United Arab Emirates' Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

The United Arab Emirates has 470 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 20.8% from 389 in 2025. That places the United Arab Emirates 39th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Khalifa University has the most listed scientists (101), followed by University of Sharjah (71).

Single Year

805

+142 (+21.4%) vs 2025

Career Data

470

+81 (+20.8%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#39

up 2 places vs 2025

Institutes

+13 (+17.8%) vs 2025

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%

2026+20.8%

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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%
2026	805	+21.4%	470	+20.8%

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Rank in the United Arab Emirates	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,267	OI Ozturk, Ilhan Tekin	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 26
2	2,340	Olabi, Abdul Ghani	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 27
3	5,021	DZ DIng, Zhiguo Ding	Khalifa University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 38
4	5,224	KY Koren, Yehuda	Google LLC, Africa & Middle East	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 139
5	7,049	HQ Hamid, Qùtayba A.	University of Sharjah	Allergy	Rank 21
6	7,796	NN Nagelkerke, Nico J.D.	United Arab Emirates University	Microbiology	Rank 194
7	8,084	KJ Klironomos, John N.	American University of Sharjah	Ecology	Rank 163
8	8,636	LI Laptev, Ivan	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 202
9	8,958	BJ Bernstein, Joel	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 43
10	8,997	MA Majda, Andrew Jonjon	NYU Abu Dhabi	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 107
11	9,326	GG Giudice, Gian Francesco	NYU Abu Dhabi	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 120
12	11,209	LA Lowe, Andrew B.	Khalifa University	Polymers	Rank 84
13	13,315	RR Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 148
14	13,745	SL Shao, Ling	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 317
15	14,343	TM Tahir, Muhammad	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 165
16	14,594	EP England, Paula	NYU Abu Dhabi	Sociology	Rank 32
17	18,360	KM Kassem, Moustapha S.	Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 470
18	20,224	BR Bansal, Ramesh C.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 243
19	20,234	AR Allen, Robert C.	NYU Abu Dhabi	History of Social Sciences	Rank 4
20	22,129	HH Hasanien, Hany M.	University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 264
21	22,410	CW Cantwell, Wesley J.	Khalifa University	Materials	Rank 285
22	23,482	GM Guizani, Mohsen Mokhtar	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 205
23	25,507	AE Abu-Nada, Eiyad A.	Khalifa University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 168
24	25,529	EM Elhoseny, Mohamed	University of Sharjah	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 597
25	25,643	DM Debbah, Merouane Abdelkader	Khalifa University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 219
26	25,919	Said, Zafar	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 318
27	26,119	KA Kamal-Eldin, Afaf	United Arab Emirates University	Food Science	Rank 117
28	26,921	MS Mao, Samuel S.	Khalifa University	Applied Physics	Rank 624
29	27,157	SM Seghier, Mohamed L.	Khalifa University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,970
30	27,726	AE Abd Elaziz, Mohamed	Ajman University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 649
31	28,579	Sengupta, Pallav	Gulf Medical University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 224
32	32,108	UM Uysal, Murat	NYU Abu Dhabi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 267
33	32,356	SK Salah, Khaled H.	Khalifa University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 272
34	32,396	MS Messaoudi, Salim A.	University of Sharjah	General Mathematics	Rank 115
35	34,421	II Ihsanullah, Ihsanullah	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 140
36	34,480	DA Diabat, Ali H.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Operations Research	Rank 111
37	35,079	AA Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K.	Khalifa University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 229
38	35,606	JM Jawaid, Mohammad	United Arab Emirates University	Polymers	Rank 315
39	36,140	MA Mohammad, Abdul Wahab	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 145
40	36,334	RR Rios, Ramon	Khalifa University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 673
41	37,714	AV Annese, Vito	United Arab Emirates University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 560
42	37,785	KV Khadkikar, Vinod	Khalifa University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 99
43	39,988	ZH Zeineldin, Hatem Hussein	Khalifa University	Energy	Rank 526
44	41,931	EM Elgendi, Mohamed	Khalifa University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 176
45	43,062	NP Nakov, Preslav Ivanov	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 984
46	43,434	BA Bender, Andreas	Khalifa University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 134
47	43,831	RI Reid, Ian D.	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,012
48	45,020	AT Adrian, Thomas E.	College of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 666
