As described in the university ranking section, it is not easy to obtain and standardize data from about 12,000 universities for the country ranking. Therefore, we based our ranking system on the number of meritorious scientists. Four criteria are used to rank the countries. The first one is the number of scientists in the top 10,000 list. The second criterion is the number of scientists in the top 100,000 list. The third one is the number of scientists listed in the AD Scientific Index. In the case of equalities after applying all these three criteria, the world rank of the meritorious scientist of that country is used.
AD Scientific Index - Country Rankings 2022 | Top 10,000 Number of scientists in Country | Top 100,000 Number of scientists in Country | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region Ranking unfold_more | World Ranking unfold_more | Country unfold_more | Best
University in Country
World Rank / Name
|
Best Scientist in Country
World Rank / Name
|
Total Universities in Country unfold_more | Total Scientists in Index unfold_more | Total number of scientists unfold_more | Agriculture & Forestry unfold_more | Arts, Design and Architecture unfold_more | Business & Management unfold_more | Economics & Econometrics unfold_more | Education unfold_more | Engineering & Technology unfold_more | History, Philosophy, Theology unfold_more | Law / Law and Legal Studies unfold_more | Medical and Health Sciences unfold_more | Natural Sciences unfold_more | Social Sciences unfold_more | Others unfold_more | Total number of scientists unfold_more | Agriculture & Forestry unfold_more | Arts, Design and Architecture unfold_more | Business & Management unfold_more | Economics & Econometrics unfold_more | Education unfold_more | Engineering & Technology unfold_more | History, Philosophy, Theology unfold_more | Law / Law and Legal Studies unfold_more | Medical and Health Sciences unfold_more | Natural Sciences unfold_more | Social Sciences unfold_more | Others unfold_more | ||
1 | 7 | ![]() Top 10000 |
90 | Tsinghua University | 14 | Xiao-Fei Li 李小飞 i | 715 | 35624 | 215 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 71 | 3034 | 77 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 1283 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 517 | 22 | 1016 |
2 | 13 | ![]() Top 10000 |
179 | Nagoya University | 8 | Shizuo Akira | 612 | 20132 | 127 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 64 | 2052 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 367 | 0 | 1 | 266 | 451 | 14 | 875 |
3 | 14 | ![]() Top 5000 |
72 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | 635 | Ben Zhong Tang | 15 | 4413 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 873 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 17 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 129 | 40 | 221 |
4 | 16 | ![]() Top 10000 |
87 | Seoul National University | 1 | HJ Kim i | 252 | 19906 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 35 | 1422 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 487 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 269 | 10 | 462 |
5 | 18 | ![]() Top 5000 |
107 | Weizmann Institute of Science | 186 | Noam Tal Hod i | 38 | 5918 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 978 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 232 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 265 | 66 | 252 |
6 | 20 | ![]() Top 5000 |
69 | National University of Singapore | 207 | Barry Halliwell | 29 | 4327 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 688 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 300 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 126 | 11 | 159 |
7 | 21 | ![]() Top 10000 |
534 | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre | 124 | JB Singh i | 2160 | 35894 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 1294 | 30 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 351 | 13 | 376 |
8 | 30 | ![]() Top 5000 |
237 | National Taiwan University | 296 | Paoti Chang i | 131 | 5420 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 480 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 80 | 7 | 153 |
9 | 31 | ![]() Top 5000 |
110 | King Abdullah University of Science & Technology | 894 | Carlos M Duarte | 74 | 5245 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 271 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 67 | 1 | 60 |
10 | 32 | ![]() Top 10000 |
368 | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | 220 | Mohsen Khakzad i | 398 | 17665 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 554 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 116 | 6 | 98 |
11 | 42 | ![]() Top 5000 |
617 | University of Malaya | 1673 | Mohd Adli Ali i | 123 | 7980 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 273 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 41 | 2 | 67 |
12 | 46 | ![]() Top 3000 |
693 | Chulalongkorn University | 646 | Burin Asavapibhop i | 144 | 4080 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
13 | 48 | ![]() Top 5000 |
1088 | Aga Khan University | 1586 | Kauser Abdulla Malik | 246 | 6237 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 40 | 1 | 27 |
14 | 50 | ![]() Top 2000 |
