Austria's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Austria has 984 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Austria 22nd in the world by number of listed scientists. Universitat Wien has the most listed scientists (133), followed by Medizinische Universitat Wien (132).

Single Year

984

First year listed

Career Data

962

First year listed

World rank by count

#22

First year listed

Institutes

115

First year listed

Scientists in Austria on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+23.9%

2022+3.4%

2023+3.1%

2024+6.2%

2025+3.8%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	984		962
2021	1,219	+23.9%	1,162	+20.8%
2022	1,261	+3.4%	1,246	+7.2%
2023	1,300	+3.1%	1,311	+5.2%
2024	1,381	+6.2%	1,403	+7.0%
2025	1,433	+3.8%	1,472	+4.9%

Top 10 institutes in Austria

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Rank in Austria	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2	KG Kresse, Georg	Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 1
2	514	HS Hochreiter, Sepp	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 32
3	609	PG Pfurtscheller, Gert	Technische Universitat Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 51
4	784	HK Hornik, Kurt	Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien	Statistics & Probability	Rank 11
5	796	KW Klimesch, Wolfgang	Universitat Salzburg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 59
6	815	CA Constantin, Adrian	Universitat Wien	General Mathematics	Rank 3
7	909	LH Lassmann, Hans	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 67
8	937	HJ Hafner, Jürgen	Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 35
9	998	SJ Smolen, Josef S.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 5
10	1,125	KC Kappe, C. Oliver	Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz	Organic Chemistry	Rank 18
11	1,909	TH Tilg, Herbert	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 17
12	2,041	Zeileis, Achim	University of Innsbruck	Statistics & Probability	Rank 23
13	2,132	PW Poewe, Werner	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 137
14	2,181	DU Diebold, Ulrike	Technische Universitat Wien	Chemical Physics	Rank 54
15	2,290	DA Diamantopoulos, Adamantios	Universitat Wien	Marketing	Rank 12
16	2,573	BN Barton, Nicholas H.	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 29
17	2,658	BT Blaschke, Thomas	Universitat Salzburg	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 13
18	3,303	BG Berg, Gabriele	Technische Universitat Graz	Microbiology	Rank 50
19	3,531	JK Jellinger, Kurt A.	Medical University of Vienna Institute of Clinical Neurobiology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 238
20	3,830	BG Blöschl, Günter	Technische Universitat Wien	Environmental Engineering	Rank 15
21	3,929	FJ Friml, Jirí	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 37
22	3,980	MW Maass, Wolfgang	Technische Universitat Graz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 140
23	4,196	ZA Zeilinger, Anton	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	General Physics	Rank 29
24	4,594	BA Bernkop-Schnürch, Andreas	University of Innsbruck	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 22
25	4,774	JK Jellinger, Kurt A.	Medical University of Vienna Institute of Clinical Neurobiology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 333
26	5,063	FE Fröhlich, Eleonore	Medizinische Universität Graz	Toxicology	Rank 22
27	5,067	VP Valent, Peter	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Immunology	Rank 125
28	5,865	AD Aletaha, Daniel	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 36
29	6,531	WM Wagner, Michael	Universitat Wien	Microbiology	Rank 115
30	6,696	GD Gil de Zúñiga, Homero	Universitat Wien	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 13
31	7,338	AC Atzberger, Clement	Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 61
32	7,726	WG Weiss, Günter	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Immunology	Rank 186
33	7,734	WY Wada, Yoshihide	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 147
34	7,753	EJ Eckert, Jürgen	Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science	Materials	Rank 141
35	7,843	BS Bauer, Siegfried	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Applied Physics	Rank 166
36	8,055	PJ Peters, Jan Michael	Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 307
37	8,105	FW Fitch, W. Tecumseh	Universitat Wien	Experimental Psychology	Rank 146
38	8,240	KF Kronenberg, Florian	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 245
39	8,275	KJ Knoblich, Juergen A.	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	Developmental Biology	Rank 319
40	8,579	WE Wagner, Erwin F.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Developmental Biology	Rank 333
41	8,767	SF Schneider, Friedrich G.	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Economics	Rank 150
42	8,859	BP Bauer, Peter	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 164
43	9,003	SK Sigmund, Karl	Universitat Wien	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 98
44	9,306	MJ Matthes, Jörg	Universitat Wien	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 18
45	9,414	FF Fazekas, Franz	Medizinische Universität Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 583
46	9,548	HA Holzinger, Andreas	Medizinische Universität Graz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 310
47	9,687	HP Holzer, Peter	Medizinische Universität Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 596
48	9,832	MG Madsen, G. K.H.	Technische Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 212
