Saudi Arabia's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Saudi Arabia has 1,684 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 27.5% from 1,321 in 2023. That places Saudi Arabia 19th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 4 places. King Saud University has the most listed scientists (196), followed by King Abdulaziz University (192).

Single Year

1,684

+363 (+27.5%) vs 2023

Career Data

676

+100 (+17.4%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#19

up 4 places vs 2023

Institutes

-5 (-6.4%) vs 2023

Scientists in Saudi Arabia on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than tripled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+56.2%

2022+17.4%

2023+29.4%

2024+27.5%

2025+25.3%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	557		321
2021	870	+56.2%	443	+38.0%
2022	1,021	+17.4%	466	+5.2%
2023	1,321	+29.4%	576	+23.6%
2024	1,684	+27.5%	676	+17.4%
2025	2,110	+25.3%	850	+25.7%

Top 10 institutes in Saudi Arabia

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2024

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1King Saud University196
2King Abdulaziz University192
3King Abdullah University of Science and Technology166
4King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals154
5College of Sciences83
6King Khalid University71
7Taif University64
8Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University56
9Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University54
10King Faisal University49

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Single-year list2024

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Rank in Saudi Arabia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	96	ST Saleh, Tawfik A.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2
2	112	DA Demirbas, Ayhan	King Abdulaziz University	Energy	Rank 4
3	166	DC Duarte, Carlos M.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 1
4	743	AH Ali, Hafiz Muhammad	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Energy	Rank 22
5	840	AZ ALOthman, Zeid A.	King Saud University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 4
6	886	BA Biswas, Anjan	King Abdulaziz University	Optics	Rank 4
7	1,157	AT Abdeljawad, Thabet	Prince Sultan University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 6
8	1,180	NM Naushad, Mu	College of Sciences	Chemical Engineering	Rank 8
9	1,190	KH Koenig, Harold G.	King Abdulaziz University	Psychiatry	Rank 31
10	1,444	ZA Zenkour, Ashraf M.	King Abdulaziz University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 16
11	1,651	SA Subasi, Abdulhamit	Effat University, Saudi Arabia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 94
12	1,657	HM Hossain, M. Shamim	King Saud University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 13
13	1,661	Galanakis, Charis M.	Taif University	Food Science	Rank 15
14	1,755	Asiri, Abdullah M.	King Abdulaziz University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 20
15	1,950	YZ Yaseen, Zaher Mundher	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Environmental Engineering	Rank 9
16	1,998	Omri, Anis	Qassim University	Energy	Rank 54
17	2,077	GJ Gascon, J.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 26
18	2,479	Saba, Tanzila	Prince Sultan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 133
19	2,575	AM Alouini, Mohamed Slim	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 26
20	2,596	WY Wada, Yoshihide	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 34
21	2,712	SP Schmid, Peter J.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 22
22	2,740	RT Rasheed, Tahir	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Environmental Sciences	Rank 53
23	3,038	MZ Memish, Ziad A.	King Saud Hospital Riyadh	Microbiology	Rank 50
24	3,096	MG Muhammad, Ghulam	King Saud University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 32
25	3,637	Ellahi, Rahmat	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 35
26	3,752	SA Seadawy, Aly R.	Taibah University	General Physics	Rank 27
27	3,841	MH Mahmood, Haider	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University	Energy	Rank 92
28	4,130	OI Obot, I. B.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Chemical Physics	Rank 87
29	4,144	AF Ameen, Fuad	King Saud University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 78
30	4,149	SM Sajid, Muhammad	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 13
31	4,198	BM Barakat, M. A.	King Abdulaziz University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 23
32	4,628	AM Abido, Mohammad A.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Energy	Rank 108
33	4,935	FA Fathy, Ahmed	Jouf University	Energy	Rank 115
34	5,428	MP Magistretti, Pierre	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 302
35	5,435	TI Tlili, Iskander	Majmaah University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 56
36	5,444	US Umoren, Saviour A.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Polymers	Rank 30
37	5,896	KI Khan, Ilyas	Majmaah University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 61
38	5,959	Shaheen, Sabry M.	King Abdulaziz University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 111
39	6,121	RA Rehman, Amjad	Prince Sultan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 287
40	6,137	RM Rahman, Mohammed M.	King Abdulaziz University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 24
41	6,288	EM Eddaoudi, Mohamed	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	General Chemistry	Rank 28
42	6,320	EA Emwas, Abdul Hamid	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 83
43	6,338	Ahmad, Bashir	King Abdulaziz University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 23
44	6,495	CT Chan, Tony F.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 307
45	6,978	RH Rezk, Hegazy	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University	Energy	Rank 164
