Malaysia's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Malaysia has 879 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 14.3% from 769 in 2024. That places Malaysia 38th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists (116), followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia (83).

Single Year

879

+110 (+14.3%) vs 2024

Career Data

460

+92 (+25.0%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#38

No change vs 2024

Institutes

+33 (+52.4%) vs 2024

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+14.3%

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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	879	+14.3%	460	+25.0%

Top 10 institutes in Malaysia

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2025

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1Universiti Malaya116
2Universiti Putra Malaysia83
3Universiti Sains Malaysia78
4Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia68
5Universiti Teknologi Malaysia59
6Sunway University35
7Monash University Malaysia33
8Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah28
9Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS26
10Universiti Malaysia Terengganu20

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Rank in Malaysia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	195	Lim, Weng Marc	Sunway University	Marketing	Rank 5
2	760	SR Saidur, Rahman	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 21
3	1,551	Danish, Danish	Taylor's University Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 34
4	2,483	CM Chisti, M. Y	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Biotechnology	Rank 7
5	4,212	OK Ooi, Keng Boon	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 132
6	4,433	Jawad, Ali H.	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Polymers	Rank 22
7	4,497	SS Sapuan, S. M.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Materials	Rank 81
8	4,638	Shahid, Shamsuddin	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 82
9	4,713	SS Solarin, Sakiru Adebola	Multimedia University	Energy	Rank 127
10	5,046	AI A.F., Ismail Fauzi Bin	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 21
11	5,173	Mohd Suki, Norazah	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 161
12	5,310	SS Sagadevan, Suresh	Universiti Malaya	Applied Physics	Rank 127
13	5,616	HM Hannan, M. A.	Sunway University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 19
14	5,638	SA Sharif, Arshian Aslam	Sunway University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 115
15	5,773	Lam, Su Shiung	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Environmental Sciences	Rank 120
16	6,021	Ramayah, T.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 183
17	6,111	IA Ishak, Anuar Mohd	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 60
18	6,593	Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Education	Rank 77
19	8,675	FK Foo, K. Y.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 94
20	9,478	Al-Shetwi, Ali Q.	Universiti Tenaga Nasional	Energy	Rank 252
21	10,077	CO Chyuan, Ong Hwai	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 272
22	10,277	Ilyas, R. A.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 67
23	10,593	Tabatabaei, Meisam	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 281
24	11,129	WL Wong, Li Ping	Universiti Malaya	Public Health	Rank 109
25	12,865	SK Sopian, Kamaruzzaman Bin	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Energy	Rank 343
26	13,713	AS Ahmed, Shams Forruque	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 379
27	13,940	Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi	Multimedia University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 304
28	14,426	AA Ahmed, Ali Najah	Sunway University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 316
29	14,501	AE Aw, Eugene Cheng Xi	UCSI University	Marketing	Rank 99
30	14,727	KZ Khan, Zeeshan Anis	Curtin University, Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 327
31	15,233	GS Gopinath, Subash C.B.	Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 64
32	15,387	Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Education	Rank 204
33	15,579	RS Ramesh, S.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 431
34	15,969	TC Tang, Chor Foon	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 253
35	16,008	HM Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 168
36	16,635	AK Abdul Khalil, H. P. S.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 117
37	17,177	CK Chin, Kok Yong	Faculty of Medicine, UKM	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 103
38	17,429	KH kamyab, Hesam R.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 390
39	17,734	LS Law, Siong Hook	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Economics	Rank 288
40	17,774	DW Daud, W. R.W.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 493
41	17,997	KK Koay, Kian Yeik	Sunway University	Marketing	Rank 126
42	18,013	CK Chu, Khim Hoong	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 106
43	18,255	SM Samykano, M. A/l	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Energy	Rank 508
44	18,485	RS Ramesh, S.	Universiti Malaya	Materials	Rank 342
45	18,973	AA Ahmad, Abdul Latif	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 119
46	19,192	YT Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Energy	Rank 529
47	19,353	NM Nilashi, Mehrbakhsh	UCSI University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 924
48	19,978	CE Chan, Eng Seng	Monash University Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 190
