Oman's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Oman has 136 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 49.5% from 91 in 2024. That places Oman 59th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 6 places. Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists (50), followed by University of Nizwa (23).

Single Year

136

+45 (+49.5%) vs 2024

Career Data

+13 (+26.0%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#59

up 6 places vs 2024

Institutes

+5 (+26.3%) vs 2024

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

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Rank in Oman	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,588	FM Farooq, Muhammad	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 19
2	4,412	AU Al-Mulali, Usama	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 121
3	6,067	MW Mensi, Walid	Sultan Qaboos University	Economics	Rank 129
4	6,672	Kazem, Hussein A.	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 168
5	13,165	MS Maurya, S. K.	University of Nizwa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 167
6	16,344	BS Bhatia, Saurabh C.	University of Nizwa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 367
7	19,282	HM Hayyan, Maan	Muscat University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 123
8	20,174	EA Eltaweil, Abdelazeem Saad	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Ibra	Environmental Sciences	Rank 443
9	21,304	AA Al-Muhtaseb, Ala'a H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 581
10	21,395	SS Sadrameli, Seyed Mojtaba	German University of Technology in Oman	Energy	Rank 583
11	24,720	FR Farooq, Rayees	Sohar University	Business & Management	Rank 684
12	25,144	Ghazal, Taher M.	Sohar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,160
13	25,431	MF Mjalli, Farouq S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 168
14	31,884	MK Masters, Ken	Sultan Qaboos University	Medical Informatics	Rank 35
15	33,510	Khatib, Saleh F.A.	Sohar University	Business & Management	Rank 905
16	34,374	AA Al-Harrasi, Ahmed Sulaiman	University of Nizwa	Organic Chemistry	Rank 416
17	37,456	SM Soliman, Mohammad S.A.	Sultan Qaboos University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 202
18	38,586	MT Mohanta, Tapan Kumar	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 533
19	38,837	AB Ali, B. H. H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 30
20	40,492	IM Islam, Mazhar Ul	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 341
21	42,915	Yadav, Dhananjay	University of Nizwa	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 412
22	43,747	SP Sah, Pankaj Kumar	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Muscat	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,004
23	43,839	SR Sayyed, Riyaz Zafar	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 630
24	44,105	RM Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur	College of Agriculture	Food Science	Rank 475
25	47,657	TA Tarhini, Ali	Sultan Qaboos University	Education	Rank 610
26	48,044	MM Meddah, Mohammed Seddik	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 384
27	49,998	Al Sayed Noor, Alhamzah	A’Sharqiyah University	Business & Management	Rank 1,231
28	50,349	OP Okonkwo, Paul C.	Dhofar University	Energy	Rank 1,468
29	54,244	Farzipoor Saen, Reza	Sultan Qaboos University	Operations Research	Rank 229
30	54,356	DS Dobretsov, Sergey V.	Sultan Qaboos University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 289
31	56,572	Hussain, Murid	Muscat University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 436
32	60,287	AH Al-Hattami, Hamood Mohammed	A’Sharqiyah University	Business & Management	Rank 1,439
33	60,362	AN Ali, Nisar	A’Sharqiyah University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,355
34	61,630	AK Al-Jabri, Khalifa S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 520
35	63,279	Gani, Azmat	Sultan Qaboos University	Economics	Rank 848
36	65,236	NR Natarajan, Rajamohan	Sohar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,474
37	67,002	AS Asaf, Sajjad	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,036
38	69,199	YM Yaish, Mahmoud W.F.	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,069
39	70,100	Zaman, Shahid	University of Nizwa	General Mathematics	Rank 326
40	75,404	PP Pathare, Pankaj B.	Sultan Qaboos University	Food Science	Rank 874
41	79,727	AI Ahmed, Ishfaq	University of Buraimi	Business & Management	Rank 1,806
42	81,203	RA Raveendran, Arkiath Veettil	Internal Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,135
43	81,855	AM Akhtar, Md Jawaid	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 283
44	85,999	Rassaei, Ehsan	Majan University College	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 382
45	86,514	SB Saboori, Behnaz	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 2,602
46	86,753	BE Barhoumi, El Manaa	Dhofar University	Energy	Rank 2,617
47	87,660	AR Abed, Raeid M.M.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Microbiology	Rank 1,666
48	88,707	HM Hossain, Mohammad Amzad	University of Nizwa	Tropical Medicine	Rank 84
49	90,763	SA Samour, Ahmed	Dhofar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,112
50	92,334	AS Abdul-Wahab, Sabah Ahmed	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,143
