Cameroon's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List
Cameroon has 13 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 8.3% from 12 in 2024. That places Cameroon 99th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 3 places. University of Dschang has the most listed scientists (4), followed by University of Buea (2).
Scientists in Cameroon on the list, by year
The career-long count has more than tripled since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | 17 | +112.5% | 6 | +100.0% |
| 2022 | 21 | +23.5% | 9 | +50.0% |
| 2023 | 20 | -4.8% | 10 | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 29 | +45.0% | 12 | +20.0% |
| 2025 | 35 | +20.7% | 13 | +8.3% |
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All 13 scientists
| Rank in Cameroon | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17,942 | African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) | Economics | Rank 163 | |
| 2 | 29,195 | University of Dschang | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 87 | |
| 3 | 146,671 | Centre Pasteur du Cameroun | Microbiology | Rank 3,587 | |
| 4 | 157,276 | University of Dschang | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 1,300 | |
| 5 | 213,169 | Epidémiologie | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 2,751 | |
| 6 | 222,858 | Université de Yaoundé I | Tropical Medicine | Rank 509 | |
| 7 | 252,440 | Ecole Nationale Superieure des Travaux Publics (ENSTP) | Building & Construction | Rank 782 | |
| 8 | 288,111 | University of Dschang | Energy | Rank 4,731 | |
| 9 | 312,378 | University of Buea | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 1,493 | |
| 10 | 377,133 | Ministry of Public Health Cameroon | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 5,033 | |
| 11 | 417,269 | University Institute of Sciences | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 2,133 | |
| 12 | 485,252 | University of Buea | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 6,585 | |
| 13 | 707,982 | University of Dschang | Complementary & Alternative Medicine | Rank 241 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Cameroon are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
35 scientists affiliated with Cameroon are on the 2025 single-year list, and 13 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Cameroon has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 career-long list, University of Dschang has the most listed scientists from Cameroon, with 4. It is followed by University of Buea with 2.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Cameroon changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Cameroon went from 3 scientists in 2020 to 13 in 2025, a change of +333.3%.
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.