Qatar's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List

Qatar has 147 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 18.5% from 124 in 2023. That places Qatar 48th in the world by number of listed scientists. Qatar University has the most listed scientists (68), followed by Hamad Bin Khalifa University (15).

Single Year

251

+40 (+19.0%) vs 2023

Career Data

147

+23 (+18.5%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#48

No change vs 2023

Institutes

-4 (-16.0%) vs 2023

Scientists in Qatar on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 96% 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%

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Rank in Qatar	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	752	HB Hameed, B. H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2
2	769	MG McKay, Gordon	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 3
3	1,434	TP Thornalley, Paul J.	Qatar Biomedical Research Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 72
4	5,007	SP Suganthan, Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 114
5	7,658	NN Nagelkerke, Nico	Cornell University	Microbiology	Rank 189
6	12,928	BB Boashash, Boualem	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 102
7	13,139	HT Huang, Tingwen	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 274
8	17,948	AA Akobeng, Anthony K.	Sidra Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 262
9	19,302	JB Jansen, Bernard J.	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 405
10	21,385	CN Castle, Nicholas	Hamad Medical Corporation	Gerontology	Rank 27
11	22,641	HZ Hijazi, Ziyad M.	Sidra Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 950
12	23,109	MR Malik, Rayaz A.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 584
13	32,124	SK Suhre, Karsten	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,163
14	36,438	Ahmad, Aamir	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,627
15	40,004	FM Frenneaux, Michael P.	Hamad Medical Corporation	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,566
16	40,797	Taheri, Shahrad	Hamad Medical Corporation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 931
17	44,134	ME Masad, Eyad	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 49
18	45,501	JS Jin, Seunga Venus	Northwestern University in Qatar	Marketing	Rank 107
19	46,536	KT Kino, Tomoshige	Sidra Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,056
20	46,946	BA Butt, Adeel A.	Hamad Medical Corporation	Microbiology	Rank 1,190
21	48,959	KE Kilpatrick, Eric S.	Sidra Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,104
22	49,942	PM Potts, Malcolm	Qatar University	Microbiology	Rank 1,264
23	50,696	AL Abu-Raddad, Laith J.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 691
24	53,357	KM Koc, Muammer	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Energy	Rank 673
25	54,343	NN Ndubisi, Nelson Oly	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 568
26	59,814	EI Economou, Ioannis G.	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Chemical Engineering	Rank 239
27	60,073	SZ Shi, Zu Min	Qatar University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 426
28	61,508	RS Rizoli, Sandro	Hamad General Hospital	Surgery	Rank 521
29	61,674	EA Elmagarmid, Ahmed	Qatar Computing Research Institute	Information Systems	Rank 140
30	65,796	MS Muyeen, S. M.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 831
31	65,859	SJ Sheikh, Javaid I.	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Geriatrics	Rank 106
32	70,254	HM Househ, Mowafa	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Medical Informatics	Rank 51
33	73,637	AS Akhtar, Saghir	Qatar University	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 653
34	74,631	AF Almomani, Fares	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 971
35	76,880	CC Catal, Cagatay	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,507
36	78,560	HK Hussain, Khalid	Sidra Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,673
37	79,053	RN Rabbani, Naila	Qatar University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,097
38	80,603	BD Büsselberg, Dietrich	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,257
39	81,851	KS Kiranyaz, Serkan	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,595
40	83,474	CE Cayirci, Erdal	Medical Services of Qatar Armed Forces	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 716
41	83,706	SM Steinhoff, Martin	Hamad Medical Corporation	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 529
42	84,225	DS Deng, Shiming	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 199
43	84,560	HA Hasan, Anwarul	Qatar University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 358
44	85,552	DS Doi, Suhail A.R.	Qatar University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,825
45	85,949	ZS Zaidi, Syed Javaid	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 384
46	86,906	BM Belić, Milivoj R.	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Optics	Rank 361
47	88,306	LA Luyt, A. S.	Qatar University	Polymers	Rank 798
48	88,727	WE Wang, Ena	Sidra Medicine	Immunology	Rank 2,451
