Macau's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Macau has 50 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Macau 59th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidade de Macau has the most listed scientists (37), followed by Macau University of Science and Technology (10).

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#59

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Scientists in Macau on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+18.0%

2022+44.1%

2023+23.5%

2024+3.8%

2025+80.7%

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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%

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Rank in Macau	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,512	XQ Xu, Qingsong	Universidade de Macau	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 26
2	5,930	DC Deng, Chu Xia	Universidade de Macau	Developmental Biology	Rank 228
3	23,549	ZL Zhu, Lei	Universidade de Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 237
4	26,287	Zhou, Yicong	Universidade de Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 718
5	30,515	NL Ni, Lionel M.	Universidade de Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 312
6	30,611	SY Song, Yonghua	Universidade de Macau	Energy	Rank 634
7	32,832	CY Cai, Yongqing	Universidade de Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 918
8	38,309	LC Leung, Chung Hang	Universidade de Macau	Organic Chemistry	Rank 612
9	41,970	AJ Ap, John	Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 122
10	48,738	DY Dai, Yunlu	Universidade de Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,338
11	51,334	LI Lai, Ivan Ka Wai	City University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 163
12	51,685	TY Tang, Yuxin	Universidade de Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,431
13	52,245	ZM Zhou, Mingming	Universidade de Macau	Education	Rank 441
14	60,337	WJ Wu, Jie	Universidade de Macau	Business & Management	Rank 1,214
15	63,536	QS Qu, Song Nan	Universidade de Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,734
16	65,731	TY Tang, Yuanyan	Universidade de Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,665
17	70,518	WN Wu, Naiqi	Macau University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 723
18	71,230	CM Chen, Meiwan	Universidade de Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,983
19	73,015	PC Pornpitakpan, Chanthika	Universidade de Macau	Marketing	Rank 401
20	80,611	WY Wu, Yuan	Universidade de Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 892
21	85,834	TZ Tang, Zikang	Universidade de Macau	Applied Physics	Rank 1,917
22	91,156	HK Hui, K. N.	Universidade de Macau	Materials	Rank 1,749
23	91,530	LR Loi, Raymond	Universidade de Macau	Business & Management	Rank 1,697
24	100,049	SQ Song, Qingbin	Macau University of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,234
25	102,104	WC Wang, Chunming	Universidade de Macau	Applied Physics	Rank 2,340
26	105,767	WL Wu, Leiming	Macau University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,983
27	115,732	CX Chen, Xin	Universidade de Macau	Immunology	Rank 2,340
28	126,839	GK Gao, Kaizhou	Macau University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,082
29	128,328	YZ Yuan, Zhen	Universidade de Macau	Optics	Rank 655
30	138,615	XC Xu, Cheng Zhong	Universidade de Macau	Distributed Computing	Rank 57
31	139,697	WJ Wu, Jie	Universidade de Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,604
32	141,827	ZY Zhu, Yi Zhun	Macau University of Science and Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 956
33	148,540	SH Shao, Huaiyu	Universidade de Macau	Energy	Rank 3,483
34	150,240	QT Qian, Tao	Macau University of Science and Technology	General Mathematics	Rank 845
35	154,341	TW To, W. M.	Macao Polytechnic Institute	Acoustics	Rank 411
36	155,409	LL Liu, Liang	Macau University of Science and Technology	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 597
37	156,829	TK Tam, Kin Yip	Universidade de Macau	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,381
38	170,961	WP Wong, Pak Kin	Universidade de Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,108
39	177,632	CL Chen, Long	Universidade de Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,244
40	178,873	ZB Zhang, Bob	Universidade de Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,291
41	178,977	TE Tsang, Eric C.C.	Macau University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,298
42	220,198	DH Dai, Hong Ning	Macau University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,620
43	220,760	TB Tomlinson, Brian	Macau University of Science and Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,566
44	231,864	LN Liu, Neng Wu	Universidade de Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,765
45	238,251	JW Jia, Weijia	Universidade de Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,858
46	256,817	HK Hewison, Kevin	Universidade de Macau	Cultural Studies	Rank 68
47	262,473	OD Ouyang, Defang	Universidade de Macau	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,922
48	264,749	ZQ Zhang, Qingwen	Universidade de Macau	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,252
49	281,431	LY Lu, Yan	Universidade de Macau	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,230
50	299,255	MR Martins, Rui P.	Universidade de Macau	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,323
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Frequently asked questions

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

50 scientists affiliated with Macau are on the 2020 single-year list, and 22 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, Universidade de Macau has the most listed scientists from Macau, with 37. It is followed by Macau University of Science and Technology with 10.

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.