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

Egypt has 416 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 15.2% from 361 in 2022. That places Egypt 37th in the world by number of listed scientists. Faculty of Science has the most listed scientists (121), followed by Faculty of Engineering (60).

Single Year

814

+136 (+20.1%) vs 2022

Career Data

416

+55 (+15.2%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#37

No change vs 2022

Institutes

+22 (+31.9%) vs 2022

Scientists in Egypt on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 90% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+49.3%

2022+10.4%

2023+15.2%

2024+19.0%

2025+17.0%

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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%

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Rank in Egypt	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	11,405	ZA Zenkour, Ashraf M.	Faculty of Science	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 73
2	12,598	KK Khaled, K. F.	College of Science	Energy	Rank 122
3	12,656	EN El Naschie, Mohamed S.	Faculty of Science	Mathematical Physics	Rank 8
4	16,318	KA Kabeel, A. E.	Faculty of Engineering	Energy	Rank 161
5	19,926	AH Aboul-Enein, Hassan Y.	National Research Centre	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 110
6	22,084	Rashad, Alaa M.	Housing and Building Research Center Egypt	Building & Construction	Rank 34
7	23,162	SA Soliman, Ahmed M.	Faculty of Engineering	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 58
8	29,911	SA Shafik, A. A.	Cairo University	Surgery	Rank 239
9	31,426	HA Hassanien, Aboul Ella	Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 623
10	31,763	BA Bhrawy, Ali H.	Faculty of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 71
11	36,350	HM Hussein, M. R.	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,643
12	36,565	RA Razek, Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel	Faculty of Medicine	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 238
13	39,842	SA Shokeir, Ahmed A.	Mansoura University, Urology and Nephrology Center	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 434
14	40,175	ER El-Mallawany, R.	Faculty of Science	Applied Physics	Rank 1,042
15	43,981	AA Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed M.	Faculty of Arts	Social Psychology	Rank 418
16	45,841	MK Mekheimer, Kh S.	Faculty of Science	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 279
17	46,107	KS Khalil, S.	Center for Fundamental Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 721
18	46,577	AI Abbas, Ibrahim A A.	Faculty of Science	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 282
19	47,155	HH Hasanien, Hany M.	Faculty of Engineering Ain Shams University	Energy	Rank 545
20	47,415	AM Aboulghar, Mohamed	Faculty of Medicine	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 436
21	47,811	ZH Zeineldin, Hatem H.	Faculty of Engineering	Energy	Rank 552
22	48,978	EM Elhoseny, Mohamed	Faculty of Computer and Information	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 951
23	49,100	EA El-Sebaii, Ahmed	Faculty of Science	Energy	Rank 573
24	50,146	MM Mahmoud, Mohamed E.	Faculty of Science	Chemical Engineering	Rank 183
25	53,473	GM Ghoneim, Mohamed A.	Mansoura University	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 596
26	54,919	AA Atiya, Amir F.	Faculty of Engineering	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,065
27	55,339	HR Hajjeh, Rana	Organisation Mondiale de la Santé	Microbiology	Rank 1,390
28	55,382	DM Deyab, M. A.	Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,148
29	56,228	MG Mohamed, Gehad G.	Faculty of Science	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 331
30	56,551	KE Kenawy, El Refaie	Faculty of Science	Polymers	Rank 503
31	57,116	AM Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M.	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine	Environmental Sciences	Rank 320
32	58,070	OM Osman, M. S.	Faculty of Science	Applied Physics	Rank 1,519
33	58,849	AM Abdou, M. A.	Faculty of Education	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 94
34	61,095	YM Yousef, Mokhtar Ibrahim	Institute of Graduate Studies and Research	Toxicology	Rank 273
35	61,289	SH Sherief, H. H.	Faculty of Science	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 382
36	63,722	IM Ibrahim, Mohsen M.	Faculty of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,259
37	63,786	BN Barakat, Nasser A.M.	Faculty of Engineering	Materials	Rank 816
38	65,041	AH Abdelhamid, Hani Nasser	Faculty of Science	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 438
39	65,275	EM El-Nahass, Mahmoud M.	College of Science	Applied Physics	Rank 1,710
40	65,499	El-Fergany, Attia A.	Faculty of Engineering	Energy	Rank 798
41	65,561	SG Serour, Gamal	Egyptian IVF-ET Center	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 627
42	68,117	EK Elwakeel, Khalid Z.	Faculty of Science	Chemical Engineering	Rank 275
43	68,455	BR Barsoum, Rashad	Faculty of Medicine	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 755
44	69,084	GA Ghaly, A. E.	Faculty of Agriculture	Biotechnology	Rank 195
45	70,653	BW Bosworth, William	Apache Khalda Corporation LDC	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,224
46	70,768	BW Badawy, W. A.	Faculty of Science	Energy	Rank 865
47	71,318	EA El Abedin, Sherif Zein	National Research Centre	Energy	Rank 869
