Top-cited scientists by institution in Egypt

33 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Egypt

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Which institutions in Egypt have the most top 2% scientists?

33 universities and institutes in Egypt have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. National Research Centre has the most (133), followed by Faculty of Engineering (64) and Cairo University (56). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	National Research Centre	133	28
2	Faculty of Engineering	64	25
3	Cairo University	56	11
4	Tanta University	55	19
5	Alexandria University	46	11
6	Zagazig University	35	13
7	Mansoura University	34	9
8	Ain Shams University	33	13
9	Faculty of Pharmacy	33	1
10	Assiut University	32	11
11	Faculty of Agriculture	30	10
12	Al-Azhar University	28	7
13	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine	25	4
14	Kafrelsheikh University	24	12
15	Beni-Suef University	22	6
16	Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute	20	10
17	Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University	19	3
18	Qena University	18	5
19	Benha University	17	2
20	College of Science, Ain Shams University	17	6
21	Capital University	16	8
22	Sohag University	16	5
23	Menoufia University	15	6
24	Minia University	15	7
25	Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology	14	4
26	Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University	14	2
27	Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University	14	3
28	Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute	13	1
29	City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications	13	5
30	Suez Canal University	12	2
31	Damietta University	11	3
32	Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority	11	3
33	Suez University	10	2

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 150 in Egypt with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.