Malaysia's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Malaysia has 622 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 13.3% from 549 in 2021. That places Malaysia 37th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists (108), followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia (75).

Single Year

622

+73 (+13.3%) vs 2021

Career Data

274

+40 (+17.1%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#37

No change vs 2021

Institutes

+1 (+1.4%) vs 2021

Scientists in Malaysia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 61% 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 list2022

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1Universiti Malaya108
2Universiti Putra Malaysia75
3Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia49
4Universiti Sains Malaysia46
5Universiti Teknologi Malaysia38
6Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS21
7Monash University Malaysia18
8Universiti Malaysia Pahang16
9The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus15
10Universiti Teknologi MARA15

All 622 scientists

Single-year list2022

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Rank in Malaysia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	755	Saidur, R.	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 17
2	2,936	OW Ong, Wee Jun	Xiamen University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 97
3	5,383	FK Foo, Keng Yuen	River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre	Chemical Engineering	Rank 26
4	5,676	SS Solarin, Sakiru Adebola	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Energy	Rank 105
5	6,217	IA Ismail, A. F.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 29
6	6,239	Shahid, Shamsuddin	Faculty of Engineering	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 112
7	7,468	Sengupta, Pallav	MAHSA University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 26
8	9,191	JM Jawaid, Mohammad	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 62
9	9,329	IA Ishak, Anuar	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 85
10	9,594	TC Tang, Chor Foon	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 159
11	9,773	HM Hannan, M. A.	Universiti Tenaga Nasional	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 30
12	9,912	WL Wong, Li Ping	Universiti Malaya	Public Health	Rank 106
13	10,662	RT Ramayah, Thurasamy	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 241
14	11,437	SS Sapuan, S. M.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Materials	Rank 173
15	11,944	Mohd Suki, Norazah	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 394
16	12,850	OK Ooi, Keng Boon	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 291
17	13,333	Sopian, Kamaruzzaman	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 259
18	13,752	AA Ahmad, Abdul Latif	USM Engineering Campus	Chemical Engineering	Rank 66
19	15,339	Lim, Weng Marc	Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus	Marketing	Rank 77
20	16,734	TE Tiekink, Edward R.T.	Sunway University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 52
21	17,274	MA Mohammad, Abdul Wahab	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 79
22	18,043	AK Abdul Khalil, H. P.S.	School of Industrial Technology	Polymers	Rank 130
23	18,263	Jawad, Ali H.	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Chemical Engineering	Rank 89
24	19,050	SP Show, Pau Loke	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Biotechnology	Rank 50
25	20,199	Lam, Su Shiung	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 400
26	21,788	DW Daud, W. R.W.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 433
27	23,006	LS Law, Siong Hook	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Economics	Rank 328
28	23,575	GS Gopinath, Subash C.B.	Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 101
29	23,877	Tabatabaei, Meisam	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 476
30	23,897	MH Masjuki, H. H.	International Islamic University Malaysia	Energy	Rank 477
31	24,274	CK Chin, Kok Yong	Faculty of Medicine, UKM	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 461
32	24,742	LM Liong, Min Tze	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 155
33	26,538	MA Mohamed, Abdul Rahman	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 538
34	26,564	SC Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T.	International Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 389
35	27,122	LW Lau, Woei Jye	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 153
36	27,407	SA Sharif, Arshian	Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business	Environmental Sciences	Rank 330
37	27,477	CE Chan, Eng Seng	Monash University Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 154
38	28,153	WK Wong, Kuan Yew	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 591
39	30,786	NM Nilashi, Mehrbakhsh	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 873
40	30,893	Parasuraman, Subramani	Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 156
41	30,944	AA Alias, Abd Karim	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 207
42	30,956	SN Saba, N.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 257
43	32,493	TY Taufiq-Yap, Y. H.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Energy	Rank 669
44	32,651	HM Hashim, Mohd Ali	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 189
45	32,694	WR Wong, Rebecca S.Y.	SEGi University	Pathology	Rank 53
46	33,176	AM Asadullah, M.	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Energy	Rank 685
