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

Morocco has 63 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 28.6% from 49 in 2025. That places Morocco 70th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Mohammed VI Polytechnic University has the most listed scientists (15), followed by Mohammed V University in Rabat (7).

Single Year

185

+51 (+38.1%) vs 2025

Career Data

+14 (+28.6%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#70

up 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

+4 (+17.4%) vs 2025

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%

2026+28.6%

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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%
2026	185	+38.1%	63	+28.6%

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Rank in Morocco	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	14,923	HY Habibi, Youssef	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Polymers	Rank 116
2	49,509	BM Bousmina, Mostapha M.	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Polymers	Rank 441
3	65,774	Allouhi, Amine	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Energy	Rank 927
4	68,147	SR Serraj, Rachid	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 921
5	75,184	BJ Bodinier, Jean Louis	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,298
6	95,291	BF Bentiss, F.	Université Chouaib Doukkali	Energy	Rank 1,398
7	108,557	HB Hammouti, Belkheir	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Energy	Rank 1,603
8	113,950	Wakif, Abderrahim	Faculté des Sciences Aïn Chock	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 829
9	117,272	Hsissou, Rachid	Université Chouaib Doukkali	Materials	Rank 1,663
10	118,558	MR Masrour, Rachid	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Applied Physics	Rank 2,990
11	125,857	EM El Maghraoui, Abdellah	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 738
12	126,043	GM Ghogho, Mounir	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,143
13	126,509	SZ Sekkat, Zouheir	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Applied Physics	Rank 3,196
14	129,152	NM Ncibi, Mohamed Chaker	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,067
15	131,768	OA Oukarroum, Abdallah	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,908
16	133,367	Hattaf, Khalid	Centre Régional des Métiers de l’Education et de la Formation (CRMEF)	Applied Mathematics	Rank 296
17	140,965	AM Aaboud, M.	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,170
18	148,096	Ikram, Muhammad	Al Akhawayn University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,272
19	150,328	BA Boutayeb, Abdesslam	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 300
20	154,558	AM Ait-Rami, Mustapha	Research and Innovation Department	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,178
21	155,111	EA Ennaoui, Ahmed	Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles	Applied Physics	Rank 3,969
22	163,121	BY Belmabkhout, Youssef	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 856
23	167,178	AA Amine, Aziz	Hassan II University of Casablanca	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,291
24	177,070	BM Boutayeb, Mohamed	TICLab	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,368
25	180,832	MR Mikkelsen, Robert L.	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,048
26	183,980	Zarrouk, Abdelkader	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Chemical Physics	Rank 3,132
27	185,041	AA Adadi, Amina	Université Moulay Ismaïl	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,269
28	187,082	FH Fenniri, Hicham	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 2,758
29	195,627	EK El Kadib, Abdelkrim	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,246
30	197,090	JJ Jacquemin, Johan	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,074
31	201,775	AA Arhrib, Abdesslam	Université Abdelmalek Essaadi	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,088
32	202,932	CJ Chaouki, Jamal	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,106
33	211,297	BM Benzaazoua, Mostafa	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,975
34	214,351	El Haddad, Mohammadine E.	Cadi Ayyad University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,728
35	221,247	BA Benyoussef, Abdelilah Ilah	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Applied Physics	Rank 5,823
36	222,478	AS Ahzi, S.	International University of Rabat	Materials	Rank 3,355
37	225,784	Bouyahya, Abdelhakim	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Food Science	Rank 1,466
38	251,929	Said, Gharby	Université Ibn Zohr	Food Science	Rank 1,664
39	252,608	NC Nejjari, Chakib	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,302
40	262,967	BN BARKA, Noureddine	Université Sultan Moulay Slimane	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,523
41	279,102	ZA Zinedine, Abdellah	Faculté des Sciences d'El Jadida	Food Science	Rank 1,878
42	279,111	ME Mounir, El Achaby	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Polymers	Rank 2,543
43	279,870	CA Chehbouni, Abdelghani	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,514
44	288,942	EN Es-Safi, Nour Eddine	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,458
45	289,221	HA Hmamed, Abdelaziz	Laboratoire d'Electronique, Signaux, Systèmes et d'Informatique, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,293
46	299,663	EM Eddouks, Mohamed	Université Moulay Ismaïl	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,407
47	305,155	MR Mrabet, Rachid El	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Morocco	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,874
48	308,314	EI EL IBRAHIMI, B.	Faculté des Sciences Appliquées - Ait Melloul	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,859
49	312,533	Tarfaoui, Mostapha	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P)	Materials	Rank 4,991
50	329,034	BM Bnouham, Mohamed	Faculté des Sciences d’Oujda	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,588
51	339,357	Berrada, Asmae	International University of Rabat	Energy	Rank 6,064
52	381,876	EH El-Kadiri, Haitham E.	International University of Rabat	Materials	Rank 6,320
53	385,086	BS Broumi, Said	Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sick	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9,593
54	393,195	SR Salghi, R.	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Energy	Rank 7,275
55	395,473	HT Hadda, T. B.	Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,004
56	403,717	IA Idri, Ali	Mohammed V University in Rabat	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 10,161
57	429,867	MA Meddich, Abdelilah	Cadi Ayyad University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 6,759
58	438,785	LB Lyoussi, Badiaâ	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,294
59	458,145	BM Bakhouya, Mohamed	International University of Rabat	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 11,668
60	458,463	Saâdaoui, Foued	International University of Rabat	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 11,679
61	459,476	SM Sobeh, Mansour	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,432
62	511,545	TM Touhami, Mohammed Ebn	Université Ibn Tofail	Energy	Rank 9,931
63	542,535	FY Farhaoui, Youssef	Moulay Ismail University Faculty of Science and Technology Errachidia	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 752
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Frequently asked questions

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

185 scientists affiliated with Morocco are on the 2026 single-year list, and 63 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University has the most listed scientists from Morocco, with 15. 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 63 in 2026, a change of +600.0%.

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.