United Arab Emirates' Top 2% Scientists 2021

The United Arab Emirates has 274 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 53.9% from 178 in 2020. That places the United Arab Emirates 42nd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists (74), followed by University of Sharjah (39).

Single Year

274

+96 (+53.9%) vs 2020

Career Data

177

+63 (+55.3%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#42

up 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

+11 (+32.4%) vs 2020

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

The single-year count has grown 54% 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%

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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%

Top 10 institutes in the United Arab Emirates

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Rank in the United Arab Emirates	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,410	Shin, Donghee	Zayed University	Information Systems	Rank 6
2	3,526	Olabi, Abdul Ghani	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 68
3	9,335	AE Abu-Nada, Eiyad	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 93
4	10,183	AM Al-Saleh, Mohammed H.	United Arab Emirates University	Polymers	Rank 69
5	10,732	SL Shao, Ling	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 294
6	11,730	BR Bansal, R. C.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 236
7	11,735	NN Nagelkerke, Nicolaas	United Arab Emirates University	Microbiology	Rank 251
8	11,887	DA Diabat, Ali	NYU Abu Dhabi	Operations Research	Rank 53
9	12,778	BJ Bernstein, Joel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 49
10	12,837	HN Hilal, Nidal	NYU Abu Dhabi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 67
11	13,199	SK Salah, Khaled	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 93
12	13,437	SM Seghier, Mohamed L.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 797
13	14,694	MS Messaoudi, Salim A.	University of Sharjah	Applied Mathematics	Rank 47
14	15,413	KV Khadkikar, Vinod	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 40
15	16,786	CW Cantwell, Wesley	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 302
16	17,929	AR Allen, Robert C.	NYU Abu Dhabi	History of Social Sciences	Rank 2
17	18,166	MN Masmoudi, Nader	NYU Abu Dhabi	General Mathematics	Rank 65
18	18,690	MK Mellahi, Kamel	Centre for Responsible Business (CRB)	Business & Management	Rank 440
19	19,754	HA Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser	United Arab Emirates University	Economics	Rank 302
20	20,211	ZH Zeineldin, Hatem H.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 404
21	21,645	Said, Zafar	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 442
22	22,012	DM Daqaq, Mohammed F.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Acoustics	Rank 40
23	22,225	AM Atieh, Muataz Ali	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 129
24	22,601	HQ Hamid, Qutayba	College of Medicine	Allergy	Rank 50
25	23,521	EA Elwakil, Ahmed S.	University of Sharjah	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 70
26	23,902	AQ Al-Mdallal, Qasem M.	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 504
27	26,455	AH Arafat, Hassan A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 161
28	26,514	OM Obaidat, Mohammad S.	University of Sharjah	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 207
29	28,413	AA Abu Al-Rub, Rashid	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 275
30	28,506	KA Kamal-Eldin, Afaf	United Arab Emirates University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 210
31	30,303	BM Ben-Daya, Mohamed	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 145
32	31,106	HI Hashem, Ibrahim Abaker Targio	University of Sharjah	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 238
33	31,953	KN Khan, Naveed Ahmed	College of Medicine	Microbiology	Rank 723
34	32,111	AA Alsharhan, A. S.	Middle East Geological and Environmental Establishment	Geology	Rank 52
35	33,333	BL Bergkvist, Lars	Zayed University	Marketing	Rank 175
36	33,696	GA Ghobarah, A.	United Arab Emirates University	Civil Engineering	Rank 121
37	34,325	EA El-Hattab, Ayman W.	College of Medicine	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 93
38	36,941	AM Aboelmaged, Mohamed	College of Business Administration	Business & Management	Rank 775
39	39,432	BA Badawi, Ayman	American University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 199
40	41,004	Shaalan, Khaled	British University in Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 965
41	41,184	BF Banat, Fawzi	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 259
42	41,477	HR Hawileh, Rami A.	American University of Sharjah	Materials	Rank 772
43	42,258	ET El-Maaddawy, Tamer	United Arab Emirates University	Civil Engineering	Rank 158
44	42,626	AA Amin, Amr	United Arab Emirates University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,548
45	43,236	VS Vijayavenkataraman, Sanjairaj	NYU Abu Dhabi	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 202
46	44,457	AS Ahmad, Syed Zamberi	Abu Dhabi University	Business & Management	Rank 927
47	44,687	CG Christodoulides, George	American University of Sharjah	Marketing	Rank 246
48	44,989	MS Morad, Sadoon	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Geology	Rank 73
49	45,068	FH Fu, Huazhu	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,068
