India's Top 2% Scientists 2022

India has 3,761 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 12.2% from 3,352 in 2021. That places India 11th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Indian Institute of Science has the most listed scientists (119), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (87).

Single Year

3,761

+409 (+12.2%) vs 2021

Career Data

2,206

+164 (+8.0%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#11

up 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

1,079

+121 (+12.6%) vs 2021

Scientists in India on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 63% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+44.9%

2022+12.2%

2023+23.2%

2024+15.4%

2025+16.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	2,313		1,491
2021	3,352	+44.9%	2,042	+37.0%
2022	3,761	+12.2%	2,206	+8.0%
2023	4,635	+23.2%	2,578	+16.9%
2024	5,351	+15.4%	2,939	+14.0%
2025	6,236	+16.5%	3,371	+14.7%

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Rank in India	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	229	GH Garg, Harish	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 17
2	396	Ali, Imran	Jamia Millia Islamia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2
3	554	SR Siddique, Rafat	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 4
4	627	DG Desiraju, Gautam R.	Indian Institute of Science	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 3
5	918	RR Rao, Ravipudi Venkata	S. V. National Institute of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 3
6	1,174	PA Pandey, Ashok	Indian Institute of Toxicology Research	Biotechnology	Rank 2
7	1,494	RC Rao, C. N.R.	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Applied Physics	Rank 47
8	1,627	DA Douglas, Angela E.	Department of Entomology	Entomology	Rank 3
9	2,258	PA Parasuraman, A.	University of Miami	Marketing	Rank 14
10	2,334	TN Tuteja, Narendra	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 20
11	2,390	AA Agarwal, Avinash Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Energy	Rank 49
12	2,543	GP Gogate, Parag R.	Institute of Chemical Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 11
13	2,589	Jha, Vivekanand	George Institute for Global Health	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 11
14	2,615	TS Thomas, Sabu	Mahatma Gandhi University	Polymers	Rank 12
15	3,484	GR Gupta, Rajeev	Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 64
16	3,512	Ahmaruzzaman, Md	National Institute of Technology Silchar	Chemical Engineering	Rank 16
17	3,553	Kumar, Sunil	National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 36
18	3,892	Tiwari, Aviral Kumar	Rajagiri Business School	Economics	Rank 71
19	4,020	PD Philip, Daizy	Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram	Chemical Physics	Rank 80
20	4,375	VS Varjani, Sunita	Gujarat Pollution Control Board	Biotechnology	Rank 12
21	4,767	YS Yadav, Sudesh Kumar	Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 49
22	4,813	SB Singh, Bhim	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 14
23	5,198	PN Pradhan, Narayan	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	Physical Chemistry	Rank 24
24	5,306	NP Nidheesh, P. V.	National Environmental Engineering Research Institute India	Environmental Sciences	Rank 55
25	5,407	SS Sarin, Shiv Kumar	Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 70
26	5,499	DA Das, Ashok Kumar	International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 42
27	5,543	SA Sen, Ashoke	Harish Chandra Research Institute	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 51
28	5,559	SJ Sarkar, Jahar	Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 51
29	5,571	VM Venkata Mohan, S.	Indian Institute of Chemical Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 17
30	5,651	RM Rai, Mahendra	Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 172
31	5,655	PM Pal, Mahesh	National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 47
32	5,669	MV Mohan, Viswanathan	Madras Diabetes Research Foundation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 116
33	5,964	VR Varshney, Rajeev K.	International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 75
34	6,034	PT Padmanabhan, T.	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 56
35	6,059	KN Kumar, Neeraj	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 46
36	6,077	SR Singh, Rajesh	Management Development Institute, Gurgaon	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 148
37	6,335	SN Singh, Narpinder	Guru Nanak Dev University	Food Science	Rank 36
38	6,454	FS Flora, S. J.S.	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli	Toxicology	Rank 25
39	6,557	SK Srinivasan, Krishnapura	CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute	Food Science	Rank 38
40	7,020	SJ Singh, Jagdev	JECRC University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 26
41	7,477	MD Mohan, Dinesh	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 77
42	7,616	BK Biswas, Kanishka	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 214
43	7,671	AT Aminabhavi, Tejraj M.	KLE Technological University	Polymers	Rank 44
44	7,731	KD Kundu, Debasis	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Statistics & Probability	Rank 57
45	7,953	Arya, Yogendra	J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA	Energy	Rank 152
46	7,962	NH Nagendra, Harini	Azim Premji University	Ecology	Rank 214
47	7,985	BR Banerjee, Rahul	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata	Organic Chemistry	Rank 116
48	8,110	RP Ray, Partha Pratim	Sikkim University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 62
49	8,482	PA Patra, Amlan Kumar	West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 11
50	8,700	Senthil Kumar, P.	SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam	Environmental Sciences	Rank 94
