United Arab Emirates' Top 2% Scientists 2023

The United Arab Emirates has 408 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 31.2% from 311 in 2022. That places the United Arab Emirates 40th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists (89), followed by University of Sharjah (63).

Single Year

408

+97 (+31.2%) vs 2022

Career Data

262

+57 (+27.8%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#40

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

+16 (+35.6%) vs 2022

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

The single-year count has more than doubled 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	796	Olabi, Abdul Ghani	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 22
2	823	Shin, Donghee	Zayed University	Information Systems	Rank 5
3	1,761	TM Tahir, Muhammad	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 45
4	3,327	AJ Antony, Jiju	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Business & Management	Rank 91
5	4,365	JD Jamali, Dima	College of Business Administration	Business & Management	Rank 109
6	4,443	Said, Zafar	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 98
7	4,618	SL Shao, Ling	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 184
8	5,189	Ihsanullah, Ihsanullah	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 24
9	5,691	MS Momani, Shaher	Ajman University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 7
10	8,199	Sengupta, Pallav	Gulf Medical University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 30
11	8,257	EP England, Paula	NYU Abu Dhabi	Sociology	Rank 37
12	8,686	GM Guizani, Mohsen	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 70
13	9,525	SK Salah, Khaled	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 82
14	9,610	BR Bansal, Ramesh C.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 207
15	9,652	DA Diabat, Ali	NYU Abu Dhabi	Operations Research	Rank 40
16	10,057	HN Hilal, Nidal	NYU Abu Dhabi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 52
17	12,392	AM Al-Emran, Mostafa	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 115
18	15,032	DM Debbah, Mérouane	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 140
19	15,316	AE Abu-Nada, Eiyad	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 151
20	15,749	MK Mellahi, Kamel	Centre for Responsible Business	Business & Management	Rank 400
21	16,221	AM Aboelmaged, Mohamed	College of Business Administration	Business & Management	Rank 411
22	16,253	CW Cantwell, Wesley J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 278
23	16,292	SM Seghier, Mohamed L.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 888
24	16,665	AA Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 171
25	16,840	VS Vijayavenkataraman, Sanjairaj	NYU Abu Dhabi	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 65
26	18,360	BF Banat, Fawzi	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 108
27	19,559	AQ Al-Mdallal, Qasem	United Arab Emirates University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 197
28	19,804	AM Atieh, Muataz Ali	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 113
29	19,837	HA Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser	United Arab Emirates University	Economics	Rank 301
30	20,284	BJ Bernstein, Joel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 62
31	20,654	Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 455
32	23,108	EK El-Tarabily, Khaled A.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 324
33	23,448	AM Al-Betar, Mohammed Azmi	Ajman University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 804
34	23,481	HR Hawileh, Rami A.	American University of Sharjah	Materials	Rank 403
35	24,437	Shaalan, Khaled	British University in Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 832
36	25,746	FM Ferrag, Mohamed Amine	Technology Innovation Institute	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 232
37	26,108	MS Messaoudi, Salim A.	University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 89
38	26,153	Rihan, Fathalla A.	United Arab Emirates University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 78
39	26,265	AR Allen, Robert C.	NYU Abu Dhabi	History of Social Sciences	Rank 3
40	26,287	UZ Umar, Zaghum	Zayed University	Finance	Rank 101
41	26,324	TE Tuzcu, E. Murat	Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 855
42	26,937	SL Song, Le	MBZUAI	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 921
43	27,188	KV Khadkikar, Vinod	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 83
44	27,470	NP Nakov, Preslav	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 940
45	27,622	AH Arafat, Hassan A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 175
46	28,997	YI Yaqoob, Ibrar	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 255
47	29,467	KA Kamal-Eldin, Afaf	United Arab Emirates University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 221
48	29,719	EA El-Hattab, Ayman W.	College of Medicine	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 75
49	29,904	DL Dumée, Ludovic F.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 192
