Top Institutions and Economists in Saudi Arabia, as of June 2026

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There are 9337 institutions with 73707 registered authors evaluated for all the rankings
For a listing of all economics institutions in Saudi Arabia, see EDIRC
For Saudi Arabia, these are 29 institutions with 104 members with a total share of 94.71.

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Entity	Full ranking		Last 10 years		10 best authors		Last 10 years, 10 best authors		Top 5% authors		More
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Top institutions, all authors, all publication years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[2]	King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	1.79	15	14.54
2	[1]	Prince Sultan University → College of Business Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	1.84	2	2
3	[3]	Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	2.61	12	11.20
4	[4]	Qassim University → College of Business and Economics, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia	3.31	6	5
-	[-]	Islamic Development Bank → Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	4.45	9	8.20
5	[5]	Alfaisal University → College of Business, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	6.22	2	1.89
6	[6]	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University → College of Business Admonistration, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia	7.36	2	2
7	[11]	Government of Saudi Arabia → National Labor Observatory, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	7.87	1	0.80

Top institutions, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	[2]	King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	1.49	15	10
2	[1]	Prince Sultan University → College of Business Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	1.70	2	2
3	[3]	Qassim University → College of Business and Economics, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia	3.26	6	5
4	[4]	Alfaisal University → College of Business, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	3.92	2	1.89
5	[5]	Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	5.29	12	10
6	[6]	Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University → College of Business Administration, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia	6.00	2	2
7	[7]	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University → College of Business Admonistration, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia	6.67	2	2

Top authors, all publications years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Anis Omri Qassim University → College of Business and Economics, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia	2.32
2	[3]	Chaker Aloui Prince Sultan University → College of Business Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	2.70
3	[4]	Belaid Fateh King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	3.43
4	[2]	Imran Yousaf Prince Sultan University → College of Business Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	3.60
5	[6]	Nader Naifar Unknown	5.82
6	[5]	Ahmed Ahmed Elamer Alfaisal University → College of Business, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	7.83
7	[8]	Suleman Sarwar Unknown	8.52
8	[9]	Haider Mahmood Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University → College of Business Admonistration, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia	9.00
9	[15]	Axel Pierru King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	9.56
10	[17]	Imed Drine Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	9.68
11	[13]	Dawood Ashraf Islamic Development Bank → Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	9.93
12	[10]	Ousama Ben-Salha Unknown	9.97
13	[18]	Mehmet Ali Soytas Government of Saudi Arabia → National Labor Observatory, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	10.64
14	[22]	Fatih Yilmaz King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	11.49
15	[16]	Nahla Samargandi King Abdulaziz University → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	12.67
16	[14]	Syed Mabruk Billah Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University → College of Business Administration, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia	12.89
17	[19]	Hassan B. Ghassan Umm Al-Qura University → College of Islamic Economics and Finance, Mecca, Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University → Islamic Economics Institute, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	13.57
18	[7]	M Umer Chapra Islamic Development Bank → Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) → Islamic Banking and Finance Division, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	15.14
19	[21]	Idris Adekola Adediran King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals → Interdisciplinary Research Center for Finance and Digital Economy (IRC-FDE), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia	17.30
20	[20]	Fakhri Hasanov King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	18.86
21	[23]	Munawar Malik Iqbal King Abdulaziz University → Islamic Economics Institute, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	19.43
22	[12]	Muhamed Zulkhibri Islamic Development Bank → Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	19.68
23	[25]	Aleš Maršál (Ales Marsal) King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	21.49
24	[26]	Mohammed Alzahrani King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals → Department of Finance and Economics, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia	21.54
25	[24]	Salman Syed Ali Islamic Development Bank → Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	22.61
26	[27]	Walid Mansour Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) → Institute of Banking, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	24.68
27	[31]	Hayat Khan Alfaisal University → College of Business, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	26.45

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank	W.Rank	Author	Score
1	[1]	Imran Yousaf Prince Sultan University → College of Business Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	1.85
2	[2]	Belaid Fateh King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	2.47
3	[4]	Anis Omri Qassim University → College of Business and Economics, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia	3.63
4	[3]	Ahmed Ahmed Elamer Alfaisal University → College of Business, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	4.65
5	[6]	Suleman Sarwar Unknown	4.70
6	[5]	Chaker Aloui Prince Sultan University → College of Business Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	5.37
7	[8]	Nader Naifar Unknown	6.73
8	[7]	Haider Mahmood Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University → College of Business Admonistration, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia	8.54
9	[10]	Syed Mabruk Billah Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University → College of Business Administration, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia	8.64
10	[14]	Mehmet Ali Soytas Government of Saudi Arabia → National Labor Observatory, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	9.68
11	[11]	Ousama Ben-Salha Unknown	10.50
12	[17]	Fatih Yilmaz King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	10.50
13	[12]	Dawood Ashraf Islamic Development Bank → Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	10.64
14	[13]	Idris Adekola Adediran King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals → Interdisciplinary Research Center for Finance and Digital Economy (IRC-FDE), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia	11.14
15	[16]	Axel Pierru King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	13.30
16	[21]	Aleš Maršál (Ales Marsal) King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	16.12
17	[18]	Nahla Samargandi King Abdulaziz University → Faculty of Economics and Management → Department of Economics, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	17.62
18	[15]	Fakhri Hasanov King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	17.94
19	[20]	Rubal Dua King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	20.14
20	[22]	Abdullah Alsaadi Umm Al-Qura University → College of Islamic Economics and Finance, Mecca, Saudi Arabia	21.11
21	[23]	Emre Hatipoglu King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	22.23
22	[24]	Hassan B. Ghassan Umm Al-Qura University → College of Islamic Economics and Finance, Mecca, Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University → Islamic Economics Institute, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	22.93
23	[26]	Anwar A. Gasim King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	23.84
24	[31]	Walid Matar King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	24.77
25	[28]	Philipp Galkin King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	24.79
26	[27]	Moayad Al Rasasi Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	24.81
27	[30]	Bertrand Rioux King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	26.71

Credits:

Citations from CitEc project by José Manuel Barrueco Cruz, University of Valencia, Spain. Hardware provided by Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE), Valencia, Spain.
Abstract views and downloads statistics from LogEc project by Sune Karlsson, Örebro University, Sweden.
Author registration, institution database, and ranking computations by Christian Zimmermann.
RePEc has been initiated by Thomas Krichel.

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