Malaysia's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Malaysia has 769 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 7.4% from 716 in 2023. That places Malaysia 38th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists (125), followed by Universiti Sains Malaysia (86).

Single Year

769

+53 (+7.4%) vs 2023

Career Data

368

+48 (+15.0%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#38

down 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

-16 (-20.3%) vs 2023

Scientists in Malaysia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 99% 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 list2024

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1Universiti Malaya125
2Universiti Sains Malaysia86
3Universiti Putra Malaysia84
4Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia68
5Universiti Teknologi Malaysia59
6Monash University Malaysia33
7Sunway University29
8Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS26
9Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah22
10UCSI University13

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Rank in Malaysia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	688	Saidur, R.	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 19
2	1,816	CY Chisti, Yusuf	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Biotechnology	Rank 5
3	3,315	SS Solarin, Sakiru Adebola	Multimedia University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 63
4	3,677	IA Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 17
5	3,907	Shahid, Shamsuddin	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 63
6	4,045	Jawad, Ali H.	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Polymers	Rank 18
7	4,786	SA Sharif, Arshian	Sunway University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 86
8	4,863	OK Ooi, Keng Boon	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 144
9	5,216	Mohd Suki, Norazah	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Education	Rank 54
10	5,228	TR Thurasamy, Ramayah	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 162
11	5,525	SS Sapuan, S. M.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Materials	Rank 90
12	6,282	IA Ishak, Anuar	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 65
13	7,028	HM Hannan, M. A.	Sunway University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 23
14	7,301	FK Foo, K. Y.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 79
15	7,516	AY Al-Douri, Y.	Universiti Malaya	Applied Physics	Rank 155
16	7,841	Lam, Su Shiung	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Environmental Sciences	Rank 140
17	9,018	TC Tang, Chor Foon	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 174
18	9,186	WL Wong, Li Ping	Universiti Malaya	Public Health	Rank 100
19	10,044	OH Ong, Hwai Chyuan	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 242
20	11,206	KZ Khan, Zeeshan	Curtin University, Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 211
21	11,453	SS Sagadevan, Suresh	Universiti Malaya	Applied Physics	Rank 226
22	12,034	Tabatabaei, Meisam	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 291
23	12,069	Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri	School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 200
24	12,313	Raihan, Asif	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 232
25	12,590	AA Ahmed, Ali Najah	Sunway University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 553
26	12,648	Sopian, Kamaruzzaman	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Energy	Rank 304
27	13,728	Fujita, Hamido	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 598
28	15,328	Ilyas, R. A.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 98
29	15,541	RN Rahim, N. A.	Universiti Malaya	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 54
30	15,940	LS Law, Siong Hook	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Economics	Rank 276
31	16,380	AA Ahmad, Abdul Latif	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 93
32	16,796	NM Nilashi, Mehrbakhsh	UCSI University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 718
33	17,650	Ghazal, Taher M.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 754
34	17,865	TY Taufiq-Yap, Yun Hin	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Energy	Rank 434
35	18,609	EA El-Shafie, Ahmed	Universiti Malaya	Environmental Engineering	Rank 91
36	18,891	CK Chin, Kok Yong	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 128
37	19,495	AK Abdul Khalil, H. P.S.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 144
38	19,981	AA Al-Amiery, Ahmed	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 490
39	20,503	GS Gopinath, Subash C.B.	Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 91
40	20,846	RS Ramesh, S.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 516
41	21,725	Rasoolimanesh, S. Mostafa	Taylor's University Malaysia	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 111
42	21,996	Amin, Muslim	Azman Hashim International Business School	Business & Management	Rank 626
43	22,001	YB Yamin, Bohari Mohd	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 65
44	22,310	DW Daud, Wan Ramli Wan	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 546
45	23,670	HM Haque, Mainul	National Defense University of Malaysia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 117
46	23,840	MA Mohamed, Abdul Rahman	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 592
