United Arab Emirates' Top 2% Scientists 2024

The United Arab Emirates has 530 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 29.9% from 408 in 2023. That places the United Arab Emirates 39th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists (112), followed by University of Sharjah (98).

Single Year

530

+122 (+29.9%) vs 2023

Career Data

303

+41 (+15.6%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#39

up 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

+1 (+1.6%) vs 2023

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	167	Ozturk, Ilhan	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 7
2	343	Olabi, Abdul Ghani	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 13
3	916	DZ Ding, Zhiguo	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 9
4	1,227	SP Show, Pau Loke	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 3
5	2,154	TM Tahir, Muhammad	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 57
6	2,190	Said, Zafar	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 58
7	2,891	Ihsanullah, Ihsanullah	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 14
8	3,139	JD Jamali, Dima	University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 99
9	5,584	GM Guizani, Mohsen	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 53
10	6,138	LI Laptev, Ivan	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 288
11	6,268	MS Momani, Shaher	Ajman University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 11
12	6,512	RR Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 152
13	6,990	EP England, Paula	NYU Abu Dhabi	Sociology	Rank 33
14	7,190	Sengupta, Pallav	Gulf Medical University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 21
15	7,304	KJ Klironomos, John	American University of Sharjah	Ecology	Rank 179
16	7,468	AM Al-Emran, Mostafa	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 85
17	7,882	JM Jawaid, M.	United Arab Emirates University	Polymers	Rank 49
18	9,046	BR Bansal, Ramesh C.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 211
19	9,284	Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 216
20	10,020	OK Ostad-Ali-Askari, Kaveh	American University in Dubai	Environmental Sciences	Rank 189
21	10,145	VC Verma, Chandrabhan	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 182
22	10,256	HN Hilal, Nidal	NYU Abu Dhabi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 50
23	10,434	SK Salah, Khaled	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 98
24	11,378	SV Sanjairaj, Vijayavenkataraman	NYU Abu Dhabi	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 41
25	11,489	EK El-Tarabily, Khaled A.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 146
26	12,667	MA Mohammad, Abdul Wahab	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 68
27	13,619	AM Aboelmaged, Mohamed	University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 414
28	14,044	UZ Umar, Zaghum	Zayed University	Finance	Rank 71
29	14,087	SM Seghier, Mohamed L.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 722
30	14,269	MS Messaoudi, Salim A.	University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 51
31	14,755	Shaalan, Khaled	British University in Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 637
32	15,471	AR Allen, Robert C.	NYU Abu Dhabi	History of Social Sciences	Rank 2
33	15,872	KS Khan, Salman	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 675
34	16,197	AA Abu Al-Rub, Rashid	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 160
35	16,372	XE Xing, Eric	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 696
36	16,475	DM Debbah, Merouane	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 158
37	16,950	Rihan, Fathalla A.	United Arab Emirates University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 29
38	17,111	AE Abu-Nada, Eiyad	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 166
39	17,666	NM Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr	United Arab Emirates University	Finance	Rank 88
40	17,714	AA Alami, Abdul Hai	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 428
41	19,065	BF Banat, Fawzi	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 116
42	19,139	Baber, Hasnan	American University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 546
43	19,890	HR Hawileh, Rami	American University of Sharjah	Materials	Rank 352
44	19,917	AK Al Ketan, Oraib	NYU Abu Dhabi	Materials	Rank 354
45	19,989	AA Ali Atieh, Muataz	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 124
46	20,434	GC Ghenai, Chaouki	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 499
47	21,520	AQ Al-Mdallal, Qasem	United Arab Emirates University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 207
48	21,808	NP Nakov, Preslav	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 895
49	22,687	BJ Bernstein, Joel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 67
50	22,960	CW Cantwell, Wesley	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 405
51	23,232	AS Ahmad, Syed Zamberi	Abu Dhabi University	Business & Management	Rank 655
