Qatar's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Qatar has 124 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 12.7% from 110 in 2022. That places Qatar 48th in the world by number of listed scientists. Qatar University has the most listed scientists (49), followed by Texas A&M University at Qatar (10).

Single Year

211

+14 (+7.1%) vs 2022

Career Data

124

+14 (+12.7%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#48

No change vs 2022

Institutes

+4 (+19.0%) vs 2022

Scientists in Qatar on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 65% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+33.3%

2022+10.0%

2023+12.7%

2024+18.5%

2025+19.7%

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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	766	MG McKay, Gordon	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2
2	818	HB Hameed, B. H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 3
3	1,381	TP Thornalley, Paul	Qatar Biomedical Research Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 74
4	5,513	SP Suganthan, P. N.	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 115
5	7,894	NN Nagelkerke, Nico	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Microbiology	Rank 200
6	12,248	BB Boashash, Boualem	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 93
7	15,778	HT Huang, Tingwen	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 314
8	18,102	EX Estivill, Xavier	Sidra Medicine	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 86
9	18,580	AA Akobeng, Anthony K.	Sidra Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 273
10	19,306	JB Jansen, Bernard J.	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 11
11	21,666	HZ Hijazi, Ziyad M.	Sidra Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 920
12	25,035	MR Malik, Rayaz A.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 638
13	33,756	SK Suhre, Karsten	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,219
14	40,052	FM Frenneaux, Michael P.	Hamad Medical Corporation	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,559
15	42,677	Taheri, Shahrad	Hamad Medical Corporation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 998
16	44,200	Ahmad, Aamir	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,951
17	45,473	ME Masad, Eyad	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 50
18	48,024	PM Potts, Malcolm	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 1,213
19	55,543	JS Jin, S. Venus	Northwestern University in Qatar	Marketing	Rank 119
20	60,383	EI Economou, Ioannis G.	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Chemical Engineering	Rank 233
21	61,508	RS Rizoli, S. B.	Hamad General Hospital	Surgery	Rank 527
22	62,301	NN Ndubisi, Nelson Oly	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 629
23	63,794	AL Abu-Raddad, Laith J.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 829
24	65,099	SJ Sheikh, Javaid	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Geriatrics	Rank 100
25	65,903	EA Elmagarmid, Ahmed	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Information Systems	Rank 151
26	66,233	KM Koc, Muammer	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 806
27	70,306	AS Akhtar, Saghir	College of Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 638
28	71,458	SZ Shi, Zumin	Qatar University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 498
29	78,126	HK Hussain, Khalid	Sidra Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,695
30	80,610	MS Muyeen, S. M.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,021
31	80,938	CE Cayirci, Erdal	Medical Services of Qatar Armed Forces	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 700
32	85,472	SM Steinhoff, Martin	Hamad Medical Corporation	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 553
33	86,387	WE Wang, Ena	Sidra Medicine	Immunology	Rank 2,426
34	87,614	LA Luyt, Adriaan S.	Qatar University	Polymers	Rank 793
35	89,412	DS Deng, Shiming	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 195
36	91,452	BD Büsselberg, Dietrich	Qatar Foundation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,646
37	94,438	HM Hasna, Mazen O.	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 818
38	94,539	DS Doi, Suhail A.	College of Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 2,014
39	99,468	BM Belić, Milivoj	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Optics	Rank 331
40	100,645	HM Househ, Mowafa	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Medical Informatics	Rank 90
41	104,483	CC Catal, Cagatay	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,973
42	105,595	AH Abu-Rub, Haitham	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 301
43	107,255	KS Kiranyaz, Serkan	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,022
44	108,032	US Uddin, Shahab	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,223
45	109,230	EA El Ansari, Walid	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Surgery	Rank 973
46	109,533	AF Almomani, Fares	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,372
47	109,899	TC Triggle, Chris R.	Qatar Foundation	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,041
48	113,648	HA Hasan, Anwarul	Qatar University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 482
