Majmaah University

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Majmaah University
جامعة المجمعة
TypePublic University
Established2009;17 years ago (2009)
President Khaled bin Saad Al-Muqrin
Location
Al Majma'ah
,
Riyadh
,
Saudi Arabia

25°52′11″N45°24′42″E / 25.86972°N 45.41167°E / 25.86972; 45.41167
CampusUrban
Website www.mu.edu.sa
Majmaah University

Majmaah University (MU) is located in Al Majma'ah, Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 2009. [1] [2] The university main campus is located in the south part of Majmaah City. Teaching and research are delivered in 13 academic schools. The university is established to serve a wide area including Majmmah, Zulfi, Remah, Ghat and Hawtat Sudair. The university has around 20 buildings for the administration, colleges, deanships, medical services and units.

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Research Output and Retractions

In 2023, a number of scholarly articles published by researchers affiliated to Saudi universities were retracted, according to a Nature report. [3] Retraction Watch Database has recorded over 50 retractions by Majmaah affiliated researchers. [4] Other articles have also received Expressions of Concern from Elsevier journal editors, according to Retraction Watch. [5]

In 2025, a Research Integrity Risk Index (RI), developed by Professor Lokman Meho at the American University of Beirut, was published. Majmma University was flagged as High Risk in the index and was ranked at 17. [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "King approves 4 new universities in the Kingdom". Saudi Economic Survey. 27 August 2009. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2012– via HighBeam Research.
  2. ↑ "Majmaah University". www.unirank.org. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 — a new record".
  4. ↑ "Retraction Watch Database".
  5. ↑ "Elsevier journal issues 73 expressions of concern for manipulated peer review".
  6. ↑ "'Integrity index' flags universities with high retraction rates".
  7. ↑ "RI2 Research Integrity Risk Index".
  8. ↑ "Gaming the Metrics? Bibliometric Anomalies and the Integrity Crisis in Global University Rankings".
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