Saudi Arabia's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List

Saudi Arabia has 676 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 17.4% from 576 in 2023. That places Saudi Arabia 34th in the world by number of listed scientists. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals has the most listed scientists (110), followed by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (109).

Single Year

1,684

+363 (+27.5%) vs 2023

Career Data

676

+100 (+17.4%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#34

No change vs 2023

Institutes

+3 (+5.1%) vs 2023

Scientists in Saudi Arabia on the list, by year

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

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+38.0%

2022+5.2%

2023+23.6%

2024+17.4%

2025+25.7%

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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

Career-long list2024

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1King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals110
2King Abdullah University of Science and Technology109
3King Saud University93
4King Abdulaziz University75
5College of Sciences24
6College of Pharmacy22
7King Khalid University18
8Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University17
9Taif University17
10Prince Sultan University15

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Rank in Saudi Arabia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	120	DA Demirbas, Ayhan	King Abdulaziz University	Energy	Rank 1
2	394	DC Duarte, Carlos M.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 1
3	1,249	KH Koenig, Harold G.	King Abdulaziz University	Psychiatry	Rank 41
4	1,662	ST Saleh, Tawfik A.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Chemical Engineering	Rank 4
5	1,733	KA Katritzky, Alan R.	King Abdulaziz University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 47
6	2,733	BA Biswas, Anjan	King Abdulaziz University	Optics	Rank 15
7	3,069	AM Alouini, Mohamed Slim	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 18
8	4,128	Asiri, Abdullah M.	King Abdulaziz University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 107
9	4,304	MZ Memish, Ziad A.	King Saud Hospital Riyadh	Microbiology	Rank 101
10	4,391	MP Magistretti, Pierre	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 390
11	4,412	CT Chan, Tony F.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 104
12	5,499	AM Abido, Mohammad A.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Energy	Rank 59
13	5,818	BD Bradley, Donal D.C.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 153
14	7,355	Ellahi, Rahmat	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 47
15	8,146	YJ Ying, Jackie Yi Ru	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Materials	Rank 101
16	8,289	AZ ALOthman, Zeid A.	King Saud University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 40
17	8,938	ZA Zenkour, Ashraf M.	King Abdulaziz University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 62
18	10,400	NM Naushad, Mu	College of Sciences	Chemical Engineering	Rank 37
19	10,610	TM Tester, Mark	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 100
20	10,903	GJ Gascon, J.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 234
21	11,053	AT Abdeljawad, Thabet	Prince Sultan University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 29
22	11,346	HN Hadjichristidis, Nikos	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 91
23	12,732	SA Subasi, Abdulhamit	Effat University, Saudi Arabia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 262
24	12,800	EM Eddaoudi, Mohamed	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	General Chemistry	Rank 71
25	13,472	Ahmad, Bashir	King Abdulaziz University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 34
26	13,735	RM Rueping, Magnus	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 299
27	14,326	HH Hirt, Heribert	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 142
28	14,705	TA Tounsi, Abdelouahed	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Civil Engineering	Rank 20
29	14,926	BY Bando, Yoshio	College of Sciences	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 200
30	15,017	CL Cavallo, Luigi	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 326
31	15,136	UA Umar, Ahmad	Najran University	Applied Physics	Rank 358
32	15,911	BM Barakat, M. A.	King Abdulaziz University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 56
33	16,194	MM Mahmoud, Magdi S.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 109
34	16,214	SP Schmid, Peter J.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 113
35	16,538	YB Yilbas, Bekir Sami	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 103
36	16,714	AH Ali, Hafiz Muhammad	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Energy	Rank 177
37	16,828	Galanakis, Charis M.	Taif University	Food Science	Rank 63
38	18,696	HM Hossain, M. Shamim	King Saud University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 153
39	18,800	SG Stegeman, George I.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Optics	Rank 86
40	20,710	AM Al-Qattan, Mohammad	King Saud University	Orthopedics	Rank 126
41	21,195	OI Obot, I. B.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Chemical Physics	Rank 478
42	21,242	US Umoren, Saviour A.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Polymers	Rank 177
43	21,690	HP Hall, Peter A.	King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre	Pathology	Rank 69
44	22,137	SA Seadawy, Aly R.	Taibah University	General Physics	Rank 124
45	22,486	AJ Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.	Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare	Microbiology	Rank 552
