Taiwan's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Taiwan has 2,025 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 6.7% from 1,898 in 2025. That places Taiwan 19th in the world by number of listed scientists. National Taiwan University has the most listed scientists (203), followed by National Cheng Kung University (164).

Single Year

1,509

+39 (+2.7%) vs 2025

Career Data

2,025

+127 (+6.7%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#19

No change vs 2025

Institutes

224

+4 (+1.8%) vs 2025

Scientists in Taiwan on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 76% 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%

2026+6.7%

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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%
2026	1,509	+2.7%	2,025	+6.7%

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Rank in Taiwan	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	246	GS Gordon, Siamon	Chang Gung University College of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 13
2	433	HY Ho, Yuhshan	CT HO Trend	Science Studies	Rank 1
3	1,217	YJ Yeh, Jien Wei	National Tsing Hua University	Materials	Rank 18
4	1,321	HT Hayashi, Tamio	National Taiwan Normal University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 37
5	1,588	CS Chen, Shyiming	Asia University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 48
6	1,709	CT Chung, Tai Shung	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 6
7	2,198	LW Li, Wenhsiung	Academia Sinica, Biodiversity Research Center	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 31
8	2,732	WC Wong, Chi Huey	Academia Sinica, Institute of Biological Chemistry	Organic Chemistry	Rank 72
9	3,070	JB Jahn, Bor-ming Ming	National Taiwan University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 25
10	3,515	CC Chen, Chien-Jen Jung	Veterans General Hospital-Taichung Taiwan	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 138
11	3,739	HG Hwang, Gwojen	National Taichung University of Education	Education	Rank 15
12	4,321	TC Tsai, Chin‑Chung	National Taiwan Normal University	Education	Rank 19
13	4,815	HN Huang, Norden E.	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 59
14	5,466	CA Chao, Anne Lien Ju	National Tsing Hua University	Ecology	Rank 113
15	5,474	LJ Liao, James C.	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Biotechnology	Rank 14
16	5,525	TM Tseng, Ming Lang	Asia University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 32
17	5,609	CW Chen, Wei-Hsin Hsin H.	National Cheng Kung University	Energy	Rank 67
18	5,731	CÖ Cívalek, Ömer	China Medical University Hospital	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 39
19	5,871	LC Lin, Chihjen	National Taiwan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 150
20	5,965	HL Hultman, Lars G.	Ming Chi University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 151
21	6,107	Jang, Jyh Shing Roger	National Taiwan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 155
22	6,633	LL Liu, Leroy F.	Taipei Medical University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 274
23	7,265	YE Yashima, Eiji	National Tsing Hua University	Polymers	Rank 55
24	7,334	CS Chen, Shenming	National Taipei University of Technology	Energy	Rank 85
25	7,353	LK Liang, Kungyee	National Health Research Institutes Taiwan	Psychiatry	Rank 214
26	7,362	LM Lai, Michael M.C.	Academia Sinica, Institute of Molecular Biology	Virology	Rank 35
27	7,958	CD CHEN, DING SHINN	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 134
28	8,019	YG Yen, Gow Chin	National Chung Hsing University	Food Science	Rank 31
29	8,060	Kao, Jia Horng	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 136
30	8,069	PK Peltzer, Karl K.	Asia University	Public Health	Rank 71
31	8,423	HP Hsueh, Po-Ren	China Medical University	Microbiology	Rank 219
32	8,556	RJ Ruey-Shin, Juang	Chang Gung University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 31
33	8,976	TW Tsai, Wen Tien	National Pingtung University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 103
34	9,546	LY Liaw, Yuin Fan	Chang Gung University College of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 160
35	10,267	CH Cheng, Hai-Yang	Academia Sinica, Institute Of Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 133
36	10,600	TC Tseng, Chinhsiao	National Taiwan University Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 296
37	10,603	WR Wai, Rongjong	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 25
38	10,663	LJ Lin, Jenkun	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 462
39	11,053	LH Lin, Hsiu Fen	National Taiwan Ocean University	Business & Management	Rank 106
40	11,137	CA Cheng, Ann Lii	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 482
41	11,221	HW Hou, Weishu	National Taiwan University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 148
42	11,692	CP Chou, Pi Tai	National Taiwan University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 247
43	11,901	CY Chen, Yushan	National Taipei University	Business & Management	Rank 115
44	12,778	LF Liu, Futong Tong	Academia Sinica, Institute of Biomedical Sciences	Immunology	Rank 437
45	12,787	YP Yang, Pan Chyr	National Taiwan University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 547
46	12,837	TS Tsai, Shih-Jen	Taipei Veterans General Hospital	Psychiatry	Rank 357
47	13,065	LY Liaw, Yunfan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 220
48	13,681	KC Kao, Chiang	National Cheng Kung University	Operations Research	Rank 33
49	13,779	PE Pan, Ernian	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 93
50	14,285	TG Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung	National Taipei University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 332
