Taiwan's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Taiwan has 1,408 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, down 0.8% from 1,420 in 2023. That places Taiwan 23rd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. National Taiwan University has the most listed scientists (165), followed by National Cheng Kung University (96).

Single Year

1,408

-12 (-0.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

1,759

+90 (+5.4%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#23

down 2 places vs 2023

Institutes

156

-19 (-10.9%) vs 2023

Scientists in Taiwan on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 28% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+23.8%

2022-1.3%

2023+6.0%

2024-0.8%

2025+4.4%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	1,097		1,151
2021	1,358	+23.8%	1,479	+28.5%
2022	1,340	-1.3%	1,601	+8.2%
2023	1,420	+6.0%	1,669	+4.2%
2024	1,408	-0.8%	1,759	+5.4%
2025	1,470	+4.4%	1,898	+7.9%

Top 10 institutes in Taiwan

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Rank in Taiwan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	151	YJ Yeh, Jien Wei	National Tsing Hua University	Materials	Rank 2
2	416	HY Ho, Yuh Shan	Asia University	Science Studies	Rank 2
3	617	CY Chen, Yu Shan	National Taipei University	Business & Management	Rank 21
4	970	TM Tseng, Ming Lang	Asia University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 17
5	1,134	HG Hwang, Gwo Jen	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Education	Rank 15
6	1,470	CS Chen, Shyi Ming	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 83
7	1,529	CW Chen, Wei Hsin	National Cheng Kung University	Energy	Rank 42
8	2,187	CA Chao, Anne	National Tsing Hua University	Ecology	Rank 64
9	2,446	CÖ Civalek, Ömer	China Medical University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 23
10	2,547	JB Jahn, Bor ming	National Taiwan University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 27
11	2,697	CT Chung, Tai Shung	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 13
12	2,962	TC Tsai, Chin Chung	National Taiwan Normal University	Education	Rank 35
13	3,491	CL Chen, Liang Kung	Taipei Veterans General Hospital	Geriatrics	Rank 6
14	3,509	LH Lin, Hsiu Fen	National Taiwan Ocean University	Business & Management	Rank 116
15	3,915	CC Chen, Ching Fu	National Cheng Kung University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 21
16	4,167	CM Chen, Mei Fang	Tatung University	Food Science	Rank 25
17	4,287	LC Lin, Chung Ying	National Cheng Kung University	Psychiatry	Rank 100
18	4,405	BS Band, Shahab S.	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 45
19	4,551	CC Chang, Ching Hsun	National Taiwan Normal University	Business & Management	Rank 139
20	4,562	EM Elsisi, Mahmoud	National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 106
21	4,746	SA Sangaiah, Arun Kumar	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 47
22	5,212	LC Lin, Chih Jen	National Taiwan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 242
23	5,252	TW Tsai, Wen Tien	National Pingtung University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 123
24	5,347	Jang, Jyh Shing Roger	National Taiwan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 250
25	5,456	SG Shmueli, Galit	National Tsing Hua University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 45
26	6,149	KC Kao, Chiang	National Cheng Kung University	Operations Research	Rank 23
27	6,589	CJ Chang, Jo Shu	National Cheng Kung University	Biotechnology	Rank 19
28	6,986	CJ Chou, Jui Sheng	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 50
29	7,308	WY Wang, Yi Shun	National Changhua University of Education	Education	Rank 80
30	7,489	LT Lee, Tsung Hung	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 35
31	7,619	Hong, Wei Chiang	Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 361
32	8,391	HP Hsueh, Po Ren	China Medical University	Microbiology	Rank 145
33	8,481	CT Chen, Ting Yu	Chang Gung University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 394
34	9,150	HM Huang, Ming Hui	National Taiwan University	Marketing	Rank 55
35	9,182	TM Tsai, Ming Hung	National Chung Hsing University	Materials	Rank 153
36	9,410	TC Tsai, Chih Fong	National Central University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 431
37	9,650	SJ Sheu, Jiuh Biing	National Taiwan University	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 26
38	9,847	CJ Chai, Jeng Da	National Taiwan University	Chemical Physics	Rank 174
39	10,360	YJ Yang, James C.	National Taiwan University Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 326
40	10,776	HC Huang, Chiungjung	National Changhua University of Education	Education	Rank 128
41	10,985	YW Yan, Wei Mon	National Taipei University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 112
42	11,064	CA Cheng, Ann Lii	National Taiwan University Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 351
43	11,079	TC Tseng, Chin Hsiao	National Health Research Institutes Taiwan	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 194
44	11,362	CC Chen, Chen Tung Arthur	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Oceanography	Rank 7
45	11,514	TG Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung	National Taipei University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 515
46	11,665	WC Wang, Chi Chuan	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 121
47	11,907	LC Liu, Chih Hsing	National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 49
48	12,028	CC Chen, Chien Jen	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 388
