Australia's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Australia has 8,971 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 4.9% from 8,555 in 2025. That places Australia 5th in the world by number of listed scientists. Monash University has the most listed scientists (667), followed by The University of Queensland (611).

Single Year

8,971

+416 (+4.9%) vs 2025

Career Data

8,551

+526 (+6.6%) vs 2025

World rank by count

No change vs 2025

Institutes

704

+43 (+6.5%) vs 2025

Scientists in Australia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 47% 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%

2026+4.9%

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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%
2026	8,971	+4.9%	8,551	+6.6%

Top 10 institutes in Australia

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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	9	Ryan, Richard M.	Australian Catholic University	Social Psychology	Rank 3
3	59	SJ Sweller, John	UNSW Sydney	Education	Rank 1
4	64	BR Baumeister, Roy F.	The University of Queensland	Social Psychology	Rank 7
5	124	Sarker, Iqbal H.	Edith Cowan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 11
6	130	PR Pekrun, Reinhard H.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 3
7	136	GK Govindan, Kannan	The University of Adelaide	Operations Research	Rank 2
8	153	GM Green, Martin A.	UNSW Sydney	Applied Physics	Rank 5
9	175	MH Marsh, Herbert W.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 4
10	203	WS Wang, Shaobin	The University of Adelaide	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2
11	231	PM Page, Matthew James	Monash University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 10
12	319	PB Pradhan, Biswajeet K.	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1
13	340	SM Santamouris, Matthaios J.	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences	Building & Construction	Rank 5
14	372	HA Huete, Alfredo Ramon	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 2
15	480	GA Gandomi, Amir H.	University of Technology Sydney	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 34
16	498	DL Dai, Liming	UNSW Sydney	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 14
17	500	SG Smyth, Gordon K.	University of Melboure	Developmental Biology	Rank 15
18	505	KJ Kanis, John A.	Australian Catholic University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 9
19	555	Jorm, Anthony F.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Psychiatry	Rank 16
20	581	KY Kivshar, Yuri S.	The Australian National University	Optics	Rank 1
21	589	RJ Reeve, Johnmarshall	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 11
22	606	HG Hankey, Graeme J.	The University of Western Australia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 37
23	607	HJ Hattie, John Allan C.	Faculty of Education	Education	Rank 12
24	616	CR Connell, Raewyn W.	The University of Sydney	Sociology	Rank 1
25	642	LD Lupton, Deborah A.	UNSW Sydney	Public Health	Rank 6
26	643	BN Bolan, Nanthi Sirangie	The University of Western Australia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 12
27	646	MS Maier, Stefan A.	Monash University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 20
28	668	SN Selwyn, Neil	Monash University	Education	Rank 14
29	707	NS Nakagawa, Shinichi	UNSW Sydney	Ecology	Rank 17
30	725	SB Singh, Brajesh Kumar	The University of Western Australia	Microbiology	Rank 6
31	738	MN Moustafa, Nour	University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 7
32	747	PS Parker, S. K.	Curtin University	Business & Management	Rank 26
33	820	LH Lambers, Hans	The University of Western Australia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 8
34	823	LT Luu, Trong Tuan	Swinburne Business School	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 5
35	881	BR Bellomo, Rinaldo	Monash University	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 5
36	898	LD Lindenmayer, David B.	The Fenner School of Environment & Society	Ecology	Rank 23
37	900	ML Morawska, Lidia	Queensland University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 16
38	931	TV Tam, Vivian W.Y.	Western Sydney University	Building & Construction	Rank 11
39	936	IS Iglauer, Stefan	Edith Cowan University	Energy	Rank 24
40	942	NS Nahavandi, Saeid	Swinburne University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 62
41	965	Peters, Micah D.J.	University of South Australia	Nursing	Rank 3
42	1,028	SJ Sallis, James F.	Australian Catholic University	Public Health	Rank 9
43	1,032	VP Visscher, Peter M.	The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience	Developmental Biology	Rank 27
44	1,038	ER Ellis, Rod	Curtin University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 9
45	1,109	DS Dolnicar, Sara	The University of Queensland Business School	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 7
46	1,112	AR Aitken, Robert John	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1
47	1,139	ZS Zhang, Shujun	University of Wollongong	Applied Physics	Rank 25
48	1,155	BM Berk, Michael R.	Deakin University	Psychiatry	Rank 32
49	1,184	SP Sachdev, Perminder S.	Spatial Ventures - Geospatial Services	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 66
50	1,189	MZ Munn, Zachary	Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences	Nursing	Rank 5
51	1,209	MA Martin, Andrew J.	UNSW Sydney	Education	Rank 25
