Oman's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Oman has 83 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 31.7% from 63 in 2025. That places Oman 64th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 3 places. Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists (30), followed by University of Nizwa (13).

Single Year

154

+18 (+13.2%) vs 2025

Career Data

+20 (+31.7%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#64

up 3 places vs 2025

Institutes

+4 (+28.6%) vs 2025

Scientists in Oman on the list, by year

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

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+71.4%

2022+13.9%

2023+12.2%

2024+8.7%

2025+26.0%

2026+31.7%

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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%

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Rank in Oman	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	16,874	SP Sah, Pankaj Kumar	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Muscat	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,297
2	16,899	FM Farooq, Muhammad Omer	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 180
3	22,203	AB Ali, B. H. H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 16
4	24,133	AU Al-Mulali, Usama	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 294
5	44,037	Kazem, Hussein A.	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 575
6	49,039	RM Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur	Sultan Qaboos University	Food Science	Rank 263
7	50,063	MW Mensi, Walid	Sultan Qaboos University	Economics	Rank 442
8	65,074	SR Saen, Reza Farzipoor	Sultan Qaboos University	Operations Research	Rank 222
9	66,870	MF Mjalli, Farouq S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 292
10	69,622	SS Sadrameli, Seyed Mojtaba	German University of Technology in Oman	Energy	Rank 973
11	70,390	MS Maurya, S. K.	University of Nizwa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,080
12	78,139	DS Dobretsov, Sergey V.	Sultan Qaboos University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 587
13	78,158	AS Abdul-Wahab, Sabah Ahmed	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 620
14	82,557	DB Das, Biswanath	University of Nizwa	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,481
15	95,570	BS Bhatia, Saurabh C.	University of Nizwa	Polymers	Rank 852
16	97,543	AA Al-Muhtaseb, Ala'a H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 1,438
17	103,323	Chan, Moon Fai	Sultan Qaboos University	Nursing	Rank 208
18	120,282	HM Hayyan, Maan	A’Sharqiyah University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 578
19	124,246	Yadav, Dhananjay	University of Nizwa	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 903
20	125,536	AR Abed, Raeid M.M.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Microbiology	Rank 3,092
21	129,620	EM Eissa, M. M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 1,935
22	131,194	AK Al-Jabri, Khalifa S.	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 397
23	133,962	WH Wallenburg, Henck C.S.	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1,261
24	136,533	YM Yaish, Mahmoud W.F.	Sultan Qaboos University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,983
25	154,905	Ghazal, Taher M.	Sohar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,520
26	163,849	MK Masters, Ken	Sultan Qaboos University	Medical Informatics	Rank 165
27	164,976	HM Hossain, Mohammad Amzad	University of Nizwa	Tropical Medicine	Rank 381
28	169,012	DS Das, Srijit	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 101
29	186,140	IM Islam, Mazhar Ul	Dhofar University	Polymers	Rank 1,664
30	187,277	IM Ibrahim, Mahmoud A.A.	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Nizwa	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,107
31	187,792	RM Rahman, Mohammad Mansur	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,415
32	194,748	AA Al-Harrasi, Ahmed Sulaiman	University of Nizwa	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,223
33	195,713	EA El-Karamany, Ahmed S.	University of Nizwa	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,477
34	196,283	AS AL-Adawi, Samir H.	Sultan Qaboos University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,514
35	203,759	AJ Al-Lawati, Jawad Ahmed	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,622
36	204,385	MN Machado, Norman Oneil	Sultan Qaboos University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,633
37	220,603	AA Abulibdeh, Ammar O.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 3,585
38	230,848	SM Shafiq, Muhammad Zubair	College of Medicine	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,303
39	242,615	EE El-Shafey, E. I.	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,376
40	245,329	AM Ali, Mohamed R.	Sohar University	Energy	Rank 4,061
