Malaysia's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Malaysia has 460 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 25.0% from 368 in 2024. That places Malaysia 38th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists (70), followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia (49).

Single Year

879

+110 (+14.3%) vs 2024

Career Data

460

+92 (+25.0%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#38

up 2 places vs 2024

Institutes

+22 (+37.3%) vs 2024

Scientists in Malaysia on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+43.6%

2022+17.1%

2023+16.8%

2024+15.0%

2025+25.0%

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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

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1Universiti Malaya70
2Universiti Putra Malaysia49
3Universiti Sains Malaysia38
4Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia32
5Universiti Teknologi Malaysia30
6Monash University Malaysia20
7Sunway University18
8Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah17
9Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS14
10Universiti Teknologi MARA10

All 460 scientists

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Rank in Malaysia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,348	CM Chisti, M. Y	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Biotechnology	Rank 4
2	2,492	SR Saidur, Rahman	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 28
3	11,700	RM Rahman, Md Mustafizur	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 84
4	12,100	AI A.F., Ismail Fauzi Bin	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 45
5	14,844	Lim, Weng Marc	Sunway University	Marketing	Rank 28
6	16,100	FK Foo, K. Y.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 113
7	16,518	IA Ishak, Anuar Mohd	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 105
8	20,009	SS Sapuan, S. M.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Materials	Rank 250
9	22,802	Shahid, Shamsuddin	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 308
10	25,582	DP Deurenberg, Paul	Nutrition Consultant	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 202
11	25,968	GK Goh, Khean Lee	Universiti Malaya	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 400
12	26,196	Ramayah, T.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 279
13	32,498	WL Wong, Li Ping	Universiti Malaya	Public Health	Rank 313
14	34,012	IH Ismail, Hanafi H.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 299
15	34,216	Danish, Danish	Taylor's University Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 221
16	36,252	OK Ooi, Keng Boon	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 387
17	38,917	Tan, Chin Ping	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 175
18	39,867	SS Solarin, Sakiru Adebola	Multimedia University	Energy	Rank 501
19	40,878	NS Ng, Seikweng	UCSI University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 229
20	41,180	TC Tang, Chor Foon	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 355
21	41,535	GS Gopinath, Subash C.B.	Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 267
22	41,842	Mohd Suki, Norazah	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 444
23	44,949	KK Kailasapathy, Kasipathy	Taylor's University Malaysia	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 83
24	45,892	HI Hashim, Ishak Bin	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 304
25	46,088	WK Wong, Kuan Yew	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 995
26	46,344	DW Daud, W. R.W.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 593
27	47,939	HM Hannan, M. A.	Sunway University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 117
28	50,351	AA Ahmad, Abdul Latif	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 206
29	50,793	PS Poppema, Sibrandes	Sunway University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,145
30	51,946	LM Liong, Min Tze	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 260
31	56,071	SS Sagadevan, Suresh	Universiti Malaya	Applied Physics	Rank 1,374
32	57,117	SK Sopian, Kamaruzzaman Bin	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Energy	Rank 748
33	61,003	FD Foo, Dominic C.Y.	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Chemical Engineering	Rank 255
34	61,641	AA Arof, Abdul Kariem Mohd	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 814
35	62,092	KN Komar, Nicholas	Vector Borne Disease Unit	Tropical Medicine	Rank 115
36	62,646	CK Chu, Khim Hoong	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 262
37	63,187	NM Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Polymers	Rank 554
38	64,346	Jawad, Ali H.	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Polymers	Rank 563
39	64,747	HD Hall, Deborah Ann	Heriot-Watt University Malaysia	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 122
40	65,561	TD Tilley, David Reginald	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Applied Physics	Rank 1,619
41	66,727	AP Ahmed, Pervaiz Khalid	Sunway University	Business & Management	Rank 740
42	67,967	EL Ellis, Lee	Universiti Malaya	Social Psychology	Rank 605
43	68,517	Fujita, Hamido	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,424
44	70,991	MA Mohamed, Abdul Rahman	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 954
45	72,222	YT Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Energy	Rank 971
46	73,097	RN Rahim, Nasrudin Abd	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 987
47	73,539	CE Chan, Eng Seng	Monash University Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 400