52	1,219	VR Varshney, Rajeev Kumar	Murdoch University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 11
53	1,220	HD Hensher, David Alan	The University of Sydney Business School	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 2
54	1,221	HT Hoffmann, Tammy C.	Bond University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 36
55	1,226	YT Yigitcanlar, Tan	Queensland University of Technology	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 3
56	1,241	LS Lewandowsky, Stephan	The University of Western Australia	Experimental Psychology	Rank 24
57	1,256	BD Boud, David J.	University of Technology Sydney	Education	Rank 27
58	1,274	RV Ratten, Vanessa	La Trobe University	Business & Management	Rank 51
59	1,284	CP Cawood, Peter A.	Monash University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 9
60	1,290	BR Bryant, Richard A.	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 35
61	1,330	LW Laurance, William F.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 38
62	1,381	WM Westoby, Mark	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 39
63	1,393	AU Acharya, U. R.	University of Southern Queensland	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 3
64	1,400	HN Haslam, Nick O.	University of Melbourne	Social Psychology	Rank 54
65	1,419	ST Seemann, Torsten	Department of Microbiology & Immunology	Microbiology	Rank 20
66	1,421	PA Pennycook, Alastair	University of Technology Sydney	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 10
67	1,430	MR Munns, Rana E.	CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Brisbane	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 16
68	1,456	JS Jiang, San Ping	WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering	Energy	Rank 32
69	1,463	HD Hunter, David John	The University of Sydney	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 6
70	1,508	HO Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove I.	The University of Queensland	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 4
71	1,524	LM Lenzen, Manfred	The University of Sydney	Environmental Sciences	Rank 30
72	1,539	SS Shabala, Sergey Nikolayevich	The University of Western Australia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 18
73	1,654	AB Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku	The University of Adelaide	Public Health	Rank 17
74	1,706	NS Nicholls, Stephen J.	Monash University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 53
75	1,709	NP Narayan, Paresh Kumar	Monash University	Economics	Rank 39
76	1,712	QJ Quinlan, J. Ross	RuleQuest Research Pty Ltd	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 107
77	1,725	GS Gallagher, Shaun	University of Wollongong	Experimental Psychology	Rank 30
78	1,744	HT Hughes, Terence P.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 53
79	1,753	HA Hoffmann, Ary A.	School of Biosciences	Entomology	Rank 4
80	1,771	HE Holmes, Edward C.	The University of Sydney	Virology	Rank 3
81	1,782	NJ Nie, Jianfeng	Monash University	Materials	Rank 35
82	1,790	DL Degenhardt, Louisa J.	National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre	Substance Abuse	Rank 3
83	1,804	HD Hutmacher, Dietmar W.	Queensland University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 4
84	1,826	TM Tiggemann, Marika	Flinders University	Social Psychology	Rank 69
85	1,854	UA Uddin Ahmed Shaikh, Faiz Uddin Ahmed	Curtin University	Building & Construction	Rank 15
86	1,857	SM Sigala, Marianna	Newcastle Business School	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 12
87	1,877	FR Frankham, Richard R.	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 59
88	1,894	AA Acheampong, Alex O.	Bond University	Economics	Rank 45
89	1,907	TH Thai, Huu Tai	University of Melbourne	Civil Engineering	Rank 7
90	1,909	MJ Monaghan, Joseph J.	Monash University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 8
91	1,911	EJ Elith, Jane	Faculty of Science	Ecology	Rank 62
92	1,932	MP Marschner, Petra	The University of Adelaide	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 14
93	1,951	AD Alongi, Daniel M.	Tropical Coastal & Mangrove Consultants	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 6
94	1,994	HR Hyndman, Rob J.	Monash University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 30
95	2,001	JV Jha, Vivekanand K.	George Institute for Global Health	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 10
96	2,019	ZP Zimmet, Paul Z.	Monash University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 28
97	2,074	TD Tao, Dacheng	The University of Sydney	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 119
98	2,120	JM Jenkinson, Mark	The University of Adelaide	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 109
99	2,137	MP McGorry, Patrick D.	University of Melbourne	Psychiatry	Rank 46
100	2,146	HW Hall, Wayne D.	The University of Queensland	Substance Abuse	Rank 6
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Australia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

8,971 scientists affiliated with Australia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 8,551 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, Monash University has the most listed scientists from Australia, with 667. It is followed by The University of Queensland with 611.

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 8,971 in 2026, a change of +47.1%.

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.