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Saudi Arabia 586 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Applied Linguistics
Translation Studies
CALL MALL EFL ESP EAP AFL SL
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
32
0.762
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
motivation
language learning
implicit attitudes
second language acquisition
applied linguistic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
World Englishes
Language and Identity
Women's studies
Media and Cultural Studies
Applie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Transportation Planning
Environmental Impact Assessment
Climate Change Policy
Greenhouse Gas Emission Management
Strategic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Archaeology Palaeoenvironment rock art pastoral archaeolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
25
0.781
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Applied Linguistics
bilingualism
acquisition and learning
integrated skills
phonolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Social Media Analysis
Social Computing
information credibility
Security Informatics
social clou
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
TESOL
TEFL
CALL
Language Teaching
English Language Teachin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Poverty
Water & Food Security
Development Strategies & Policies
Project & Portfolio Management
Capacity Developmen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
16
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Pervasive Computing
Machine-learning
Arabic Natural Language Processing
Arabic NL
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
20
0.800
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Psycholinguistics
Self-determination theory
learner motivation
Learner emotions
Structural equation modeling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Foreign Language Teaching
Instructional Design
Educational Technology
Change Managemen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
SLA
ESP
TPD
Literary Translation
Discourse Analysi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Cognitive Science
Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Cultural Psycholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Self-determination Theory
Motivation
Language Anxiety
Structural Equation Modelin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Traffic optimization
Traffic impact assessment
Traffic safety
ITS
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Muslim politics & cultures
religious violence & peacebuilding
Middle East-Southeast Asia relation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Applied Linguistic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Linguistics
English
Arabi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
5
0.263
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Second Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics
Pragmatics & Discourse Analysi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Combustion
Engine Experiments
Fuel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Pavement Engineerin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
e-learning systems
Soft computing
Social Learning Network
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Psychophysiology
Exercise Physiology
Isolated tissues
Allerg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
Reima Al-Jarf أ د ريما الجرف
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
32
0.762
Applied Linguistics
Translation Studies
CALL MALL EFL ESP EAP AFL SL
Ali H Al Hoorie
Jubail Industrial College
Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
motivation
language learning
implicit attitudes
second language acquisition
applied linguistic
Tariq Elyas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
World Englishes
Language and Identity
Women's studies
Media and Cultural Studies
Applie
Syed Masiur Rahman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
Transportation Planning
Environmental Impact Assessment
Climate Change Policy
Greenhouse Gas Emission Management
Strategic
Abdullah M Alsharekh
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
25
0.781
Archaeology Palaeoenvironment rock art pastoral archaeolog
Muhammad Aslam Sipra
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
24
0.750
Applied Linguistics
bilingualism
acquisition and learning
integrated skills
phonolog
Majed Alrubaian
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
Social Media Analysis
Social Computing
information credibility
Security Informatics
social clou
Yousif Alshumaimeri - يوسف عبدالرحمن الشميمري
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
TESOL
TEFL
CALL
Language Teaching
English Language Teachin
Intizar Hussain
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
16
0.615
Poverty
Water & Food Security
Development Strategies & Policies
Project & Portfolio Management
Capacity Developmen
Muhammad Al-Qurishi|ALQ Muhammad, Muhammad Alqurishi
Elm Company
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
20
0.800
Pervasive Computing
Machine-learning
Arabic Natural Language Processing
Arabic NL
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Fakieh Alrabai
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
Psycholinguistics
Self-determination theory
learner motivation
Learner emotions
Structural equation modeling
Norah Mansour Almusharraf
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Foreign Language Teaching
Instructional Design
Educational Technology
Change Managemen
Arif Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Al-Ahdal
Qassim University
Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
SLA
ESP
TPD
Literary Translation
Discourse Analysi
Maura AE Pilotti|Maura Pilotti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
15
0.682
Cognitive Science
Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Cultural Psycholog
Abdullah Alamer
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
Self-determination Theory
Motivation
Language Anxiety
Structural Equation Modelin
Nedal Ratrout
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
Traffic optimization
Traffic impact assessment
Traffic safety
ITS
Mohammad Hamad Al-khresheh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistic
Sumanto Al Qurtuby
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
16
0.842
Muslim politics & cultures
religious violence & peacebuilding
Middle East-Southeast Asia relation
Choudhary Zahid Javid
Taif University
Taif, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
Zaidan Ali Jassem
Mustaqbal University Buraydah
Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
5
0.263
Linguistics
English
Arabi
Dina El-Dakhs
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Second Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics
Pragmatics & Discourse Analysi
Abdullah S Alramadan
Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
Combustion
Engine Experiments
Fuel
Mohammad Ali Khasawneh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Pavement Engineerin
Norazah Yusof
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
e-learning systems
Soft computing
Social Learning Network
Ahmed Badar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
Psychophysiology
Exercise Physiology
Isolated tissues
Allerg