Philippines' Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

The Philippines has 51 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 15.9% from 44 in 2025. That places the Philippines 74th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. International Rice Research Institute has the most listed scientists (15), followed by De La Salle University (7).

Single Year

+5 (+7.2%) vs 2025

Career Data

+7 (+15.9%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#74

down 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

+3 (+15.0%) vs 2025

Scientists in the Philippines on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than tripled 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%

2026+15.9%

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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%
2026	74	+7.2%	51	+15.9%

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Rank in the Philippines	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	8,345	KG Khush, Gurdev Singh	International Rice Research Institute	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 71
2	15,785	QG Quirk, Gregory J.	National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,212
3	16,212	VG Vriend, Gert	Baco Institute of Protein Science	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 694
4	17,899	KJ Kloprogge, J. Theo	University of the Philippines Visayas	Chemical Physics	Rank 402
5	35,581	TR Tan, Raymond R.	De La Salle University	Energy	Rank 469
6	45,995	PJ Primavera, Jurgenne Honculada	Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Philippines	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 331
7	55,117	WR Wassmann, Reiner	International Rice Research Institute	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 273
8	56,308	BB Bouman, Bas A.M.	International Rice Research Institute	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 281
9	66,192	PE Padlan, Eduardo A.A.	Marine Science Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,391
10	68,042	MJ McNeely, Jeffrey A.	Asian Development Bank Philippines	Ecology	Rank 1,188
11	70,999	JB Juliano, Bienvenido O.	Philippine Rice Research Institute	Food Science	Rank 400
12	86,388	BG Bankoff, Greg	Ateneo de Manila University	History	Rank 7
13	89,436	BA Bernardo, Allan B.I.	De La Salle University	Social Psychology	Rank 771
14	98,413	DL de Ley, Jozef	International Rice Research Institute	Microbiology	Rank 2,431
15	102,720	WK Wong, Kainam Thomas	De La Salle University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 910
16	113,121	SN Sreenivasulu, Nese	International Rice Research Institute	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,625
17	115,347	LH Lafitte, H. Renee	International Rice Research Institute	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,652
18	119,316	BR Buresh, Roland J.	International Rice Research Institute	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 640
19	125,762	SG Singleton, Grant R.	International Rice Research Institute	Ecology	Rank 2,119
20	129,492	AA Alcala, Angel C.	Silliman University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 1,058
21	133,913	Barrot, Jessie S.	National University, Philippines	Education	Rank 980
22	138,993	RM Roleda, Michael Y.	Marine Science Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 1,137
23	141,569	GG Gregorio, Glenn B.	University of the Philippines Los Banos	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,056
24	142,232	LH Leung, Hei	International Rice Research Institute	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,073
25	148,179	LV Lopez, Violeta	Holy Angel University	Nursing	Rank 379
26	148,667	DJ Deen, Jacqueline L.	University of the Philippines Manila	Tropical Medicine	Rank 333
27	155,964	DD Dawe, David C.	International Rice Research Institute	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 879
28	171,488	HJ Hellin, Jon	International Rice Research Institute	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 985
29	174,611	GM Garcia, Manuel B.	FEU Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,027
30	178,052	TT Tuong, To Phuc	International Rice Research Institute	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,027
31	187,969	JK Jena, Kshirod Kumar	International Rice Research Institute	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,775
32	197,947	PF Ponnamperuma, Felix N.	International Rice Research Institute	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,156
33	208,640	AK Aviso, Kathleen B.	De La Salle University	Energy	Rank 3,353
34	226,944	Caipang, Christopher Marlowe A.	University of the Philippines Visayas	Fisheries	Rank 694
35	235,908	SK Saito, Kazuki	International Rice Research Institute	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,418
36	254,920	CA Chiu, Anthony S.F.	De La Salle University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,425
37	260,538	RW Rivera, Windell L.	Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 575
38	262,785	RL Razon, Luis F.	De La Salle University	Energy	Rank 4,439
39	264,904	GA Gabriel, Alonzo Alulod	University of the Philippines Diliman	Food Science	Rank 1,765
40	270,002	DA Dans, Antonio L.L.	Health Equity Research Foundation	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,529
41	281,715	MP Madamba, Ponciano S.	University of the Philippines Los Banos	Food Science	Rank 1,896
42	285,286	DL De Luna, Mark Daniel G.	University of the Philippines Diliman	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,805
43	296,618	LJ Lu, Jinky Leilanie Del Prado	University of the Philippines Manila	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,897
44	346,119	LM Lansang, Mary Ann D.	University of the Philippines Manila	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,578
45	355,180	TC Tabelin, Carlito Baltazar	Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 3,689
46	431,535	RM Regulacio, Michelle D.	Institute of Chemistry, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman	General Chemistry	Rank 993
47	485,877	LM Lapitan, Marie Carmela M.	National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,530
48	527,465	PC Padilla, Carmencita David	National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7,136
49	529,576	AM Alejandría, Marissa M.	University of the Philippines College of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7,164
50	542,850	RC Ragasa, Consolacion Yasaña	De La Salle University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 3,041
51	593,158	Ong, Ardvin Kester S.	Mapúa University	Energy	Rank 11,857
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Frequently asked questions

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

74 scientists affiliated with the Philippines are on the 2026 single-year list, and 51 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, International Rice Research Institute has the most listed scientists from the Philippines, with 15. 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 51 in 2026, a change of +218.8%.

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.