Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
42
researchers on the list
21
rank in Saudi Arabia
1,430
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katritzky, Alan Roy | Organic Chemistry | 48 / 188,664 | 227 / 188,664 |
| Redwan, Elrashdy M. | General & Internal Medicine | 1,031 / 360,081 | 339 / 360,081 |
| Wageh, S. | Applied Physics | 1,964 / 323,282 | 538 / 323,282 |
| Shori, Amal Bakr | Food Science | 584 / 107,913 | 323 / 107,913 |
| Kazmi, Imran | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 217 / 166,116 |
| Wazzan, Nuha Ahmed | Chemical Physics | — | 531 / 121,889 |
| Carle, Reinhold | Food Science | 217 / 107,913 | 1,146 / 107,913 |
| Hobiny, Aatef D. | Applied Mathematics | — | 136 / 23,982 |
| Mkhalid, Ibraheem Ahmed I. | Materials | 1,629 / 330,896 | 1,464 / 330,896 |
| Zaheer, Zoya | Chemical Physics | — | 821 / 121,889 |
| Alharby, Hesham Fasial | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 1,202 / 204,373 |
| El-Shishtawy, Reda M. | Polymers | 1,126 / 133,253 | 718 / 133,253 |
| Albukhari, Soha M. | Applied Physics | — | 1,652 / 323,282 |
| Alsulami, Qana A. | Polymers | — | 857 / 133,253 |
| Al-Masaudi, Saad Berki | Microbiology | — | 1,689 / 232,186 |
| Khan, Zaheer Aziz | Chemical Physics | 1,809 / 121,889 | 1,255 / 121,889 |
| Marwani, Hadi M. | Chemical Physics | — | 1,079 / 121,889 |
| Basaleh, Amal Salmin | Materials | — | 2,342 / 330,896 |
| Alzahrani, Faris Saeed | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,747 / 157,792 | 1,009 / 157,792 |
| Alamry, Khalid Ahmad | Organic Chemistry | — | 1,300 / 188,664 |
| Hussein, Mahmoud Ali | Polymers | — | 1,212 / 133,253 |
| Moussab, Harb | Physical Chemistry | 606 / 44,088 | 434 / 44,088 |
| Aazam, Elham Shafik | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,419 / 86,991 | 514 / 86,991 |
| Kadi, Mohammad W. | Materials | 4,142 / 330,896 | 3,594 / 330,896 |
| Gabal, Mohamed Abd El Fattah | Materials | 2,178 / 330,896 | 4,283 / 330,896 |
| Alsamadany, Hameed Ali | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 2,878 / 204,373 |
| Alotaibi, Abdullah M. | General Mathematics | — | 938 / 76,268 |
| Zamzami, Mazin Abdulaziz | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 5,090 / 377,791 |
| al-Malki, Abdulrahman Labeed | Toxicology | 1,212 / 69,049 | 649 / 69,049 |
| Alshehri, Hashim M. | Optics | — | 803 / 83,504 |
| Alshehri, Ahmed Mohammed | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 1,977 / 157,792 |
| Al-Thabaiti, Shaeel Ahmed | Chemical Physics | — | 2,211 / 121,889 |
| Bakhsh, Esraa M. | Polymers | — | 2,161 / 133,253 |
| Al-Hartomy, Omar A. | Materials | — | 5,586 / 330,896 |
| Al-Wafi, Reem | Materials | — | 5,714 / 330,896 |
| Alharbi, Njud Saleh | Chemical Physics | — | 2,526 / 121,889 |
| AlHaddad, Maha R.M. | Applied Physics | — | 4,664 / 323,282 |
| Abdulaal, Wesam Hussain | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 2,011 / 166,116 |
| Elhady, Sameh S. | Organic Chemistry | — | 3,467 / 188,664 |
| Al-Youbi, Abdulrahman Obaid | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,918 / 86,991 | — |
| Shahzad, Umer | General Chemistry | — | 735 / 57,505 |
| Alezi, Dalal | General Chemistry | — | 1,012 / 57,505 |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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