47	24,231	WK Wong, Kuan Yew	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 988
48	24,422	EK Ehigiamusoe, Kizito Uyi	University of Southampton	Economics	Rank 382
49	24,468	Parasuraman, Subramani	Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 124
50	24,801	CE Chan, Eng Seng	Monash University Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 210
51	25,289	LM Liong, Min-Tze T.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 213
52	26,915	KS Karim, Sitara	Sunway University	Finance	Rank 124
53	27,015	SN Saba, Naheed	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 214
54	27,079	BV Balakrishnan, Vimala	Universiti Malaya	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,103
55	27,233	GP Goh, Pei Sean	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 171
56	27,272	Ismail, M.	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 676
57	27,620	Teh, Jiashen	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 688
58	27,969	SC Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T.	International Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 405
59	28,352	OW Oh, Wen Da	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 178
60	28,949	MK Mo, Kim Hung	Universiti Malaya	Building & Construction	Rank 201
61	29,384	CK Chu, Khim Hoong	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 190
62	29,857	IM Ibrahim, Mansor H.	INCEIF University	Economics	Rank 457
63	31,048	Jhanjhi, N. Z.	Taylor's University Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,240
64	31,061	IM Islam, Mohammad Tariqul	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 300
65	31,225	IH Ismail, Hanafi	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 249
66	31,874	Sadiq, Muhammad	Taylor's University Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 620
67	32,087	MH Masjuki, Haji Hassan	International Islamic University Malaysia	Energy	Rank 816
68	32,511	SM Samykano, M.	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Energy	Rank 828
69	32,586	AE Aw, Eugene Cheng Xi	UCSI University	Marketing	Rank 200
70	32,677	Chan, Kok Gan	Universiti Malaya	Microbiology	Rank 686
71	33,198	HM Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 327
72	33,545	KA Karim, Alias A.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 303
73	33,632	RM Rafatullah, Mohd	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 221
74	34,502	YS Yong, Shin Jie	Sunway University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,695
75	34,639	CL Chua, Lee Suan	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 312
76	34,825	Sudhakar, K.	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Energy	Rank 902
77	35,349	LS Lee, Shaun Wen Huey	Monash University Malaysia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 501
78	35,585	ZS Zailani, Suhaiza	Universiti Malaya	Business & Management	Rank 918
79	36,106	RS Ramesh, Singh	Universiti Malaya	Materials	Rank 660
80	36,513	HM Hashim, Mohd Ali	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 238
81	36,690	LW Lau, Woei Jye	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 240
82	37,182	Tan, Chin Ping	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 342
83	37,186	Lam, Man Kee	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Energy	Rank 949
84	37,631	PS Pahlevan Sharif, Saeed	Taylor's University Malaysia	Nursing	Rank 67
85	38,377	GK Goh, Khean Lee	University of Malaya Medical Centre	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 435
86	38,414	EE El Enshasy, Hesham Ali	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Biotechnology	Rank 134
87	38,792	AP Ahmed, Pervaiz	Sunway University	Business & Management	Rank 987
88	38,976	SJ Sunarso, Jaka	Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus	Chemical Engineering	Rank 266
89	39,798	LH Lean, Hooi Hooi	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 605
90	39,815	VH Venu, Harish	Universiti Tenaga Nasional	Energy	Rank 1,021
91	39,860	AU Alengaram, U. Johnson	Universiti Malaya	Building & Construction	Rank 279
92	40,046	Tan, Garry Wei Han	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 1,016
93	40,491	NK Nadarajah, Kalaivani	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 605
94	41,353	Yusliza, Mohd Yusoff	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Business & Management	Rank 1,043
95	41,993	NW Ng, Wing Keong	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Fisheries	Rank 64
96	42,065	AM Asadullah, M.	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Energy	Rank 1,080
97	42,291	AW Al-Rahmi, Waleed Mugahed	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,670
98	42,294	SK Siow, Kim S.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Applied Physics	Rank 797
99	42,832	Bujang, Mohamad Adam	Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 600
100	43,514	AA Arof, A. K.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 1,124
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Malaysia are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

769 scientists affiliated with Malaysia are on the 2024 single-year list, and 368 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists from Malaysia, with 125. It is followed by Universiti Sains Malaysia with 86.

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 769 in 2024, a change of +98.7%.

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.