Malaysia's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Malaysia has 515 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 12.0% from 460 in 2025. That places Malaysia 38th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists (76), followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia (53).

Single Year

941

+61 (+6.9%) vs 2025

Career Data

515

+55 (+12.0%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#38

No change vs 2025

Institutes

+10 (+12.3%) vs 2025

Scientists in Malaysia on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than tripled 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%

2026+12.0%

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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	880	+14.4%	460	+25.0%
2026	941	+6.9%	515	+12.0%

Top 10 institutes in Malaysia

By number of listed scientists

Career-long list2026

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1Universiti Malaya76
2Universiti Putra Malaysia53
3Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia38
4Universiti Sains Malaysia36
5Universiti Teknologi Malaysia32
6Sunway University22
7Monash University Malaysia20
8Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS15
9Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah14
10Universiti Malaysia Sabah12

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Rank in Malaysia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,362	CM Chisti, M. Y	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Biotechnology	Rank 4
2	2,261	SR Saidur, Rahman Md	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 25
3	6,453	Lim, Weng Marc	Sunway University	Marketing	Rank 18
4	7,238	FM Frese, Michael J.	Asia School of Business (in collaboration with MIT Sloan Management)	Business & Management	Rank 63
5	10,382	HL Hollebeek, Linda D.	Sunway University	Marketing	Rank 24
6	10,926	AI A.F., Ismail Fauzi Bin	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 40
7	11,062	SV Swami, Viren	Perdana University	Social Psychology	Rank 149
8	12,747	SP Show, Pau Loke	UCSI University	Biotechnology	Rank 29
9	15,664	IA Ishak, Anuar Mohd	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 101
10	15,994	FK Foo, K. Y.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 121
11	17,067	SS Sapuan, S. M.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Materials	Rank 222
12	21,509	Ramayah, T.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 232
13	26,705	DP Deurenberg, Paul	Nutrition Consultant	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 215
14	27,098	GK Goh, Khean Lee	Universiti Malaya	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 409
15	27,681	OK Ooi, Keng Boon	UCSI University	Business & Management	Rank 311
16	29,048	Danish, Danish	Taylor's University Malaysia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 203
17	29,362	WL Wong, Li Ping	Universiti Malaya	Public Health	Rank 282
18	32,951	IH Ismail, Hanafi Bin	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Polymers	Rank 285
19	34,111	GS Gopinath, Subash C.B.	Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 202
20	34,711	Mohd Suki, Norazah	Universiti Utara Malaysia	Business & Management	Rank 381
21	34,902	SS Solarin, Sakiru Adebola	Multimedia University	Energy	Rank 456
22	36,160	Tan, Chin Ping	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 172
23	38,266	HM Hannan, M. A.	Sunway University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 100
24	38,506	SS Suresh, Sagadevan	Universiti Malaya	Applied Physics	Rank 906
25	39,226	NS Ng, Seikweng	Universiti Malaya	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 211
26	40,773	TC Tang, Chor Foon	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Economics	Rank 355
27	42,857	BJ Benzie, John A.H.	WorldFish	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 301
28	43,898	DW Daud, W. R.W.	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Energy	Rank 570
29	44,876	WK Wong, Kuan Yew	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,039
30	46,389	HI Hashim, Ishak Bin	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 307
31	46,924	KK Kailasapathy, Kasipathy	Taylor's University Malaysia	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 90
32	50,021	LM Liong, Min Tze	School of Industrial Technology	Food Science	Rank 269
33	50,533	AM Ashraf, M. A.	Multimedia University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 379
34	50,689	AA Ahmad, Abdul Latif	USM Engineering Campus	Chemical Engineering	Rank 204
35	53,472	PS Poppema, Sibrandes L.	Sunway University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,220
36	54,358	CK Chu, Khim Hoong	Universiti Malaya	Chemical Engineering	Rank 225
37	54,899	SK Sopian, Kamaruzzaman Bin	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	Energy	Rank 751
38	55,788	Jawad, Ali H.	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Polymers	Rank 484
39	58,495	AA Arof, Abdul Kariem Mohd	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 814
40	60,550	FD Foo, Dominic C.Y.	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Chemical Engineering	Rank 253
41	60,556	LB Low, Bakkong	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 307
42	62,151	NM Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Polymers	Rank 535
43	63,860	HD Hall, Deborah Ann	Heriot-Watt University Malaysia	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 108
44	64,821	Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Education	Rank 376
45	64,921	Fujita, Hamido	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,432
46	65,517	YT Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Energy	Rank 918
47	66,761	AP Ahmed, Pervaiz Khalid	Sunway University	Business & Management	Rank 773
