United Arab Emirates' Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

The United Arab Emirates has 177 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 55.3% from 114 in 2020. That places the United Arab Emirates 43rd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists (51), followed by United Arab Emirates University (25).

Single Year

274

+96 (+53.9%) vs 2020

Career Data

177

+63 (+55.3%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#43

up 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

+8 (+27.6%) vs 2020

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

The career-long count has grown 55% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+55.3%

2022+15.8%

2023+27.8%

2024+15.6%

2025+28.4%

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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%

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Rank in the United Arab Emirates	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	5,651	HQ Hamid, Qutayba	College of Medicine	Allergy	Rank 19
2	6,860	BJ Bernstein, Joel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 43
3	7,525	NN Nagelkerke, Nicolaas	United Arab Emirates University	Microbiology	Rank 188
4	11,960	SD Shin, Donghee	Zayed University	Information Systems	Rank 21
5	18,798	Olabi, Abdul Ghani	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 169
6	19,830	DD Davis, Dave	Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 247
7	26,189	CW Cantwell, Wesley	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 311
8	27,235	AR Allen, Robert C.	NYU Abu Dhabi	History of Social Sciences	Rank 3
9	28,981	KA Kamal-Eldin, Afaf	United Arab Emirates University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 226
10	29,945	AE Abu-Nada, Eiyad	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 164
11	32,132	HN Hilal, Nidal	NYU Abu Dhabi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 113
12	34,556	SM Seghier, Mohamed L.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,571
13	36,191	AT Adrian, Thomas E.	Mohamed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 550
14	36,265	BR Bansal, R. C.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 360
15	38,475	MN Masmoudi, Nader	NYU Abu Dhabi	General Mathematics	Rank 134
16	41,903	TG Toussaint, Godfried T.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 699
17	44,751	MS Messaoudi, Salim A.	University of Sharjah	Applied Mathematics	Rank 96
18	45,600	SL Shao, Ling	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 758
19	50,566	KV Khadkikar, Vinod	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 124
20	50,655	TD Taylor, David	Gulf Medical University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,587
21	50,813	AA Alsharhan, A. S.	Middle East Geological and Environmental Establishment	Geology	Rank 72
22	50,885	AM Al-Saleh, Mohammed H.	United Arab Emirates University	Polymers	Rank 469
23	51,484	SE Stip, Emmanuel	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Psychiatry	Rank 1,038
24	52,070	EA Elwakil, Ahmed S.	University of Sharjah	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 131
25	52,458	BM Ben-Daya, Mohamed	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 161
26	53,708	ZH Zeineldin, Hatem H.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 574
27	54,655	MK Mellahi, Kamel	Centre for Responsible Business (CRB)	Business & Management	Rank 520
28	58,389	KN Khan, Naveed Ahmed	College of Medicine	Microbiology	Rank 1,472
29	58,449	GA Ghobarah, A.	United Arab Emirates University	Civil Engineering	Rank 88
30	58,796	OM Obaidat, Mohammad S.	University of Sharjah	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 500
31	60,104	DM Daqaq, Mohammed F.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Acoustics	Rank 135
32	60,666	PG Price, Gareth J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 569
33	61,226	SG Saint-Paul, Gilles	NYU Abu Dhabi	Economics	Rank 505
34	61,593	HM Hariga, Moncer	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 206
35	62,232	DA Diabat, Ali	NYU Abu Dhabi	Operations Research	Rank 209
36	63,926	CS Chouaib, Salem	Gulf Medical University	Immunology	Rank 1,904
37	64,058	HS Ho, Samuel B.	Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 964
38	66,684	AA Abu Al-Rub, Rashid	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 388
39	70,667	HL Hadjileontiadis, Leontios J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 312
40	72,345	AE Adeghate, Ernest	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,614
41	80,477	SD Sheehan, David	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,421
42	81,656	HA Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser	United Arab Emirates University	Economics	Rank 678
43	82,267	ÅJ Årtun, Jon	European University College, Dubai	Dentistry	Rank 447
44	82,700	AL Al-Gazali, Lihadh	United Arab Emirates University	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 488
45	83,493	MS Morad, Sadoon	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Geology	Rank 136
46	84,930	ES Ehrenberg, S. N.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Geology	Rank 138
47	85,668	KS Karam, Sherif M.	United Arab Emirates University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,454
48	86,437	EE El-Saadany, Ehab F.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 991
49	88,146	DA Dutton, Aaron A.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,173
