Malta's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List
Malta has 14 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 16.7% from 12 in 2024. That places Malta 97th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. L-Università ta' Malta has the most listed scientists (9), followed by Mater Dei Hospital (4).
Scientists in Malta on the list, by year
The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
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| 2020 | 11 | 7 | ||
| 2021 | 11 | +0.0% | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 19 | +72.7% | 11 | +57.1% |
| 2023 | 20 | +5.3% | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19 | -5.0% | 12 | +9.1% |
| 2025 | 21 | +10.5% | 14 | +16.7% |
Institutes in Malta
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All 14 scientists
| Rank in Malta | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
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| 1 | 45,989 | L-Università ta' Malta | Business & Management | Rank 493 | |
| 2 | 58,868 | L-Università ta' Malta | Marketing | Rank 144 | |
| 3 | 63,720 | L-Università ta' Malta | Geography | Rank 234 | |
| 4 | 71,411 | Institute of Digital Games Msida | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,491 | |
| 5 | 74,333 | L-Università ta' Malta | Public Health | Rank 695 | |
| 6 | 117,624 | Mater Dei Hospital | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 1,119 | |
| 7 | 126,535 | Mater Dei Hospital | Microbiology | Rank 3,112 | |
| 8 | 132,683 | Mater Dei Hospital | Pediatrics | Rank 737 | |
| 9 | 147,050 | L-Università ta' Malta | Applied Physics | Rank 3,858 | |
| 10 | 277,795 | L-Università ta' Malta | Nursing | Rank 958 | |
| 11 | 288,849 |
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Mater Dei Hospital | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 3,787 |
| 12 | 326,344 |
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L-Università ta' Malta | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 7,450 |
| 13 | 495,020 | L-Università ta' Malta | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 1,901 | |
| 14 | 498,142 | L-Università ta' Malta | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 12,055 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Malta are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
21 scientists affiliated with Malta are on the 2025 single-year list, and 14 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Malta has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 career-long list, L-Università ta' Malta has the most listed scientists from Malta, with 9. It is followed by Mater Dei Hospital with 4.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Malta changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Malta went from 7 scientists in 2020 to 14 in 2025, a change of +100.0%.
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.