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Materials Chemistry research in Saudi Arabia

King Saud University ranks first in Saudi Arabia for Materials Chemistry research in 2022–2025 (#51 worldwide), followed by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and King Khalid University.

Saudi Arabia's world rank
#8
of 74 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
5.8k
Top-10% rate
22.4%
Ranked institutions
24

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

What is the best university for Materials Chemistry in Saudi Arabia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1King Saud UniversityRiyadh #5146.522.3%1,001
2King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyJeddah #5844.830.5%328
3King Khalid UniversityAbhā #6343.625.6%505
4King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsDhahran #7241.823.6%428
5Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversityRiyadh #21826.722.8%351
6Taif UniversityTa'if #23026.023.2%231
7King Abdulaziz UniversityJeddah #26724.018.1%342
8Jazan UniversityGazan #32821.222.9%143
9Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic UniversityRiyadh #38019.220.7%176
10Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityDammam #41318.022.1%172
11Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversityAl Kharj #43017.520.5%161
12King Faisal UniversityHofuf #44916.923.0%162
13Jouf UniversitySakakah #45716.723.8%152
14University of TabukTabuk #46316.523.8%150
15Umm al-Qura UniversityMakkah al Mukarramah #49215.720.3%173
16Qassim UniversityBuraidah #61912.518.3%144
17Taibah UniversityMedina #69211.019.0%116
18University of Ha'ilHa'il #7849.318.8%82
19University of JeddahJeddah #8208.718.0%94
20Najran UniversityNajrān #8498.223.0%80
21Northern Border UniversityArar #8747.822.0%71
22King Abdulaziz City for Science and TechnologyRiyadh #9526.715.1%70
23Islamic University of MadinahMedina #1,0715.119.9%63
24Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)Dhahran #1,1464.213.0%74

Institutions in Saudi Arabia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Materials Chemistry, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Materials Chemistry researchers in Saudi Arabia?

Lain‐Jong Li, Husam N. Alshareef and Yingchun Cheng rank highest among researchers based in Saudi Arabia.

  1. 1Lain‐Jong Li#11,438 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 72 works
  2. 2Husam N. Alshareef#20,400 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 37 works
  3. 3Yingchun Cheng#23,474 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 39 works
  4. 4Osman M. Bakr#26,747 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 36 works
  5. 5I.B. Obot#32,591 worldwide overall855 citations · 29 works
  6. 6Tawfik A. Saleh#82,856 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 39 works
  7. 7Imran Shakir#106,778 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 36 works
  8. 8Udo Schwingenschlögl#112,898 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 62 works
  9. 9S. Wageh#148,557 worldwide overall516 citations · 28 works
  10. 10Omar F. Mohammed#163,426 worldwide overall660 citations · 40 works
  11. 11Abdullah M. Asiri#194,296 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 89 works
  12. 12A. Baykal#207,084 worldwide overall974 citations · 65 works
  13. 13Ahmed A. Al‐Ghamdi#209,175 worldwide overall951 citations · 56 works
  14. 14Qian Liu#254,869 worldwide overall859 citations · 31 works
  15. 15El Sayed Yousef#274,972 worldwide overall316 citations · 30 works

How Saudi Arabia compares with other countries in Materials Chemistry