Top-cited scientists by field in the United Arab Emirates

18 fields · 101 subfields · United Arab Emirates

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in the United Arab Emirates?

803 researchers whose current affiliation is in the United Arab Emirates are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 18 fields and 101 subfields. Information & Communication Technologies has the most (196, 24.4%), followed by Clinical Medicine (148) and Enabling & Strategic Technologies (122); the largest subfield is Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing (116). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Information & Communication Technologies · 196 listed authors (24.4%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing11614.4%53Shao, Ling #3,362
Networking & Telecommunications648.0%24DIng, Zhiguo Ding #904
Computer Hardware & Architecture70.9%1Shafique, Muhammad #54,348
Computation Theory & Mathematics10.1%1Faccia, Alessio #96,194
Information Systems10.1%0Halaweh, Mohanad #103,507
Medical Informatics10.1%0Taylor, David C.M. #191,509
Clinical Medicine · 148 listed authors (18.4%)
General & Internal Medicine415.1%12Khan, Moien A.B. #16,497
Pharmacology & Pharmacy253.1%7Hussain, Zahid #42,169
Dentistry101.2%3Zafar, Muhammad Sohail #5,807
Neurology & Neurosurgery81.0%4Seghier, Mohamed L. #12,272
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine81.0%3Sengupta, Pallav #2,365
Oncology & Carcinogenesis70.9%2Amin, Amr A. #55,442
Immunology60.7%2Maghazachi, Azzam #48,937
Cardiovascular System & Hematology40.5%1Ellahham, Samer H. #19,148
Anesthesiology30.4%0Blanco, Rafael #166,415
Endocrinology & Metabolism30.4%2Adeghate, Ernest A. #58,846
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging30.4%0Abuzaid, Mohamed Mahmoud #222,181
Ophthalmology & Optometry20.2%0Agarwal, Aniruddha Kishandutt #170,916
Orthopedics20.2%0Rai, Muhammad Farooq #177,952
Surgery20.2%1Abu‑Zidan, Fikri M. #65,526
Urology & Nephrology20.2%2Ramasamy, Ranjith #43,148
Allergy10.1%1Hamid, Qùtayba A. #47,765
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases10.1%1Naik, Piyu Parth #92,234
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine10.1%1Sakr, Yasser L. #81,321
Gastroenterology & Hepatology10.1%1Annese, Vito #34,141
Otorhinolaryngology10.1%0Tarabichi, Muaaz B. #259,955
Pediatrics10.1%0Narchi, H. Hosni #438,993
Sport Sciences10.1%1Nassis, George P. #58,132
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 122 listed authors (15.2%)
Energy8010.0%41Olabi, Abdul Ghani #144
Materials222.7%12Al-Ketan, Oraib #16,203
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology50.6%5Shahzad, Faisal #32,912
Optoelectronics & Photonics40.5%1Obaideen, Khaled #53,445
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies30.4%1Mylonakis, George E. #42,819
Biotechnology20.2%2Chew, Kit Wayne #12,295
Engineering · 102 listed authors (12.7%)
Chemical Engineering283.5%11Ihsanullah, Ihsanullah #2,575
Electrical & Electronic Engineering202.5%5Muduli, Utkal Ranjan #22,477
Industrial Engineering & Automation121.5%2Haddadin, Sami #17,638
Mechanical Engineering & Transports121.5%4Abu Al-Rub, Rashid K. #10,394
Biomedical Engineering91.1%3Elgendi, Mohamed #7,051
Operations Research81.0%3Diabat, Ali H. #26,053
Aerospace & Aeronautics70.9%0Sabatini, Roberto #148,066
Civil Engineering70.9%2Giaralis, Agathoklis #52,555
Environmental Engineering50.6%2Elshafie, Ahmed #17,344
Geological & Geomatics Engineering30.4%1Chakrabortty, Rabin #70,680
Economics & Business · 58 listed authors (7.2%)
Business & Management243.0%22Aboelmaged, Mohamed Gamal Shehata #10,739
Finance101.2%10Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr #4,912
Marketing50.6%5Khan, Imran #18,699