51	8,807	AC Andrade, Chittaranjan	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 204
52	8,824	SS Sundar, Shyam	Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Medical Sciences	Tropical Medicine	Rank 8
53	8,968	SV Srivastava, Vimal Chandra	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Chemical Engineering	Rank 39
54	9,276	RR Rajkumar, Ravi Philip	Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research	Psychiatry	Rank 215
55	9,829	MA Mittal, Alok	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 42
56	9,923	LD Late, Dattatray J.	Amity University, Maharashtra	Applied Physics	Rank 200
57	9,933	RP Rai, Prabhat Kumar	Mizoram University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 106
58	9,991	SR Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy	RTI International	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 387
59	10,142	PK Parida, Kulamani	Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 40
60	10,160	PK Priyadarsini, K. I.	University of Mumbai	Chemical Physics	Rank 177
61	10,191	SS Salvi, Sundeep	Pulmocare Research and Education (PURE) Foundation	Respiratory System	Rank 72
62	10,435	BM Basu, Mousumi	Jadavpur University	Energy	Rank 202
63	10,438	Suthar, Surindra	Doon University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 110
64	10,598	RK Reddy, K. Srinath	Public Health Foundation of India	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 176
65	10,652	BD Banerjee, Debanjan	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 245
66	10,735	SS Sana, Shib Sankar	Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College	Operations Research	Rank 46
67	10,737	MS Mittal, Sparsh	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Computer Hardware & Architecture	Rank 3
68	10,915	KA Kar, Arpan Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 359
69	10,943	DY Devarajan, Yuvarajan	Saveetha School of Engineering	Energy	Rank 212
70	11,192	ST Singhal, Tanu	Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute	Pediatrics	Rank 29
71	11,214	SS Sharma, Sanjay	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 30
72	11,310	PM Prasad, Majeti Narasimha Vara	University of Hyderabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 120
73	11,332	MV Mishra, Vimal	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 215
74	11,431	SA Sangaiah, Arun Kumar	Vellore Institute of Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 97
75	11,490	SA Sinha, Avik	Goa Institute of Management	Environmental Sciences	Rank 124
76	11,603	DG Dhiman, Gaurav	Government Bikram College of Commerce	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 379
77	11,637	MA Mandal, Ajay	Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad	Energy	Rank 227
78	12,022	JN Jana, Nikhil R.	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 336
79	12,048	SY Sharma, Yogesh C.	Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University	Energy	Rank 232
80	12,265	GB Goswami, Bhupendra Nath	Cotton University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 227
81	12,276	CA Chakrabarti, Arunaloke	Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh	Microbiology	Rank 286
82	12,382	YC Yajnik, Chittaranjan S.	KEM Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 247
83	12,475	SG Singh, G. K.	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Energy	Rank 241
84	12,490	DK Dhama, Kuldeep	Indian Veterinary Research Institute	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 15
85	12,692	NC Nautiyal, Chandra Shekhar	National Botanical Research Institute India	Microbiology	Rank 295
86	12,811	RS Rajeshkumar, Shanmugam	Saveetha Dental College And Hospitals	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 156
87	13,007	Roy, Kunal	Jadavpur University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 33
88	13,090	AR Agarwal, Ritesh	Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh	Respiratory System	Rank 89
89	13,335	SA Singh, Awadhesh Kumar	G.D Hospital & Diabetes Institute	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 263
90	13,372	RA Ramachandran, Ambady	Dr. A Ramachandran's Diabetes Hospitals	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 264
91	13,577	LC Lokhande, Chandrakant D.	D. Y. Patil University, Kolhapur	Applied Physics	Rank 279
92	13,854	DN Dey, Nilanjan	JIS University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 448
93	13,903	PP Patil, P. S.	Shivaji University	Applied Physics	Rank 288
94	14,054	RT Rudrapatnam, Tharanathan N.	Central Food Technological Research Institute India	Food Science	Rank 79
95	14,069	NS Nayak, Sanjay K.	Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology India	Polymers	Rank 88
96	14,099	JR Jayakumar, R.	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi	Polymers	Rank 90
97	14,132	SS Sushil, Sushil	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Business & Management	Rank 326
98	14,302	Samui, Pijush	National Institute of Technology Patna	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 117
99	14,305	WV Wiwanitkit, Viroj	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune	Tropical Medicine	Rank 16
100	14,438	MA Misra, Anoop	Diabetes Foundation (India), New Delhi	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 283
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from India are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

3,761 scientists affiliated with India are on the 2022 single-year list, and 2,206 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Indian Institute of Science has the most listed scientists from India, with 119. It is followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with 87.

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

On the single-year list, India went from 2,313 scientists in 2020 to 3,761 in 2022, a change of +62.6%.

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.