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

Morocco has 49 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 32.4% from 37 in 2024. That places Morocco 71st in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Mohammed VI Polytechnic University has the most listed scientists (12), followed by Mohammed V University in Rabat (7).

Single Year

134

+37 (+38.1%) vs 2024

Career Data

+12 (+32.4%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#71

up 2 places vs 2024

Institutes

+2 (+9.5%) vs 2024

Scientists in Morocco on the list, by year

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

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+111.1%

2022+10.5%

2023+57.1%

2024+12.1%

2025+32.4%

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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

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Rank in Morocco	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	15,568	HY Habibi, Youssef	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Polymers	Rank 126
2	46,561	BM Bousmina, Mostapha M.	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Polymers	Rank 414
3	53,759	VV Venturi, Vittorio	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Microbiology	Rank 1,356
4	73,213	BJ Bodinier, Jean Louis	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,277
5	87,082	Allouhi, Amine	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Energy	Rank 1,221
6	94,675	BF Bentiss, F.	Université Chouaib Doukkali	Energy	Rank 1,333
7	111,284	HB Hammouti, Belkheir	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Energy	Rank 1,573
8	125,038	EM El Maghraoui, Abdellah	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 734
9	125,189	SZ Sekkat, Zouheir	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Applied Physics	Rank 3,244
10	125,665	Wakif, Abderrahim	Faculté des Sciences Aïn Chock	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 898
11	131,004	MR Masrour, Rachid	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Applied Physics	Rank 3,400
12	132,193	NM Ncibi, Mohamed Chaker	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,023
13	144,006	Hijri, Mohamed	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Microbiology	Rank 3,515
14	146,724	AM Ait-Rami, Mustapha	Research and Innovation Department	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,103
15	146,780	EA Ennaoui, Ahmed	Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles	Applied Physics	Rank 3,852
16	150,942	OA Oukarroum, Abdallah	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,208
17	153,112	Hsissou, Rachid	Université Chouaib Doukkali	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,721
18	153,175	Hattaf, Khalid	Centre Régional des Métiers de l’Education et de la Formation (CRMEF)	Applied Mathematics	Rank 350
19	162,364	BY Belmabkhout, Youssef	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,739
20	170,307	AM Aaboud, M.	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,631
21	174,605	MR Mikkelsen, Robert L.	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,000
22	174,688	Ikram, Muhammad	Al Akhawayn University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,452
23	195,144	AA Arhrib, Abdesslam	Université Abdelmalek Essaadi	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,026
24	196,520	AA Amine, Aziz	Hassan II University of Casablanca	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,596
25	200,430	FH Fenniri, Hicham	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 2,900
26	202,649	EK El Kadib, Abdelkrim	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,414
27	204,066	Zarrouk, Abdelkader	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Chemical Physics	Rank 3,485
28	211,465	JJ Jacquemin, Johan	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,121
29	224,654	BM Benzaazoua, Mostafa	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,975
30	230,786	BA Benyoussef, Abdelilah Ilah	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Applied Physics	Rank 6,260
31	251,224	NC Nejjari, Chakib	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,280
32	251,712	AA Adadi, Amina	Université Moulay Ismaïl	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,587
33	269,179	HA Hmamed, Abdelaziz	Laboratoire d'Electronique, Signaux, Systèmes et d'Informatique, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,094
34	282,014	ZA Zinedine, Abdellah	Faculté des Sciences d'El Jadida	Food Science	Rank 1,795
35	282,642	EN Es-Safi, Nour Eddine	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,435
36	283,654	El Haddad, Mohammadine E.	Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Safi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,445
37	284,984	DA Degiovanni, Alain	International University of Rabat	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,170
38	288,169	BN BARKA, Noureddine	Université Sultan Moulay Slimane	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,630
39	293,750	CA Chehbouni, Abdelghani	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,521
40	319,455	Bouyahya, Abdelhakim	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Food Science	Rank 2,092
41	340,472	BM Bnouham, Mohamed	Faculté des Sciences d’Oujda	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,648
42	341,828	Said, Gharby	Université Ibn Zohr	Food Science	Rank 2,266
43	402,664	SR Salghi, R.	Université Ibn Zohr	Energy	Rank 7,154
44	408,382	HT Hadda, Taibi Ben	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,078
45	419,514	Tarfaoui, Mostapha	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P)	Materials	Rank 6,873
46	457,586	IA Idri, Ali	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 10,957
47	499,625	BM Bakhouya, Mohamed	International University of Rabat	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 12,104
48	562,265	BA Belafhal, Abdelmajid	Faculté des Sciences d'El Jadida	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,583
49	618,141	MA Miraoui, Abdellatif	Université Cadi Ayyad	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 2,491
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Morocco are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

134 scientists affiliated with Morocco are on the 2025 single-year list, and 49 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University has the most listed scientists from Morocco, with 12. It is followed by Mohammed V University in Rabat with 7.

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

On the career-long list, Morocco went from 9 scientists in 2020 to 49 in 2025, a change of +444.4%.

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.