Qatar's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Qatar has 211 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 7.1% from 197 in 2022. That places Qatar 46th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Qatar University has the most listed scientists (89), followed by Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering (19).

Single Year

211

+14 (+7.1%) vs 2022

Career Data

124

+14 (+12.7%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#46

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

+2 (+8.0%) vs 2022

Scientists in Qatar on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 64% 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	538	HB Hameed, B. H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 4
2	947	MG McKay, Gordon	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Chemical Engineering	Rank 7
3	1,882	SP Suganthan, P. N.	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 92
4	2,779	TP Thornalley, Paul	Qatar Biomedical Research Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 60
5	5,877	AL Abu-Raddad, Laith J.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 114
6	6,236	AA Alalwan, Ali	College of Business and Economics	Marketing	Rank 35
7	6,973	HM Hossain, Mokter	College of Business and Economics	Business & Management	Rank 180
8	7,869	AA Akobeng, Anthony K.	Sidra Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 154
9	9,400	AF Almomani, Fares	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 201
10	10,103	KS Kiranyaz, Serkan	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 397
11	10,600	JS Jin, S. Venus	Northwestern University in Qatar	Marketing	Rank 60
12	10,768	HM Househ, Mowafa	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Medical Informatics	Rank 10
13	10,844	CL Charfeddine, Lanouar	College of Business and Economics	Finance	Rank 53
14	12,205	MR Malik, Rayaz A.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 230
15	12,484	RN Rana, Nripendra P.	College of Business and Economics	Information Systems	Rank 42
16	12,968	HT Huang, Tingwen	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 495
17	14,558	NN Nagelkerke, Nico	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Microbiology	Rank 328
18	14,932	Ahmad, Aamir	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 547
19	15,694	HA Hasan, Anwarul	Qatar University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 57
20	18,353	BB Boashash, Boualem	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 171
21	19,666	SZ Shi, Zumin	Qatar University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 142
22	20,199	SK Suhre, Karsten	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Developmental Biology	Rank 586
23	20,222	CC Catal, Cagatay	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 707
24	20,273	NN Ndubisi, Nelson Oly	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 506
25	22,896	DS Doi, Suhail A.	College of Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 412
26	25,224	AA Al-Fuqaha, Ala	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 226
27	25,362	AM Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 403
28	26,944	MS Muyeen, S. M.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 611
29	27,183	AM Al-Smadi, Mohammed	Lusail University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 79
30	28,034	SK Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 639
31	28,261	KM Koc, Muammer	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 648
32	28,326	AH Abu-Rub, Haitham	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 91
33	30,189	HJ Hahladakis, John N.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 477
34	31,290	Taheri, Shahrad	Hamad Medical Corporation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 562
35	33,677	AF Abbas, Farhat	University of Doha for Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 536
36	34,279	OM Ouzzani, Mourad	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Information Systems	Rank 121
37	36,678	IM Indraganti, Madhavi	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 231
38	36,797	SM Steinhoff, Martin	Hamad Medical Corporation	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 123
39	38,431	AM Al Maadeed, Mariam Al Ali	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 683
40	38,442	AE Abu-Shanab, Emad	Qatar University	Information Systems	Rank 134
41	39,008	GS Ghosh, Saibal	Qatar Central Bank	Economics	Rank 532
42	39,095	ZS Zaidi, Shabi Abbas	Qatar University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 211
43	39,753	JB Jansen, Bernard J.	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 34
44	42,116	BG Berdiyorov, Golibjon R.	Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 805
45	43,098	ES Elbanna, Saïd	College of Business and Economics	Business & Management	Rank 963
46	43,636	CK Chamari, Karim	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 181
47	44,107	HS Hussain, Shafqat	Qatar University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 421
48	44,440	MK Mahmoud, Khaled A.	Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,456
49	44,561	ME Masad, Eyad	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 123
