Morocco's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Morocco has 83 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 36.1% from 61 in 2022. That places Morocco 64th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 3 places. Mohammed VI Polytechnic University has the most listed scientists (16), followed by Faculté des Sciences Rabat (8).

Single Year

+22 (+36.1%) vs 2022

Career Data

+12 (+57.1%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#64

up 3 places vs 2022

Institutes

+2 (+6.2%) vs 2022

Scientists in Morocco on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than tripled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+95.7%

2022+35.6%

2023+36.1%

2024+16.9%

2025+38.1%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	23		9
2021	45	+95.7%	19	+111.1%
2022	61	+35.6%	21	+10.5%
2023	83	+36.1%	33	+57.1%
2024	97	+16.9%	37	+12.1%
2025	134	+38.1%	49	+32.4%

Top 10 institutes in Morocco

By number of listed scientists

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Rank in Morocco	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	5,479	HY Habibi, Youssef	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Polymers	Rank 27
2	14,601	Wakif, Abderrahim	Faculté des Sciences Aïn Chock	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 143
3	15,474	Allouhi, Amine	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Energy	Rank 337
4	20,738	Hsissou, Rachid	Faculté des Sciences d'El Jadida	Chemical Physics	Rank 318
5	22,835	Ikram, Muhammad	Al Akhawayn University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 364
6	41,069	BY Belmabkhout, Youssef	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 281
7	41,565	KS Katz-Wise, Sabra L.	Harvard Medical School	Public Health	Rank 445
8	44,243	BF Bentiss, Fouad	Faculté des Sciences d'El Jadida	Energy	Rank 1,049
9	46,757	Hattaf, Khalid	Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sick	Applied Mathematics	Rank 127
10	46,892	AM Aaboud, M.	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 542
11	52,144	OA Oukarroum, Abdallah	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 852
12	66,211	NM Necibi, Mohamed Chaker	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,092
13	66,327	AA Adadi, Amina	Université Moulay Ismaïl	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,121
14	67,363	Zarrouk, Abdelkader	Faculté des Sciences Rabat	Chemical Physics	Rank 876
15	68,742	BA Belhadi, Amine	International University of Rabat	Operations Research	Rank 314
16	72,483	BM Benzaazoua, Mostafa	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,170
17	77,373	EA El Achaby, Mounir	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Polymers	Rank 725
18	84,685	Hijri, Mohamed	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Microbiology	Rank 1,927
19	87,457	BN Barka, Noureddine	Université Sultan Moulay Slimane	Chemical Engineering	Rank 663
20	90,306	HB Hammouti, B.	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Energy	Rank 2,218
21	98,816	Bouyahya, Abdelhakim	Faculté des Sciences Rabat	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 340
22	98,920	EI El Ibrahimi, Brahim	Université Ibn Zohr	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 398
23	108,587	AA Amine, Aziz	Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Mohammedia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 761
24	111,120	MR Masrour, Rachid	Laboratoire de Physique du Solide, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Applied Physics	Rank 2,175
25	117,776	BA Bousfiha, Ahmed A.	Hassan II University of Casablanca	Immunology	Rank 2,450
26	120,493	BA Boutayeb, Abdesslam	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 215
27	120,646	SH Sehaqui, Houssine	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Polymers	Rank 1,155
28	126,966	EM El Maghraoui, Abdellah	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 679
29	127,540	EK El Kadib, Abdelkrim	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,728
30	130,016	Hammouch, Zakia	Université Moulay Ismaïl	Applied Mathematics	Rank 313
31	132,258	DM Dahbi, Mouad	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Energy	Rank 3,424
32	133,798	BM Bousmina, Mosto	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Polymers	Rank 1,299
33	135,986	El Haddad, Mohammadine E.	Faculty Poly Disciplinary of Safi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,001
34	141,630	EK El Kacem Qaiss, Abou	Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science	Polymers	Rank 1,386
35	155,482	JJ Jacquemin, Johan	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,290
36	168,486	JA Jabar, Abderrahim	Faculté des Sciences Aïn Chock	Applied Physics	Rank 3,416
37	168,671	CP Chivenge, Pauline	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,183
38	172,523	RM Rami, Mustapha Ait	Research and Innovation Department	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,653
39	173,990	SM Sobeh, Mansour	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,468
40	174,090	GM Ghogho, Mounir	International University of Rabat	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,834
