Top-cited scientists by institution in Malaysia

21 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Malaysia

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

21 universities and institutes in Malaysia 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. Universiti Malaya has the most (123), followed by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (86) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (84). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Universiti Malaya	123	39
2	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	86	24
3	Universiti Putra Malaysia	84	22
4	Universiti Sains Malaysia	77	32
5	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	52	13
6	Sunway University	40	26
7	Monash University Malaysia	34	11
8	Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah	30	8
9	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS	27	8
10	Universiti Tenaga Nasional	22	7
11	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu	21	7
12	Taylor's University Malaysia	19	10
13	UCSI University	19	12
14	Universiti Malaysia Sabah	18	7
15	Universiti Teknologi MARA	18	9
16	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman	15	6
17	International Medical University	12	4
18	The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus	12	1
19	INTI International University	11	3
20	Multimedia University	11	4
21	International Islamic University Malaysia	10	2

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 75 in Malaysia with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.