687 | University of Sharjah | 659 | Rachik Soualah i | 55 | 1887 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 46 |
15 | 53 | ![]() Top 500 |
719 | Hamad Bin Khalifa University | 3045 | Bassim H Hameed | 12 | 675 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
16 | 56 | ![]() Top 1000 |
536 | American University of Beirut | 2291 | Fadlo R Khuri | 19 | 846 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
17 | 58 | ![]() Top 1000 |
1111 | An Najah National University | 1153 | Ahmed Bassalat i | 21 | 1055 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
18 | 61 | ![]() Top 10000 |
1345 | Indonesian Institute of Sciences | 869 | Suharyo Sumowidagdo i | 826 | 13415 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
19 | 66 | ![]() Top 1000 |
1174 | Vietnam National University Hanoi | 1823 | C.Nguyen-Mau | 127 | 2236 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
20 | 68 | ![]() Top 2000 |
1142 | Jordan University of Science & Technology | 4033 | Yousef Khader i | 32 | 1802 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
21 | 69 | ![]() Top 200 |
1185 | Macau University of Science & Technology | 5716 | Kang Zhang | 7 | 240 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
22 | 70 | ![]() Top 1000 |
989 | Sultan Qaboos University | 9447 | Muhammad Farooq | 34 | 907 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
23 | 72 | ![]() Top 1000 |
1318 | University of Ruhuna | 634 | N Wickramage i | 41 | 1141 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
24 | 74 | ![]() Top 2000 |
1392 | Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology | 5193 | Jan Mickelle Maratas | 139 | 1845 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
25 | 83 | ![]() Top 3000 |
1708 | International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research | 10467 | Rashidul Haque | 168 | 3502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
26 | 84 | ![]() Top 500 |
1762 | Nazarbayev University | 18339 | Wim Dehaen | 59 | 581 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
27 | 85 | ![]() Top 2000 |
2611 | University of Technology Iraq | 12685 | عمار تكليف ابراهيم | 101 | 2471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
28 | 87 | ![]() Top 500 |
2044 | Kuwait University | 10783 | Harri Uolevi Vainio | 14 | 425 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
29 | 89 | ![]() Top 500 |
1873 | Jizzax State Pedagogika Instituti | 17284 | Ochilova M Baxti | 48 | 574 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
30 | 95 | ![]() Top 500 |
1992 | University of Brunei Darussalam | 28706 | David Koh | 6 | 364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
31 | 97 | ![]() Top 100 |
1950 | Yerevan Physics Institute | 45207 | Norayr Akopov | 11 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
32 | 98 | ![]() Top 200 |
2509 | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development | 55541 | ARUN SHRESTHA | 27 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
33 | 99 | ![]() Top 200 |
2544 | Arabian Gulf University | 42022 | Randah R Hamadeh i | 12 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
34 | 125 | ![]() Top 100 |
4096 | University of Puthisastra | 78269 | Sandro Vento | 20 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
35 | 126 | ![]() |
3523 | Kyrgyz Turkish Manas University | 54535 | Kürşad Yılmaz | 12 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | 134 | ![]() Top 200 |
5418 | Tishreen University | 193107 | Hassan Haes Alhelou | 27 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | 135 | ![]() Top 200 |
4657 | Sana'a University | 158161 | Molham AL-Habori | 21 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | 139 | ![]() Top 100 |
6554 | National University of Mongolia | 212925 | Bazartseren Boldgiv | 8 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | 140 | ![]() Top 200 |
4864 | Baku State University | 176222 | Rovshan Khalilov i | 24 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | 152 | ![]() |
6410 | National University of Laos | 258512 | Sopha | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | 168 | ![]() |
6191 | Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan | 135343 | Farukh Sharopov | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | 180 | ![]() Top 200 |
6626 | Kabul University | 512209 | Mohammad Yasir Essar | 34 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | 181 | ![]() Top 200 |
7911 | Yangon Technological University | 436814 | Nga Pyi | 38 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | 184 | ![]() |
7102 | Maldives National University | 514223 | Vettumperumal Rajapandi | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | 187 | ![]() |
10132 | Ministry of Health, Bhutan | 563565 | Mongal Singh Gurung | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | 191 | ![]() |
7503 | Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics of Turkmenistan | 670395 | Kakabay Hojanepesov КА Ходжанепесов | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
47 | 193 | ![]() |
10844 | Dili Institute of Technology | 646386 | Pedro Talaia | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
48 | 198 | ![]() |
12129 | Kim Il Sung University | 418292 | Chol-Jun Yu | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
