Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Pakistan has 243 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Pakistan 41st in the world by number of listed scientists. COMSATS University Islamabad has the most listed scientists (23), followed by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (20).

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243

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World rank by count

#41

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Scientists in Pakistan on the list, by year

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%

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Rank in Pakistan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	971	ER Ellahi, R.	International Islamic University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 13
2	2,059	Ashraf, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 13
3	5,287	AM Ashraf, M. Yasin	Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology Pakistan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 57
4	8,792	TM Tahir, M. B.	University of Gujrat	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 251
5	9,534	AN Akbar, Noreen Sher	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 88
6	11,928	AM Akram, Muhammad	University of the Punjab, Lahore	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 365
7	13,526	MM Mustafa, M. T.	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 133
8	13,787	WA Wahid, Abdul	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 161
9	17,086	KA Kausar, Ayesha	Quaid-i-Azam University	Polymers	Rank 144
10	17,883	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 35
11	21,470	WM Waqas, Muhammad	National University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 466
12	25,650	Rizwan, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 276
13	25,751	MG Murtaza, Ghulam	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 124
14	26,127	IM Iqbal, Munawar	University of Lahore	General Chemistry	Rank 98
15	27,093	Javaid, Nadeem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 273
16	27,637	ZA Zeeshan, Ahmed	International Islamic University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 274
17	28,525	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 153
18	29,299	SM Sharif, M.	University of the Punjab, Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 307
19	30,174	KM Khan, M. Ijaz	Quaid-i-Azam University	Applied Physics	Rank 645
20	30,347	AH Ali, Hazrat	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 321
21	31,366	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 334
22	34,257	ZK Zaman, Khalid	University of Wah	Environmental Sciences	Rank 381
23	34,356	RM Raja, Muhammad Asif Zahoor	COMSATS University Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 925
24	34,474	AM Akram, M. R.	Government College University Faisalabad	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 171
25	35,380	SS Shehzad, S. A.	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 348
26	35,743	Haq, Rizwan Ul	Bahria University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 352
27	36,576	AM Asgher, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Biotechnology	Rank 126
28	39,466	SM Shahid, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 428
29	40,394	GA Gilani, Anwar Hassan	The Aga Khan University Medical College	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 118
30	40,819	QM Qasim, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 534
31	41,870	KM Khan, Majid	Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,110
32	41,914	RM Ramzan, M.	Bahria University	Applied Physics	Rank 909
33	43,359	AS Ali, Shafaqat	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 471
34	45,712	AM Azam, Muhammad	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Economics	Rank 616
35	45,791	Memon, Imran	Bahria University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 485
36	46,033	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 277
37	46,328	MS Mohyud-Din, Syed Tauseef	University of Multan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 447
38	50,110	UM Usman, Muhammad	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 686
39	52,826	IK Ishaque, Kashif	Capital University of Science & Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 187
40	53,154	NS Nishtar, Sania	Heartfile Pakistan	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 536
41	53,691	BH Bhatti, Haq Nawaz	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	General Chemistry	Rank 167
42	55,361	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 276
43	56,214	Nizami, Abdul Sattar	Government College University Lahore	Energy	Rank 1,203
44	57,084	CZ Chohan, Zahid H.	University College of Management and Sciences	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 287
45	58,157	IM Imran, Muhammad Saeed	University of Lahore	Food Science	Rank 358
46	58,904	AM Ali, Muhammad Usman	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 268
47	59,890	CM Choudhary, M. Iqbal	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 189
48	62,104	BR Briddon, Rob W.	National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Pakistan	Virology	Rank 274
49	63,108	YZ Yousaf, Z.	University of the Punjab, Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 693
50	63,742	MR Malik, Riffat Naseem	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 739