50	89,857	GV Gupta, Vinay	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,379
51	93,515	SF Saad, Farid	Gulf Medical University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 2,019
52	96,545	MS Madanat, Samer Michel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 119
53	98,083	SK Salah, Khaled	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 861
54	98,947	GS Gariballa, Salah	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 680
55	102,930	MA Macciò, Andrea V.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,402
56	103,912	MA Maghazachi, Azzam A.	College of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 2,883
57	104,244	NP Naumov, Panče	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 723
58	104,534	KA Kappos, Andreas J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Civil Engineering	Rank 175
59	105,943	DS Dawood, Shaheenah	Mediclinic North Wing	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,160
60	106,318	SR Simonsen, Richard J.	University of Sharjah	Dentistry	Rank 612
61	106,523	LK Liao, Kin	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 1,417
62	109,599	EM Ellis, Michael	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Microbiology	Rank 2,722
63	111,849	AM Atieh, Muataz Ali	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 509
64	113,152	AW Allen, William R.	Sharjah Equine Hospital	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 322
65	114,430	GV Gupta, V.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 3,100
66	116,385	SY Salamin, Yousef I.	American University of Sharjah	General Physics	Rank 831
67	117,065	WU Wernery, Ulrich	Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Dubai	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 348
68	117,843	KG Khan, Gulfaraz	United Arab Emirates University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,595
69	123,015	DE Damiani, Ernesto	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,971
70	123,278	NK Nandakumar, Karthik	Zayed University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,976
71	124,011	SS Sindet-Pedersen, Steen	Nicolas and Asp University College	Dentistry	Rank 740
72	127,588	KM Khamsi, Mohamed A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Applied Mathematics	Rank 276
73	129,070	LW Lammers, Wim J.	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,742
74	130,196	MN Mladenovic, Nenad	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Operations Research	Rank 504
75	130,840	EK El-Tarabily, Khaled A.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,822
76	132,347	BM Badri, Masood	United Arab Emirates University	Education	Rank 700
77	132,512	PS Phoenix, Simon J.D.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Optics	Rank 503
78	133,094	KS Khuri, S. A.	American University of Sharjah	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 265
79	134,583	BA Badawi, Ayman	American University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 775
80	135,457	AF Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Surgery	Rank 1,279
81	136,382	AH Arafat, Hassan A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 646
82	137,250	SA Shirwaikar, Annie	Gulf Medical University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 517
83	137,566	BF Banat, Fawzi	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 657
84	138,695	PM Perrott, Michael	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 416
85	138,737	SM Samuel, M.	Medcare Hospital	Pediatrics	Rank 806
86	142,267	AA Amin, Amr	United Arab Emirates University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,407
87	144,166	NH Narchi, Hassib	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Pediatrics	Rank 839
88	148,059	EM El-Moursi, Mohamed	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,789
89	148,901	TD Tziafas, D.	Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	Dentistry	Rank 908
90	149,118	VL Vega, Lourdes F.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 714
91	149,357	ZL Zou, Linda	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 716
92	150,207	FH Fatemi, Human	ART Fertility Clinics	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1,528
93	150,924	ET El-Maaddawy, Tamer	United Arab Emirates University	Civil Engineering	Rank 285
94	156,408	MA Milosevic, Alexander	Mohamed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	Dentistry	Rank 951
95	160,412	AB Abu-Jdayil, Basim	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 768
96	162,013	BI Boiko, Igor	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,188
97	163,666	HN Habash, Nizar	NYU Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,656
98	164,572	AM Abbas, Maher A.	Al Zahra Hospital	Surgery	Rank 1,580
99	166,621	AB Abu-Hijleh, Bassam	British University in Dubai	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,138
100	168,666	AD Anderson, Denis L.	Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority	Entomology	Rank 540
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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 career-long list, Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists from the United Arab Emirates, with 51. It is followed by United Arab Emirates University with 25.

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

On the career-long list, the United Arab Emirates went from 114 scientists in 2020 to 177 in 2021, a change of +55.3%.

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.