Liberia's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List
Liberia has 44 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 1000.0% from 4 in 2024. That places Liberia 73rd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 44 places. National Cancer Institute has the most listed scientists (5), followed by Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (3).
Scientists in Liberia on the list, by year
The career-long count has more than tripled since 2021.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 8 | +700.0% | 7 | +600.0% |
| 2023 | 25 | +212.5% | 22 | +214.3% |
| 2024 | 10 | -60.0% | 4 | -81.8% |
| 2025 | 44 | +340.0% | 44 | +1000.0% |
Top 10 institutes in Liberia
By number of listed scientists
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- 1National Cancer Institute5
- 2Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences3
- 3National Center for Health Statistics2
- 4National Institutes of Health2
- 5US Food and Drug Administration2
- 6AB Foundation for Medical Research1
- 7Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality1
- 8Bacteriology Division1
- 9Defense Centers for Public Health - Aberdeen1
- 10Delfi Diagnostics1
All 44 scientists
| Rank in Liberia | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,815 | National Cancer Institute | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 117 | |
| 2 | 3,622 | Innovative Cellular Therapeutics Inc | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 146 | |
| 3 | 6,430 | National Cancer Institute | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 278 | |
| 4 | 7,295 | U.S. Food and Drug Administration | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 317 | |
| 5 | 10,850 | Delfi Diagnostics | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 469 | |
| 6 | 16,942 | Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 745 | |
| 7 | 18,636 | National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health | Anesthesiology | Rank 60 | |
| 8 | 19,508 | Massachusetts General Hospital | Psychiatry | Rank 504 | |
| 9 | 20,968 | Former Employee of US National Cancer Institute (2011-2018) | Public Health | Rank 180 | |
| 10 | 21,833 | National Institutes of Health | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 969 | |
| 11 | 26,073 | Institute for Asthma & Allergy | Allergy | Rank 87 | |
| 12 | 30,036 | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | Rank 104 | |
| 13 | 33,222 | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 1,471 | |
| 14 | 35,744 | AB Foundation for Medical Research | Tropical Medicine | Rank 59 | |
| 15 | 43,268 | Division of Cardiovascular Sciences | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,651 | |
| 16 | 50,646 | National Center for Health Statistics | Pediatrics | Rank 260 | |
| 17 | 54,465 | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 1,189 | |
| 18 | 58,095 | National Cancer Institute | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,417 | |
| 19 | 60,938 | NIH | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 424 | |
| 20 | 66,785 | Retina Specialists | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 452 | |
| 21 | 67,132 | NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research (PA) | Psychiatry | Rank 1,267 | |
| 22 | 71,329 | Defense Centers for Public Health - Aberdeen | Public Health | Rank 672 | |
| 23 | 79,222 | Greater Baltimore Medical Center | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 560 | |
| 24 | 87,038 | National Cancer Institute | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 3,438 | |
| 25 | 91,530 | National Center for Health Statistics | Public Health | Rank 845 | |
| 26 | 94,477 | US Food and Drug Administration | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 3,069 | |
| 27 | 96,811 | National Institute of Mental Health | Psychiatry | Rank 1,699 | |
| 28 | 102,644 | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 3,822 | |
| 29 | 104,971 | Mercy Medical Center | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 1,447 | |
| 30 | 105,169 | National Cancer Institute | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,046 | |
| 31 | 107,437 | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | Orthopedics | Rank 784 | |
| 32 | 110,727 | Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation | Logistics & Transportation | Rank 185 | |
| 33 | 117,645 | National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,462 | |
| 34 | 120,160 | University of Maryland | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 4,357 | |
| 35 | 133,055 | US Food and Drug Administration | Allergy | Rank 365 | |
| 36 | 149,751 | Bacteriology Division | Microbiology | Rank 3,655 | |
| 37 | 151,740 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | Health Policy & Services | Rank 401 | |
| 38 | 152,447 | National Institutes of Health | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 5,631 | |
| 39 | 161,701 | Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions | Virology | Rank 1,330 | |
| 40 | 176,919 | U.S. Naval Medical Research Center | Tropical Medicine | Rank 401 | |
| 41 | 180,528 | National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 6,618 | |
| 42 | 211,252 | Institute of Nuclear Medicine | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Rank 1,978 | |
| 43 | 242,379 | MedStar Union Memorial Hospital | Orthopedics | Rank 1,930 | |
| 44 | 472,770 | United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 6,392 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Liberia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
44 scientists affiliated with Liberia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 44 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Liberia has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 career-long list, National Cancer Institute has the most listed scientists from Liberia, with 5. It is followed by Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences with 3.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Liberia changed since 2021?
On the career-long list, Liberia went from 1 scientists in 2021 to 44 in 2025, a change of +4300.0%.
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.