United Arab Emirates' Top 2% Scientists 2020

The United Arab Emirates has 178 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places the United Arab Emirates 43rd in the world by number of listed scientists. Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists (45), followed by United Arab Emirates University (25).

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178

First year listed

Career Data

114

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World rank by count

#43

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

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+53.9%

2022+13.5%

2023+31.2%

2024+29.9%

2025+25.1%

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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%

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Rank in the United Arab Emirates	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,779	Shin, Donghee	Zayed University	Information Systems	Rank 5
2	5,167	Olabi, Abdul Ghani	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 106
3	7,524	AE Abu-Nada, Eiyad	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 70
4	9,764	NN Nagelkerke, Nico	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Microbiology	Rank 185
5	10,195	AM Al-Saleh, Mohammed H.	United Arab Emirates University	Polymers	Rank 72
6	12,460	DA Diabat, Ali	NYU Abu Dhabi	Operations Research	Rank 66
7	12,529	SM Seghier, Mohamed L.	Emirates College for Advanced Education	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 763
8	13,613	KV Khadkikar, Vinod	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 49
9	14,326	BR Bansal, R. C.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 269
10	15,309	Singh, Sanjay Kumar	Abu Dhabi University	Business & Management	Rank 388
11	15,635	DM Daqaq, Mohammed F.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Acoustics	Rank 30
12	15,812	EA Elwakil, A. S.	University of Sharjah	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 60
13	15,926	CW Cantwell, W. J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 285
14	16,565	SL Shao, Ling	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 498
15	19,010	MV Mittal, Vikas	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 165
16	21,754	AR Allen, Robert C.	NYU Abu Dhabi	History of Social Sciences	Rank 1
17	26,681	SK Salah, Khaled	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 266
18	27,154	AM Ali, Muataz	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 167
19	28,226	HA Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser	United Arab Emirates University	Economics	Rank 422
20	29,240	KA Kamal-Eldin, Afaf	United Arab Emirates University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 215
21	34,633	AA Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 343
22	36,352	AA Alsharhan, A. S.	Middle East Geological and Environmental Establishment	Geology	Rank 54
23	36,579	SL Samaranayake, Lakshman Perera	University of Sharjah	Dentistry	Rank 129
24	36,960	AM Aboelmaged, Mohamed	University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 828
25	37,501	CG Christodoulides, George	American University of Sharjah	Marketing	Rank 200
26	37,540	EA El-Hattab, Ayman W.	University of Sharjah	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 114
27	38,672	GM Gray, Murray	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 794
28	39,745	BL Bergkvist, Lars	Zayed University	Marketing	Rank 215
29	39,882	AS Ahmad, Syed Zamberi	Abu Dhabi University	Business & Management	Rank 877
30	40,005	BN Boubakri, Narjess	American University of Sharjah	Finance	Rank 137
31	40,157	KN Khan, Naveed Ahmed	American University of Sharjah	Microbiology	Rank 851
32	41,873	AH Arafat, Hassan A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 256
33	43,446	AD Arnone, Danilo	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Psychiatry	Rank 792
34	43,739	ZL Zou, Linda	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 272
35	45,004	BM Ben-Daya, Mohamed	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 249
36	46,889	MS Morad, Sadoon	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Geology	Rank 75
37	47,612	NP Naumov, Pance	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 231
38	47,892	MP Molyneux, Phil	University of Sharjah	Finance	Rank 166
39	48,154	ET El-Maaddawy, Tamer	United Arab Emirates University	Civil Engineering	Rank 159
40	50,799	HL Hadjileontiadis, Leontios	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 249
41	51,320	AM AL-Shudeifat, Mohammad A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Acoustics	Rank 118
42	51,897	LK Liao, Kin	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,440
43	52,715	AQ Al-Mdallal, Qasem M.	United Arab Emirates University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 112
44	55,094	MM Mustafa, Muhammad I.	University of Sharjah	Applied Mathematics	Rank 165
45	56,018	DA Dutton, Aaron A.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 494
46	57,522	Wilkins, Stephen	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 484
47	57,939	EM El Moursi, Mohamed Shawky	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,243
48	58,527	ES Ehrenberg, S. N.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Geology	Rank 99
