Malaysia's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Malaysia has 387 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Malaysia 37th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Malaya has the most listed scientists (79), followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia (43).

Single Year

387

First year listed

Career Data

163

First year listed

World rank by count

#37

First year listed

Institutes

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Scientists in Malaysia on the list, by year

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%

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Rank in Malaysia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	680	Saidur, R.	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 19
2	2,852	OW Ong, Wee Jun	Xiamen University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 93
3	3,355	AU Al-Mulali, Usama	Multimedia University	Energy	Rank 65
4	4,462	FK Foo, K. Y.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 28
5	4,957	IA Ismail, A. F.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 29
6	7,815	MS Mekhilef, Saad	University of Malaya	Energy	Rank 153
7	8,492	TC Tang, Chor Foon	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 145
8	9,972	TE Tiekink, Edward R.T.	Sunway University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 30
9	10,204	IA Ishak, Anuar	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 97
10	12,672	OK Ooi, Keng Boon	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 322
11	12,877	RT Ramayah, Thurasamy	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 326
12	14,006	AA Ahmad, A. L.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 83
13	16,137	WK Wong, Kuan Yew	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 405
14	16,476	TM Tahir, Muhammad	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Energy	Rank 314
15	17,042	SS Solarin, Sakiru Adebola	Multimedia University	Energy	Rank 331
16	17,183	Sopian, Kamaruzzaman	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 334
17	17,298	SS Sapuan, S. M.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Materials	Rank 316
18	17,737	MA Mohammad, Abdul Wahab	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 107
19	17,792	RN Rahim, N. A.	University of Malaya	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 69
20	18,479	Mohd Suki, Norazah	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Marketing	Rank 99
21	18,618	Shahid, Shamsuddin	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 335
22	19,576	MA Mohamed, Abdul Rahman	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 398
23	19,881	DW Daud, W. R.W.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 406
24	19,918	Sengupta, Pallav	MAHSA University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 87
25	20,800	AM Asadullah, M.	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Energy	Rank 426
26	25,418	IH Ismail, Hanafi	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 226
27	25,722	KH Khalil, HPS Abdul	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 230
28	26,223	LS Law, Siong Hook	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Economics	Rank 395
29	26,890	GK Goh, Khean Lee	University of Malaya	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 293
30	27,139	MH Masjuki, H. H.	University of Malaya	Energy	Rank 550
31	28,722	Tan, Chin Ping	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 154
32	29,000	AA Arof, A. K.	University of Malaya	Energy	Rank 603
33	29,018	LW Lau, W. J.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 173
34	29,376	PR Paterson, R. Russell M.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Microbiology	Rank 606
35	29,870	HM Hannan, M. A.	Universiti Tenaga Nasional	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 102
36	31,309	HM Hashim, Mohd Ali	University of Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 185
37	32,239	OH Ong, Hwai Chyuan	University of Malaya	Energy	Rank 663
38	32,623	SZ Salam, Zainal	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 111
39	32,667	IM Ibrahim, Mansor H.	International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance	Economics	Rank 477
40	33,308	GP Gregory, Peter J.	Crops for the Future	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 194
41	33,695	HM Haseeb, Muhammad	Taylor's University Malaysia	Energy	Rank 692
42	33,883	RS Ramesh, S.	University of Malaya	Materials	Rank 641
43	33,950	SN Sidik, N. A.C.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 338
44	34,037	NW Ngah, Wan Saime Wan	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 202
45	34,863	Ismail, M.	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 724
46	35,318	CE Chan, Eng Seng	Monash University Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 207
47	35,331	NW Ng, Wing Keong	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Fisheries	Rank 74
48	35,472	PS Parasuraman, S.	Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 179
49	35,696	LM Liong, Min Tze	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 208
50	36,056	LH Lean, Hooi Hooi	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 517
