United Arab Emirates' Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

The United Arab Emirates has 389 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 28.4% from 303 in 2024. That places the United Arab Emirates 41st in the world by number of listed scientists. Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists (94), followed by University of Sharjah (62).

Single Year

663

+133 (+25.1%) vs 2024

Career Data

389

+86 (+28.4%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#41

No change vs 2024

Institutes

+23 (+46.0%) vs 2024

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

The career-long count has more than tripled 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	70	CP Carmeliet, Peter	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 8
2	2,643	Ozturk, Ilhan	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 31
3	3,663	Olabi, Abdul Ghani	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 46
4	5,492	KY Koren, Yehuda	Google LLC, Africa & Middle East	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 139
5	6,522	HQ Hamid, Qutayba	University of Sharjah	Allergy	Rank 21
6	7,681	NN Nagelkerke, Nico J.D.	United Arab Emirates University	Microbiology	Rank 195
7	7,856	KJ Klironomos, John N.	American University of Sharjah	Ecology	Rank 157
8	8,478	BJ Bernstein, Joel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 41
9	8,651	LI Laptev, Ivan	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 196
10	8,717	MA Majda, Andrew Jonjon	NYU Abu Dhabi	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 106
11	10,589	LA Lowe, Andrew B.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 81
12	13,979	RR Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 148
13	15,649	EP England, Paula	NYU Abu Dhabi	Sociology	Rank 30
14	16,101	SL Shao, Ling	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 347
15	16,470	JD Jamali, Dima	Canadian University Dubai	Business & Management	Rank 159
16	17,808	KM Kassem, Moustapha S.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 461
17	18,975	TM Tahir, Muhammad	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 218
18	21,076	SP Show, Pau Loke	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 49
19	21,313	AR Allen, Robert C.	NYU Abu Dhabi	History of Social Sciences	Rank 4
20	22,182	BR Bansal, Ramesh C.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 255
21	22,881	CW Cantwell, Wesley J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 284
22	23,100	RI Reid, Ian D.	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 493
23	25,261	HJ Hellerstein, Joseph M.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Information Systems	Rank 55
24	26,168	AE Abu-Nada, Eiyad A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 165
25	27,049	MS Mao, Samuel S.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 640
26	27,111	DM Debbah, Merouane	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 228
27	27,448	KA Kamal-Eldin, Afaf	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 121
28	28,059	SM Seghier, Mohamed L.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,071
29	29,309	EM Elhoseny, Mohamed A.	University of Sharjah	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 646
30	29,380	GM Guizani, Mohsen Mokhtar	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 247
31	32,606	UM Uysal, Murat	NYU Abu Dhabi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 271
32	32,976	MS Messaoudi, Salim A.	University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 112
33	35,449	Said, Zafar	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 448
34	37,557	RR Rios, Ramon	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 705
35	37,598	DA Diabat, Ali H.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Operations Research	Rank 117
36	37,677	SK Salah, Khaled H.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 311
37	38,975	MA Mohammad, Abdul Wahab	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 153
38	39,912	AA Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 259
39	39,916	AV Annese, Vito	United Arab Emirates University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 600
40	40,637	KV Khadkikar, Vinod	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 102
41	41,723	Sengupta, Pallav	Gulf Medical University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 360
42	42,472	ZH Zeineldin, Hatem Hussein	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 534
43	42,535	AT Adrian, Thomas E.	College of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 641
44	43,081	SM Salama, Mohamed M.A.	American University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 544
45	43,798	TG Toussaint, Godfried T.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 953
46	44,222	JM Jawaid, Mohammad	United Arab Emirates University	Polymers	Rank 392
47	44,796	Ihsanullah, Ihsanullah	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 176
48	44,930	AA Alsharhan, Abdulrahman S.	Middle East Geological and Environmental Establishment	Geology	Rank 56
49	45,456	EA Elwakil, Ahmed S.	University of Sharjah	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 112
50	50,000	XE Xing, Eric P.	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,075
51	50,355	BD Ben Daya, Mohamed	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 164
