Kuwait's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Kuwait has 45 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Kuwait 56th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Kuwait has the most listed scientists (25), followed by College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait (5).

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#56

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Scientists in Kuwait on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+35.6%

2022+11.5%

2023+4.4%

2024+2.8%

2025+8.2%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	43		45
2021	50	+16.3%	61	+35.6%
2022	50	+0.0%	68	+11.5%
2023	64	+28.0%	71	+4.4%
2024	69	+7.8%	73	+2.8%
2025	73	+5.8%	79	+8.2%

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Rank in Kuwait	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	20,739	VH Vainio, Harri	University of Kuwait	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,019
2	36,260	HJ Huff, James	University of Kuwait	Toxicology	Rank 170
3	38,262	VE Vagenas, Elias C.	University of Kuwait	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 613
4	46,951	AA Allahverdi, Ali	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Operations Research	Rank 141
5	47,383	RR Raghupathy, Raj	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 454
6	48,962	AM Albert, M. John	University of Kuwait	Microbiology	Rank 1,207
7	53,950	MM Mostafa, Mohamed M.	Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait	Marketing	Rank 102
8	59,108	AJ Ahmed, Jasim	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Food Science	Rank 215
9	70,282	RY Reisinger, Yvette	Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 63
10	72,337	DD Das, Dilip K.	Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital	Pathology	Rank 244
11	74,064	AA Aladwani, Adel M.	University of Kuwait	Information Systems	Rank 174
12	82,760	RA Rakhshani, Ali E.	University of Kuwait	Applied Physics	Rank 2,120
13	90,506	EM El-Eskandarany, M. Sherif	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Materials	Rank 1,162
14	102,864	EH Ettouney, Hisham	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Chemical Engineering	Rank 438
15	108,152	BL Benov, Ludmil	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,882
16	109,533	LY Luqmani, Yunus A.	University of Kuwait	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,442
17	109,550	CM Chawla, M. M.	University of Kuwait	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 189
18	109,728	AS Ahmad, Suhail	University of Kuwait	Microbiology	Rank 2,762
19	110,059	MA Mustafa, Abu Salim	University of Kuwait	Microbiology	Rank 2,772
20	111,429	RM Riazi, M. R.	University of Kuwait	Energy	Rank 1,223
21	114,272	SM Sarfraz, Muhammad	University of Kuwait	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,846
22	138,519	YA Yigit, Ahmet S.	University of Kuwait	Acoustics	Rank 354
23	138,851	OM Oz, Murat	University of Kuwait	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,322
24	150,491	EA Elsharkawy, Adel	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Energy	Rank 1,723
25	150,781	DT Dimitriou, Tassos	University of Kuwait	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,430
26	152,742	IE Ismail, Esam H.	College of Technological Studies Kuwait	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 428
27	158,835	AB Ateya, B. G.	University of Kuwait	Energy	Rank 1,843
28	160,678	MX Ma, Xiaoliang	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Energy	Rank 1,874
29	161,542	HM Hamoda, Mohamed F.	University of Kuwait	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,001
30	161,672	SJ Sharma, J. N.	University of Kuwait	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,553
31	183,013	KN Kartam, Nabil	University of Kuwait	Building & Construction	Rank 362
32	193,817	RK Rahal, Khaldoun N.	University of Kuwait	Civil Engineering	Rank 351
33	204,974	MM Mohsen, Mousa	American International College	Energy	Rank 2,506
34	205,291	CA Christoforou, Andreas P.	University of Kuwait	Materials	Rank 2,763
35	214,776	SA Stanislaus, Antony	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Energy	Rank 2,645
36	228,076	MM Murugappan, M.	Kuwait College of Science & Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,793
37	228,967	AN Ahmed, Nabil A.	College of Technological Studies Kuwait	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 723
38	237,347	CI Chatzis, Ioannis	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Energy	Rank 2,967
39	240,776	EM El-Abd, Mohammed	American University of Kuwait	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,016
40	250,697	HM Haque, M. N.	University of Kuwait	Building & Construction	Rank 519
41	262,069	AE Alawadhi, Esam M.	University of Kuwait	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,713
42	282,644	GR Gharbi, Ridha	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Energy	Rank 3,676
43	306,974	HM Hussain, Malek G.M.	University of Kuwait	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,062
44	366,852	TM Terro, Mohammad	University of Kuwait	Civil Engineering	Rank 795
45	560,382	HK Habib, K.	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 3,168
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Kuwait are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

43 scientists affiliated with Kuwait are on the 2020 single-year list, and 45 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 career-long list, University of Kuwait has the most listed scientists from Kuwait, with 25. It is followed by College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait with 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.