50	31,206	DM Daqaq, Mohammed F.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Acoustics	Rank 50
51	32,274	NP Naumov, Pance	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 106
52	32,466	AS Ahmad, Syed Zamberi	Abu Dhabi University	Business & Management	Rank 757
53	33,554	GC Ghenai, Chaouki	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 767
54	33,754	BN Boubakri, Narjess	American University of Sharjah	Finance	Rank 128
55	34,082	Baber, Hasnan	Abu Dhabi School of Management	Business & Management	Rank 797
56	34,626	CS Chaudhry, Shehzad Ashraf	Abu Dhabi University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 306
57	35,043	IP Innocenzi, Plinio	United Arab Emirates University	Materials	Rank 610
58	35,389	Wilkins, Stephen	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 335
59	36,369	KF Khan, Fahad Shahbaz	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,192
60	36,790	MN Masmoudi, Nader	NYU Abu Dhabi	General Mathematics	Rank 149
61	36,839	KS Khan, Salman	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,212
62	36,970	CS Chouaib, Salem	Gulf Medical University	Immunology	Rank 845
63	37,573	BR Basco, Rodrigo	American University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 860
64	38,071	HL Hadjileontiadis, Leontios	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 163
65	38,075	Al-Ketan, Oraib	NYU Abu Dhabi	Materials	Rank 672
66	38,639	GA Giwa, Adewale	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 258
67	38,710	EA Elwakil, Ahmed S.	University of Sharjah	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 117
68	39,173	PD Puthal, Deepak	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 348
69	40,483	AA Amin, Amr	United Arab Emirates University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,433
70	40,907	HN Habash, Nizar	NYU Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,338
71	41,118	GA Ghobarah, A.	United Arab Emirates University	Civil Engineering	Rank 147
72	41,706	Hadid, Abdenour	Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,371
73	44,324	KG Khan, Gulfaraz	United Arab Emirates University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 647
74	44,808	CG Christodoulides, George	School of Business Administration	Marketing	Rank 252
75	46,400	EH El Haj Assad, M.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 1,113
76	46,529	RK Rambabu, K.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 723
77	46,732	TW Tafesse, Wondwesen	College of Business and Economics	Marketing	Rank 267
78	46,947	LS Liao, Shengcai	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,518
79	47,057	AE Adeghate, Ernest	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 800
80	47,216	ET El-Maaddawy, Tamer	United Arab Emirates University	Building & Construction	Rank 312
81	49,074	MS Maqsood, Sajid	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 464
82	49,167	GS Guraya, Salman Yusuf	College of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 724
83	49,490	TH Tekin, H. O.	University of Sharjah	Applied Physics	Rank 938
84	50,055	BA Badawi, Ayman	American University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 219
85	50,724	HS Hasan, Shadi W.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 348
86	51,752	AF Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Surgery	Rank 228
87	52,220	HP Henry, P. J.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Social Psychology	Rank 684
88	53,492	AD Arnone, Danilo	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Psychiatry	Rank 961
89	53,948	NA Nassif, Ali Bou	University of Sharjah	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,751
90	54,229	BG Bharath, G.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,287
91	55,456	ES Emam, Samir	American University of Sharjah	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 529
92	55,574	AM Aloqaily, Moayad	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 518
93	56,527	HH Hegab, Hussien	United Arab Emirates University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 552
94	56,636	MD Mahapatra, Dwarikanath	Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,832
95	57,311	AA Alami, Abdul Hai	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 1,368
96	57,388	ES Ehrenberg, Stephen N.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Geology	Rank 74
97	57,509	Al-Zuhair, Sulaiman	United Arab Emirates University	Biotechnology	Rank 213
98	57,839	GS Goyal, Sanjeev	NYU Abu Dhabi	Economics	Rank 740
99	58,352	NG Nassis, George P.	United Arab Emirates University	Sport Sciences	Rank 252
100	58,446	Mittal, Hemant	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 505
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the United Arab Emirates are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

408 scientists affiliated with the United Arab Emirates are on the 2023 single-year list, and 262 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists from the United Arab Emirates, with 89. It is followed by University of Sharjah with 63.

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 408 in 2023, a change of +129.2%.

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.