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

Kazakhstan has 37 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 27.6% from 29 in 2024. That places Kazakhstan 77th in the world by number of listed scientists. Nazarbayev University has the most listed scientists (20), followed by Nazarbayev University School of Medicine (4).

Single Year
59
+17 (+40.5%) vs 2024
Career Data
37
+8 (+27.6%) vs 2024
World rank by count
#77
No change vs 2024
Institutes
14
+7 (+100.0%) vs 2024

Scientists in Kazakhstan on the list, by year

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

Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021+90.9%
2022+19.0%
2023-4.0%
2024+20.8%
2025+27.6%
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YearSingle YearChangeCareer DataChange
20202111
202127+28.6%21+90.9%
202243+59.3%25+19.0%
202344+2.3%24-4.0%
202442-4.5%29+20.8%
202559+40.5%37+27.6%

Top 10 institutes in Kazakhstan

By number of listed scientists

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  1. 1Nazarbayev University20
  2. 2Nazarbayev University School of Medicine4
  3. 3Al Farabi Kazakh National University2
  4. 4Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention1
  5. 5Astana IT University1
  6. 6Eurasian International Centre for Theoretical Physics1
  7. 7Institute of Nuclear Physics Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan1
  8. 8Institute of Polymer Materials and Technology Kazakhstan1
  9. 9Karaganda Industrial University1
  10. 10Kazakh-British Technical University1

All 37 scientists

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Rank in Kazakhstan World rank Scientist Institute Sub-field Rank in sub-field
1 42,669 Nazarbayev University Mining & Metallurgy Rank 11
2 45,801 L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University Nuclear & Particle Physics Rank 679
3 53,285 Nazarbayev University Chemical Physics Rank 1,062
4 59,059 Nazarbayev University Building & Construction Rank 142
5 69,308 Nazarbayev University School of Medicine Oncology & Carcinogenesis Rank 2,822
6 74,380 Eurasian International Centre for Theoretical Physics Nuclear & Particle Physics Rank 1,146
7 77,265 Nazarbayev University Geological & Geomatics Engineering Rank 366
8 110,016 Nazarbayev University Computation Theory & Mathematics Rank 284
9 114,203 Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business Economics Rank 995
10 116,558 Nazarbayev University School of Medicine Developmental Biology Rank 3,241
11 125,603 Al Farabi Kazakh National University Nuclear & Particle Physics Rank 1,951
12 158,401 National Laboratory Astana Analytical Chemistry Rank 1,222
13 190,158 Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention Oncology & Carcinogenesis Rank 6,961
14 200,655 Kazakh-British Technical University Energy Rank 3,068
15 204,373 Institute of Nuclear Physics Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Applied Physics Rank 5,492
16 207,721 K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University Applied Physics Rank 5,589
17 216,266 Institute of Polymer Materials and Technology Kazakhstan Polymers Rank 1,946
18 218,908 Nazarbayev University Environmental Sciences Rank 1,928
19 219,186 Nazarbayev University Plant Biology & Botany Rank 3,261
20 224,903 Nazarbayev University Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Rank 2,864
21 239,108 Nazarbayev University Environmental Sciences Rank 2,124
22 240,501 Nazarbayev University Energy Rank 3,769
23 244,080 Nazarbayev University Optics Rank 996
24 250,889 Nazarbayev University Networking & Telecommunications Rank 2,528
25 272,647 Nazarbayev University Optics Rank 1,109
26 289,649 Nazarbayev University Energy Rank 4,769
27 310,569 Astana IT University Information & Library Sciences Rank 215
28 331,255 Nazarbayev University School of Medicine Nursing Rank 1,234
29 332,126 Nazarbayev University Networking & Telecommunications Rank 3,446
30 393,730 Nazarbayev University Electrical & Electronic Engineering Rank 1,443
31 394,511 Nazarbayev University Energy Rank 6,976
32 395,365 Nazarbayev University Optoelectronics & Photonics Rank 1,687
33 438,347 Nazarbayev University School of Medicine General & Internal Medicine Rank 5,889
34 501,555 Nazarbayev University Electrical & Electronic Engineering Rank 1,930
35 808,011 Nazarbayev University Mining & Metallurgy Rank 655
36 894,816 Karaganda Industrial University Materials Rank 17,201
37 998,228 Al Farabi Kazakh National University Mining & Metallurgy Rank 870
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Frequently asked questions

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

59 scientists affiliated with Kazakhstan are on the 2025 single-year list, and 37 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Nazarbayev University has the most listed scientists from Kazakhstan, with 20. 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 career-long list, Kazakhstan went from 11 scientists in 2020 to 37 in 2025, a change of +236.4%.

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.