Madagascar's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List
Madagascar has 5 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, the same number as in 2025. That places Madagascar 114th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Institut Malgache de Recherches Appliques has the most listed scientists (1), followed by Institut Pasteur de Madagascar (1).
Scientists in Madagascar on the list, by year
The career-long count has more than tripled since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | 1 | -50.0% | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | +0.0% | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | +100.0% | 2 | -33.3% |
| 2025 | 2 | +0.0% | 5 | +150.0% |
| 2026 | 2 | +0.0% | 5 | +0.0% |
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Showing the 2026 career-long list. Looking for single-year rankings? See the single-year list
| Rank in Madagascar | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94,307 | Madagascar Biodiversity Center | Zoology | Rank 25 | |
| 2 | 94,718 | Université d'Antananarivo | Organic Chemistry | Rank 1,670 | |
| 3 | 158,989 | Institut Pasteur de Madagascar | Tropical Medicine | Rank 360 | |
| 4 | 355,507 | Institut Malgache de Recherches Appliques | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 1,741 | |
| 5 | 449,094 | Ranomafana | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 5,988 | |
| 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 Madagascar are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?
2 scientists affiliated with Madagascar are on the 2026 single-year list, and 5 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Madagascar has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2026 career-long list, Institut Malgache de Recherches Appliques has the most listed scientists from Madagascar, with 1. It is followed by Institut Pasteur de Madagascar with 1.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Madagascar changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Madagascar went from 1 scientists in 2020 to 5 in 2026, a change of +400.0%.
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.