51	36,409	SC Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T.	International Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 388
52	36,747	SS Sagadevan, Suresh	University of Malaya	Applied Physics	Rank 792
53	37,087	LN Loayza, Norman	The World Bank, USA	Economics	Rank 526
54	37,740	KM Kalam, M. A.	University of Malaya	Energy	Rank 783
55	37,891	HI Hashim, Ishak	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 374
56	38,512	GS Gopinath, Subash C.B.	Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 241
57	38,801	AN Amin, Nor Aishah Saidina	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Energy	Rank 799
58	38,913	WL Wong, Li Ping	University of Malaya	Public Health	Rank 430
59	39,104	MS Manickam, Sivakumar	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 631
60	39,405	AM Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine	Sunway University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 247
61	40,064	CS Chai, Siang Piao	Monash University Malaysia	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,090
62	40,196	DP Deurenberg, Paul	Nutrition Consultant	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 299
63	40,324	DW Daud, Wan Ashri Wan	University of Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 249
64	41,730	AE Ahmed, Ejaz	University of Malaya	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 439
65	42,103	TY Taufiq-Yap, Yun Hin	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Energy	Rank 870
66	45,242	Chan, Kok Gan	University of Malaya	Microbiology	Rank 957
67	45,516	Amin, Muslim	Taylor's University Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 978
68	46,083	LK Lee, Keat Teong	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 973
69	46,234	KS Kazi, S. N.	University of Malaya	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 445
70	46,250	HM Hawlader, Mohammed Nurul Amin	International Islamic University Malaysia	Energy	Rank 979
71	47,463	WR Wong, Rebecca Sy	SEGi University	Psychiatry	Rank 856
72	47,808	SK Siow, Kim S.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Applied Physics	Rank 1,043
73	49,883	AP Ahmed, Pervaiz Khalid	Monash University Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 1,043
74	50,597	YZ Yaakob, Z.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 1,067
75	50,763	CM Chong, Meng Nan	Monash University Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 323
76	50,865	KA Karim, Alias A.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 310
77	51,773	RM Rafatullah, Mohd	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 334
78	51,974	CL Chua, Lee Suan	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 360
79	52,130	GA Gani, Abdullah	University of Malaya	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 561
80	52,726	BS Bhatia, Subhash	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 337
81	52,917	Amin, Hanudin	Labuan Faculty of International Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah	Business & Management	Rank 1,098
82	54,067	MS Mohamed, Suhaila	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 329
83	54,250	CK Chin, Kok Yong	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Toxicology	Rank 211
84	54,330	HM Hayyan, Maan	University of Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 348
85	54,647	Jose, Rajan	Universiti Malaysia Pahang	Materials	Rank 1,032
86	55,887	SJ Sunarso, Jaka	Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus	Energy	Rank 1,188
87	56,194	SF Sufian, Fadzlan	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Economics	Rank 717
88	56,634	KG Kendall, Graham	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,447
89	56,888	EJ Ekanayake, Janaka	Universiti Tenaga Nasional	Energy	Rank 1,218
90	56,997	LM Loke, Meng Heng	Geotomo Software SDN BHD	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,109
91	57,091	KS Kamarudin, Siti Kartom	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 1,224
92	57,150	AA Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 374
93	57,984	Lam, Su Shiung	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 1,245
94	58,449	WT Wu, Ta Yeong	Monash University Malaysia	Biotechnology	Rank 215
95	58,635	ZS Zailani, Suhaiza	University of Malaya	Business & Management	Rank 1,186
96	58,832	AH Akil, Hazizan Md	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Materials	Rank 1,106
97	59,880	AH Ahmad, Harith	University of Malaya	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 163
98	60,314	KM Khoo, Michael B.C.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Operations Research	Rank 331
99	61,366	HC Hutchison, Charles S.	University of Malaya	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,179
100	61,652	Rashid, Umer	UCSI University	Energy	Rank 1,332
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Frequently asked questions

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

387 scientists affiliated with Malaysia are on the 2020 single-year list, and 163 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, University of Malaya has the most listed scientists from Malaysia, with 79. It is followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia with 43.

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.