Top-cited scientists by field in Malaysia

17 fields · 86 subfields · Malaysia

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Malaysia?

940 researchers whose current affiliation is in Malaysia are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 17 fields and 86 subfields. Enabling & Strategic Technologies has the most (270, 28.7%), followed by Clinical Medicine (174) and Engineering (88); the largest subfield is Energy (132). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 270 listed authors (28.7%)
Energy13214.0%53Saidur, Rahman Md #731
Materials656.9%13Sapuan, S. M. #5,789
Biotechnology323.4%6Show, Pau Loke #576
Optoelectronics & Photonics131.4%1Ahmad, H. Bin #85,469
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology20.2%2Piao, Chai Siang #55,680
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies10.1%0Ahmadun, Fakharu'l Razi #199,614
Clinical Medicine · 174 listed authors (18.5%)
General & Internal Medicine606.4%8Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T. #13,872
Pharmacology & Pharmacy384.0%13Subramaniyan, Vetriselvan #20,595
Neurology & Neurosurgery80.9%1Yong, Shinjie #50,564
Tropical Medicine80.9%1Al-Mekhlafi, H. M. #50,691
Complementary & Alternative Medicine70.7%0Tan, Bee Ling #181,026
Dentistry50.5%1Ahmed, Hany Mohamed Aly #74,069
Gastroenterology & Hepatology50.5%3Chan, Wah Kheong #15,294
Immunology30.3%0Wong, Won Fen #138,663
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine30.3%1Durairajanayagam, Damayanthi #44,276
Oncology & Carcinogenesis30.3%1Wong, Kah Keng #64,581
Endocrinology & Metabolism20.2%0Abdalla, Mona Mohamed Ibrahim #103,830
Otorhinolaryngology20.2%1Hall, Deborah Ann #66,365
Cardiovascular System & Hematology10.1%0Chia, Y. C. #200,582
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases10.1%0Choon, Siew Eng #269,319
Geriatrics10.1%1Tan, Maw Pin #45,019
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging10.1%0Ng, Kwan Hoong #257,249
Pathology10.1%1Wong, Rebecca Shin Yee #36,257
Pediatrics10.1%0Lee, Wayseah Seah #452,928
Sport Sciences10.1%1Bailey, R. Peter #27,972
Surgery10.1%0Kok Wah, Jack Ng #254,008
Engineering · 88 listed authors (9.4%)
Chemical Engineering404.3%20A.F., Ismail Fauzi Bin #5,023
Mechanical Engineering & Transports333.5%9Ishak, Anuar Mohd #6,905
Electrical & Electronic Engineering91.0%2Hannan, M. A. #3,400
Geological & Geomatics Engineering50.5%2Low, Bakkong #52,259
Civil Engineering40.4%1Kueh, Ahmad Beng Hong #75,602
Environmental Engineering40.4%3Ahmed, Ali Najah #9,582
Biomedical Engineering30.3%0Venugopal, J. Reddy #188,308
Industrial Engineering & Automation20.2%1Foo, K. Y. #10,101
Operations Research20.2%1Khoo, M. B.C. #86,241
Mining & Metallurgy10.1%0Ilankoon, I. M.S.K. #206,689
Information & Communication Technologies · 86 listed authors (9.1%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing586.2%15Jhanjhi, N. Z. #5,696
Networking & Telecommunications313.3%4Islam, Mohammad Tariqul #12,414
Chemistry · 83 listed authors (8.8%)
Polymers404.3%16Jawad, Ali H. #8,930
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry222.3%4Wiart, C. #72,528
Analytical Chemistry131.4%2Gopinath, Subash C.B. #12,395
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry70.7%1Ur Rehman, Muhammad Zia #80,170
Organic Chemistry50.5%1Ghasemzadeh, Ali #78,463
General Chemistry40.4%0Lutfor, Md Rahman #201,074
Physical Chemistry20.2%0Teoh, Wey Yang #216,570
Economics & Business · 68 listed authors (7.2%)
Business & Management313.3%28Ooi, Keng Boon #2,519
Marketing111.2%11Lim, Weng Marc #91
Economics91.0%8Tang, Chor Foon #22,903
Sport, Leisure & Tourism30.3%3Hanafiah, Mohd Hafiz #28,560
Finance10.1%1Abdullah, Mohammad #90,995
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 51 listed authors (5.4%)
Food Science212.2%14Chua, Lee Suan #21,926
Fisheries171.8%3Allison, Edward Hugh #31,931
Dairy & Animal Science101.1%1Idrus, Zulkifli #77,577
Forestry50.5%0Sreetheran, Maruthaveeran #177,760
Veterinary Sciences30.3%0Kleven, Stanley H. #233,490
Physics & Astronomy · 30 listed authors (3.2%)
Applied Physics202.1%5Suresh, Sagadevan #3,964
General Physics50.5%0Bin Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid #155,979
Chemical Physics40.4%1Wong, Sokkuan #40,666
Nuclear & Particle Physics30.3%1Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin #26,707
Optics30.3%0Alam, Mohammad Nur E. #134,560
Fluids & Plasmas10.1%0Namazi, Hamidreza #206,576
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 28 listed authors (3.0%)
Environmental Sciences323.4%24Danish, Danish #2,844
Geochemistry & Geophysics20.2%1Loke, Mengheng #83,921
Geology10.1%0Ramasamy, Nagarajan #140,412
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences10.1%1Halder, Bijay #75,215
Social Sciences · 16 listed authors (1.7%)
Education141.5%3Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri #6,544
Information & Library Sciences30.3%0Kumar, Sameer #270,747
Cultural Studies10.1%0Gomez, Edmund Terence #323,584
International Relations10.1%1Cheng-Chwee, Kuik Chwee #16,125
Biomedical Research · 13 listed authors (1.4%)
Microbiology70.7%1Chan, Kok Gan #48,571
Nutrition & Dietetics50.5%2Chin, Kok Yong #16,133
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology20.2%0Sato, Shigeharu #248,299
Virology20.2%0Kamarulzaman, Adeeba Binti #181,492
Anatomy & Morphology10.1%0Eid, Nabil A.S. #927,143
Biology · 13 listed authors (1.4%)
Plant Biology & Botany101.1%4Nadarajah, Kalaivani K. #21,932
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology30.3%1Phang, Siew Moi #74,418
Zoology20.2%0Das, Indraneil #126,734
Ecology10.1%1Brodie, Jedediah F. #43,550
Built Environment & Design · 12 listed authors (1.3%)
Building & Construction131.4%12Waqar, Ahsan #13,592
Mathematics & Statistics · 4 listed authors (0.4%)
Applied Mathematics30.3%1Jan, Rashid #42,465
Communication & Textual Studies · 2 listed authors (0.2%)
Languages & Linguistics10.1%1Zein, Subhan #53,967
Literary Studies10.1%0Gabriel, Sharmani Patricia #906,551
Public Health & Health Services · 1 listed authors (0.1%)
Public Health20.2%1Wong, Li Ping #11,243
Health Policy & Services10.1%0Hussain, R. #112,528
Nursing10.1%1Pahlevan-Sharif, Saeed #41,484
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 1 listed authors (0.1%)
Social Psychology10.1%1Swami, Viren #4,470

940 listed scientists in Malaysia

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