Pakistan's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Pakistan has 321 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 19.8% from 268 in 2025. That places Pakistan 43rd in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad has the most listed scientists (22), followed by Quaid-i-Azam University (18).

Single Year

1,034

+88 (+9.3%) vs 2025

Career Data

321

+53 (+19.8%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#43

No change vs 2025

Institutes

110

+16 (+17.0%) vs 2025

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%

2026+19.8%

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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%
2026	1,034	+9.3%	321	+19.8%

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Rank in Pakistan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	421	BZ Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 12
2	814	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Mudassar	University of Lahore	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4
3	2,875	HT Hayat, Tasawar	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 23
4	6,644	Ellahi, Rahmat	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 43
5	8,667	VS Virani, Salim Shahbuddin	The Aga Khan University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 408
6	11,844	NM Noor, Muhammad Aslam	COMSATS University Islamabad	General Mathematics	Rank 27
7	13,963	KA Kausar, Ayesha	National Center for Physics	Polymers	Rank 107
8	15,220	AM Akram, Muhammad	University of the Punjab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 354
9	16,242	NS Nadeem, S.	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 105
10	29,476	MM Mostafa, Mohamed M.	Institute of Business Administration Karachi	Business & Management	Rank 325
11	31,759	SM Sajid, Muhammad	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 182
12	35,521	AM Ahmad, Mushtaq A.	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 431
13	40,379	KM KHAN, Masood Waleed Ahmad	Quaid-i-Azam University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 267
14	41,103	SM Sharif, Muhammad	University of Lahore	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 600
15	41,115	KH Khan, Haroon	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 335
16	42,640	GA Gilani, Anwar ul Hassan	The Aga Khan University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 127
17	42,679	RA Rahman, Atta ur	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 131
18	44,731	BM Bilal, Muhammad Qamar	Bacha Khan University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 335
19	47,721	SA Saeed, Aamer	Quaid-i-Azam University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 874
20	48,141	CZ Chohan, Zahid Hussain	University of Southern Punjab Multan	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 269
21	51,150	BT Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Bilal	Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology	Energy	Rank 685
22	51,415	MM Mustafa, M.	National University of Sciences and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 347
23	52,701	CM Choudhary, Mohammed Iqbal	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 167
24	52,905	WM Waqas, M.	National University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 357
25	54,249	JM Jamil, Mubasher	National University of Sciences and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 826
26	54,782	BR Briddon, Rob William	National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering	Virology	Rank 386
27	55,163	KK Khan, K. M.	University of Karachi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 180
28	56,257	MS Muhammad, Shahid Faheem	COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari campus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 420
29	56,762	Janjua, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf	Government College University Faisalabad	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,099
30	57,288	RM Rizwan, Muhammad Shahid	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 429
31	58,422	AS Ali, Shafaqat M.	Government College University Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 440
32	59,905	AM Azam, Muhammad	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Economics	Rank 528
33	67,951	ZK Zaman, Khalid	The University of Haripur	Environmental Sciences	Rank 522
34	68,038	FS Fahad, Shah	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 919
35	68,445	AH Ali, Hazrat	University of Malakand	Environmental Sciences	Rank 531
36	68,583	AM Akram, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 560
37	73,151	MT Mahmood, Tahir	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,599
38	74,146	Ahmad, Iftikhar	National University of Sciences and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,801
39	78,134	SS Shehzad, Sabir Ali	COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 535
40	83,082	MS Mohyud-Din, Syed Tauseef	HITEC University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 583
41	83,293	ZA Zeb, Alam	University of Malakand	Food Science	Rank 476
42	86,594	Raza, Syed Ali	Iqra University	Business & Management	Rank 990
43	88,341	SJ Syed, Jawad	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Business & Management	Rank 1,011
44	88,410	SM Shaikh, Masood Ali A.	Independent Consultant	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,100
45	88,680	Abbas, Jawad	University of Central Punjab	Environmental Sciences	Rank 699
46	90,315	AF Anwar, Farooq	University of Sargodha	Food Science	Rank 523
47	92,392	NS Nishtar, Sania S.	Heartfile Pakistan	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,138
48	93,891	Shah, Afzal	Quaid-i-Azam University	Energy	Rank 1,381
