United Arab Emirates' Top 2% Scientists 2026

The United Arab Emirates has 805 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 21.4% from 663 in 2025. That places the United Arab Emirates 39th in the world by number of listed scientists. Khalifa University has the most listed scientists (154), followed by University of Sharjah (143).

Single Year

805

+142 (+21.4%) vs 2025

Career Data

470

+81 (+20.8%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#39

No change vs 2025

Institutes

+6 (+6.5%) vs 2025

Scientists in the United Arab Emirates on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than tripled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+53.9%

2022+13.5%

2023+31.2%

2024+29.9%

2025+25.1%

2026+21.4%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	178		114
2021	274	+53.9%	177	+55.3%
2022	311	+13.5%	205	+15.8%
2023	408	+31.2%	262	+27.8%
2024	530	+29.9%	303	+15.6%
2025	663	+25.1%	389	+28.4%
2026	805	+21.4%	470	+20.8%

Top 10 institutes in the United Arab Emirates

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2026

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1Khalifa University154
2University of Sharjah143
3United Arab Emirates University117
4NYU Abu Dhabi50
5American University of Sharjah38
6Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence35
7Ajman University34
8College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University22
9Abu Dhabi University19
10Al Ain University15

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Rank in the United Arab Emirates	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	144	Olabi, Abdul Ghani	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 3
2	482	OI Ozturk, Ilhan Tekin	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 13
3	904	DZ DIng, Zhiguo Ding	Khalifa University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 9
4	1,305	TM Tariq, Muhammad Usman	Abu Dhabi University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 13
5	1,757	TM Tahir, Muhammad	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 42
6	1,976	AM Al-Emran, Mostafa	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 35
7	2,365	Sengupta, Pallav	Gulf Medical University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 4
8	2,575	II Ihsanullah, Ihsanullah	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 9
9	2,675	Said, Zafar	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 72
10	3,238	Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 87
11	3,362	SL Shao, Ling	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 187
12	3,687	AE Abd Elaziz, Mohamed	Ajman University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 203
13	3,986	VC Verma, Chandrabhan	Khalifa University	Chemical Physics	Rank 76
14	4,867	Al-Alami, Abdul Hai	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 119
15	4,873	JM Jawaid, Mohammad	United Arab Emirates University	Polymers	Rank 22
16	4,912	NM Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr	United Arab Emirates University	Finance	Rank 29
17	5,004	KY Koren, Yehuda	Google LLC, Africa & Middle East	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 277
18	5,308	HH Hasanien, Hany M.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 133
19	5,469	GM Guizani, Mohsen Mokhtar	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 49
20	5,807	ZM Zafar, Muhammad Sohail	Ajman University	Dentistry	Rank 14
21	5,898	HR Heffron, Raphael James	Abu Dhabi University	Energy	Rank 146
22	6,681	Lutfi, Abdalwali	University of Kalba	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 364
23	6,794	KF Khan, Fahad Shahbaz	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 371
24	6,915	AM Alawida, Moatsum	Abu Dhabi University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 379
25	6,932	EP England, Paula	NYU Abu Dhabi	Sociology	Rank 36
26	7,039	FM Ferrag, Mohamed Amine	United Arab Emirates University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 70
27	7,051	EM Elgendi, Mohamed	Khalifa University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 19
28	7,082	EM Elhoseny, Mohamed	University of Sharjah	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 386
29	7,856	VS Vijayavenkataraman, Sanjairaj	NYU Abu Dhabi	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 22
30	8,285	AB Al Betar, Mohammed Azmi	Ajman University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 445
31	8,365	EK El-Tarabily, Khaled A.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 98
32	8,427	SK Salah, Khaled H.	Khalifa University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 81
33	8,616	SM Samykano, Mahendran A/l	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 222
34	8,863	KS Khan, Salman Hameed	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 469
35	9,328	LI Laptev, Ivan	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 495
36	9,917	KJ Klironomos, John N.	American University of Sharjah	Ecology	Rank 239
37	10,033	RR Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 264
38	10,203	AA Abo-Khalil, Ahmed G.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 266
39	10,394	AA Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.	Khalifa University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 88
40	10,739	AM Aboelmaged, Mohamed Gamal Shehata	University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 332
41	10,972	KF Kamalov, Firuz	Canadian University Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 575
42	10,992	GS Griffiths, Steve W.	Khalifa University	Energy	Rank 289
43	11,421	XE Xing, Eric P.	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 602
44	11,868	Baber, Hasnan	American University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 367
45	12,229	MA Mohammad, Abdul Wahab	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 66
