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

Taiwan has 1,759 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 5.4% from 1,669 in 2023. That places Taiwan 19th in the world by number of listed scientists. National Taiwan University has the most listed scientists (229), followed by National Cheng Kung University (155).

Single Year

1,408

-12 (-0.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

1,759

+90 (+5.4%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#19

No change vs 2023

Institutes

173

-22 (-11.3%) vs 2023

Scientists in Taiwan on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 53% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+28.5%

2022+8.2%

2023+4.2%

2024+5.4%

2025+7.9%

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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%

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Rank in Taiwan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	404	HY Ho, Yuh Shan	Asia University	Science Studies	Rank 1
2	1,181	HT Hayashi, Tamio	National Tsing Hua University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 34
3	1,572	CS Chen, Shyi Ming	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 46
4	1,850	CT Chung, Tai Shung	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 6
5	1,879	LW Li, Wen‐Hsiung	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 30
6	2,214	YJ Yeh, Jien Wei	National Tsing Hua University	Materials	Rank 32
7	2,546	VD Van de Werf, Frans	Mackay Memorial Hospital Taiwan	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 127
8	2,909	JB Jahn, Bor ming	National Taiwan University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 25
9	4,338	CC Chen, Chien Jen	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 182
10	5,206	LC Lin, Chih Jen	National Taiwan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 120
11	5,256	TC Tsai, Chin Chung	National Taiwan Normal University	Education	Rank 16
12	5,532	LL Liu, Leroy F.	Taipei Medical University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 252
13	5,924	Jang, Jyh Shing Roger	National Taiwan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 136
14	6,400	LM Lai, Michael M.C.	China Medical University	Virology	Rank 30
15	6,725	CA Chao, Anne	National Tsing Hua University	Ecology	Rank 127
16	6,792	CÖ Civalek, Ömer	China Medical University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 40
17	6,933	LK Liang, Kung Yee	National Yang-Ming University Taiwan	Psychiatry	Rank 197
18	7,050	HG Hwang, Gwo Jen	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Education	Rank 26
19	7,094	CD Chen, Ding Shinn	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 119
20	7,610	YG Yen, Gow Chin	National Chung Hsing University	Food Science	Rank 22
21	8,118	CS Chen, Shen Ming	National Taipei University of Technology	Energy	Rank 84
22	8,155	JR Juang, Ruey Shin	Chang Gung University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 28
23	8,299	Kao, Jia Horng	National Taiwan University Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 141
24	8,559	LY Liaw, Yun Fan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 147
25	8,580	HP Hsueh, Po Ren	China Medical University	Microbiology	Rank 213
26	9,035	LJ Lin, Jen Kun	National Taiwan University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 408
27	9,051	WK Wu, Kenneth K.	China Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 440
28	9,329	YM Yoshimura, Masahiro	National Cheng Kung University	Materials	Rank 111
29	9,745	TM Tseng, Ming Lang	Asia University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 46
30	9,802	SS Stević, Stevo	China Medical University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 8
31	9,980	WR Wai, Rong Jong	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 23
32	9,996	CH Cheng, Hai Yang	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 139
33	10,184	CW Chen, Wei Hsin	National Cheng Kung University	Energy	Rank 105
34	10,328	TW Tsai, Wen Tien	National Pingtung University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 107
35	10,350	HW Hou, Wei Shu	National Taiwan University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 146
36	10,580	LY Liaw, Yun Fan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 187
37	11,071	LH Lin, Hsiu Fen	National Taiwan Ocean University	Business & Management	Rank 97
38	11,468	LF Liu, Fu Tong	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Immunology	Rank 428
39	11,897	TC Tseng, Chin Hsiao	National Health Research Institutes Taiwan	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 341
40	12,116	CP Chou, Pi Tai	National Taiwan University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 259
41	12,157	YP Yang, Pan Chyr	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 537
42	12,740	CA Cheng, Ann Lii	National Taiwan University Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 565
43	12,934	TW Takahashi, Wataru	China Medical University	General Mathematics	Rank 30
44	13,453	WY Wei, Yau Huei	Changhua Christian Hospital	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 637
45	13,542	CC Chen, Chen Tung Arthur	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Oceanography	Rank 5
46	13,558	TS Tsai, Shih Jen	Taipei Veterans General Hospital	Psychiatry	Rank 376
47	13,710	TG Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung	National Taipei University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 284
48	13,933	LY Liu, Ying Ling	National Tsing Hua University	Polymers	Rank 109
