Australia's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Australia has 8,555 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 6.5% from 8,032 in 2024. That places Australia 5th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Monash University has the most listed scientists (617), followed by The University of Queensland (583).

Single Year

8,555

+523 (+6.5%) vs 2024

Career Data

8,025

+578 (+7.8%) vs 2024

World rank by count

up 1 place vs 2024

Institutes

661

+257 (+63.6%) vs 2024

Scientists in Australia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 40% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+17.0%

2022+3.0%

2023+3.4%

2024+5.7%

2025+6.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	6,100		5,441
2021	7,138	+17.0%	6,369	+17.1%
2022	7,349	+3.0%	6,623	+4.0%
2023	7,600	+3.4%	7,002	+5.7%
2024	8,032	+5.7%	7,447	+6.4%
2025	8,555	+6.5%	8,025	+7.8%

Top 10 institutes in Australia

By number of listed scientists

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1Monash University617
2The University of Queensland583
3University of Melbourne475
4The University of Sydney461
5UNSW Sydney461
6The Australian National University258
7The University of Western Australia229
8University of Technology Sydney227
9Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation210
10Deakin University199

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Rank in Australia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3	MS Mirjalili, Seyedali	Torrens University Australia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1
2	11	Ryan, Richard M.	Australian Catholic University	Social Psychology	Rank 3
3	68	BR Baumeister, Roy F.	The University of Queensland	Social Psychology	Rank 7
4	96	AM Awual, Md Rabiul	Curtin University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1
5	130	GM Green, Martin A.	UNSW Sydney	Applied Physics	Rank 5
6	133	SJ Sweller, John	UNSW Sydney	Education	Rank 2
7	135	GK Govindan, Kannan	The University of Adelaide	Operations Research	Rank 2
8	162	MH Marsh, Herbert W.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 3
9	177	WS Wang, Shaobin	The University of Adelaide	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2
10	196	Sarker, Iqbal H.	Edith Cowan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 17
11	211	PR Pekrun, Reinhard H.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 4
12	304	Pradhan, Biswajeet	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1
13	334	PM Page, Matthew James	Monash University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 9
14	380	SM Santamouris, Matthaios J.	UNSW Sydney	Building & Construction	Rank 5
15	416	SG Smyth, Gordon K.	University of Melboure	Developmental Biology	Rank 15
16	424	GA Gandomi, Amir	University of Technology Sydney	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 28
17	496	HA Huete, Alfredo Ramon	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 2
18	529	Jorm, Anthony F.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Psychiatry	Rank 15
19	563	BN Bolan, Nanthi Sirangie	The University of Western Australia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 10
20	565	LD Lupton, Deborah A.	UNSW Sydney	Public Health	Rank 5
21	578	HG Hankey, Graeme J.	The University of Western Australia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 36
22	610	MS Maier, Stefan A.	Monash University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 21
23	619	CR Connell, Raewyn W.	The University of Sydney	Sociology	Rank 1
24	700	ML Morawska, Lidia	Queensland University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 14
25	811	PS Parker, S. K.	Curtin University	Business & Management	Rank 27
26	812	HJ Hattie, John Allan C.	Melbourne Graduate School of Education	Education	Rank 12
27	813	RV Ratten, Vanessa	La Trobe Business School	Business & Management	Rank 28
28	818	RJ Reeve, Johnmarshall	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 13
29	819	SB Singh, Brajesh Kumar	Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment	Microbiology	Rank 9
30	825	SJ Sallis, James F.	Australian Catholic University	Public Health	Rank 7
31	852	SN Selwyn, Neil	Monash University	Education	Rank 16
32	856	IS Iglauer, Stefan	Edith Cowan University	Energy	Rank 26
33	872	NS Nakagawa, Shinichi	UNSW Sydney	Ecology	Rank 20
34	946	TV Tam, Vivian W.Y.	Western Sydney University	Building & Construction	Rank 11
35	978	ER Ellis, Rod	Curtin University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 7
36	983	MR Munns, Rana E.	CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Brisbane	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 10
37	997	NP Narayan, Paresh Kumar	Monash University	Economics	Rank 22
38	1,001	MN Moustafa, Nour	University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 12
39	1,023	HD Hensher, David Alan	The University of Sydney Business School	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 2
40	1,039	LH Lambers, Hans	The University of Western Australia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 11
41	1,046	VP Visscher, Peter M.	The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience	Developmental Biology	Rank 35
42	1,047	NS Nahavandi, Saeid	Swinburne University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 66
43	1,062	AR Aitken, Robert John	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1
44	1,072	LW Laurance, William F.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 24
45	1,086	BR Bryant, Richard A.	Black Dog Institute	Psychiatry	Rank 27
46	1,094	PF Paas, Fred G.W.C.	University of Wollongong	Education	Rank 17
47	1,110	MS Marginson, Simon	Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education	Education	Rank 18
48	1,122	SP Sachdev, Perminder S.	University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine, School of Psychiatry	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 66