46	12,272	SM Seghier, Mohamed L.	Khalifa University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 597
47	12,295	CK Chew, Kit Wayne	United Arab Emirates University	Biotechnology	Rank 40
48	13,045	AY Al-Douri, Yaroub K.	University of Sharjah	Applied Physics	Rank 244
49	13,869	AR Allen, Robert C.	NYU Abu Dhabi	History of Social Sciences	Rank 2
50	13,913	HJ Hanaysha, Jalal Rajeh	Horizon University College	Business & Management	Rank 416
51	14,111	BR Bansal, Ramesh C.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 385
52	14,498	Inayat, Abrar	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 393
53	14,718	Ellili, Nejla Ould Daoud	Abu Dhabi University	Business & Management	Rank 438
54	14,847	UZ Umar, Zaghum	Zayed University	Finance	Rank 78
55	16,203	Al-Ketan, Oraib	NYU Abu Dhabi	Materials	Rank 313
56	16,290	BF Banat, F. A.	Khalifa University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 105
57	16,497	KM Khan, Moien A.B.	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 274
58	16,501	NN Nagelkerke, Nico J.D.	United Arab Emirates University	Microbiology	Rank 292
59	16,537	SA Shoufan, Abdulhadi	Khalifa University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 168
60	17,049	SM Sekar, Manigandan	NYU Abu Dhabi	Energy	Rank 462
61	17,344	EA Elshafie, Ahmed	United Arab Emirates University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 88
62	17,568	MA Mourad, Abdel Hamid I.	United Arab Emirates University	Materials	Rank 333
63	17,626	AE Abu-Nada, Eiyad A.	Khalifa University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 150
64	17,638	HS Haddadin, Sami	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 186
65	17,678	GG Giudice, Gian Francesco	NYU Abu Dhabi	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 209
66	17,939	HT Hai, Tao	Ajman University	Energy	Rank 486
67	18,214	NP Nakov, Preslav Ivanov	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 947
68	18,349	MS Maqsood, Sajid	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 188
69	18,364	HY Himeur, Yassine	University of Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 953
70	18,548	AQ Al-Mdallal, Qasem M.	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 497
71	18,591	OA Ozden, Adnan	Khalifa University	Energy	Rank 498
72	18,699	KI Khan, Imran	British University in Dubai	Marketing	Rank 120
73	18,753	MG Maduraiveeran, Govindhan	American University of Sharjah	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 81
74	18,913	TW Tafesse, Wondwesen	United Arab Emirates University	Marketing	Rank 124
75	19,148	ES Ellahham, Samer H.	Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 592
76	19,637	KA Kamal-Eldin, Afaf	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 203
77	19,676	KP Kumar Pandey, Adarsh Kumar	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 530
78	19,786	KM Khalid, Muhammad Yasir	Khalifa University	Materials	Rank 371
79	19,838	YG Yasin Ghadi, Yazeed Yasin	Al Ain University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 198
80	20,450	DM Debbah, Merouane Abdelkader	Khalifa University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 206
81	20,535	NP Naumov, PanČe	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 47
82	20,592	SK Shaalan, Khaled F.	British University in Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,052
83	21,198	Khalid, Nauman	Abu Dhabi University	Food Science	Rank 222
84	21,289	Tabash, Mosab I.	Al Ain University	Business & Management	Rank 613
85	21,364	Ragnedda, Massimo	University of Sharjah	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 106
86	21,374	GC Ghenaï, Chaouki	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 576
87	22,464	HR Hawileh, Rami A.	American University of Sharjah	Materials	Rank 414
88	22,477	MU Muduli, Utkal Ranjan	Khalifa University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 72
89	22,547	SN Saeed, Nasir	United Arab Emirates University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 228
90	23,173	Rihan, Fathalla A.	United Arab Emirates University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 70
91	23,252	KY Kumar, Yedluri Anil	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 634
92	23,255	AA Awad, Ali Ismail	United Arab Emirates University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,163
93	23,447	MA Majda, Andrew Jonjon	NYU Abu Dhabi	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 433
94	23,609	AM Atieh, Muataz Ali	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 164
95	23,708	Dutta, Sulagna	Ajman University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 105
96	24,051	Tawalbeh, Muhammad	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 657
97	24,153	RM Razzak, Muhammad Imran	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,203
98	24,171	AH Alzoubi, Haitham M.	Horizon University College	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,205
99	24,413	Zamberi Bin Ahmad, Syed Zamberi	Abu Dhabi University	Business & Management	Rank 681
100	24,504	AB Abu-Jdayil, Basim I.	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 276
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the United Arab Emirates are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

805 scientists affiliated with the United Arab Emirates are on the 2026 single-year list, and 470 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in the United Arab Emirates has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2026 single-year list, Khalifa University has the most listed scientists from the United Arab Emirates, with 154. It is followed by University of Sharjah with 143.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in the United Arab Emirates changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, the United Arab Emirates went from 178 scientists in 2020 to 805 in 2026, a change of +352.2%.

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.