51	63,952	AK Ahmed, Khalid	Sukkur IBA University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 742
52	65,123	AG Abbas, Ghulam	Islamia University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 719
53	65,900	KN Khan, Najeeb Alam	University of Karachi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 637
54	66,121	SJ Syed, Jawad	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Business & Management	Rank 1,303
55	66,830	ZM Zubair, M.	University of Education	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 737
56	72,199	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 243
57	72,520	KK Khan, Khalid Mohammed	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 245
58	72,824	WA Waheed, A.	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,421
59	74,672	HQ Hye, Qazi Muhammad Adnan	Muhammad Ali Jinnah University	Economics	Rank 939
60	74,910	BH Brammer, Hugh	FAO/UNDP Soil Survey Project of Pakistan	Environmental Sciences	Rank 876
61	75,152	Zia, Khalid Mahmood	Government College University Faisalabad	Polymers	Rank 743
62	76,137	KM Khan, Minhaj Ahmad	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Distributed Computing	Rank 24
63	76,464	KT Kazi, Tasneem Gul	University of Sindh	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 565
64	78,754	IJ Iqbal, Javed	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,150
65	79,543	KR Khan, Rifat Ullah	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 180
66	79,927	HA Hayat, Akhtar	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 605
67	81,380	YM Younis, Muhammad	University of the Punjab, Lahore	Optics	Rank 397
68	82,296	RA Rauf, Abdur	COMSATS University Islamabad	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 287
69	82,830	Afsar, Bilal	Hazara University Pakistan	Business & Management	Rank 1,550
70	86,656	NN Niazi, Nabeel Khan	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,033
71	88,069	DJ Das, Jai K.	The Aga Khan University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 832
72	90,032	AS Anjum, Shakeel Ahmad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,336
73	92,642	AM Akash, Muhammad Sajid Hamid	Government College University Faisalabad	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 585
74	92,724	AM Afzal, Muhammad	University of Sargodha	Zoology	Rank 30
75	92,841	SM Shaikh, Masood Ali	Independent Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 865
76	93,035	AZ Abbas, Z.	Islamia University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 855
77	94,776	SM Sajid, Muhammad Wasim	International Islamic University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 864
78	94,883	BM Butt, Masood Sadiq	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Food Science	Rank 645
79	95,178	HS Hussain, Shafqat	Capital University of Science & Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,165
80	95,412	AK Ayub, Khurshid	COMSATS University Islamabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,448
81	95,615	IM Irfan, M.	Quaid-i-Azam University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,114
82	96,044	AM Awais, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 874
83	96,186	RS Raza, Syed Ali	Iqra University	Business & Management	Rank 1,769
84	97,763	HA Haq, Abdul	Quaid-i-Azam University	Operations Research	Rank 556
85	97,781	ZZ Zahir, Zahir Ahmad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,444
86	97,835	Ahmad, Mukhtar	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Materials	Rank 1,905
87	98,269	IJ Iqbal, Jamshed	COMSATS University Islamabad	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,589
88	98,316	SF Shafait, Faisal	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,451
89	98,370	TM Tahir, Muhammad Nawaz	University of Sargodha	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 536
90	100,249	HM Hassan, Mohsan	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 913
91	100,716	RK Rehman, Kanwal	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,970
92	102,655	MT Mahmood, Tariq	Institute of Business Administration Karachi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,515
93	105,390	AM Ashiq, Muhammad Naeem	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Materials	Rank 2,069
94	106,133	MQ Mahmood, Qaisar	COMSATS University Islamabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,323
95	107,533	MK Mahmood, Khalid	Government College University Faisalabad	Materials	Rank 2,121
96	107,818	HS Hussain, Saddam	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,581
97	108,007	SZ Shinwari, Zabta Khan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,586
98	108,731	SM Shahid, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,601
99	108,999	BA Basit, Abdul	Baqai Medical University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,211
100	110,451	AM Ahmad, M.	PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,628
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Pakistan are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

243 scientists affiliated with Pakistan are on the 2020 single-year list, and 81 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, COMSATS University Islamabad has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 23. It is followed by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad with 20.

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.