Australia's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Australia has 7,002 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 5.7% from 6,623 in 2022. That places Australia 7th in the world by number of listed scientists. The University of Queensland has the most listed scientists (498), followed by The University of Sydney (351).

Single Year

7,600

+251 (+3.4%) vs 2022

Career Data

7,002

+379 (+5.7%) vs 2022

World rank by count

No change vs 2022

Institutes

665

+24 (+3.7%) vs 2022

Scientists in Australia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 29% 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%

Top 10 institutes in Australia

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1The University of Queensland498
2The University of Sydney351
3UNSW Sydney344
4University of Melbourne327
5Monash University296
6The Australian National University256
7The University of Western Australia228
8The University of Adelaide193
9University of Technology Sydney142
10Queensland University of Technology141

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Rank in Australia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	102	Ryan, Richard M.	Australian Catholic University	Social Psychology	Rank 3
2	114	BR Baumeister, Roy F.	The University of Queensland	Social Psychology	Rank 4
3	146	MH Marsh, Herbert W.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 1
4	147	BG Burnstock, Geoffrey	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 19
5	171	GM Green, Martin A.	UNSW Sydney	Applied Physics	Rank 10
6	284	TN Talley, Nick	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 4
7	309	KJ Kanis, John A.	Australian Catholic University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 14
8	395	CF Caruso, Frank	University of Melbourne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 14
9	407	Jorm, Anthony F.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Psychiatry	Rank 12
10	497	ZP Zimmet, Paul Z.	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 24
11	546	SR Shine, Richard	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 7
12	635	SG Smyth, Gordon K.	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Developmental Biology	Rank 42
13	639	WS Wang, Shaobin	The University of Adelaide	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1
14	640	BR Bellomo, Rinaldo	Austin Hospital	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 4
15	656	KY Kivshar, Yuri	The Australian National University	Optics	Rank 2
16	751	LW Laurance, William F.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 17
17	805	AR Aitken, R. John	School of Environmental and Life Sciences	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 3
18	827	MJ Mattick, John S.	UNSW Sydney	Developmental Biology	Rank 54
19	868	HG Hankey, Graeme J.	UWA Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 87
20	922	HD Hutmacher, Dietmar W.	Queensland University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 2
21	972	SJ Sweller, John	UNSW Sydney	Education	Rank 4
22	1,072	HJ Hodges, John R.	The University of Sydney	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 111
23	1,076	PD Paterson, David L.	UQ Centre for Clinical Research	Microbiology	Rank 16
24	1,267	BN Bogduk, Nikolai	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Anesthesiology	Rank 3
25	1,299	WM Westoby, Mark	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 25
26	1,304	HE Holmes, Edward C.	The University of Sydney	Virology	Rank 3
27	1,324	NJ Nicholson, Jeremy K.	Murdoch University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 3
28	1,342	MP McGorry, Patrick D.	ORYGEN Youth Health	Psychiatry	Rank 43
29	1,397	FM Fenech, Michael	University of South Australia	Toxicology	Rank 6
30	1,443	Buyya, Rajkumar	School of Computing and Information Systems	Distributed Computing	Rank 2
31	1,452	MT Marwick, Thomas H.	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 84
32	1,461	SE Seeman, Ego	University of Melbourne	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 43
33	1,477	BR Bryant, Richard	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 48
34	1,521	MP Mulvaney, Paul	School of Chemistry	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 41
35	1,535	HO Hoegh-Guldberg, O.	The University of Queensland	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 4
36	1,584	GS Gandevia, Simon	Neuroscience Research Australia	Physiology	Rank 2
37	1,593	BA Bush, Ashley I.	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 164
38	1,628	MC Moritz, Craig	ANU Research School of Biology	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 24
39	1,644	HA Hoffmann, Ary A.	School of Biosciences	Entomology	Rank 1
40	1,664	SP Sachdev, Perminder S.	Prince of Wales Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 174
41	1,677	SM Smyth, Mark J.	QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	Immunology	Rank 65
42	1,802	BA Bauman, Adrian	The University of Sydney School of Public Health	Public Health	Rank 13
43	1,803	MR Munns, Rana	The University of Western Australia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 10
44	1,844	HW Hall, Wayne	The University of Queensland	Substance Abuse	Rank 6
45	1,846	VP Visscher, Peter M.	The University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 113
46	1,859	PG Parker, Gordon	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 63
