India's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

India has 3,898 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 15.6% from 3,371 in 2025. That places India 12th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Indian Institute of Science has the most listed scientists (139), followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (114).

Single Year

6,953

+718 (+11.5%) vs 2025

Career Data

3,898

+527 (+15.6%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#12

up 2 places vs 2025

Institutes

1,185

+145 (+13.9%) vs 2025

Scientists in India on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled 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%

2026+15.6%

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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	6,235	+16.5%	3,371	+14.7%
2026	6,953	+11.5%	3,898	+15.6%

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Rank in India	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	350	DG Desiraju, Gautam R.	Indian Institute of Science	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 3
2	359	GV Gupta, Vinod Kumar A.	ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute	Chemical Physics	Rank 11
3	369	JJ Jonas, Jost Bruno	L.V. Prasad Eye Institute India	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 2
4	430	RC Rao, Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Applied Physics	Rank 18
5	1,124	PA Pandey, Ashok	Indian Institute of Toxicology Research	Biotechnology	Rank 3
6	1,550	SA Sen, Ashoke	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 14
7	1,779	GH Garg, Harish	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 54
8	1,983	DC Dasgupta, Chandan I.	Indian Institute of Science	Applied Physics	Rank 67
9	2,050	Ali, Imran	Jamia Millia Islamia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 6
10	2,869	DU Das, Undurti Narasimha	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 20
11	3,003	SR Siddique, Rafat	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 7
12	3,376	GP Gogate, Parag R.	Institute of Chemical Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 13
13	3,439	RR Rao, Ravipudi Venkata	S. V. National Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 24
14	3,516	PT Padmanabhan, T.	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 46
15	4,479	ST Sabu, Thomas P.	Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala	Polymers	Rank 27
16	5,006	SB Singh, B. P.	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 10
17	5,032	GR Gupta, Rajeev C.	Rajasthan University of Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 90
18	5,036	SS Sarin, Shiv Kumar	Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 91
19	5,631	MV Mohan, Viswanthan Krishna	Madras Diabetes Research Foundation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 166
20	5,912	AT Aminabhavi, Tejraj M.	KLE Technological University	Polymers	Rank 42
21	6,372	ST Sathish, T.	Saveetha School of Engineering	Materials	Rank 78
22	6,672	AA Agarwal, Avinash Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Energy	Rank 79
23	6,737	KS Kathiresan, Sekar	Central University of Tamil Nadu	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 318
24	7,115	AP Ahmad, Parvaiz	MGDC	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 62
25	7,390	RK Reddy, K. Srinath	Public Health Foundation of IndiaPlot 47	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 127
26	7,729	MA Misra, Anoop	Diabetes Foundation (India), New Delhi	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 216
27	7,823	SV S., Venkata Mohan	Indian Institute of Chemical Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 20
28	7,883	MM Meyyappan, Meyya	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Applied Physics	Rank 196
29	7,936	AM Ahmaruzzaman, Mohammed	National Institute of Technology Silchar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 48
30	7,996	LC Lokhande, Chandrakant Dnyandev	D. Y. Patil University, Kolhapur	Applied Physics	Rank 197
31	8,005	JN Jana, Nikhil Ranjan	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 150
32	8,051	SS Sundar, Santhanam	Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Medical Sciences	Tropical Medicine	Rank 8
33	8,181	DD Das, Dipak Kumar	Haldia Institute of Technology	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 386
34	8,558	FS Flora, Swaran Jeet Singh	Era’s Lucknow Medical University	Toxicology	Rank 32
35	8,840	AA Ajith, Abraham P.	Sai University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 206
36	10,448	AC Andrade, Chittaranjan	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 295
37	10,543	QM Quraishi, M. A.	AKS University	Energy	Rank 124
38	10,574	VS Varjani, Sunita J.	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Environmental Sciences	Rank 69
39	11,145	SR Singh, Rajesh Kumar P.	Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)	Business & Management	Rank 108
40	11,305	SR Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy	Karkinos Healthcare	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 490
41	11,610	Senthil Kumar, P.	Pondicherry University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 76
42	11,668	YC Yajnik, Chittaranjan Sakerlal	KEM Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 321
43	11,793	SA Sharma, Ashutosh	Amity University Jharkhand	Materials	Rank 142
44	11,933	SN Singh, Narpinder	Graphic Era	Food Science	Rank 55
45	12,440	Tiwari, Aviral Kumar	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	Economics	Rank 118
46	12,873	PP Patil, Pramod Shankarrao	Shivaji University	Applied Physics	Rank 303
47	12,988	RA Ramachandran, Ambady	Dr. A. Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 358
48	13,038	RB Ranu, Brindaban C.	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	Organic Chemistry	Rank 272
49	13,145	AA Ajayaghosh, Ayyappanpillai	SRM Institute of Science and Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 277
