Egypt's Top 2% Scientists 2025
Egypt has 1,106 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 10.6% from 1,000 in 2024. That places Egypt 30th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. National Research Centre has the most listed scientists (108), followed by Faculty of Science (106).
Scientists in Egypt on the list, by year
The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 397 | 219 | ||
| 2021 | 605 | +52.4% | 327 | +49.3% |
| 2022 | 678 | +12.1% | 361 | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 814 | +20.1% | 416 | +15.2% |
| 2024 | 1,000 | +22.9% | 495 | +19.0% |
| 2025 | 1,106 | +10.6% | 579 | +17.0% |
Top 10 institutes in Egypt
By number of listed scientists
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All 1,106 scientists
| Rank in Egypt | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
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| 1 | 1,095 | Kafrelsheikh University | Fisheries | Rank 2 | |
| 2 | 1,102 | Tanta University | Energy | Rank 31 | |
| 3 | 1,123 | Housing and Building Research Center Egypt | Building & Construction | Rank 13 | |
| 4 | 1,731 | Faculty of Science | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 17 | |
| 5 | 1,817 | Tanta University | Energy | Rank 48 | |
| 6 | 2,782 | Galala University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 150 | |
| 7 | 3,160 | Faculty of Science | Biotechnology | Rank 9 | |
| 8 | 3,408 | Zagazig University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 185 | |
| 9 | 3,565 | Minia University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 193 | |
| 10 | 4,065 |
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Faculty of Science | Applied Physics | Rank 101 |
| 11 | 4,437 | Sohag University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 42 | |
| 12 | 4,605 | National Research Centre | Polymers | Rank 23 | |
| 13 | 5,125 | Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology | Energy | Rank 136 | |
| 14 | 5,158 | Ain Shams University | Energy | Rank 137 | |
| 15 | 5,250 | Benha University | Applied Physics | Rank 126 | |
| 16 | 5,368 | Alexandria University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 53 | |
| 17 | 5,834 | Faculty of Science | Chemical Engineering | Rank 25 | |
| 18 | 5,987 |
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Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute | Chemical Physics | Rank 107 |
| 19 | 7,022 | Faculty of Pharmacy | Food Science | Rank 49 | |
| 20 | 7,984 | Kafrelsheikh University | Environmental Sciences | Rank 162 | |
| 21 | 8,138 | Zagazig University | Energy | Rank 209 | |
| 22 | 8,744 | Ain Shams University | Microbiology | Rank 141 | |
| 23 | 9,428 | Faculty of Engineering | Energy | Rank 251 | |
| 24 | 9,561 | Kafrelsheikh University | Energy | Rank 256 | |
| 25 | 9,798 | National Research Centre | Polymers | Rank 59 | |
| 26 | 9,862 | Zagazig University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 481 | |
| 27 | 10,265 | Faculty of Artificial Intelligence | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 500 | |
| 28 | 10,359 | Faculty of Science | Optics | Rank 50 | |
| 29 | 10,453 | Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 510 | |
| 30 | 10,778 | The British University in Egypt | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 137 | |
| 31 | 10,856 | Zagazig University | Dairy & Animal Science | Rank 11 | |
| 32 | 11,049 | Future University in Egypt | Energy | Rank 291 | |
| 33 | 11,056 | Cairo University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 546 | |
| 34 | 11,197 | Future University in Egypt | Materials | Rank 207 | |
| 35 | 11,234 | Damanhour University | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 57 | |
| 36 | 11,426 | Agricultural Research Center | Fisheries | Rank 13 | |
| 37 | 11,927 | Mansoura University | Energy | Rank 316 | |
| 38 | 11,951 | National Research Centre | Materials | Rank 221 | |
| 39 | 12,878 | National Research Centre | Polymers | Rank 91 | |
| 40 | 14,511 | Menoufia University | Applied Physics | Rank 288 | |
| 41 | 14,519 | Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 693 | |
| 42 | 14,566 | Faculty of Agriculture | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 186 | |
| 43 | 14,910 | National Research Centre | Applied Physics | Rank 293 | |
| 44 | 15,264 | Cairo University | Building & Construction | Rank 119 | |
| 45 | 15,584 | Faculty of Agriculture | Dairy & Animal Science | Rank 22 | |
| 46 | 15,943 | Faculty of Computers and Information | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 759 | |
| 47 | 16,506 | Tanta University | Environmental Sciences | Rank 372 | |
| 48 | 17,069 | Faculty of Medicine | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 514 | |
| 49 | 17,593 | Faculty of Agriculture | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 221 | |
