Oman's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Oman has 62 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 24.0% from 50 in 2024. That places Oman 67th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists (28), followed by University of Nizwa (8).

Single Year

135

+44 (+48.4%) vs 2024

Career Data

+12 (+24.0%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#67

down 1 place vs 2024

Institutes

+3 (+27.3%) vs 2024

Scientists in Oman on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+71.4%

2022+13.9%

2023+12.2%

2024+8.7%

2025+24.0%

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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	16,439	SP Sah, Pankaj Kumar	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Muscat	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,287
2	22,311	AB Ali, B. H. H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 15
3	23,327	FM Farooq, Muhammad Omer	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 266
4	25,219	AU Al-Mulali, Usama	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 289
5	49,865	RM Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur	College of Agriculture	Food Science	Rank 238
6	57,192	Kazem, Hussein A.	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 749
7	62,905	MW Mensi, Walid	Sultan Qaboos University	Economics	Rank 546
8	66,651	Farzipoor Saen, Reza	Sultan Qaboos University	Operations Research	Rank 225
9	69,043	MF Mjalli, Farouq S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 301
10	78,276	SS Sadrameli, Seyed Mojtaba	German University of Technology in Oman	Energy	Rank 1,067
11	78,548	AS Abdul-Wahab, Sabah Ahmed	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 575
12	78,624	DS Dobretsov, Sergey V.	Sultan Qaboos University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 598
13	78,653	DB Das, Biswanath	University of Nizwa	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,445
14	87,451	MS Maurya, S. K.	University of Nizwa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,336
15	105,642	Chan, Moon Fai	Sultan Qaboos University	Nursing	Rank 207
16	122,302	AA Al-Muhtaseb, Ala'a H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 1,757
17	123,488	AR Abed, Raeid M.M.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Microbiology	Rank 3,055
18	125,765	WH Wallenburg, Henck C.S.	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1,202
19	129,106	EM Eissa, M. M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 1,852
20	132,636	Yadav, Dhananjay	University of Nizwa	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 953
21	140,231	YM Yaish, Mahmoud W.F.	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,034
22	142,889	AK Al-Jabri, Khalifa S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 399
23	147,829	HM Hayyan, Maan	Muscat University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 740
24	151,291	BS Bhatia, Saurabh C.	University of Nizwa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,235
25	177,640	DS Das, Srijit	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 110
26	181,926	HM Hossain, Mohammad Amzad	University of Nizwa	Tropical Medicine	Rank 410
27	185,633	BH Babiker, Hamza Ali	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Tropical Medicine	Rank 417
28	187,561	RM Rahman, Mohammad Mansur	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,388
29	189,050	EA El-Karamany, Ahmed S.	University of Nizwa	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,406
30	202,364	MN Machado, Norman Oneil	Sultan Qaboos University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,598
31	206,816	AS AL-Adawi, Samir H.	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,654
32	209,437	MT Mohanta, Tapan Kumar	University of Nizwa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,098
33	215,290	MK Masters, Ken	Sultan Qaboos University	Medical Informatics	Rank 224
34	219,749	IM Islam, Mazhar Ul	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 1,966
35	232,087	AJ Al-Lawati, Jawad Ahmed	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,003
36	239,465	EE El-Shafey, E. I.	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,307
37	244,575	YC Yassine, Charabi	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,850
38	244,859	SB Samanta, B.	Sultan Qaboos University	Acoustics	Rank 637
39	245,409	AM Albadi, Mohammed H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,865
40	245,853	RS Rengaraj, Selvaraj	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,355
41	246,991	PK Park, Kyungho	A’Sharqiyah University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,268
42	247,445	BM Barry, Michael J.	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,203
43	257,598	AA Al-Badi, Abdullah Hamed	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 4,098
44	260,319	AA Abdel-Khalik, Ayman Samy	Sultan Qaboos University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 865
45	272,027	MR Mazumder, Rajat	German University of Technology in Oman	Geology	Rank 471
46	272,523	AY Al-Wahaibi, Yahya Mansoor	A’Sharqiyah University	Energy	Rank 4,397
47	273,392	DA Dorvlo, Atsu S.S.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 4,416
48	279,185	YH Yousef, Hassan A.	Sultan Qaboos University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,169
49	283,088	MM Meddah, Mohammed Seddik	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 895
50	286,544	Nasrifar, Khashayar	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,619
51	298,028	Hussain, Murid	Muscat University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,702
52	320,025	DK Day, Khaled	Sultan Qaboos University	Distributed Computing	Rank 109
53	334,691	Basha, J. Sadhik	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Energy	Rank 5,705
54	375,996	RR Ramadan, Rabie A.	University of Nizwa	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,767
55	377,107	MO Mahgoub, Osman G.	Sultan Qaboos University	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,446
56	384,569	KA Kacimov, Anvar R.	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 2,178
57	406,692	AM Akhtar, Md Jawaid	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,065
58	425,300	Zakarya, Muhammad	Sohar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 4,570
59	450,689	OK Okedu, Kenneth Eloghene	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Energy	Rank 8,177
60	451,075	AA Al-Jabri, Ali Abdullah	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,078
61	482,670	AA Al-Riyami, Asya A.	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,539
62	1,519,251	KS Khan, Sameen Ahmed	Dhofar University	Optics	Rank 7,107
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Frequently asked questions

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

135 scientists affiliated with Oman are on the 2025 single-year list, and 62 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists from Oman, with 28. It is followed by University of Nizwa with 8.

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 62 in 2025, a change of +195.2%.

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.