Macau's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Macau has 109 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 3.8% from 105 in 2023. That places Macau 59th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. University of Macau has the most listed scientists (79), followed by Macau University of Science and Technology (18).

Single Year

109

+4 (+3.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

+14 (+25.9%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#59

down 2 places vs 2023

Institutes

-9 (-64.3%) vs 2023

Scientists in Macau on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled 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%

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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	1,681	LR Law, Rob	University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 6
2	2,520	CF Chien, Fengsheng	City University of Macau	Environmental Sciences	Rank 51
3	3,189	LZ Li, Zongjin	University of Macau	Building & Construction	Rank 22
4	3,914	XQ Xu, Qingsong	University of Macau	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 44
5	11,743	XG Xing, Guichuan	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 365
6	12,164	SJ Shen, Jianbing	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 538
7	14,204	LI Lai, Ivan Ka Wai	Macao Polytechnic University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 66
8	15,082	Zhou, Yicong	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 648
9	16,999	Teng, Mark Feng	Macao Polytechnic University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 79
10	17,729	YS Yang, Shengyuan	University of Macau	Applied Physics	Rank 345
11	18,420	YS Yu, Shulin	University of Macau	Education	Rank 221
12	19,723	CL Chang, Lei	University of Macau	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 182
13	20,246	YR Yuan, Rui	University of Macau	Education	Rank 233
14	22,304	SY Song, Yonghua	University of Macau	Energy	Rank 545
15	22,627	WI Wong, Ip Kin Anthony	University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 115
16	26,147	LL Lam, Lawrence T.	Macau University of Science and Technology	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 89
17	28,822	ZM Zhou, Mingming	University of Macau	Education	Rank 326
18	31,577	ZL Zhu, Lei	University of Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 306
19	36,194	FS Fong, Simon	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,461
20	36,310	DY Dai, Yunlu	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,209
21	42,392	QS Qu, Songnan	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,443
22	45,564	WY Wu, Yuan	University of Macau	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 452
23	46,110	YF Yang, Fiona X.	University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 215
24	46,477	ZX Zhao, Xinshu	University of Macau	Marketing	Rank 293
25	48,138	ZZ Zheng, Zhedong	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,882
26	48,735	LZ Li, Zhiwu	Macau University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 510
27	51,570	LD Li, Dong	Macau University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 522
28	53,077	JT Jackson, Todd	University of Macau	Psychiatry	Rank 926
29	54,245	TP Tam, Paul K.H.	Macau University of Science and Technology	Pediatrics	Rank 128
30	55,955	CX Chen, Xiuping	University of Macau	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 177
31	57,796	WR Wang, Ruibing	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,023
32	59,021	WN Wu, Naiqi	Macau University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 625
33	59,503	ZJ Zhao, Jing	University of Macau	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 335
34	60,024	PC Pun, Chi Man	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,305
35	62,125	CA Cheung, Adrian (Wai Kong)	City University of Macau	Finance	Rank 255
36	62,398	PC Pornpitakpan, Chanthika	University of Macau	Marketing	Rank 387
37	64,550	WA Wu, Anise M.S.	University of Macau	Substance Abuse	Rank 145
38	64,926	AJ Ap, John	Macao University of Tourism	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 296
39	64,945	WY Wan, Yim King Penny	Macao University of Tourism	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 297
40	65,578	LP Liu, Piper Liping	University of Macau	Public Health	Rank 693
41	66,415	LL Li, Liang	Macau University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,351
42	66,764	LJ Lu, Jin Jian	University of Macau	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 210
43	68,056	KJ Kim, Jinkyung Jenny	Macau University of Science and Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 309
44	68,133	GK Gao, Kai Zhou	Macau University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,600
45	68,870	ZH Zhang, Hongcai	University of Macau	Energy	Rank 1,844
46	69,530	LM Liu, Matthew Tingchi	University of Macau	Marketing	Rank 415
47	72,394	TY Tang, Yuan Yan	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,758
48	74,813	CM Chen, Meiwan	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,658
49	74,954	TZ Tang, Zikang	University of Macau	Applied Physics	Rank 1,413
50	76,648	LJ Lin, Jinghuang	University of Macau	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,734
51	77,219	HK Hannam, Kevin	City University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 333
