Bangladesh's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Bangladesh has 177 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 20.4% from 147 in 2022. That places Bangladesh 50th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. University of Rajshahi has the most listed scientists (15), followed by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (14).

Single Year

177

+30 (+20.4%) vs 2022

Career Data

+9 (+18.4%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#50

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

+11 (+21.2%) vs 2022

Scientists in Bangladesh on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than tripled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+73.2%

2022+51.5%

2023+20.4%

2024+15.8%

2025+39.5%

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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	1,270	HM Hasanuzzaman, Mirza	Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 13
2	2,426	MM Murshed, Muntasir	North South University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 29
3	4,773	Sarker, Iqbal H.	Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 190
4	9,876	Islam, Muhammad Torequl	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 27
5	10,563	MM Mia, Mozammel	Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 103
6	11,900	MM Mamun, Mohammed A.	Jahangirnagar University	Psychiatry	Rank 266
7	13,864	AN Ali, Nurshad	Shahjalal University of Science and Technology	Toxicology	Rank 50
8	18,144	MA Mamun, A. A.	Jahangirnagar University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 111
9	18,632	RG Rasul, Golam	Former Civil Servant	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 123
10	22,797	IM Islam, Md Tarikul	Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute	Environmental Sciences	Rank 362
11	23,274	HA Hassan, Ahnaf Rashik	North South University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 206
12	25,940	HM Hoque, M. Rakibul	University of Dhaka	Medical Informatics	Rank 24
13	29,199	Sarker, Umakanta	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University	Food Science	Rank 243
14	30,847	HR Haque, Rashidul	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 718
15	33,910	MI Mahbubul, Islam Mohammed	Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 313
16	36,084	UM Uddin, Md Sahab	Southeast University, Dhaka	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,864
17	36,796	Khan, Imran	Jashore University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 847
18	39,113	KM Khan, M. Z.H.	Jashore University of Science and Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 212
19	40,717	IT Islam, Tofazzal	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 630
20	41,057	NK Nahar, Kamrun	Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 637
21	41,080	IM Islam, Md Shahidul	Bangladesh Jute Research Institute	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 638
22	41,215	RM Rahman, Mustafizur	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 607
23	41,931	TJ Timsina, Jagadish	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 275
24	48,182	Islam, Abu Reza Md Towfiqul	Begum Rokeya University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 751
25	48,848	RM Rahman, Mahfuzar	University of Rajshahi	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 720
26	53,707	YM Yunus, Muhammad	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 318
27	56,093	RM Rahman, Md Mosfequr	University of Rajshahi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 905
28	56,774	IA Islam, Aminul	Jashore University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,838
29	57,759	Paul, Suvash Chandra	International University of Business Agriculture and Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 388
30	58,288	KN Khan, Nazmul Abedin	East West University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 414
31	59,276	Moktadir, Md Abdul	University of Dhaka	Environmental Sciences	Rank 977
32	59,604	KE Kabir, Ehsanul	Bangladesh Agricultural University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 984
33	61,001	LM Lipu, Molla Shahadat Hossain	Green University of Bangladesh	Energy	Rank 1,470
34	61,293	AK Ahmed, Kawsar	Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 156
35	63,635	BH Brammer, Hugh	FAO Agricultural Development Adviser	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,048
36	64,187	HS Huq, Saleemul	Independent University, Bangladesh	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,063
37	64,188	DB Das, Barun K.	Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,535
38	66,558	ZK Zaman, Khalequ	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 1,508
39	70,377	AM Al-Bari, Md Abdul Alim	University of Rajshahi	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,422
40	73,741	AS Arafat, S. M.Yasir	Enam Medical College and Hospital	Psychiatry	Rank 1,253
41	75,837	CJ Clemens, John D.	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 1,724
42	78,790	IN Islam, Nazrul	National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital	Business & Management	Rank 1,536
43	79,184	HM Hasan, Md Munjur	University of Dhaka	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 513
44	82,968	Hasan, Zubair	East West University	Physical Chemistry	Rank 337
45	86,002	AS Ali, Syed Mithun	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,463
46	86,802	Islam, Md Rabiul	University of Asia Pacific	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,125
47	87,066	SA Sarker, Abdur Razzaque	Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,156
48	88,267	Rahman, Md Mostafizur	Jahangirnagar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,507
49	93,926	QF Qadri, Firdausi	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 2,133
