Macau's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Macau has 234 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 18.8% from 197 in 2025. That places Macau 55th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Macau has the most listed scientists (126), followed by Macau University of Science and Technology (45).

Single Year

234

+37 (+18.8%) vs 2025

Career Data

135

+24 (+21.6%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#55

No change vs 2025

Institutes

No change vs 2025

Scientists in Macau on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than tripled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+18.0%

2022+44.1%

2023+23.5%

2024+3.8%

2025+80.7%

2026+18.8%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	50		22
2021	59	+18.0%	31	+40.9%
2022	85	+44.1%	48	+54.8%
2023	105	+23.5%	54	+12.5%
2024	109	+3.8%	68	+25.9%
2025	197	+80.7%	111	+63.2%
2026	234	+18.8%	135	+21.6%

Top 10 institutes in Macau

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Rank in Macau	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	241	LC Lee, Chien-Chiang	City University of Macau	Economics	Rank 3
2	467	WF Wang, Feiyue	Macau University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 31
3	1,895	LR Law, Rob	University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 13
4	2,163	Teng, Mark Feng	Macao Polytechnic University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 17
5	2,622	ZD Zhang, Dayong	City University of Macau	Energy	Rank 69
6	5,147	PH Pan, Hui	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 180
7	5,277	LZ Li, Zongjin	University of Macau	Building & Construction	Rank 44
8	5,504	XQ Xu, Qingsong	University of Macau	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 64
9	5,992	ZY Zhou, Yong	Macau University of Science and Technology	Applied Mathematics	Rank 22
10	6,077	YR Yuan, Rui (Eric)	University of Macau	Education	Rank 94
11	9,053	CF Chan, Felix T.S.	School of Business	Operations Research	Rank 34
12	9,870	DC Deng, Chuxia	University of Macau	Developmental Biology	Rank 261
13	10,426	YK Yuen, Ka Veng	University of Macau	Civil Engineering	Rank 51
14	11,044	WI Wong, Ip Kin Anthony	University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 51
15	11,518	LI Lai, Ivan Ka Wai	Macao Polytechnic University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 53
16	11,758	MC Montag, Christian	University of Macau	Psychiatry	Rank 241
17	12,127	XG Xing, Guichuan Chuan	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 389
18	13,178	Khan, Ali Nawaz	Macau Millennium College	Business & Management	Rank 395
19	13,179	LL Lam, Long Wai Rico	University of Macau	Business & Management	Rank 396
20	13,569	YS Yu, Shulin	University of Macau	Education	Rank 217
21	14,645	WJ Wang, Jianzhou	Macau University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 398
22	14,666	XY Xiang, Yutao	University of Macau	Psychiatry	Rank 285
23	16,177	KZ Kang, Zhenhui	Macau University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 527
24	16,372	SJ Shen, Jianbing	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 858
25	17,996	CL Chang, Lei	University of Macau	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 159
26	18,222	LD Li, Dong	Macau University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 183
27	18,942	ZK Zhang, Kang	Macau University of Science and Technology	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 59
28	19,961	Zhou, Yicong	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,031
29	20,883	MD Meng, Deyu	Macau University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,065
30	22,037	WQ Wei, Qinglai	Macau University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,123
31	22,281	SY Song, Yonghua	University of Macau	Energy	Rank 600
32	22,448	KJ Kim, Jinkyung Jenny	Macau University of Science and Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 116
33	26,536	ZM Zhou, Mingming	University of Macau	Education	Rank 390
34	27,298	WX Wang, Xijun	State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 91
35	28,955	GK Gao, Kaizhou	Macau University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,421
36	29,012	ZZ Zhang, Zhe (Victor)	Macao Polytechnic University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 181
37	29,257	ZL Zhu, Lei	University of Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 307
38	32,482	Wen, Jun	Macau University of Science and Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 169
39	34,201	Zheng, Zhedong	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,667
40	34,856	DY Dai, Yunlu	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,257
41	35,639	WL Wei, Leyi	Macao Polytechnic University	Bioinformatics	Rank 103
42	36,783	ZQ Zhao, Qi	University of Macau	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,108
43	36,987	CS Chen, Shi	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,337
44	37,191	YF Yang, Fiona Xi	Faculty of Business Administration	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 190
45	37,368	QS Qu, Songnan	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,348
46	37,463	(K (Wai Kong) Cheung, Adrian (Wai Kong)	City University of Macau	Finance	Rank 166
47	40,160	PC Pun, Chi Man	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,945
48	41,520	Reynolds, Barry Lee	University of Macau	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 247