49	58,903	SM Selim, Mohamed Y.E.	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 1,267
50	60,008	AW Allen, W. R.	University Hospital Sharjah	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 48
51	61,213	BF Banat, Fawzi	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 411
52	61,289	MD Mahapatra, Dwarikanath	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,567
53	63,591	EE El-Saadany, Ehab F.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,379
54	63,609	KA Khan, Arif O.	Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 296
55	64,031	HR Hawileh, Rami	American University of Sharjah	Materials	Rank 1,197
56	64,665	Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman	United Arab Emirates University	Business & Management	Rank 1,281
57	66,900	CS Chouaib, Salem	Gulf Medical University	Immunology	Rank 1,440
58	68,584	MM Maalej, Mohamed	University of Sharjah	Building & Construction	Rank 351
59	68,933	AE Adeghate, Ernest A.	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,183
60	69,045	Atieh, Momen A.	Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	Dentistry	Rank 262
61	70,188	IJ Imbs, Jean	NYU Abu Dhabi	Economics	Rank 895
62	71,585	AT Ahrens, Thomas	United Arab Emirates University	Accounting	Rank 134
63	71,831	BA Badawi, Ayman	American University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 340
64	72,038	FH Fu, Huazhu	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,819
65	72,497	Said, Zafar	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 1,578
66	74,053	SR Suri, Rakesh	Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi	Respiratory System	Rank 495
67	74,554	LL Liu, Li	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,885
68	75,844	SG Saint-Paul, Gilles	NYU Abu Dhabi	Economics	Rank 953
69	76,630	IM Iqbal, Muhammad	Higher Colleges of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,108
70	77,072	MS Madanat, Samer Michel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 219
71	77,680	AA Alfantazi, A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 1,466
72	77,893	DS Dawood, S.	Mediclinic City Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,736
73	79,877	KP Koninckx, Philippe R.	-	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 508
74	80,575	GA Giwa, Adewale	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 543
75	80,595	BR Blanco, Rafael	Corniche Hospital	Anesthesiology	Rank 231
76	81,404	Rihan, Fathalla A.	United Arab Emirates University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 192
77	83,574	Al-Zuhair, Sulaiman	United Arab Emirates University	Biotechnology	Rank 328
78	84,457	Shaalan, Khaled	British University in Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,124
79	84,594	HM Hariga, Moncer	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 476
80	86,373	NA Nemmar, Abderrahim	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Toxicology	Rank 356
81	86,775	EK El-Tarabily, Khaled A.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,283
82	87,435	HN Habash, Nizar	NYU Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,186
83	89,426	CA Cheruth, A. J.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,325
84	89,511	KV Kelessidis, V. C.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,987
85	89,520	SJ Sheikh-Ahmad, Jamal	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 915
86	89,641	TG Toussaint, Godfried T.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 195
87	89,711	AP Anderson, Philip	INSEAD Abu Dhabi	Business & Management	Rank 1,658
88	89,855	HD Holland, David M.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,651
89	90,521	KM Kroon, Maaike C.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 619
90	91,018	Mittal, Hemant	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 918
91	94,211	KF Khan, Fahad Shahbaz	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,354
92	95,015	LT Laoui, Tahar	University of Sharjah	Materials	Rank 1,838
93	96,435	KS Khuri, S. A.	American University of Sharjah	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 236
94	98,246	RM Rauf, M. A.	United Arab Emirates University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,587
95	100,762	SH Shareef, Hussain	United Arab Emirates University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 374
96	101,327	AL Al-Gazali, Lihadh	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 372
97	102,365	Bahi, Amine	Ajman University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,290
98	102,528	ES El-Sayegh, S.	American University of Sharjah	Building & Construction	Rank 515
99	103,817	BM Badri, Masood	United Arab Emirates University	Education	Rank 900
100	104,087	AT Adrian, Thomas E.	Mohamed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,071
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the United Arab Emirates are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

178 scientists affiliated with the United Arab Emirates are on the 2020 single-year list, and 114 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists from the United Arab Emirates, with 45. It is followed by United Arab Emirates University with 25.

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.