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King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
Short name
KACST
Country, city
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Publications
4 555
Citations
135 849
h-index
139
Top-3 journals
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (71 publications)
Polymers
Polymers (53 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (64 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (61 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1987

Total publications
4555
Total citations
135849
Citations per publication
29.82
Average publications per year
113.88
Average authors per publication
7.68
h-index
139
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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General Materials Science, 424, 9.31%
General Materials Science
424 publications, 9.31%
General Chemistry, 421, 9.24%
General Chemistry
421 publications, 9.24%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 343, 7.53%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
343 publications, 7.53%
Condensed Matter Physics, 316, 6.94%
Condensed Matter Physics
316 publications, 6.94%
General Medicine, 289, 6.34%
General Medicine
289 publications, 6.34%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 210, 4.61%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
210 publications, 4.61%
General Chemical Engineering, 209, 4.59%
General Chemical Engineering
209 publications, 4.59%
Materials Chemistry, 187, 4.11%
Materials Chemistry
187 publications, 4.11%
Mechanical Engineering, 187, 4.11%
Mechanical Engineering
187 publications, 4.11%
General Engineering, 184, 4.04%
General Engineering
184 publications, 4.04%
Catalysis, 180, 3.95%
Catalysis
180 publications, 3.95%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 180, 3.95%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
180 publications, 3.95%
Biochemistry, 175, 3.84%
Biochemistry
175 publications, 3.84%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 173, 3.8%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
173 publications, 3.8%
Multidisciplinary, 164, 3.6%
Multidisciplinary
164 publications, 3.6%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 160, 3.51%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
160 publications, 3.51%
Polymers and Plastics, 129, 2.83%
Polymers and Plastics
129 publications, 2.83%
Mechanics of Materials, 128, 2.81%
Mechanics of Materials
128 publications, 2.81%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology, 126, 2.77%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
126 publications, 2.77%
Organic Chemistry, 123, 2.7%
Organic Chemistry
123 publications, 2.7%
General Environmental Science, 120, 2.63%
General Environmental Science
120 publications, 2.63%
Analytical Chemistry, 119, 2.61%
Analytical Chemistry
119 publications, 2.61%
Computer Science Applications, 113, 2.48%
Computer Science Applications
113 publications, 2.48%
Molecular Biology, 108, 2.37%
Molecular Biology
108 publications, 2.37%
Genetics, 108, 2.37%
Genetics
108 publications, 2.37%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 107, 2.35%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
107 publications, 2.35%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 107, 2.35%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
107 publications, 2.35%
Process Chemistry and Technology, 105, 2.31%
Process Chemistry and Technology
105 publications, 2.31%
Pollution, 104, 2.28%
Pollution
104 publications, 2.28%
General Physics and Astronomy, 103, 2.26%
General Physics and Astronomy
103 publications, 2.26%
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Journals

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Scientific Reports
71 publications, 1.56%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
62 publications, 1.36%
Polymers
53 publications, 1.16%
Materials
51 publications, 1.12%
IEEE Access
50 publications, 1.1%
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
49 publications, 1.08%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
42 publications, 0.92%
Radiation Physics and Chemistry
41 publications, 0.9%
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
36 publications, 0.79%
Journal of King Saud University - Science
34 publications, 0.75%
Applied Petrochemical Research
32 publications, 0.7%
Catalysts
31 publications, 0.68%
Molecules
30 publications, 0.66%
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
30 publications, 0.66%
RSC Advances
27 publications, 0.59%
PLoS ONE
27 publications, 0.59%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
26 publications, 0.57%
Sensors
26 publications, 0.57%
Pharmaceutics
25 publications, 0.55%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
25 publications, 0.55%
Nanomaterials
24 publications, 0.53%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
24 publications, 0.53%
Sustainability
23 publications, 0.5%
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
22 publications, 0.48%
Renewable Energy
21 publications, 0.46%
Optics Express
21 publications, 0.46%
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
21 publications, 0.46%
ACS Omega
20 publications, 0.44%
IUCrData
20 publications, 0.44%
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
19 publications, 0.42%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
1140 publications, 25.03%
Springer Nature
813 publications, 17.85%
MDPI
658 publications, 14.45%
Wiley
284 publications, 6.23%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
195 publications, 4.28%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
188 publications, 4.13%
Taylor & Francis
130 publications, 2.85%
King Saud University
113 publications, 2.48%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
96 publications, 2.11%
Hindawi Limited
67 publications, 1.47%
Frontiers Media S.A.
64 publications, 1.41%
Trans Tech Publications
61 publications, 1.34%
IOP Publishing
59 publications, 1.3%
Oxford University Press
56 publications, 1.23%
Walter de Gruyter
35 publications, 0.77%
AIP Publishing
35 publications, 0.77%
SAGE
33 publications, 0.72%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
30 publications, 0.66%
Optica Publishing Group
30 publications, 0.66%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
28 publications, 0.61%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
24 publications, 0.53%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
23 publications, 0.5%
American Physical Society (APS)
19 publications, 0.42%
World Scientific
16 publications, 0.35%
Emerald
14 publications, 0.31%
Pleiades Publishing
14 publications, 0.31%
Cambridge University Press
13 publications, 0.29%
Begell House
13 publications, 0.29%
Inderscience Publishers
13 publications, 0.29%
IGI Global
12 publications, 0.26%
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With other organizations

