Taiwan's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Taiwan has 1,898 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 7.9% from 1,759 in 2024. That places Taiwan 19th in the world by number of listed scientists. National Taiwan University has the most listed scientists (191), followed by National Cheng Kung University (154).

Single Year

1,470

+62 (+4.4%) vs 2024

Career Data

1,898

+139 (+7.9%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#19

No change vs 2024

Institutes

220

+47 (+27.2%) vs 2024

Scientists in Taiwan on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 65% 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	224	GS Gordon, Siamon	Chang Gung University College of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 14
2	407	CY Chen, Yu Shan	Asia University	Science Studies	Rank 1
3	1,200	HT Hayashi, Tamio	National Taiwan Normal University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 36
4	1,484	CS Chen, Shyi Ming	Asia University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 46
5	1,612	YJ Yeh, Jien Wei	National Tsing Hua University	Materials	Rank 22
6	2,026	LW Li, Wenhsiung	Academia Sinica, Biodiversity Research Center	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 30
7	2,555	WC Wong, Chi Huey	Academia Sinica, Institute of Biological Chemistry	Organic Chemistry	Rank 70
8	2,836	VD van de Werf, Frans J.J.	Mackay Memorial Hospital Taiwan	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 134
9	2,993	JB Jahn, Bor-ming Ming	National Taiwan University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 26
10	4,438	CC Chen, Chien-Jen Jung	Academia Sinica, Genomics Research Center	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 186
11	4,761	TC Tsai, Chin Chung	National Taiwan Normal University	Education	Rank 17
12	5,097	HG Hwang, Gwo Jen	National Taichung University of Education	Education	Rank 18
13	5,353	LC Lin, Chihjen	National Taiwan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 137
14	5,955	Jang, Jyh Shing Roger	National Taiwan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 147
15	6,009	LL Liu, Leroy F.	Taipei Medical University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 259
16	6,162	CA Chao, Anne	National Tsing Hua University	Ecology	Rank 121
17	6,417	HL Hultman, Lars G.	Ming Chi University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 162
18	6,744	LM Lai, Michael M.C.	Academia Sinica, Institute of Molecular Biology	Virology	Rank 33
19	7,132	LK Liang, Kungyee	National Health Research Institutes Taiwan	Psychiatry	Rank 206
20	7,270	CW Chen, Wei Hsin	National Cheng Kung University	Energy	Rank 80
21	7,427	CD CHEN, DING SHINN	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 128
22	7,763	CS Chen, Shenming −m	National Taipei University of Technology	Energy	Rank 83
23	7,831	YG Yen, Gow Chin	National Chung Hsing University	Food Science	Rank 28
24	8,162	KJ Kao, Jian Horng	National Taiwan University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 143
25	8,335	RJ Ruey-Shin, Juang	Chang Gung University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 30
26	8,569	HP Hsueh, Po-Ren	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Microbiology	Rank 218
27	8,753	LY Liaw, Yuin Fan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 148
28	8,895	LK Lee, Kuohsiung	China Medical University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 25
29	9,050	PK Peltzer, Karl K.	Asia University	Public Health	Rank 78
30	9,458	TW Tsai, Wen Tien	National Pingtung University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 103
31	9,731	LJ Lin, Jenkun	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 429
32	9,771	WK Wu, Kenneth K.	National Health Research Institutes Taiwan	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 468
33	10,130	CH Cheng, Hai-Yang	Academia Sinica, Institute Of Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 138
34	10,283	WR Wai, Rongjong	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 25
35	10,554	HW Hou, Weishu	National Taiwan University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 142
36	10,724	TC Tseng, Chinhsiao	National Taiwan University Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 304
37	11,077	LH Lin, Hsiufen	National Taiwan Ocean University	Business & Management	Rank 100
38	11,439	WP Wu, Pingping	China Medical University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 110
39	11,671	CP Chou, Pi Tai	National Taiwan University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 250
40	11,703	LY Liaw, Yunfan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 206
41	12,065	LF Liu, Futong Tong	Academia Sinica, Institute of Biomedical Sciences	Immunology	Rank 434
42	12,260	CA Cheng, Ann Lii	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 535
43	12,569	YP Yang, Pan Chyr	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 544
44	13,006	CC Chen, Chen-Tung Arthur	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Oceanography	Rank 6
45	13,060	TS Tsai, Shih-Jen	National Yang-Ming University Taiwan	Psychiatry	Rank 363
46	13,410	PP Patil, Pramod Shankarrao	National Dong Hwa University	Applied Physics	Rank 318
47	13,590	KC Kao, Chiang	National Cheng Kung University	Operations Research	Rank 33
48	13,692	PE Pan, Ernian	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 94
49	13,845	TG Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung	National Taipei University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 296
50	14,087	WY Wei, Yau Huei	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 630
