Australia's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Australia has 8,025 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 7.8% from 7,447 in 2024. That places Australia 7th in the world by number of listed scientists. The University of Queensland has the most listed scientists (533), followed by Monash University (524).

Single Year

8,555

+523 (+6.5%) vs 2024

Career Data

8,025

+578 (+7.8%) vs 2024

World rank by count

No change vs 2024

Institutes

780

+254 (+48.3%) vs 2024

Scientists in Australia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 47% 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 Queensland533
2Monash University524
3University of Melbourne463
4The University of Sydney422
5UNSW Sydney416
6Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation318
7The Australian National University273
8The University of Western Australia253
9The University of Adelaide195
10University of Technology Sydney176

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Rank in Australia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	73	Ryan, Richard M.	Australian Catholic University	Social Psychology	Rank 3
2	103	BR Baumeister, Roy F.	The University of Queensland	Social Psychology	Rank 5
3	142	MH Marsh, Herbert W.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 1
4	149	MS Mirjalili, Seyedali	Torrens University Australia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7
5	152	GM Green, Martin A.	UNSW Sydney	Applied Physics	Rank 9
6	306	TN Talley, Nicholas J.	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 4
7	344	SJ Sallis, James F.	Australian Catholic University	Public Health	Rank 2
8	393	Jorm, Anthony F.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Psychiatry	Rank 11
9	418	WS Wang, Shaobin	The University of Adelaide	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1
10	425	CF Caruso, Frank	University of Melbourne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 15
11	545	KY Kivshar, Yuri S.	The Australian National University	Optics	Rank 2
12	548	ZP Zimmet, Paul Z.	Monash University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 23
13	555	SG Smyth, Gordon K.	University of Melboure	Developmental Biology	Rank 34
14	574	SR Shine, Richard D.	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 10
15	594	MS Maier, Stefan A.	Monash University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 24
16	654	BR Bellomo, Rinaldo	Monash University	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 4
17	673	AR Aitken, Robert John	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 3
18	700	LW Laurance, William F.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 17
19	706	HG Hankey, Graeme J.	The University of Western Australia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 67
20	734	SJ Sweller, John	UNSW Sydney	Education	Rank 4
21	852	MJ Mattick, John S.	UNSW Sydney	Developmental Biology	Rank 49
22	866	HD Hutmacher, Dietmar W.	Queensland University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 2
23	1,116	HE Holmes, Edward C.	The University of Sydney	Virology	Rank 3
24	1,217	HJ Hodges, John R.	The University of Sydney	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 116
25	1,249	BR Bryant, Richard A.	Black Dog Institute	Psychiatry	Rank 42
26	1,271	MP McGorry, Patrick D.	University of Melbourne	Psychiatry	Rank 43
27	1,293	Buyya, Rajkumar	University of Melbourne	Distributed Computing	Rank 2
28	1,311	FM Fenech, Michael Felix	Genome Health Foundation	Toxicology	Rank 4
29	1,313	WM Westoby, Mark	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 27
30	1,330	BN Bogduk, Nikolai	School of Medicine and Public Health	Anesthesiology	Rank 3
31	1,334	SP Sachdev, Perminder S.	University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine, School of Psychiatry	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 128
32	1,368	MT Marwick, Thomas H.	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 72
33	1,375	HO Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove I.	The University of Queensland	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 4
34	1,418	NJ Nicholson, Jeremy K.	Murdoch University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 4
35	1,441	WP Whelton, Paul Kieran	Faculty of Medicine and Health	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 79
36	1,508	BA Bush, Ashley Ian	University of Melbourne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 142
37	1,530	VP Visscher, Peter M.	The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience	Developmental Biology	Rank 92
38	1,554	HA Hoffmann, Ary A.	School of Biosciences	Entomology	Rank 1
39	1,642	GS Gandevia, Simon Charles	Neuroscience Research Australia	Physiology	Rank 2
40	1,652	AM Awual, Md Rabiul	Curtin University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 4
41	1,653	SE Seeman, Ego	Austin Health	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 48
42	1,663	BA Bauman, Adrian Ernest	Faculty of Medicine and Health	Public Health	Rank 13
43	1,679	MP Mulvaney, Paul A.	University of Melbourne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 51
44	1,713	SM Santamouris, Matthaios J.	UNSW Sydney	Building & Construction	Rank 3
45	1,716	HA Huete, Alfredo Ramon	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 3
46	1,718	HD Hensher, David Alan	The University of Sydney Business School	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 1
47	1,722	Pradhan, Biswajeet	University of Technology Sydney	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 4
