Global Nature Magazine; Saudi Arabia ranks 28th worldwide in high quality scientific publishing

[Saif al-Arab]

KSA is also located 31st worldwide in the Nature Index of 2016. The 2017 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2017/country/all

Best performing Muslim nation.

Related article (in the highly respected Nature) published 1.5 years ago;

https://www.nature.com/articles/532S13a

Saudi Arabian universities (with the highest ranks overall of any other regional country):

http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings-2017/Saudi-Arabia.html

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1180431/saudi-arabia

The future is very bright.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

@Bubblegum Crisis

Your links are needed bro.

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

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Education Indicators in Focus (OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development-)

How is the global talent pool changing ? 2012, May - PDF Doc -

How is the global talent pool changing (2013, 2030)? 2015, April - PDF Doc -


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[MultaniGuy]

Mash'Allah good news.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

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Education Indicators in Focus (OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development-)

How is the global talent pool changing ? 2012, May - PDF Doc -

How is the global talent pool changing (2013, 2030)? 2015, April - PDF Doc -


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However much more needs to be done and will be done. This is a marathon for KSA and so far we are just at the beginning of the road.

https://twitter.com/x/status/927581492959698945

https://twitter.com/x/status/926408531066138624

I can attest to this as I have a cousin who is doing his MScs at KAU rather than traveling abroad.

So the National Cyber Security Authority just created by King Salman is a wise and much-needed step.

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/king...-of-national-cyber-security-authority.526394/

Massive investments in the education sector are a brilliant investment. The ongoing educational overhaul is a great thing too. You can already see the results since the King Abdullah era. A world apart. The young guns are even in a better situation and their children will be in a even more privileged position to succeed.

However what bothers me is the fact that so may successful Saudi Arabian scientists, professors, inventors etc. have chosen to settle abroad. We know why they mostly have done so and I am well aware that it will be close to impossible to attract all of them back but a sizable portion can return. Just in the past 1-2 months 2 Saudi Arabian scientists (two rocket engineers - 1 female and 1 male) have been appointed by NASA. One of them (the male) is leading a pioneering project for NASA while we speak.

http://lifeinsaudiarabia.net/blog/2...saudi-female-who-joined-us-space-agency-nasa/

http://www.starsofscience.com/innovators/meshal-alshahrani

Such people should be working for KSA. Not the US.

Another thing (more controversial thing for many), our defense spending (which will happen automatically once local production reaches the desired heights sometime in 2030, before or after, eventually it will) should be cut by around 33,33% and that money should be invested in education instead.

 

[Śakra]

But iranis were saying they are one of the leaders in scientific publications. I can't seem to find iran on that chart...

 

[Hack-Hook]

But iranis were saying they are one of the leaders in scientific publications. I can't seem to find iran on that chart...

you must be precise on where you look
https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2017/country/earth-and-environmental/regions-Western Asia
https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2017/country/chemistry/regions-Western Asia
https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2017/country/life-sciences/regions-Western Asia
https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2017/country/physical-sciences/regions-Western Asia
and look at the ratio change between 2015 and 2016

if you want to see the a view of the situation in Iran guess this will help
http://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Will-Iran-win-the-technology-war-435827