Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Pakistan has 946 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 12.4% from 842 in 2024. That places Pakistan 36th in the world by number of listed scientists. Government College University Faisalabad has the most listed scientists (54), followed by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (47).

Single Year

946

+104 (+12.4%) vs 2024

Career Data

268

+45 (+20.2%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#36

No change vs 2024

Institutes

188

+27 (+16.8%) vs 2024

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%

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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%

Top 10 institutes in Pakistan

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Rank in Pakistan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	587	Ashraf, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4
2	1,254	VS Virani, Salim S.	The Aga Khan University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 31
3	1,567	AM Akram, Muhammad Saeed	University of the Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 91
4	1,648	KA Kausar, Ayesha	National Center for Physics	Polymers	Rank 12
5	2,233	HT Hayat, Tasawar	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 22
6	2,836	Razzaq, Asif	Ilma University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 63
7	3,094	BM Bilal, Muhammad Qamar	Bacha Khan University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 71
8	3,675	Janjua, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf	Government College University Faisalabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 68
9	4,577	Ellahi, Rahmat	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 45
10	4,624	Abbas, Jawad	University of Central Punjab	Environmental Sciences	Rank 100
11	4,804	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 26
12	4,887	AS Ali, Shafaqat	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 103
13	4,923	Rizwan, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 105
14	5,278	IM Iqbal, Munawar Aqeel	University of the Punjab	Chemical Physics	Rank 98
15	5,361	AM Akram, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 16
16	6,446	NS Nadeem, S.	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 63
17	6,586	Majeed, Muhammad Tariq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 136
18	6,892	AM Azam, Muhammad	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Economics	Rank 138
19	7,159	FS Fahad, Shah	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 76
20	7,670	JW Jamshed, Wasim	Capital University of Science & Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 73
21	7,976	TM Tahir, Muhammad Bilal	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Energy	Rank 203
22	8,470	Raza, Syed Ali	Iqra University	Business & Management	Rank 252
23	8,793	MT Mahmood, Tahir	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 434
24	8,957	MS Muhammad, Shahid Faheem	COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari campus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 190
25	8,988	AH Ali, Hazrat	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 193
26	9,515	Zulfiqar, Faisal	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 114
27	9,840	WA Wahid, Abdul	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 116
28	10,266	MU Mehmood, Usman	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 227
29	11,194	ZK Zaman, Khalid	The University of Haripur	Environmental Sciences	Rank 243
30	11,547	RA Rauf, Abdur	University of Swabi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 37
31	13,583	ZA Zeb, Alam	University of Malakand	Food Science	Rank 125
32	13,654	AE Ahmed, Ejaz	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 93
33	14,236	Afsar, Bilal	Hazara University Pakistan	Business & Management	Rank 425
34	14,382	WA Wadood, Abdul Chishti	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 44
35	14,867	RS Rahi, Samar	University of the Punjab	Business & Management	Rank 439
36	15,687	Ahmad, Khuram Shahzad	Fatima Jinnah Women University	Energy	Rank 434
37	16,391	WM Waqas, Muhammad	National University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 156
38	16,705	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 40
39	16,830	KM KHAN, Masood Waleed Ahmed	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 159
40	17,962	MM Mustafa, M.	National University of Sciences and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 169
41	18,444	NA Naeem Ashiq, Muhammad Naeem	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Materials	Rank 341
42	18,659	SM Shamir, Muhammad Farasat	National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 243
43	19,807	IM Imran, Muhammad	National University of Sciences and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 206
44	19,859	HI Hanif, Imran	Government College University Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 436
45	20,148	AR Aadil, Rana Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Food Science	Rank 195
46	20,507	ZM Zafar, Muhammad Wasif	Riphah International University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 450
47	20,901	MM Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat	Institute of Business Management, Karachi	Business & Management	Rank 599
48	21,344	ST Salahuddin, Taimoor	Mirpur University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 200
