United Arab Emirates' Top 2% Scientists 2022

The United Arab Emirates has 311 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 13.5% from 274 in 2021. That places the United Arab Emirates 41st in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists (84), followed by University of Sharjah (44).

Single Year

311

+37 (+13.5%) vs 2021

Career Data

205

+28 (+15.8%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#41

up 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

No change vs 2021

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

The single-year count has grown 75% 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	1,250	Shin, Donghee	Zayed University	Information Systems	Rank 5
2	2,333	AJ Antony, Jiju	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Business & Management	Rank 50
3	2,425	Olabi, Abdul Ghani	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 50
4	4,346	TM Tahir, Muhammad	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 82
5	4,509	JD Jamali, Dima	College of Business Administration	Business & Management	Rank 100
6	7,900	SL Shao, Ling	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 266
7	8,275	SK Salah, Khaled	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 65
8	9,214	BR Bansal, R. C.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 170
9	9,744	Said, Zafar	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 179
10	10,848	HN Hilal, Nidal	NYU Abu Dhabi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 48
11	10,878	AE Abu-Nada, Eiyad	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 100
12	12,889	DA Diabat, Ali	NYU Abu Dhabi	Operations Research	Rank 52
13	13,129	SM Seghier, Mohamed L.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 796
14	13,642	BJ Bernstein, Joel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 40
15	14,048	MS Messaoudi, Salim	University of Sharjah	Applied Mathematics	Rank 39
16	19,538	KV Khadkikar, Vinod	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 63
17	19,879	AM Atieh, Muataz Ali	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 103
18	20,009	AR Allen, Robert C.	NYU Abu Dhabi	History of Social Sciences	Rank 3
19	20,308	ZH Zeineldin, Hatem H.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 403
20	20,837	HA Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser	United Arab Emirates University	Economics	Rank 301
21	21,174	HQ Hamid, Qutayba	College of Medicine	Allergy	Rank 46
22	22,347	AH Arafat, Hassan A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 118
23	22,962	CW Cantwell, Wesley J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 367
24	23,972	AM Aboelmaged, Mohamed Gamal Shehata	University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 517
25	24,074	AM Al-Emran, Mostafa	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 192
26	24,722	DM Daqaq, Mohammed F.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Acoustics	Rank 42
27	26,888	MK Mellahi, Kamel	Centre for Responsible Business	Business & Management	Rank 565
28	27,105	VS Vijayavenkataraman, Sanjairaj	NYU Abu Dhabi	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 125
29	27,821	Shaalan, Khaled	British University in Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 809
30	27,977	TB Thomas, Blessen Skariah	American University of Sharjah	Building & Construction	Rank 148
31	28,037	MN Masmoudi, Nader	NYU Abu Dhabi	General Mathematics	Rank 119
32	28,176	EA Elwakil, A. S.	University of Sharjah	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 91
33	28,528	AM Al Mdallal, Qasem	United Arab Emirates University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 250
34	28,958	AV Annese, Vito	Fakeeh University Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 340
35	29,294	BF Banat, Fawzi	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 166
36	29,705	EA El-Hattab, Ayman W.	College of Medicine	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 84
37	30,164	NP Naumov, Pance	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 104
38	30,194	KA Kamal-Eldin, Afaf	United Arab Emirates University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 219
39	30,407	KN Khan, Naveed Ahmed	College of Medicine	Microbiology	Rank 730
40	33,188	AA Abu Al-Rub, Rashid	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 294
41	34,000	PD Puthal, Deepak	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 278
42	35,438	HR Hawileh, Rami A.	American University of Sharjah	Materials	Rank 566
43	35,922	AA Amin, Amr	United Arab Emirates University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,357
44	36,018	BR Basco, Rodrigo	American University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 748
45	36,512	CS Chouaib, Salem	Gulf Medical University	Immunology	Rank 952
46	39,168	YI Yaqoob, Ibrar	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 335
47	40,827	AM Al-Smadi, Mohammed	Ajman University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 111
48	41,263	GA Ghobarah, A.	United Arab Emirates University	Civil Engineering	Rank 145
49	42,622	ET El-Maaddawy, Tamer	United Arab Emirates University	Building & Construction	Rank 220
50	42,864	AS Ahmad, Syed Zamberi	Abu Dhabi University	Business & Management	Rank 876