Economics40.5%4Awad Abdallah, Atif #61,916
Logistics & Transportation40.5%1Peng, Zhongren #43,609
Sport, Leisure & Tourism30.4%3Eid, Riyad #41,790
Accounting10.1%1Ahrens, Thomas #77,375
Industrial Relations10.1%0Hameed, Zahid #101,923
Chemistry · 34 listed authors (4.2%)
Organic Chemistry101.2%0Rios, Ramon #107,107
Analytical Chemistry70.9%1Maduraiveeran, Govindhan #18,753
Polymers60.7%3Jawaid, Mohammad #4,873
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry50.6%2Naumov, PanČe #20,535
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry40.5%2Bender, Andreas #30,583
Physical Chemistry20.2%1Polychronopoulou, Kyriaki #65,783
General Chemistry10.1%0Azhar, Umair #357,229
Physics & Astronomy · 33 listed authors (4.1%)
Applied Physics192.4%8Al-Douri, Yaroub K. #13,045
Nuclear & Particle Physics60.7%2Giudice, Gian Francesco #17,678
General Physics50.6%0Byrnes, Tim M.R. #116,368
Acoustics30.4%2Al-Shudeifat, Mohammad A. #36,597
Chemical Physics30.4%2Verma, Chandrabhan #3,986
Astronomy & Astrophysics20.2%1Dutton, Aaron A. #72,029
Mathematical Physics10.1%0Sati, Hisham #855,384
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 19 listed authors (2.4%)
Food Science131.6%11Maqsood, Sajid #18,349
Dairy & Animal Science30.4%0Skidmore, Julian Alexandra #317,949
Veterinary Sciences20.2%0Wernery, Ullrich #167,357
Agronomy & Agriculture10.1%1Elrys, Ahmed Salah #54,609
Biomedical Research · 18 listed authors (2.2%)
Microbiology60.7%3Nagelkerke, Nico J.D. #16,501
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology40.5%1Qaisar, Rizwan #87,447
Genetics & Heredity40.5%1El-Hattab, Ayman W. #48,988
Nutrition & Dietetics40.5%0Radwan, H. #146,187
Toxicology20.2%0Petroianu, Georg A. #167,797
Physiology10.1%0Nemmar, Abderrahim #131,679
Virology10.1%0Ahmad, Waqar #394,432
Biology · 16 listed authors (2.0%)
Plant Biology & Botany141.7%5El-Tarabily, Khaled A. #8,365
Ecology20.2%2Klironomos, John N. #9,917
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology10.1%1Burt, John A. #37,103
Ornithology10.1%0Virani, Munir Z. #753,014
Mathematics & Statistics · 16 listed authors (2.0%)
General Mathematics81.0%3Agarwal, Praveen #30,346
Applied Mathematics30.4%1Rihan, Fathalla A. #23,173
Numerical & Computational Mathematics20.2%0Syam, Muhammed Ibrahem #196,280
Statistics & Probability20.2%1Dalalyan, Arnak S. #66,277
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 14 listed authors (1.7%)
Environmental Sciences131.6%11Alam, Edris #29,132
Geology30.4%2Alsharhan, Abdulrahman S. #31,299
Geochemistry & Geophysics10.1%0Saibi, Hakim #161,368
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences10.1%1Majda, Andrew Jonjon #23,447
Built Environment & Design · 10 listed authors (1.2%)
Building & Construction101.2%7El-Maaddawy, Tamer A. #36,767
Design Practice & Management10.1%0Saeed, Adnan S. #361,045
Urban & Regional Planning10.1%1Zhu, Pengyu #40,474
Social Sciences · 7 listed authors (0.9%)
Education81.0%4Al-Emran, Mostafa #1,976
Sociology10.1%1England, Paula #6,932
Public Health & Health Services · 4 listed authors (0.5%)
Nursing70.9%1AL Maqbali, Mohammed Abdullah Hamedan #67,088
Public Health10.1%0Hossain, Ahmed #136,379
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 3 listed authors (0.4%)
Experimental Psychology10.1%1Melcher, David Paul #98,970
General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences10.1%0Okazaki, Sumie #114,835
Social Psychology10.1%1Henry, P. J. #65,170
Historical Studies · 2 listed authors (0.2%)
History of Social Sciences20.2%1Allen, Robert C. #13,869
Communication & Textual Studies · 1 listed authors (0.1%)
Communication & Media Studies10.1%1Ragnedda, Massimo #21,364

803 listed scientists in the United Arab Emirates

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