Abstract
Objective: To investigate the research progress of Gulf Cooperation Council countries in science and social sciences.
Methods: This study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, fromJune 2014 to February 2015.All research documents related to the 1996-2013 period having
an affiliation with Gulf Cooperation Council countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar,