Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List

Pakistan has 223 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 19.3% from 187 in 2023. That places Pakistan 44th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists (18), followed by University of the Punjab (14).

Single Year

842

+133 (+18.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

223

+36 (+19.3%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#44

up 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

+3 (+3.6%) vs 2023

Scientists in Pakistan on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled 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%

Show the numbers

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

By number of listed scientists

Career-long list2024

Show the list

All 223 scientists

Career-long list2024

The first 100 are free to browse.

Export CSV

Rank in Pakistan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	547	BZ Bhutta, Zulfiqar	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 13
2	820	Ashraf, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3
3	3,155	HT Hayat, Tasawar	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 21
4	7,176	AF Azam, Farooq	National Textile University Faisalabad	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 30
5	12,204	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 28
6	16,744	VS Virani, Salim S.	The Aga Khan University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 740
7	19,664	NS Nadeem, Sohail	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 124
8	20,963	AN Akbar, Noreen Sher	National University of Sciences and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 131
9	24,669	WA Wahid, Abdul	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 288
10	30,879	AM Akram, Muhammad	University of the Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 646
11	41,617	AM Ahmad, Mushtaq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Microscopy	Rank 15
12	41,859	UR Ur Rahman, Aneela Atta	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 125
13	42,417	GA Gilani, Anwar H.	The Aga Khan University Medical College	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 127
14	44,487	IM Iqbal, Munawar	University of Education	Chemical Physics	Rank 933
15	45,184	KM Khan, Masood	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 291
16	45,490	TM Tahir, Muhammad Bilal	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Energy	Rank 558
17	47,816	CZ Chohan, Zahid H.	Institute of Southern Punjab Multan	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 281
18	48,555	AE Ahmed, Ejaz	University of the Punjab	Statistics & Probability	Rank 212
19	49,162	SM Shahid, Muhammad	National University of Sciences and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 300
20	51,633	SM Sharif, M.	University of Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 809
21	54,447	BR Briddon, Rob W.	National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Pakistan	Virology	Rank 408
22	57,055	WM Waqas, Muhammad	National University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 381
23	57,432	MM Mustafa, M.	National University of Sciences and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 382
24	59,227	JM Jamil, Mubasher	National University of Sciences and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 935
25	60,017	CM Choudhary, M. Iqbal	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 187
26	60,340	Javaid, Nadeem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 524
27	62,839	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 358
28	62,890	KK Khan, Khalid	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 194
29	66,625	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 424
30	68,720	AM Akram, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 606
31	71,174	HA Haider, Adil H.	The Aga Khan University	Surgery	Rank 613
32	74,786	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 661
33	83,950	SS Shehzad, S. A.	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 568
34	84,636	AS Ali, Shafaqat	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 575
35	87,637	MS Mohyud-Din, Syed Tauseef	University Multan	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 598
36	90,524	AH Ali, H.	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 611
37	90,695	Rizwan, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 612
38	92,373	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 479
39	95,168	KM Khan, Muhammad Azam	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Economics	Rank 813
40	98,268	NS Nishtar, Sania	Senate of Pakistan	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,238
41	99,154	BC Broelsch, Christoph E.	Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences	Surgery	Rank 864
42	100,170	ZK Zaman, Khalid	The University of Haripur	Environmental Sciences	Rank 693
43	101,774	AM Ali, Muhammad Irfan	Islamabad Model College for Boys	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,003
44	104,822	FS Fahad, Shah	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,479
45	105,388	OM Odabasi, Mustafa	Forman Christian College Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 729
46	106,204	MT Mahmood, Tahir	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,096
47	106,674	IM Iqbal, Muhammad	Hazara University Pakistan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,498
48	109,356	SJ Syed, Jawad	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Business & Management	Rank 1,134
49	111,953	SZ Shinwari, Zabta Khan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,590
50	123,451	SM Sarfraz, Muhammad	University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,449
51	123,800	WA Wadood, Abdul	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,168
52	125,430	BH Bhatti, Haq Nawaz	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	General Chemistry	Rank 355
53	125,810	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 661
