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Top institutions in Saudi Arabia for Applied Physics

23 institutions · Applied Physics · Saudi Arabia

Which institutions in Saudi Arabia have the most top-cited scientists in Applied Physics?

187 researchers in Saudi Arabia whose main subfield is Applied Physics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 7.0% of all listed authors in Saudi Arabia, and 9th of 91 countries in the subfield. 55 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). King Khalid University has the most (21), followed by Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (21) and College of Sciences (15). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
187
7.0% of all in Saudi Arabia
In the global top 100,000
55
29.4% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#9
of 91 countries in Applied Physics
Highest-ranked
#4,954
Shkir, Mohd
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1King Khalid University219#25Shkir, Mohd #4,954
2Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University213#26Alharbi, Fatemah Farraj #73,988
3College of Sciences155#58Ansari, Anees A. #20,662
4Taif University130#81Abualnaja, Khamael Mohammed #106,783
5King Abdullah University of Science and Technology124#91Sun, Minglei #28,239
6Jouf University92#137Alzaid, Meshal M. #38,844
7King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals92#143Al-Kuhaili, Mohammad F. #89,087
8Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University71#203Hjiri, M. #74,432
9Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University63#226Mahmood, Qasim #14,104
10Najran University53#276Umar, Ahmad S. #11,909
11King Faisal University51#281Waqas Alam, Mir Waqas #16,181
12Qassim University51#291Mostafa, Ayman M. #26,685
13University of Tabuk53#296Issa, Shams A.M. #33,075
14Taibah University51#301Mohamed, Mohamed Bakr #38,546
15University of Jeddah52#304Aly, K. A. #42,809
16University of Ha'il51#314Ragab, Hanan Mahmoud E. #62,405
17Jazan University51#336Hakami, Othman Mousa #99,392
18King Saud University43#376Batoo, Khalid Mujasam #11,410
19King Abdulaziz University41#383Al-Ghamdi̇, Ahmed A. #18,976
20Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University31#531Wageh, S. #28,807
21Islamic University of Madinah31#544Amin, Nowshad #39,452
22Majmaah University31#563Saddeek, Yasser B. #52,012
23Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University31#608Alrobei, Hussein #98,721

