Australia's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Australia has 6,623 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 4.0% from 6,369 in 2021. That places Australia 7th in the world by number of listed scientists. The University of Queensland has the most listed scientists (478), followed by University of Melbourne (358).

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

641

+54 (+9.2%) vs 2021

Scientists in Australia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 22% since 2020.

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%

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Rank in Australia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	113	Ryan, Richard M.	Australian Catholic University	Social Psychology	Rank 3
2	116	BR Baumeister, Roy F.	The University of Queensland	Social Psychology	Rank 4
3	143	BG Burnstock, Geoffrey	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 18
4	159	MH Marsh, Herbert W.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 1
5	196	GM Green, Martin	UNSW Sydney	Applied Physics	Rank 11
6	277	TN Talley, Nicholas J.	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 4
7	330	KJ Kanis, John A.	Australian Catholic University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 15
8	370	CF Caruso, Frank	University of Melbourne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 13
9	418	Jorm, Anthony F.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Psychiatry	Rank 13
10	515	ZP Zimmet, Paul	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 24
11	531	SR Shine, Richard	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 7
12	552	KY Kivshar, Yuri S.	The Australian National University	Optics	Rank 2
13	680	DL Dai, Liming	UNSW Sydney	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 21
14	682	SG Smyth, Gordon K.	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Developmental Biology	Rank 44
15	705	BR Bellomo, Rinaldo	University of Melbourne	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 3
16	766	LW Laurance, William	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 17
17	802	MJ Mattick, John S.	UNSW Sydney	Developmental Biology	Rank 56
18	868	WS Wang, Shaobin	The University of Adelaide	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2
19	958	HG Hankey, Graeme J.	UWA Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 97
20	968	HD Hutmacher, D. W.	Queensland University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 3
21	1,020	HJ Hodges, John R.	The University of Sydney	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 107
22	1,074	PD Paterson, David L.	UQ Centre for Clinical Research	Microbiology	Rank 15
23	1,138	AR Aitken, Robert John	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 5
24	1,256	SJ Sweller, John	UNSW Sydney	Education	Rank 4
25	1,263	WM Westoby, Mark	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 24
26	1,268	BN Bogduk, Nikolai	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Anesthesiology	Rank 2
27	1,273	FM Fenech, Michael	University of South Australia	Toxicology	Rank 3
28	1,311	NJ Nicholson, Jeremy K.	Murdoch University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 3
29	1,373	MP McGorry, Patrick	Centre for Youth Mental Health	Psychiatry	Rank 43
30	1,401	SE Seeman, Ego	University of Melbourne	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 43
31	1,405	MP Mulvaney, Paul	School of Chemistry	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 37
32	1,437	HE Holmes, Edward C.	The University of Sydney	Virology	Rank 5
33	1,504	MT Marwick, Thomas H.	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 86
34	1,560	Buyya, Rajkumar	School of Computing and Information Systems	Distributed Computing	Rank 2
35	1,577	HO Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove	The University of Queensland	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 4
36	1,593	MC Moritz, Craig C.	ANU Research School of Biology	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 25
37	1,596	BA Bush, Ashley I.	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 163
38	1,614	GS Gandevia, Simon C.	Neuroscience Research Australia	Physiology	Rank 2
39	1,701	BR Bryant, Richard A.	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 58
40	1,724	HA Hoffmann, Ary Anthony	School of Biosciences	Entomology	Rank 1
41	1,884	HW Hall, Wayne D.	The University of Queensland	Substance Abuse	Rank 6
42	1,896	PG Parker, Gordon	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 63
43	1,916	SP Sachdev, Perminder S.	Prince of Wales Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 198
44	1,920	BA Bauman, Adrian E.	The University of Sydney School of Public Health	Public Health	Rank 13
45	1,925	FG Farquhar, Graham D.	ANU Research School of Biology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 9
46	1,930	MR Munns, R.	The University of Western Australia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 10
47	2,005	VP Visscher, Peter M.	The University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 129
48	2,020	SA Strasser, Andreas	University of Melbourne	Immunology	Rank 81
49	2,050	SP Shi, Peng	The University of Adelaide	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 6