51	14,759	WY Wei, Yau Huei	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 629
52	15,048	CC Chen, Chingfu	National Cheng Kung University	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 19
53	15,095	LY Liu, Yingling	National Tsing Hua University	Polymers	Rank 117
54	15,347	WC Wang, Chichuan Chuang	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 99
55	15,417	CM Chang, Mei-Hwei	National Taiwan University Hospital	Pediatrics	Rank 56
56	15,699	Liu, Ru Shi	National Taiwan University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 260
57	15,916	CK Cheung, Kingman	National Tsing Hua University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 211
58	16,035	FA Fujimori, Atsushi	National Tsing Hua University	Applied Physics	Rank 369
59	16,676	CC Chang, Chinchen Chert	Feng Chia University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 382
60	17,049	CJ Chang, Jo-Shu	Tunghai University	Biotechnology	Rank 41
61	17,143	CL Chen, Liang-Kung	Taipei Veterans General Hospital	Geriatrics	Rank 28
62	17,219	KH Kuo, Hann Chorng	Tzu Chi University	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 167
63	17,614	YW Yan, Wei Mon	National Taipei University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 114
64	17,741	CS Chung, Sun Lin	National Taiwan University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 282
65	17,810	YJ Yang, James Chih Hsin	National Taiwan University College of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 776
66	17,919	SJ Sheu, Juih-Biing	National Taiwan University	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 23
67	18,075	HM Huang, Michael H.	National Tsing Hua University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 286
68	18,451	LT Liao, Thunshun Warren	Chaoyang University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 428
69	19,224	LJ Liu, Jiaming	National Chung Hsing University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 35
70	19,838	CT Chen, Ting-Yu	Chang Gung University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 466
71	20,029	LT Liu, Taiping	Academia Sinica, Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 64
72	20,033	JC Juang, Chia Feng	National Chung Hsing University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 470
73	20,209	CY Chen, Yongfu	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Optics	Rank 88
74	20,742	LF Lin, Faa Jeng	National Central University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 54
75	20,844	WS Wang, Shuu Jiun	National Yang-Ming University Taiwan	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,561
76	20,957	MH Mien-Chie, Hung	China Medical University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 909
77	21,033	WC Wang, Chingjeng	Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan	Orthopedics	Rank 126
78	21,321	TI Terashima, Ichiro	National Chung Hsing University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 234
79	21,597	CC Cheng, Ching Hsue	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 505
80	21,982	KS Kuo, Shiao Wei	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Polymers	Rank 182
81	22,047	WK Wong, Kin Lu	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 187
82	22,153	WY Wang, Yi Shun	National Changhua University of Education	Education	Rank 104
83	22,800	CH Chun-Hway Hsueh, Chun-Hway Hway	National Taiwan University	Materials	Rank 287
84	23,079	YW Yeh, Weichang	National Tsing Hua University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 533
85	23,270	SG Shmueli, Galit	National Tsing Hua University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 114
86	23,434	CM Chen, Mei Fiang	Tatung University	Food Science	Rank 101
87	23,516	LD Liu, Dean Mo	National Chiao Tung University	Materials	Rank 297
88	23,620	LY Lin, Yiliang	Chang Gung University College of Medicine	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 28
89	24,160	PU Pen, Ue Li	Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 250
90	24,457	KC Kao, Chiahung	China Medical University Hospital	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 119
91	24,518	CJ Chou, Juisheng	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 60
92	25,117	BD Bernstein, Daniel J.	Academia Sinica Taiwan	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 587
93	25,572	LJ Lau, John Hon Shing	Unimicron	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 65
94	25,856	WH Wee, Huiming Moses	Chung Yuan Christian University	Operations Research	Rank 84
95	25,862	BS Band, Shahab S.	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 170
96	26,092	YM Yang, Miin Shen	Chung Yuan Christian University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 611
97	27,043	HK Ho, Kuo -Chuan	National Taiwan University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 391
98	27,229	LS Liao, Shu Hsien	Tamkang University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 637
99	27,692	TT Tsai, Tung Hu	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 159
100	27,927	SS Sze, Simon Ming	National Chiao Tung University	Applied Physics	Rank 649
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Taiwan are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,509 scientists affiliated with Taiwan are on the 2026 single-year list, and 2,025 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, National Taiwan University has the most listed scientists from Taiwan, with 203. It is followed by National Cheng Kung University with 164.

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 2,025 in 2026, a change of +75.9%.

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.