47	1,963	FG Farquhar, Graham D.	ANU Research School of Biology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 12
48	1,976	SP Shi, Peng	The University of Adelaide	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 6
49	2,084	HD Hensher, David A.	The University of Sydney Business School	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 1
50	2,088	HT Hughes, Terry P.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 40
51	2,094	PR Parton, Robert G.	The University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 133
52	2,152	SA Strasser, Andreas	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Immunology	Rank 80
53	2,196	GP Gale, Philip A.	The University of Sydney	Organic Chemistry	Rank 62
54	2,214	HA Huete, Alfredo	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 4
55	2,218	MA McMichael, Anthony	ANU Medical School	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 40
56	2,405	HR Hobbs, Richard J.	The University of Western Australia	Ecology	Rank 46
57	2,412	TH Taylor, Hugh	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 12
58	2,432	CD Celermajer, David S.	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 124
59	2,467	LD Lindenmayer, David B.	The Fenner School of Environment & Society	Ecology	Rank 47
60	2,513	HQ Han, Qing Long	Swinburne University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 10
61	2,519	HP Holt, Patrick G.	Telethon Kids Institute	Allergy	Rank 10
62	2,529	CM Coltheart, Max	Macquarie University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 43
63	2,541	MJ McGrath, John J.	The University of Queensland	Psychiatry	Rank 83
64	2,571	FR Frost, Ray L.	Queensland University of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 77
65	2,591	HP Hodges, Paul	The University of Queensland	Orthopedics	Rank 8
66	2,601	PE Perucca, Emilio	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 245
67	2,655	JS Jiang, San Ping	WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering	Energy	Rank 27
68	2,661	DM Davies, Michael	Adelaide Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 129
69	2,733	Santamouris, Mattheos	UNSW Sydney	Energy	Rank 29
70	2,749	RN Rose, Nikolas	The Australian National University	Sociology	Rank 4
71	2,773	EM Esler, Murray D.	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 136
72	2,778	WM Woodward, Mark	UNSW Sydney	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 137
73	2,818	FR Frankham, Richard	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 56
74	2,877	SM Santosh, M.	The University of Adelaide	Geology	Rank 1
75	2,907	CJ Chalmers, John	UNSW Sydney	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 144
76	2,939	LK Lambeck, Kurt	The Australian National University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 25
77	2,958	NP Narayan, Paresh Kumar	Monash Business School	Economics	Rank 24
78	3,006	TM Tiggemann, Marika	Flinders University	Social Psychology	Rank 51
79	3,016	MP Mitchell, Paul	The University of Sydney	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 14
80	3,022	Pradhan, Biswajeet	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 5
81	3,024	MC Mackay, Charles R.	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	Immunology	Rank 118
82	3,025	SE Simpson, Evan	Hudson Institute of Medical Research	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 108
83	3,054	GP Gibson, Peter G.	John Hunter Hospital	Respiratory System	Rank 19
84	3,078	HW Hopkins, Will G.	Victoria University Melbourne, Institute for Health and Sport	Sport Sciences	Rank 4
85	3,098	CM Cooper, Mark E.	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 112
86	3,118	CR Connell, R. W.	The University of Sydney	Sociology	Rank 6
87	3,127	MD MacFarlane, Douglas R.	Monash University	Energy	Rank 34
88	3,132	AG Andrews, Gavin	St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 92
89	3,159	WM White, M. J.	The University of Adelaide	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 41
90	3,180	RR Rapee, Ronald M.	Macquarie University	Clinical Psychology	Rank 19
91	3,182	BP Barter, Philip	UNSW Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 161
92	3,224	MJ Monaghan, Joe J.	Monash University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 12
93	3,240	LD Lupton, Deborah	UNSW Sydney	Public Health	Rank 29
94	3,278	BM Berk, M.	Deakin University	Psychiatry	Rank 99
95	3,314	KM Kamm, Michael A.	St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 59
96	3,363	BR Buchbinder, Rachelle	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 67
97	3,433	HH Hartung, Hans Peter	The University of Sydney	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 312
98	3,436	KH Krum, Henry	Monash University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 172
99	3,444	PC Proud, Christopher G.	South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 174
100	3,474	OM O'Rourke, M. F.	St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 174
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Australia are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

7,600 scientists affiliated with Australia are on the 2023 single-year list, and 7,002 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 career-long list, The University of Queensland has the most listed scientists from Australia, with 498. It is followed by The University of Sydney with 351.

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 7,002 in 2023, a change of +28.7%.

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.