It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the following 19 researchers affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine who were listed among the World’s Top 2% of Scientists in 2022. Let us all strive to increase our global impact in our pursuit of academic excellence.
| No | Researcher | Department |
| 1 | Datuk Professor Ulung Dr. Looi Lai Meng | Pathology |
| 2 | Dato’ Emeritus Professor Dr. Goh Khean Lee | Medicine |
| 3 | Dato’ Professor Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman | Medicine |
| 4 | Professor Dr. Lucy Lum Chai See | Pediatric |
| 5 | Professor Dr. Moy Foong Ming | Social & Preventive Medicine |
| 6 | Professor Dr. Wong Li Ping | Social & Preventive Medicine |
| 7 | Datin Professor Dr. Indra A/P Vythilingam | Parasitology |
| 8 | Professor Dr. Mohd Rais Mustafa | Pharmacology |
| 9 | Emeritus Professor Dr. Liam Chong Kin | Medicine |
| 10 | Emeritus Professor Dr. Ng Kwan Hoong | Biomedical Imaging |
| 11 | Professor Dr. Lau Yee Ling | Parasitology |
| 12 | Professor Dr. Yvonne Lim Ai Lian | Parasitology |
| 13 | Professor Dr. Ng Chirk Jenn | Primary Care Medicine |
| 14 | Professor Dr. Sanjay Rampal A/L Lekhraj Rampal | Social & Preventive Medicine |
| 15 | Professor Dr. Tan Maw Pin | Medicine |
| 16 | Professor Dr. Sanjiv A/L Mahadeva | Medicine |
| 17 | Assoc. Professor Dr. Ng Chong Guan | Psychological Medicine |
| 18 | Assoc. Professor Dr. Lim Lee Ling | Medicine |
| 19 | Dr. Jeyasakthy Saniasiaya | Otorhinolaryngology |
The top 2% of scientists in a variety of scientific disciplines are included on a list released by researchers at Stanford University which was published by Elsevier. It includes a database of 100,000 leading scientists that is open to the public and offers up-to-date analyses and standardized data on citations, h-index (a measure of a person’s contribution to scientific research), co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in various authorship positions and a composite indicator.