48	1,744	MR Munns, Rana E.	CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Brisbane	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 10
49	1,774	MC Moritz, Craig C.	ANU Research School of Biology	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 28
50	1,781	GK Govindan, Kannan	The University of Adelaide	Operations Research	Rank 4
51	1,805	SP Shi, Peng	The University of Adelaide	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 6
52	1,807	HW Hall, Wayne D.	The University of Queensland	Substance Abuse	Rank 4
53	1,916	PG Parker, Gordon B.	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 67
54	1,973	HQ Han, Qing-Long	Swinburne University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 7
55	2,002	LD Lindenmayer, David B.	The Fenner School of Environment & Society	Ecology	Rank 41
56	2,014	HT Hughes, Terence P.	James Cook University	Ecology	Rank 42
57	2,100	FG Farquhar, Graham Douglas	ANU Research School of Biology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 14
58	2,177	LD Lupton, Deborah A.	UNSW Sydney	Public Health	Rank 19
59	2,249	PR Parton, Robert G.	The University of Queensland	Developmental Biology	Rank 137
60	2,254	FR Frost, Ray Leslie	Queensland University of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 64
61	2,263	CR Connell, Raewyn W.	The University of Sydney	Sociology	Rank 4
62	2,272	SA Strasser, Andreas	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Immunology	Rank 80
63	2,300	MA McMichael, Anthony J.	ANU Medical School	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 45
64	2,330	HP Hodges, Paul William	The University of Queensland	Orthopedics	Rank 7
65	2,331	GP Gale, Philip A.	University of Technology Sydney	Organic Chemistry	Rank 64
66	2,432	NP Narayan, Paresh Kumar	Monash University	Economics	Rank 21
67	2,477	JS Jiang, San Ping	WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering	Energy	Rank 27
68	2,479	TH Taylor, Hugh R.	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 12
69	2,499	PE Perucca, Emilio P.	Monash University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 232
70	2,517	HR Hobbs, Richard J.	The University of Western Australia	Ecology	Rank 55
71	2,540	TM Tiggemann, Marika	Flinders University	Social Psychology	Rank 47
72	2,590	MD Metcalf, Donald	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Immunology	Rank 92
73	2,631	PR Pekrun, Reinhard H.	Australian Catholic University	Education	Rank 7
74	2,636	CD Celermajer, David S.	Heart Research Institute Australia	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 126
75	2,667	CM Coltheart, Max	Macquarie University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 47
76	2,683	BM Berk, Michael	Deakin University	Psychiatry	Rank 87
77	2,750	ML Morawska, Lidia	Queensland University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 13
78	2,752	MD MacFarlane, Douglas R.	Monash University	Energy	Rank 34
79	2,778	RN Rose, Nikolas	The Australian National University	Sociology	Rank 6
80	2,826	BR Buchbinder, Rachelle	Monash University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 62
81	2,838	CJ Chalmers, J. P.	The University of Sydney School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 135
82	2,881	FR Frankham, Richard R.	Macquarie University	Ecology	Rank 61
83	2,905	BJ Bezdek, Jim	University of Melbourne	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 81
84	2,907	MP Mitchell, Paul G.	Westmead Hospital	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 14
85	2,914	LM Lenzen, Manfred	The University of Sydney	Environmental Sciences	Rank 14
86	2,975	GP Gibson, Peter G.	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Respiratory System	Rank 22
87	3,006	EM Esler, Murray David	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 142
88	3,041	HP Holt, Patrick G.	The Kids Research Institute Australia	Immunology	Rank 113
89	3,051	ER Ellis, Rod	Curtin University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 2
90	3,087	RR Rapee, Ronald M.	Macquarie University	Clinical Psychology	Rank 19
91	3,088	HL Ho, Luis C.	The University of Newcastle, Australia	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 13
92	3,125	AG Andrews, Gavin A.	UNSW Sydney	Psychiatry	Rank 101
93	3,131	BN Bolan, Nanthi Sirangie	The University of Western Australia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 16
94	3,141	WM White, Martin J.	The University of Adelaide	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 36
95	3,182	HJ Hattie, John Allan C.	Melbourne Graduate School of Education	Education	Rank 10
96	3,215	LK Lambeck, Kurt	The Australian National University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 27
97	3,270	WG Williamson, Gary	Monash University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 139
98	3,305	NS Nakagawa, Shinichi	UNSW Sydney	Ecology	Rank 72
99	3,325	CM Cooper, Mark Emmanuel	Monash University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 109
100	3,327	MJ Monaghan, Joseph J.	Monash University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 13
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Australia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

8,555 scientists affiliated with Australia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 8,025 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, The University of Queensland has the most listed scientists from Australia, with 533. It is followed by Monash University with 524.

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 8,025 in 2025, a change of +47.5%.

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.