Malaysia's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Malaysia has 941 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 6.9% from 880 in 2025. That places Malaysia 38th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists (125), followed by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (85).

Single Year

941

+61 (+6.9%) vs 2025

Career Data

514

+54 (+11.7%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#38

No change vs 2025

Institutes

+2 (+2.1%) vs 2025

Scientists in Malaysia on the list, by year

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

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+41.9%

2022+13.3%

2023+15.1%

2024+7.4%

2025+14.4%

2026+6.9%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	387		163
2021	549	+41.9%	234	+43.6%
2022	622	+13.3%	274	+17.1%
2023	716	+15.1%	320	+16.8%
2024	769	+7.4%	368	+15.0%
2025	880	+14.4%	460	+25.0%
2026	941	+6.9%	514	+11.7%

Top 10 institutes in Malaysia

By number of listed scientists

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1Universiti Malaya125
2Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia85
3Universiti Putra Malaysia84
4Universiti Sains Malaysia77
5Universiti Teknologi Malaysia53
6Sunway University41
7Monash University Malaysia33
8Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah30
9Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS27
10Universiti Tenaga Nasional22

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Rank in Malaysia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	91	Lim, Weng Marc	Sunway University	Marketing	Rank 2
2	576	Show, Pau Loke	UCSI University	Biotechnology	Rank 2
3	676	HL Hollebeek, Linda D.	Sunway University	Marketing	Rank 7
4	731	SR Saidur, Rahman Md	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 19
5	2,519	OK Ooi, Keng Boon	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 81
6	2,844	Danish, Danish	Taylor's University Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 62
7	2,847	CM Chisti, M. Y	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Biotechnology	Rank 8
8	2,854	KS Kumar, Satish	Sunway University	Business & Management	Rank 93
9	3,400	HM Hannan, M. A.	Sunway University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 11
10	3,757	FM Frese, Michael J.	Asia School of Business (in collaboration with MIT Sloan Management)	Business & Management	Rank 118
11	3,964	SS Suresh, Sagadevan	Universiti Malaya	Applied Physics	Rank 90
12	4,470	SV Swami, Viren	Perdana University	Social Psychology	Rank 125
13	5,023	AI A.F., Ismail Fauzi Bin	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 20
14	5,362	Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Business & Management	Rank 159
15	5,607	Mohd Suki, Norazah	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 166
16	5,696	Jhanjhi, N. Z.	Sunway University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 309
17	5,789	SS Sapuan, S. M.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Materials	Rank 116
18	6,041	Ramayah, T.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 184
19	6,510	Lam, Su Shiung	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Environmental Sciences	Rank 137
20	6,544	Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Education	Rank 104
21	6,710	SA Sharif, Arshian Aslam	Sunway University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 140
22	6,905	IA Ishak, Anuar Mohd	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 59
23	7,196	SS Solarin, Sakiru Adebola	Multimedia University	Energy	Rank 182
24	8,411	Dai, Jiapeng	University of Wollongong Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 183
25	8,780	AS Ahmed, Shams Forruque	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 226
26	8,930	Jawad, Ali H.	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Polymers	Rank 49
27	9,352	Ilyas, R. A.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 53
28	9,582	AA Ahmed, Ali Najah	Sunway University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 43
29	10,060	KK Koay, Kian Yeik	Sunway University	Marketing	Rank 67
30	10,101	FK Foo, K. Y.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 108
31	10,214	CO Chyuan, Ong Hwai	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 268
32	10,814	HM Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 570
33	11,184	IM Iranmanesh, Mohammad	Taylor's University Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 347
34	11,243	WL Wong, Li Ping	Universiti Malaya	Public Health	Rank 107
35	11,459	AE Aw, Eugene Cheng Xi	UCSI University	Marketing	Rank 75
36	12,115	Al Mamun, Abdullah A.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 369
37	12,395	GS Gopinath, Subash C.B.	Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 49
38	12,414	Islam, Mohammad Tariqul	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 126
39	12,623	CK Chu, Khim Hoong	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 73
40	13,592	WA Waqar, Ahsan	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Building & Construction	Rank 101
41	13,745	Tabatabaei, Meisam	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 377
42	13,872	SC Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T.	International Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 240
43	13,944	SK Sopian, Kamaruzzaman Bin	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Energy	Rank 382
44	15,294	CW Chan, Wah Kheong	Universiti Malaya	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 178
45	15,652	LS Lee, Shaun Wen Huey	Monash University Malaysia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 266
46	16,125	KC Kuik, Cheng Chwee	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	International Relations	Rank 31
47	16,133	CK Chin, Kok Yong	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 107
