Indonesia's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Indonesia has 57 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 42.5% from 40 in 2024. That places Indonesia 68th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Institut Teknologi Bandung has the most listed scientists (7), followed by Universitas Indonesia (5).

Single Year

209

+59 (+39.3%) vs 2024

Career Data

+17 (+42.5%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#68

up 2 places vs 2024

Institutes

+10 (+41.7%) vs 2024

Scientists in Indonesia on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than tripled since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+0.0%

2022+22.2%

2023+31.8%

2024+37.9%

2025+42.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	42		18
2021	58	+38.1%	18	+0.0%
2022	85	+46.6%	22	+22.2%
2023	92	+8.2%	29	+31.8%
2024	150	+63.0%	40	+37.9%
2025	209	+39.3%	57	+42.5%

Top 10 institutes in Indonesia

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Rank in Indonesia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	12,609	BJ Baird, John Kevin	Universitas Indonesia	Tropical Medicine	Rank 14
2	16,753	GG Guillemin, G. J.	IPB University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,312
3	35,429	VN Van Noordwijk, Meine V.	ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre, Bogor	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 155
4	58,896	PM Postma, Maarten Jacobus	Universitas Airlangga	Health Policy & Services	Rank 145
5	73,899	RA Rohman, Abdul F.	Universitas Gadjah Mada	Food Science	Rank 403
6	84,774	NA Nandiyanto, Asep Bayu Dani	Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia	Materials	Rank 1,154
7	89,678	Kuswandi, Bambang	Universitas Jember	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 636
8	90,381	IS Ismadji, Suryadi	Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 411
9	91,040	IF Iskandar, Ferry	Institut Teknologi Bandung	Chemical Engineering	Rank 414
10	93,466	LA Larson, Anne M.	Center for International Forestry Research, West Java	Ecology	Rank 1,591
11	93,832	WB White, Ben	Samadhya Institute	Development Studies	Rank 69
12	96,722	FT FIRMAN, TOMMY	Institut Teknologi Bandung	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 150
13	123,574	ÖM Özsöz, Mehmet Şengün	Universitas Padjadjaran	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 911
14	128,899	FI Fatimah, Is	Universitas Islam Indonesia	Materials	Rank 1,806
15	153,713	WI Wenten, I. G.	Institut Teknologi Bandung	Chemical Engineering	Rank 785
16	186,963	EI Eilks, Ingo	Universitas Negeri Malang	Education	Rank 1,380
17	187,329	Nur, Hadi	Universitas Negeri Malang	Materials	Rank 2,697
18	191,013	PN Putra, Nandy Setiadi Djaya	Universitas Indonesia	Energy	Rank 2,920
19	192,766	SH Susanto, Heru	Universitas Diponegoro	Materials	Rank 2,776
20	196,467	Fulazzaky, Mohamad Ali	Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,692
21	196,754	HH Hadiyanto, H.	Universitas Diponegoro	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,693
22	206,793	SI Sopyan, Iis	Universitas Indo Global Mandiri	Materials	Rank 2,995
23	210,783	SD Setiadi, De Rosal Ignatius Moses	Universitas Dian Nuswantoro	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,588
24	212,840	BM Berawi, Mohammed Ali	Universitas Indonesia	Energy	Rank 3,286
25	213,887	LH Latan, Hengky	HLC Consulting	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,879
26	216,540	KM Kanninen, Markku	Center for International Forestry Research, West Java	Forestry	Rank 301
27	226,098	Indarto, Antonius	Institut Teknologi Bandung	Energy	Rank 3,533
28	236,046	IG Indrayanto, Gunawan	Universitas Ciputra	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,950
29	239,009	SS Sugiharto, Sugiharto	Universitas Diponegoro	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 808
30	240,127	HH Harapan, Harapan H.	Universitas Syiah Kuala	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,126
31	244,326	ME Mwangi, Esther N.	Center for International Forestry Research, West Java	Forestry	Rank 360
32	247,075	Huda, Nurul	Brawijaya University	Food Science	Rank 1,539
33	252,305	DP Dahono, Pekik Argo	Institut Teknologi Bandung	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 827
34	283,895	SS Suwarno, Suwarno	Institut Teknologi Bandung	Energy	Rank 4,641
35	289,152	SA Silitonga, Arridina Susan	Politeknik Negeri Medan	Energy	Rank 4,751
36	290,812	PN Pambudi, Nugroho Agung	Universitas Sebelas Maret	Energy	Rank 4,802
37	298,219	KD Kaimowitz, David	Center for International Forestry Research, West Java	Forestry	Rank 489
38	302,007	Kusuma, Heri Septya	Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Yogyakarta	Materials	Rank 4,713
39	302,182	JA Jalil, Aishah Abdul	Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember	Energy	Rank 5,049
40	302,274	SA Syafiuddin, Achmad	Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,798
41	314,072	MM Marfai, Muh Aris	Universitas Gadjah Mada	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,397
42	325,309	BW Budiharto, Widodo	Bina Nusantara University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,420
43	406,611	MZ Muchlisin, Zainal Abidin	Universitas Syiah Kuala	Fisheries	Rank 1,437
44	407,319	MA Maryudi, Ahmad	Universitas Gadjah Mada	Forestry	Rank 724
45	408,561	ST Sutikno, Tole	Universitas Ahmad Dahlan	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9,672
46	421,788	PB Pardamean, Bens	Bina Nusantara University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 10,011
47	422,863	RU Rahardja, Untung	Universitas Raharja	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 10,034
48	423,988	IT Ivandini, Tribidasari A.	Universitas Indonesia	Materials	Rank 6,942
49	477,920	SS Santosa, Sri Juari	Universitas Gadjah Mada	General Chemistry	Rank 1,168
50	495,213	VG Van Groesen, E. W.C.	LabMath-Indonesia	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,192
51	583,516	SR Sarno, Riyanarto	Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 14,355
52	699,597	SS Suyanto, Suyanto	Telkom University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 17,720
53	711,850	KI Katili, Irwan	Universitas Indonesia	Materials	Rank 13,032
54	723,749	MA Munir, Achmad	Institut Teknologi Bandung	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 8,397
55	747,614	AH Ambarita, Himsar	Universitas Sumatera Utara	Materials	Rank 13,860
56	822,821	SB Surya, Batara	Universitas Bosowa	Energy	Rank 16,735
57	1,360,484	NM Nasution, Mahyuddin K.M.	Universitas Sumatera Utara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 37,571
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Indonesia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

209 scientists affiliated with Indonesia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 57 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Institut Teknologi Bandung has the most listed scientists from Indonesia, with 7. It is followed by Universitas Indonesia with 5.

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

On the career-long list, Indonesia went from 18 scientists in 2020 to 57 in 2025, a change of +216.7%.

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.