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

Iraq has 79 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 61.2% from 49 in 2024. That places Iraq 62nd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 5 places. University of Babylon has the most listed scientists (11), followed by University of Technology- Iraq (10).

Single Year

276

+68 (+32.7%) vs 2024

Career Data

+30 (+61.2%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#62

up 5 places vs 2024

Institutes

+17 (+70.8%) vs 2024

Scientists in Iraq on the list, by year

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

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+60.0%

2022+43.8%

2023+47.8%

2024+44.1%

2025+61.2%

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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	16,413	RA Reshak, Ali Hussain	University of Basrah	Applied Physics	Rank 385
2	43,450	AS Aziz, Shujahadeen B.	University of Halabja	Polymers	Rank 383
3	46,818	AM Ahmed, Muthanna J.	University of Baghdad	Chemical Engineering	Rank 184
4	65,626	HR Hemmati, Reza	Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences	Energy	Rank 877
5	67,698	HA Hussein, Ahmed Kadhim	University of Babylon	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 460
6	91,137	OM Omid, Mahmoud S.	University of Tehran	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 474
7	95,299	A Al-Amiery, Ahmed A.Hussain	University of Technology- Iraq	Energy	Rank 1,343
8	101,570	RS Rashidi, Saman	Semnan University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 719
9	106,519	MA Mohammed, Ahmed Salih	University of Sulaimani	Building & Construction	Rank 284
10	114,097	KS Khuri, Suheil A.	The American University of Iraq – Baghdad	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 209
11	116,976	CM Chaichan, Miqdam T.	University of Technology- Iraq	Energy	Rank 1,664
12	142,531	KA Khalifa, Abdul Jabbar N.	Al-Nahrain University	Energy	Rank 2,078
13	150,222	RA Ramadhan Al-Obaidi, Ahmed Ramadhan	Mustansiriyah University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,108
14	155,804	HA Hasan, Ala	Independent Researcher	Building & Construction	Rank 445
15	157,150	FA Fadhil, Abdelrahman B.	University of Mosul	Energy	Rank 2,327
16	161,591	AM Ahmed, M. A.	University of Babylon	Applied Physics	Rank 4,271
17	164,413	EA Ehsani, Ali	University of Qom	Energy	Rank 2,453
18	166,454	IR Ibrahim, Rabha W.	Al-Ayen Iraqi University, AUIQ	General Mathematics	Rank 1,020
19	169,086	KA Khadom, Anees Abdullah	University of Diyala	Energy	Rank 2,546
20	174,806	KA K. A. Mohammed, Mustafa K.A.	Al-Karkh University of Science	Applied Physics	Rank 4,648
21	180,874	AS Al-Janabi, Samaher	University of Babylon	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,932
22	189,793	SG Sulaiman, Ghassan Mohammad	University of Technology- Iraq	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,324
23	192,545	YE Yousif, Emad A.	Al-Nahrain University	Polymers	Rank 1,725
24	194,088	IR Ismail, Raid A.	University of Technology- Iraq	Applied Physics	Rank 5,194
25	194,977	AM Al-Baghdadi, Maher A.R.Sadiq	University of Kufa	Energy	Rank 2,982
26	195,896	HQ Hassan, Qusay	University of Diyala	Energy	Rank 2,992
27	208,007	AH Al-Kayiem, Hussain H.	University of Hilla	Energy	Rank 3,190
28	210,470	AT Albyati, Talib M.	University of Technology- Iraq	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,118
29	211,544	KO Khalaf, Osamah Ibrahim	Al-Nahrain University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,610
30	212,644	IM Ismael, Muneer A.	University of Basrah	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,593
31	213,181	OK Omer, Khalid H.	University of Sulaimani	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,739
32	217,772	BS Baban, Serwan M.J.	The Kurdistan Region Presidency	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,119
33	221,372	BA Bataineh, Anwar Barakat D.	Tishk International University	Dentistry	Rank 1,367
34	226,054	AA Aljeboree, Aseel M.	University of Babylon	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,202
35	226,705	Rashid, Tarik A.	Salahaddin University-Erbil	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,982
36	233,195	AA Altemimi, Ammar B.	University of Basrah	Food Science	Rank 1,441
37	247,601	MM Mohammed, Mazin Abed	University of Anbar	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,491
38	251,379	JH Jappor, Hamad Rahman	University of Babylon	Applied Physics	Rank 6,839
39	257,414	AW Al-Mudhafar, Watheq J.M.	Basrah Oil Company	Energy	Rank 4,093
