Kazakhstan's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Kazakhstan has 44 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 2.3% from 43 in 2022. That places Kazakhstan 77th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 3 places. Nazarbayev University has the most listed scientists (27), followed by Nazarbayev University School of Medicine (4).

Single Year

+1 (+2.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

-1 (-4.0%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#77

down 3 places vs 2022

Institutes

-2 (-14.3%) vs 2022

Scientists in Kazakhstan on the list, by year

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

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+28.6%

2022+59.3%

2023+2.3%

2024-4.5%

2025+40.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	21		11
2021	27	+28.6%	21	+90.9%
2022	43	+59.3%	25	+19.0%
2023	44	+2.3%	24	-4.0%
2024	42	-4.5%	29	+20.8%
2025	59	+40.5%	37	+27.6%

Top 10 institutes in Kazakhstan

By number of listed scientists

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Rank in Kazakhstan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	13,411	Yagiz, Saffet	Nazarbayev University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 129
2	15,201	MS Memon, Shazim Ali	Nazarbayev University	Building & Construction	Rank 99
3	31,062	MR Myrzakulov, Ratbay	Ratbay Myrzakulov Eurasian International Centre for Theoretical Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 349
4	38,988	Tosi, Daniele	Nazarbayev University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 98
5	40,357	ON Orazalin, Nurlan	KIMEP University	Business & Management	Rank 908
6	44,731	IA Issakhov, Alibek	Al Farabi Kazakh National University	Energy	Rank 1,066
7	61,298	KA Kozlovskiy, A. L.	L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University	Applied Physics	Rank 1,150
8	66,940	Poddighe, Dimitri	Nazarbayev University School of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 1,507
9	70,880	YS Yousafzai, Shumaila	Nazarbayev University	Marketing	Rank 396
10	73,004	ZM Zdorovets, Maxim V.	L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University	Applied Physics	Rank 1,407
11	76,620	PE Ponomarev, Eugene D.	Nazarbayev University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,711
12	80,594	BV Brus, Viktor V.	Nazarbayev University	Applied Physics	Rank 1,564
13	94,587	Atabaev, Timur Sh	Nazarbayev University	Materials	Rank 1,830
14	98,984	Valagiannopoulos, Constantinos	Nazarbayev University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 982
15	110,047	GC Gao, Chang Hong	Nazarbayev University	Energy	Rank 2,827
16	119,957	BZ Bakenov, Zhumabay	Nazarbayev University	Energy	Rank 3,060
17	121,378	AO Abedinia, Oveis	Nazarbayev University	Energy	Rank 3,098
18	123,578	DT Do, Ton Duc	Nazarbayev University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 465
19	153,272	AM Akhtar, Muhammad Tahir	Nazarbayev University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,598
20	155,809	VH Varol, Huseyin Atakan	Nazarbayev University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,492
21	175,146	KR Kalendar, Ruslan	Nazarbayev University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,134
22	191,002	BM Bagheri, Mehdi	Nazarbayev University	Energy	Rank 5,109
23	192,252	AS Araby, Sherif	Nazarbayev University	Materials	Rank 4,149
24	199,272	CJ Cruz, Jonas Preposi	Nazarbayev University School of Medicine	Nursing	Rank 538
25	201,886	KA Konarov, Aishuak	Nazarbayev University	Energy	Rank 5,424
26	206,696	TA Tikhonov, Alexander	Nazarbayev University	Biophysics	Rank 200
27	207,067	ZD Zorbas, Dimitrios	Nazarbayev University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,225
28	207,649	BN Barlev, Nicolai A.	Nazarbayev University School of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 4,141
29	212,331	DD Dzhumabaev, Dulat S.	Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling	General Mathematics	Rank 1,112
30	261,075	RA Razaque, Abdul	International Information Technology University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,890
31	278,985	KN Kumar Nunna, H. S.V.S.	Nazarbayev University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,160
32	290,452	AA Assanova, Anar	Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling	General Mathematics	Rank 1,556
33	300,984	DA Desyatnikov, A.	Nazarbayev University	Optics	Rank 1,157
34	301,531	AS Adekenov, S. M.	Phytochemistry Holding	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,524
35	468,236	DK Davletov, Kairat	Al Farabi Kazakh National University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,198
36	500,133	RA Ruderman, Alex	Nazarbayev University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 2,296
37	516,209	MB Maham, Behrouz	Nazarbayev University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 6,224
38	527,909	KA Kolesnikov, Alexandr	M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University	Materials	Rank 12,806
39	532,518	SA Sarria-Santamera, Antonio	Nazarbayev University School of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,810
40	533,652	BS Bolla, Srinivasa Rao	Nazarbayev University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,823
41	904,804	GM Good, Michael R.R.	Nazarbayev University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 9,213
42	987,191	VI Volokitina, Irina Evgenievna	Rudny Industrial Institute	Materials	Rank 25,047
43	1,253,488	SE Suleimen, E. M.	Sh.Ualikhanov Kokshetau University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 10,081
44	4,306,181	BA Boranbayev, Askar	Nazarbayev University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 143,132
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Kazakhstan are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

44 scientists affiliated with Kazakhstan are on the 2023 single-year list, and 24 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Nazarbayev University has the most listed scientists from Kazakhstan, with 27. It is followed by Nazarbayev University School of Medicine with 4.

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

On the single-year list, Kazakhstan went from 21 scientists in 2020 to 44 in 2023, a change of +109.5%.

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.