--- title: "Omar Knio — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Omar Knio, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2024–2025), h-index 44 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/omar-knio/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/omar-knio/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Omar Knio # Omar Knio Omar Knio has 2 papers in our library, in 2024–2025, most of them on [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Legal AI](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/legal-ai/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/); often with [Abdulaziz AlHussein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdulaziz-alhussein/), [George Turkiyyah](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/george-turkiyyah/), [Harethah Abu Shairah](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/harethah-abu-shairah/). 2 papers in our library · 2024–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5061770406) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0973-1112) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131135412) · [**h-index 44**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5061770406) · [353 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5061770406) · [8,501 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5061770406&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/omar-knio/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 22 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/omar-knio/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8441](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/85/#star-8441) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Omar+Knio) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Omar+Knio) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Omar+Knio) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Omar+Knio) ## Affiliations [🎓**King Abdullah University of Science and Technology** Jeddah · Saudi Arabia 1999–2026 · 130 papersEmployment · Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/king-abdullah-university-of-science-and-technology/) · [🎓**Johns Hopkins University** Baltimore · United States 1992–2015 · 138 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/johns-hopkins-university/) · [🎓**Duke University** Durham · United States 2012–2024 · 57 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/duke-university/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1987–1992 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🔬**Sandia National Laboratories California** Livermore · United States 1996–2016 · 5 papers](https://ror.org/058m7ey48) · [🎓**University of Delaware** Newark · United States 2001–2002 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-delaware/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Political Science and International Relations · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/political-science-and-international-relations/) · [Social Sciences · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Evaluation & benchmarks · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Legal AI · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/legal-ai/) · [Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/omar-knio/year/2025/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/omar-knio/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[ArabLegalEval: A Multitask Benchmark for Assessing Arabic Legal Knowledge in Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/hijazi-2024-arablegaleval-multitask-benchmark-assessing-arabic/)** *(2024 · 28 citations)* Legal competence of large language models has mostly been tested in English, and Arabic legal knowledge has had no dedicated yardstick. 2. **[ALARB: An Arabic Legal Argument Reasoning Benchmark](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shairah-2025-alarb-arabic-legal-argument-reasoning/)** *(2025 · 3 citations)* Most Arabic LLM benchmarks test knowledge or retrieval, often through multiple-choice questions or material translated from English. ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Abdulaziz AlHussein](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/abdulaziz-alhussein/) ×2 - [George Turkiyyah](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/george-turkiyyah/) ×2 - [Harethah Abu Shairah](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/harethah-abu-shairah/) ×2 - [Hebah AlShamlan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hebah-alshamlan/) ×2 - [Somayah AlHarbi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/somayah-alharbi/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Arabic Natural Language Processing Conference (ArabicNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/arabicnlp/) ×2: [ArabicNLP 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/arabicnlp/2025/), [ArabicNLP 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/arabicnlp/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 22 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [14 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/omar-knio/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026