40	260,571	KR Kurda, Rawaz	Erbil Polytechnic University	Building & Construction	Rank 810
41	269,108	IZ Ismail, Zainab Z.	University of Baghdad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,462
42	271,013	KA Kadhum, Abdul Amir Hassan	University of Al-Ameed	Energy	Rank 4,366
43	292,596	Abdullah, Omed Gh	University of Sulaimani	Applied Physics	Rank 8,045
44	299,579	HA Hama Aziz, Kosar Hikmat	University of Sulaimani	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,717
45	302,610	AD Altaey, Duraid K.A.	Al-Qasim Green University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,309
46	304,003	MA Mohammed, A. Abdulkadir	University of Sulaimani	Building & Construction	Rank 974
47	304,170	MY Mustafa, Yasser Fakri	University of Mosul	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 9,982
48	305,565	JH Jalab, Hamid A.	Al-Ayen Iraqi University, AUIQ	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,922
49	320,188	KA Kermanpur, Ahmad	Isfahan University of Technology	Materials	Rank 5,021
50	329,185	HA Hashim, Ahmed	University of Babylon	Applied Physics	Rank 9,166
51	334,372	HF Hussein, Falah Hassan	University of Babylon	General Chemistry	Rank 825
52	335,322	QF Qusay, F. Alsalhy	University of Technology- Iraq	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2,000
53	339,262	Elwi, Taha A.	Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Iraq	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,531
54	339,382	AH Ahmed, Hamdi E.	College of Engineering, University of Anbar	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,594
55	347,089	AJ Abboud, Jaafar Hadi	University of Babylon	Materials	Rank 5,522
56	352,367	AO Amiri, Omid	Cihan University– Sulaymania	Energy	Rank 6,069
57	354,376	HA Hussein, Adnan Mohammed	Northern Technical University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,738
58	356,855	SE Salim, Evan T.	University of Technology- Iraq	Applied Physics	Rank 9,945
59	366,271	AH Al-Kuraishy, Hayder Mutter K.	Mustansiriyah University	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 3,737
60	367,884	AA Alsabery, Ammar I.	The Islamic University, Najaf	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,843
61	369,672	DN Dhaidan, Nabeel S.	University of Kerbala	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,859
62	370,380	Homod, Raad Z.	Basra University for Oil and Gas	Energy	Rank 6,438
63	399,082	YN Younis, Nasir Muwfaq	University of Mosul	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,332
64	433,925	MH Mousa, Haider Abdul Lateef	University of Basrah	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,824
65	442,560	LR Lafta, Riyadh K.	Mustansiriyah University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,951
66	450,331	AS Abid, Sallal R.	Wasit University	Building & Construction	Rank 1,568
67	452,894	TH Togun, Hussein	Southern Technical University, Iraq	Energy	Rank 8,225
68	458,059	AA Albahri, A. S.	Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 10,967
69	508,125	SS Sadkhan, Sattar B.	University of Babylon	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 12,322
70	531,764	FM Fakhry, Makram A.	University of Technology- Iraq	Applied Physics	Rank 15,175
71	543,666	HA Humaidi, Amjad Jaleel	University of Technology- Iraq	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 13,247
72	586,904	AA Alkhayyat, Ahmed Hussein R.	The Islamic University, Najaf	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 14,443
73	651,542	HA Harfash, Akil Jassim	University of Basrah	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 5,240
74	661,327	JM Jweeg, Muhsin J.	Al-Farahidi University	Materials	Rank 11,938
75	712,719	HI Hameed, Imad Hadi	University of Babylon	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 10,065
76	839,936	NU Nayef, Uday M.	University of Technology- Iraq	Optics	Rank 3,626
77	876,370	MJ Mohammed, Jafar Ramadhan	Ninevah University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 10,421
78	1,937,575	HM Habeeb, Majeed Ali	University of Babylon	Applied Physics	Rank 58,560
79	3,514,997	KS Khalil, Shuker Mahmood	University of Basrah	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 113,613
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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 career-long list, University of Babylon has the most listed scientists from Iraq, with 11. It is followed by University of Technology- Iraq with 10.

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

On the career-long list, Iraq went from 10 scientists in 2020 to 79 in 2025, a change of +690.0%.

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.