Top-cited scientists by institution in the United Arab Emirates

11 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · United Arab Emirates

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Which institutions in the United Arab Emirates have the most top 2% scientists?

11 universities and institutes in the United Arab Emirates 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. Khalifa University has the most (154), followed by University of Sharjah (143) and United Arab Emirates University (117). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Khalifa University	154	60
2	University of Sharjah	143	64
3	United Arab Emirates University	117	61
4	NYU Abu Dhabi	50	21
5	American University of Sharjah	38	16
6	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence	35	17
7	Ajman University	34	12
8	College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University	22	8
9	Abu Dhabi University	19	13
10	Al Ain University	15	4
11	Zayed University	14	5

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 84 in the United Arab Emirates with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.