49	45,325	AA Alsharhan, Abdulrahman S.	Middle East Geological and Environmental Establishment	Geology	Rank 57
50	45,666	SM Salama, Mohamed M.A.	American University of Sharjah	Energy	Rank 600
51	46,206	XE Xing, Eric P.	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,064
52	46,467	EA Elwakil, Ahmed S.	University of Sharjah	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 120
53	47,735	TG Toussaint, Godfried T.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,090
54	48,455	AY Al-Douri, Yaroub K.	University of Sharjah	Applied Physics	Rank 1,161
55	49,363	EK El-Tarabily, Khaled A.	United Arab Emirates University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 629
56	50,185	BD Ben Daya, Mohamed B.	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 166
57	50,475	SY Sakr, Yasser L.	Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 162
58	52,351	GA Ghobarah, Ahmed A.	United Arab Emirates University	Civil Engineering	Rank 106
59	52,991	ZM Zafar, Muhammad Sohail	Ajman University	Dentistry	Rank 257
60	53,229	DM Daqaq, Mohammed F.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Acoustics	Rank 103
61	53,865	AM Al-Emran, Mostafa	British University in Dubai	Education	Rank 309
62	53,998	HL Hadjileontiadis, Leontios J.	Khalifa University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 234
63	55,254	VC Verma, Chandrabhan	Khalifa University	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,075
64	55,278	MA Maass, Anne	NYU Abu Dhabi	Social Psychology	Rank 538
65	57,341	BT Baldwin, Timothy	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,291
66	58,032	NP Naumov, PanČe	NYU Abu Dhabi	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 322
67	59,075	TD Taylor, David C.M.	Gulf Medical University	Medical Informatics	Rank 46
68	59,313	RK Ross, Keith W.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 502
69	59,423	AE Adeghate, Ernest A.	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,272
70	60,260	CS Chouaïb, Salem	Gulf Medical University	Immunology	Rank 1,676
71	61,149	PZ Peng, Zhongren	Ajman University	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 88
72	62,254	SK Shaalan, Khaled F.	British University in Dubai	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,375
73	62,385	NY Nakamura, Yoshihiko	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 486
74	62,410	AB Ammori, Basil J.	Burjeel Hospital	Surgery	Rank 502
75	62,971	ŞH Şahin, Hasan	American University of Sharjah	Applied Physics	Rank 1,517
76	63,963	Hadid, Abdenour	Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,408
77	64,554	HA Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser J.	United Arab Emirates University	Economics	Rank 566
78	64,995	AM Atieh, Muataz Ali	University of Sharjah	Chemical Engineering	Rank 279
79	65,017	UW Ulaga, Wolfgang	INSEAD Abu Dhabi	Marketing	Rank 175
80	65,762	HW Hochwarter, Wayne A.	United Arab Emirates University	Business & Management	Rank 763
81	66,423	HN Habash, Nizar Y.	NYU Abu Dhabi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,478
82	67,044	EF El Fadel, Mutasem	Khalifa University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 510
83	69,873	AQ Al-Mdallal, Qasem M.	United Arab Emirates University	Energy	Rank 979
84	70,671	MA Maghazachi, Azzam	University of Sharjah	Immunology	Rank 1,918
85	71,148	AB Al Betar, Mohammed Azmi	Ajman University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,568
86	71,432	MS Morad, Sadoon	Khalifa University	Geology	Rank 95
87	71,663	HM Hughes, M. P.	Khalifa University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 486
88	72,131	GB Godley, Brendan J.	University of Khorfakkan	Ecology	Rank 1,263
89	72,359	HM Hariga, Moncer A.	American University of Sharjah	Operations Research	Rank 256
90	72,441	EA Elshafie, Ahmed	United Arab Emirates University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 318
91	73,332	AH Arafat, Hassan A.	Khalifa University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 324
92	74,119	KG Khan, Gulfaraz	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 943
93	75,158	HS Haddadin, Sami	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 582
94	75,648	HS Ho, Samuel B.	Mediclinic City Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,098
95	77,916	BF Banat, F. A.	Khalifa University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 350
96	78,026	SH Simon, Horst D.	ADIA Lab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,710
97	79,268	RJ Rock, John A.	Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 742
98	79,627	LK Liao, Kin	Research & Innovation Center for Graphene and 2D Materials (RIC-2D)	Materials	Rank 1,094
99	80,846	AW Allen, William R.(Twink)	Sharjah Equine Hospital	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 762
100	81,156	OS Okazaki, Sumie	Abu Dhabi Health Services Company	General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences	Rank 32
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the United Arab Emirates are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

805 scientists affiliated with the United Arab Emirates are on the 2026 single-year list, and 470 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Khalifa University has the most listed scientists from the United Arab Emirates, with 101. It is followed by University of Sharjah with 71.

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 470 in 2026, a change of +312.3%.

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.