To date, analytical centers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), continuing its progressive development ,form almost half of the total number of regional "thought factories". At the same time, quantitative indicators of the KSA are quite correlated with qualitative indicators expressed in the degree of involvement of university academic circles and the number of scientific papers of the expert community. Despite the differences in the publicationactivity and other indicators, however, in general, the position of the analytical industry in Saudi Arabia has a fairly positivedevelopment dynamics.
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