48	74,559	MH Masjuki, Haji Hassan	International Islamic University Malaysia	Energy	Rank 1,016
49	76,202	KG Kendall, G. F.	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,578
50	77,689	AM Asadullah, Mohammad	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Energy	Rank 1,057
51	80,065	AK Abdul Khalil, H. P. S.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 710
52	80,276	NW Ng, W. K.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Fisheries	Rank 171
53	83,748	AE Allison, Edward Hugh	WorldFish	Fisheries	Rank 185
54	84,613	TK Teo, Kok Lay	Sunway University	Operations Research	Rank 314
55	84,635	HM Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam	International Islamic University Malaysia	Energy	Rank 1,184
56	84,750	SK Sudesh, K.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Biotechnology	Rank 240
57	86,179	KS Kleven, Stanley H.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 194
58	86,351	SZ Salam, Zainal Bin	School of Electrical Engineering	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 237
59	87,808	Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Education	Rank 513
60	87,866	Lam, Su Shiung	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Environmental Sciences	Rank 649
61	88,539	LS Law, Siong Hook	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Economics	Rank 769
62	91,439	CK Chin, Kok Yong	Faculty of Medicine, UKM	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 644
63	91,478	WT Wong, Tin Wui	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 824
64	92,279	CO Chyuan, Ong Hwai	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 1,296
65	92,331	LW Lau, W. J.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 419
66	93,512	LH Lean, Hooi Hooi	i-CATS University College	Economics	Rank 811
67	93,999	BR Bailey, R. Peter	UCSI University	Sport Sciences	Rank 314
68	94,187	ZJ Zheng, Jin Cheng	Xiamen University Malaysia	Applied Physics	Rank 2,369
69	94,338	IM Ibrahim, Mansor H.	INCEIF University	Economics	Rank 818
70	94,976	RS Ramesh, S.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 1,339
71	95,626	CW Chow, Wen Shyang	School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering	Polymers	Rank 847
72	97,663	LM Loke, Mengheng	Geotomo Software SDN BHD	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,706
73	99,225	CL Chua, Lee Suan	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 556
74	101,009	Chan, Kok Gan	Monash University Malaysia	Microbiology	Rank 2,503
75	102,439	MS MOHAMED, SUHAILA Abdulkarim	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 573
76	104,181	KT Kam, Tohseok Seok	Universiti Malaya	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,832
77	104,729	IM Ismail, M. Bin	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 1,478
78	105,593	PR Phan, Raphaël C. W.	Monash University Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,195
79	105,867	AP Agamuthu, Pariatamby	Sunway University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 795
80	106,444	MI Mohd Ishak, Zainal Ariffin	School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering	Polymers	Rank 951
81	107,659	BK Buse, Kent	Monash University Malaysia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,341
82	107,916	Parasuraman, Subramani	Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 978
83	108,425	IS Inayatullah, Sohail Tahir	Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 173
84	108,467	YM Younis, Mustafa Zeedan	Universiti Putra Malaysia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,354
85	110,170	PS Phang, Siew Moi	UCSI University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 890
86	110,807	KA Karim, A. A.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 625
87	111,303	Tabatabaei, Meisam	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 1,574
88	112,516	HM Hashim, Mohd Ali	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 527
89	112,576	OC Ong, Chongkim	Xiamen University Malaysia	Applied Physics	Rank 2,894
90	113,035	HM Helander, Martin G.	Damai Sciences	Human Factors	Rank 194
91	113,044	SF Sufian, Fadzlan	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Economics	Rank 982
92	113,412	OC Ong, Chin K.	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Forestry	Rank 124
93	114,406	AF Ahmadun, Fakharu'l Razi	National Defense University of Malaysia	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 138
94	115,477	SB Singh, Balbir	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak	Tropical Medicine	Rank 229
95	117,424	RR Rasiah, Rajah A/l	Universiti Malaya	Economics	Rank 1,026
96	117,647	PI Parhar, Ishwar Singh	Monash University Malaysia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,258
97	118,130	Mohamad, Ahmad Azmin	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Materials	Rank 1,640
98	118,248	HM Hussain, Mohammed Azlan Bin	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 553
99	119,308	KM Khoo, M. B.C.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Operations Research	Rank 451
100	119,963	SA Sharif, Arshian Aslam	Sunway University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 902
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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 career-long list, Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists from Malaysia, with 70. It is followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia with 49.

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

On the career-long list, Malaysia went from 163 scientists in 2020 to 460 in 2025, a change of +182.2%.

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.