The World University Index

Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Ranked in the world

9

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is ranked 9th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers).

Source: CWTS Leiden Ranking: scientific impact, PP(top 10%) (2025), 2025

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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.

RankingPublisherWorld rank
Leiden 2025Headlinein the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University9
QS by Subject 2026in the world for Petroleum EngineeringQuacquarelli Symonds11
Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University12
NTU 2025in the world for Energy Science & EngineeringNational Taiwan University32
QS by Subject 2026in the world for Materials ScienceQuacquarelli Symonds36
Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University60
Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University81
SCImago 2026in the world for ChemistrySCImago Research Group86
NTU 2025in the world for EngineeringNational Taiwan University100
SCImago 2025in the world for EngineeringSCImago Research Group100
SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and AstronomySCImago Research Group109
NTU 2025in the world for Natural SciencesNational Taiwan University112
Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University113
Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciencesNature / Springer Nature130
SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and HumanitiesSCImago Research Group133
Nature 2025Nature / Springer Nature143
NTU 2025in the world for AgricultureNational Taiwan University173
SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental ScienceSCImago Research Group174
SCImago 2025in the world for MathematicsSCImago Research Group176
SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary SciencesSCImago Research Group182
THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputationTimes Higher Education201
SCImago 2025in the world for Computer ScienceSCImago Research Group201
SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologySCImago Research Group224
NTU 2025National Taiwan University227
Nature 2025in the world for physical sciencesNature / Springer Nature228
SCImago 2026SCImago Research Group262
SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological SciencesSCImago Research Group264
URAP 2025-2026URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University279
SCImago 2025in the world for MedicineSCImago Research Group354
Nature 2025in the world for biological sciencesNature / Springer Nature359
NTU 2025in the world for Life SciencesNational Taiwan University401
Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025)Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC420
Nature 2025in the world for health sciencesNature / Springer Nature447
Leiden 2025Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University466

Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.