Liberia's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List
Liberia has 48 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 9.1% from 44 in 2025. That places Liberia 75th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. National Cancer Institute has the most listed scientists (3), followed by National Center for Health Statistics (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% |
| 2026 | 43 | -2.3% | 48 | +9.1% |
Top 10 institutes in Liberia
By number of listed scientists
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- 1National Cancer Institute3
- 2National Center for Health Statistics3
- 3NIH3
- 4US Food and Drug Administration3
- 5Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center2
- 6National Cancer Institute Rockville2
- 7National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases2
- 8National Institutes of Health2
- 9Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences2
- 10University of Maryland2
All 48 scientists
Showing the 2026 career-long list. Looking for single-year rankings? See the single-year list
| Rank in Liberia | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 902 | University of Maryland | Geriatrics | Rank 2 | |
| 2 | 2,600 | Inc | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 123 | |
| 3 | 3,839 | NIH | Immunology | Rank 145 | |
| 4 | 7,003 | U.S. Food and Drug Administration | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 297 | |
| 5 | 16,603 | National Institutes of Health | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 716 | |
| 6 | 16,740 | National Heart | Toxicology | Rank 62 | |
| 7 | 17,270 | Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 751 | |
| 8 | 20,272 | National Institutes of Health | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 876 | |
| 9 | 23,045 | Former Employee of US National Cancer Institute (2011-2018) | Public Health | Rank 217 | |
| 10 | 28,067 | Institute for Asthma & Allergy | Allergy | Rank 93 | |
| 11 | 29,059 | US Food and Drug Administration | Surgery | Rank 206 | |
| 12 | 35,023 | University of Maryland | Experimental Psychology | Rank 478 | |
| 13 | 37,062 | Johns Hopkins Children's Center | Respiratory System | Rank 352 | |
| 14 | 39,194 | National Cancer Institute | Epidemiology | Rank 95 | |
| 15 | 39,928 | John Hopkins School of Medicine | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 94 | |
| 16 | 48,125 | NIH | Developmental Biology | Rank 1,563 | |
| 17 | 50,823 | Pathology Consultant | Pathology | Rank 143 | |
| 18 | 55,455 | National Cancer Institute Rockville | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,295 | |
| 19 | 56,854 | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 1,222 | |
| 20 | 58,584 | CDC | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 529 | |
| 21 | 71,651 | NCI | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,873 | |
| 22 | 81,554 | Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center | Immunology | Rank 2,193 | |
| 23 | 81,977 | Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 573 | |
| 24 | 97,736 | MedStar Union Memorial Hospital | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 3,127 | |
| 25 | 97,871 | National Center for Health Statistics | Public Health | Rank 929 | |
| 26 | 100,136 | US Food and Drug Administration | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 3,193 | |
| 27 | 100,543 | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology | Rank 101 | |
| 28 | 112,560 | Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics | Orthopedics | Rank 816 | |
| 29 | 116,548 | Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation | Logistics & Transportation | Rank 204 | |
| 30 | 118,333 | National Cancer Institute | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,444 | |
| 31 | 118,849 | National Center for Health Statistics | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,461 | |
| 32 | 123,217 | American Society for Investigative Pathology | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,625 | |
| 33 | 128,898 | National Cancer Institute Rockville | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,808 | |
| 34 | 142,166 | U.S. Food and Drug Administration | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 4,290 | |
| 35 | 144,837 | US Food and Drug Administration | Allergy | Rank 375 | |
| 36 | 155,237 | Sinai Health System | Orthopedics | Rank 1,170 | |
| 37 | 156,989 | Food and Drug Administration | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 4,673 | |
| 38 | 158,206 | National Center for Health Statistics | Public Health | Rank 1,561 | |
| 39 | 162,286 | National Cancer Institute | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 5,942 | |
| 40 | 185,547 | U.S. Naval Medical Research Center | Tropical Medicine | Rank 415 | |
| 41 | 199,485 | MacroGenics (United States) | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 7,218 | |
| 42 | 234,972 | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Rank 2,168 | |
| 43 | 243,210 | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | Orthopedics | Rank 1,923 | |
| 44 | 255,782 | NIH | Nursing | Rank 848 | |
| 45 | 264,939 | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Rank 2,500 | |
| 46 | 369,741 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 4,921 | |
| 47 | 434,990 | Caitlin M. Rivers are with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Outbreak Response Innovation and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Health Security | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 583 | |
| 48 | 510,311 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 6,894 | |
| No scientists match this filter on the career-long list. Try the single-year list | |||||
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Liberia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?
43 scientists affiliated with Liberia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 48 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Liberia has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2026 career-long list, National Cancer Institute has the most listed scientists from Liberia, with 3. It is followed by National Center for Health Statistics 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 48 in 2026, a change of +4700.0%.
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.