Top-cited scientists by field in Pakistan

15 fields · 75 subfields · Pakistan

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

1,034 researchers whose current affiliation is in Pakistan are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 15 fields and 75 subfields. Chemistry has the most (170, 16.4%), followed by Physics & Astronomy (141) and Clinical Medicine (140); the largest subfield is Plant Biology & Botany (119). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Chemistry · 170 listed authors (16.4%)
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry363.5%4Tahir, Muhammad Nawaz #70,571
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry313.0%6Rauf, Abdur #9,107
Organic Chemistry292.8%4Saeed, Aamer #14,967
General Chemistry222.1%1Bhatti, Haq Nawaz #51,722
Polymers191.8%5Kausar, Ayesha #1,092
Analytical Chemistry161.5%2Sajid, Muhammad #2,013
Physical Chemistry10.1%0Khan, Muhammad Kashif #270,295
Physics & Astronomy · 141 listed authors (13.6%)
Applied Physics575.5%16Aman, Salma #16,836
Nuclear & Particle Physics181.7%9Yousaf, Z. Ali #21,756
General Physics131.3%0Rehman, Hamood Ur #107,010
Chemical Physics70.7%4Janjua, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf #7,325
Optics30.3%0Baqir, Muhammad Abuzar #161,223
Fluids & Plasmas10.1%0Ikram, Muhammad Danish #173,311
Clinical Medicine · 140 listed authors (13.5%)
General & Internal Medicine656.3%6Bhutta, Zulfiqar A. #251
Pharmacology & Pharmacy464.4%4Khan, Haroon #4,113
Cardiovascular System & Hematology30.3%2Virani, Salim Shahbuddin #798
Immunology20.2%0Malik, Shiza #105,437
Surgery20.2%0Mumtaz, Hassan #275,602
Complementary & Alternative Medicine10.1%0Khan, Muhammad Rashid #245,426
Dentistry10.1%0Ahmed, Naseer #232,784
Endocrinology & Metabolism10.1%1Basit, Abdul #67,431
Neurology & Neurosurgery10.1%0Hussain, Tarique #107,104
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine10.1%0Saleem, Sarah #263,226
Oncology & Carcinogenesis10.1%1Farooqi, Ammad Ahmad #53,586
Pediatrics10.1%0Islam, Saleem #221,814
Psychiatry10.1%0Atwoli, Lukoye #116,762
Biology · 123 listed authors (11.9%)
Plant Biology & Botany11911.5%42Ashraf, Muhammad Mudassar #670
Zoology151.5%0Rehman, Abdul #160,835
Entomology20.2%0Khan, Hafiz Azhar Ali #310,065
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 118 listed authors (11.4%)
Energy615.9%19Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Bilal #8,138
Materials383.7%20Ahmad, Jawad #24,933
Optoelectronics & Photonics181.7%1Arshed, Saima #68,654
Biotechnology60.6%2Asgher, Muhammad #84,521
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies20.2%0Ali, Sana #325,227
Bioinformatics10.1%0Akbar, Shahid #128,560
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology10.1%1Ovais, Muhammad #80,189
Information & Communication Technologies · 109 listed authors (10.5%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing605.8%25Akram, Muhammad #2,230
Networking & Telecommunications454.4%5Javed, Abdul Rehman #28,465
Distributed Computing20.2%0Khan, Minhaj Ahmad #142,383
Computer Hardware & Architecture10.1%0Yasin, Muhammad #367,212
Information Systems10.1%1Khan, Ikram Ullah #87,087
Engineering · 61 listed authors (5.9%)
Mechanical Engineering & Transports858.2%24Hayat, Tasawar #3,158
Chemical Engineering141.4%5Usman, Muhammad Rashid #25,406
Industrial Engineering & Automation40.4%0Ishfaq, Kashif #162,857
Aerospace & Aeronautics30.3%0Gul, Faiza #313,602
Biomedical Engineering10.1%0Noor, Fatima #214,424
Civil Engineering10.1%0Hussain, Muzamal #297,367
Electrical & Electronic Engineering10.1%0Ishaque, Kashif #141,609
Mining & Metallurgy10.1%0Khoso, Sultan Ahmed #264,397
Operations Research10.1%1Haq, Abdul #93,187
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 59 listed authors (5.7%)
Veterinary Sciences161.5%0Abbas, Rao Zahid #127,140
Food Science141.4%9Aadil, Rana Muhammad #15,350
Agronomy & Agriculture121.2%5Rehman, Abdul #65,325
Dairy & Animal Science101.0%0Hassan, Faizul #120,854
Forestry10.1%0Anees, Shoaib Ahmad #291,278
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 32 listed authors (3.1%)
Environmental Sciences373.6%34Abbas, Jawad #2,851
Geochemistry & Geophysics10.1%0Naseer, Muhammad Tayyab #219,876
Biomedical Research · 25 listed authors (2.4%)
Microbiology131.3%3Rabaan, Ali A. #27,308
Biophysics40.4%1Khan, Zia Ul Haq #96,761
Virology40.4%1Briddon, Rob William #95,461
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology30.3%2Akash, Muhammad Sajid Hamid #42,600
Toxicology30.3%0Jahan, Sarwat #276,373
Microscopy20.2%0Shaheen, Shabnum #429,529
Mycology & Parasitology20.2%0Khalid, Abdul Nasir #231,485
Nutrition & Dietetics10.1%1Ullah, Hammad #88,498
Economics & Business · 21 listed authors (2.0%)
Business & Management121.2%12Raza, Syed Ali #11,623
Economics30.3%2Azam, Muhammad #9,080
Mathematics & Statistics · 17 listed authors (1.6%)
General Mathematics70.7%2Noor, Muhammad Aslam #18,663
Applied Mathematics60.6%1Qureshi, Sania #28,469
Statistics & Probability20.2%1Ahmad, Zubair #82,317
Social Sciences · 13 listed authors (1.3%)
Information & Library Sciences101.0%1Mahmood, Khalid #37,227
Education10.1%0Asad, Muhammad Mujtaba #124,631
Political Science & Public Administration10.1%1Nisar, Muhammad Azfar #76,035
Built Environment & Design · 4 listed authors (0.4%)
Building & Construction50.5%4Ali, Babar #29,127
Public Health & Health Services · 1 listed authors (0.1%)
Public Health20.2%0Walani, Salimah R. #121,944

1,034 listed scientists in Pakistan

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