India's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

India has 2,206 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 8.0% from 2,042 in 2021. That places India 14th in the world by number of listed scientists. Indian Institute of Science has the most listed scientists (127), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (85).

Single Year

3,761

+409 (+12.2%) vs 2021

Career Data

2,206

+164 (+8.0%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#14

No change vs 2021

Institutes

714

+31 (+4.5%) vs 2021

Scientists in India on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 48% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+37.0%

2022+8.0%

2023+16.9%

2024+14.0%

2025+14.7%

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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	304	DG Desiraju, Gautam R.	Indian Institute of Science	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 3
2	331	RC Rao, C. N.R.	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Applied Physics	Rank 16
3	1,368	SA Sen, Ashoke	Harish Chandra Research Institute	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 14
4	2,340	PA Pandey, Ashok	Indian Institute of Toxicology Research	Biotechnology	Rank 6
5	3,296	PT Padmanabhan, T.	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 43
6	3,561	Ali, Imran	Jamia Millia Islamia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 12
7	3,796	DA Douglas, Angela E.	Department of Entomology	Entomology	Rank 3
8	5,278	GP Gogate, Parag R.	Institute of Chemical Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 16
9	5,564	SP Srivastava, P. K.	Banaras Hindu University	Immunology	Rank 225
10	6,219	PA Parasuraman, A.	University of Miami	Marketing	Rank 7
11	6,933	RR Rao, Ravipudi Venkata	S. V. National Institute of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 49
12	7,201	SR Siddique, Rafat	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 8
13	7,288	SS Sarin, Shiv Kumar	Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 125
14	7,444	JN Jana, Nikhil R.	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 105
15	7,569	GH Garg, Harish	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 148
16	7,853	GR Gupta, Raj K.	Panjab University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 114
17	8,103	SB Singh, Bhim	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 15
18	8,147	LC Lokhande, Chandrakant D.	D. Y. Patil University, Kolhapur	Applied Physics	Rank 213
19	8,166	SS Sundar, Shyam	Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Medical Sciences	Tropical Medicine	Rank 9
20	8,357	DD Das, D. K.	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 440
21	8,431	GR Gupta, Rajeev	Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 144
22	8,525	MV Mohan, Viswanathan	Madras Diabetes Research Foundation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 258
23	8,551	AT Aminabhavi, Tejraj M.	KLE Technological University	Polymers	Rank 68
24	8,824	TN Tuteja, Narendra	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 75
25	9,391	AA Agarwal, Avinash Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Energy	Rank 81
26	9,586	TS Thomas, Sabu	Mahatma Gandhi University	Polymers	Rank 76
27	9,916	SR Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy	RTI International	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 456
28	9,947	RK Reddy, K. Srinath	Public Health Foundation of India	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 160
29	10,757	RB Ranu, Brindaban C.	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	Organic Chemistry	Rank 240
30	10,901	YJ Yadav, Jhillu Singh	Indrashil University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 246
31	10,912	AA Ajayaghosh, Ayyappanpillai	National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 247
32	11,606	FS Flora, S. J.S.	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli	Toxicology	Rank 34
33	12,129	BB Bagchi, Biman	Indian Institute of Science	Chemical Physics	Rank 297
34	12,504	YC Yajnik, Chittaranjan S.	KEM Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 354
35	12,739	CV Choudhary, Vasant R.	National Chemical Laboratory India	Physical Chemistry	Rank 50
36	13,061	Jha, Vivekanand	George Institute for Global Health	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 131
37	13,803	RA Ramachandran, Ambady	Dr. A Ramachandran's Diabetes Hospitals	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 383
38	13,834	VM Venkata Mohan, S.	Indian Institute of Chemical Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 31
39	14,616	PS Pal, Sankar K.	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 266
40	14,766	PN Pal, Nikhil R.	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 270
41	15,136	OS Ogale, Satishchandra	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune	Applied Physics	Rank 380
42	15,526	NA Nangia, Ashwini K.	University of Hyderabad	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 101
43	15,884	Sharma, Ashutosh	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Chemical Physics	Rank 388
44	16,098	PP Patil, P. S.	Shivaji University	Applied Physics	Rank 410
45	16,339	MA Misra, Anoop	Fortis C-DOC Center of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases, And Endocrinology	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 446
46	16,990	VR Varshney, Rajeev K.	International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 174
47	17,171	SS Sharma, Sanjay	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 79
48	17,282	SK Srinivasan, Krishnapura	CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute	Food Science	Rank 52