50	13,371	GR Gupta, R. K.	Lovely Professional University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 179
51	13,436	SK Srinivasan, K.	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research India	Food Science	Rank 57
52	13,788	SS Sarasvathy, Saras D.	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	Business & Management	Rank 135
53	13,923	GS Gurunathan, Sangiliyandi	Rathinam College of Arts & Science	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 234
54	14,086	JJ Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B.	Institute of Chemical Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 53
55	14,121	BB Bagchi, Biman	Indian Institute of Science	Chemical Physics	Rank 308
56	14,399	PN Pradhan, Narayan C.	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Physical Chemistry	Rank 58
57	14,478	TG Tiwari, Gopal Nath	BERS Public School (BPS)	Energy	Rank 167
58	14,630	YJ Yadav, Jhillusingh	Indrashil University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 308
59	14,664	PM Prasad, Majeti Narasimha Vara	University of Hyderabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 98
60	14,745	NA Nangia, Ashwini Kumar	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 71
61	14,882	RM Rai, Mahendra Kumar	Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 248
62	15,083	AR Ahuja, Rajeev B.	Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	Applied Physics	Rank 344
63	15,185	YS Yadav, Sudesh Kumar	Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology India	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 157
64	15,317	PN Pal, Nikhil R.	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 356
65	15,499	PK Parida, Kulamani M.	Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 61
66	15,897	SV Srivastava, Vimal Chandra	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Department of Chemical Engineering	Chemical Engineering	Rank 60
67	16,154	BM Basu, M.	Jadavpur University	Energy	Rank 194
68	16,292	CV Choudhary, Vasant R.	National Chemical Laboratory India	Physical Chemistry	Rank 63
69	16,382	SY Sharma, Yogesh Chandra	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 114
70	16,393	SA Stolçke, Andreas	Uniphore	Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology	Rank 9
71	16,399	PS Pal, Sankar Kumar	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 375
72	16,434	JR Jangid, Radhey Shyam	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Civil Engineering	Rank 30
73	16,608	PD Philip, Daizy	Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram	Chemical Physics	Rank 371
74	16,734	BK Bhalla, Kapil N.	Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak	Immunology	Rank 566
75	16,919	NH Nagendra, Harini	Azim Premji University	Ecology	Rank 316
76	16,931	SM Sebastian, Mailadil Thomas	Mar Athenesius College	Materials	Rank 220
77	17,274	GA Goel, Atul H.	K J Somaiya Medical College	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,318
78	17,310	OS Ogale†, S. B.	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune	Applied Physics	Rank 396
79	17,607	NP Nidheesh, Puthiya Veetil	National Environmental Engineering Research Institute India	Environmental Sciences	Rank 126
80	17,705	GP Gupta, Prakash Chandra	Healis - Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 767
81	17,872	MG Madras, G.	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Chemical Engineering	Rank 68
82	17,897	AR Agarwal, Ritesh	Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh	Respiratory System	Rank 169
83	18,063	PM Pal, Mahesh	National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 77
84	18,177	SS Suthar, S. Singh	Doon University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 129
85	18,595	KD Kundu, Debasis	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Statistics & Probability	Rank 92
86	18,976	CP Chattaraj, Pratim Kumar	Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra	Chemical Physics	Rank 416
87	19,066	DD Das, Debabrata	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Energy	Rank 228
88	19,175	SJ Sarkar, Jahar	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	Energy	Rank 231
89	19,194	TR Tharanathan, Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy	Central Food Technological Research Institute India	Food Science	Rank 81
90	19,250	DL Dandona, Lalit	Public Health Foundation of India	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 295
91	19,495	DA Das, Ashok Kumar	International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 155
92	19,574	SS Salvi, Sundeep Santosh	Pulmocare Research and Education (PURE) Foundation	Respiratory System	Rank 187
93	19,976	Roy, Kunal	Jadavpur University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 59
94	20,006	YG Yadav, Ganapati D.	Institute of Chemical Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 78
95	20,100	SV Sahni, Varun	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 262
96	20,286	CA Chakrabarti, Arunaloke K.	Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh	Microbiology	Rank 500
97	20,299	SD Sarma, Dipankar Das	Indian Institute of Science	Applied Physics	Rank 463
98	20,659	AR Aggarwal, Rakesh A.	Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 323
99	21,129	MA Mittal, Alok	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 82
100	21,267	RP Ray, Partha Pratim	Sikkim University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 497
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from India are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

6,953 scientists affiliated with India are on the 2026 single-year list, and 3,898 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Indian Institute of Science has the most listed scientists from India, with 139. It is followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with 114.

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 3,898 in 2026, a change of +161.4%.

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.