Al-Azhar University in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
29
researchers on the list
9
rank in Egypt
1,953
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Bahy, Zeinhom M. | Materials | 2,055 / 330,896 | 260 / 330,896 |
| Hashem, Amr Hosny | Biotechnology | 922 / 69,700 | 48 / 69,700 |
| Fouda, Amr Hamza | Biotechnology | 792 / 69,700 | 55 / 69,700 |
| Shaaban, K. H.S. | Polymers | 1,911 / 133,253 | 237 / 133,253 |
| Mekheimer, Kh S. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 273 / 157,792 | 293 / 157,792 |
| Eissa, Ibrahim H. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,634 / 120,621 | 182 / 120,621 |
| El-Taher, Atef M. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 576 / 129,561 | 296 / 129,561 |
| Shaaban, E. R. | Applied Physics | 2,117 / 323,282 | 1,403 / 323,282 |
| Hassanein, Emad H.M. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 542 / 166,116 |
| Shehabeldine, Amr Mohamed Elsayed | Biotechnology | — | 301 / 69,700 |
| Attia, Mohamed S. | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 1,491 / 204,373 |
| Hasaballah, Ahmed I. | General & Internal Medicine | 5,347 / 360,081 | 1,223 / 360,081 |
| Ammar, Yousry A. | Organic Chemistry | — | 1,188 / 188,664 |
| Metwaly, Ahmed M. | Organic Chemistry | — | 1,213 / 188,664 |
| Salman, Baher I. | Analytical Chemistry | — | 677 / 137,328 |
| Abdel-Rahman, Mohamed Ali | Biotechnology | 1,365 / 69,700 | 576 / 69,700 |
| Obada, Abdel Shafy Fahmy | General Physics | 1,195 / 87,024 | — |
| Wahab, E. A.Abdel | Polymers | — | 2,094 / 133,253 |
| Abdel-Lateef, Mohamed A. | Analytical Chemistry | — | 1,502 / 137,328 |
| Nossier, Eman Samir | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,978 / 188,664 |
| Gad, Hassan A. | Entomology | — | 583 / 40,595 |
| Elhenawy, Ahmed A. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | — | 1,075 / 86,991 |
| Sharaf, Mohamed H. | Biotechnology | — | 1,128 / 69,700 |
| Hassan, Moukhtar A. | Applied Physics | — | 5,351 / 323,282 |
| Abbas, Mahmoud Mahrous M. | Fisheries | — | 845 / 47,614 |
| Saudi, Heba Ali | Applied Physics | — | 5,909 / 323,282 |
| Serag, Ahmed | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,547 / 137,328 |
| Hassan, Ali Mostafa A. | General Chemistry | — | 704 / 57,505 |
| El–belely, Ehab F. | General Chemistry | — | 1,095 / 57,505 |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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