Australia's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List

Australia has 7,447 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 6.4% from 7,002 in 2023. That places Australia 7th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Melbourne has the most listed scientists (550), followed by The University of Sydney (522).

Single Year

8,032

+432 (+5.7%) vs 2023

Career Data

7,447

+445 (+6.4%) vs 2023

World rank by count

No change vs 2023

Institutes

526

-139 (-20.9%) vs 2023

Scientists in Australia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 37% 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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1University of Melbourne550
2The University of Sydney522
3The University of Queensland519
4Monash University413
5The Australian National University387
6UNSW Sydney386
7Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation307
8The University of Adelaide282
9The University of Western Australia263
10Queensland University of Technology163

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Rank in Australia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	138	MH Marsh, Herbert W.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 1
2	158	GM Green, Martin A.	UNSW Sydney	Applied Physics	Rank 10
3	289	MS Mirjalili, Seyedali	Torrens University Australia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9
4	291	TN Talley, Nicholas J.	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 4
5	316	KJ Kanis, John A.	Australian Catholic University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 13
6	327	SJ Sallis, James F.	Australian Catholic University	Public Health	Rank 1
7	398	Jorm, Anthony F.	University of Melbourne	Psychiatry	Rank 12
8	421	CF Caruso, Frank	University of Melbourne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 14
9	499	WS Wang, Shaobin	The University of Adelaide	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1
10	518	DL Dai, Liming	UNSW Sydney	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 20
11	523	ZP Zimmet, Paul	Monash University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 24
12	572	SR Shine, R.	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 8
13	586	SG Smyth, Gordon K.	University of Melbourne	Developmental Biology	Rank 36
14	628	BR Bellomo, Rinaldo	Monash University	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 3
15	639	KY Kivshar, Yuri	The Australian National University	Optics	Rank 3
16	696	AR Aitken, Robert John	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 3
17	713	LW Laurance, W. F.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 15
18	794	HG Hankey, Graeme J.	The University of Western Australia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 80
19	847	SJ Sweller, John	UNSW Sydney	Education	Rank 4
20	854	MJ Mattick, John S.	UNSW Sydney	Developmental Biology	Rank 52
21	883	HD Hutmacher, Dietmar W.	Queensland University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 2
22	1,066	CA Coats, Andrew J.S.	Heart Research Institute Australia	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 61
23	1,077	PD Paterson, David L.	The University of Queensland	Microbiology	Rank 16
24	1,152	HJ Hodges, John R.	The University of Sydney	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 116
25	1,221	HE Holmes, Edward C.	The University of Sydney	Virology	Rank 3
26	1,240	VI van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.	Monash University	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 16
27	1,276	MP McGorry, Patrick D.	ORYGEN Youth Health	Psychiatry	Rank 43
28	1,293	WM Westoby, Mark	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 25
29	1,296	BN Bogduk, Nikolai	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Anesthesiology	Rank 3
30	1,305	FM Fenech, Michael	University of South Australia	Toxicology	Rank 4
31	1,363	BR Bryant, Richard	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 47
32	1,373	MT Marwick, Thomas H.	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 79
33	1,386	Buyya, Rajkumar	University of Melbourne	Distributed Computing	Rank 1
34	1,443	HO Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove	The University of Queensland	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 4
35	1,559	SE Seeman, Ego	Austin Health	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 43
36	1,574	SP Sachdev, Perminder S.	UNSW Sydney	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 155
37	1,576	BA Bush, Ashley I.	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 156
38	1,606	MP Mulvaney, P.	University of Melbourne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 43
39	1,607	HA Hoffmann, Ary A.	University of Melbourne	Entomology	Rank 1
40	1,632	GS Gandevia, Simon C.	Neuroscience Research Australia	Physiology	Rank 2
41	1,659	LA Lopez, Alan D.	LM Consulting	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 32
42	1,660	VP Visscher, Peter M.	The University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 104
43	1,675	SM Smyth, Mark J.	QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	Immunology	Rank 63
44	1,707	MC Moritz, Craig	The Australian National University	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 27
45	1,736	MR Munns, Rana	The University of Western Australia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 10
46	1,764	BA Bauman, Adrian	The University of Sydney	Public Health	Rank 14
47	1,820	HW Hall, Wayne	The University of Queensland	Substance Abuse	Rank 5