50	2,070	PR Parton, Robert G.	The University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 137
51	2,074	GP Gale, Philip A.	Faculty of Science	Organic Chemistry	Rank 61
52	2,140	TN Thrift, Nigel J.	The Australian National University	Geography	Rank 2
53	2,182	HT Hughes, Terry	ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies	Ecology	Rank 39
54	2,212	MA McMichael, Anthony	ANU Medical School	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 43
55	2,274	HP Holt, Patrick G.	Telethon Kids Institute	Immunology	Rank 89
56	2,288	HD Hensher, David A.	The University of Sydney Business School	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 1
57	2,336	HR Hobbs, Richard J.	The University of Western Australia	Ecology	Rank 46
58	2,417	CM Coltheart, Max	Macquarie University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 39
59	2,467	CD Celermajer, David S.	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 125
60	2,546	PE Perucca, Emilio	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 243
61	2,565	EM Esler, Murray	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 130
62	2,590	HA Huete, Alfredo	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 4
63	2,631	MJ McGrath, John J.	The University of Queensland	Psychiatry	Rank 83
64	2,685	HP Hodges, Paul W.	The University of Queensland	Orthopedics	Rank 8
65	2,687	LD Lindenmayer, David B.	The Fenner School of Environment & Society	Ecology	Rank 51
66	2,741	FR Frost, Ray L.	Queensland University of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 89
67	2,785	SE Simpson, Evan	Hudson Institute of Medical Research	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 98
68	2,796	FR Frankham, Richard	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 54
69	2,797	MC Mackay, Charles R.	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	Immunology	Rank 114
70	2,817	CJ Chalmers, John	UNSW Sydney	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 139
71	2,843	LK Lambeck, Kurt	The Australian National University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 25
72	2,852	TH Taylor, Hugh R.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 13
73	2,854	JS Jiang, San Ping	WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering	Energy	Rank 27
74	2,934	HQ Han, Qing Long	Swinburne University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 14
75	3,024	WM White, M. J.	The University of Adelaide	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 39
76	3,037	CM Cooper, Mark E.	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 109
77	3,054	GP Gibson, P. G.	John Hunter Hospital	Respiratory System	Rank 23
78	3,104	MP Mitchell, Paul	The University of Sydney	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 15
79	3,153	BP Barter, Philip J.	Faculty of Medicine and Health	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 155
80	3,175	AG Andrews, Gavin	St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 96
81	3,215	MJ Monaghan, Joe J.	Monash University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 11
82	3,250	KM Kamm, Michael A.	St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 58
83	3,274	KH Krum, Henry	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 168
84	3,319	RR Rapee, Ronald M.	Macquarie University	Clinical Psychology	Rank 19
85	3,333	PC Proud, Christopher G.	South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 178
86	3,345	Santamouris, Mattheos	UNSW Sydney	Energy	Rank 34
87	3,353	SM Santosh, M.	The University of Adelaide	Geology	Rank 1
88	3,355	WM Woodward, Mark	UNSW Sydney	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 172
89	3,362	TM Tiggemann, Marika	Flinders University	Social Psychology	Rank 53
90	3,376	AJ Adams, Jerry M.	University of Melbourne	Developmental Biology	Rank 189
91	3,382	OM O'Rourke, M. F.	UNSW Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 174
92	3,386	UA Underwood, A. J.	The University of Sydney	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 8
93	3,393	SL Simmons, Leigh W.	The University of Western Australia	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 44
94	3,414	MD MacFarlane, Douglas R.	Monash University	Energy	Rank 35
95	3,455	HW Hopkins, William G.	Victoria University Melbourne, Institute for Health and Sport	Sport Sciences	Rank 5
96	3,616	SR Stocker, Roland	Heart Research Institute Australia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 190
97	3,621	CR Connell, Raewyn	The University of Sydney	Sociology	Rank 6
98	3,707	HP Hall, Peter Gavin	University of Melbourne	Statistics & Probability	Rank 23
99	3,724	RM Raupach, Michael	The Australian National University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 35
100	3,771	FJ Funder, John W.	Hudson Institute of Medical Research	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 124
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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 career-long list, The University of Queensland has the most listed scientists from Australia, with 478. It is followed by University of Melbourne with 358.

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

On the career-long list, Australia went from 5,441 scientists in 2020 to 6,623 in 2022, a change of +21.7%.

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.