49	94,790	AM Ali, Muhammad Irfan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,064
50	96,599	SZ Shinwari, Zabta Khan	Quaid-i-Azam University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,377
51	96,940	AS Akhtar, Saeed	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Food Science	Rank 571
52	103,803	AK Ayub, Khurshid	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,868
53	106,366	RA Rabaan, Ali A.	The University of Haripur	Microbiology	Rank 2,615
54	108,456	AM Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin	Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,548
55	108,653	MK Mahmood, Khalid	University of the Punjab	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 69
56	115,483	Zulfiqar, Faisal	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,654
57	116,166	BH Bhatti, Haq Nawaz	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	General Chemistry	Rank 323
58	117,112	Afsar, Bilal	Hazara University Pakistan	Business & Management	Rank 1,328
59	117,151	KT Khan, Tahir M.	University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,045
60	117,276	MG Murtaza, Ghulam	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,050
61	118,249	QS Qureshi, Sania	Mehran University of Engineering & Technology	Applied Mathematics	Rank 257
62	119,557	HA Hameed, Abdul	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,029
63	120,585	BA Bano, Asghari M.D.	University of Wah	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,734
64	123,847	JA Javaid, Arshad	University of the Punjab	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,785
65	124,367	NK Noor, Khalida Inayat	University of Wah	General Mathematics	Rank 694
66	124,598	KS Khan, Sardar	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,023
67	127,911	Afzal, Adeel	University of the Punjab	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 935
68	128,300	YZ Yousaf, Z. Ali	University of the Punjab	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,969
69	128,485	RA Rauf, Abdur	University of Sahiwal	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 446
70	128,785	SM Sajid, Muhammad	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 938
71	130,985	MU Mehmood, Usman	University of Management and Technology Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,088
72	132,781	KA Khan, Asifullah	Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,974
73	134,729	AM Ahmad, Mukhtar Raza	COMSATS University Islamabad	Materials	Rank 1,923
74	136,122	HD Haleem, Darakhshan Jabeen	University of Karachi	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,230
75	139,570	IJ Iqbal, J.	COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,331
76	141,618	ST Salahuddin, Taimoor	Mirpur University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,046
77	142,452	AR Aadil, Rana Muhammad	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Food Science	Rank 858
78	142,488	DJ Das, Jai Kumar	The Aga Khan University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,799
79	143,964	AR Ahmad, R.	The University of Agriculture	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,112
80	146,879	KS Khan, Sami Ullah	Namal University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,088
81	147,088	HI Hanif, Imran	Government College University Lahore	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,262
82	150,964	SM Said, Muhammad	University of Peshawar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,304
83	152,109	SM Saeed, Muhammad	Government College University Faisalabad	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 883
84	152,363	IS Islam, Saleem	The Aga Khan University	Pediatrics	Rank 846
85	153,047	HA Haq, Abdul	Quaid-i-Azam University	Operations Research	Rank 588
86	153,108	AS Asghar, Saleem	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,144
87	153,555	SW Schwarzacher, Walther	Lahore University of Management Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 3,940
88	156,185	IM Iqbal, Muhammad Zahir	Research and Development (UCERD)	Energy	Rank 2,396
89	156,748	QM Qasim, Muhammad	COMSATS University Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,168
90	158,666	KM Khan, Muhammad Azhar	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur	Materials	Rank 2,300
91	159,909	AM Ahmed, Mukhtar Jalal Uddin	PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,354
92	161,575	ZA Zeeshan, Ahmed	International Islamic University, Islamabad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,204
93	162,920	YM Younis, Muhammad Umar	University of the Punjab	General Physics	Rank 1,026
94	162,931	AM Arshad, Muhammad Shakeel	University of Sargodha	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,395
95	164,664	FA Farooqi, Ammad Ahmad	Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,030
96	164,672	WG Walraven, Gijs E.L.	The Aga Khan University	Tropical Medicine	Rank 379
97	164,880	KT Kazi, Tasneem Gul	University of Sindh	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,261
98	166,737	ZM Zahoor, Muhammed Kashif	University of Malakand	Chemical Engineering	Rank 884
99	166,871	KM Khan, Mohammad Ajmal	Bahauddin Zakariya University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,443
100	168,148	NN Niazi, Nabeel Khan	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,474
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Pakistan are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,034 scientists affiliated with Pakistan are on the 2026 single-year list, and 321 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad has the most listed scientists from Pakistan, with 22. It is followed by Quaid-i-Azam University with 18.

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 321 in 2026, a change of +296.3%.

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.