52	23,456	FM Ferrag, Mohamed Amine	Technology Innovation Institute	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 226
53	23,769	HQ Hamid, Qutayba	University of Sharjah	Allergy	Rank 54
54	23,942	AM Al-Betar, Mohammed Azmi	Ajman University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 982
55	24,204	KV Khadkikar, Vinod	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 83
56	24,890	KF Khan, Fahad Shahbaz	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,015
57	25,163	HA Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser	United Arab Emirates University	Economics	Rank 389
58	25,533	DL Dumée, Ludovic F.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 157
59	25,652	Griffiths, Steve	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 641
60	26,324	KA Kamal-Eldin, Afaf	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 227
61	26,714	DM Daqaq, Mohammed	NYU Abu Dhabi	Acoustics	Rank 47
62	26,972	BR Basco, Rodrigo	American University of Sharjah	Business & Management	Rank 735
63	28,217	Agarwal, Praveen	Ajman University	General Mathematics	Rank 118
64	28,753	MV Mittal, Vikas	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 225
65	29,354	NP Naumov, Pance	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 90
66	29,609	MS Mao, Samuel	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 578
67	29,615	CS Chaudhry, Shehzad Ashraf	Abu Dhabi University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 281
68	30,285	UM Uysal, Murat	NYU Abu Dhabi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 292
69	30,307	TE Tuzcu, E. Murat	Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 910
70	31,023	Wilkins, Stephen	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 353
71	31,204	Inayat, Abrar	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 796
72	31,765	AH Arafat, Hassan A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 213
73	32,709	SL Song, Le	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,317
74	32,772	Hadid, Abdenour	Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,318
75	33,400	AA Alsharhan, A. S.	Middle East Geological and Environmental Establishment	Geology	Rank 35
76	33,499	ES Ellahham, Samer	Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 987
77	34,987	NA Nassif, Ali Bou	University of Sharjah	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,411
78	35,642	BN Boubakri, Narjess	American University of Sharjah	Finance	Rank 154
79	36,379	Krishnamoorthy, Rambabu	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 709
80	36,578	AM Altarawneh, Mohammednoor	United Arab Emirates University	Chemical Physics	Rank 529
81	37,132	AM Al-Smadi, Mohammed	Ajman University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 108
82	37,324	ZH Zeineldin, Hatem	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 952
83	37,376	Eid, Riyad	United Arab Emirates University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 184
84	37,486	TH Tekin, H. O.	University of Sharjah	Applied Physics	Rank 722
85	37,998	CG Christodoulides, George	American University of Sharjah	Marketing	Rank 231
86	39,529	QA Qureshi, Asad Sarwar	International Center for Biosaline Agriculture	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 264
87	39,727	EA El-Hattab, Ayman W.	University of Sharjah	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 90
88	40,111	ES El-Sayegh, Sameh M.	American University of Sharjah	Building & Construction	Rank 284
89	40,210	KA Khan, Asaduzzaman	United Arab Emirates University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 562
90	40,551	KM Khalid, Muhammad Yasir	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 748
91	41,355	TW Tafesse, Wondwesen	United Arab Emirates University	Marketing	Rank 254
92	41,766	BT Baldwin, Timothy	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,653
93	41,843	AT Ahrens, Thomas	United Arab Emirates University	Accounting	Rank 85
94	42,325	PD Puthal, Deepak	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 429
95	43,205	MS Maqsood, Sajid	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 407
96	43,707	ET El-Maaddawy, Tamer	United Arab Emirates University	Building & Construction	Rank 324
97	44,941	BA Badawi, Ayman	American University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 221
98	45,637	HH Hegab, Hussien	United Arab Emirates University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 476
99	45,982	AM Aloqaily, Moayad	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 456
100	46,055	BM Ben-Daya, Mohamed	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 211
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the United Arab Emirates are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

530 scientists affiliated with the United Arab Emirates are on the 2024 single-year list, and 303 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists from the United Arab Emirates, with 112. It is followed by University of Sharjah with 98.

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 530 in 2024, a change of +197.8%.

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.