Australia's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Australia has 5,441 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Australia 6th in the world by number of listed scientists. The University of Sydney has the most listed scientists (417), followed by University of Queensland (389).

Single Year

6,100

First year listed

Career Data

5,441

First year listed

World rank by count

First year listed

Institutes

443

First year listed

Scientists in Australia on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+17.1%

2022+4.0%

2023+5.7%

2024+6.4%

2025+7.8%

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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

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1The University of Sydney417
2University of Queensland389
3University of Melbourne362
4University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia352
5Monash University340
6Australian National University309
7University of Western Australia215
8The University of Adelaide211
9Macquarie University115
10University of Technology Sydney105

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Rank in Australia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	138	BR Baumeister, Roy F.	University of Queensland	Social Psychology	Rank 3
2	142	BG Burnstock, Geoffrey	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 18
3	169	Ryan, Richard M.	Australian Catholic University	Social Psychology	Rank 4
4	182	MH Marsh, Herbert W.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 1
5	222	GM Green, Martin A.	University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia	Applied Physics	Rank 9
6	264	TN Talley, Nicholas J.	University of Newcastle, Faculty of Health and Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 3
7	329	KJ Kanis, John A.	Australian Catholic University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 15
8	340	CF Caruso, Frank	University of Melbourne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 12
9	377	RP Reich, P. B.	Western Sydney University	Ecology	Rank 5
10	451	JA Jorm, Anthony	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Psychiatry	Rank 16
11	488	ZP Zimmet, Paul	Monash University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 23
12	573	SR Shine, Richard	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 8
13	635	KY Kivshar, Yuri S.	Australian National University	Optics	Rank 2
14	661	MM Maes, Michael	Deakin University	Psychiatry	Rank 26
15	801	MJ Mattick, John S.	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Developmental Biology	Rank 68
16	818	BR Bellomo, Rinaldo	University of Melbourne	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 5
17	850	KJ Kane, John M.	The University of Adelaide	Psychiatry	Rank 30
18	907	SG Smyth, Gordon K.	University of Melbourne	Developmental Biology	Rank 76
19	928	LW Laurance, William	James Cook University, Australia	Ecology	Rank 18
20	1,092	RJ Raven, John A.	University of Technology Sydney	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4
21	1,094	CR Costanza, R.	Australian National University	Ecology	Rank 20
22	1,137	PD Paterson, David L.	Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital	Microbiology	Rank 17
23	1,169	HD Hutmacher, Dietmar W.	Queensland University of Technology QUT	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 7
24	1,200	AR Aitken, R. John	University of Newcastle, Australia	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 5
25	1,228	SE Seeman, Ego	Austin Health	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 45
26	1,260	BN Bogduk, Nikolai	University of Newcastle, Faculty of Health and Medicine	Anesthesiology	Rank 5
27	1,264	WM Westoby, Mark	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 22
28	1,273	HG Hankey, Graeme J.	University of Western Australia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 133
29	1,301	FM Fenech, Michael	Genome Health Foundation	Toxicology	Rank 3
30	1,313	MP Mulvaney, Paul	University of Melbourne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 38
31	1,442	WS Wang, Shaobin	The University of Adelaide	Chemical Engineering	Rank 3
32	1,502	MP McGorry, Patrick D.	Centre for Youth Mental Health	Psychiatry	Rank 55
33	1,522	MC Moritz, Craig	Australian National University	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 19
34	1,560	SJ Sweller, John	University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia	Education	Rank 4
35	1,577	GS Gandevia, S. C.	University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia	Physiology	Rank 1
36	1,655	MT Marwick, Thomas H.	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 100
37	1,680	BA Bush, Ashley I.	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 172
38	1,704	PG Parker, Gordon	University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia	Psychiatry	Rank 64
39	1,716	MD Metcalf, Donald	University of Melbourne	Immunology	Rank 66
40	1,833	SA Strasser, Andreas	University of Melbourne	Immunology	Rank 73
41	1,834	HO Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove	University of Queensland	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 4
42	1,859	GP Gale, Philip A.	The University of Sydney	Organic Chemistry	Rank 56
43	1,905	LA Lopez, Alan D.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 33
44	1,910	SM Smyth, Mark J.	QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	Immunology	Rank 77
45	1,923	HE Holmes, Edward C.	The University of Sydney	Virology	Rank 10
46	1,929	FG Farquhar, Graham	Australian National University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 9
