Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Pakistan has 1,034 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 9.3% from 946 in 2025. That places Pakistan 33rd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 3 places. Government College University Faisalabad has the most listed scientists (56), followed by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (50).

Single Year

1,034

+88 (+9.3%) vs 2025

Career Data

321

+53 (+19.8%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#33

up 3 places vs 2025

Institutes

209

+21 (+11.2%) vs 2025

Scientists in Pakistan on the list, by year

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

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+56.4%

2022+33.9%

2023+39.3%

2024+18.8%

2025+12.4%

2026+9.3%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	243		81
2021	380	+56.4%	127	+56.8%
2022	509	+33.9%	137	+7.9%
2023	709	+39.3%	187	+36.5%
2024	842	+18.8%	223	+19.3%
2025	946	+12.4%	268	+20.2%
2026	1,034	+9.3%	321	+19.8%

Top 10 institutes in Pakistan

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Rank in Pakistan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	251	BZ Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 11
2	670	Ashraf, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 6
3	798	VS Virani, Salim Shahbuddin	The Aga Khan University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 25
4	1,092	KA Kausar, Ayesha	National Center for Physics	Polymers	Rank 10
5	2,013	SM Sajid, Muhammad	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 9
6	2,230	AM Akram, Muhammad	University of the Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 132
7	2,851	Abbas, Jawad	University of Central Punjab	Environmental Sciences	Rank 63
8	3,158	HT Hayat, Tasawar	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 27
9	3,356	BM Bilal, Muhammad Qamar	Bacha Khan University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 80
10	4,113	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 23
11	4,625	Zulfiqar, Faisal	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 39
12	4,850	Ellahi, Rahmat	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 41
13	5,509	FS Fahad, Shah	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 49
14	5,697	RM Rizwan, Muhammad Shahid	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 120
15	5,878	AS Ali, Shafaqat M.	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 124
16	7,325	Janjua, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf	Government College University Faisalabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 118
17	8,138	BT Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Bilal	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Energy	Rank 215
18	9,080	AM Azam, Muhammad	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Economics	Rank 163
19	9,107	Rauf, Abdur	University of Sahiwal	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 30
20	9,137	MU Mehmood, Usman	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 195
21	9,423	AM Akram, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 48
22	9,562	MT Mahmood, Tahir	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 504
23	10,012	AH Ali, Hazrat	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 219
24	10,170	MS Muhammad, Shahid Faheem	COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari campus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 221
25	11,623	Raza, Syed Ali	Iqra University	Business & Management	Rank 360
26	13,109	NS Nadeem, S.	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 115
27	14,051	MM Mostafa, Mohamed M.	Institute of Business Administration Karachi	Business & Management	Rank 420
28	14,967	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 170
29	15,008	RS Rahi, Samar	University of the Punjab	Business & Management	Rank 450
30	15,350	AR Aadil, Rana Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Food Science	Rank 146
31	15,805	ZK Zaman, Khalid	The University of Haripur	Environmental Sciences	Rank 341
32	16,101	ZA Zeb, Alam	University of Malakand	Food Science	Rank 158
33	16,209	IM Iqbal, Muhammad Zahir	Research and Development (UCERD)	Energy	Rank 445
34	16,836	AS Aman, Salma	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 312
35	17,101	Afsar, Bilal	Hazara University Pakistan	Business & Management	Rank 514
36	17,155	Naveed, Muhammad	University of Central Punjab	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 57
37	18,044	AM Abdullah, Muhammad Imran	Advanced Materials and Electrochemical Research Lab Taunsa Sharif	Energy	Rank 490
38	18,105	DJ Das, Jai Kumar	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 296
39	18,201	Ahmad, Iftikhar	National University of Sciences and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 332
40	18,313	SM Said, Muhammad	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 397
41	18,663	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 76
42	20,845	HI Hanif, Imran	Government College University Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 460
43	20,891	ST Salahuddin, Taimoor	Mirpur University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 189
44	21,391	SM Saleem, Muhammad Hamzah	Ghazi University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 290
45	21,405	UK Ullah, Kifayat	Riphah International University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,089
46	21,522	AM Ahmed, Mukhtar Jalal Uddin	PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 291
47	21,756	YZ Yousaf, Z. Ali	University of the Punjab	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 268
48	21,788	KM KHAN, Masood Waleed Ahmad	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 196