46	23,311	AT Alkhalifah, Tariq	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 377
47	25,108	AT Anthopoulos, Thomas D.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 311
48	25,206	Ramadan, Mohamed Fawzy	Umm Al-Qura University	Food Science	Rank 101
49	26,594	AY Arabi, Yaseen	King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 92
50	26,624	AA Alsaedi, Ahmed	King Abdulaziz University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 163
51	26,753	RW Roberts, William L.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 305
52	28,426	WY Wada, Yoshihide	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 398
53	28,787	RS Rehman, Shafiqur	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Energy	Rank 326
54	29,608	KM Khan, Muhammad Khurram	King Saud University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 246
55	30,265	NS Nunes, Suzana P.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 114
56	30,412	HH Hattori, Hideshi	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Physical Chemistry	Rank 113
57	30,526	Hamdaoui, Oualid	King Saud University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 116
58	30,571	Rue, Håvard	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Statistics & Probability	Rank 138
59	30,894	AF Al-Sulaiman, Fahad	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Energy	Rank 364
60	33,545	AM Ahamed, Maqusood	King Saud University	Toxicology	Rank 128
61	33,918	AF Alkuraya, Fowzan S.	King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 187
62	34,109	MG Muhammad, Ghulam	King Saud University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 277
63	34,831	EM Ezzat, Magdy A.	Qassim University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 218
64	35,664	TK Tabbara, Khalid	The Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 205
65	36,030	AN Abu-Hamdeh, Nidal H.	King Abdulaziz University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 230
66	37,166	GM Genton, Marc G.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Statistics & Probability	Rank 161
67	37,342	GT Gojobori, Takashi	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,321
68	37,681	SB Samet, Bessem	King Saud University	General Mathematics	Rank 131
69	38,645	PH Pottmann, Helmut	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Software Engineering	Rank 69
70	38,707	BT Boekhout, Teun	College of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 973
71	38,738	EA El-Asrar, Ahmed Abu	King Saud University	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 230
72	39,444	MO Mohammed, Omar F.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 445
73	39,463	RM Rahman, Mohammed M.	King Abdulaziz University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 261
74	39,604	SE Sherif, El Sayed M.	King Saud University	Energy	Rank 475
75	40,300	AA Azar, Ahmad Taher	Prince Sultan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 837
76	40,903	AH Alshareef, Husam N.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 470
77	41,071	AA Al-Ghamdi, A.	King Abdulaziz University	Applied Physics	Rank 1,028
78	41,274	PT Patzek, Tadeusz W.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 492
79	43,231	Omri, Anis	Qassim University	Energy	Rank 517
80	43,638	YZ Yaseen, Zaher Mundher	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Environmental Engineering	Rank 161
81	43,748	PI Pinnau, Ingo	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 165
82	44,116	CR Carle, Reinhold	King Abdulaziz University	Food Science	Rank 187
83	44,824	AM Amin, Mohammed A.	Taif University	Energy	Rank 549
84	45,515	MR Mohamed, Reda M.	King Abdulaziz University	Materials	Rank 575
85	47,321	KI Khan, Ilyas	Majmaah University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 307
86	47,958	TS Thoroddsen, Sigurdur T.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 407
87	48,112	BA BaHammam, Ahmed S.	King Saud University	Respiratory System	Rank 479
88	50,369	CC Chen, Cheng Wu	King Abdulaziz University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,029
89	51,561	TI Tlili, Iskander	Majmaah University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 339
90	51,700	AM Ali, Mohamed	King Saud University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 342
91	51,903	CS Chung, Suk Ho	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 655
92	52,403	Saba, Tanzila	Prince Sultan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,058
93	53,768	EK Elwakeel, Khalid Z.	University of Jeddah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 208
94	54,533	AM Abdou, M. A.	University of Bisha	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 88
95	55,548	HS Habib, Salman	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 873
96	56,387	CC Chan, Chak K.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 846
97	56,785	DJ Dvorkin, Jack P.	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 974
98	57,071	Shaheen, Sabry M.	King Abdulaziz University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 362
99	57,098	AM Abdallah, M.	Umm Al-Qura University	Energy	Rank 718
100	57,497	SU Schwingenschlögl, Udo	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,457
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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 career-long list, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals has the most listed scientists from Saudi Arabia, with 110. It is followed by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology with 109.

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

On the career-long list, Saudi Arabia went from 321 scientists in 2020 to 676 in 2024, a change of +110.6%.

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.