48	17,550	Bujang, Mohamad Adam	Sarawak General Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 284
49	18,048	AM Ashraf, M. A.	Multimedia University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 392
50	18,241	NM Nilashi, Mehrbakhsh	UCSI University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 948
51	19,799	AK Abdul Khalil, H. P. S.	Universiti Islam Melaka	Polymers	Rank 135
52	20,280	AA Ahmad, Abdul Latif	USM Engineering Campus	Chemical Engineering	Rank 138
53	20,595	SV Subramaniyan, Vetriselvan	Sunway University	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 107
54	21,286	GP Goh, Pei Sean	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 147
55	21,363	EH Enshasy, Hesham El	Faculty of Engineering	Biotechnology	Rank 62
56	21,574	SR Subramaniam, Ramesh T.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 583
57	21,926	CL Chua, Lee Suan	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 239
58	21,932	NK Nadarajah, Kalaivani K.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 296
59	22,800	MK Mo, Kim Hung	Sunway University	Building & Construction	Rank 190
60	22,903	TC Tang, Chor Foon	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 333
61	23,086	NN Nurazzi, Norizan Mohd	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 158
62	23,224	HM Haque, Mainul Munirul	National Defense University of Malaysia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 120
63	23,287	YM Yusliza, M. Y.	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Business & Management	Rank 661
64	23,389	GY Gamil, Yaser M.R.	Monash University Malaysia	Building & Construction	Rank 200
65	23,485	SK Sudhakar, Kumarasamy	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Energy	Rank 639
66	23,770	Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi	Multimedia University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 528
67	24,032	RN Rahim, Nasrudin Abd	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 655
68	24,159	AI Aminul Islam, Mohammad Aminul	Universiti Malaya	Applied Physics	Rank 445
69	24,212	KR Katta, Ramesh	Sunway University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 223
70	24,437	Tan, Garry Wei Han	UCSI University	Marketing	Rank 152
71	24,807	PS Praveena, S. M.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 554
72	25,325	YP Yap, Pow Seng	Taylor's University Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 566
73	26,114	OW Oh, Wen Da	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 175
74	26,155	DW Daud, W. R.W.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 692
75	26,208	LS Law, Siong Hook	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Economics	Rank 370
76	26,707	Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin	Sunway University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 344
77	27,441	CE Chan, Eng Seng	Monash University Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 310
78	27,741	BV Balakrishnan, Vimala R.	Universiti Malaya	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,372
79	27,972	BR Bailey, R. Peter	UCSI University	Sport Sciences	Rank 128
80	28,159	Fujita, Hamido	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,387
81	28,523	Teh, Jiashen	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 764
82	28,560	Hanafiah, Mohd Hafiz	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 152
83	28,739	Amin, Muslim	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 784
84	29,082	SK Sudesh, K.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Biotechnology	Rank 99
85	29,140	ZL ZAKARIA, LATIFFAH	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 408
86	29,531	Hasanuzzaman, M.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 801
87	30,168	SN Saba, N.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 240
88	30,344	Leong Sing, Wong	Universiti Tenaga Nasional	Building & Construction	Rank 252
89	30,356	Tan, Mou Leong	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Environmental Engineering	Rank 154
90	30,450	Subramani, Parasuraman	Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 157
91	30,675	IM Ismail, M. Bin	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 841
92	30,682	Tan, Chin Ping	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 352
93	30,893	BN Bheel, Naraindas	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Building & Construction	Rank 259
94	31,160	OB Oladapo, Bankole I.	INTI International University	Materials	Rank 622
95	31,169	Alam, Gazi Mahabubul	Taylor's University Malaysia	Education	Rank 446
96	31,428	SN Sazali, Norazlianie	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 283
97	31,723	AM Azam, Muhammad Rizwan	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 452
98	31,931	AE Allison, Edward Hugh	WorldFish	Fisheries	Rank 56
99	32,372	MB Mohammed, Bashar S.	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Building & Construction	Rank 272
100	32,489	LM Liong, Min Tze	School of Industrial Technology	Food Science	Rank 385
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Ireland996 scientists

Russia989 scientists

New Zealand971 scientists

United Arab Emirates806 scientists

Czech Republic572 scientists

Thailand508 scientists

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Singapore1,461 scientists

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Frequently asked questions

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

941 scientists affiliated with Malaysia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 514 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists from Malaysia, with 125. It is followed by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia with 85.

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

On the single-year list, Malaysia went from 387 scientists in 2020 to 941 in 2026, a change of +143.2%.

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.