49	14,188	PE Pan, Ernian	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 92
50	14,341	KC Kao, Chiang	National Cheng Kung University	Operations Research	Rank 32
51	14,521	CM Chang, Mei Hwei	National Taiwan University Hospital	Pediatrics	Rank 51
52	15,099	CK Cheung, K.	National Tsing Hua University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 204
53	15,535	CC Chang, Chin Chen	Feng Chia University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 325
54	16,511	FA Fujimori, Atsushi	National Tsing Hua University	Applied Physics	Rank 399
55	16,959	LV Laudet, Vincent	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Developmental Biology	Rank 707
56	17,119	Liu, Ru Shi	National Taiwan University	Applied Physics	Rank 413
57	17,330	HM Huang, Michael H.	National Tsing Hua University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 225
58	18,218	WC Wang, Chi Chuan	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 112
59	18,237	KH Kuo, Hann Chorng	Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 197
60	18,306	LT Liao, T. W.	Chaoyang University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 388
61	18,435	CS Chung, Sun Lin	National Taiwan University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 288
62	18,730	CY Chen, Yung Fu	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Optics	Rank 85
63	18,737	JC Juang, Chia Feng	National Chung Hsing University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 395
64	18,741	LF Lin, Faa Jeng	National Central University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 48
65	18,825	LJ Liu, Jia Ming	National Chung Hsing University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 41
66	18,937	CY Chen, Yu Shan	National Taipei University	Business & Management	Rank 177
67	19,161	CC Chen, Ching Fu	National Cheng Kung University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 24
68	19,319	YW Yan, Wei Mon	National Taipei University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 121
69	19,508	HM Hung, Mien Chie	China Medical University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 879
70	20,227	YJ Yang, James C.	National Taiwan University Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 917
71	20,435	CJ Chang, Jo Shu	National Cheng Kung University	Biotechnology	Rank 47
72	20,439	CT Chen, Ting Yu	Chang Gung University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 428
73	20,492	WK Wong, Kin Lu	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 169
74	20,921	WC Wang, Ching Jen	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Orthopedics	Rank 129
75	20,984	CC Cheng, Ching Hsue	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 439
76	21,712	SJ Sheu, Jiuh Biing	National Taiwan University	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 21
77	22,051	LD Liu, Dean Mo	National Chiao Tung University	Materials	Rank 270
78	22,109	LY Lin, Yi Chi	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 29
79	22,618	WS Wang, Shuu Jiun	Taipei Veterans General Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,763
80	23,740	HC Hsueh, Chun Hway	National Taiwan University	Materials	Rank 287
81	23,847	Hong, Wei Chiang	Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 484
82	23,848	LJ Liao, James C.	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Biotechnology	Rank 53
83	25,575	WH Wee, Hui Ming	Chung Yuan Christian University	Operations Research	Rank 80
84	25,655	KC Kao, Chia Hung	China Medical University	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 133
85	25,972	WY Wang, Yi Shun	National Changhua University of Education	Education	Rank 106
86	26,007	YW Yeh, Wei Chang	National Tsing Hua University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 540
87	26,353	HK Ho, Kuo Chuan	National Taiwan University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 327
88	27,107	TT Tsai, Tung Hu	China Medical University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 161
89	27,404	WT Wu, Tian Shung	National Cheng Kung University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 82
90	27,853	KR Kannagi, Reiji	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,208
91	27,867	LF Lin, Feng Tse	Chinese Culture University Taiwan	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 579
92	28,151	KS Kuo, Shiao Wei	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Polymers	Rank 239
93	28,261	SS Sze, Simon M.	National Chiao Tung University	Applied Physics	Rank 699
94	28,933	CM Chen, Mei Fang	Tatung University	Food Science	Rank 118
95	29,685	LD Liaw, Der Jang	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 256
96	30,070	TY Tseng, Yu Chee	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 250
97	30,237	DE Diau, Eric Wei Guang	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 363
98	30,341	WA Wang, Andrew H.J.	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,305
99	30,777	CH Chen, Hsiao Hwa	National Cheng Kung University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 258
100	30,800	LS Liao, Shu hsien	Tamkang University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 645
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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 career-long list, National Taiwan University has the most listed scientists from Taiwan, with 229. It is followed by National Cheng Kung University with 155.

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

On the career-long list, Taiwan went from 1,151 scientists in 2020 to 1,759 in 2024, a change of +52.8%.

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.