48	71,835	FM Farag, Mohamed A.	Faculty of Pharmacy	Food Science	Rank 337
49	72,765	YM Youssef, Moustafa	Alexandria University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 639
50	72,831	AA Al-Sabagh, Ahmed M.	Petroleum Applications Department	Energy	Rank 894
51	73,133	SS Saker, S. H.	Faculty of Science	General Mathematics	Rank 329
52	74,686	SM Salem, Mohamed Labib	Faculty of Science	Immunology	Rank 2,137
53	74,967	EH Emam, Hossam E.	National Research Centre	Polymers	Rank 685
54	75,890	RA Radi, Abd Elgawad	Faculty of Science	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 539
55	76,333	AH Al-Inany, Hesham	Faculty of Medicine	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 751
56	76,716	AN Allam, Nageh K.	School of Sciences and Engineering	Energy	Rank 957
57	77,899	Radwan, Ahmed G.	School of Engineering & Applied Sciences	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 210
58	78,038	EA Elzoghby, Ahmed O.	Faculty of Pharmacy	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 694
59	79,242	HS Hamed, Sherifa Ahmed	Assiut University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,285
60	79,424	EN El Nemr, Ahmed	National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	Environmental Sciences	Rank 459
61	79,902	EA El-Sayed, Abdel Fattah M.	Faculty of Science	Fisheries	Rank 173
62	80,380	RM Rashad, M. M.	Advanced Materials Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 2,130
63	83,016	AM Abdel Moneim, Ahmed E.	Faculty of Science	Toxicology	Rank 370
64	83,721	AA Atta, Ayman M.	Petroleum Applications Department	Polymers	Rank 747
65	83,800	MR Mansour, Ragaa	Egyptian IVF-ET Center	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 809
66	84,292	RA Rashad, Ahmed M.	Faculty of Science	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 555
67	84,651	MW Moslem, W. M.	Faculty of Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 725
68	85,165	HS Hassan, Saad S.M.	College of Science	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 602
69	86,850	OM Othman, Mohamed I.A.	Faculty of Science	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 571
70	87,787	YA Youssef, Ahmed M.	National Research Centre	Polymers	Rank 797
71	88,040	AA Atia, Asem A.	Faculty of Science	Chemical Engineering	Rank 383
72	89,539	DM Dawood, Mahmoud A.O.	School of Sciences and Engineering	Fisheries	Rank 198
73	90,537	AA Amin, Alaa S.	Faculty of Science	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 657
74	91,997	AR Aziz, Ramy Karam	Faculty of Pharmacy	Microbiology	Rank 2,337
75	92,408	HA Hebeish, Ali	National Research Centre	Polymers	Rank 837
76	93,511	EA El-Sakka, A. I.	Faculty of Medicine	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,037
77	95,372	EF El-Demerdash, Fatma M.	Institute of Graduate Studies and Research	Toxicology	Rank 424
78	96,214	ZE Zayed, Elsayed M.E.	Faculty of Science	Optics	Rank 319
79	96,453	SD Sigalet, David	Faculty of Medicine	Pediatrics	Rank 529
80	96,965	EM Elaziz, Mohamed Abd	Faculty of Science	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,816
81	97,676	EE Ellobody, Ehab	Faculty of Engineering	Civil Engineering	Rank 173
82	98,354	EA El-Sayed, Ahmed M.A.	Faculty of Science	Applied Mathematics	Rank 207
83	99,136	Abdel-Tawwab, Mohsen	Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research (CLAR)	Fisheries	Rank 237
84	99,899	AH Agiza, H. N.	Faculty of Science	Mathematical Physics	Rank 62
85	100,070	AH Attia, Hazem A.	Faculty of Engineering	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 670
86	100,207	MM Mohamed, Mohamed Mokhtar	Faculty of Science	Physical Chemistry	Rank 359
87	100,887	AM Abdel-Basset, Mohamed	Faculty of Computers and Information	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,892
88	101,767	FA Fouda, Abd El Aziz S.	Faculty of Science	Energy	Rank 1,279
89	102,086	UA Usman, Adel R.A.	Faculty of Agriculture	Environmental Sciences	Rank 628
90	102,119	MM Marzouk, Mohamed M.	Faculty of Engineering	Building & Construction	Rank 224
91	104,159	YM Yassen, M. T.	Faculty of Science	Mathematical Physics	Rank 69
92	104,463	EM El Maghraby, Gamal M.	Faculty of Pharmacy	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 985
93	104,469	BF Belal, Fathalla	Faculty of Pharmacy	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 773
94	105,355	EA Elfiky, Abdo A.	Faculty of Science	Virology	Rank 902
95	108,899	ES El Sayed Zaki, Maysaa	Mansoura University	Microbiology	Rank 2,740
96	109,131	AA Abdelghany, A. M.	National Research Centre	Polymers	Rank 989
97	109,397	DE Doha, E. H.	Faculty of Science	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 193
98	109,634	AE Abdel-Halim, E. S.	National Research Centre	Polymers	Rank 991
99	110,080	GS Grace, Said R.	Faculty of Engineering	General Mathematics	Rank 578
100	112,984	MM Monier, M.	Faculty of Science	Polymers	Rank 1,021
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Frequently asked questions

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

814 scientists affiliated with Egypt are on the 2023 single-year list, and 416 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 career-long list, Faculty of Science has the most listed scientists from Egypt, with 121. It is followed by Faculty of Engineering with 60.

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

On the career-long list, Egypt went from 219 scientists in 2020 to 416 in 2023, a change of +90.0%.

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.