47	1,930	HA Hoffmann, Ary A.	Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 30
48	1,940	HP Holt, Patrick G.	Telethon Kids Institute	Allergy	Rank 7
49	2,000	Buyya, Rajkumar	School of Computing and Information Systems	Distributed Computing	Rank 2
50	2,001	PR Parton, Robert G.	University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 153
51	2,029	BR Bryant, Richard	University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia	Psychiatry	Rank 71
52	2,076	LM Law, Matthew	Kirby Institute	Virology	Rank 12
53	2,090	HW Hall, Wayne D.	University of Queensland	Substance Abuse	Rank 8
54	2,172	BA Bauman, Adrian	The University of Sydney	Public Health	Rank 12
55	2,211	MR Munns, Rana	University of Western Australia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 10
56	2,280	SP Shi, Peng	The University of Adelaide	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 7
57	2,342	CD Celermajer, David	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 130
58	2,436	VP Visscher, Peter M.	University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 176
59	2,454	TH Taylor, Hugh R.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 10
60	2,460	HR Hobbs, Richard J.	University of Western Australia	Ecology	Rank 47
61	2,472	SP Sachdev, Perminder S.	University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 240
62	2,484	HT Hughes, Terry P.	James Cook University, Australia	Ecology	Rank 48
63	2,501	SE Simpson, Evan R.	Hudson Institute of Medical Research	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 93
64	2,561	CM Coltheart, Max	Macquarie University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 37
65	2,563	MC Mackay, Charles R.	Monash University	Immunology	Rank 97
66	2,654	FR Frankham, Richard	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 52
67	2,691	BJ Bezdek, James C.	School of Computing and Information Systems	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 58
68	2,749	LK Lambeck, Kurt	Australian National University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 24
69	2,875	AJ Adams, Jerry M.	University of Melbourne	Developmental Biology	Rank 195
70	2,886	HD Hensher, David A.	The University of Sydney	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 2
71	2,929	BP Barter, Philip J.	University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 153
72	2,952	CJ Chalmers, John	University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 154
73	2,989	CM Cooper, Mark E.	Monash University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 106
74	3,004	AG Andrews, Gavin	University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia	Psychiatry	Rank 99
75	3,020	HP Hodges, Paul W.	University of Queensland	Orthopedics	Rank 10
76	3,055	KH Krum, Henry	Monash University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 163
77	3,085	PC Proud, Christopher G.	South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 137
78	3,089	MJ Monaghan, J. J.	Monash University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 31
79	3,092	UA Underwood, A. J.	The University of Sydney	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 7
80	3,097	FR Frost, Ray L.	Queensland University of Technology QUT	Chemical Physics	Rank 98
81	3,131	OM O'Rourke, Michael F.	St Vincent's Clinic	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 168
82	3,140	WM White, M. J.	The University of Adelaide	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 38
83	3,167	KM Kamm, Michael A.	St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 55
84	3,212	LD Lindenmayer, David B.	Australian National University, Fenner School of Environment and Society	Ecology	Rank 62
85	3,303	JS Jiang, San Ping	Curtin University	Energy	Rank 25
86	3,321	MP Mitchell, Paul	The University of Sydney	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 16
87	3,335	SR Stocker, Roland	Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 147
88	3,339	SL Simmons, Leigh W.	University of Western Australia	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 41
89	3,390	HA Huete, Alfredo R.	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 4
90	3,488	RR Rapee, Ronald M.	Macquarie University	Clinical Psychology	Rank 16
91	3,502	FJ Funder, John W.	Hudson Institute of Medical Research	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 121
92	3,519	HP Hall, Peter	University of Melbourne	Statistics & Probability	Rank 19
93	3,571	RM Raupach, Michael	Australian National University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 28
94	3,655	FB Fry, Brian	Griffith University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 10
95	3,768	GP Gibson, Peter G.	John Hunter Hospital	Respiratory System	Rank 27
96	3,785	SJ Sprent, Jonathan	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Immunology	Rank 151
97	3,821	HQ Han, Qing Long	Swinburne University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 23
98	3,853	TM Tiggemann, Marika	Flinders University	Social Psychology	Rank 50
99	3,951	LJ List, John A.	Australian National University	Economics	Rank 29
100	4,033	MD MacFarlane, Douglas R.	Monash University	Energy	Rank 30
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Australia are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

6,100 scientists affiliated with Australia are on the 2020 single-year list, and 5,441 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 career-long list, The University of Sydney has the most listed scientists from Australia, with 417. It is followed by University of Queensland with 389.

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.