41	245,549	AM Albadi, Mohammed H.	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 4,065
42	249,606	AA Al-Badi, Abdullah Hamed	Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 4,156
43	250,426	AA Abdel-Khalik, Ayman Samy	Sultan Qaboos University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 821
44	250,670	MM Meddah, Mohammed Seddik	Sultan Qaboos University	Building & Construction	Rank 838
45	254,564	AA Ahmad, Aftab	University of Nizwa	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,457
46	256,852	PK Park, Kyungho	A’Sharqiyah University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,394
47	257,164	SA Shehzad, Adeeb	Dhofar University	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,488
48	258,175	BM Barry, Michael J.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,457
49	258,875	EA Eltaweil, Abdelazeem Saad	University of Technology and Applied Sciences Ibra	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,464
50	259,356	SB Samanta, B.	Sultan Qaboos University	Acoustics	Rank 670
51	261,291	RS Rengaraj, Selvaraj	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,496
52	263,069	Hussain, Murid	Muscat University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,510
53	269,773	MR Mazumder, Rajat	German University of Technology in Oman	Geology	Rank 456
54	272,852	AY Al-Wahaibi, Yahya Mansoor	A’Sharqiyah University	Energy	Rank 4,654
55	281,166	NR Natarajan, Rajamohan	Sohar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,746
56	286,830	YH Yousef, Hassan A.	Sultan Qaboos University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,269
57	288,754	Nasrifar, Khashayar	Sultan Qaboos University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,685
58	289,404	DA Dorvlo, Atsu S.S.	College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University	Energy	Rank 5,014
59	296,875	OP Okonkwo, Paul C.	Dhofar University	Energy	Rank 5,172
60	301,335	AA Al-Rawas, Amer Ali	Sultan Qaboos University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,649
61	301,563	SH Soori, Hamid H.	Dhofar University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,979
62	310,576	RR Ramadan, Rabie A.	University of Nizwa	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,509
63	328,457	Basha, J. Sadhik	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Energy	Rank 5,842
64	333,024	DK Day, Khaled	Sultan Qaboos University	Distributed Computing	Rank 101
65	333,838	Zakarya, Muhammad	Sohar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,118
66	342,885	AM Akhtar, Md Jawaid	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,662
67	347,046	JF Jamil, Farrukh	Muscat University	Energy	Rank 6,225
68	362,815	KS Khan, Sultan Daud	Sohar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,936
69	372,377	MO Mahgoub, Osman G.	Sultan Qaboos University	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,411
70	376,723	KA Kacimov, Anvar R.	Sultan Qaboos University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 2,138
71	384,563	RM Rateb, Mostafa E.	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,923
72	388,053	KI Kadim, Isam Tawfik	University of Nizwa	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,478
73	389,776	OK Okedu, Kenneth Eloghene	National University of Science & Technology, Oman	Energy	Rank 7,191
74	407,849	HJ Hussain, Javid	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,079
75	417,122	AA Al Awaidy, Salah T.	Freelance Public Health Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,565
76	440,460	KA Khan, Ajmal L.	University of Nizwa	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,308
77	471,512	AA Al-Jabri, Ali Abdullah	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,332
78	497,650	AM Al-Azri, Mohammed H.	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,719
79	501,051	MM Mansouri, Majdi M.	Sultan Qaboos University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 5,479
80	511,468	AA Al-Riyami, Asya A.	Ministry of Health Oman	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,909
81	524,342	AR Al-Abri, Rashid Khalfan	Sultan Qaboos University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7,092
82	621,322	MO Marzouk, Osama A.	University of Buraimi	Energy	Rank 12,502
83	1,544,091	KS Khan, Sameen Ahmed	Dhofar University	Optics	Rank 6,968
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Oman are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

154 scientists affiliated with Oman are on the 2026 single-year list, and 83 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Sultan Qaboos University has the most listed scientists from Oman, with 30. It is followed by University of Nizwa with 13.

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 83 in 2026, a change of +295.2%.

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.