{"id":6667,"date":"2025-10-06T08:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/?p=6667"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:42:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:42:45","slug":"fourteen-alfaisal-university-faculty-featured-in-stanfords-worlds-top-2-scientists-list-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/fourteen-alfaisal-university-faculty-featured-in-stanfords-worlds-top-2-scientists-list-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen Alfaisal University Faculty Featured in Stanford\u2019s World\u2019s Top 2% Scientists List 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2025, Stanford University released the <em>World\u2019s Top 2% Scientists List 2024<\/em>, based on citation analysis from the <strong>Scopus database<\/strong>. The list, compiled by Professor John P. A. Ioannidis and his team, is issued annually in two categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Career Impact<\/strong>, which reflects long-term contributions to research.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual Impact<\/strong>, which highlights recent publications with significant influence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year, <strong>14 Alfaisal University faculty members<\/strong> were included. Their recognition is an important milestone for the university\u2019s research community. The list validates the <strong>quality of their scholarship<\/strong>, highlights the <strong>global visibility<\/strong> of their work, and serves as an <strong>objective benchmark of excellence<\/strong> within the international academic landscape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alfaisal Faculty Honorees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Impact 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demirboga, Ramazan<\/li>\n<li>Zourob, Mohammed<\/li>\n<li>Abu-Zaid, Ahmed<\/li>\n<li>Djellabi, Ridha<\/li>\n<li>Goumri-Said, Souraya<\/li>\n<li>Goosen, Mattheus<\/li>\n<li>Tasleem, Sehar<\/li>\n<li>Alsharaeh, Edreese<\/li>\n<li>Chinnappan, Raja<\/li>\n<li>Elamer, Ahmed<\/li>\n<li>Timming, Andrew<\/li>\n<li>Potts, Jason<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Career Impact 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shibl, Atef<\/li>\n<li>Demirboga, Ramazan<\/li>\n<li>Zourob, Mohammed<\/li>\n<li>Goosen, Mattheus<\/li>\n<li>Nasser, Nidal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Upon celebrating this achievement, Alfaisal University President HE Dr Mohammed bin Ali Alhayaza stated \u201cWe are pleased to recognize the 14 Alfaisal faculty members who have been included in this year\u2019s list. Their work spans multiple disciplines and reflects both career-long contributions and recent research impact. This recognition highlights the active role Alfaisal scholars play in advancing knowledge across their fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about the\u00a0Research Integrity Risk Index (RI\u00b2), visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.aub.edu.lb\/lmeho\/ri2\/\">https:\/\/sites.aub.edu.lb\/lmeho\/ri2\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2025, Stanford University released the World\u2019s Top 2% Scientists List 2024, based on citation analysis from the Scopus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,134],"tags":[],"college-department":[],"class_list":["post-6667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fourteen Alfaisal University Faculty Featured in Stanford\u2019s World\u2019s Top 2% Scientists List 2024 - Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/fourteen-alfaisal-university-faculty-featured-in-stanfords-worlds-top-2-scientists-list-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fourteen Alfaisal University Faculty Featured in Stanford\u2019s World\u2019s Top 2% Scientists List 2024 - Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In September 2025, Stanford University released the World\u2019s Top 2% Scientists List 2024, based on citation analysis from the Scopus...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/fourteen-alfaisal-university-faculty-featured-in-stanfords-worlds-top-2-scientists-list-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-06T08:42:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/321-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harshin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harshin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/fourteen-alfaisal-university-faculty-featured-in-stanfords-worlds-top-2-scientists-list-2024\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/fourteen-alfaisal-university-faculty-featured-in-stanfords-worlds-top-2-scientists-list-2024\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harshin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/287caa76f4b08af044c781f938204bd0\"},\"headline\":\"Fourteen Alfaisal University Faculty Featured in Stanford\u2019s World\u2019s Top 2% Scientists List 2024\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T08:42:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/fourteen-alfaisal-university-faculty-featured-in-stanfords-worlds-top-2-scientists-list-2024\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/fourteen-alfaisal-university-faculty-featured-in-stanfords-worlds-top-2-scientists-list-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/321-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Events\",\"Office of Research &amp; 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