Qaboos University | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,083 | |
| 5 | 94,879 | Sultan Qaboos University | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | Rank 783 | |
| 6 | 95,070 | University of Nizwa | Organic Chemistry | Rank 1,734 | |
| 7 | 103,373 | Sultan Qaboos University | Chemical Engineering | Rank 474 | |
| 8 | 103,909 | Sultan Qaboos University | Environmental Sciences | Rank 598 | |
| 9 | 104,295 | Sultan Qaboos University | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 1,017 | |
| 10 | 105,916 | Sohar University | Civil Engineering | Rank 181 | |
| 11 | 110,772 | Sultan Qaboos University | Nursing | Rank 251 | |
| 12 | 137,962 | Royal Hospital | Pediatrics | Rank 801 | |
| 13 | 143,380 | Sohar University | Energy | Rank 1,728 | |
| 14 | 149,103 | Sultan Qaboos University | Tropical Medicine | Rank 367 | |
| 15 | 167,963 | Oman Dental College | Dentistry | Rank 1,043 | |
| 16 | 182,982 | Sohar University | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 2,598 | |
| 17 | 195,332 | Sultan Qaboos University | Building & Construction | Rank 408 | |
| 18 | 199,829 | Nizwa University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 1,379 | |
| 19 | 218,281 | Sultan Qaboos University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 1,524 | |
| 20 | 221,346 |
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Sultan Qaboos University | General Clinical Medicine | Rank 162 |
| 21 | 225,797 | Sultan Qaboos University | Chemical Engineering | Rank 1,149 | |
| 22 | 227,861 | Sultan Qaboos University | Environmental Sciences | Rank 1,536 | |
| 23 | 231,923 | Sultan Qaboos University | Chemical Engineering | Rank 1,190 | |
| 24 | 234,144 | Sultan Qaboos University Hospital | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 2,573 | |
| 25 | 237,434 | University of Nizwa | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 1,680 | |
| 26 | 240,363 | Sultan Qaboos University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 1,700 | |
| 27 | 246,324 | Sultan Qaboos University | Energy | Rank 3,235 | |
| 28 | 248,087 | Sultan Qaboos University | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 2,738 | |
| 29 | 249,716 | Sultan Qaboos University | Chemical Engineering | Rank 1,304 | |
| 30 | 268,609 | Petroleum Development Oman | Energy | Rank 3,606 | |
| 31 | 278,244 |
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Sultan Qaboos University | Distributed Computing | Rank 138 |
| 32 | 282,678 | Ministry of Health Oman | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 3,141 | |
| 33 | 307,419 | Sultan Qaboos University | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 1,052 | |
| 34 | 319,206 | Sultan Qaboos University | Nursing | Rank 1,307 | |
| 35 | 382,944 | Sultan Qaboos University | Environmental Engineering | Rank 2,120 | |
| 36 | 1,845,489 | Dhofar University | Optics | Rank 9,131 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Oman are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?
63 scientists affiliated with Oman are on the 2021 single-year list, and 36 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Oman has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2021 career-long list, Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists from Oman, with 23. It is followed by Sohar University with 4.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Oman changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Oman went from 21 scientists in 2020 to 36 in 2021, a change of +71.4%.
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.