52	83,128	YD Yang, Dingqi	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,134
53	85,241	ZJ Zheng, Jun	University of Macau	Microbiology	Rank 1,774
54	86,308	TW To, Wai Ming	Macao Polytechnic University	Acoustics	Rank 183
55	87,202	ZJ Zhou, Jiantao	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,303
56	88,047	ZB Zhang, Bob	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,339
57	88,822	LC Leung, Chung Hang	University of Macau	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,149
58	89,265	YX Yao, Xiaojun	Macao Polytechnic University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 289
59	90,688	CL Chen, Long	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,441
60	91,273	MG McCartney, Glenn	University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 395
61	92,627	Chau, Ka Yin	City University of Macau	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,896
62	96,567	XC Xu, Chengzhong	University of Macau	Distributed Computing	Rank 19
63	97,477	CA Chu, Angus C.	University of Macau	Economics	Rank 1,209
64	98,217	LC Lim, Christine	University of Macau	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 420
65	102,588	LE Leung, Elaine Lai Han	University of Macau	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,373
66	102,801	SG Sun, Guoxing	University of Macau	Building & Construction	Rank 776
67	102,956	ZQ Zhang, Qingwen	University of Macau	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 358
68	103,617	KH Kwok, Hang Fai	University of Macau	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,401
69	111,257	LS Leung, Shing On	University of Macau	Education	Rank 1,367
70	114,000	LY Lu, Yan	University of Macau	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 437
71	117,498	WP Wong, Pak Kin	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,373
72	119,315	KC Kwok, Chi Tat	University of Macau	Materials	Rank 2,507
73	124,682	WC Wang, Chunming	University of Macau	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 602
74	125,316	ZY Zhu, Yi Zhun	Macau University of Science and Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 848
75	125,645	HB Hu, Bi Ying	University of Macau	Education	Rank 1,522
76	129,917	LK Lo, Kin Ho	University of Macau	Materials	Rank 2,776
77	140,558	WJ Wan, Jian Bo	University of Macau	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,025
78	142,701	MY Mu, Yi	City University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,312
79	144,941	SH Sun, Handong	University of Macau	Applied Physics	Rank 2,857
80	148,353	ZW Zheng, Wenhua	University of Macau	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,386
81	153,570	VC Vong, Chi Man	University of Macau	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,705
82	163,730	GC Gui, Changfeng	University of Macau	General Mathematics	Rank 920
83	166,826	LJ Lee, Joseph H.W.	Macau University of Science and Technology	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1,023
84	172,646	ZY Zhou, Yong	Macau University of Science and Technology	General Mathematics	Rank 960
85	175,239	LY Liu, Yide	Macau University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 5,044
86	185,401	OD Ouyang, Defang	University of Macau	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,375
87	192,224	MR Martins, Rui	University of Macau	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 822
88	200,262	HH Hui, Hongxun	University of Macau	Energy	Rank 5,812
89	204,247	KH Kong, Hui	University of Macau	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,132
90	206,609	JZ Jiang, Zhi Hong	Macau University of Science and Technology	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 890
91	209,150	KK Kou, Kit Ian	University of Macau	General Mathematics	Rank 1,175
92	210,253	WJ Wu, Jian Lin	Macau University of Science and Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,681
93	216,227	WV Wong, Vincent Kam Wai	Macau University of Science and Technology	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 952
94	223,893	YW Yan, Wang Ji	University of Macau	Acoustics	Rank 509
95	227,269	SC Silvestre, Carlos	University of Macau	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,364
96	262,305	MP Mak, Pui In	University of Macau	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,178
97	264,187	LH Liu, Huanxiang	Macao Polytechnic University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,236
98	278,094	CX Chen, Xiaojia	University of Macau	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,386
99	285,685	XY Xu, Youhua	Macau University of Science and Technology	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,369
100	309,462	QT Qian, Tao	Macau University of Science and Technology	General Mathematics	Rank 1,771
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Macau are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

109 scientists affiliated with Macau are on the 2024 single-year list, and 68 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, University of Macau has the most listed scientists from Macau, with 79. It is followed by Macau University of Science and Technology with 18.

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 109 in 2024, a change of +118.0%.

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.