India's Top 2% Scientists 2024

India has 5,351 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 15.4% from 4,635 in 2023. That places India 10th in the world by number of listed scientists. Indian Institute of Science has the most listed scientists (119), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (112).

Single Year

5,351

+716 (+15.4%) vs 2023

Career Data

2,939

+361 (+14.0%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#10

No change vs 2023

Institutes

1,382

+119 (+9.4%) vs 2023

Scientists in India on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled 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	163	GH Garg, Harish	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 17
2	589	PA Pandey, Ashok	Indian Institute of Toxicology Research	Biotechnology	Rank 1
3	605	SR Siddique, Rafat	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 5
4	793	AP Ahmad, Parvaiz	GDC	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 8
5	815	Ali, Imran	Jamia Millia Islamia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 3
6	896	RR Rao, Ravipudi Venkata	S. V. National Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 9
7	1,067	DG Desiraju, Gautam R.	Indian Institute of Science	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 3
8	1,260	GV Gupta, Vinod Kumar	DIT University	Chemical Physics	Rank 26
9	1,447	Tiwari, Aviral Kumar	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	Economics	Rank 39
10	1,568	Senthil Kumar, P.	Pondicherry University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 33
11	1,748	DG Dhiman, Gaurav	Lovely Professional University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 99
12	1,758	NP Nidheesh, P. V.	National Environmental Engineering Research Institute India	Environmental Sciences	Rank 35
13	1,866	AC Andrade, Chittaranjan	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 39
14	2,221	TS Thomas, Sabu	Mahatma Gandhi University	Polymers	Rank 10
15	2,258	SA Sinha, Avik	Management Development Institute, Gurgaon	Environmental Sciences	Rank 42
16	2,263	GP Gogate, Parag R.	Institute of Chemical Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 10
17	2,277	RP Ray, Partha Pratim	Sikkim University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 22
18	2,322	SB Singh, Bhim	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 8
19	2,411	TN Tuteja, Narendra	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 24
20	2,510	RC Rao, C. N.R.	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Applied Physics	Rank 70
21	2,518	Ahmaruzzaman, Md	National Institute of Technology Silchar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 50
22	2,724	LL Lamport, Leslie	Computer scientist at Microsoft Research	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 145
23	2,887	GR Gupta, Rajeev	Eternal Heart Care Centre & Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 58
24	2,918	Arya, Yogendra	J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA	Energy	Rank 70
25	2,964	KK Kumar Kar, Arpan	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 155
26	3,062	GS Gurunathan, Sangiliyandi	Rathinam College of Arts and Science	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 115
27	3,209	AA Agarwal, Avinash	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Energy	Rank 78
28	3,308	SA Sengeni, Anantharaj	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 123
29	3,672	SS Sarin, Shiv Kumar	Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 48
30	3,691	RR Rather, Raouf Ahmad	Scientific Independent Researcher	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 19
31	3,766	SR Subba Rao, N.	Andhra University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 13
32	3,887	PT Padmanabhan, T.	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 37
33	3,939	SN Singh, Narpinder	Graphic Era Deemed to be University	Food Science	Rank 22
34	3,997	PA Pugazhendhi, Arivalagan	Chettinad Academy of Research and Education	Environmental Sciences	Rank 74
35	4,086	KN Kumar, Neeraj	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 40
36	4,089	HA Haleem, Abid	Jamia Millia Islamia	Business & Management	Rank 134
37	4,123	AN Acharya, Nilankush	Independent Researcher	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 40
38	4,267	YS Yadav, Sudesh Kumar	Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology India	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 40
39	4,272	Veera Krishna, M.	Rayalaseema University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 42
40	4,322	MA Misra, Anoop	Diabetes Foundation (India), New Delhi	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 73
41	4,494	JM Javaid, Mohd	Jamia Millia Islamia	Operations Research	Rank 15
42	4,529	SJ Sarkar, Jahar	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 48
43	4,541	MV Mohan, Viswanathan	Madras Diabetes Research Foundation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 77
44	4,694	DA Das, Ashok Kumar	International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 46
45	4,852	Pandey, Sadanand	Shoolini University	Polymers	Rank 26
46	5,035	RS Rajeshkumar, S.	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 22
47	5,460	CS Chatterjee, Sheshadri	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Business & Management	Rank 172
48	5,491	RS Roy, Swarup	Lovely Professional University	Food Science	Rank 33
49	5,848	RP Rai, Prabhat Kumar	Mizoram University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 108
