Oman's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Oman has 77 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 22.2% from 63 in 2021. That places Oman 64th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists (35), followed by University of Nizwa (12).

Single Year

+14 (+22.2%) vs 2021

Career Data

+5 (+13.9%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#64

down 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

No change vs 2021

Scientists in Oman on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 79% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+46.5%

2022+22.2%

2023+10.4%

2024+7.1%

2025+48.4%

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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	135	+48.4%	62	+24.0%

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	3,196	AU Al-Mulali, Usama	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 57
2	6,682	FM Farooq, Muhammad	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 85
3	14,291	Kazem, Hussein A.	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 274
4	15,223	LL Labrague, Leodoro J.	Sultan Qaboos University	Nursing	Rank 20
5	16,479	MW Mensi, Walid	Sultan Qaboos University	Economics	Rank 256
6	22,541	MS Maurya, Sunil K.	University of Nizwa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 270
7	23,857	AB Ali, Badreldin H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 18
8	24,776	RM Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur	Sultan Qaboos University	Food Science	Rank 156
9	26,966	MF Mjalli, Farouq S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 151
10	31,154	EE Ellobody, Ehab	Sohar University	Civil Engineering	Rank 105
11	41,046	Yadav, Dhananjay	University of Nizwa	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 372
12	41,458	Farzipoor Saen, Reza	Sultan Qaboos University	Operations Research	Rank 178
13	43,166	HM Hayyan, Maan	Muscat University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 256
14	51,446	DS Dobretsov, Sergey	Sultan Qaboos University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 343
15	52,848	AA Al-Muhtaseb, Ala'a H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 1,124
16	56,095	AS Abdul-Wahab, Sabah	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 700
17	56,956	UM Usman, Muhammad	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 716
18	60,877	PK Park, Kyungho	A’Sharqiyah University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 505
19	62,569	TA Tarhini, Ali	Sultan Qaboos University	Education	Rank 535
20	69,491	YM Yaish, Mahmoud W.	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,100
21	71,532	MT Mohanta, Tapan Kumar	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,128
22	74,687	Ouakad, Hassen M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,276
23	76,105	AK Al-Jabri, Khalifa	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 413
24	83,486	MM Meddah, Mohammed Seddik	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 456
25	85,735	UM Ul-Islam, Mazhar	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 768
26	85,955	HM Hossain, Mohammed Amzad	University of Nizwa	Tropical Medicine	Rank 131
27	90,034	AK Al-Yahyaee, Khamis Hamed	Muscat University	Finance	Rank 277
28	92,397	AR Abed, Raeid M.M.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Microbiology	Rank 2,157
29	92,468	NK Nusair, Khaldoon	Sultan Qaboos University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 354
30	96,704	SB Saboori, Behnaz	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,318
31	104,781	MA Mohammed, Ahmed Maher	Muscat University	Operations Research	Rank 459
32	105,182	AA Al-Harrasi, A.	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 354
33	105,487	SN Sultan, Nabil	A’Sharqiyah University	Information Systems	Rank 336
34	108,451	HM Hereher, Mohamed	Sultan Qaboos University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 868
35	112,933	AA Al-Sadi, Abdullah Mohammed	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,860
36	115,428	EE El-Shafey, E. I.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 824
37	119,018	BS Bhatia, Saurabh	University of Nizwa	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 232
38	120,904	Basha, J. Sadhik	National University of Science & Technology	Energy	Rank 2,783
39	131,949	AB Al Badi, Abdullah	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,052
40	135,374	Ghasemi, Mostafa	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 3,143
41	135,786	MN Machado, Norman O.	Sultan Qaboos University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,607
42	136,457	WM Waqas, Muhammad	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,230
43	136,898	Chan, Moon Fai	Sultan Qaboos University	Nursing	Rank 306
44	144,480	MK Masters, Ken	Sultan Qaboos University	Medical Informatics	Rank 156
45	151,709	BY Baqi, Younis	Sultan Qaboos University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,527
46	151,776	PP Pathare, Pankaj B.	Sultan Qaboos University	Food Science	Rank 1,332
47	152,307	AY Al-Wahaibi, Y.	A’Sharqiyah University	Energy	Rank 3,616
48	154,140	AS Asaf, Sajjad	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,534
49	163,634	AM Albadi, M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,929
50	165,556	RM Rahman, Mohammad M.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,420
51	166,210	EA El-Karamany, Ahmed	Nizwa University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,431
52	175,027	DB Das, Biswanath	University of Nizwa	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,654
53	180,845	AM Akhtar, Md Jawaid	National University of Science & Technology	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 735
54	184,893	AS Al-Adawi, Samir	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,141
55	185,826	AJ Al-Lawati, Jawad A.	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,154
56	198,571	CY Charabi, Yassine	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 4,837
57	202,581	DS Das, Srijit	Sultan Qaboos University	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 98
58	213,617	JS Joshi, Sanket J.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 5,248
59	221,051	HJ Hussain, Javid	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 963
60	225,575	AR Arunachalam, Ramanathan	Sultan Qaboos University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,979
61	272,463	SB Sahin, Bekir	National University of Science & Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,100
62	285,565	SM Sankar, M.	University of Technology and Applied Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,448
63	295,617	AK Alam Khan, Shah	National University of Science & Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,471
64	313,846	RN Rehman, Najeeb Ur	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,602
65	323,292	QM Qyyum, Muhammad Abdul	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 8,117
66	341,486	RA Raveendran, A. V.	Badr Al Samaa	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,687
67	342,580	KS Khan, Shaukat	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 3,579
68	361,166	BA Balkhair, Abdullah	Sultan Qaboos University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,881
69	365,156	AS Awaidy, Salah T.Al	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,914
70	365,496	AA Al Abri, Rashid	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,917
71	419,684	AA Al-Mawali, Adhra	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,422
72	441,037	KA Khan, A.	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,535
73	463,703	AZ Al-Busaidi, Z.	Sultan Qaboos University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,857
74	477,060	HO Habbal, Omar	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,981
75	535,079	AZ Al Zakwani, Ibrahim	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,548
76	575,074	AM Al-Azri, Mohammed	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,922
77	1,965,349	KS Khan, Sameen Ahmed	Dhofar University	Optics	Rank 10,442
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Oman are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

77 scientists affiliated with Oman are on the 2022 single-year list, and 41 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists from Oman, with 35. It is followed by University of Nizwa with 12.

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 77 in 2022, a change of +79.1%.

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.