Qatar's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Qatar has 197 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 20.9% from 163 in 2021. That places Qatar 47th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Qatar University has the most listed scientists (85), followed by Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering (17).

Single Year

197

+34 (+20.9%) vs 2021

Career Data

110

+10 (+10.0%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#47

up 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

+5 (+25.0%) vs 2021

Scientists in Qatar on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 53% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+26.4%

2022+20.9%

2023+7.1%

2024+19.0%

2025+10.4%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	129		75
2021	163	+26.4%	100	+33.3%
2022	197	+20.9%	110	+10.0%
2023	211	+7.1%	124	+12.7%
2024	251	+19.0%	147	+18.5%
2025	277	+10.4%	176	+19.7%

Top 10 institutes in Qatar

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Rank in Qatar	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	408	HB Hameed, B. H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 4
2	964	MG Mckay, Gordon	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Chemical Engineering	Rank 6
3	2,476	TP Thornalley, Paul J.	Qatar Biomedical Research Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 66
4	9,598	AA Alalwan, Ali Abdallah	College of Business and Economics	Marketing	Rank 43
5	9,816	GM Guizani, Mohsen	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 77
6	10,323	AA Akobeng, Anthony K.	Sidra Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 174
7	10,622	HT Huang, Tingwen	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 352
8	11,229	MH Mehrjerdi, Hasan	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 219
9	12,840	JS Jin, Seunga Venus	Northwestern University in Qatar	Marketing	Rank 62
10	12,899	HM Hossain, Mokter	College of Business and Economics	Business & Management	Rank 293
11	14,168	KS Kiranyaz, Serkan	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 454
12	14,200	HM Househ, Mowafa	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Medical Informatics	Rank 15
13	14,907	MR Malik, Rayaz A.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 294
14	15,035	CL Charfeddine, Lanouar	College of Business and Economics	Energy	Rank 296
15	15,981	HA Hasan, Anwarul	Qatar University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 66
16	16,255	AL Abu-Raddad, Laith J.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 251
17	17,244	Ahmad, Aamir	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 657
18	19,564	AF Almomani, Fares	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 381
19	20,036	NN Ndubisi, Nelson Oly	College of Business and Economics	Business & Management	Rank 439
20	20,186	RN Rana, Nripendra P.	College of Business and Economics	Information Systems	Rank 64
21	21,842	Augustine, Robin	Qatar University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 97
22	24,773	SK Suhre, Karsten	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Developmental Biology	Rank 788
23	26,360	CC Catal, Cagatay	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 781
24	26,439	JB Jansen, Bernard J.	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 782
25	29,250	AA Al-Fuqaha, Ala	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 239
26	31,279	SZ Shi, Zumin	Qatar University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 230
27	31,551	GS Ghosh, Saibal	Qatar Central Bank	Economics	Rank 434
28	33,303	SM Steinhoff, Martin	Hamad Medical Corporation	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 111
29	35,396	AH Abu-Rub, Haitham	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 110
30	35,648	HJ Hahladakis, John N.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 444
31	35,654	MS Muyeen, S. M.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 738
32	36,408	ZS Zaidi, Shabi Abbas	Qatar University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 179
33	37,623	KM Koç, Muammer	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 784
34	38,864	AM AlMaadeed, Mariam A.	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 628
35	38,920	AM Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 476
36	41,542	DS Doi, Suhail A.R.	College of Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 743
37	42,280	OM Ouzzani, Mourad	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Information Systems	Rank 135
38	42,909	SK Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar	Qatar University	Polymers	Rank 353
39	43,030	CK Chamari, Karim	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 181
40	47,374	NP Nakov, Preslav	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,316
41	47,686	ME Masad, Eyad	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 128
42	49,025	RN Rabbani, Naila	College of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,179
43	50,393	RS Racinais, Sébastien	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 214
44	50,879	CD Chaussabel, Damien	Sidra Medicine	Immunology	Rank 1,277
45	53,584	BD Büsselberg, Dietrich	Qatar Foundation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,046
46	54,025	Bhosale, Rahul R.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,155
47	54,816	BG Berdiyorov, Golibjon R.	Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 1,099
48	58,614	AS Anil, Sukumaran	Qatar University	Dentistry	Rank 273