49	116,011	BG Berdiyorov, Golibjon R.	Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 3,177
50	117,396	KM Khraisheh, Majeda	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 537
51	118,307	PS Pokharel, Shaligram	Qatar University	Operations Research	Rank 439
52	118,954	ZS Zaidi, Shabi Abbas	Qatar University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 886
53	120,378	Hamouda, Abdel Magid	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 1,615
54	124,749	SS Sayadi, Sami	Qatar University	Biotechnology	Rank 378
55	126,167	AF Abbas, Farhat	University of Doha for Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 808
56	127,240	RS Racinais, Sebastien	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 404
57	128,217	CL Charfeddine, Lanouar	College of Business and Economics	Finance	Rank 213
58	129,215	EA El-Menyar, Ayman	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 4,053
59	130,454	HI Hussein, I.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,691
60	134,691	HF Hattab, Faiez N.	Family Dental Clinic	Dentistry	Rank 804
61	138,000	JZ Javaid Zaidi, Syed	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 655
62	139,136	TM Trick, Michael	Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar	Operations Research	Rank 521
63	141,428	CK Chamari, Karim	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 441
64	153,271	VG Vujanić, Gordan M.	Sidra Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,807
65	154,026	DM Darwish, Mohammed	Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute	Chemical Engineering	Rank 760
66	155,440	OK Oflazer, Kemal	Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,977
67	157,464	BL Ben-Brahim, Lazhar	Qatar University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 471
68	159,328	AS Anil, Sukumaran	Hamad Medical Corporation	Dentistry	Rank 974
69	161,533	AM Al Maadeed, Mariam Al Ali	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 2,199
70	164,668	IA Iqbal, Atif	Qatar University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 504
71	171,325	GG Ghinita, Gabriel	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,304
72	172,585	GA Gastli, A.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 2,331
73	174,666	MD Macrae, Duncan J.	Sidra Medicine	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 582
74	180,724	Khan, Muhammad Imran	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Energy	Rank 2,458
75	181,220	IM Indraganti, Madhavi	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 438
76	188,608	PC Powell, Colin	Sidra Medicine	Pediatrics	Rank 1,110
77	188,736	AA Al-Fuqaha, Ala	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,802
78	189,768	EA Elzatahry, Ahmed	Qatar University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,978
79	189,776	EM El-Naas, Muftah H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 944
80	190,942	BM Bidmos, Mubarak A.	College of Medicine	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 75
81	192,985	DM Duggal, Mandeep Singh	Qatar University	Dentistry	Rank 1,187
82	193,862	SF Schmidt, Frank	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 867
83	194,792	AM Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,384
84	194,828	AS Al-Muhtaseb, Shaheen A.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 973
85	201,096	BA Bermak, Amine	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 622
86	201,763	MK Maull, Kimball	Hamad General Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,634
87	203,905	BJ Boutros, Joseph J.	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,964
88	204,017	MM Ma, Maode	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,969
89	212,250	KF Khan, Fahmi Yousef	Hamad General Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,775
90	214,450	LN Laycock, Nicholas J.	Qatar Science & Technology Park	Energy	Rank 3,017
91	214,738	DP Di Pietro, Roberto	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,089
92	220,546	CM Castier, Marcelo	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,123
93	220,653	AR Al-Raoush, Riyadh I.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 3,126
94	226,953	HJ Hahladakis, John N.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,671
95	231,931	AM Al-Smadi, Mohammed	Lusail University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 563
96	236,417	YE Yaacoub, Elias	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,313
97	239,826	AS Al-Maadeed, Somaya	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,736
98	247,741	QJ Qadir, Junaid	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,451
99	247,798	DC Di Caro, Gianni A.	Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,855
100	250,466	ZW Zhong, Wei Ping	Texas A&M University at Qatar	General Physics	Rank 1,645
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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 career-long list, Qatar University has the most listed scientists from Qatar, with 49. It is followed by Texas A&M University at Qatar with 10.

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

On the career-long list, Qatar went from 75 scientists in 2020 to 124 in 2023, a change of +65.3%.

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.