46	7,111	Nisar, Kottakkaran Sooppy	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 26
47	7,275	TA Tounsi, Abdelouahed	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Civil Engineering	Rank 24
48	7,451	AA Alsaedi, Ahmed	King Abdulaziz University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 75
49	8,252	AN Abu-Hamdeh, Nidal H.	King Abdulaziz University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 83
50	8,288	MR Mohamed, Reda M.	King Abdulaziz University	Materials	Rank 131
51	8,364	SM Shkir, Mohd	King Khalid University	Applied Physics	Rank 171
52	8,609	AF Al-Sulaiman, Fahad	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Energy	Rank 203
53	8,650	Ravi, Vinayakumar	Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 403
54	8,674	AH Alshareef, Husam N.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 274
55	8,711	ZM Zafar, Muhammad Sohail	Taibah University	Dentistry	Rank 24
56	8,873	MO Mohammed, Omar F.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 279
57	8,875	MN Misra, N. N.	Taif University	Food Science	Rank 61
58	8,955	Ramadan, Mohamed Fawzy	Umm Al-Qura University	Food Science	Rank 62
59	9,099	EK Elwakeel, Khalid Z.	University of Jeddah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 44
60	9,123	UA Umar, Ahmad	Najran University	Applied Physics	Rank 182
61	9,331	Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Energy	Rank 217
62	9,343	AA Azar, Ahmad Taher	Prince Sultan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 428
63	9,360	KM Khan, Muhammad Khurram	King Saud University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 86
64	9,795	DW De Wolf, Stefaan	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 198
65	9,830	IA Irfan, Ahmad	King Khalid University	Chemical Physics	Rank 171
66	10,110	KA Katritzky, Alan R.	King Abdulaziz University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 120
67	10,670	AT Alkhalifah, Tariq	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 136
68	10,731	TM Tester, Mark	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 133
69	10,742	HH Hirt, Heribert	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 134
70	10,773	HM Hassan, Mohammad Mehedi	King Saud University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 104
71	10,803	AM Almazroui, Mansour	King Abdulaziz University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 191
72	10,837	BN Baig, Nadeem	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Chemical Engineering	Rank 51
73	11,052	BF Belaïd, Fateh	King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center	Energy	Rank 276
74	11,150	RS Rehman, Shafiqur	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Energy	Rank 278
75	11,156	HY Han, Yu	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 345
76	11,444	EM Ezzat, Magdy A.	Qassim University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 119
77	11,459	SV Saji, Viswanathan S.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Materials	Rank 197
78	11,688	AM Aslam, Muhammad	King Abdulaziz University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 82
79	12,089	LZ Lai, Zhiping	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 58
80	12,178	Rue, Håvard	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Statistics & Probability	Rank 87
81	12,246	CC Chen, Cheng Wu	King Abdulaziz University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 541
82	12,811	SL Sundar, L. Syam	Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 127
83	13,011	AJ Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.	Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare	Microbiology	Rank 254
84	13,056	AM Almessiere, Munirah A.	Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University	Materials	Rank 237
85	13,177	HM Haq, Mohd Anul	Majmaah University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 46
86	13,216	AS Ahmad, Shamsad	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Building & Construction	Rank 92
87	13,575	ZH Zhang, Huabin	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 412
88	13,623	NM Nurunnabi, Mohammad	Prince Sultan University	Energy	Rank 320
89	13,656	AN Al-Dhabi, Naif Abdullah	King Saud University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 172
90	13,780	EA Eltamaly, Ali M.	King Saud University	Energy	Rank 324
91	14,005	AY Arabi, Yaseen	King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 40
92	14,180	ZA Zeyad, Abdullah M.	Jazan University	Building & Construction	Rank 103
93	14,340	Abd El-Lateef, Hany M.	King Faisal University	Materials	Rank 253
94	14,640	AM Amran, Mugahed	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University	Building & Construction	Rank 107
95	14,722	NS Nunes, Suzana P.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 81
96	14,831	AM Ahamed, Maqusood	King Saud University	Toxicology	Rank 48
97	15,076	MS Meo, Sultan Ayoub	King Saud University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 233
98	15,223	BO Bakr, Osman M.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 461
99	15,353	MM Masud, Mehedi	Taif University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 654
100	15,767	AT Ahamad, Tansir	King Saud University	Polymers	Rank 104
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Frequently asked questions

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

1,684 scientists affiliated with Saudi Arabia are on the 2024 single-year list, and 676 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Saudi Arabia has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2024 single-year list, King Saud University has the most listed scientists from Saudi Arabia, with 196. It is followed by King Abdulaziz University with 192.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Saudi Arabia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Saudi Arabia went from 557 scientists in 2020 to 1,684 in 2024, a change of +202.3%.

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.