Oman's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Oman has 91 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 7.1% from 85 in 2023. That places Oman 65th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists (43), followed by University of Nizwa (15).

Single Year

+6 (+7.1%) vs 2023

Career Data

+4 (+8.7%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#65

down 2 places vs 2023

Institutes

+3 (+18.8%) vs 2023

Scientists in Oman on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled 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

Single-year list2024

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1Sultan Qaboos University43
2University of Nizwa15
3Sohar University7
4Dhofar University6
5National University of Science & Technology, Oman3
6A’Sharqiyah University2
7Ministry of Health Oman2
8Muscat University2
9Arab Open University1
10A'Sharqiyah University1

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Rank in Oman	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,424	AU Al-Mulali, Usama	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 63
2	3,962	FM Farooq, Muhammad	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 35
3	7,365	MW Mensi, Waild	Sultan Qaboos University	Economics	Rank 152
4	8,740	Kazem, Hussein A.	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 204
5	16,406	MS Maurya, S. K.	University of Nizwa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 185
6	22,941	MF Mjalli, Farouq S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 142
7	24,103	HM Hayyan, Maan	Muscat University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 149
8	26,025	AA Al-Muhtaseb, Ala'a H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 653
9	30,074	BS Bhatia, Saurabh	University of Nizwa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 583
10	33,396	GS Gibbons, Simon	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 108
11	37,585	AB Ali, Badreldin H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 31
12	40,071	TA Tarhini, Ali	Sultan Qaboos University	Education	Rank 469
13	40,271	AA Al-Sadi, Abdullah Mohammed	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 602
14	41,796	AA Al-Harrasi, Ahmed	University of Nizwa	Organic Chemistry	Rank 514
15	42,519	Yadav, Dhananjay	University of Nizwa	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 423
16	43,608	RM Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur	Sultan Qaboos University	Food Science	Rank 416
17	43,679	Yaish, Mahmoud	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 661
18	45,674	DS Dobretsov, Sergey	Sultan Qaboos University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 230
19	47,106	Farzipoor Saen, Reza	Sultan Qaboos University	Operations Research	Rank 215
20	53,930	MT Mohanta, Tapan Kumar	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 858
21	57,995	FR Farooq, Rayees	Sohar University	Business & Management	Rank 1,358
22	58,639	UM Ul-Islam, M.	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 526
23	68,540	AK Al-Yahyaee, Khamis Hamed	Muscat University	Finance	Rank 273
24	71,402	Gani, Azmat	Sultan Qaboos University	Economics	Rank 949
25	74,003	AK Al-Jabri, Khalifa	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 569
26	74,359	SB Saboori, Behnaz	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 2,002
27	77,039	Basha, J. Sadhik	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Energy	Rank 2,095
28	78,811	SM Soliman, Mohammad	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Salalah	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 339
29	78,976	AS Asaf, Sajjad	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,308
30	79,772	AS Abdul-Wahab, Sabah	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,613
31	79,783	RA Raveendran, Arkiath Veettil	Badr Al Samaa Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,190
32	81,527	MM Meddah, Mohammed Seddik	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 625
33	85,656	HM Hereher, Mohamed E.	Sultan Qaboos University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 807
34	87,286	HM Hossain, Mohammad Amzad	University of Nizwa	Tropical Medicine	Rank 94
35	95,741	MK Masters, Ken	Sultan Qaboos University	Medical Informatics	Rank 114
36	98,022	PK Park, Kyungho	A’Sharqiyah University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 924
37	98,893	EM Essa, Musthafa Mohamed	Sultan Qaboos University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,396
38	103,745	RN Rajamohan, Natarajan	Sohar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,111
39	107,138	PP Pathare, Pankaj B.	Sultan Qaboos University	Food Science	Rank 1,194
40	109,116	QM Qyyum, Muhammad Abdul	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,032
41	111,693	AR Abed, Raeid M.M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Microbiology	Rank 2,332
42	113,538	WM Waqas, Muhammad	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,945
43	113,662	Ashraf, Mohammad	Sohar University	Education	Rank 1,391