49	1,140	LD Lindenmayer, David B.	The Fenner School of Environment & Society	Ecology	Rank 26
50	1,157	AR Acharya, Rajendra U.	University of Southern Queensland	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 3
51	1,170	DS Dolnicar, Sara	The University of Queensland Business School	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 6
52	1,185	BR Bellomo, Rinaldo	Monash University	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 5
53	1,213	CP Cawood, Peter A.	Monash University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 7
54	1,225	HN Haslam, Nick O.	University of Melbourne	Social Psychology	Rank 50
55	1,281	WM Westoby, Mark	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 31
56	1,331	KY Kivshar, Yuri S.	The Australian National University	Optics	Rank 7
57	1,371	BR Buchbinder, Rachelle	Monash University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 33
58	1,376	HD Hunter, David John	The University of Sydney	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 7
59	1,382	LT Luu, Trong Tuan	Swinburne Business School	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 7
60	1,452	Peters, Micah D.J.	University of South Australia	Nursing	Rank 3
61	1,469	MA Martin, Andrew J.	UNSW Sydney	Education	Rank 25
62	1,476	HT Hughes, Terence P.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 38
63	1,482	SS Shabala, Sergey Nikolayevich	University of Tasmania	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 16
64	1,512	WP Whelton, Paul Kieran	Faculty of Medicine and Health	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 38
65	1,536	DL Degenhardt, Louisa J.	National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre	Substance Abuse	Rank 3
66	1,580	HO Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove I.	The University of Queensland	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 5
67	1,590	ST Seemann, Torsten	University of Melbourne	Microbiology	Rank 27
68	1,594	HD Hutmacher, Dietmar W.	Queensland University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 4
69	1,611	ZS Zhang, Shujun	University of Wollongong	Applied Physics	Rank 45
70	1,621	HE Holmes, Edward C.	The University of Sydney	Virology	Rank 3
71	1,628	QJ Quinlan, J. Ross	RuleQuest Research Pty Ltd	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 94
72	1,644	LM Lenzen, Manfred	The University of Sydney	Environmental Sciences	Rank 38
73	1,684	MJ Monaghan, Joseph J.	Monash University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 7
74	1,695	FR Frankham, Richard R.	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 43
75	1,702	BD Boud, David	University of Technology Sydney	Education	Rank 28
76	1,725	ZP Zimmet, Paul Z.	Monash University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 25
77	1,745	HQ Han, Qing-Long	Swinburne University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 16
78	1,756	BM Berk, Michael	Deakin University	Psychiatry	Rank 38
79	1,761	TM Tiggemann, Marika	Flinders University	Social Psychology	Rank 68
80	1,792	TH Thai, H. T.	University of Melbourne	Civil Engineering	Rank 6
81	1,837	RH Ramkissoon, Haywantee Rumi	University of South Australia	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 9
82	1,838	MJ Mattick, John S.	UNSW Sydney	Developmental Biology	Rank 48
83	1,839	HA Hoffmann, Ary A.	School of Biosciences	Entomology	Rank 3
84	1,853	HT Hoffmann, Tammy C.	Bond University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 43
85	1,860	JM Jenkinson, Mark	The University of Adelaide	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 98
86	1,867	YT Yigitcanlar, Tan	Queensland University of Technology	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 5
87	1,872	VR Varshney, Rajeev Kumar	Murdoch University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 22
88	1,978	HR Hyndman, Rob J.	Monash University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 27
89	2,036	NJ Nie, Jianfeng	Monash University	Materials	Rank 38
90	2,049	UA Uddin Ahmed Shaikh, Faiz Uddin Ahmed	Curtin University	Building & Construction	Rank 17
91	2,067	AD Alongi, Daniel M.	Tropical Coastal & Mangrove Consultants	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 6
92	2,075	MA Mouritz, A. P.	RMIT University	Materials	Rank 41
93	2,118	AM Ashokkumar, Muthupandian	School of Chemistry	Organic Chemistry	Rank 23
94	2,124	PA Pennycook, Alastair	University of Technology Sydney	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 10
95	2,125	MT Marwick, Thomas H.	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 57
96	2,126	SM Sigala, Marianna	Newcastle Business School	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 12
97	2,129	WG Wang, Guoxiu Xiu	University of Technology Sydney	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 80
98	2,131	MP McGorry, Patrick D.	University of Melbourne	Psychiatry	Rank 45
99	2,261	RA Renzaho, Andre M.N.	Western Sydney University	Public Health	Rank 23
100	2,270	PG Patton, George C.	Murdoch Children's Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 50
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Australia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

8,555 scientists affiliated with Australia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 8,025 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Australia has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2025 single-year list, Monash University has the most listed scientists from Australia, with 617. It is followed by The University of Queensland with 583.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Australia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Australia went from 6,100 scientists in 2020 to 8,555 in 2025, a change of +40.2%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.