Iraq's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Iraq has 276 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 32.7% from 208 in 2024. That places Iraq 48th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Technology- Iraq has the most listed scientists (24), followed by University of Babylon (16).

Single Year

276

+68 (+32.7%) vs 2024

Career Data

+30 (+61.2%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#48

No change vs 2024

Institutes

+27 (+40.3%) vs 2024

Scientists in Iraq on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than tripled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+150.0%

2022+21.2%

2023+45.6%

2024+38.7%

2025+32.7%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	34		10
2021	85	+150.0%	16	+60.0%
2022	103	+21.2%	23	+43.8%
2023	150	+45.6%	34	+47.8%
2024	208	+38.7%	49	+44.1%
2025	276	+32.7%	79	+61.2%

Top 10 institutes in Iraq

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Rank in Iraq	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	4,204	AS Aziz, Shujahadeen B.	University of Halabja	Polymers	Rank 21
2	5,054	HQ Hassan, Qusay	University of Diyala	Energy	Rank 134
3	5,944	MA Mohammed, Ahmed Salih	University of Sulaimani	Building & Construction	Rank 47
4	6,179	AM Ahmed, Muthanna J.	University of Baghdad	Chemical Engineering	Rank 27
5	6,752	A Al-Amiery, Ahmed A.Hussain	University of Technology- Iraq	Energy	Rank 170
6	8,437	RA Reshak, Ali Hussain	University of Basrah	Applied Physics	Rank 174
7	11,959	RA Ramadhan Al-Obaidi, Ahmed Ramadhan	Mustansiriyah University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 119
8	12,403	KA K. A. Mohammed, Mustafa K.A.	Al-Karkh University of Science	Applied Physics	Rank 245
9	13,513	CM Chaichan, Miqdam T.	University of Technology- Iraq	Energy	Rank 369
10	15,165	HA Hussein, Ahmed Kadhim	University of Babylon	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 141
11	15,918	RS Rashidi, Saman	Semnan University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 150
12	19,893	Mijwil, Maad M.	Al-Iraqia University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 934
13	22,742	OK Omer, Khalid H.	University of Sulaimani	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 102
14	23,473	MY Mustafa, Yasser Fakri	University of Mosul	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 355
15	23,481	HA Hama Aziz, Kosar Hikmat	University of Sulaimani	Chemical Engineering	Rank 155
16	25,119	MM Mohammed, Mazin Abed	University of Anbar	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,159
17	25,663	HR Hemmati, Reza	Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences	Energy	Rank 686
18	25,777	MA Mohammed, A. Abdulkadir	University of Sulaimani	Building & Construction	Rank 195
19	25,968	Rashid, Tarik A.	Salahaddin University-Erbil	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,195
20	26,275	QS Qaidi, Shaker M.A.	Nawroz University	Building & Construction	Rank 198
21	26,700	AA Altemimi, Ammar B.	University of Basrah	Food Science	Rank 266
22	27,123	KR Kurda, Rawaz	Erbil Polytechnic University	Building & Construction	Rank 203
23	27,414	AT Albyati, Talib M.	University of Technology- Iraq	Chemical Engineering	Rank 181
24	29,255	HA Hashim, Ahmed	University of Babylon	Applied Physics	Rank 569
25	33,109	AH Ahmed, Hemn Unis	Komar University of Science and Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 251
26	35,180	AA Abdulhameed, Ahmed Saud	University of Anbar	Polymers	Rank 288
27	35,694	KA Khadom, Anees Abdullah	University of Diyala	Energy	Rank 969
28	36,946	SG Sulaiman, Ghassan Mohammad	University of Technology- Iraq	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,374
29	43,317	AH Al-Kuraishy, Hayder Mutter K.	Mustansiriyah University	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 233
30	44,789	IR Ibrahim, Rabha W.	Al-Ayen Iraqi University, AUIQ	General Mathematics	Rank 203
31	46,707	AM Aljanabi, Mohammad	Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,019
32	47,311	KO Khalaf, Osamah Ibrahim	Al-Nahrain University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,045
33	48,377	AA Albahri, A. S.	Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,085
34	48,522	HS Heshu, Sulaiman Rahman	University of Sulaimani	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,446
35	49,575	FA Fadhil, Abdelrahman B.	University of Mosul	Energy	Rank 1,442
36	50,130	JM Jabir, Majid Sakhi	University of Technology- Iraq	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,883
37	50,596	AW Al-Mudhafar, Watheq J.M.	Basrah Oil Company	Energy	Rank 1,475
38	51,326	MM Mohammadi, Mokhtar	Lebanese French University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 540
39	54,644	Hamada, Hussein Mahmood	Al-Qalam University College	Building & Construction	Rank 449
40	54,719	AZ Algamal, Zakariya Yahya	University of Mosul	Statistics & Probability	Rank 272
41	55,398	IR Ismail, Raid A.	University of Technology- Iraq	Applied Physics	Rank 1,034
42	56,870	Abdullah, Omed Gh	University of Sulaimani	Applied Physics	Rank 1,065
43	57,483	AT Al‏-‏Musawi, Tariq J‏	Al-Mustaqbal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,280
44	58,224	OM Omid, Mahmoud S.	University of Tehran	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 416
45	59,031	DN Dhaidan, Nabeel S.	University of Kerbala	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 579
46	59,792	EA Ehsani, Ali	University of Qom	Energy	Rank 1,753
47	61,561	Homod, Raad Z.	Basra University for Oil and Gas	Energy	Rank 1,818
48	61,742	MH Mohammed, Hayder I.	University of Garmian	Energy	Rank 1,828
49	62,740	JH Jappor, Hamad Rahman	University of Babylon	Applied Physics	Rank 1,173