47	34,051	BR Bailey, Richard P.	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Sport Sciences	Rank 133
48	34,423	HI Hashim, Ishak	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 308
49	34,870	LH Lean, Hooi Hooi	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 462
50	36,205	GK Goh, Khean Lee	Universiti Malaya	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 419
51	36,266	SN Sidik, Nor Azwadi Che	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 328
52	36,955	RS Ramesh, S.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 764
53	37,263	IM Ibrahim, Mansor H.	International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance	Economics	Rank 488
54	37,553	EA El-Shafie, Ahmed	Universiti Malaya	Environmental Engineering	Rank 202
55	38,518	LN Loayza, Norman V.	The World Bank, USA	Economics	Rank 502
56	39,158	GP Goh, Pei Sean	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 228
57	39,567	CL Chua, Lee Suan	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 291
58	39,628	AN Amin, Nor Aishah Saidina	Faculty of Engineering	Energy	Rank 826
59	39,886	SZ Salam, Zainal	School of Electrical Engineering	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 117
60	41,366	Chan, Kok Gan	Institute of Biological Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 986
61	41,471	OW Oh, Wen Da	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 248
62	41,489	GJ Gosling, J. T.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 785
63	42,217	AM Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine	Sunway University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 251
64	43,573	AE Ahmed, Ejaz	Universiti Malaya	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 382
65	43,648	Tan, Chin Ping	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 323
66	44,096	RM Rafatullah, Mohd	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 260
67	45,177	LM Loke, Meng Heng	Geotomo Software SDN BHD	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 786
68	45,494	Amin, Muslim	Taylor's University Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 915
69	45,728	Praveena, Sarva Mangala	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 557
70	46,485	MK Mo, Kim Hung	Universiti Malaya	Building & Construction	Rank 235
71	46,604	KM Kalam, M. A.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 982
72	46,665	Lam, Man Kee	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Energy	Rank 984
73	46,667	AP Ahmed, Pervaiz Khalid	Sunway University	Business & Management	Rank 934
74	46,915	JM Jumaat, Mohd Zamin	Universiti Malaya	Building & Construction	Rank 237
75	47,190	NW Ng, Wing Keong	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Fisheries	Rank 76
76	47,709	DP Deurenberg, Paul	Nutrition Consultant	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 338
77	47,744	DW Daud, Wan Mohd Ashri Wan	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 286
78	48,557	MC Müller, Christian P.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,678
79	48,610	WT Wong, Tin Wui	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 282
80	50,271	HC Hutchison, Charles S.	Universiti Malaya	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 870
81	51,027	Rashid, Umer	UCSI University	Energy	Rank 1,081
82	51,181	IH Ismail, Hanafi	School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering	Polymers	Rank 432
83	51,419	AU Alengaram, U. Johnson	Universiti Malaya	Building & Construction	Rank 269
84	51,675	CS Chai, Siang Piao	Monash University Malaysia	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,538
85	51,969	SS Sagadevan, Suresh	Universiti Malaya	Applied Physics	Rank 1,035
86	52,588	LS Loh, Soh Kheang	Malaysian Palm Oil Board	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 791
87	52,628	Sudhakar, K.	Universiti Malaysia Pahang	Energy	Rank 1,118
88	52,916	AE Allison, Edward H.	WorldFish	Fisheries	Rank 88
89	53,138	KS Kamarudin, Siti Kartom	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 1,129
90	53,530	NW Ngah, Wan Saime Wan	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 323
91	54,248	SK Sudesh, Kumar	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Biotechnology	Rank 188
92	54,465	KG Kendall, Graham	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,514
93	54,565	AA Arof, A. K.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 1,167
94	54,762	Jose, Rajan	Universiti Malaysia Pahang	Materials	Rank 894
95	55,101	AH Akil, Hazizan Md	School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering	Materials	Rank 898
96	55,604	HD Hall, Deborah A.	Heriot-Watt University Malaysia	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 51
97	55,647	Teh, Jiashen	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 1,188
98	55,694	SJ Sunarso, Jaka	Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus	Energy	Rank 1,190
99	56,228	IM Islam, Mohammad Tariqul	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 484
100	56,275	WT Wu, Ta Yeong	Monash University Malaysia	Biotechnology	Rank 199
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Malaysia are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

622 scientists affiliated with Malaysia are on the 2022 single-year list, and 274 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists from Malaysia, with 108. It is followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia with 75.

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 622 in 2022, a change of +60.7%.

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.