Kuwait's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Kuwait has 68 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 11.5% from 61 in 2021. That places Kuwait 55th in the world by number of listed scientists. Kuwait University has the most listed scientists (28), followed by Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine (9).

Single Year

No change vs 2021

Career Data

+7 (+11.5%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#55

No change vs 2021

Institutes

+1 (+8.3%) vs 2021

Scientists in Kuwait on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 51% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Kuwait

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Rank in Kuwait	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,460	CA Chamkha, Ali J.	Kuwait College of Science & Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 20
2	23,255	VH Vainio, Harri	Kuwait University	Toxicology	Rank 92
3	39,271	VE Vagenas, Elias C.	Kuwait University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 618
4	41,185	HJ Huff, James	Kuwait University	Toxicology	Rank 166
5	42,756	MM Mostafa, Mohamed M.	Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait	Marketing	Rank 93
6	43,577	IA Ismail, Adel A.	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Materials	Rank 531
7	44,634	AJ Ahmed, Jasim	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Food Science	Rank 162
8	46,316	AA Allahverdi, Ali	Kuwait University	Operations Research	Rank 140
9	48,464	AM Albert, M. John	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Microbiology	Rank 1,223
10	51,588	RR Raghupathy, Raj	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 477
11	57,091	RY Reisinger, Yvette	Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 59
12	63,339	NS Naqvi, S. Wajih A.	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Oceanography	Rank 115
13	74,467	AA Aladwani, Adel M.	Kuwait University	Information Systems	Rank 175
14	75,854	DD Das, Dilip K.	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Pathology	Rank 236
15	87,484	EM El-Eskandarany, M. Sherif	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Materials	Rank 1,117
16	92,028	RA Rakhshani, Ali E.	Kuwait University	Applied Physics	Rank 2,533
17	92,488	CM Chawla, M. M.	Kuwait University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 159
18	94,674	EH Ettouney, Hisham	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Chemical Engineering	Rank 412
19	98,550	BL Benov, Ludmil	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 4,104
20	104,705	AS Ahmad, Suhail	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Microbiology	Rank 2,637
21	108,584	LY Luqmani, Yunus A.	Kuwait University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,258
22	111,947	RM Riazi, M. R.	Kuwait University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 499
23	117,517	SM Sarfraz, Muhammad	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,102
24	122,829	MA Mustafa, Abu Salim	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Microbiology	Rank 3,027
25	129,976	RS Radwan, Samir	Kuwait University	Microbiology	Rank 3,204
26	136,717	DT Dimitriou, Tassos	Kuwait University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,282
27	141,363	OM Oz, Murat	Health Sciences Center Kuwait	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,366
28	147,830	YA Yigit, Ahmet S.	Kuwait University	Acoustics	Rank 372
29	152,160	RK Rahal, Khaldoun N.	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Civil Engineering	Rank 284
30	156,353	EA Elsharkawy, Adel	Kuwait University	Energy	Rank 1,994
31	159,703	AS Al-Salem, S. M.	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,009
32	163,225	IE Ismail, Esam H.	College of Technological Studies Kuwait	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 491
33	164,642	HM Hamoda, Mohamed F.	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,047
34	167,400	SJ Sharma, J. N.	Kuwait University	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,658
35	171,051	BM Bitar, Milad S.	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,700
36	172,363	FS Farrokhpay, Saeed	American University of the Middle East	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 63
37	175,336	AB Ateya, B. G.	Kuwait University	Energy	Rank 2,284
38	176,122	MX Ma, Xiaoliang	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Energy	Rank 2,298
39	185,577	MM Murugappan, M.	Kuwait College of Science & Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,410
40	195,767	KN Kartam, Nabil	Kuwait University	Building & Construction	Rank 430
41	211,614	MM Mohsen, Mousa	American International University	Energy	Rank 2,826
42	220,036	EM El-Abd, Mohammed	American University of Kuwait	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,098
43	225,380	AE Alawadhi, Esam M.	Kuwait University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,642
44	232,419	Al-Rashed, Abdullah A.A.A.	College of Technological Studies Kuwait	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,693
45	234,878	AN Ahmed, Nabil A.	College of Technological Studies Kuwait	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 756
46	236,590	SA Stanislaus, Antony	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Energy	Rank 3,227
47	240,866	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 1,069
48	242,265	AM Abdel-Hamid, Mohammed	Kuwait University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,083
49	243,943	OM Omran, Mahamed G.H.	Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,588
50	246,923	FM Fahim, M. A.	Kuwait University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,257
51	257,280	HM Haque, M. N.	Kuwait University	Building & Construction	Rank 591
52	262,623	KN Kilarkaje, Narayana	Kuwait University	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 945
53	266,350	MM Moussa, Mohamed A.	Kuwait University	Medical Informatics	Rank 262
54	270,281	AM Abdel-Rohman, Mohamed	Kuwait University	Civil Engineering	Rank 593
55	305,195	EA Elsharkawy, Abdallah A.	Kuwait University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,271
56	311,493	Güler, Mehmet Ali	American University of the Middle East	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,312
57	333,431	AA Al-Othman, A. K.	College of Technological Studies Kuwait	Energy	Rank 4,929
58	333,738	SA Sedaghat, Ahmad	Australian College of Kuwait	Energy	Rank 4,934
59	335,462	GA Ghoneim, Adel A.	College of Technological Studies Kuwait	Energy	Rank 4,973
60	340,575	EK EL-Naggar, K. M.	Public Authority for Applied Education and Training Kuwait	Energy	Rank 5,081
61	345,551	HM Hussain, Malek Ghuloum	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,554
62	360,292	OS Olusi, Samuel	Kuwait University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,958
63	361,530	AJ Alkandari, Jasem R.	Kuwait University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,989
64	430,348	CC Charalambous, Christakis	Kuwait University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,578
65	568,484	CA Cherri, Abdallah K.	College of Engineering and Petroleum Kuwait	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 3,023
66	605,822	HK Habib, K.	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 3,270
67	643,565	EM El-Mas, Mahmoud M.	Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 7,222
68	731,091	AS Al-Fedaghi, Sabah	Kuwait University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 15,456
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Kuwait are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

50 scientists affiliated with Kuwait are on the 2022 single-year list, and 68 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 career-long list, Kuwait University has the most listed scientists from Kuwait, with 28. It is followed by Health Sciences Center Kuwait Faculty of Medicine with 9.

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

On the career-long list, Kuwait went from 45 scientists in 2020 to 68 in 2022, a change of +51.1%.

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.