44	116,922	RS Raza, Syed Asif	Sultan Qaboos University	Operations Research	Rank 546
45	119,302	RR Ramadan, Rabie	University of Nizwa	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,444
46	123,653	Zakarya, Muhammad	Sohar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,357
47	127,440	Alnoor, Alhamzah	A'Sharqiyah University	Business & Management	Rank 2,637
48	128,437	CY Charabi, Yassine A.R.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,626
49	137,619	KS Khan, Shah Alam	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 944
50	140,284	EE El-Shafey, El Said I.	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,179
51	147,319	AM Akhtar, Md Jawaid	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 559
52	153,584	AA Al-Badi, Abdullah	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 4,372
53	158,769	JS Joshi, Sanket J.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 4,548
54	158,916	DS Das, Srijit	Sultan Qaboos University	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 73
55	163,118	Selvaraj, Rengaraj	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,385
56	170,608	OP Okonkwo, Paul C.	Dhofar University	Energy	Rank 4,896
57	170,764	SA Samour, Ahmed	Dhofar University	Energy	Rank 4,902
58	175,072	Chan, Moon Fai	Sultan Qaboos University	Nursing	Rank 460
59	176,662	Ghasemi, Mostafa	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 5,091
60	178,198	AM Albadi, Mohammed	Arab Open University	Energy	Rank 5,143
61	179,372	AA Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M.S.	University of Nizwa	Microbiology	Rank 3,753
62	187,674	AS Al-Adawi, Samir	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,215
63	191,338	Ghosh, Soumya	University of Nizwa	Microbiology	Rank 4,006
64	204,381	HJ Hassanzadeh, Javad	Sultan Qaboos University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,626
65	207,621	EA El-Karamany, Ahmed	Nizwa University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,926
66	212,143	AY Al-Wahaibi, Yahya M.	A’Sharqiyah University	Energy	Rank 6,203
67	221,185	KA Khan, Ajmal	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 981
68	222,366	HJ Hussain, Javid	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 988
69	223,228	NM Nikoo, Mohammad Reza	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1,402
70	224,455	NS Nallusamy, Sivakumar	Sultan Qaboos University	Biotechnology	Rank 1,122
71	227,785	NA Nair, Abhijit S.	Ministry of Health Oman, Ibra Hospital	Anesthesiology	Rank 629
72	231,057	RM Rahman, M. M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,168
73	240,076	KS Khan, Shaukat	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 2,542
74	246,164	AR Ahshan, Razzaqul	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 7,238
75	254,317	AL Al Lawati, Haider A.J.	Sultan Qaboos University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,131
76	265,186	Naikoo, Gowhar Ahmad	Dhofar University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,249
77	270,931	MA Mawali, Adhra Al	German University of Technology (GUtech)	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,089
78	291,416	MN Machado, Norman O.	Sultan Qaboos University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,321
79	295,989	AJ Al-Lawati, Jawad A.	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,371
80	320,053	AM Al-Azri, Mohammed	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,637
81	328,546	IW Iqbal, Waseem	Sultan Qaboos University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,973
82	370,976	RN Rehman, Najeeb Ur	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,952
83	385,595	IR Ilmi, Rashid	Sultan Qaboos University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,778
84	464,873	SA Shehata, Ahmed	Sultan Qaboos University	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 358
85	467,328	AR Al-Abri, Rashid	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,111
86	483,471	AY Al-Farsi, Yahya M.	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,266
87	484,536	GK Galaal, Khadra	Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,272
88	551,956	AA Al Awaidy, Salah	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,953
89	686,002	CS Chaubey, Sudhakar Kumar	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Shinas	General Mathematics	Rank 4,011
90	1,538,806	KS Khan, Sameen Ahmed	Dhofar University	Optics	Rank 8,336
91	4,387,699	KS Khan, Shad Ahmad	University of Buraimi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 160,654
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Oman are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

91 scientists affiliated with Oman are on the 2024 single-year list, and 50 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists from Oman, with 43. It is followed by University of Nizwa with 15.

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 91 in 2024, a change of +111.6%.

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.