51	14,365	LY Liu, Yingling	National Tsing Hua University	Polymers	Rank 112
52	15,015	FA Fujimori, Atsushi	National Tsing Hua University	Applied Physics	Rank 353
53	15,054	CY Chen, Yushan	National Taipei University	Business & Management	Rank 139
54	15,132	CM Chang, Mei-Hwei	National Taiwan University Hospital	Pediatrics	Rank 59
55	15,489	CK Cheung, Kingman	National Tsing Hua University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 209
56	15,976	CC Chang, Chinchen Cheng	Feng Chia University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 345
57	16,300	CW Chi-Chuan, Wang	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 102
58	16,305	Liu, Ru Shi	National Taiwan University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 251
59	17,515	LV Laudet, Vincent	Academia Sinica, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology	Developmental Biology	Rank 714
60	17,553	KH Kuo, Hann Chorng	Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 182
61	17,753	CC Chen, Chingfu	National Cheng Kung University	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 20
62	17,787	HM Huang, Michael H.	National Tsing Hua University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 266
63	17,989	CS Chung, Sun Lin	National Taiwan University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 290
64	18,054	YW Yan, Wei Mon	National Taipei University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 113
65	18,443	CJ Chang, Jo-Shu	Tunghai University	Biotechnology	Rank 44
66	18,843	LT Liao, Thunshun Warren	Chaoyang University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 420
67	19,107	LJ Liu, Jiaming	National Chung Hsing University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 41
68	19,167	JC Juang, Chia Feng	National Chung Hsing University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 428
69	19,228	YJ Yang, James Chih Hsin	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 840
70	19,520	CY Chen, Yongfu	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Optics	Rank 88
71	19,736	CT Chen, Ting-Yu	Chang Gung University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 438
72	19,784	LF Lin, Faa Jeng	National Central University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 50
73	19,814	LT Liu, Taiping	Academia Sinica, Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 61
74	19,938	SJ Sheu, Juih-Biing	National Taiwan University	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 22
75	20,083	MH Mien-Chie, Hung	China Medical University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 876
76	20,219	LP Liu, Phillip Li Fan	National Central University	Oceanography	Rank 14
77	20,619	WC Wang, Chingjeng	Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan	Orthopedics	Rank 126
78	20,625	TI Terashima, Ichiro	National Chung Hsing University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 224
79	21,057	CC Cheng, Ching Hsue	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 457
80	21,115	WK Wong, Kin Lu	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 176
81	21,755	WS Wang, Shuu Jiun	National Yang-Ming University Taiwan	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,661
82	22,153	LD Liu, Dean Mo	National Chiao Tung University	Materials	Rank 276
83	23,177	YW Yeh, Weichang	National Tsing Hua University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 497
84	23,274	LY Lin, Yiliang	Chang Gung University College of Medicine	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 32
85	23,433	CL Chen, Liang Kung	Taipei Veterans General Hospital	Geriatrics	Rank 37
86	23,648	CH Chun-Hway Hsueh, Chun-Hway Hway	National Taiwan University	Materials	Rank 292
87	24,221	WY Wang, Yi Shun	National Changhua University of Education	Education	Rank 100
88	24,553	KS Kuo, Shiao Wei	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Polymers	Rank 208
89	24,901	PU Pen, Ue Li	Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 257
90	25,039	CM Chen, Mei Fiang	Tatung University	Food Science	Rank 108
91	25,533	KC Kao, Chiahung	China Medical University	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 130
92	25,659	WH Wee, Huiming Moses	Chung Yuan Christian University	Operations Research	Rank 81
93	26,238	HK Ho, Kuo-Chuan	National Taiwan University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 358
94	26,548	BD Bernstein, Daniel J.	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 572
95	27,096	TT Tsai, Tung Hu	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 157
96	27,689	WT Wu, Tian-Shung Schung	National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 83
97	27,691	SS Sze, Simon Ming	National Chiao Tung University	Applied Physics	Rank 659
98	28,012	SG Shmueli, Galit	National Tsing Hua University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 131
99	28,055	YM Yang, Miin Shen	Chung Yuan Christian University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 608
100	28,624	LF Lin, Fengru Tse	Chinese Culture University Taiwan	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 625
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Taiwan are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,470 scientists affiliated with Taiwan are on the 2025 single-year list, and 1,898 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, National Taiwan University has the most listed scientists from Taiwan, with 191. It is followed by National Cheng Kung University with 154.

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 1,898 in 2025, a change of +64.9%.

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.