51	93,577	QM Qyyum, Muhammad Abdul	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 2,842
52	94,793	BS Bin-Nashwan, Saeed Awadh	Dhofar University	Business & Management	Rank 2,090
53	99,113	Rasool, Samma Faiz	University of Nizwa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,308
54	99,822	AF Almaqtari, Faozi A.	A’Sharqiyah University	Business & Management	Rank 2,190
55	100,477	EM Essa, Musthafa Mohamed	Sultan Qaboos University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,254
56	101,219	Ghosh, Soumya	University of Nizwa	Microbiology	Rank 1,940
57	102,119	Ghaderi, Zahed	Sultan Qaboos University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 464
58	102,549	Zakarya, Muhammad	Sohar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,215
59	108,451	AA Al-Ansi, Abdullah M.	Dhofar University	Education	Rank 1,384
60	110,031	AA Al-Mamun, Abdullah	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,551
61	112,690	PK Park, Kyungho	A’Sharqiyah University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,184
62	114,346	YC Yassine, Charabi	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,540
63	115,039	KS Khan, Shah A.	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 785
64	115,494	HA Hamed Al-Yahyaee, Khamis Hamed	Muscat University	Finance	Rank 456
65	118,999	AM Albadi, Mohammed H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,709
66	119,933	AA Abdelmaboud, Abdelzahir	Sultan Qaboos University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,081
67	124,268	YA Yousef, Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy	Sultan Qaboos University	Education	Rank 1,589
68	135,983	Loey, Mohamed	A’Sharqiyah University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,695
69	137,069	AR Al-Maroof, Rana Saeed	Al Buraimi University College	Education	Rank 1,737
70	139,692	KA Khan, Ajmal L.	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 550
71	139,769	SA Shehzad, Adeeb	Dhofar University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,194
72	140,172	AA Al-Badi, Abdullah Hamed	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 4,413
73	142,410	SN Sivakumar, Nallusamy	Sultan Qaboos University	Biotechnology	Rank 622
74	144,547	RR Ramadan, Rabie A.	University of Nizwa	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,040
75	149,753	Naikoo, Gowhar Ahmad	Dhofar University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,065
76	153,393	SJ Salah, Jamal Y.	A’Sharqiyah University	General Mathematics	Rank 782
77	155,315	Basha, J. Sadhik	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Energy	Rank 4,913
78	155,843	NM Nikoo, Mohammad Reza	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 958
79	159,214	EA El-Karamany, Ahmed S.	University of Nizwa	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,513
80	160,301	AS AL-Adawi, Samir H.	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,951
81	162,828	AS Ali, Saqib	Sultan Qaboos University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,811
82	171,012	Chan, Moon Fai	Sultan Qaboos University	Nursing	Rank 463
83	173,556	AR Ahshan, Razzaqul	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 5,504
84	174,221	RM Rahman, Mohammad Mansur	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,678
85	177,976	DS Das, Srijit	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 66
86	179,394	KS Khan, Shaukat	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 1,879
87	180,879	AJ Arulappan, Judie	Sultan Qaboos University	Nursing	Rank 494
88	180,912	Milad, Abdalrhman Abrahim	University of Nizwa	Energy	Rank 5,771
89	182,517	AA Al-Hinai, Amer S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 5,823
90	182,987	RA Ramanathan, Arunachalam	Sultan Qaboos University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,946
91	187,797	AM Al-Abri, Mohammed Zahir	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,709
92	195,228	Nair, Abhijit Sukumaran	Ministry of Health Oman, Ibra Hospital	Anesthesiology	Rank 525
93	195,862	BM Baawain, Mahad Said Ali	Ministry of Labour	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1,202
94	202,864	HJ Hussain, Javid	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 886
95	203,400	AA Abdel-Khalik, Ayman Samy	Sultan Qaboos University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 883
96	206,723	EM Eissa, M. M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 6,644
97	209,423	Ahmad, Md Wasi	Dhofar University	Materials	Rank 5,164
98	211,595	AA Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M.S.	University of Nizwa	Microbiology	Rank 4,143
99	213,227	MM Mansouri, Majdi M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,812
100	215,609	BS Bilal, Saqib	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,740
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Oman are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

136 scientists affiliated with Oman are on the 2025 single-year list, and 63 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists from Oman, with 50. It is followed by University of Nizwa with 23.

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 136 in 2025, a change of +216.3%.

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.