49	20,265	Jhanjhi, N. Z.	Taylor's University Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 951
50	22,013	Fujita, Hamido	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,031
51	22,204	RN Rahim, Nasrudin Abd	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 606
52	22,217	SN Saba, N.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 167
53	22,231	AM Azam, Muhammad Rizwan	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 293
54	22,283	Al Mamun, Abdullah	UKM-Graduate School of Business	Business & Management	Rank 625
55	22,404	GP Goh, P. S.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 147
56	22,598	NK Nadarajah, Kalaivani K.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 301
57	24,607	IM Islam, Mohammad Tariqul	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 260
58	24,814	KR Katta, Ramesh	Sunway University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 243
59	25,188	LW Lau, W. J.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 166
60	25,363	MK Mo, Kim Hung	Sunway University	Building & Construction	Rank 192
61	25,669	HM Haque, Mainul Munirul	National Defense University of Malaysia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 129
62	26,067	BV Balakrishnan, Vimala R.	Universiti Malaya	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,202
63	26,169	CW Chan, Wah Kheong	Universiti Malaya	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 302
64	26,212	Hussin, M. Hazwan	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 198
65	26,860	OW Oh, Wen Da	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 179
66	27,162	Parasuraman, Subramani	Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 142
67	27,306	SC Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T.	International Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 390
68	28,001	Yusliza, Mohd Yusoff	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Business & Management	Rank 770
69	28,187	MA Mohamed, Abdul Rahman	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 768
70	28,403	SK Sudhakar, Kumarasamy	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Energy	Rank 777
71	28,665	EH Enshasy, Hesham Ali El	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Biotechnology	Rank 104
72	29,175	NN Nurazzi, Norizan Mohd	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 233
73	29,878	Tan, Garry Wei Han	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 821
74	29,980	CL Chua, Lee Suan	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 302
75	30,453	LM Liong, Min Tze	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 313
76	30,463	LS Lee, Shaun Wen Huey	Monash University Malaysia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 438
77	31,642	Amin, Muslim	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Business & Management	Rank 854
78	31,658	Bujang, Mohamad Adam	Sarawak General Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 447
79	31,825	ZS Zailani, Suhaiza Hanim Binti Dato Mohamad	Universiti Malaya	Business & Management	Rank 857
80	31,991	SN Sazali, Norazlianie	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 315
81	32,710	IM Ismail, M. Bin	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 899
82	32,748	WK Wong, Kuan Yew	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,446
83	32,936	KK Kadirgama, Kumaran Al	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Energy	Rank 905
84	33,755	Chuah, Stephanie Hui Wen	Taylor's University Malaysia	Marketing	Rank 215
85	33,991	YS Yong, Shinjie	Sunway University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,558
86	34,212	AP Agamuthu, Pariatamby	Sunway University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 753
87	34,406	Alexander, C. H.C.	Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation	General Physics	Rank 225
88	34,738	Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin	Sunway University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 473
89	34,909	YP Yap, Pow Seng	Taylor's University Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 780
90	34,938	AS Aljunid, Syed Mohamed	International Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 488
91	35,936	IH Ismail, Hanafi H.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 298
92	35,977	Amin, Hanudin	Universiti Malaysia Sabah	Business & Management	Rank 957
93	36,567	SJ Sunarso, Jaka	Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus	Chemical Engineering	Rank 255
94	37,287	Shabbir, Malik Shahzad	Sunway University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 829
95	37,385	KP Kumar Pandey, Adarsh Kumar	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 1,033
96	37,621	KA Karim, A. A.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 398
97	37,766	Tan, Chin Ping	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 400
98	37,796	Hasanuzzaman, M.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 1,046
99	37,894	Lam, Man Kee	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Energy	Rank 1,048
100	37,958	Tan, Mou Leong	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Environmental Engineering	Rank 199
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Malaysia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

879 scientists affiliated with Malaysia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 460 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists from Malaysia, with 116. It is followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia with 83.

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 879 in 2025, a change of +127.1%.

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.