Bangladesh's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Bangladesh has 58 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 18.4% from 49 in 2022. That places Bangladesh 62nd in the world by number of listed scientists. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh has the most listed scientists (9), followed by University of Rajshahi (7).

Single Year

177

+30 (+20.4%) vs 2022

Career Data

+9 (+18.4%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#62

No change vs 2022

Institutes

+6 (+21.4%) vs 2022

Scientists in Bangladesh on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled 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	25,067	YM Yunus, Muhammad	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 192
2	25,961	MA Mamun, A. A.	Jahangirnagar University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 201
3	26,339	RM Rahman, Mustafizur	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 373
4	32,699	CJ Clemens, John D.	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 828
5	34,856	HM Hasanuzzaman, Mirza	Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 418
6	40,876	HR Haque, Rashidul	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 1,024
7	59,669	IN Islam, Nazrul	National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital	Business & Management	Rank 599
8	64,567	RM Rahman, Mahfuzar	University of Rajshahi	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 832
9	79,350	IM Islam, Md Shahidul	Bangladesh Jute Research Institute	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,079
10	85,942	HM Hossain, Md Anwar	University of Dhaka	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 566
11	85,985	RG Rasul, Golam	Former Civil Servant	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 428
12	94,060	QF Qadri, Firdausi	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 2,385
13	98,270	AS Andaleeb, Syed Saad	BRAC University	Marketing	Rank 252
14	102,145	ZK Zaman, Khalequ	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 2,584
15	102,739	MM Mia, Mozammel	Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 763
16	116,114	IM Islam, Md Rafiqul	University of Chittagong	Energy	Rank 1,472
17	123,216	FS Faruque, Shah M.	Independent University, Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 3,058
18	125,277	Islam, Muhammad Torequl	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 443
19	134,176	RD Reidpath, Daniel D.	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Public Health	Rank 1,241
20	138,321	MM Murshed, Muntasir	North South University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 896
21	139,480	CA Chowdhury, A.	Columbia University	Tropical Medicine	Rank 329
22	144,570	HA Hassan, Ahnaf Rashik	North South University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,343
23	145,009	BH Brammer, Hugh	FAO Agricultural Development Adviser	Environmental Sciences	Rank 955
24	149,737	SP Speelman, Peter	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Microbiology	Rank 3,661
25	155,524	HS Huq, Saleemul	Independent University, Bangladesh	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,050
26	155,863	AN Ali, Nurshad	Shahjalal University of Science and Technology	Toxicology	Rank 730
27	161,053	IM Islam, Mohammad Nazrul	United International University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,081
28	164,255	AK Ahmed, Kazi Matin	University of Dhaka	Environmental Engineering	Rank 831
29	166,251	TJ Timsina, Jagadish	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 926
30	167,896	AS Ahmed, Syed Masud	BRAC University	Tropical Medicine	Rank 409
31	171,016	Sarker, Iqbal H.	Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,301
32	183,313	MI Mahbubul, Islam Mohammed	Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,311
33	185,521	KN Khan, Nazmul Abedin	East West University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 915
34	195,429	SM Salam, Md Abdus	Bangladesh Agricultural University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,550
35	203,044	BB Bala, B. K.	Prime University	Food Science	Rank 1,114
36	204,924	IM Islam, Md Tarikul	Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,466
37	210,301	RM Rahman, Md Mosfequr	University of Rajshahi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,506
38	213,276	IT Islam, Tofazzal	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,123
39	226,138	MM Moniruzzaman, Md	University of Rajshahi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,447
40	227,030	PA Pathan, Al Sakib Khan	United International University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,219
41	237,778	AN Alam, N.	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh	Tropical Medicine	Rank 589
42	250,063	RO Rahman, Omar	Independent University, Bangladesh	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,335
43	253,976	JM Jahan, M. Sarwar	Pulp and Paper Research Division	Forestry	Rank 378
44	258,289	HM Hoque, M. Rakibul	University of Dhaka	Medical Informatics	Rank 261
45	281,897	NR Nasrin, Rehena	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,099
46	287,408	KM Khan, Mubarak Ahmad	Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation	Polymers	Rank 2,618
47	291,089	IA Islam, Aminul	Jashore University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,883
48	301,296	RM Rahman, Mahdi	Islamic University of Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,017
49	302,242	RM Rashid, Mohammad A.	University of Dhaka	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,431
50	329,479	MA Mosaddik, Ashik	University of Rajshahi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,594
51	346,621	Khan, Imran	Jashore University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 5,382
52	353,266	RM Rahmatullah, Mohammed	University of Development Alternative	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,754
53	404,949	AK Ahmed, Kawsar	Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,109
54	488,262	KM Khalil, Md Ibrahim	Jahangirnagar University	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	Rank 151
55	525,707	HM Hossain, M. Y.	University of Rajshahi	Fisheries	Rank 2,027
56	542,750	BR Biswas, Ranjit Kumar	University of Rajshahi	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 342
57	585,750	HM Hadi, Mohammad A.	University of Rajshahi	Materials	Rank 9,846
58	842,231	RT Roy, Tushar Kanti	Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 3,654
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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 career-long list, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh has the most listed scientists from Bangladesh, with 9. It is followed by University of Rajshahi with 7.

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 58 in 2023, a change of +123.1%.

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.