Rank University Country Publications 1 University Hacettepe Turkey 8,971 2 University Istanbul Turkey 6,488 3 Ankara University Turkey 5,982 4 Cairo University Egypt 4,977 5 Kuwait University Kuwait 4,495 6 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 4,336 7 Middle Eastern Technical U. Turkey 4,215 8 Gazi University Turkey 3,652 9 Istanbul Technical U. Turkey 3,452 10 Ege University Turkey 3,336 11 King Fahd University Saudi Arabia 3,323 12 Ains Shams University Egypt 3,129 13 University Malaya Malaysia 2,862 14 National Research Center Egypt 2,651 15 Alexandria University Egypt 2,628 16 American University Beirut Lebanon 2,568 17 Atatürk University Turkey 2,535 18 United Arab Emirates U. UAE 2,478 19 Mansoura University Egypt 2,439 20 King Faisal Research Center Saudi Arabia 2,434 21 University Sains Malaysia Malaysia 2,402 22 Dokuz Eylul University Turkey 2,389 23 Uzbek Academy of Science Uzbekistan 2,169 24 Cukurova University Turkey 2,026 25 University of Tehran Iran 1,962