Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

Pakistan has 127 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 56.8% from 81 in 2020. That places Pakistan 47th in the world by number of listed scientists. Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists (12), followed by University of Karachi (10).

Single Year

380

+137 (+56.4%) vs 2020

Career Data

127

+46 (+56.8%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#47

No change vs 2020

Institutes

+18 (+43.9%) vs 2020

Scientists in Pakistan on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 57% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+56.8%

2022+7.9%

2023+36.5%

2024+19.3%

2025+20.2%

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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	7,812	Ashraf, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 62
2	9,831	ER Ellahi, R.	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 61
3	10,832	AM Ashraf, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 96
4	13,613	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 28
5	29,292	NS Nadeem, Sohail	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 162
6	31,223	AN Akbar, Noreen Sher	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 175
7	34,483	WA Wahid, Abdul	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 407
8	44,902	GA Gilani, Anwar Hassan	The Aga Khan University Medical College	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 129
9	49,123	CZ Chohan, Zahid H.	Institute of Southern Punjab	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 337
10	60,100	BR Briddon, R. W.	National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Pakistan	Virology	Rank 493
11	64,941	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Arslan	Government College University Faisalabad	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 304
12	66,041	SM Sharif, M.	University of the Punjab	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,113
13	68,740	KM Khan, Masood	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 404
14	77,164	MM Mustafa, M.	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 477
15	77,283	CM Choudhary, M. Iqbal	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 240
16	82,412	BC Broelsch, Christoph E.	Gambat Institute of Medical Science	Surgery	Rank 749
17	84,263	TM Tahir, M. Bilal	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Energy	Rank 966
18	94,187	AT Atta-ur-Rahman	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 311
19	95,494	AM Akram, Muhammad	University of the Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,521
20	97,330	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 676
21	98,919	MS Mohyud-Din, Syed Tauseef	University of Multan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 630
22	99,246	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 426
23	100,141	IM Iqbal, Munawar	University of Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 571
24	101,719	KA Kausar, Ayesha	Quaid-i-Azam University	Polymers	Rank 934
25	109,543	WM Waqas, Muhammad	National University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,961
26	112,239	SS Shehzad, S. A.	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 732
27	115,576	NS Nishtar, Sania	Government of Pakistan	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,266
28	126,518	Javaid, Nadeem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,147
29	133,920	KM Khan, M. Ajmal	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,874
30	134,309	SM Sajid, M.	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 887
31	140,242	IM Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,977
32	140,866	KA Khan, Abdul G.	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,985
33	143,669	BH Bhatti, Haq Nawaz	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Chemical Engineering	Rank 681
34	143,723	AH Ali, Hazrat	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 885
35	148,315	SZ Shinwari, Zabta Khan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,088
36	150,638	AS Asghar, Saleem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 997
37	153,492	AM Abbas, Mujahid	Government College University Lahore	General Mathematics	Rank 927
38	154,479	AK Asif Khan, M.	Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 4,244
39	159,884	AM Ali, Muhammad Irfan	Islamabad Model College for Girls	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,586
40	162,379	KT Kazi, Tasneem Gul	University of Sindh	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,301
41	162,979	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,039
42	165,035	KK Khan, Khalid Mohammed	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 638
43	165,291	AM Akram, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,656
44	167,645	AM Ahmad, Mushtaq	Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology Pakistan	Entomology	Rank 534
45	167,921	AK Ahmad, Khabir	The Aga Khan University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,805
46	172,034	AM Ahmad, Munir	PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,450
47	175,911	HD Haleem, Darakhshan Jabeen	University of Karachi	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,781
48	178,387	NK Noor, Khalida Inayat	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 1,145
49	180,274	MG Murtaza, Ghulam	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,832