52	50,623	NP Nakov, Preslav Ivanov	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,094
53	50,739	EM Elgendi, Mohamed	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 217
54	52,928	GA Ghobarah, Ahmed A.	United Arab Emirates University	Civil Engineering	Rank 97
55	53,856	SE Stip, Emmanuel	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Psychiatry	Rank 1,075
56	54,334	DM Daqaq, Mohammed F.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Acoustics	Rank 107
57	54,567	AY Al-Douri, Yaroub K.	University of Sharjah	Applied Physics	Rank 1,336
58	56,820	TD Taylor, David C.M.	Gulf Medical University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,838
59	56,861	HL Hadjileontiadis, Leontios J.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 244
60	57,037	RK Ross, Keith W.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 486
61	57,064	MA Maass, Anne	NYU Abu Dhabi	Social Psychology	Rank 536
62	59,088	BT Baldwin, Timothy	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,252
63	59,194	CS Chouaïb, Salem	Gulf Medical University	Immunology	Rank 1,705
64	60,338	NY Nakamura, Yoshihiko	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 467
65	61,167	AE Adeghate, Ernest A.	United Arab Emirates University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,326
66	62,903	GS Goyal, Sanjeev	NYU Abu Dhabi	Economics	Rank 545
67	63,370	HA Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser J.	United Arab Emirates University	Economics	Rank 548
68	63,478	DC Desplan, Claude	NYU Abu Dhabi	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,986
69	63,603	NP Naumov, PanČe	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 348
70	64,028	EK El-Tarabily, Khaled A.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 848
71	66,747	Hadid, Abdenour	Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,387
72	66,854	PZ Peng, Zhongren	Ajman University	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 96
73	67,106	EM El-Fadel, Mutasem E.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 474
74	68,902	ZM Zafar, Muhammad Sohail	Ajman University	Dentistry	Rank 350
75	69,558	HN Habash, Nizar Y.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,447
76	70,148	HM Hariga, Moncer A.	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 243
77	70,480	AM Atieh, Muataz Ali	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 306
78	71,684	HS Ho, Samuel B.	College of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,061
79	73,399	SK Shaalan, Khaled F.	British University in Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,526
80	74,792	SH Simon, Horst D.	ADIA Lab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,550
81	74,936	RJ Rock, John A.	Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 722
82	77,508	AW Allen, William R.(Twink)	Sharjah Equine Hospital	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 748
83	77,928	MS Morad, Sadoon	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Geology	Rank 110
84	78,910	KG Khan, Gulfaraz	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 977
85	80,407	AH Arafat, Hassan A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 351
86	80,534	GJ Gelovani, Juri George	United Arab Emirates University	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 615
87	80,542	LK Liao, Kin	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 1,086
88	81,947	AM Al-Emran, Mostafa	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 460
89	82,383	EE El-Saadany, Ehab Fahmy	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,135
90	82,703	VC Verma, Chandrabhan	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,562
91	82,754	AQ Al-Mdallal, Qasem M.	United Arab Emirates University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 570
92	85,223	DA Dutton, Aaron A.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,137
93	85,845	AL Al-Gazali, Lihadh I.	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 449
94	86,391	MA Maghazachi, Azzam	University of Sharjah	Immunology	Rank 2,357
95	86,752	MG Mylonakis, George E.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 107
96	86,862	BF Banat, F. A.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 391
97	87,639	EA El-Shafie, Ahmed Hussein A.	United Arab Emirates University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 403
98	87,751	ÅJ Årtun, Jon	European University College, Dubai	Dentistry	Rank 465
99	88,107	CC Chrysikopoulos, Constantinos V.	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Environmental Engineering	Rank 406
100	89,263	JP Ji, Ping	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	Operations Research	Rank 333
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the United Arab Emirates are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

663 scientists affiliated with the United Arab Emirates are on the 2025 single-year list, and 389 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Khalifa University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists from the United Arab Emirates, with 94. It is followed by University of Sharjah with 62.

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 389 in 2025, a change of +241.2%.

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.