2018 tables: Institutions

The 2018 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

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# Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Adjusted Share* 2016–2017
1 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia 107.33 110.70 232 1.7%
2 King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia 12.41 12.26 142 -2.6%
3 King Saud University (KSU), Saudi Arabia 4.53 3.46 30 -24.7%
4 King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), Saudi Arabia 3.31 3.37 15 0.5%
5 King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia 1.86 3.20 33 69.7%
6 Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Saudi Arabia 1.04 1.76 7 67.3%
7 Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia 0.68 1.72 9 149.3%
8 King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia 2.26 1.42 8 -37.8%
9 Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia 0.35 1.04 10 195.4%
10 Taibah University, Saudi Arabia 0.10 0.69 2 583.0%
11 Saudi Arabia Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNG-HA), Saudi Arabia 0.77 0.58 6 -25.5%
12 King Faisal University (KFU), Saudi Arabia 0.60 0.53 2 -11.8%
13 Saudi Geological Survey (SGS), Saudi Arabia – 0.50 1 N/A
14 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Saudi Arabia 0.29 0.44 5 53.4%
15 Cristal Global, Saudi Arabia – 0.29 1 N/A
16 Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University (PMU), Saudi Arabia 0.33 0.25 1 -26.1%
16 Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Saudi Arabia – 0.25 1 N/A
17 University of Tabuk (UT), Saudi Arabia 0.20 0.15 12 -26.4%
18 Jazan University, Saudi Arabia 0.02 0.14 4 728.9%
19 Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group (HMG), Saudi Arabia – 0.11 1 N/A
20 Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia 0.20 0.09 1 -56.2%
21 King Fahad Medical City (KFMC), Saudi Arabia 0.25 0.09 3 -65.4%
22 Maternity and Children Hospital in Madinah, Saudi Arabia – 0.07 1 N/A
22 Dr. Ameen Softah Medical Center, Saudi Arabia – 0.07 1 N/A
23 Qassim University (QU), Saudi Arabia 0.33 0.06 1 -81.5%
24 Dharan Health Center, Saudi Arabia – 0.05 1 N/A
25 Aziziah Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Saudi Arabia – 0.04 1 N/A
25 Dr. Erfan and Bagedo General Hospital, Saudi Arabia – 0.04 1 N/A
26 University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 0.08 0.03 1 -67.1%
27 King Abdullah Center for Crescent Observation and Astronomy, Saudi Arabia – 0.02 1 N/A
28 Security Forces Hospital (SFH), Saudi Arabia 0.09 0.02 1 -81.7%
28 Armed Forces Hospitals, Southern Region (AFHSR), Saudi Arabia – 0.02 1 N/A
29 Majmaah University (MU), Saudi Arabia 0.50 0.01 1 -97.1%
30 Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia 0.29 0.01 1 -95.5%
31 King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), Saudi Arabia 0.06 0.01 1 -86.5%

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
  3. Nature Index recognizes that many other factors must be taken into account when considering research quality and institutional performance; Nature Index metrics alone should not be used to assess institutions or individuals.
  4. Nature Index data and methods are transparent and available under a creative commons licence at nature.com/nature-index/.

The Nature Index database undergoes regular updating, corrections, adjustment of institutional hierarchies, and removal of retracted papers and thus the live website can differ from the frozen annual tables.

*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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