49	21,847	AM Ahmad, Mushtaq A.	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 294
50	22,620	YZ Yousaf, Zahid	Government College of Management Sciences	Energy	Rank 611
51	22,722	AS Ahmad, Sajjad U.	Abasyn University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 246
52	23,119	SS Shah, Syed Shoaib Ahmad	National University of Sciences and Technology	Energy	Rank 627
53	23,374	SM Sharif, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 290
54	23,515	AJ Ali, Jawad	Kohat University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,179
55	24,844	IT Islam, Talat	University of the Punjab	Business & Management	Rank 701
56	24,933	Ahmad, Jawad	School of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Materials	Rank 471
57	25,043	IM Ikram, Muhammad	Government College University Lahore	Applied Physics	Rank 459
58	25,122	SM Sharif, Muhammad Irfan	COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,246
59	25,336	LA laghari, Asif Ali	Sindh Madressatul Islam University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,264
60	25,406	UM Usman, Muhammad Rashid	University of the Punjab	Chemical Engineering	Rank 173
61	25,943	SM Shaikh, Masood Ali A.	Independent Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 423
62	26,696	MM Mustafa, M.	National University of Sciences and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 241
63	26,921	ZM Zahoor, Muhammed Kashif	University of Malakand	Chemical Engineering	Rank 181
64	27,308	RA Rabaan, Ali A.	The University of Haripur	Microbiology	Rank 514
65	27,586	Shah, Afzal	Quaid-i-Azam University	Energy	Rank 731
66	27,870	ZM Zafar, Muhammad Wasif	National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 628
67	28,274	FH Farid, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir	Government Graduate College Taunsa Sharif	Applied Physics	Rank 516
68	28,465	JA Javed, Abdul Rehman	Air University Islamabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 295
69	28,469	QS Qureshi, Sania	Mehran University of Engineering & Technology	Applied Mathematics	Rank 89
70	28,603	NA Naeem Ashiq, Muhammad Naeem	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Materials	Rank 562
71	28,815	SZ Shah, Zahir	University of Lakki Marwat	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 260
72	28,907	Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 329
73	29,038	AK Ayub, Khurshid	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Chemical Physics	Rank 396
74	29,127	AB Ali, Babar	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Building & Construction	Rank 242
75	29,353	KA Khan, Abdullah Ayub	Bahria University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 309
76	30,165	NA Nasir Amin, Muhammad Nasir	National University of Sciences and Technology	Materials	Rank 605
77	31,873	UM Umair, Muhammad	Ghazi University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 695
78	31,941	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 373
79	32,598	Nazir, Muhammad Altaf	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Energy	Rank 910
80	32,800	NA Niaz Akhtar, Majid Niaz	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Materials	Rank 664
81	32,894	Raza, Ali	Sukkur IBA University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 346
82	32,924	Ditta, Allah	Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Sheringal	Environmental Sciences	Rank 716
83	33,029	WM Waqas, M.	National University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 306
84	33,178	ZM Zia-Ur-Rehman, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 720
85	34,347	AM Afzaal, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Food Science	Rank 411
86	34,709	Hussain, Saddam	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 499
87	35,510	HM Hassan, Muhammad Umair	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 510
88	35,712	AW Ahmad, Waqas	University of Peshawar	Materials	Rank 719
89	36,437	LK Latif, Khawaja Fawad	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Business & Management	Rank 954
90	37,227	MK Mahmood, Khalid	University of the Punjab	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 32
91	37,228	MT Mazhar, Tehseen	National College of Business Administration and Economics	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,800
92	37,758	KS Khan, Sami Ullah	Namal University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 346
93	38,296	KM Khan, Muhammad Azhar	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Materials	Rank 784
94	38,830	SJ Syed, Jawad	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Business & Management	Rank 1,007
95	39,171	JM Javed, Muhammad Faisal	Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology	Materials	Rank 797
96	39,280	FM Farooq, Muhammad Shoaib	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,909
97	39,625	KA Khan, Asifullah	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,918
98	39,692	AN Ahmad, Naveed	Riphah International University	Energy	Rank 1,140
99	40,039	Iqbal, Tahir	University of Gujrat	Applied Physics	Rank 724
100	40,386	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 885
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Frequently asked questions

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

1,034 scientists affiliated with Pakistan are on the 2026 single-year list, and 321 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, Government College University Faisalabad has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 56. It is followed by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad with 50.

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

On the single-year list, Pakistan went from 243 scientists in 2020 to 1,034 in 2026, a change of +325.5%.

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.