51	43,026	BA Badawi, Ayman	American University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 205
52	43,368	BJ Burt, John	NYU Abu Dhabi	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 281
53	43,808	HL Hadjileontiadis, Leontios J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 199
54	45,153	BM Ben-Daya, Mohamed	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 193
55	46,444	TH Tekin, H. O.	University of Sharjah	Applied Physics	Rank 921
56	46,620	CG Christodoulides, George	American University of Sharjah	Marketing	Rank 240
57	48,228	AA Alsharhan, A. S.	Middle East Geological and Environmental Establishment	Geology	Rank 58
58	48,626	GC Ghenai, Chaouki	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 1,030
59	49,643	LS Liao, Shengcai	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,380
60	51,368	BN Boubakri, Narjess	American University of Sharjah	Finance	Rank 173
61	52,119	ES Emam, Samir A.	American University of Sharjah	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 450
62	52,123	KA Kappos, Andreas J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Civil Engineering	Rank 190
63	53,604	Wilkins, Stephen	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 461
64	53,729	DD Davis, Dave	Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 721
65	55,856	GA Giwa, Adewale	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 346
66	56,238	Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 1,207
67	57,174	KG Khan, Gulfaraz	United Arab Emirates University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 771
68	57,331	DA Dutton, Aaron A.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 604
69	58,249	NK Nandakumar, Karthik	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,613
70	59,641	MS Morad, Sadoon	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Geology	Rank 73
71	60,227	EK El-Tarabily, Khaled A.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 920
72	60,267	GS Guraya, Salman Yousuf	College of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 820
73	60,746	ZL Zou, Linda	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 382
74	60,796	Rihan, Fathalla A.	United Arab Emirates University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 159
75	61,545	QA Qureshi, Asad Sarwar	International Center for Biosaline Agriculture	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 399
76	62,496	EE El-Saadany, Ehab F.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,350
77	63,063	AE Adeghate, Ernest	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,093
78	63,665	Eid, Riyad	United Arab Emirates University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 240
79	69,462	MN Mladenovic, Nenad	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Operations Research	Rank 311
80	69,571	AT Ahrens, Thomas	United Arab Emirates University	Accounting	Rank 110
81	69,574	NA Nemmar, Abderrahim	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Physiology	Rank 205
82	69,739	DL Dumée, Ludovic F.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 446
83	70,642	HI Hashem, Ibrahim Abaker Targio	University of Sharjah	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 607
84	71,948	Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman	United Arab Emirates University	Business & Management	Rank 1,324
85	72,162	TM Tarabichi, Muaaz	Tarabichi Stammberger Ear and Sinus Institute	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 83
86	72,300	IJ Imbs, Jean	NYU Abu Dhabi	Economics	Rank 866
87	72,883	SF Saad, Farid	Gulf Medical University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,238
88	75,038	AF Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Surgery	Rank 395
89	75,232	AA Alami, Abdul Hai	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 1,646
90	76,170	OS Ojha, Shreesh	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,002
91	76,211	MD Mahapatra, Dwarikanath	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,068
92	77,568	EM Elmoursi, Mohamed	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,697
93	77,582	HP Henry, P. J.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Social Psychology	Rank 860
94	78,587	MS Maqsood, Sajid	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 642
95	78,890	GT Gregersen, Tammy	American University of Sharjah	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 254
96	79,529	AB Abu-Jdayil, Basim	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 661
97	79,623	AM Aloqaily, Moayad	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 716
98	80,336	TW Tafesse, Wondwesen	United Arab Emirates University	Marketing	Rank 403
99	80,979	NG Nassis, George P.	United Arab Emirates University	Sport Sciences	Rank 365
100	81,090	HS Hasan, Shadi W.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 534
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the United Arab Emirates are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

311 scientists affiliated with the United Arab Emirates are on the 2022 single-year list, and 205 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists from the United Arab Emirates, with 84. It is followed by University of Sharjah with 44.

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 311 in 2022, a change of +74.7%.

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.