48	1,869	HD Hensher, David A.	The University of Sydney Business School	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 1
49	1,882	SP Shi, Peng	The University of Adelaide	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 6
50	1,892	PG Parker, Gordon	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 66
51	1,945	HA Huete, Alfredo	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 4
52	2,042	FG Farquhar, Graham D.	The Australian National University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 12
53	2,058	HT Hughes, Terry P.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 42
54	2,090	Santamouris, Mattheos	UNSW Sydney	Energy	Rank 23
55	2,150	PR Parton, Rob	The University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 131
56	2,227	LD Lindenmayer, David	The Australian National University	Ecology	Rank 46
57	2,228	HQ Han, Qing Long	Swinburne University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 8
58	2,238	SA Strasser, Andreas	University of Melbourne	Immunology	Rank 83
59	2,282	MA McMichael, Anthony	The Australian National University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 43
60	2,286	GP Gale, Philip A.	University of Technology Sydney	Organic Chemistry	Rank 63
61	2,306	Pradhan, Biswajeet	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 5
62	2,363	AM Awual, Md Rabiul	WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering	Chemical Engineering	Rank 9
63	2,376	FR Frost, Ray L.	Queensland University of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 70
64	2,401	MD Metcalf, Don	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Immunology	Rank 91
65	2,414	TH Taylor, Hugh R.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 12
66	2,464	HP Hodges, Paul W.	The University of Queensland	Orthopedics	Rank 8
67	2,469	HR Hobbs, Richard J.	The University of Western Australia	Ecology	Rank 50
68	2,485	JS Jiang, San Ping	WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering	Energy	Rank 26
69	2,510	PE Perucca, Emilio	Austin Health	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 236
70	2,512	LD Lupton, Deborah	UNSW Sydney	Public Health	Rank 23
71	2,530	SM Santosh, M.	The University of Adelaide	Geology	Rank 1
72	2,563	CD Celermajer, David S.	The University of Sydney	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 129
73	2,591	NP Narayan, Paresh Kumar	Monash University	Economics	Rank 21
74	2,600	CM Coltheart, Max	Macquarie University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 44
75	2,708	TM Tiggemann, Marika	Flinders University	Social Psychology	Rank 46
76	2,725	CR Connell, Raewyn	The University of Sydney	Sociology	Rank 4
77	2,734	RN Rose, Nikolas	The Australian National University	Sociology	Rank 5
78	2,756	HP Holt, Patrick G.	Telethon Kids Institute	Immunology	Rank 107
79	2,816	EM Esler, Murray D.	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 139
80	2,871	BJ Bezdek, James C.	University of Melbourne	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 75
81	2,872	FR Frankham, Richard	Macquarie University	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 37
82	2,905	HW Hopkins, William G.	Victoria University	Sport Sciences	Rank 4
83	2,925	MP Mitchell, Paul	The Westmead Institute for Medical Research	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 14
84	2,933	CJ Chalmers, John	UNSW Sydney	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 146
85	2,952	MD Macfarlane, Douglas R.	Monash University	Energy	Rank 36
86	2,962	GP Gibson, Peter G.	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Respiratory System	Rank 21
87	2,988	BM Berk, Michael	Deakin University	Psychiatry	Rank 93
88	3,065	LK Lambeck, Kurt	The Australian National University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 27
89	3,112	BR Buchbinder, Rachelle	Monash University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 67
90	3,143	RR Rapee, Ronald M.	Macquarie University	Clinical Psychology	Rank 19
91	3,158	BP Barter, Philip	UNSW Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 157
92	3,163	CM Cooper, Mark E.	Monash University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 109
93	3,171	WM White, M. J.	The University of Adelaide	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 38
94	3,177	LM Lenzen, Manfred	The University of Sydney	Environmental Sciences	Rank 12
95	3,222	SE Simpson, Evan	Hudson Institute of Medical Research	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 110
96	3,254	MJ Monaghan, Joe J.	Monash University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 13
97	3,282	ML Morawska, Lidia	Queensland University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 15
98	3,316	ER Ellis, Rod	Curtin University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 2
99	3,357	WG Williamson, Gary	Monash University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 156
100	3,514	KM Kamm, Michael A.	University of Melbourne	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 61
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Australia are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

8,032 scientists affiliated with Australia are on the 2024 single-year list, and 7,447 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 career-long list, University of Melbourne has the most listed scientists from Australia, with 550. It is followed by The University of Sydney with 522.

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 7,447 in 2024, a change of +36.9%.

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.