49	12,127	YM Yang, Miin Shen	Chung Yuan Christian University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 537
50	12,240	Liu, Ru Shi	National Taiwan University	Applied Physics	Rank 245
51	12,375	AL Andrew Lin, Kun Yi	National Chung Hsing University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 63
52	12,420	CH Cheng, Hai Yang	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 137
53	12,434	Mobayen, Saleh	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 137
54	12,488	Kao, Jia Horng	National Taiwan University Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 149
55	12,684	LC Lin, Chieh Peng	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Business & Management	Rank 383
56	12,912	YI Yeh, I. Cheng	Tamkang University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 564
57	13,736	CS Chen, Shen Ming	National Taipei University of Technology	Energy	Rank 322
58	13,764	KS Kuo, Shiao Wei	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Polymers	Rank 89
59	13,814	LJ Lau, John H.	Unimicron Technology Corporation	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 48
60	13,843	Patel, Anil Kumar	National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 42
61	14,437	TS Tsai, Shih Jen	Taipei Veterans General Hospital	Psychiatry	Rank 307
62	14,485	CC Chen, Chih Ming	National Chengchi University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 627
63	14,781	DC Dong, Cheng Di	National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 284
64	14,811	CY Cheng, Yung Ming	Chaoyang University of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 442
65	14,919	CP Chou, Pi Tai	National Taiwan University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 176
66	15,013	LS Liao, Shu hsien	Tamkang University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 646
67	15,615	HM Hung, Mien Chie	China Medical University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 505
68	16,097	CS Chung, Sun Lin	National Taiwan University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 223
69	16,258	YG Yen, Gow Chin	National Chung Hsing University	Food Science	Rank 123
70	16,310	JR Juang, Ruey Shin	Chang Gung University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 91
71	17,020	TY Tu, Yu Kang	National Taiwan University	Dentistry	Rank 57
72	18,220	PE Pan, Ernian	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 174
73	18,560	WS Wang, Shuu Jiun	Taipei Veterans General Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 923
74	18,625	HB Hwang, Bing Joe	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 458
75	18,670	RA Rahmani, Amir Masoud	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 175
76	18,863	LK Liang, Kung Yee	National Yang-Ming University Taiwan	Psychiatry	Rank 380
77	18,900	HT Hayashi, Tamio	National Tsing Hua University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 225
78	18,946	CC Chang, Ching Ter	Chang Gung University	Operations Research	Rank 85
79	19,033	TW Takahashi, Wataru	China Medical University	General Mathematics	Rank 73
80	19,339	LJ Lai, Jui Yang	Chang Gung University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 70
81	20,224	CC Cheng, Ching Hsue	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 844
82	20,300	WY Wu, Yenchun Jim	National Taiwan Normal University	Business & Management	Rank 576
83	20,731	LC Li, Cheng Hsien	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Social Psychology	Rank 387
84	20,770	LW Li, Wen-Hsiung	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 148
85	20,811	WC Wu, Chia Huei	China Medical University	Social Psychology	Rank 392
86	20,842	LN Le, Nguyen Quoc Khanh	Taipei Medical University	Bioinformatics	Rank 74
87	20,902	Singhania, Reeta Rani	National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 73
88	20,982	CC Chiu, Chao Min	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Information Systems	Rank 86
89	21,009	CH Chen, Hao Ming	National Taiwan University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 672
90	21,618	CC Chang, Chingching	Academia Sinica, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences	Marketing	Rank 136
91	21,961	LT Liao, T. W.	Chaoyang University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 902
92	21,973	TK Tsai, Kuen Hung	National Taipei University	Business & Management	Rank 623
93	22,123	CH Chang, Hsin Hsin	National Cheng Kung University	Information Systems	Rank 89
94	23,074	CY Chu, Ying Hao	National Tsing Hua University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 735
95	23,133	LY Liaw, Yun Fan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 273
96	23,206	MF Mi, Fwu Long	Taipei Medical University	Polymers	Rank 182
97	23,546	KC Ko, Chih Hung	Kaohsiung Medical University	Psychiatry	Rank 453
98	24,288	WR Wai, Rong Jong	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 84
99	24,313	YC Yang, Chun Chen	Ming Chi University of Technology	Energy	Rank 603
100	24,591	TY Tsao, Yu Chung	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Operations Research	Rank 110
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Frequently asked questions

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

1,408 scientists affiliated with Taiwan are on the 2024 single-year list, and 1,759 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, National Taiwan University has the most listed scientists from Taiwan, with 165. It is followed by National Cheng Kung University with 96.

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

On the single-year list, Taiwan went from 1,097 scientists in 2020 to 1,408 in 2024, a change of +28.4%.

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.