Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Pakistan has 137 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 7.9% from 127 in 2021. That places Pakistan 47th in the world by number of listed scientists. Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists (14), followed by University of Karachi (10).

Single Year

509

+129 (+33.9%) vs 2021

Career Data

137

+10 (+7.9%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#47

No change vs 2021

Institutes

+1 (+1.7%) vs 2021

Scientists in Pakistan on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 69% 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	1,645	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin	University of Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 8
2	4,545	HT Hayat, Tasawar	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 26
3	9,633	ER Ellahi, R.	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 63
4	13,247	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 28
5	26,203	AN Akbar, Noreen Sher	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 147
6	27,077	NS Nadeem, Sohail	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 153
7	33,015	WA Wahid, Abdul	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 388
8	41,522	KM Khan, M. Ijaz	Riphah International University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 246
9	44,458	GA Gilani, Anwarul Hassan	The Aga Khan University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 125
10	49,246	CZ Chohan, Zahid Hussain	Institute of Southern Punjab	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 305
11	57,824	AM Ahmad, Mushtaq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 168
12	58,581	BR Briddon, R. W.	National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Pakistan	Virology	Rank 477
13	60,933	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Arslan	Government College University Faisalabad	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 279
14	64,549	KM Khan, Masood	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 395
15	64,693	SM Sharif, M.	University of the Punjab	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,067
16	65,110	JM Jamil, Mubasher	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,077
17	73,522	MM Mustafa, M.	National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 464
18	77,942	TM Tahir, M. B.	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Energy	Rank 912
19	83,183	KA Kausar, Ayesha	Quaid-i-Azam University	Polymers	Rank 739
20	84,489	BC Broelsch, Christoph E.	Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences	Surgery	Rank 755
21	85,871	IM Iqbal, Munawar	University of Education	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,742
22	88,200	AM Akram, Muhammad	University of the Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,562
23	92,016	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 577
24	93,805	HA Haider, Adil Hussain	The Aga Khan University	Surgery	Rank 832
25	96,982	SM Shahid, M.	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 540
26	98,650	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 441
27	100,061	MS Mohyud-Din, Syed Tauseef	University of Multan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 658
28	102,129	WM Waqas, Muhammad	National University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,834
29	108,097	SS Shehzad, S. A.	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 724
30	117,509	Javaid, Nadeem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,069
31	127,076	CM Choudhary, M. Iqbal	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 451
32	131,439	AH Ali, H.	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 789
33	136,138	SM Sajid, Muhammad Bilal	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 934
34	138,085	KM Khan, M. Ajmal	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,951
35	142,544	BH Bhatti, Haq Nawaz	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Chemical Engineering	Rank 667
36	143,460	AM Ali, Muhammad Irfan	Islamabad Model College for Boys	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,572
37	143,954	SZ Shinwari, Zabta Khan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,053
38	146,053	KA Khan, Abdul G.	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,080
39	147,257	NK Noor, Khalida Inayat	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 887
40	150,223	AM Abbas, Mujahid	Government College University Lahore	General Mathematics	Rank 912
41	150,933	AM Akram, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 542
42	153,022	AS Asghar, Saleem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,057
43	163,020	KT Kazi, Tasneem Gul	University of Sindh	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,292
44	163,040	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,037
45	163,297	KK Khan, Khalid Mohammed	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 605
46	168,401	MG Murtaza, G.	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,672
47	171,920	AM Ahmad, Munir	PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,459
48	173,686	AK Ahmad, Khabir	The Aga Khan University Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,240
49	175,334	HD Haleem, Darakhshan Jabeen	University of Karachi	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,758
50	175,687	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,764
51	178,256	AM Arshad, Muhammad	University of Sargodha	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,553
52	179,847	IM Iqbal, Muhammad	Bacha Khan University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,179
53	180,286	RM Rabbani, Masood	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,577
54	180,520	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 895
55	181,217	Rizwan, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,164
56	181,235	ZK Zaman, Khalid	The University of Haripur	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,165
57	182,317	UM Usman, M.	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,611
58	183,085	HM Hussain, M.	The University of Haripur	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,210
59	185,746	KM Khan, Majid	Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,414
60	187,497	MK Mahmood, Khalid	University of the Punjab	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 109
61	189,698	KN Khan, Najeeb Alam	University of Karachi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,343
62	194,280	AZ Abbas, Zaigham	Ziauddin Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,545
63	194,661	SF Shafait, Faisal	School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,591
64	201,935	QM Qasim, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,443
65	201,958	IJ Iqbal, Jamshed	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,599
66	202,571	AZ Ahmad, Zahoor	University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore	Polymers	Rank 1,859
67	204,532	JA Javaid, A.	University of the Punjab	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,958
68	205,844	MA Maqsood, Asghari	Air University Islamabad	Materials	Rank 2,817
69	209,536	ZA Zeeshan, Ahmed	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,514
70	213,438	KT Khan, Tahir Mehmood	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,196
71	213,549	AM Akhtar, Muhammad	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,200
72	219,330	AH Afridi, Hassan Imran	University of Sindh	Toxicology	Rank 1,088
73	220,526	MR Malik, Riffat Naseem	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,472
74	220,810	HA Hussain, Ajaz	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,269
75	228,899	Shah, Afzal	Quaid-i-Azam University	Energy	Rank 3,104
76	230,066	KR Khan, Rifat Ullah	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 763
77	231,878	NS Nishtar, Sania	Heartfile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,064
78	233,563	BM Butt, Masood Sadiq	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Food Science	Rank 1,210
79	233,808	Nizami, Abdul Sattar	Government College University Lahore	Energy	Rank 3,191
80	234,195	RM Rajoka, Muhammad Ibrahim	Government College University Faisalabad	Biotechnology	Rank 755
81	234,686	ZM Zakaullah, M.	Government College University Lahore	Applied Physics	Rank 6,961
82	236,238	KA Khan, Asifullah	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,431
83	236,417	RA Rashid, Abdul	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,393
84	238,480	SB Siddiqui, Bina S.	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,042
85	238,634	AS Ahmad, Saeed	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,628
86	239,632	AM Asgher, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Biotechnology	Rank 775
87	241,654	AM Afzal, Muhammad	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 1,076
88	243,117	LP Laslett, Peter	Dawn University	History	Rank 53
89	243,401	AV Ahmad, Viqar Uddin	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,070
90	246,634	Haq, Rizwan Ul	Bahria University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,798
91	247,798	IM Iqbal, Muhammad Saleem	Islamabad Model College for Boys	Energy	Rank 3,407
92	250,046	ZA Zeb, Alam	University of Malakand	Food Science	Rank 1,314
93	250,601	MA Malik, Abdul	Govt. Degree College Mardan	General Chemistry	Rank 714
94	257,042	AN Ahmad, N.	University of the Punjab	Energy	Rank 3,568
95	259,499	SM Shafi, Mansoor	University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,591
96	259,937	RM Ramzan, M.	Bahria University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,906
97	263,328	KF Khalid, Fazal Ahmad	University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore	Materials	Rank 3,735
98	263,976	YZ Yousaf, Z.	University of the Punjab	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 4,231
99	266,032	Shaikh, Babar Tasneem	John Snow, Inc. and JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,553
100	266,828	HK Haque, Khalid N.	Children's Hospital Lahore	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,564
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Pakistan are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

509 scientists affiliated with Pakistan are on the 2022 single-year list, and 137 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 career-long list, Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 14. 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 137 in 2022, a change of +69.1%.

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.