49	10,194	BC Bock, Christoph	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	Developmental Biology	Rank 378
50	10,196	SC Schlötterer, Christian	Institut für Populationsgenetik	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 105
51	10,258	SK Schwarz, Karlheinz	Technische Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 220
52	10,321	HT Henzinger, Thomas A.	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 333
53	10,527	HH Haberl, Helmut	Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien	Environmental Sciences	Rank 104
54	11,003	LC Lass-Flörl, Cornelia	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Microbiology	Rank 216
55	11,068	WW Wagner, Wolfgang	Technische Universitat Wien	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 88
56	11,092	ZP Zoller, P.	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	General Physics	Rank 74
57	11,102	FJ Finsterer, Josef	Rudolfstifung Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 338
58	11,403	HI Hofacker, Ivo L.	Universitat Wien	Bioinformatics	Rank 41
59	11,661	PR Pippan, R.	Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science	Materials	Rank 204
60	12,210	HG Heinze, Georg	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 445
61	12,243	HJ Hennart, Jean Francois	Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien	Business & Management	Rank 312
62	12,298	MD Maraun, Douglas	Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 217
63	12,511	TE Trinka, Eugen	Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversitat	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 760
64	12,774	DH Daims, Holger	Universitat Wien	Microbiology	Rank 257
65	12,832	KM Koller, Martin	Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz	Biotechnology	Rank 38
66	12,905	SE Schernhammer, Eva S.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Epidemiology	Rank 28
67	13,123	KV Kolmogorov, Vladimir	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 399
68	13,143	LV Lepetit, Vincent	Technische Universitat Graz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 402
69	13,605	PR Palme, Rupert	Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 26
70	14,109	NM Nordborg, Magnus	Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology	Developmental Biology	Rank 502
71	14,180	RW Reinisch, Walter	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 157
72	14,256	SN Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Applied Physics	Rank 304
73	14,374	FP Ferenci, Peter	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 161
74	14,395	KC Kubicek, Christian P.	Technische Universitat Wien	Microbiology	Rank 287
75	14,452	GT Greitemeyer, Tobias	University of Innsbruck	Social Psychology	Rank 252
76	14,514	HB Huppertz, Berthold	Medizinische Universität Graz	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 58
77	14,566	RK Riahi, Keywan	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 255
78	14,790	LE Lughofer, Edwin	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 450
79	14,998	BP Blaha, Peter	Technische Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 318
80	15,047	FJ Füller, Johann	University of Innsbruck	Business & Management	Rank 381
81	15,292	FI Filatotchev, Igor	Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien	Business & Management	Rank 386
82	15,568	LI Lang, Irene M.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 472
83	16,202	KS Kasper, S.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Psychiatry	Rank 372
84	16,494	BR Baumgartner, Rupert J.	Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz	Environmental Sciences	Rank 164
85	16,521	EK Erb, Karl Heinz	Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien	Environmental Sciences	Rank 166
86	16,918	WH Wimmer, Heinz	Universitat Salzburg	Experimental Psychology	Rank 257
87	17,151	SS Shariat, Shahrokh F.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 113
88	17,220	TM Trauner, Michael	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 194
89	17,635	BM Benedek, Mathias	Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz	Experimental Psychology	Rank 267
90	17,760	SR Seidl, Rupert	Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien	Ecology	Rank 428
91	17,773	GK Gröchenig, Karlheinz	Universitat Wien	General Mathematics	Rank 56
92	17,996	KD Kerjaschki, Dontscho	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 120
93	18,625	EH Edelsbrunner, Herbert	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 33
94	18,805	MF Madeo, Frank	Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz	Developmental Biology	Rank 647
95	18,891	FJ Fleig, J.	Technische Universitat Wien	Energy	Rank 377
96	19,129	KF Krausmann, Fridolin	Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien	Environmental Sciences	Rank 198
97	19,820	HO Hornykiewicz, Oleh	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,172
98	20,176	SR Scholz, Roland W.	Donau-Universitat Krems	Environmental Sciences	Rank 208
99	20,524	AP Auer, Peter	Montanuniversitat Leoben	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 584
100	20,567	KW Knoll, Wolfgang	Austrian Institute of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 406
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Austria are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

984 scientists affiliated with Austria are on the 2020 single-year list, and 962 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, Universitat Wien has the most listed scientists from Austria, with 133. It is followed by Medizinische Universitat Wien with 132.

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.