49	18,182	KS Kulkarni, Shrinivas K.	University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 143
50	18,288	JJ Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B.	Institute of Chemical Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 59
51	18,401	PD Philip, Daizy	Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram	Chemical Physics	Rank 450
52	18,615	SD Sarma, D. D.	Indian Institute of Science	Applied Physics	Rank 484
53	18,741	SV Sahni, Varun	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 266
54	18,881	MG Madras, Giridhar	Indian Institute of Science	Chemical Engineering	Rank 65
55	19,212	RT Rudrapatnam, Tharanathan N.	Central Food Technological Research Institute India	Food Science	Rank 57
56	19,484	VM Vidyasagar, Mathukumalli	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 134
57	19,784	JR Jain, R. K.	Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed to-be University)	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 162
58	20,554	SM Sebastian, Mailadil Thomas	National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 236
59	20,643	PM Prasad, Majeti Narasimha Vara	University of Hyderabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 90
60	20,719	SR Simon, R.	Institute of Mathematical Sciences India	Optics	Rank 79
61	20,758	Ahmaruzzaman, Md	National Institute of Technology Silchar	Chemical Engineering	Rank 74
62	21,481	SY Sharma, Yogesh C.	Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University	Energy	Rank 204
63	21,484	BK Biradha, Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 132
64	21,638	GA Goel, Atul	Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,748
65	21,648	SR Singh, Rajesh	Management Development Institute, Gurgaon	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,078
66	22,004	RN Rahman, Nazneen	Kuvempu University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,005
67	22,045	KM Khuroo, Mohamad S.	Dr Khuroo's Medical Clinic	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 346
68	22,140	BM Basu, Mousumi	Jadavpur University	Energy	Rank 210
69	22,188	SV Srivastava, Vimal Chandra	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Chemical Engineering	Rank 81
70	22,464	PN Pradhan, Narayan	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	Physical Chemistry	Rank 79
71	22,530	MA Mittal, Alok	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 83
72	22,989	CP Chattaraj, Pratim Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Chemical Physics	Rank 549
73	23,538	YG Yadav, Ganapati D.	Institute of Chemical Technology	Physical Chemistry	Rank 82
74	23,982	PK Parida, Kulamani	Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 84
75	24,406	BK Bhattacharyya, Kankan	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal	Chemical Physics	Rank 575
76	24,423	DP Dash, Pradipta Kishore	Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)	Energy	Rank 235
77	24,620	YS Yadav, Sudesh Kumar	Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 280
78	24,671	BP Balaram, Padmanabhan	National Centre for Biological Sciences	Biophysics	Rank 46
79	25,032	AR Agarwal, Ritesh	Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh	Respiratory System	Rank 251
80	25,924	AR Aggarwal, Rakesh	Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 408
81	26,056	SN Singh, Narpinder	Guru Nanak Dev University	Food Science	Rank 87
82	26,104	NH Nagendra, Harini	Azim Premji University	Ecology	Rank 441
83	26,704	RC Rajendran, Chandrasekharan	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Operations Research	Rank 74
84	26,888	RM Rai, Mahendra	Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 279
85	26,993	DD Das, Debabrata	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Energy	Rank 270
86	27,019	KD Kundu, Debasis	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Statistics & Probability	Rank 116
87	27,026	DP Desjeux, Philippe	Path Owh (Formerly One World Health)	Tropical Medicine	Rank 41
88	27,086	BS Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 500
89	27,130	KV Kakkar, Vijay V.	Thrombosis Research Institute, India	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,144
90	27,214	PM Pal, Mahesh	National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 93
91	27,228	GB Goswami, Bhupendra Nath	Cotton University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 357
92	27,536	PK Priyadarsini, K. I.	University of Mumbai	Chemical Physics	Rank 643
93	28,083	KA Kamal, Ahmed	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 76
94	28,133	MS Moulik, Satya Priya	Jadavpur University	Chemical Physics	Rank 648
95	28,152	PY Prasad, Y. V.R.K.	Indian Institute of Science	Materials	Rank 319
96	28,229	GP Gupta, Prakash C.	Healis - Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health	Public Health	Rank 251
97	28,292	SA Samanta, Anunay	University of Hyderabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 654
98	28,586	SS Sastry, Srikanth	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 230
99	28,717	SA Singh, A. K.	Defence Metallurgical Research Lab India	Materials	Rank 327
100	28,769	SJ Singh, J. S.	Banaras Hindu University	Ecology	Rank 497
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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 career-long list, Indian Institute of Science has the most listed scientists from India, with 127. It is followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with 85.

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

On the career-long list, India went from 1,491 scientists in 2020 to 2,206 in 2022, a change of +48.0%.

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.