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by Association of Arab Universities 17session moderated by His Royal Highness Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Asir region and Chairman of its Development Authority. The session included two groups:The first group of international experts:His Excellency Professor Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama, Secretary-General of the Association of Arab UniversitiesProfessor Dr. Anas Al-Soud, Executive Director of the AssociationMr. Nick Davis, Head of the Middle East and North Africa region at Times Higher Education (THE)Mr. Rami Awad, Regional Director at QS World University RankingsProfessor Dr. Wael Abdel Hakim Mousa, Dean of the Institute of Entrepreneurship at King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsThe second group:His Excellency Professor Dr. Faleh Al-Sulami, President of King Khalid University, along with a team from the university.Dr. Anas Al-Soud stated that King Khalid University has become a global model for applied scientific research. He highlighted that the university%u2019s researchers have published 24,375 scientific papers indexed by Scopus over the past five years, accumulating 292,220 citations, with an average of 12 citations per paper and a field-weighted citation impact of 1.74. He emphasized that these figures indicate the high quality of research produced by the university, noting that the impact of research should not be measured merely by the number of publications but also by how this knowledge can be leveraged to benefit local and regional communities.%u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022