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Philippines' Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List
The Philippines has 44 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 18.9% from 37 in 2024. That places the Philippines 73rd in the world by number of listed scientists. International Rice Research Institute has the most listed scientists (13), followed by De La Salle University (7).
Data Type
Year
Single Year
69
+11 (+19.0%) vs 2024
Career Data
44
+7 (+18.9%) vs 2024
World rank by count
#73
No change vs 2024
Institutes
20
+5 (+33.3%) vs 2024
Scientists in the Philippines on the list, by year
The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.
Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021+62.5%
2022-3.8%
2023+16.0%
2024+27.6%
2025+18.9%
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 26 | 16 | ||
| 2021 | 35 | +34.6% | 26 | +62.5% |
| 2022 | 39 | +11.4% | 25 | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 50 | +28.2% | 29 | +16.0% |
| 2024 | 58 | +16.0% | 37 | +27.6% |
| 2025 | 69 | +19.0% | 44 | +18.9% |
Top 10 institutes in the Philippines
By number of listed scientists
Career-long list2025
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- 1International Rice Research Institute13
- 2De La Salle University7
- 3National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila3
- 4University of the Philippines College of Medicine3
- 5University of the Philippines Los Banos2
- 6University of the Philippines Visayas2
- 7Ateneo de Manila University1
- 8Baco Institute for Protein Science1
- 9FEU Institute of Technology1
- 10Institute of Chemistry, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman1
All 44 scientists
Career-long list2025
| Rank in the Philippines | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,049 | International Rice Research Institute | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 67 | |
| 2 | 14,949 | National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,173 | |
| 3 | 15,065 |
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Baco Institute for Protein Science | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 675 |
| 4 | 18,333 | University of the Philippines Visayas | Chemical Physics | Rank 420 | |
| 5 | 39,390 | De La Salle University | Energy | Rank 495 | |
| 6 | 46,094 | Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Philippines | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | Rank 347 | |
| 7 | 53,525 | International Rice Research Institute | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 256 | |
| 8 | 63,525 | Marine Science Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,400 | |
| 9 | 69,194 | Philippine Rice Research Institute | Food Science | Rank 361 | |
| 10 | 92,015 | International Rice Research Institute | Microbiology | Rank 2,300 | |
| 11 | 92,186 |
SH
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The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 3,619 |
| 12 | 92,390 | Ateneo de Manila University | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 115 | |
| 13 | 95,793 | De La Salle University | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 839 | |
| 14 | 102,762 | De La Salle University | Social Psychology | Rank 834 | |
| 15 | 111,769 | International Rice Research Institute | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,591 | |
| 16 | 114,551 | International Rice Research Institute | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 601 | |
| 17 | 121,947 | International Rice Research Institute | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,750 | |
| 18 | 123,094 | International Rice Research Institute | Ecology | Rank 2,060 | |
| 19 | 123,579 | Silliman University | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | Rank 1,033 | |
| 20 | 136,286 | University of the Philippines Los Banos | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,961 | |
| 21 | 140,422 |
LH
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International Rice Research Institute | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 2,036 |
| 22 | 142,726 | National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila | Tropical Medicine | Rank 320 | |
| 23 | 143,182 | National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila | Pediatrics | Rank 799 | |
| 24 | 149,066 | International Rice Research Institute | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 827 | |
| 25 | 171,287 | International Rice Research Institute | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 973 | |
| 26 | 179,466 | International Rice Research Institute | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 1,034 | |
| 27 | 182,939 |
HJ
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International Rice Research Institute | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 1,053 |
| 28 | 211,765 | National University, Philippines | Education | Rank 1,620 | |
| 29 | 226,309 | De La Salle University | Energy | Rank 3,534 | |
| 30 | 243,070 | University of the Philippines Visayas | Fisheries | Rank 777 | |
| 31 | 256,975 | De La Salle University | Environmental Sciences | Rank 2,339 | |
| 32 | 259,488 | University of the Philippines College of Medicine | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 3,385 | |
| 33 | 263,123 | De La Salle University | Energy | Rank 4,209 | |
| 34 | 264,199 | University of the Philippines Los Banos | Food Science | Rank 1,666 | |
| 35 | 271,092 | University of the Philippines Diliman | Food Science | Rank 1,717 | |
| 36 | 272,713 | FEU Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 6,110 | |
| 37 | 276,273 | International Rice Research Institute | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 1,671 | |
| 38 | 306,710 | University of the Philippines Manila | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 4,047 | |
| 39 | 317,195 | University of the Philippines College of Medicine | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 4,202 | |
| 40 | 415,961 | Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society Inc. | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 6,458 | |
| 41 | 461,156 | Institute of Chemistry, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman | General Chemistry | Rank 1,131 | |
| 42 | 488,588 | Philippine General Hospital | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 6,631 | |
| 43 | 523,133 | De La Salle University | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 2,905 | |
| 44 | 523,707 | University of the Philippines College of Medicine | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 7,180 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from the Philippines are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
69 scientists affiliated with the Philippines are on the 2025 single-year list, and 44 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in the Philippines has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 career-long list, International Rice Research Institute has the most listed scientists from the Philippines, with 13. It is followed by De La Salle University with 7.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in the Philippines changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, the Philippines went from 16 scientists in 2020 to 44 in 2025, a change of +175.0%.
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.