Singapore's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List
Singapore has 1,023 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 7.0% from 956 in 2023. That places Singapore 29th in the world by number of listed scientists. National University of Singapore has the most listed scientists (436), followed by Nanyang Technological University (291).
Scientists in Singapore on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 35% since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 968 | 757 | ||
| 2021 | 1,130 | +16.7% | 876 | +15.7% |
| 2022 | 1,188 | +5.1% | 934 | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 1,222 | +2.9% | 956 | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 1,259 | +3.0% | 1,023 | +7.0% |
| 2025 | 1,362 | +8.2% | 1,090 | +6.5% |
Top 10 institutes in Singapore
By number of listed scientists
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- 1National University of Singapore436
- 2Nanyang Technological University291
- 3Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore28
- 4Duke-NUS Medical School24
- 5Singapore Management University21
- 6Singapore University of Technology and Design19
- 7Singapore General Hospital14
- 8A-Star, Institute for Infocomm Research12
- 9A-Star, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology12
- 10National University Hospital12
All 1,023 scientists
| Rank in Singapore | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | National University of Singapore | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1 | |
| 2 | 126 | National University of Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 5 | |
| 3 | 496 | Université McGill | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 46 | |
| 4 | 577 | National University of Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 22 | |
| 5 | 966 | Singapore National Eye Centre | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 5 | |
| 6 | 1,053 | National University of Singapore | Psychiatry | Rank 35 | |
| 7 | 1,074 |
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Nanyang Technological University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 8 |
| 8 | 1,179 | Duke-NUS Medical School | Tropical Medicine | Rank 2 | |
| 9 | 1,224 | A-Star, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology | Developmental Biology | Rank 81 | |
| 10 | 1,238 | National University of Singapore | Applied Physics | Rank 48 | |
| 11 | 1,391 |
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National University of Singapore | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 9 |
| 12 | 1,705 | National University of Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 47 | |
| 13 | 1,782 | Nanyang Technological University | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 24 | |
| 14 | 2,194 | Nanyang Technological University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 58 | |
| 15 | 2,217 |
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Nanyang Technological University | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 7 |
| 16 | 2,749 | National University of Singapore | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 95 | |
| 17 | 2,978 | National University of Singapore | Energy | Rank 37 | |
| 18 | 4,188 | Nanyang Technological University | Optics | Rank 23 | |
| 19 | 4,504 | National University of Singapore | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 26 | |
| 20 | 5,026 | Duke-NUS Medical School | Psychiatry | Rank 146 | |
| 21 | 5,233 | National University of Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 90 | |
| 22 | 5,580 | Nanyang Technological University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 128 | |
| 23 | 5,623 | Nanyang Technological University | Developmental Biology | Rank 276 | |
| 24 | 5,900 |
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National University of Singapore | General Physics | Rank 39 |
| 25 | 6,296 | National University of Singapore | Materials | Rank 77 | |
| 26 | 6,363 |
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National University Hospital | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 286 |
| 27 | 6,364 |
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Nanyang Technological University | Biotechnology | Rank 14 |
| 28 | 6,512 | National University of Singapore | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 56 | |
| 29 | 7,484 | National Heart Centre Singapore | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 364 | |
| 30 | 8,119 |
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NUS Business School | Economics | Rank 73 |
| 31 | 8,153 | National University of Singapore | Applied Ethics | Rank 2 | |
| 32 | 8,367 | National University of Singapore | Geography | Rank 20 | |
| 33 | 8,399 |
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National University of Singapore | Developmental Biology | Rank 405 |
| 34 | 8,489 | INSEAD, Singapore | Business & Management | Rank 67 | |
| 35 | 8,827 | National University of Singapore | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 35 | |
| 36 | 9,130 | National University of Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 130 | |
| 37 | 9,451 |
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National University of Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 134 |
| 38 | 9,492 | Nanyang Technological University | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 456 | |
| 39 | 9,724 | National University of Singapore | Immunology | Rank 376 | |
| 40 | 9,725 |
ZY
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Nanyang Technological University | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 141 |
| 41 | 11,263 | National University of Singapore | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 178 | |
| 42 | 11,315 | Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 105 | |
| 43 | 11,639 |
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National University of Singapore | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 86 |
| 44 | 11,793 | National University of Singapore | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 548 | |
| 45 | 12,020 | Nanyang Technological University | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 91 | |
| 46 | 12,293 | National University of Singapore | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 95 | |
