Qatar's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Qatar has 251 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 19.0% from 211 in 2023. That places Qatar 46th in the world by number of listed scientists. Qatar University has the most listed scientists (131), followed by Hamad Bin Khalifa University (33).

Single Year

251

+40 (+19.0%) vs 2023

Career Data

147

+23 (+18.5%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#46

No change vs 2023

Institutes

-3 (-11.1%) vs 2023

Scientists in Qatar on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 95% 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	482	HB Hameed, B. H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 5
2	1,064	MG McKay, Gordon	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 7
3	2,752	SP Suganthan, Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 147
4	4,317	AA Alalwan, Ali Abdallah	Qatar University	Marketing	Rank 34
5	4,346	TP Thornalley, Paul J.	Qatar Biomedical Research Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 80
6	6,653	AF Almomani, Fares	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 157
7	7,492	JS Jin, Seunga Venus	Northwestern University in Qatar	Marketing	Rank 48
8	7,560	AA Akobeng, Anthony K.	Sidra Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 143
9	7,750	HM Househ, Mowafa	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Medical Informatics	Rank 8
10	7,755	RN Rana, Nripendra P.	Qatar University	Information Systems	Rank 33
11	7,832	HM Hossain, Mokter	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 244
12	8,020	AL Abu-Raddad, Laith J.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 151
13	8,043	CL Charfeddine, Lanouar	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 195
14	9,189	KS Kiranyaz, Serkan	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 422
15	9,205	HT Huang, Tingwen	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 424
16	9,390	CC Catal, Cagatay	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 429
17	10,299	QJ Qadir, Junaid	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 95
18	13,092	HA Hasan, Anwarul	Qatar University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 51
19	14,003	NN Nagelkerke, Nico	Cornell University	Microbiology	Rank 276
20	15,314	HJ Hahladakis, John N.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 299
21	15,402	MR Malik, Rayaz A.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 258
22	15,878	AM Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 309
23	17,419	Ahmad, Aamir	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 562
24	18,698	MS Muyeen, S. M.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 460
25	19,271	NN Ndubisi, Nelson Oly	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 552
26	21,100	ES Elbanna, Said	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 598
27	21,705	AA Al-Fuqaha, Ala	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 205
28	23,061	SZ Shi, Zu Min	Qatar University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 160
29	23,918	AM Aboramadan, Mohammed	Doha Institute for Graduate Studies	Business & Management	Rank 666
30	24,024	OM Ouzzani, Mourad	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Information Systems	Rank 97
31	24,479	BB Boashash, Boualem	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 238
32	24,687	SK Suhre, Karsten	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Developmental Biology	Rank 632
33	26,817	GS Ghosh, Saibal	Qatar Central Bank	Economics	Rank 411
34	27,882	AH Abu-Rub, Haitham	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 97
35	28,796	KM Koc, Muammer	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Energy	Rank 726
36	29,663	SK Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 749
37	31,110	DS Doi, Suhail A.R.	Qatar University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 504
38	31,895	Uddin, Mueen	University of Doha for Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,284
39	32,230	ON Onat, Nuri C.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 631
40	32,379	MK Mahmoud, Khaled A.	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,078
41	32,435	ZS Zaidi, Shabi Abbas	Qatar University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 161
42	32,468	RN Rabbani, Naila	Qatar University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 582
43	32,574	JB Jansen, Bernard J.	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,311
44	32,851	AA Ayesh, Ahmad I.	Qatar University	Applied Physics	Rank 647
45	32,966	CM Chowdhury, Muhammad E.H.	Qatar University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 170
46	33,075	CN Castle, Nicholas	Hamad Medical Corporation	Gerontology	Rank 56
47	33,129	AS Anil, Sukumaran	Hamad Medical Corporation	Dentistry	Rank 136
48	33,201	Taheri, Shahrad	Hamad Medical Corporation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 526
49	33,995	SM Steinhoff, Martin	Hamad Medical Corporation	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 111
50	34,545	BA Butt, Adeel A.	Hamad Medical Corporation	Microbiology	Rank 719
