Australia's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Australia has 7,349 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 3.0% from 7,138 in 2021. That places Australia 6th in the world by number of listed scientists. The University of Queensland has the most listed scientists (516), followed by UNSW Sydney (374).

Single Year

7,349

+211 (+3.0%) vs 2021

Career Data

6,623

+254 (+4.0%) vs 2021

World rank by count

No change vs 2021

Institutes

525

+21 (+4.2%) vs 2021

Scientists in Australia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 20% 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

Single-year list2022

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1The University of Queensland516
2UNSW Sydney374
3University of Melbourne365
4The University of Sydney345
5Monash University329
6The University of Western Australia242
7The Australian National University234
8The University of Adelaide199
9University of Technology Sydney188
10Queensland University of Technology167

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Rank in Australia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	24	Ryan, Richard M.	Australian Catholic University	Social Psychology	Rank 3
2	60	BR Baumeister, Roy F.	The University of Queensland	Social Psychology	Rank 5
3	87	GM Green, Martin A.	UNSW Sydney	Applied Physics	Rank 5
4	121	MH Marsh, Herbert W.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 1
5	131	AM Awual, Md Rabiul	WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1
6	180	WS Wang, Shaobin	The University of Adelaide	Chemical Engineering	Rank 3
7	187	SG Smyth, Gordon K.	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Developmental Biology	Rank 9
8	294	DL Dai, Liming	UNSW Sydney	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 13
9	297	ML Morawska, Lidia	Queensland University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 3
10	338	BG Burnstock, Geoffrey	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 27
11	362	SJ Sweller, John	UNSW Sydney	Education	Rank 3
12	376	Pradhan, Biswajeet	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1
13	388	KJ Kanis, John A.	Australian Catholic University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 7
14	453	Jorm, Anthony F.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Psychiatry	Rank 11
15	538	HG Hankey, Graeme J.	UWA Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 45
16	558	Santamouris, Mattheos	UNSW Sydney	Energy	Rank 12
17	599	MR Munns, R.	The University of Western Australia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 6
18	629	HA Huete, Alfredo	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 2
19	650	LW Laurance, William	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 15
20	704	LD Lupton, Deborah	UNSW Sydney	Public Health	Rank 6
21	710	BR Bellomo, Rinaldo	University of Melbourne	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 3
22	721	NP Narayan, Paresh Kumar	Monash Business School	Economics	Rank 16
23	741	KY Kivshar, Yuri S.	The Australian National University	Optics	Rank 4
24	770	VP Visscher, Peter M.	The University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 34
25	780	NS Nakagawa, Shinichi	UNSW Sydney	Ecology	Rank 21
26	816	HD Hutmacher, D. W.	Queensland University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 2
27	914	MJ Mattick, John S.	UNSW Sydney	Developmental Biology	Rank 43
28	956	GA Gandomi, Amir	University of Technology Sydney	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 49
29	959	HE Holmes, Edward C.	The University of Sydney	Virology	Rank 5
30	1,004	WM Westoby, Mark	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 29
31	1,012	AR Aitken, Robert John	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 2
32	1,033	HD Hensher, David A.	The University of Sydney Business School	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 2
33	1,050	Buyya, Rajkumar	School of Computing and Information Systems	Distributed Computing	Rank 1
34	1,097	HT Hughes, Terry	ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies	Ecology	Rank 33
35	1,099	CR Connell, Raewyn	The University of Sydney	Sociology	Rank 1
36	1,120	FR Frankham, Richard	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 34
37	1,148	MJ Monaghan, Joe J.	Monash University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 6
38	1,158	ZP Zimmet, Paul	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 20
39	1,225	HO Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove	The University of Queensland	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 4
40	1,229	BR Bryant, Richard A.	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 27
41	1,265	LD Lindenmayer, David B.	The Fenner School of Environment & Society	Ecology	Rank 37
42	1,271	PD Paterson, David L.	UQ Centre for Clinical Research	Microbiology	Rank 23
43	1,296	RJ Reeve, Johnmarshall	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 9
44	1,305	SM Santosh, M.	The University of Adelaide	Geology	Rank 1
45	1,323	HN Haslam, Nick	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences	Social Psychology	Rank 54
46	1,331	MP McGorry, Patrick	Centre for Youth Mental Health	Psychiatry	Rank 32
47	1,333	SR Shine, Richard	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 38
48	1,338	HA Hoffmann, Ary Anthony	School of Biosciences	Entomology	Rank 1