48	68,294	CE Chan, Eng Seng	Monash University Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 382
49	68,434	TD Tilley, David Reginald	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Applied Physics	Rank 1,650
50	68,855	EL Ellis, Lee	Universiti Malaya	Social Psychology	Rank 630
51	69,817	SK Sudesh, K.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Biotechnology	Rank 190
52	69,987	Lam, Su Shiung	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Environmental Sciences	Rank 552
53	70,356	KG Kendall, G. F.	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,552
54	70,620	MA Mohamed, Abdul Rahman	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Energy	Rank 991
55	71,564	RN Rahim, Nasrudin Abd	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 1,011
56	73,468	CK Chin, Kok Yong	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 521
57	74,561	LM Lawes, Michael John	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak	Ecology	Rank 1,297
58	75,938	MH Masjuki, Haji Hassan	International Islamic University Malaysia	Energy	Rank 1,071
59	77,004	AM Asadullah, Mohammad	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Energy	Rank 1,089
60	77,575	AE Allison, Edward Hugh	WorldFish	Fisheries	Rank 166
61	78,208	NW Ng, W. K.	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Fisheries	Rank 169
62	78,742	AK Abdul Khalil, H. P. S.	Universiti Islam Melaka	Polymers	Rank 695
63	81,665	CO Chyuan, Ong Hwai	Sunway University	Energy	Rank 1,182
64	82,018	LW Lau, W. J.	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 370
65	82,962	WT Wong, Tin Wui	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 717
66	83,017	CL Chua, Lee Suan	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 475
67	83,341	LS Law, Siong Hook	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Economics	Rank 722
68	85,144	TK Teo, Kok Lay	Sunway University	Operations Research	Rank 318
69	86,169	BR Bailey, R. Peter	UCSI University	Sport Sciences	Rank 291
70	87,711	KS Kleven, Stanley H.	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 201
71	87,985	SZ Salam, Zainal Bin	School of Electrical Engineering	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 237
72	88,241	ZJ Zheng, Jin Cheng	Xiamen University Malaysia	Applied Physics	Rank 2,176
73	89,398	HM Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam	International Islamic University Malaysia	Energy	Rank 1,312
74	89,658	IM Ibrahim, Mansor H.	INCEIF University	Economics	Rank 778
75	90,556	SR Subramaniam, Ramesh T.	Universiti Malaya	Energy	Rank 1,327
76	91,836	LH Lean, Hooi Hooi	i-CATS University College	Economics	Rank 792
77	92,359	AP Agamuthu, Pariatamby	Sunway Business School (SBS)	Environmental Sciences	Rank 726
78	93,145	Chan, Kok Gan	Universiti Malaya	Microbiology	Rank 2,302
79	93,372	LM Loke, Mengheng	Geotomo Software SDN BHD	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,616
80	95,477	IM Ismail, M. Bin	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 1,402
81	95,688	SC Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T.	International Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,192
82	96,799	Tabatabaei, Meisam	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	Energy	Rank 1,427
83	96,937	PR Phan, Raphaël C. W.	Monash University Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,109
84	97,053	CW Chow, Wen Shyang	School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering	Polymers	Rank 865
85	98,101	Islam, Mohammad Tariqul	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 850
86	99,062	Subramani, Parasuraman	Asian Institute of Medicine, Science & Technology	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 867
87	99,729	SA Sharif, Arshian Aslam	Sunway University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 797
88	100,296	BK Buse, Kent	Monash University Malaysia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,252
89	101,678	MS MOHAMED, SUHAILA Abdulkarim	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Food Science	Rank 596
90	102,408	Jhanjhi, N. Z.	Taylor's University Malaysia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,240
91	104,054	PS Phang, Siew Moi	UCSI University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 817
92	104,617	KS Kumar, Satish	Sunway University	Business & Management	Rank 1,193
93	106,080	HM Haque, Mainul Munirul	National Defense University of Malaysia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 932
94	106,420	KT Kam, Tohseok Seok	Universiti Malaya	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,841
95	107,590	AA Ahmed, Ali Najah	Sunway University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 518
96	108,056	AS Aljunid, Syed Mohamed	International Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,351
97	108,972	Mohamad, Ahmad Azmin	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Materials	Rank 1,532
98	110,175	KA Karim, A. A.	School of Industrial Technology	Food Science	Rank 652
99	110,255	WR Wong, Rebecca Shin Yee	Sunway University	Pathology	Rank 317
100	110,400	MI Mohd Ishak, Zainal Ariffin	School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering	Polymers	Rank 986
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Malaysia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

941 scientists affiliated with Malaysia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 515 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Universiti Malaya has the most listed scientists from Malaysia, with 76. It is followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia with 53.

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 515 in 2026, a change of +216.0%.

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.