| 47 | 12,799 | National University of Singapore | Surgery | Rank 83 | |
| 48 | 13,095 |
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A-Star, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology | Developmental Biology | Rank 584 |
| 49 | 13,116 | National University of Singapore | Developmental Biology | Rank 585 | |
| 50 | 13,373 | Cancer Science Institute of Singapore | Developmental Biology | Rank 595 | |
| 51 | 13,399 | Duke-NUS Medical School | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 635 | |
| 52 | 13,639 | A-Star, Skin Research Labs | Developmental Biology | Rank 599 | |
| 53 | 14,104 | National University of Singapore | Information Systems | Rank 31 | |
| 54 | 14,142 | Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 192 | |
| 55 | 14,249 | National University of Singapore | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 79 | |
| 56 | 14,662 | Nanyang Technological University | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 401 | |
| 57 | 14,667 | Nanyang Technological University | Environmental Sciences | Rank 76 | |
| 58 | 14,670 | National University of Singapore | Social Psychology | Rank 173 | |
| 59 | 15,021 | Nanyang Technological University | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 201 | |
| 60 | 15,127 | National University of Singapore | Geography | Rank 45 | |
| 61 | 15,223 | National University of Singapore | Biomedical Engineering | Rank 66 | |
| 62 | 15,559 | Nanyang Technological University | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 210 | |
| 63 | 15,712 | National University of Singapore | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 737 | |
| 64 | 16,172 |
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National University of Singapore | Applied Mathematics | Rank 38 |
| 65 | 16,318 | Singapore Management University | Business & Management | Rank 148 | |
| 66 | 16,338 | National University of Singapore | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 765 | |
| 67 | 16,799 | Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,335 | |
| 68 | 16,941 | Singapore University of Technology and Design | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 65 | |
| 69 | 17,230 | National University of Singapore | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 804 | |
| 70 | 17,406 | National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,377 | |
| 71 | 17,506 |
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National University of Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 227 |
| 72 | 17,857 | National Heart Centre Singapore | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 779 | |
| 73 | 18,001 | National University of Singapore | Energy | Rank 197 | |
| 74 | 18,161 | Nanyang Technological University | Microbiology | Rank 442 | |
| 75 | 18,226 | Nanyang Technological University | Microbiology | Rank 444 | |
| 76 | 18,293 |
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Nanyang Technological University | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 241 |
| 77 | 18,428 | National University of Singapore | Acoustics | Rank 28 | |
| 78 | 18,581 |
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Nanyang Technological University | Civil Engineering | Rank 27 |
| 79 | 18,956 | Singapore University of Technology and Design | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 129 | |
| 80 | 19,020 | Nanyang Technological University | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 251 | |
| 81 | 19,029 | National University of Singapore | Organic Chemistry | Rank 402 | |
| 82 | 19,186 | Nanyang Technological University | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 131 | |
| 83 | 19,233 | National University of Singapore | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 119 | |
| 84 | 19,363 | National University of Singapore | Organic Chemistry | Rank 406 | |
| 85 | 20,918 | Nanyang Technological University | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 81 | |
| 86 | 21,441 | National University of Singapore | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 971 | |
| 87 | 21,542 | Singapore National Eye Centre | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 102 | |
| 88 | 21,899 | National University of Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 287 | |
| 89 | 22,055 | National University of Singapore | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 156 | |
| 90 | 22,448 | National University of Singapore | Chemical Engineering | Rank 87 | |
| 91 | 22,559 | Nanyang Technological University | Energy | Rank 247 | |
| 92 | 23,075 |
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National University of Singapore | Developmental Biology | Rank 892 |
| 93 | 23,503 | National University of Singapore | Applied Physics | Rank 573 | |
| 94 | 23,598 | Nanyang Technological University | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | Rank 29 | |
| 95 | 23,989 | National University of Singapore | Applied Physics | Rank 581 | |
| 96 | 24,020 | National University of Singapore | Social Sciences Methods | Rank 31 | |
| 97 | 24,065 | Skywork AI | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 494 | |
| 98 | 24,347 | National University of Singapore | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Rank 126 | |
| 99 | 24,491 | National University of Singapore | Polymers | Rank 210 | |
| 100 | 24,496 | National University of Singapore | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 305 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Singapore are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?
1,259 scientists affiliated with Singapore are on the 2024 single-year list, and 1,023 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Singapore has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2024 career-long list, National University of Singapore has the most listed scientists from Singapore, with 436. It is followed by Nanyang Technological University with 291.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Singapore changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Singapore went from 757 scientists in 2020 to 1,023 in 2024, a change of +35.1%.
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.