Bangladesh's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Bangladesh has 49 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 22.5% from 40 in 2021. That places Bangladesh 62nd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh has the most listed scientists (9), followed by Rajshahi University (4).

Single Year

147

+50 (+51.5%) vs 2021

Career Data

+9 (+22.5%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#62

up 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

+2 (+7.7%) vs 2021

Scientists in Bangladesh on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 88% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+53.8%

2022+22.5%

2023+18.4%

2024+17.2%

2025+47.1%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	56		26
2021	97	+73.2%	40	+53.8%
2022	147	+51.5%	49	+22.5%
2023	177	+20.4%	58	+18.4%
2024	205	+15.8%	68	+17.2%
2025	286	+39.5%	100	+47.1%

Top 10 institutes in Bangladesh

By number of listed scientists

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Rank in Bangladesh	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	24,629	YM Yunus, Muhammad	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 189
2	27,865	MA Mamun, Abdullah Al	Jahangirnagar University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 222
3	29,588	CJ Clemens, John D.	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 743
4	46,621	HR Haque, Rashidul	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 1,178
5	49,510	RM Rahman, Md Mostafizer	Gono Bishwabidyalay	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 668
6	68,178	IN Islam, Nazrul	Shahjalal University of Science and Technology	Economics	Rank 554
7	72,325	HM Hasanuzzaman, Mirza	Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 960
8	84,552	IM Islam, Mohammad Shahidul	Child Health Research Foundation	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,143
9	85,272	HM Hossain, M. Anwar	University of Dhaka	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 553
10	93,510	AS Andaleeb, Syed Saad	BRAC University	Marketing	Rank 224
11	95,276	QF Qadri, Firdausi	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 2,412
12	100,175	NG Nair, Gopinath Balakrish	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 2,531
13	109,402	ZK Zaman, Khalequ	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 2,733
14	119,256	FS Faruque, Shah M.	Independent University, Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 2,949
15	131,273	CM Chowdhury, Mushtaque	BRAC University	Tropical Medicine	Rank 316
16	141,128	RM Rahman, Mahfuzar	Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee	Toxicology	Rank 659
17	153,520	BH Brammer, Hugh	FAO Agricultural Development Adviser	Environmental Sciences	Rank 959
18	160,440	HA Hassan, Ahnaf Rashik	North South University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,542
19	164,249	IM Islam, Md Nazrul	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,113
20	165,821	CA Chaudhury, Abed	HKG-Agro	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,378
21	165,958	AK Ahmed, Kazi Matin	University of Dhaka	Environmental Engineering	Rank 833
22	176,010	AS Ahmed, S. M.Tanvir	BRAC University	Tropical Medicine	Rank 423
23	179,529	HS Huq, Saleemul	International Centre for Climate Change and Development	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,149
24	182,782	KN Khan, Nazmul Abedin	East West University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 883
25	184,119	Islam, Muhammad Torequl	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 714
26	192,180	KM Karim, Md Rezaul	Rajshahi University	Applied Physics	Rank 5,620
27	199,445	SM Salam, Mohammed Abdus	Noakhali Science and Technology University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,605
28	205,838	BB Bala, B. K.	Prime University	Food Science	Rank 1,047
29	206,125	RM Rahman, Md Mizanur	University of Dhaka	Polymers	Rank 1,898
30	213,069	MI Mahbubul, Islam Mohammed	Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,543
31	225,857	AN Ali, Nurshad	Shahjalal University of Science and Technology	Toxicology	Rank 1,126
32	238,243	AN Alam, Nurul	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Tropical Medicine	Rank 584
33	245,680	MM Moniruzzaman, Md	Khulna University of Engineering and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,625
34	251,644	RO Rahman, Omar	Independent University, Bangladesh	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,345
35	259,594	JM Jahan, M. Sarwar	Pulp and Paper Research Division	Forestry	Rank 406
36	265,296	AM Ali, Mohammad	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Tropical Medicine	Rank 654
37	281,015	IM Islam, M. T.	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4,154
38	297,240	NR Nasrin, R.	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,203
39	301,744	SR Smith, Richard	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,095
40	304,063	RM Rashid, Mohammad A.	University of Dhaka	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,458
41	338,223	MA Mosaddik, Ashik	Rajshahi University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,666
42	338,797	IA Islam, Aminul	Jashore University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,657
43	343,925	RM Rana, Md Masud	Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,536
44	346,418	AM Alam, Md Ashraful	North South University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,706
45	405,706	RM Rahmatullah, Mohammed	University of Development Alternative	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,122
46	526,168	KM Khalil, Md Ibrahim	Jahangirnagar University	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	Rank 169
47	539,859	BR Biswas, Ranjit Kumar	Rajshahi University	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 328
48	557,493	HM Hossain, M. Y.	Rajshahi University	Fisheries	Rank 2,201
49	900,475	RT Roy, Tushar Kanti	Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 4,019
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Bangladesh are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

147 scientists affiliated with Bangladesh are on the 2022 single-year list, and 49 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Bangladesh has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2022 career-long list, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh has the most listed scientists from Bangladesh, with 9. It is followed by Rajshahi University with 4.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Bangladesh changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Bangladesh went from 26 scientists in 2020 to 49 in 2022, a change of +88.5%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.