49	94,142	HM Hossain, Mokter	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 996
50	95,186	AA Alalwan, Ali Abdallah	Qatar University	Marketing	Rank 249
51	96,407	CL Charfeddine, Lanouar	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,284
52	96,587	HM Hasna, Mazen O.	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 838
53	100,511	AH Abu-Rub, Haitham	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 282
54	102,144	BG Berdiyorov, G. R.	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Applied Physics	Rank 2,688
55	102,182	US Uddin, Shahab	Hamad Medical Corporation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,965
56	104,201	EA El Ansari, Walid	Hamad Medical Corporation	Surgery	Rank 912
57	106,012	KM Khraisheh, Majeda	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 491
58	106,784	ZS Zaidi, Shabi Abbas	Qatar University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 778
59	109,338	TC Triggle, Christopher	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,009
60	112,160	PS Pokharel, Shaligram	Qatar University	Operations Research	Rank 415
61	113,936	AF Abbas, Farhat	University of Doha for Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 795
62	116,136	Hamouda, Abdel Magid	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 1,581
63	117,425	EA El-Menyar, Ayman	Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,690
64	120,393	HI Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 1,632
65	124,387	SS Sayadi, Sami	Qatar University	Biotechnology	Rank 371
66	125,654	AS Anil, Sukumaran	Hamad Medical Corporation	Dentistry	Rank 731
67	132,771	RN Rana, Nripendra P.	Qatar University	Information Systems	Rank 335
68	137,112	IA Iqbal, Atif	Qatar University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 403
69	137,445	ES Elbanna, Said	Qatar University	Business & Management	Rank 1,428
70	137,735	HF Hattab, Faiez Najeeb	Family Dental Clinic	Dentistry	Rank 816
71	140,803	TM Trick, Michael	Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar	Operations Research	Rank 537
72	142,719	AM AlMaadeed, Mariam Al Ali	Qatar University	Materials	Rank 1,957
73	148,374	DM Darwish, Mohammed	Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute	Chemical Engineering	Rank 736
74	148,696	BL Ben-Brahim, Lazhar	Qatar University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 447
75	150,900	QJ Qadir, Junaid	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,406
76	155,803	VG Vujanić, Gordan M.	Sidra Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,843
77	160,242	AM Al-Ghouti, Mohammad A.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,198
78	161,515	AA Al-Fuqaha, Ala	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,525
79	163,837	HJ Hahladakis, John N.	Qatar University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,226
80	165,451	IM Indraganti, Madhavi	Qatar University	Building & Construction	Rank 430
81	166,471	CM Cardinale, Marco	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 546
82	169,514	MD Macrae, Duncan	Sidra Medicine	Pediatrics	Rank 980
83	169,764	EM El-Naas, Muftah H.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 855
84	170,662	GA Gastli, Adel	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 2,434
85	178,814	GG Ghinita, Gabriel	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,635
86	181,163	MK Mahmoud, Khaled A.	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,018
87	181,270	BA Bouzerdoum, Abdesselam	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,693
88	181,903	EA Elzatahry, Ahmed A.	Qatar University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,026
89	186,344	DM Duggal, Mandeep Singh	Qatar University	Dentistry	Rank 1,128
90	186,792	MZ Maamar, Zakaria	University of Doha for Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,808
91	188,451	MM Ma, Maode	Qatar University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,801
92	190,570	AS Al-Muhtaseb, Shaheen A.	Qatar University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 976
93	192,013	BA Bermak, Amine	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 602
94	194,648	BM Bidmos, Mubarak A.	Qatar University	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 78
95	198,108	AS Al-Maadeed, Somaya	Qatar University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,042
96	200,635	GA Ghrayeb, Ali	Texas A&M University at Qatar	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,946
97	203,032	WR Whiteley, Rod	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital	Sport Sciences	Rank 693
98	204,890	SK Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 3,009
99	212,037	AR Al-Raoush, Riyadh I.	Qatar University	Energy	Rank 3,113
100	214,226	KF Khan, Fahmi Yousef	Hamad Medical Corporation	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,788
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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 career-long list, Qatar University has the most listed scientists from Qatar, with 68. It is followed by Hamad Bin Khalifa University with 15.

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 147 in 2024, a change of +96.0%.

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.