Austria's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

Austria has 1,162 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 20.8% from 962 in 2020. That places Austria 21st in the world by number of listed scientists. Universitat Wien has the most listed scientists (154), followed by Medizinische Universitat Wien (145).

Single Year

1,219

+235 (+23.9%) vs 2020

Career Data

1,162

+200 (+20.8%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#21

No change vs 2020

Institutes

148

+28 (+23.3%) vs 2020

Scientists in Austria on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 21% since 2020.

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	5	KG Kresse, Georg	Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 1
2	489	KC Kappe, C. Oliver	Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH	Organic Chemistry	Rank 13
3	551	LH Lassmann, Hans	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 55
4	628	PG Pfurtscheller, Gert	Technische Universitat Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 63
5	1,141	HJ Hafner, Jürgen	Universitat Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 42
6	1,169	JK Jellinger, Kurt A.	Medical University of Vienna Institute of Clinical Neurobiology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 118
7	1,583	SJ Smolen, Josef S.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 11
8	1,859	BN Barton, Nicholas H.	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 28
9	2,121	PW Poewe, Werner	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 207
10	2,154	KW Klimesch, Wolfgang	Universitat Salzburg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 208
11	2,481	DU Diebold, Ulrike	Technische Universität Wien	Chemical Physics	Rank 82
12	2,939	HP Holzer, Peter	Medizinische Universität Graz	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 21
13	2,987	HK Hornik, Kurt	Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien	Statistics & Probability	Rank 20
14	3,036	CA Constantin, A.	Universitat Wien	General Mathematics	Rank 5
15	3,141	TH Tilg, Herbert	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 58
16	3,355	ZA Zeilinger, Anton	Universitat Wien	General Physics	Rank 31
17	3,650	SN Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar	Johannes Kepler University Linz	Applied Physics	Rank 106
18	4,079	KW Knoll, Wolfgang	Austrian Institute of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 128
19	4,272	PJ Peters, Jan Michael	Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 252
20	4,378	VP Valent, Peter	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Immunology	Rank 182
21	4,428	WE Wagner, Erwin F.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Developmental Biology	Rank 258
22	5,159	ZP Zoller, Peter	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	General Physics	Rank 40
23	5,284	SA Stohl, Andreas	Universitat Wien	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 57
24	5,436	KS Kasper, Siegfried	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Psychiatry	Rank 155
25	5,582	WM Wagner, Michael	Universitat Wien	Microbiology	Rank 134
26	5,684	AM Angermeyer, Matthias	Center for Public Mental Health	Psychiatry	Rank 160
27	5,849	FP Ferenci, Peter	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 84
28	5,944	FJ Friml, Jiří	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 43
29	5,970	EH Esterbauer, H.	Graz University of Technology Institute of Biochemistry	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 312
30	6,590	MH Makkar, Harinder P.S.	Sustainable Bioeconomy	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 5
31	6,629	HO Hornykiewicz, Oleh	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 581
32	6,717	BA Bernkop-Schnürch, Andreas	Universität Innsbruck	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 49
33	7,171	WG Weiss, Günter	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Immunology	Rank 282
34	7,356	DA Diamantopoulos, Adamantios	Universitat Wien	Marketing	Rank 8
35	7,373	HG Holzapfel, Gerhard A.	Technische Universitat Graz	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 35
36	7,477	FF Fazekas, Franz	Medizinische Universität Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 663
37	8,079	AA Abbas, Abul K.	Universitat Salzburg	Immunology	Rank 317
38	8,282	SK Schwarz, K.	TU Wien Institut für Materialchemie	Applied Physics	Rank 198
39	8,426	HI Hofacker, Ivo L.	Universitat Wien	Bioinformatics	Rank 21
40	8,536	SW Sieghart, Werner	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 749
41	8,762	SC Schlötterer, Christian	Institut für Populationsgenetik	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 111
42	8,804	EH Edelsbrunner, Herbert	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 25
43	8,865	KJ Knoblich, Jürgen A.	Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 477
44	9,394	EJ Eckert, Jürgen	Montanuniversitat Leoben	Materials	Rank 112
45	9,744	BG Berg, Gabriele	Technische Universitat Graz	Microbiology	Rank 227
46	10,209	JK Jellinger, Kurt A.	Medical University of Vienna Institute of Clinical Neurobiology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 873
47	10,365	BG Blöschl, Günter	Technische Universität Wien	Environmental Engineering	Rank 26
48	10,447	MW Maass, Wolfgang	Technische Universitat Graz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 173
49	10,716	HW Hörl, Walter H.	Allgemeines KrankenHaus Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 103