49	1,379	LM Lenzen, Manfred	The University of Sydney	Environmental Sciences	Rank 12
50	1,411	SS Shabala, Sergey	University of Tasmania	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 11
51	1,452	BR Buchbinder, Rachelle	Cabrini Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 32
52	1,459	CR Chazdon, Robin L.	University of the Sunshine Coast	Ecology	Rank 44
53	1,479	TV Tam, Vivian WY	Western Sydney University	Building & Construction	Rank 9
54	1,500	WM Woodward, Mark	UNSW Sydney	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 42
55	1,546	CP Cawood, Peter A.	Monash University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 11
56	1,616	DS Dolnicar, S.	The University of Queensland Business School	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 5
57	1,679	FM Fenech, Michael	University of South Australia	Toxicology	Rank 5
58	1,683	HW Hopkins, William G.	Victoria University Melbourne, Institute for Health and Sport	Sport Sciences	Rank 2
59	1,687	SP Sachdev, Perminder S.	Prince of Wales Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 108
60	1,694	HJ Hattie, John	Melbourne Graduate School of Education	Education	Rank 11
61	1,696	ST Seemann, Torsten	University of Melbourne	Microbiology	Rank 29
62	1,711	HR Hyndman, Rob J.	Monash University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 23
63	1,712	BA Bush, Ashley I.	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 111
64	1,741	BA Bauman, Adrian E.	The University of Sydney School of Public Health	Public Health	Rank 15
65	1,771	JS Jiang, San Ping	WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering	Energy	Rank 36
66	1,783	BN Bolan, Nanthi	The University of Western Australia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 19
67	1,794	NJ Nie, Jian Feng	Monash University	Materials	Rank 34
68	1,821	TM Tiggemann, Marika	Flinders University	Social Psychology	Rank 64
69	1,865	BM Berk, M.	Deakin University	Psychiatry	Rank 44
70	1,879	GT Gabbett, Tim	Gabbett Performance Solutions	Sport Sciences	Rank 5
71	1,880	HQ Han, Qing Long	Swinburne University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 11
72	1,960	NJ Nicholson, Jeremy K.	Murdoch University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 8
73	1,966	MT Marwick, Thomas H.	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 58
74	1,999	HW Hall, Wayne D.	The University of Queensland	Substance Abuse	Rank 7
75	2,007	HP Hodges, Paul W.	The University of Queensland	Orthopedics	Rank 5
76	2,097	TN Talley, Nicholas J.	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 30
77	2,144	MJ McGrath, John J.	The University of Queensland	Psychiatry	Rank 53
78	2,163	HD Hunter, David J.	The University of Sydney	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 14
79	2,166	MG Moseley, G. Lorimer	University of South Australia	Anesthesiology	Rank 3
80	2,172	PF Paas, Fred	University of Wollongong	Education	Rank 15
81	2,205	MC Moritz, Craig C.	ANU Research School of Biology	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 25
82	2,281	PS Parker, Sharon K.	The Faculty of Business and Law	Business & Management	Rank 49
83	2,283	GS Gallagher, Shaun	University of Wollongong	Experimental Psychology	Rank 42
84	2,294	FG Farquhar, Graham D.	ANU Research School of Biology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 19
85	2,302	GM Goddard, Michael E.	Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 2
86	2,365	ZJ Zhao, Jian	Monash University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 13
87	2,398	BM Barnett, Matthew	Deakin University	Materials	Rank 41
88	2,399	RQ Ross, Quinlan J.	RuleQuest Research Pty Ltd	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 96
89	2,426	AM Ashokkumar, Muthupandian	School of Chemistry	Organic Chemistry	Rank 39
90	2,442	MP Marschner, Petra	The University of Adelaide	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 13
91	2,455	QS Qiao, Shi Zhang	The University of Adelaide	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 81
92	2,462	RB Ritchie, Brent W.	The University of Queensland Business School	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 7
93	2,486	HR Hobbs, Richard J.	The University of Western Australia	Ecology	Rank 83
94	2,498	CB Chappell, Bruce W.	University of Wollongong	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 33
95	2,503	SS Sloan, Scott W.	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 14
96	2,510	FR Frost, Ray L.	Queensland University of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 50
97	2,565	TS Taylor, Stuart Ross	The Australian National University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 34
98	2,568	SB Singh, Brajesh K.	Western Sydney University	Microbiology	Rank 54
99	2,581	EJ Elith, Jane	University of Melbourne	Ecology	Rank 88
100	2,598	GM Ghayesh, Mergen H.	The University of Adelaide	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 28
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Australia are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

7,349 scientists affiliated with Australia are on the 2022 single-year list, and 6,623 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, The University of Queensland has the most listed scientists from Australia, with 516. It is followed by UNSW Sydney with 374.

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 7,349 in 2022, a change of +20.5%.

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.