49	21,400	DJ Das, Jai Kumar	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 313
50	22,015	IM Imran, Muhammad Ali	Ghazi University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 483
51	22,295	QS Qureshi, Sania	Mehran University of Engineering & Technology	Mathematical Physics	Rank 13
52	22,721	IM Iqbal, Muhammad Zahir	Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology	Energy	Rank 619
53	23,119	RA Rabaan, Ali A.	The University of Haripur	Microbiology	Rank 428
54	23,753	IM Ikram, Muhammad	Government College University Lahore	Applied Physics	Rank 466
55	24,032	AM Ahmad, Mushtaq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 328
56	24,535	JA Javed, Abdul Rehman	Air University Islamabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 259
57	24,543	SM Sharif, Muhammad Irfan	COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,138
58	24,594	KS Khan, Sami Ullah	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 239
59	25,355	IM Imran, Muhammad Asjad	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 249
60	25,546	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 102
61	26,455	NN Niazi, Nabeel Khan	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 576
62	26,582	SM Shaikh, Masood Ali A.	Independent Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 378
63	27,092	YZ Yousaf, Zahid	Government College of Management Sciences	Energy	Rank 734
64	27,119	ZR Zia-ur- Rehman, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 592
65	27,130	SM Said, Muhammad	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 594
66	27,186	Naveed, Muhammad	University of Central Punjab	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 86
67	27,486	Shah, Afzal	Quaid-i-Azam University	Energy	Rank 747
68	27,498	AK Ayub, Khurshid	COMSATS University Islamabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 398
69	27,814	HM Hafeez, M. B.	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 607
70	28,599	IT Islam, Talat	University of the Punjab	Business & Management	Rank 784
71	30,180	ZM Zahoor, Muhammad Kashif	University of Malakand	Chemical Engineering	Rank 210
72	30,524	UM Uddin, Md Zia	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,366
73	30,603	RI Rana, Irfan Ahmad	National University of Sciences and Technology	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 65
74	30,700	UM Usman, Muhammad Rashid	University of the Punjab	Chemical Engineering	Rank 216
75	31,105	KM Khan, Muhammad Arshad	Iqra University	Economics	Rank 454
76	32,010	SZ Shah, Zahir	University of Lakki Marwat	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 316
77	32,599	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 349
78	33,501	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 363
79	33,631	AW Ahmad, Waqas	University of Peshawar	Materials	Rank 662
80	33,785	AM Ahmad, Mahtab	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 741
81	33,870	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 743
82	35,290	BZ Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 496
83	35,364	AM Akash, Muhammad Sajid Hamid	Government College University Faisalabad	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 558
84	35,367	RK Rehman, Kanwal	The Women University Multan	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 559
85	35,819	Hussain, Saddam	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 495
86	36,218	SJ Syed, Jawad	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Business & Management	Rank 960
87	37,010	SZ Shinwari, Zabta Khan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 507
88	37,107	RN Raza, Nauman	University of the Punjab	General Physics	Rank 247
89	37,258	BH Bhatti, Haq Nawaz	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	General Chemistry	Rank 85
90	37,470	AN Ahmed, Naveed	University of Education	Materials	Rank 748
91	37,605	NA Nasir Amin, Muhammad Nasir	National University of Sciences and Technology	Materials	Rank 749
92	37,699	AS Ahmad, Sajjad U.	Minhaj University Lahore	Organic Chemistry	Rank 449
93	38,032	SM Sharif, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 514
94	38,163	Shah, Syed Shoaib Ahmad	National University of Sciences and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,055
95	38,481	Aadil, Muhammad	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Materials	Rank 768
96	38,854	AJ Ahmad, Jawad	School of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Materials	Rank 785
97	38,992	SS Shehzad, Sabir Ali	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 385
98	40,095	AJ Ali, Jawad	Kohat University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,749
99	40,490	LK Latif, Khawaja Fawad	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Business & Management	Rank 1,039
100	41,847	AB Abbasi, Bilal Haider	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 591
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Frequently asked questions

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

946 scientists affiliated with Pakistan are on the 2025 single-year list, and 268 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, Government College University Faisalabad has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 54. It is followed by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad with 47.

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 946 in 2025, a change of +289.3%.

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.