50	45,907	Khan, Muhammad Imran	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 1,098
51	46,249	RN Rabbani, Naila	College of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 937
52	46,399	IA Iqbal, Atif	Qatar University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 143
53	47,587	BM Belic, Milivoj	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Optics	Rank 168
54	48,623	NG Nasrallah, Gheyath K.	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 1,117
55	49,577	KM Khraisheh, Majeda	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 342
56	50,707	CM Chowdhury, Muhammad E.H.	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 463
57	52,484	RS Racinais, Sebastien	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 224
58	52,635	TF Tarlochan, Faris	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 953
59	54,278	BY Bicer, Yusuf	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 1,288
60	54,349	CH Chemaitelly, Hiam	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Microbiology	Rank 1,243
61	54,937	AM Aboramadan, Mohammed	Doha Institute for Graduate Studies	Business & Management	Rank 1,172
62	61,044	AR Algharabat, Raed S.	College of Business and Economics	Marketing	Rank 343
63	61,682	QJ Qadir, Junaid	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 576
64	62,434	OA Ouammi, Ahmed	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,493
65	63,258	Uddin, Mueen	University of Doha for Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,041
66	63,584	AT Al-Ansari, Tareq	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 1,521
67	65,864	LA Luyt, Adriaan S.	Qatar University	Polymers	Rank 594
68	66,497	EA El Ansari, Walid	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Surgery	Rank 321
69	67,905	EM El-Naas, Muftah H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 486
70	68,167	IM Imran, Muhammad	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,181
71	69,138	YH Yassine, Hadi M.	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 1,564
72	71,171	AA Ayesh, Ahmad I.	Qatar University	Applied Physics	Rank 1,379
73	72,717	BD Büsselberg, Dietrich	Qatar Foundation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,638
74	73,213	PD Ponnamma, Deepalekshmi	Qatar University	Polymers	Rank 680
75	73,272	WR Whiteley, Rodney	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 315
76	76,025	MA Méndez-Villanueva, Alberto	Qatar Football Association	Sport Sciences	Rank 325
77	77,230	AS Anil, Sukumaran	Hamad Medical Corporation	Dentistry	Rank 354
78	77,276	EO El-Agnaf, Omar M.A.	Qatar Biomedical Research Institute	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,743
79	78,289	AA Alkilany, Alaaldin M.	Qatar University	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,002
80	78,485	RK Rasool, Kashif	Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,639
81	78,983	HI Hussain, Iqtadar	Qatar University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 558
82	79,021	FM Faisal, Mohd Nishat	College of Business and Economics	Business & Management	Rank 1,540
83	80,293	EA Elmagarmid, Ahmed	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Information Systems	Rank 273
84	82,705	El-Gohary, Hatem	College of Business and Economics	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 353
85	82,883	RS Rizoli, S. B.	Hamad General Hospital	Surgery	Rank 429
86	83,298	EA El-Menyar, Ayman	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,302
87	84,213	Hamouda, Abdel Magid	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 1,598
88	86,194	PM Potts, Malcolm	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 1,954
89	88,381	SS Sayadi, Sami	Qatar University	Biotechnology	Rank 390
90	89,263	MF Musharavati, Farayi	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 2,186
91	90,424	ZH Zayed, Hatem	Qatar University	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,312
92	93,564	SM Shahbaz, Muhammad	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 2,315
93	94,352	TP Tang, Patrick	Sidra Medicine	Microbiology	Rank 2,145
94	94,791	US Uddin, Shahab	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,389
95	96,037	EI Economou, Ioannis G.	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Chemical Engineering	Rank 754
96	96,810	MS Mirjavadi, Seyed Sajad	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 1,881
97	98,346	HZ Hijazi, Ziyad M.	Sidra Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,665
98	98,747	KA Kumar, Ankur	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 2,462
99	98,888	HI Hussein, I.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 2,465
100	99,961	AS Al-Maadeed, Somaya	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,122
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Qatar are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

211 scientists affiliated with Qatar are on the 2023 single-year list, and 124 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Qatar University has the most listed scientists from Qatar, with 89. It is followed by Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering with 19.

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 211 in 2023, a change of +63.6%.

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.