51	36,050	BG Berdiyorov, G. R.	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Applied Physics	Rank 699
52	37,201	TF Tarlochan, Faris	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 685
53	37,954	BY Bicer, Yusuf	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Energy	Rank 965
54	39,725	AE Abu-Shanab, Emad	Qatar University	Information Systems	Rank 163
55	40,956	AF Abbas, Farhat	University of Doha for Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 796
56	41,709	SM Saleem, Muhammad Hamzah	Qatar University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 620
57	44,538	IM Indraganti, Madhavi	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 332
58	46,109	KM Khraisheh, Majeda	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 320
59	46,220	Ben Hassen, Tarek	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,195
60	47,072	NG Nasrallah, Gheyath K.	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 987
61	48,523	AT Al-Ansari, Tareq	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Energy	Rank 1,251
62	49,002	EM El-Naas, Muftah H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 342
63	49,372	AM AlMaadeed, Mariam Al Ali	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 937
64	49,876	CH Chemaitelly, Hiam	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Microbiology	Rank 1,047
65	51,931	FM Faisal, Mohamed	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 1,251
66	52,020	EK Elsaid, Khaled	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Energy	Rank 1,345
67	53,352	BM Belic, Milivoj R.	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Optics	Rank 231
68	54,080	MF Musharavati, Farayi	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,401
69	54,194	IA Iqbal, Atif	Qatar University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 175
70	56,222	BD Büsselberg, Dietrich	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,822
71	58,519	HI Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,546
72	59,746	ZS Zaidi, Syed Javaid	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 433
73	60,401	AM Al-Saidi, Mohammad	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,158
74	62,502	EA Elmagarmid, Ahmed	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Information Systems	Rank 251
75	66,299	ME Masad, Eyad	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 229
76	68,017	AR Algharabat, Raed	Qatar University	Marketing	Rank 410
77	68,436	EU Ebead, Usama	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 528
78	69,248	PD Ponnamma, Deepalekshmi	Qatar University	Polymers	Rank 636
79	72,523	RK Rasool, Kashif	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,571
80	72,620	AA Abd-Alrazaq, Alaa	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Medical Informatics	Rank 94
81	72,890	El-Gohary, Hatem	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 561
82	73,231	EA El Ansari, Walid	Hamad Medical Corporation	Surgery	Rank 333
83	73,954	PM Poongodi, Manoharan	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,813
84	74,004	EA Eid, Ali H.	Qatar University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,361
85	74,035	US Uddin, Shahab	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,434
86	76,360	HI Hussain, Iqtadar	Qatar University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 520
87	76,966	YH Yassine, Hadi M.	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 1,609
88	77,767	SM Shahbaz, Muhammad	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Energy	Rank 2,108
89	78,479	DS Dakua, Sarada Prasad	Hamad Medical Corporation	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,971
90	78,787	DS Deng, Shiming	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 608
91	78,995	IM Imran, Muhammad	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,993
92	80,686	AS Al-Maadeed, Somaya	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,051
93	81,448	EO El-Agnaf, Omar MA	Qatar Biomedical Research Institute	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,670
94	81,636	LA Luyt, A. S.	Qatar University	Polymers	Rank 755
95	82,493	WR Whiteley, Rod	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 335
96	83,739	SS Sayadi, Sami	Qatar University	Biotechnology	Rank 351
97	85,833	EA El-Menyar, Ayman	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,195
98	85,900	SJ Sheikh, Javaid I.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Geriatrics	Rank 149
99	87,339	RS Rizoli, Sandro	Hamad General Hospital	Surgery	Rank 418
100	87,579	PS Pokharel, Shaligram	Qatar University	Operations Research	Rank 400
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Qatar are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

251 scientists affiliated with Qatar are on the 2024 single-year list, and 147 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Qatar University has the most listed scientists from Qatar, with 131. It is followed by Hamad Bin Khalifa University with 33.

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 251 in 2024, a change of +94.6%.

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.