41	177,411	Lahlali, Rachid	Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,179
42	182,800	Khouya, Ahmed	Université Abdelmalek Essaadi	Energy	Rank 4,860
43	182,837	SZ Sekkat, Zouheir	Faculté des Sciences Rabat	Applied Physics	Rank 3,755
44	188,237	AA Aboulkas, Adil	Université Sultan Moulay Slimane	Energy	Rank 5,016
45	191,041	RM Rbaa, Mohamed	Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,240
46	191,620	BA Benyoussef, Abdelilah	Faculté des Sciences Rabat	Applied Physics	Rank 3,954
47	194,399	SR Salghi, Rachid	Université Ibn Zohr	Energy	Rank 5,193
48	205,740	KS Kumar, Shiv	International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas Syria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,708
49	207,344	MS Motahhir, Saad	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Energy	Rank 5,580
50	208,188	SN Shah, Nihar B.	Carnegie Mellon University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,244
51	210,227	AA Azzouz, Abdelmonaim	Université Abdelmalek Essaadi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,778
52	212,786	IA Idri, Ali	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,536
53	219,906	KK Karrouchi, Khalid	Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Rabat	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,018
54	223,191	BM Balouiri, Mounyr	Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Fès, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,746
55	223,348	EH Essabir, Hamid	Université Ibn Zohr	Polymers	Rank 2,293
56	228,591	HS Hayashi, Shinji	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Applied Physics	Rank 4,801
57	231,210	EM Eddouks, Mohamed	Université Moulay Ismaïl	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,075
58	232,561	AA Ait Ahsaine, Hassan	Faculté des Sciences Rabat	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,390
59	233,864	DM Daoud, Mohammed	Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,599
60	240,387	GS Gharby, Said	Université Ibn Zohr	Food Science	Rank 2,819
61	245,160	HT Hadda, Taibi Ben	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,161
62	245,326	EA Elharfi, Ahmed	Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University	Materials	Rank 5,480
63	249,840	AJ Alami, Jones	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Applied Physics	Rank 5,239
64	251,634	BL Bahmad, Lahoucine	Faculté des Sciences Rabat	Applied Physics	Rank 5,276
65	256,816	NC Nejjari, Chakib	Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health - UM6SS	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,975
66	257,370	EM El Modafar, Cherkaoui	Université Cadi Ayyad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4,759
67	271,165	BS Broumi, S.	Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sick	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,323
68	277,759	Benhiba, F.	Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University	Chemical Physics	Rank 3,162
69	282,349	Berrada, Asmae	International University of Rabat	Energy	Rank 7,753
70	282,982	BR Bouhfid, Rachid	Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,356
71	301,634	OO Olatunji, Opeyemi Joshua	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,525
72	304,501	IS Idrissi, S.	Faculté des Sciences Rabat	Applied Physics	Rank 6,383
73	310,702	LB Lyoussi, Badiaa	Faculté des Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,577
74	319,343	HS Hanane, Saâd	Water and Forests National Agency	Ornithology	Rank 87
75	326,841	BM Bnouham, Mohamed	Faculté des Sciences d’Oujda	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,683
76	349,208	MA Miraoui, Abdellatif	Université Cadi Ayyad	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,534
77	349,748	ZY Zaid, Younes	Faculté des Sciences Rabat	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,842
78	362,304	BM Bourhia, Mohammed	Université Ibn Zohr	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	Rank 134
79	379,372	MA Meddich, Abdelilah	Université Cadi Ayyad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 7,336
80	405,855	AA Al Alaoui, M.	Université Abdelmalek Essaadi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,804
81	471,805	BM Benaicha, Mouhcine	National School of Architecture	Civil Engineering	Rank 2,257
82	582,620	BB Bossoufi, Badre	Faculté des Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 2,747
83	1,148,657	BA Belafhal, A.	Faculté des Sciences d'El Jadida	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 5,344
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Morocco are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

83 scientists affiliated with Morocco are on the 2023 single-year list, and 33 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University has the most listed scientists from Morocco, with 16. It is followed by Faculté des Sciences Rabat with 8.

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

On the single-year list, Morocco went from 23 scientists in 2020 to 83 in 2023, a change of +260.9%.

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.