top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at King Saud University

2025 single-year list · 226 listed authors · Saudi Arabia

226 researchers at King Saud University ( Saudi Arabia) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 87 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 163rd of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 2nd in Saudi Arabia.

Listed authors
226
2nd in Saudi Arabia
In the global top 100,000
87
38.5% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#163
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#1,489
ALOthman, Zeid A.

Top fields

  1. Information & Communication Technologies4922%
  2. Clinical Medicine4018%
  3. Chemistry3515%
  4. Enabling & Strategic Technologies2612%
  5. Engineering188%
  6. Biology136%
  7. Biomedical Research125%
  8. Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry125%
  9. Built Environment & Design73%
  10. Physics & Astronomy52%

Top subfields

  1. Networking & Telecommunications3315%
  2. Plant Biology & Botany188%
  3. Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing146%
  4. Energy136%
  5. Materials136%
  6. Building & Construction104%
  7. Polymers94%
  8. Food Science84%
  9. General & Internal Medicine73%
  10. Pharmacology & Pharmacy73%

226 listed scientists at King Saud University

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