54	129,266	SM Sajid, Muhammad	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 928
55	129,877	MT Mahmood, Tariq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,865
56	131,219	AR Ahmad, Riaz M.	The University of Agriculture	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,878
57	131,597	ZA Zeb, Alam	University of Malakand	Food Science	Rank 704
58	132,073	SM Shaikh, Masood Ali	Independent Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,680
59	132,900	Janjua, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf	Government College University Faisalabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,473
60	134,375	NK Noor, K. I.	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 768
61	134,664	Shah, Afzal	Quaid-i-Azam University	Energy	Rank 1,867
62	134,720	BA Bano, Asghari	University of Wah	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,927
63	136,881	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 966
64	136,927	AM Abbas, Mujahid	Government College University Lahore	General Mathematics	Rank 798
65	144,013	HD Haleem, Darakhshan Jabeen	University of Karachi	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,361
66	144,237	MK Mahmood, Khalid	University of the Punjab	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 95
67	144,504	Majeed, Muhammad Tariq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,052
68	147,177	Ahmad, Khuram Shahzad	Fatima Jinnah Women University	Energy	Rank 2,058
69	147,994	KM Khan, Majid	Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,939
70	148,863	AS Asghar, Saleem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,077
71	150,617	KM Khan, Muhammed Ajmal	University of Karachi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,163
72	153,009	Ahmad, Mukhtar	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore	Materials	Rank 2,109
73	154,923	Nizami, Abdul Sattar	Government College University Lahore	Energy	Rank 2,164
74	155,456	Afzal, Adeel	University of the Punjab	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,195
75	157,602	IJ Iqbal, Jamshed	COMSATS University Islamabad	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,723
76	158,415	AK Ayub, Khurshid	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,869
77	158,946	JA Javaid, Arshad	University of the Punjab	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,301
78	159,773	QM Qasim, Muhammad	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,162
79	159,899	KT Kazi, Tasneem Gul	University of Sindh	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,251
80	160,869	RM Ramzan, Muhammad	Bahria University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,173
81	162,769	KA Khan, Asifullah	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,269
82	165,160	AM Arshad, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,391
83	168,390	KR Khan, Rifat Ullah	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 494
84	169,279	UM Usman, Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,469
85	170,759	SF Shafait, Faisal	National University of Sciences and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,449
86	172,052	HA Hussain, Akhtar	Government College University Lahore	Energy	Rank 2,459
87	172,919	IM Imran, Muhammad Asjad	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,279
88	174,879	Ashraf, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,548
89	179,335	ZA Zeeshan, Ahmed	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,317
90	183,542	Ahmad, Iftikhar	National University of Sciences and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,740
91	184,804	SM Shamir, M. Farasat	National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,921
92	185,975	SM Sarwar, Muhammad	National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Pakistan	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 570
93	186,062	HM Haseeb, Muhammad	University of the Punjab	Energy	Rank 2,695
94	190,199	JW Jamshed, Wasim	Capital University of Science & Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,399
95	191,380	MR Malik, Riffat Naseem	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,494
96	192,181	YZ Yousaf, Z.	University of the Punjab	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,037
97	192,633	UK Ullah, Kifayat	Riphah International University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,931
98	193,629	IM Imran, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,855
99	194,127	AH Afridi, Hassan Imran	University of Sindh	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,580
100	194,367	HA Haq, Abdul	Quaid-i-Azam University	Operations Research	Rank 789
No scientists match this filter.

Showing 1 to 100 of the first 100 Show

Paid plans

See all 223 scientists in Pakistan

You are seeing the first 100. 123 more are on the 2024 career-long list.

Ranks 101 to 223The whole list, not only the top 100.

Every year since 2020Single Year and Career Data.

Search the full listBy name, institute or sub-field.

CSV exportDownload the list for your own work.

View Plans & Upgrade Compare plans

Cancel anytime · Secure billing

Countries with a similar count

Career-long list2024

United Arab Emirates303 scientistsin 2024

Thailand250 scientistsin 2024

Argentina240 scientistsin 2024

Chile214 scientistsin 2024

Slovenia192 scientistsin 2024

Romania188 scientistsin 2024

Explore other countries

Career-long list2024

India2,939 scientistsin 2024

Iran1,020 scientistsin 2024

Bangladesh68 scientistsin 2024

Sri Lanka25 scientistsin 2024

China10,689 scientistsin 2024

Japan8,261 scientistsin 2024

All countries on the world map

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 career-long list, Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 18. It is followed by University of the Punjab with 14.

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 223 in 2024, a change of +175.3%.

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.