49	60,848	MK Mahmoud, Khaled A.	Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,828
50	62,135	IM Indraganti, Madhavi	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 349
51	66,866	FM Faisal, Mohd Nishat	College of Business and Economics	Business & Management	Rank 1,242
52	67,957	KM Khraisheh, Majeda	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 438
53	68,382	HK Hussain, Kashif	University of Doha for Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,894
54	71,879	AE Abu-Shanab, Emad	Qatar University	Information Systems	Rank 230
55	71,957	BM Belic, Milivoj R.	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Optics	Rank 300
56	72,808	MA Mendez-Villanueva, Alberto	Aspire Academy	Sport Sciences	Rank 321
57	73,001	BY Bicer, Yusuf	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 1,588
58	73,100	ES Elbanna, Said	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 1,342
59	73,693	EA El Ansari, Walid	College of Medicine	Surgery	Rank 386
60	74,537	LA Luyt, Adriaan S.	Qatar University	Polymers	Rank 658
61	76,733	EM El-Naas, Muftah H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 503
62	77,139	EA Elmagarmid, Ahmed	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Information Systems	Rank 246
63	77,388	Hamouda, Abdel Magid	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 1,305
64	79,065	DS Deng, Shiming	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 435
65	80,907	EA Elzatahry, Ahmed A.	Qatar University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,473
66	80,982	HK Hussain, Khalid	Sidra Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,368
67	81,266	EO El-Agnaf, Omar M.	Qatar Biomedical Research Institute	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,219
68	81,638	HI Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,799
69	82,090	PD Ponnamma, Deepalekshmi	Qatar University	Polymers	Rank 735
70	82,817	AA AlKilany, Alaaldin	Qatar University	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,110
71	83,563	EI Economou, Ioannis G.	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Chemical Engineering	Rank 552
72	83,899	FM Frenneaux, Michael	Hamad Medical Corporation	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,322
73	84,587	YH Yassine, Hadi M.	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 1,978
74	86,120	HI Hussain, Iqtadar	Qatar University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 635
75	88,406	NG Nasrallah, Gheyath K.	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 2,068
76	92,480	SS Sayadi, Sami	Qatar University	Biotechnology	Rank 365
77	92,987	EI Elgendy, Islam Y.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,531
78	93,044	PM Potts, Malcolm	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 2,180
79	94,009	IM Imran, Muhammad	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,504
80	94,503	MS Mirjavadi, Seyed Sajad	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 1,624
81	94,789	RK Rasool, Kashif	Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 1,933
82	95,101	AR Algharabat, Raed S.	College of Business and Economics	Marketing	Rank 475
83	97,583	RS Rizoli, Sandro	Hamad General Hospital	Surgery	Rank 552
84	98,462	Alajez, Nehad M.	Qatar Biomedical Research Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,706
85	98,517	PS Pokharel, Shaligram	Qatar University	Operations Research	Rank 432
86	101,512	QJ Qadir, Junaid	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 936
87	104,195	KR Kogbara, Reginald B.	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,439
88	104,384	EA El-Menyar, Ayman	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,783
89	105,195	Weber, Ingmar	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,798
90	105,599	GA Gastli, Adel	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 2,390
91	105,754	El-Gohary, Hatem	College of Business and Economics	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 397
92	106,362	ZH Zayed, Hatem	Qatar University	Developmental Biology	Rank 3,049
93	107,568	US Uddin, Shahab	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,035
94	108,360	SJ Sheikh, Javaid	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Geriatrics	Rank 186
95	109,106	IR Isaifan, R. J.	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 2,486
96	109,284	RM Rathore, M. Mazhar	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,011
97	111,252	EH Eid, Hisham T.	Qatar University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 892
98	112,347	IA Iqbal, Atif	Qatar University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 374
99	112,412	HS Hunt, Steven C.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,977
100	116,172	BR Baldacci, Roberto	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Operations Research	Rank 517
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Qatar are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

197 scientists affiliated with Qatar are on the 2022 single-year list, and 110 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Qatar University has the most listed scientists from Qatar, with 85. It is followed by Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering with 17.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Qatar changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Qatar went from 129 scientists in 2020 to 197 in 2022, a change of +52.7%.

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.