Austria's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Austria has 962 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Austria 21st in the world by number of listed scientists. Medizinische Universitat Wien has the most listed scientists (134), followed by Universitat Wien (123).

Single Year

984

First year listed

Career Data

962

First year listed

World rank by count

#21

First year listed

Institutes

120

First year listed

Scientists in Austria on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+20.8%

2022+7.2%

2023+5.2%

2024+7.0%

2025+4.9%

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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%

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Rank in Austria	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	9	KG Kresse, Georg	Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 1
2	475	KC Kappe, C. Oliver	Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz	Organic Chemistry	Rank 15
3	593	LH Lassmann, Hans	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 60
4	622	PG Pfurtscheller, Gert	Technische Universitat Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 64
5	942	JK Jellinger, Kurt A.	Medical University of Vienna Institute of Clinical Neurobiology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 95
6	1,235	HJ Hafner, Jürgen	Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 42
7	1,722	SJ Smolen, Josef S.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 10
8	1,909	BN Barton, Nicholas H.	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 29
9	2,289	PW Poewe, Werner	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 229
10	2,320	KW Klimesch, Wolfgang	Universitat Salzburg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 230
11	2,512	DU Diebold, Ulrike	Technische Universitat Wien	Chemical Physics	Rank 86
12	2,955	HP Holzer, Peter	Medizinische Universität Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 296
13	3,038	HT Henzinger, Thomas A.	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 66
14	3,120	CA Constantin, Adrian	Universitat Wien	General Mathematics	Rank 5
15	3,367	ZA Zeilinger, Anton	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	General Physics	Rank 32
16	3,444	HK Hornik, Kurt	Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien	Statistics & Probability	Rank 18
17	3,485	SN Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Applied Physics	Rank 93
18	3,589	TH Tilg, Herbert	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 63
19	3,673	KW Knoll, Wolfgang	Austrian Institute of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 116
20	3,918	EH Esterbauer, Harald	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 171
21	4,132	PJ Peters, Jan Michael	Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 261
22	4,401	WE Wagner, Erwin F.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Developmental Biology	Rank 275
23	4,563	VP Valent, Peter	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Immunology	Rank 176
24	5,109	ZP Zoller, P.	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	General Physics	Rank 45
25	5,212	KS Kasper, S.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Psychiatry	Rank 151
26	5,797	WM Wagner, Michael	Universitat Wien	Microbiology	Rank 140
27	6,171	FJ Friml, Jiří	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 42
28	6,242	HO Hornykiewicz, Oleh	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 582
29	6,504	FP Ferenci, Peter	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 100
30	7,563	BA Bernkop-Schnürch, Andreas	University of Innsbruck	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 53
31	7,593	FF Fazekas, Franz	Medizinische Universität Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 704
32	7,710	SW Sieghart, Werner	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 712
33	7,817	WG Weiss, Günter	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Immunology	Rank 302
34	8,016	FJ Finsterer, Josef	Rudolfstifung Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 407
35	8,143	SK Schwarz, Karlheinz	Technische Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 186
36	8,208	HI Hofacker, Ivo L.	Universitat Wien	Bioinformatics	Rank 25
37	8,400	DA Diamantopoulos, Adamantios	Universitat Wien	Marketing	Rank 10
38	8,620	SC Schlötterer, Christian	Institut für Populationsgenetik	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 104
39	9,226	JK Jellinger, Kurt A.	Medical University of Vienna Institute of Clinical Neurobiology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 831
40	9,273	KJ Knoblich, Juergen A.	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	Developmental Biology	Rank 528
41	9,348	EH Edelsbrunner, Herbert	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 18
42	10,044	EJ Eckert, Jürgen	Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science	Materials	Rank 121
43	10,215	HW Hörl, Walter H.	Allgemeines KrankenHaus Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 105
44	10,279	BP Bauer, Peter	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 110
45	10,297	KD Kerjaschki, Dontscho	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 106
46	10,682	BH Budka, H.	Universitatsklinik fur Neurologie, Medical University of Vienna	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 949
47	11,289	Schubert, Ulrich S.	Technische Universitat Wien	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 73
