Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Pakistan has 268 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 20.2% from 223 in 2024. That places Pakistan 43rd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists (21), followed by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (16).

Single Year

946

+104 (+12.4%) vs 2024

Career Data

268

+45 (+20.2%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#43

up 1 place vs 2024

Institutes

+8 (+9.3%) vs 2024

Scientists in Pakistan on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than tripled 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%

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Rank in Pakistan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	900	Ashraf, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 5
2	3,002	HT Hayat, Tasawar	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 23
3	6,942	Ellahi, Rahmat	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 45
4	12,056	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 27
5	12,767	VS Virani, Salim S.	The Aga Khan University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 587
6	17,265	NS Nadeem, S.	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 109
7	20,368	AM Akram, Muhammad Saeed	University of the Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 452
8	21,012	KA Kausar, Ayesha	National Center for Physics	Polymers	Rank 176
9	22,925	WA Wahid, Abdul	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 261
10	31,697	IM Iqbal, Munawar Aqeel	University of the Punjab	Chemical Physics	Rank 670
11	33,685	AM Ahmad, Mushtaq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 406
12	40,581	AE Ahmed, Ejaz	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 176
13	41,594	KM KHAN, Masood Waleed Ahmed	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 276
14	42,073	RA Rahman, Atta ur	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 126
15	42,144	GA Gilani, Anwar ul Hassan	The University of Haripur	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 127
16	46,043	SM Sharif, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 681
17	47,788	CZ Chohan, Zahid Hussain	University of Southern Punjab Multan	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 272
18	50,859	AM Akram, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 155
19	52,010	MM Mustafa, M.	National University of Sciences and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 344
20	53,702	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 446
21	54,971	WM Waqas, Muhammad	National University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 369
22	55,287	BM Bilal, Muhammad Qamar	Bacha Khan University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 389
23	55,374	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 314
24	56,080	BR Briddon, Rob William	National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Pakistan	Virology	Rank 414
25	56,223	JM Jamil, Mubasher	National University of Sciences and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 866
26	58,569	KK Khan, K. M.	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 186
27	58,928	CM Choudhary, Mohammed Iqbal	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 187
28	68,619	AS Ali, Shafaqat	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 484
29	69,050	TM Tahir, Muhammad Bilal	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Energy	Rank 928
30	70,119	MS Muhammad, Shahid Faheem	COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari campus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 506
31	71,527	AM Azam, Muhammad	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Economics	Rank 625
32	73,927	Rizwan, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 542
33	75,118	AH Ali, Hazrat	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 550
34	75,552	Janjua, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf	Government College University Faisalabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,455
35	77,443	SS Shehzad, Sabir Ali	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 525
36	77,603	ZK Zaman, Khalid	The University of Haripur	Environmental Sciences	Rank 565
37	82,190	FS Fahad, Shah	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,151
38	84,940	MS Mohyud-Din, Syed Tauseef	HITEC University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 586
39	90,295	WA Wadood, Abdul Chishti	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 291
40	91,645	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 511
41	94,048	MT Mahmood, Tahir	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,937
42	95,738	SJ Syed, Jawad	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Business & Management	Rank 1,037
43	96,739	AM Ali, Muhammad Irfan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,992
44	99,577	SZ Shinwari, Zabta Khan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,414
45	100,115	SM Shaikh, Masood Ali A.	Independent Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,240
46	100,777	Majeed, Muhammad Tariq	Quaid-i-Azam University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 754
47	101,248	ZA Zeb, Alam	University of Malakand	Food Science	Rank 563
48	105,032	HI Hussain, Irshad	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,273
49	107,580	Raza, Syed Ali	Iqra University	Business & Management	Rank 1,169
50	109,700	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 617
51	111,883	Shah, Afzal	Quaid-i-Azam University	Energy	Rank 1,586
52	114,815	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin	Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology Pakistan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,637
53	118,888	BH Bhatti, Haq Nawaz	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	General Chemistry	Rank 338
54	121,069	AR Ahmad, Riaz M.	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,738
55	123,323	SM Sarfraz, Muhammad Saquib	University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,579
56	123,857	JW Jamshed, Wasim	Capital University of Science & Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 886
57	123,960	HA Hameed, Abdul	University of Karachi	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,142
58	124,665	AK Ayub, Khurshid	COMSATS University Islamabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,268
59	125,283	MK Mahmood, Khalid	University of the Punjab	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 78
60	125,837	BA Bano, Asghari M.D.	University of Wah	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,817
61	126,244	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 959
62	126,930	Razzaq, Asif	Ilma University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 965
63	127,212	MG Murtaza, Ghulam	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,168
64	127,248	SM Sajid, Muhammad	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 911
65	127,620	KT Khan, Tahir M.	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,177
66	127,936	NK Noor, Khalida Inayat	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 708
67	128,201	SM Shamir, Muhammad Farasat	National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,999
68	131,928	MR Muhammad, Ramzan Javed	Bahria University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 947
69	133,901	RA Rabaan, Ali A.	The University of Haripur	Microbiology	Rank 3,288
70	137,563	QS Qureshi, Sania	Mehran University of Engineering & Technology	Mathematical Physics	Rank 91
71	138,234	NA Naeem Ashiq, Muhammad Naeem	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Materials	Rank 1,933
72	138,292	JA Javaid, Arshad	University of the Punjab	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,991
73	138,634	AM Ahmad, Mukhtar Raza	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Materials	Rank 1,940
74	138,805	IM Imran, Muhammad Asjad	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,003
75	140,883	Abbas, Jawad	University of Central Punjab	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,120
76	140,954	Afzal, Adeel	University of the Punjab	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,072
77	141,173	HD Haleem, Darakhshan Jabeen	University of Karachi	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,314
78	141,287	KR Khan, Rifat Ullah	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 398
79	146,378	AS Asghar, Saleem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,069
80	146,745	KA Khan, Asifullah	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,100
81	147,284	SW Schwarzacher, Walther	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 3,863
82	151,704	IJ Iqbal, J.	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,580
83	156,309	KM Khan, Mohammad Ajmal	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,274
84	156,859	UM Usman, Muhammad	Mirpur University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,347
85	159,844	YZ Yousaf, Z. Ali	University of the Punjab	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,477
86	160,565	KT Kazi, Tasneem Gul	University of Sindh	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,245
87	160,613	Zaidi, Syed Sajjad Haider	National University of Sciences and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,424
88	162,038	KS Khan, Sami Ullah	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,192
89	162,379	QM Qasim, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,196
90	162,653	IM Imran, Muhammad	National University of Sciences and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,553
91	162,716	DK Damji, Karim F.	The Aga Khan University	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 1,202
92	163,660	AM Arshad, Muhammad Shakeel	University of Sargodha	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,398
93	163,688	RA Rauf, Abdur	University of Swabi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 627
94	164,560	DJ Das, Jai Kumar	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,088
95	168,185	YM Younis, Muhammad Umar	Government College University Faisalabad	General Physics	Rank 1,058
96	169,136	ZA Zeeshan, Ahmed	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,247
97	169,191	HI Hanif, Imran	Government College University Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,389
98	170,103	SF Shafait, Faisal	National University of Sciences and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,657
99	172,761	HA Haq, Abdul	Quaid-i-Azam University	Operations Research	Rank 690
100	178,079	ST Salahuddin, Taimoor	Mirpur University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,310
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Pakistan are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

946 scientists affiliated with Pakistan are on the 2025 single-year list, and 268 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Quaid-i-Azam University has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 21. It is followed by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad with 16.

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 268 in 2025, a change of +230.9%.

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.