Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Pakistan has 842 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 18.8% from 709 in 2023. That places Pakistan 36th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad has the most listed scientists (54), followed by Government College University Faisalabad (47).

Single Year

842

+133 (+18.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

223

+36 (+19.3%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#36

up 2 places vs 2023

Institutes

161

-6 (-3.6%) vs 2023

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	277	Ashraf, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3
2	288	BZ Bhutta, Zulfiqar	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 10
3	948	VS Virani, Salim S.	The Aga Khan University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 27
4	1,526	AM Akram, Muhammad	University of the Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 87
5	2,560	HT Hayat, Tasawar	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 25
6	4,076	SM Shahid, Muhammad	National University of Sciences and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 75
7	4,916	IM Iqbal, Munawar	University of Education	Chemical Physics	Rank 99
8	5,090	Rizwan, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 93
9	5,563	AS Ali, Shafaqat	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 104
10	5,628	Janjua, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf	Government College University Faisalabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 107
11	6,391	FS Fahad, Shah	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 80
12	6,490	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 36
13	6,716	Majeed, Muhammad Tariq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 125
14	6,917	AM Akram, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 37
15	7,121	NS Nadeem, Sohail	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 73
16	7,126	Abbas, Jawad	University of Central Punjab	Environmental Sciences	Rank 130
17	7,508	WA Wahid, Abdul	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 95
18	7,633	MT Mahmood, Tahir	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 364
19	7,796	WM Waqas, Muhammad	National University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 79
20	7,854	IM Irfan, Muhammad	Ilma University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 141
21	7,941	TM Tahir, Muhammad Bilal	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Energy	Rank 192
22	8,015	Javaid, Nadeem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 72
23	8,491	KM Khan, Muhammad Azam	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Economics	Rank 168
24	8,786	AH Ali, H.	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 165
25	9,143	AN Akbar, Noreen Sher	National University of Sciences and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 93
26	9,235	Raza, Syed Ali	Iqra University	Business & Management	Rank 279
27	10,306	JW Jamshed, Wasim	Capital University of Science & Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 105
28	11,072	MU Mehmood, Usman	University of the Punjab	Environmental Sciences	Rank 210
29	11,458	AF Azam, Farooq	National Textile University Faisalabad	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 47
30	12,849	KM Khan, Muhammad Attique	HITEC University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 44
31	13,190	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 247
32	13,322	ZK Zaman, Khalid	The University of Haripur	Environmental Sciences	Rank 253
33	13,338	HI Hanif, Imran	Government College University Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 254
34	14,708	AE Ahmed, Ejaz	University of the Punjab	Statistics & Probability	Rank 101
35	15,958	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 59
36	16,649	UK Ullah, Kifayat	Riphah International University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 710
37	16,858	AM Ahmad, Mushtaq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Microscopy	Rank 5
38	17,915	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 48
39	17,921	MM Mustafa, M.	National University of Sciences and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 171
40	18,223	RA Rauf, Abdur	University of Swabi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 53
41	18,821	Zulfiqar, Faisal	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 250
42	19,077	Ahmad, Khuram Shahzad	Fatima Jinnah Women University	Energy	Rank 471
43	19,259	Afsar, Bilal	Hazara University Pakistan	Business & Management	Rank 551
44	19,810	IM Imran, Muhammad	University of Health Sciences Lahore	Food Science	Rank 167
45	20,778	IM Imran, Muhammad Asjad	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 195
46	20,997	ZA Zeb, Alam	University of Malakand	Food Science	Rank 179
47	21,157	KM Khan, Masood	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 200
48	21,322	WZ Wasif Zafar, Muhammad	Riphah International University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 405
49	22,305	IM Imran, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 211
50	23,674	Ikram, Muhammad	Government College University Lahore	Applied Physics	Rank 458
51	23,952	AR Aadil, Rana Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Food Science	Rank 206
52	24,298	WA Wadood, Abdul	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Organic Chemistry	Rank 287
53	24,488	AM Ali, Muhammad Irfan	Islamabad Model College for Boys	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 999
54	24,682	NN Niazi, Nabeel Khan	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 473
55	24,893	AM Ahmad, Manzoor	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Environmental Sciences	Rank 478
56	26,030	DJ Das, Jai K.	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 379
57	26,200	SM Sharif, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,062
58	26,645	SM Shamir, M. Farasat	National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 320
59	27,488	IM Iqbal, Muhammad Zahir	Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology	Energy	Rank 681
60	27,804	KS Khan, Sami Ullah	Namal University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 280
61	27,929	AK Ayub, Khurshid	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Chemical Physics	Rank 422
62	28,910	SM Sharif, M.	University of Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 350
63	29,378	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 251
64	29,735	Nizami, Abdul Sattar	Government College University Lahore	Energy	Rank 751
65	30,971	YZ Yousaf, Zahid	Government College of Management Sciences	Energy	Rank 787
66	31,131	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 600
67	31,348	BH Bhatti, Haq Nawaz	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	General Chemistry	Rank 83
68	31,917	JA Javed, Abdul Rehman	Air University Islamabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 310
69	32,222	Ahmad, Iftikhar	National University of Sciences and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,294
70	32,373	SJ Syed, Jawad	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Business & Management	Rank 854
71	33,118	Shah, Afzal	Quaid-i-Azam University	Energy	Rank 845
72	33,278	HA Haider, Adil H.	The Aga Khan University	Surgery	Rank 112
73	33,654	HM Hafeez, Muhammad Bilal	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 654
74	33,887	Hussain, Saddam	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 496
75	33,999	RS Rahi, Samar	University of the Punjab	Business & Management	Rank 886
76	34,195	SZ Shah, Zahir	University of Lakki Marwat	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 331
77	34,953	AM Azam, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 515
78	35,017	SM Shaikh, Masood Ali	Independent Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 495
79	35,551	KA Khan, Asifullah	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,440
80	36,223	MK Mahmood, Khalid	University of the Punjab	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 37
81	36,484	AM Ahmad, Mahtab	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 715
82	36,906	JM Jamil, Mubasher	National University of Sciences and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 450
83	36,990	MS Muhammad, Said	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 723
84	37,180	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 341
85	38,620	Afzal, Adeel	University of the Punjab	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 206
86	38,657	SS Shehzad, S. A.	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 381
87	39,342	IT Islam, Talat	University of the Punjab	Business & Management	Rank 1,005
88	39,471	KW Khan, Waqar Azeem	Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University	Applied Physics	Rank 753
89	39,603	ZR Zia-ur- Rehman, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 761
90	39,987	ZM Zahoor, Muhammad	University of Malakand	Chemical Engineering	Rank 275
91	40,163	BA Baig, Abdul Mannan	The Aga Khan University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,952
92	40,604	IM Iqbal, Muhammad	Hazara University Pakistan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 608
93	40,872	Shahzad, Faisal	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,388
94	41,094	AB Ali, Babar	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Building & Construction	Rank 297
95	41,711	ZG Zaman, Gul	University of Malakand	General Mathematics	Rank 202
96	41,726	Irfan, Muhammad	Federal Urdu University of Arts	Applied Physics	Rank 784
97	42,230	Ali, Majid	Capital University of Science & Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 307
98	42,876	Abbasi, Kashif Raza	Ilma University	Energy	Rank 1,108
99	42,883	RI Raheem, Ibrahim D.	Ilma University	Economics	Rank 640
100	43,042	SZ Shinwari, Zabta Khan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 648
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Pakistan are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

842 scientists affiliated with Pakistan are on the 2024 single-year list, and 223 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 54. It is followed by Government College University 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 842 in 2024, a change of +246.5%.

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.