The top 100 in Applied Physics in Saudi Arabia, in order

  1. 1
    Shkir, Mohd
    King Khalid University
  2. 2
    Batoo, Khalid Mujasam
    King Saud University
  3. 3
    Umar, Ahmad S.
    Najran University
  4. 4
    Mahmood, Qasim
    Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
  5. 5
    Waqas Alam, Mir Waqas
    King Faisal University
  6. 6
    Harraz, F. A.
    Najran University
  7. 7
    Al-Ghamdi̇, Ahmed A.
    King Abdulaziz University
  8. 8
    Ansari, Anees A.
    College of Sciences
  9. 9
    Al-Sehemi, Abdullah G.
    King Khalid University
  10. 10
    Almessiere, Munirah Abdullah
    Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
  11. 11
    Mostafa, Ayman M.
    Qassim University
  12. 12
    Sun, Minglei
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  13. 13
    Wageh, S.
    Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University
  14. 14
    Hasan Abu Mhareb, Mohammad Hasan Abu
    Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
  15. 15
    Zhang, Xixiang
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  16. 16
    Issa, Shams A.M.
    University of Tabuk
  17. 17
    Bououdina, Mohamed Lakdar Ibrahim
    Prince Sultan University
  18. 18
    Mohamed, Mohamed Bakr
    Taibah University
  19. 19
    Alzaid, Meshal M.
    Jouf University
  20. 20
    Amin, Nowshad
    Islamic University of Madinah
  21. 21
    Aly, K. A.
    University of Jeddah
  22. 22
    Rashad, Mohamed M.
    University of Tabuk
  23. 23
    Schwingenschlögl, Udo Erich
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  24. 24
    Yahia, I.S. Sayed
    King Khalid University
  25. 25
    Dahshan, A.
    King Khalid University
  26. 26
    Hegazy, Hosameldin Helmy
    King Khalid University
  27. 27
    Saddeek, Yasser B.
    Majmaah University
  28. 28
    Alrowaili, Ziyad Awadh
    Jouf University
  29. 29
    Shaikh, Shoyebmohamad F.
    King Saud University
  30. 30
    Qaid, Saif M.H.
    College of Sciences
  31. 31
    Ragab, Hanan Mahmoud E.
    University of Ha'il
  32. 32
    Ganesh, Vanga
    King Khalid University
  33. 33
    Alsalhi, Mohamad Saleh
    College of Sciences
  34. 34
    Khan, M. A.Majeed
    King Saud University
  35. 35
    Tirth, Vineet
    King Khalid University
  36. 36
    Alanazi, Tarek I.
    Northern Border University
  37. 37
    Alharbi, Fatemah Farraj
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  38. 38
    Hjiri, M.
    Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
  39. 39
    Ahsan, Mohd Faisal
    Najran University
  40. 40
    Goumri-Said, Souraya
    Alfaisal University
  41. 41
    Kanoun, Mohammed Benali
    Prince Sultan University
  42. 42
    Khasim, Syed
    University of Tabuk
  43. 43
    Abutalib, Maymona Mohsen
    University of Jeddah
  44. 44
    Laref, Amel
    College of Sciences
  45. 45
    Al-Harbi, Nuha
    Umm Al-Qura University
  46. 46
    Al-Kuhaili, Mohammad F.
    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  47. 47
    Albalawi, Hind Mohammed A.
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  48. 48
    Drmosh, Qasem Ahmed
    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  49. 49
    Yousef, El Sayed
    King Khalid University
  50. 50
    Wahab, Rizwan
    College of Sciences
  51. 51
    Wu, Ying
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  52. 52
    Alsaiari, Norah Salem
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  53. 53
    Alrobei, Hussein
    Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
  54. 54
    Hakami, Othman Mousa
    Jazan University
  55. 55
    Awwad, Nasser Sayed
    King Khalid University
  56. 56
  57. 57
    Alanazi, Meznah M.
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  58. 58
    El-Naggar, Ahmed M.
    College of Sciences
  59. 59
    Al-Asbahi, Bandar Ali
    College of Sciences
  60. 60
    El Radaf, I. M.
    Qassim University
  61. 61
    Akhtaruzzaman, Md D.
    Islamic University of Madinah
  62. 62
    Atta, A. A.
    Jouf University
  63. 63
  64. 64
    Ahmad, Naushad
    King Saud University
  65. 65
    Alzahrani, Eman S.
    Taif University
  66. 66
    Hussain, Muhammad M.
    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  67. 67
    AlFaify, Salem A.
    King Khalid University
  68. 68
    Khan, Firoz
    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  69. 69
    Majid, Abdul
    Majmaah University
  70. 70
    Albukhari, Soha M.
    Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University
  71. 71
    Alomairy, Sultan E.
    Taif University
  72. 72
    Altalhi, Tariq A.
    Taif University
  73. 73
    Katubi, Khadijah Mohammedsaleh
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  74. 74
    Modwi, A. K.
    Qassim University
  75. 75
    Alshammari, Alhulw H.
    Jouf University
  76. 76
    Ul Haq, Bakhtiar
    Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
  77. 77
    Salah, Numan A.
    King Abdulaziz University
  78. 78
    A.Elsayed, Hussein A.
    University of Ha'il
  79. 79
    Alqahtani, Mohammed S.
    Imam Abdulrahman Ibn Faisal University
  80. 80
    Algarni, Hamed M.
    King Khalid University
  81. 81
    Alsaad, Ahmad M.
    Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
  82. 82
    Alyousef, Haifa A.
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  83. 83
  84. 84
    Shaalan, Nagih M.
    King Faisal University
  85. 85
  86. 86
    Pan, Zhengwei
    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  87. 87
    Saad, H. E.
    Qassim University
  88. 88
    Ibrahium, Hala A.
    King Khalid University
  89. 89
    Ramay, Shahid Mahmood
    College of Sciences
  90. 90
    Alrowaily, Albandari W.
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  91. 91
    Gouadria, Soumaya Mohamed
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  92. 92
    Almuqrin, Aljawhara Hamad
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  93. 93
    Yamani, Zain Hassan
    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  94. 94
    Ghaithan, Hamid M.
    College of Sciences
  95. 95
    Alshahrani, Thamraa M.
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  96. 96
    Alotaibi, Badriah Mesfer
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
  97. 97
    Ali, Syed Mansoor
    College of Sciences
  98. 98
    Almalki, A. S.A.
    Taif University
  99. 99
    Ali, Atif Mossad
    King Khalid University
  100. 100
    Alburaih, Huda A.
    Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

187 listed scientists in Applied Physics in Saudi Arabia

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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