50	95,356	AG Alam, G. M.Monirul	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 160
51	96,026	Hossain, Akbar	Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,660
52	96,223	AM Ahmed, Md Kawser	University of Dhaka	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,645
53	97,937	YA Yousuf, Abu	Shahjalal University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 2,438
54	103,047	KM Khan, Mohammad Monirujjaman	North South University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,202
55	103,540	SR Safiur Rahman, M.	Atomic Energy Centre	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,782
56	105,047	DN Dhar, Nikhil Ranjan	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,000
57	109,608	ET Emran, Talha Bin	Daffodil International University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,465
58	110,534	HM Hadi, Mohammad A.	University of Rajshahi	Materials	Rank 2,162
59	111,972	Alam, Md Nur	Pabna University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,013
60	112,781	Al-Zaman, Md Sayeed	Jahangirnagar University	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 80
61	114,182	IM Islam, Md Akhtarul	Shahjalal University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 931
62	114,477	AS Ahmed, Syed Masud	BRAC University	Tropical Medicine	Rank 154
63	116,649	AK Ahmed, Kazi Matin	University of Dhaka	Environmental Engineering	Rank 727
64	120,026	Khan, Md Nuruzzaman	Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,496
65	124,283	Kabir, S. M.Lutful	Bangladesh Agricultural University	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 326
66	124,407	RM Rana, Md Masud	Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,270
67	125,162	AM Akbar, M. Ali	University of Rajshahi	Applied Physics	Rank 2,489
68	128,458	RM Rahman, Md Abdur	Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,993
69	130,680	PB Paul, Bikash kumar	Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 373
70	131,649	AS Ahmed, Shams Forruque	Asian University for Women	Energy	Rank 3,402
71	131,683	Hossain, Mohammad Anwar	Bangladesh Agricultural University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,318
72	133,015	AT Ahmed, Tahmeed	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 922
73	138,549	KA Kabir, Ahmad Humayan	University of Rajshahi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,421
74	140,365	Roy, Nepal Chandra	University of Dhaka	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,249
75	142,279	CM Chowdhury, Mostafa Zaman	Khulna University of Engineering and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,467
76	142,308	IM Islam, Md Rafiqul	University of Chittagong	Energy	Rank 3,703
77	146,016	KM Khalil, Md Ibrahim	Jahangirnagar University	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	Rank 43
78	148,465	HM Hossain, Md Shahadat	Shahjalal University of Science and Technology	Fisheries	Rank 323
79	150,786	NR Nasrin, Rehena	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,355
80	151,614	KM Kabir, Md Tanvir	BRAC University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,989
81	155,637	QM Qamruzzaman, Md	United International University	Energy	Rank 4,099
82	158,743	NR Noor, Rashed	Independent University, Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 3,600
83	160,679	KM Khan, Mubarak Ahmad	Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation	Polymers	Rank 1,608
84	160,847	Chowdhury, Mohammad Asaduzzaman	Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,448
85	163,584	RT Rashid, Taslim Ur	University of Dhaka	Polymers	Rank 1,632
86	164,665	MM Moniruzzaman, Md	University of Rajshahi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,130
87	167,237	NA Naheed, Aliya	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,025
88	170,230	PA Pathan, Al Sakib Khan	United International University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,789
89	173,259	Hossain, M. Khalid	Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Dhaka	Applied Physics	Rank 3,528
90	179,226	Kaiser, M. Shamim	Jahangirnagar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,567
91	180,655	Ariful Kabir, K. M.	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	Mathematical Physics	Rank 83
92	182,322	Islam, Muhammad Nazrul	Military Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,656
93	183,354	GM Gathala, Mahesh K.	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,290
94	183,422	OK Osman, Khan Towhid	University of Chittagong	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,293
95	183,532	HM Hossain, Md Anwar	University of Dhaka	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,649
96	188,277	BM Bhuiya, M. M.K.	Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology	Energy	Rank 5,018
97	191,067	HM Hasan, Mahmudul	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,893
98	191,124	IM Islam, Mohammad Shahidul	Bangladesh Jute Research Institute	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,732
99	193,329	UM Uddin, Mohammed Jashim	International Islamic University Chittagong	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,721
100	196,519	HM Hasan, Md Mehedi	Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,061
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Bangladesh are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

177 scientists affiliated with Bangladesh are on the 2023 single-year list, and 58 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, University of Rajshahi has the most listed scientists from Bangladesh, with 15. It is followed by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh with 14.

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

On the single-year list, Bangladesh went from 56 scientists in 2020 to 177 in 2023, a change of +216.1%.

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.