50	63,876	RH Ridha, Hussein Mohammed	Mustansiriyah University	Energy	Rank 1,902
51	65,668	Latif, Sarmad Dashti	Komar University of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,486
52	65,944	MJ Mahdi, Jasim M.	University of Baghdad	Energy	Rank 1,967
53	66,799	AS Awadh, Salih Muhammad	University of Baghdad	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 980
54	67,298	YE Yousif, Emad A.	Al-Nahrain University	Polymers	Rank 622
55	67,619	MA M Abed, Azher Mouhsen	Al-Mustaqbal University	Energy	Rank 2,019
56	68,191	AS Al-Janabi, Samaher	University of Babylon	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,903
57	68,582	AM Askari, Mohammad Bagher	Graduate University of Advanced Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,294
58	69,924	FM Fayad, Mohammed A.	University of Technology- Iraq	Energy	Rank 2,093
59	70,185	KS Khuri, Suheil A.	The American University of Iraq – Baghdad	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 115
60	70,593	AK Abdulkareem, Karrar Hameed	Al-Muthanna University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,000
61	76,527	Barzinjy, Azeez Abdullah	Soran University	Materials	Rank 1,669
62	76,594	AA Abdulazeez, Adnan Mohsin	Duhok Polytechnic University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,254
63	77,346	DH Dhahad, Hayder Abed	University of Technology- Iraq	Energy	Rank 2,319
64	77,699	Ahmed, Hiwa M.	Sulaimani Polytechnic University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,203
65	77,889	HB Hussen, Bashdar Mahmud	Hawler Medical University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,351
66	78,684	AA Aljeboree, Aseel M.	University of Babylon	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 480
67	79,958	KM Kadhom, Mohammed A.	Al-Karkh University of Science	Chemical Engineering	Rank 646
68	80,159	AS Alzabeebee, Saif	University of Al-Qadisiyah	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 845
69	80,174	ZS Zeebaree, Subhi R.M.	Duhok Polytechnic University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,412
70	80,851	AH Al-Kayiem, Hussain H.	University of Hilla	Energy	Rank 2,441
71	82,446	HA Humaidi, Amjad Jaleel	University of Technology- Iraq	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,512
72	83,015	AA Al-Qurabat, Ali Kadhum M.	University of Babylon	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 962
73	85,470	IM Ismael, Muneer A.	University of Basrah	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 827
74	86,739	SG Smaisim, Ghassan Fadhil	University of Kufa	Energy	Rank 2,615
75	86,952	AM Al-Shareeda, Mahmood A.	Southern Technical University, Iraq	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,701
76	87,129	AA Al-Abadi, Alaa M.Atiaa	University of Basrah	Environmental Engineering	Rank 487
77	89,261	AA Alkhayyat, Ahmed Hussein R.	The Islamic University, Najaf	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,822
78	91,309	AA Al-Attabi, Abduladheem	University of Thi-Qar	General Chemistry	Rank 181
79	95,935	AA Alsabery, Ammar I.	The Islamic University, Najaf	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 906
80	97,643	Hadwan, Mahmoud Hussein	University of Babylon	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,537
81	99,649	AS Abid, Sallal R.	Wasit University	Building & Construction	Rank 866
82	101,758	AO Alomar, Omar Rafae	Northern Technical University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 957
83	105,555	Rahmani, Omeid	Soran University	Energy	Rank 3,241
84	107,115	AA Abbas, Ali Hashim	Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,554
85	107,916	Kaveh, Mohammad	Knowledge University	Food Science	Rank 1,352
86	107,932	HW Hassan, Waqed Hammed	University of Warith Al-Anbiyaa	Environmental Engineering	Rank 630
87	108,198	AA Al-Karmalawy, Ahmed A.	University of Mashreq	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 390
88	109,080	Zangana, Hewa Majeed	Duhok Polytechnic University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,663
89	109,299	Ismael, Hajar Farhan	University of Zakho	General Physics	Rank 625
90	109,637	AA Alahmar, Ahmed T.	University of Babylon	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 606
91	109,873	KA Kadhum, Abdul Amir Hassan	University of Al-Ameed	Energy	Rank 3,393
92	112,029	AA Alizadeh, As'ad	Cihan University-Erbil	Energy	Rank 3,468
93	112,283	JB Jaleh, Babak	Bu-Ali Sina University	Applied Physics	Rank 2,117
94	112,569	KK Kaky, Kawa M.	Al-Nisour University College	Applied Physics	Rank 2,124
95	113,515	HN Hilal, Nahla Naji	University of Fallujah	Materials	Rank 2,553
96	114,862	AH Alshamsi, Hassan Abbas Habeeb	University of Al-Qadisiyah	General Chemistry	Rank 224
97	116,544	KM Kadhim, Mustafa M.	Kut University College	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,383
98	117,614	AO Amiri, Omid	Cihan University– Sulaymania	Energy	Rank 3,652
99	118,608	AS Al-Jubouri, Sama M.	University of Baghdad	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,037
100	119,537	KA Khalifa, Abdul Jabbar N.	Al-Nahrain University	Energy	Rank 3,727
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Frequently asked questions

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

276 scientists affiliated with Iraq are on the 2025 single-year list, and 79 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, University of Technology- Iraq has the most listed scientists from Iraq, with 24. It is followed by University of Babylon with 16.

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

On the single-year list, Iraq went from 34 scientists in 2020 to 276 in 2025, a change of +711.8%.

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.