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Social Sciences research in Saudi Arabia

University of Business and Technology ranks first in Saudi Arabia for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#1,078 worldwide), followed by King Abdulaziz University and Prince Sultan University.

Saudi Arabia's world rank
#52
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
8.4k
Top-10% rate
15.4%
Ranked institutions
32

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Saudi Arabia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of Business and TechnologyJeddah #1,07819.725.6%271
2King Abdulaziz UniversityJeddah #2,28211.115.9%586
3Prince Sultan UniversityRiyadh #2,6859.227.2%182
4Saudi Electronic UniversityRiyadh #2,8708.519.5%110
5King Saud UniversityRiyadh #3,2527.015.4%754
6Islamic University of MadinahMedina #3,6945.616.6%142
7Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityDammam #3,7675.316.9%314
8Najran UniversityNajrān #3,8984.915.6%166
9Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversityAl Kharj #4,4983.317.0%403
10King Faisal UniversityHofuf #4,6682.919.1%402
11University of BishaBisha #4,7182.716.1%113
12University of Ha'ilHa'il #4,7352.719.0%208
13Effat UniversityJeddah #4,7562.78.6%68
14King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsDhahran #4,7692.619.0%147
15Shaqra UniversityRiyadh #5,1691.713.5%146
16University of JeddahJeddah #5,2431.513.0%227
17Majmaah UniversityRiyadh #5,49798.011.6%133
18Jouf UniversitySakakah #5,49898.019.8%102
19Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversityRiyadh #5,50497.019.5%224
20Prince Mohammad bin Fahd UniversityKhobar #5,54888.013.7%89
21King Khalid UniversityAbhā #5,56684.014.5%444
22Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic UniversityRiyadh #5,58580.012.8%329
23University of TabukTabuk #5,58780.014.0%146
24Northern Border UniversityArar #5,59478.012.7%146
25King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health SciencesRiyadh #5,61973.017.1%82
26Taibah UniversityMedina #5,66264.013.1%158
27Jazan UniversityGazan #5,68161.012.3%216
28Umm al-Qura UniversityMakkah al Mukarramah #5,70057.010.5%381
29Alfaisal UniversityRiyadh #5,72951.014.5%81
30Al Baha UniversityAl Bahah #5,76743.06.5%125
31Qassim UniversityBuraidah #5,80336.011.1%342
32Taif UniversityTa'if #5,80436.012.5%185

Institutions in Saudi Arabia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Saudi Arabia?

Ismaila Rimi Abubakar, Ziad Ahmed Memish and Raouf Ahmad Rather rank highest among researchers based in Saudi Arabia, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Ismaila Rimi Abubakar#8,080 worldwide overall19.7 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ziad Ahmed Memish#25,078 worldwide overall17.5 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Raouf Ahmad Rather#76,468 worldwide overall25.5 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Mohamad-Hani A. Temsah#4,559 worldwide overall15.1 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih#156,904 worldwide overall21.0 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ibrahim Abdelhamid Elshaer#121,425 worldwide overall25.1 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Sarminah Samad#10,879 worldwide overall13.9 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Mohamad Ahmad Saleem Khasawneh#1,676,726 worldwide overall41.4 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Abdullah Alsharekh#70,423 worldwide overall13.6 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Amir Zaib Abbasi#242,127 worldwide overall23.3 of 42 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Saudi Arabia on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Saudi Arabia compares with other countries in Social Sciences