48	11,665	MW Maass, Wolfgang	Technische Universitat Graz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 192
49	11,787	TH Tributsch, H.	Fachhochschule Kärnten	Applied Physics	Rank 266
50	11,913	BG Blöschl, Günter	Technische Universitat Wien	Environmental Engineering	Rank 30
51	12,638	FW Fitch, W. Tecumseh	Universitat Wien	Experimental Psychology	Rank 185
52	12,744	KV Kolmogorov, Vladimir	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 213
53	12,865	DV De Vries, Jan E.	Novartis Institutes for Biomed. Res.	Immunology	Rank 485
54	12,887	MM Marberger, Michael	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 142
55	13,199	KC Kubicek, Christian P.	Technische Universitat Wien	Microbiology	Rank 307
56	13,268	UG Utermann, Gerd	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 72
57	13,304	BG Berg, Gabriele	Technische Universitat Graz	Microbiology	Rank 308
58	13,679	DW Drexler, Wolfgang	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Optics	Rank 67
59	13,795	FA Fercher, Adolf F.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 31
60	13,944	SK Sigmund, Karl	Universitat Wien	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 165
61	14,259	BM Busslinger, Meinrad	Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna	Immunology	Rank 537
62	14,509	SJ Small, J. Victor	Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 735
63	14,720	SG Schernthaner, Guntram	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 430
64	14,875	SJ Sandkühler, Jürgen	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,290
65	15,171	SM Sippl, Manfred J.	Universitat Salzburg	Bioinformatics	Rank 46
66	15,425	NM Nordborg, Magnus	Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology	Developmental Biology	Rank 766
67	15,472	HH Hirt, Heribert	Universitat Wien	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 141
68	15,827	WH Wimmer, Heinz	Universitat Salzburg	Experimental Psychology	Rank 224
69	16,091	KF Kronenberg, Florian	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 733
70	16,186	LH Ludwig, Heinz	Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 781
71	16,884	BT Blaschke, Thomas	Universitat Salzburg	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 45
72	17,230	AD Aletaha, Daniel	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 144
73	17,480	FW Fleischhacker, W. Wolfgang	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Psychiatry	Rank 461
74	17,706	DG Daum, Günther	Graz University of Technology Institute of Biochemistry	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 757
75	17,945	WG Warren, Graham	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Developmental Biology	Rank 860
76	18,023	FW Foissner, Wilhelm	Universitat Salzburg	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 21
77	18,429	HS Hochreiter, Sepp	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 313
78	18,538	BP Blaha, Peter	Technische Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 435
79	19,060	HA Hauser, Andreas W.	Technische Universitat Graz	Chemical Physics	Rank 454
80	19,572	HB Huppertz, Berthold	Medizinische Universität Graz	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 148
81	19,764	TM Trauner, Michael	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 318
82	19,879	WG Wick, Georg	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 903
83	20,004	VR Van Regenmortel, Marc H.V.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Virology	Rank 169
84	20,091	BS Bauer, Siegfried	Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz	Applied Physics	Rank 475
85	20,148	CL Cerroni, Lorenzo	Medizinische Universität Graz	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 97
86	20,526	SU Schmidt-Erfurth, Ursula	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 101
87	21,000	WG Wenning, Gregor K.	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,728
88	21,017	BJ Besenhard, Jürgen Otto	Technische Universitat Graz	Energy	Rank 172
89	21,333	PH Partsch, Hugo	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 952
90	21,357	PJ Perner, Josef	Universitat Salzburg	Experimental Psychology	Rank 285
91	21,607	Zeileis, Achim	University of Innsbruck	Statistics & Probability	Rank 78
92	21,692	GM Gnant, Michael	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,062
93	21,761	CZ Culig, Zoran	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,065
94	22,145	MR Margreiter, Raimund	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Surgery	Rank 165
95	22,646	SG Sperk, Günther	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,839
96	23,055	LI Lang, Irene M.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,022
97	23,125	SS Shariat, Shahrokh F.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 268
98	23,478	LC Lass-Flörl, Cornelia	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Microbiology	Rank 563
99	23,755	JP Jonas, Peter	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,916
100	23,900	SE Schernhammer, Eva S.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Epidemiology	Rank 84
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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 career-long list, Medizinische Universitat Wien has the most listed scientists from Austria, with 134. It is followed by Universitat Wien with 123.

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.