49	43,002	LZ Li, Zhiwu	Macau University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 451
50	43,024	SH Shen, Hanming	University of Macau	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 625
51	43,290	WW Wang, Wei	Macao Polytechnic University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,077
52	43,747	ZZ Zhang, Zhitao	Macau University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,610
53	43,906	WY Wang, Yitao	University of Macau	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 146
54	44,173	WY Wu, Yuan	University of Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 475
55	45,072	ZT Zhu, Tianqing	City University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,140
56	45,503	ZH Zhang, Hongcai	University of Macau	Energy	Rank 1,311
57	46,039	ML Miao, Li	Faculty of Business Administration	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 231
58	46,182	CY Cai, Yongqing	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,712
59	46,748	TP Tam, Paul KH	Macau University of Science and Technology	Pediatrics	Rank 83
60	48,618	Lee, Timothy J.	City University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 241
61	50,347	LQ Li, Qing	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,882
62	50,690	JT Jackson, Todd	University of Macau	Psychiatry	Rank 836
63	52,590	SH Shao, Huaiyu	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,964
64	53,326	LS Leung, Shingon	University of Macau	Education	Rank 748
65	53,375	XC Xu, Chengzhong	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,511
66	54,249	XH Xu, Hui	University of Macau	General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences	Rank 21
67	54,254	WP Wong, Pak Kin	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,550
68	55,365	CX Chen, Xiuping	Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 194
69	56,243	HT Hao, Tianwei	University of Macau	Environmental Engineering	Rank 303
70	57,414	ZK Zhang, Kai	Macau University of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,268
71	58,144	WS Wang, Shengpeng	Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 209
72	59,037	LP Liu, Piper Liping	University of Macau	Public Health	Rank 568
73	61,715	MY Mao, Yuyi	Macau University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 679
74	63,310	LJ Lu, Jinjian	Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 234
75	64,406	WR Wang, Ruibing	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,454
76	66,585	ZB Zhang, Bob	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,144
77	66,692	YJ Yu, Jun	Faculty of Business Administration	Econometrics	Rank 65
78	68,047	YX Yao, Xiaojun	Macao Polytechnic University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 254
79	69,157	OD Ouyang, Defang	Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 442
80	69,598	WN Wu, Naiqi	Macau University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 753
81	70,001	CG Chen, Guoqian	Macau University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 2,089
82	70,437	GZ Gan, Zhengdong	University of Macau	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 383
83	70,492	LM Lai, Mark Hok Chio	University of Macau	Social Sciences Methods	Rank 113
84	72,027	LE Leung, Elaine Lai Han	University of Macau	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,200
85	72,070	WC Wang, Chuang	University of Macau	Education	Rank 997
86	72,094	SQ Song, Qingbing Bin	Macau University of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,626
87	72,248	JJ Jie, Jiansheng	Macau University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,782
88	72,394	FW Fa, Wenzhe	Macau University of Science and Technology	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 920
89	72,770	CM Chen, Meiwan	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,811
90	74,761	TY Tang, Yuanyan	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,524
91	77,052	TB Tomlinson, Brian W.Y.	Macau University of Science and Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 493
92	77,136	ZJ Zhou, Jiantao	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,631
93	77,422	SB Sun, Baoquan	Macau University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 3,022
94	77,433	LM Liu, Matthew Tingchi	University of Macau	Marketing	Rank 477
95	77,757	WX Wang, Xinghua	Macao Polytechnic University	Education	Rank 1,077
96	78,069	YD Yang, Dingqi	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,671
97	78,183	ZQ Zhang, Qingwen	University of Macau	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 290
98	79,802	Liu, Ming	Macau University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 760
99	80,523	LF Li, Fangxuan (Sam)	City University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 373
100	81,610	HK Hui, Kwun Nam	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 3,219
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Macau are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

234 scientists affiliated with Macau are on the 2026 single-year list, and 135 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, University of Macau has the most listed scientists from Macau, with 126. It is followed by Macau University of Science and Technology with 45.

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

On the single-year list, Macau went from 50 scientists in 2020 to 234 in 2026, a change of +368.0%.

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.