50	6,042	PM Pal, Mahesh	National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 50
51	6,125	PK Parida, Kulamani	Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 22
52	6,325	PD Philip, Daizy	University of Kerala	Chemical Physics	Rank 116
53	6,365	RM Rai, Mahendra	Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 206
54	6,386	QM Quraishi, Mumtaz A.	AKS University	Energy	Rank 150
55	6,434	MS Mittal, Sparsh	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Computer Hardware & Architecture	Rank 1
56	6,435	PN Pradhan, Narayan	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	Physical Chemistry	Rank 26
57	6,605	VM Venkata Mohan, S.	Indian Institute of Chemical Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 20
58	6,607	Samui, Pijush	National Institute of Technology Patna	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 56
59	6,619	SK Srinivasan, Krishnapura	Central Food Technological Research Institute India	Food Science	Rank 40
60	6,657	MV Mishra, Vimal	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 116
61	6,680	AT Aminabhavi, Tejraj M.	KLE Technological University	Polymers	Rank 38
62	6,701	DR Dandona, Rakhi	Public Health Foundation of India	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 124
63	6,747	FS Flora, Swaran Jeet Singh	University of Lucknow	Toxicology	Rank 25
64	6,798	GB Gupta, Brij B.	Symbiosis International (Deemed University)	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 323
65	6,810	Chaudhary, Richa	Indian Institute of Technology Patna	Business & Management	Rank 213
66	7,294	KD Kundu, Debasis	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Statistics & Probability	Rank 56
67	7,417	SA Sen, Ashoke	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 78
68	7,482	DK Dhama, Kuldeep	Indian Veterinary Research Institute	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 7
69	7,691	Rajesh, R.	Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli	Operations Research	Rank 32
70	7,724	SS Salvi, Sundeep	Pulmocare Research and Education (PURE) Foundation	Respiratory System	Rank 36
71	7,792	NH Nagendra, Harini	Azim Premji University	Ecology	Rank 190
72	8,023	Suthar, Surindra	Doon University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 145
73	8,032	KS Kumar, Sunil	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram	Environmental Sciences	Rank 146
74	8,200	BK Biswas, Kanishka	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 262
75	8,256	MJ Manjunatha, J. G.	Mangalore University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 32
76	8,257	Luthra, Sunil	All India Council for Technical Education	Business & Management	Rank 255
77	8,279	MA Mandal, Ajay	Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad	Energy	Rank 197
78	8,303	SN Singh, Nakshatra B.	Sharda University	Materials	Rank 132
79	8,358	BV Balaram, V.	National Geophysical Research Institute India	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 102
80	8,477	MD Mohan, Dinesh	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 157
81	8,536	SA Singh, Ajay	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Environmental Engineering	Rank 38
82	8,595	SS Sushil, Sushil	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Business & Management	Rank 262
83	8,723	AS Agarwal, Shilpi	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Chemical Physics	Rank 149
84	8,737	TS Tanwar, Sudeep	Nirma University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 81
85	8,750	CA Chakrabarti, Arunaloke	Doodhadhari Burfani Hospital	Microbiology	Rank 155
86	8,763	RM Ramesh, M.	Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology	Materials	Rank 142
87	8,960	KN Khan, Nafees	Aligarh Muslim University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 109
88	9,069	SV Srivastava, Vimal Chandra	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Chemical Engineering	Rank 43
89	9,566	Roy, Kunal	Jadavpur University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 28
90	9,571	MS Mangla, Sachin Kumar	O.P. Jindal Global University	Operations Research	Rank 44
91	9,777	BM Basu, Mousumi	Jadavpur University	Energy	Rank 235
92	9,778	Panchal, Hitesh	Government Engineering College Patan	Energy	Rank 236
93	9,841	BR Banerjee, Rahul	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata	General Chemistry	Rank 38
94	9,922	PM Prasad, Majeti Narasimha Vara	University of Hyderabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 186
95	9,923	GH Gupta, Himanshu	Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad	Business & Management	Rank 302
96	10,028	RK Reddy, K. Srinath	Public Health Foundation of India	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 178
97	10,289	JR Jangid, R. S.	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Civil Engineering	Rank 42
98	10,301	NS Nayak, Sanjay K.	Ravenshaw University	Polymers	Rank 58
99	10,349	RA Roy, Arpita	Sharda University	Biotechnology	Rank 30
100	10,513	TB Thomas, Blessen Skariah	National Institute of Technology Calicut	Building & Construction	Rank 78
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from India are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

5,351 scientists affiliated with India are on the 2024 single-year list, and 2,939 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 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 112.

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 5,351 in 2024, a change of +131.3%.

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.