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King Saud University
1149 publications, 25.23%
King Abdulaziz University
203 publications, 4.46%
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
199 publications, 4.37%
King Khalid University
156 publications, 3.42%
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University
148 publications, 3.25%
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
144 publications, 3.16%
Alfaisal University
132 publications, 2.9%
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
123 publications, 2.7%
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
119 publications, 2.61%
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
110 publications, 2.41%
Qassim University
109 publications, 2.39%
Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University
100 publications, 2.2%
University of California, Berkeley
97 publications, 2.13%
Umm al-Qura University
92 publications, 2.02%
King Fahd Medical City
91 publications, 2%
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
79 publications, 1.73%
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
76 publications, 1.67%
King Faisal University
73 publications, 1.6%
Al Jouf University
67 publications, 1.47%
Northwestern University
64 publications, 1.41%
University of Oxford
61 publications, 1.34%
Taif University
60 publications, 1.32%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
60 publications, 1.32%
Shaqra University
58 publications, 1.27%
University of Malaysia, Perlis
58 publications, 1.27%
National Research Centre
55 publications, 1.21%
University of Tabuk
54 publications, 1.19%
Abdul Wali Khan University
54 publications, 1.19%
University College London
52 publications, 1.14%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
52 publications, 1.14%
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With foreign organizations

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University of California, Berkeley
97 publications, 2.13%
Northwestern University
64 publications, 1.41%
University of Oxford
61 publications, 1.34%
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
60 publications, 1.32%
University of Malaysia, Perlis
58 publications, 1.27%
National Research Centre
55 publications, 1.21%
Abdul Wali Khan University
54 publications, 1.19%
University College London
52 publications, 1.14%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
52 publications, 1.14%
Cardiff University
45 publications, 0.99%
University of California, Los Angeles
44 publications, 0.97%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
43 publications, 0.94%
Alexandria University
43 publications, 0.94%
Harvard University
41 publications, 0.9%
Cairo University
40 publications, 0.88%
Imperial College London
39 publications, 0.86%
University of Washington
38 publications, 0.83%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
34 publications, 0.75%
University of Melbourne
34 publications, 0.75%
University of Michigan
34 publications, 0.75%
Al-Nahrain University
33 publications, 0.72%
University of Cambridge
33 publications, 0.72%
Queen's University Belfast
33 publications, 0.72%
Ain Shams University
33 publications, 0.72%
University of Southern California
32 publications, 0.7%
Mansoura University
31 publications, 0.68%
Suez Canal University
31 publications, 0.68%
University of Manchester
29 publications, 0.64%
Stanford University
29 publications, 0.64%
Texas A&M University
29 publications, 0.64%
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With other countries

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USA, 879, 19.3%
USA
879 publications, 19.3%
United Kingdom, 457, 10.03%
United Kingdom
457 publications, 10.03%
Egypt, 414, 9.09%
Egypt
414 publications, 9.09%
China, 303, 6.65%
China
303 publications, 6.65%
India, 249, 5.47%
India
249 publications, 5.47%
Pakistan, 228, 5.01%
Pakistan
228 publications, 5.01%
Australia, 187, 4.11%
Australia
187 publications, 4.11%
Germany, 169, 3.71%
Germany
169 publications, 3.71%
Malaysia, 164, 3.6%
Malaysia
164 publications, 3.6%
Canada, 150, 3.29%
Canada
150 publications, 3.29%
Republic of Korea, 121, 2.66%
Republic of Korea
121 publications, 2.66%
Italy, 102, 2.24%
Italy
102 publications, 2.24%
Jordan, 82, 1.8%
Jordan
82 publications, 1.8%
France, 81, 1.78%
France
81 publications, 1.78%
Japan, 80, 1.76%
Japan
80 publications, 1.76%
Switzerland, 72, 1.58%
Switzerland
72 publications, 1.58%
Tunisia, 71, 1.56%
Tunisia
71 publications, 1.56%
UAE, 70, 1.54%
UAE
70 publications, 1.54%
Russia, 66, 1.45%
Russia
66 publications, 1.45%
Spain, 59, 1.3%
Spain
59 publications, 1.3%
Iraq, 58, 1.27%
Iraq
58 publications, 1.27%
Netherlands, 54, 1.19%
Netherlands
54 publications, 1.19%
Qatar, 52, 1.14%
Qatar
52 publications, 1.14%
Belarus, 49, 1.08%
Belarus
49 publications, 1.08%
Brazil, 45, 0.99%
Brazil
45 publications, 0.99%
Turkey, 44, 0.97%
Turkey
44 publications, 0.97%
Poland, 40, 0.88%
Poland
40 publications, 0.88%
Sweden, 40, 0.88%
Sweden
40 publications, 0.88%
Belgium, 32, 0.7%
Belgium
32 publications, 0.7%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1987 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.
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