| 50 | 17,714 | Faculty of Engineering | Energy | Rank 488 | |
| 51 | 17,905 | Menoufia University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 852 | |
| 52 | 17,964 | National Research Centre | Polymers | Rank 125 | |
| 53 | 18,320 |
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Aswan University | Energy | Rank 509 |
| 54 | 18,356 | Faculty of Science | Fisheries | Rank 22 | |
| 55 | 19,824 |
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National Research Centre | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 253 |
| 56 | 19,847 | Minia University | Energy | Rank 545 | |
| 57 | 19,912 | Al-Azhar University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 184 | |
| 58 | 20,095 | El Shorouk Academy | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 30 | |
| 59 | 20,216 | Faculty of Science | Chemical Engineering | Rank 131 | |
| 60 | 20,264 | Faculty of Science | Biotechnology | Rank 74 | |
| 61 | 20,367 | Ain Shams University | Energy | Rank 556 | |
| 62 | 20,511 | Alexandria University | Social Psychology | Rank 394 | |
| 63 | 20,657 | National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries | Environmental Sciences | Rank 454 | |
| 64 | 20,714 | South Valley University | Energy | Rank 567 | |
| 65 | 20,717 | Agricultural Research Center | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 266 | |
| 66 | 20,799 | Benha University | Energy | Rank 569 | |
| 67 | 21,209 | Faculty of Science | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 277 | |
| 68 | 21,696 | Faculty of Science | Energy | Rank 591 | |
| 69 | 22,104 | Aswan University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 212 | |
| 70 | 22,685 | Faculty of Science | Toxicology | Rank 71 | |
| 71 | 22,688 | City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications | Biotechnology | Rank 83 | |
| 72 | 23,696 | Faculty of Science | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,101 | |
| 73 | 23,747 | Menoufia University | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 37 | |
| 74 | 24,151 | Menoufia University | Applied Physics | Rank 475 | |
| 75 | 24,331 | Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 235 | |
| 76 | 24,567 | Tanta University | Biotechnology | Rank 91 | |
| 77 | 24,675 | Al-Azhar University | Biotechnology | Rank 92 | |
| 78 | 25,174 | Faculty of Science | Environmental Sciences | Rank 544 | |
| 79 | 25,177 | National Research Centre | Polymers | Rank 193 | |
| 80 | 25,934 | Faculty of Engineering | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,192 | |
| 81 | 25,982 | Damietta University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,196 | |
| 82 | 26,083 | City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications | Polymers | Rank 197 | |
| 83 | 26,238 | Zagazig University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 259 | |
| 84 | 26,892 | Damietta University | Chemical Physics | Rank 389 | |
| 85 | 27,529 | Kafrelsheikh University | Energy | Rank 749 | |
| 86 | 27,562 | National Research Centre | Polymers | Rank 213 | |
| 87 | 27,701 | National Research Centre | Polymers | Rank 214 | |
| 88 | 27,806 | South Valley University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 276 | |
| 89 | 29,311 | Faculty of Science | Environmental Sciences | Rank 647 | |
| 90 | 29,335 | Cairo University | Environmental Engineering | Rank 150 | |
| 91 | 29,833 | Suez University | Building & Construction | Rank 222 | |
| 92 | 29,977 | Cairo University | Biophysics | Rank 18 | |
| 93 | 30,187 | Menoufia University | Applied Physics | Rank 588 | |
| 94 | 30,901 | Fayoum University | Applied Physics | Rank 593 | |
| 95 | 31,117 | City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications | Polymers | Rank 247 | |
| 96 | 31,374 | Assiut University | Environmental Sciences | Rank 687 | |
| 97 | 32,075 | National Research Centre | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 152 | |
| 98 | 32,430 | Tanta University | Energy | Rank 889 | |
| 99 | 32,715 | City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications | Polymers | Rank 261 | |
| 100 | 32,793 | Faculty of Pharmacy | Microbiology | Rank 635 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Egypt are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
1,106 scientists affiliated with Egypt are on the 2025 single-year list, and 579 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Egypt has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 single-year list, National Research Centre has the most listed scientists from Egypt, with 108. It is followed by Faculty of Science with 106.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Egypt changed since 2020?
On the single-year list, Egypt went from 397 scientists in 2020 to 1,106 in 2025, a change of +178.6%.
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.