50	184,125	RM Rabbani, Masood	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,620
51	184,470	YM Yousaf, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	General Chemistry	Rank 589
52	191,083	ZK Zaman, Khalid	University of Haripur	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,250
53	191,384	KM Khan, Majid	Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,159
54	192,650	RM Ramzan, Muhammad	Bahria University	Applied Physics	Rank 5,420
55	192,955	KM Khan, M. Ijaz	Riphah International University	Applied Physics	Rank 5,427
56	193,632	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 956
57	195,353	AZ Abbas, Zaigham	Ziauddin Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,125
58	198,981	Rizwan, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,307
59	200,731	SM Shaikh, Masood Ali	Independent Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,181
60	202,925	TY Tsuda, Yoshisuke	University of Karachi	General Chemistry	Rank 653
61	204,540	QM Qasim, M.	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,429
62	205,630	MA Maqsood, Asghari	Air University Islamabad	Materials	Rank 2,920
63	207,662	MK Mahmood, Khalid	University of the Punjab	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 125
64	209,328	IJ Iqbal, Jamshed	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,640
65	209,867	KN Khan, Najeeb Alam	University of Karachi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,464
66	210,110	AS Ali, Shafaqat	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,410
67	211,398	ZA Zeeshan, Ahmed	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,479
68	215,458	SF Shafait, Faisal	School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,595
69	216,825	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,257
70	218,135	JA Javaid, Arshad	University of the Punjab	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,130
71	218,427	AZ Ahmad, Zahoor	University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore	Polymers	Rank 2,048
72	218,496	AD Arthur, David	The Aga Khan University	Nursing	Rank 781
73	219,939	AM Akhtar, Muhammad Shoaib	University of Sargodha	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 937
74	220,417	AH Afridi, Hassan Imran	University of Sindh	Toxicology	Rank 1,111
75	221,595	MR Malik, Riffat Naseem	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,480
76	223,016	IM Iqbal, Muhammad	Bacha Khan University	Materials	Rank 3,211
77	232,516	ZM Zakaullah, M.	Government College University Lahore	Applied Physics	Rank 6,687
78	232,733	SB Siddiqui, Bina S.	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,013
79	234,050	RM Rajoka, Muhammad Ibrahim	Government College University Faisalabad	Biotechnology	Rank 773
80	234,642	KT Khan, Tahir M.	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,470
81	239,761	AV Ahmad, Viqar Uddin	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,052
82	241,779	KR Khan, Rifat Ullah	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 853
83	244,902	Haq, Rizwan Ul	Bahria University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,723
84	245,388	AS Ahmad, S. R.	College of Earth & Environmental Sciences	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,822
85	245,792	Nizami, Abdul Sattar	Government College University Lahore	Energy	Rank 3,226
86	246,914	SM Shahid, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari campus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,699
87	248,056	AM Asgher, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Biotechnology	Rank 834
88	248,934	MA Malik, Abdul	University of Sargodha	General Chemistry	Rank 801
89	252,912	US Ullah, Sana	University of Swat	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,452
90	256,406	KF Khalid, Fazal Ahmad	University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore	Materials	Rank 3,737
91	258,728	KA Khan, Asifullah	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,401
92	260,922	IK Ishaque, Kashif	Capital University of Science & Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 865
93	265,454	AZ Abbas, Zaheer	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,891
94	267,025	Shah, Afzal	Quaid-i-Azam University	Energy	Rank 3,584
95	267,201	SM Shafi, Mansoor	University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,612
96	271,542	IM Ishaq, Muhammad	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,003
97	272,701	Shaikh, Babar Tasneem	Health Services Academy Islamabad	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,022
98	277,445	QI Qureshi, Imran Ahmad	Rawalpindi Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,068
99	278,217	ZA Zeb, Alam	University of Malakand	Food Science	Rank 1,442
100	278,677	KR Khan, Rahmat Ali	Quaid-i-Azam University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,299
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Pakistan are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

380 scientists affiliated with Pakistan are on the 2021 single-year list, and 127 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 career-long list, Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 12. It is followed by University of Karachi with 10.

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

On the career-long list, Pakistan went from 81 scientists in 2020 to 127 in 2021, a change of +56.8%.

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.