50	47,545	Wilkins, Stephen	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 412
51	47,660	NP Naumov, Pance	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 205
52	47,852	BR Basco, Rodrigo	American University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 989
53	47,953	TH Tekin, H. O.	University of Sharjah	Applied Physics	Rank 971
54	49,581	KA Kappos, Andreas J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Civil Engineering	Rank 195
55	49,824	MP Molyneux, Philip	College of Business Administration	Finance	Rank 180
56	50,606	AM Al-Emran, Mostafa	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 438
57	50,747	MN Mladenovic, Nenad	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Operations Research	Rank 277
58	51,473	DA Dutton, Aaron A.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 510
59	51,626	MM McCabe, Matthew F.	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Environmental Engineering	Rank 326
60	51,962	LS Liao, Shengcai	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,199
61	52,477	EE El-Saadany, Ehab F.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,096
62	53,051	ZL Zou, Linda	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 339
63	53,614	HL Hadjileontiadis, Leontios J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 249
64	53,650	DD Davis, Dave	Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 627
65	55,100	CS Chouaib, Salem	Gulf Medical University	Immunology	Rank 1,277
66	57,265	KV Kelessidis, V. C.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,207
67	57,685	MM Mustafa, Muhammad I.	University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 294
68	59,192	MD Mahapatra, Dwarikanath	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,351
69	59,658	KG Khan, Gulfaraz	United Arab Emirates University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,160
70	59,890	BJ Burt, John	NYU Abu Dhabi	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 407
71	60,531	Eid, Riyad	United Arab Emirates University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 235
72	61,661	GC Ghenai, Chaouki	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 1,299
73	62,518	EM El-Moursi, Mohamed	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,319
74	63,409	ES Ehrenberg, S. N.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Geology	Rank 100
75	64,359	RF Rihan, F. A.	United Arab Emirates University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 143
76	66,682	YI Yaqoob, Ibrar	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 540
77	67,137	AM AL-Shudeifat, Mohammad A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Acoustics	Rank 152
78	68,892	AT Ahrens, Thomas	United Arab Emirates University	Accounting	Rank 132
79	69,440	GA Giwa, Adewale	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 467
80	69,772	DS Dawood, Shaheenah	Mediclinic North Wing	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,531
81	69,974	EK El-Tarabily, Khaled A.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,060
82	70,232	MS Madanat, Samer Michel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 211
83	71,042	KS Khuri, S. A.	American University of Sharjah	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 163
84	71,172	SR Suri, Rakesh M.	Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi	Respiratory System	Rank 519
85	71,304	AE Adeghate, Ernest	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,232
86	73,092	NK Nandakumar, Karthik	Zayed University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,660
87	73,691	Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman	United Arab Emirates University	Business & Management	Rank 1,393
88	73,707	SJ Sheikh-Ahmad, Jamal	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 675
89	76,208	SG Saint-Paul, Gilles	NYU Abu Dhabi	Economics	Rank 943
90	77,128	NA Nemmar, Abderrahim	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Physiology	Rank 229
91	77,449	SM Shaat, Mohamed	Abu Dhabi University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 729
92	78,213	Bahi, Amine	Ajman University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,061
93	79,036	SF Saad, Farid	Gulf Medical University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,358
94	80,306	LK Liao, Kin	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 1,489
95	80,575	SM Selim, Mohamed Y.E.	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 1,727
96	81,379	GV Gupta, Vinay	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,699
97	81,868	GV Gupta, V.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,714
98	82,876	QA Qureshi, Asad Sarwar	International Center for Biosaline Agriculture	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 545
99	83,094	GS Guraya, Salman Yousuf	College of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 916
100	83,636	RA Raj, Abhijeet	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,799
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the United Arab Emirates are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

274 scientists affiliated with the United Arab Emirates are on the 2021 single-year list, and 177 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists from the United Arab Emirates, with 74. It is followed by University of Sharjah with 39.

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 274 in 2021, a change of +53.9%.

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.