50	10,857	KD Kerjaschki, Dontscho	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 104
51	11,315	GT Grune, Tilman	Universitat Wien	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 587
52	11,487	BH Budka, Herbert	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 973
53	11,828	FW Fitch, W. Tecumseh	Universitat Wien	Experimental Psychology	Rank 189
54	12,061	Schubert, Ulrich S.	Technische Universität Wien	Organic Chemistry	Rank 253
55	12,079	TP Turchin, Peter	Complexity Science Hub Vienna	Ecology	Rank 215
56	12,206	KC Kubicek, Christian P.	Technische Universität Wien	Microbiology	Rank 282
57	12,393	BT Blaschke, Thomas	Universitat Salzburg	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 33
58	12,927	PJ Penninger, Josef M.	Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna	Immunology	Rank 491
59	13,387	KV Kolmogorov, Vladimir	Institute of Science and Technology Austria	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 225
60	13,848	AD Aletaha, Daniel	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 119
61	13,886	SK Sigmund, Karl	Universitat Wien	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 177
62	13,899	DW Drexler, Wolfgang	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Optics	Rank 58
63	14,045	MM Marberger, Michael	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 146
64	14,110	DV De Vries, Jan E.	Novartis Institutes for Biomed. Res.	Immunology	Rank 537
65	14,748	GT Gruber, Thomas	Austrian Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 246
66	14,825	UG Utermann, Gerd	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 74
67	15,137	FA Fercher, Adolf F.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 36
68	15,252	BM Busslinger, Meinrad	Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 712
69	15,314	KF Kronenberg, Florian	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 695
70	15,699	SJ Small, J. Victor	Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 727
71	15,758	SJ Sandkühler, Jürgen	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,300
72	15,932	NM Nordborg, Magnus	Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology	Developmental Biology	Rank 732
73	16,057	SM Sippl, Manfred J.	Universitat Salzburg	Bioinformatics	Rank 43
74	16,190	LH Ludwig, Heinz	Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 737
75	16,202	FJ Finsterer, J.	Rudolfstifung Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 724
76	16,315	Zeileis, Achim	Universität Innsbruck	Statistics & Probability	Rank 67
77	16,671	WH Wimmer, H.	Universitat Salzburg	Experimental Psychology	Rank 249
78	16,919	FW Foissner, Wilhelm	Universitat Salzburg	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 20
79	16,994	GN Gleicher, Norbert	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 118
80	17,705	BP Blaha, Peter	TU Wien Institut für Materialchemie	Applied Physics	Rank 423
81	17,729	FW Fleischhacker, W. Wolfgang	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Psychiatry	Rank 473
82	18,158	TM Trauner, Michael	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 293
83	18,162	BS Bauer, Siegfried	Johannes Kepler University Linz	Applied Physics	Rank 436
84	18,328	HB Huppertz, Berthold	Medizinische Universität Graz	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 132
85	18,789	DG Daum, Günther	Technische Universitat Graz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 954
86	19,699	CL Cerroni, Lorenzo	Medizinische Universität Graz	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 95
87	19,700	SG Schernthaner, Guntram	Rudolfstifung Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 514
88	19,833	WG Warren, Graham	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Developmental Biology	Rank 880
89	20,224	SS Shariat, Shahrokh F.	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 220
90	20,519	SR Schmidt, Reinhold	Medizinische Universität Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,648
91	21,175	VR van Regenmortel, Marc H.V.	Universitat Wien	Virology	Rank 157
92	21,284	WG Wick, Georg	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Immunology	Rank 753
93	21,327	PJ Perner, Josef	Universitat Salzburg	Experimental Psychology	Rank 305
94	21,332	WG Wenning, Gregor	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,707
95	21,410	BJ Besenhard, Jürgen Otto	Technische Universitat Graz	Energy	Rank 197
96	21,514	PH Partsch, Hugo	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 941
97	21,542	LC Lass-Flörl, C.	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Microbiology	Rank 521
98	21,543	CZ Culig, Zoran	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 987
99	21,938	GM Gnant, Michael	Medizinische Universitat Wien	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,008
100	22,154	HH Haberl, Helmut	Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien	Environmental Sciences	Rank 98
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Austria are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,219 scientists affiliated with Austria are on the 2021 single-year list, and 1,162 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 career-long list, Universitat Wien has the most listed scientists from Austria, with 154. It is followed by Medizinische Universitat Wien with 145.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Austria changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Austria went from 962 scientists in 2020 to 1,162 in 2021, a change of +20.8%.

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.