Austria's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Austria has 1,246 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 7.2% from 1,162 in 2021. That places Austria 22nd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universität Wien has the most listed scientists (151), followed by Medizinische Universität Wien (130).

Single Year

1,261

+42 (+3.4%) vs 2021

Career Data

1,246

+84 (+7.2%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#22

down 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

180

+32 (+21.6%) vs 2021

Scientists in Austria on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 30% 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%

Top 10 institutes in Austria

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Rank in Austria	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	5	KG Kresse, Georg	Universität Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 1
2	513	KC Kappe, C. Oliver	Universität Graz, Institut für Chemie	Organic Chemistry	Rank 14
3	539	LH Lassmann, Hans	Zentrum für Hirnforschung Medizinische Universität Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 52
4	649	PG Pfurtscheller, Gert	Technische Universitat Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 66
5	1,135	HJ Hafner, Jürgen	Universität Wien	Applied Physics	Rank 45
6	1,212	JK Jellinger, Kurt A.	Institute of Clinical Neurobiology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 123
7	1,544	SJ Smolen, Josef	Medizinische Universität Wien	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 11
8	1,709	SM Smyth, Mark	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	Immunology	Rank 67
9	1,932	BN Barton, Nick	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 32
10	2,037	PW Poewe, Werner	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 202
11	2,184	KW Klimesch, Wolfgang	Universitat Salzburg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 212
12	2,265	BF Bookstein, Fred L.	Universität Wien	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 36
13	2,400	DU Diebold, Ulrike	Technische Universität Wien	Chemical Physics	Rank 75
14	2,957	HK Hornik, Kurt	Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien	Statistics & Probability	Rank 19
15	2,961	TH Tilg, Herbert	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 53
16	2,977	HP Holzer, Peter	Medizinische Universität Graz	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 18
17	3,023	HT Henzinger, Thomas A.	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 70
18	3,052	CA Constantin, Adrian	Universität Wien Institut für Mathematik	General Mathematics	Rank 5
19	3,152	ZA Zeilinger, Anton	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	General Physics	Rank 27
20	3,285	HH Hartung, Hans Peter	Medizinische Universität Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 318
21	3,897	SN Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar	Johannes Kepler University Linz	Applied Physics	Rank 122
22	4,234	KW Knoll, Wolfgang	Austrian Institute of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 127
23	4,476	PJ Peters, Jan Michel	Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 245
24	4,506	VP Valent, Peter	Medizinische Universität Wien	Immunology	Rank 191
25	4,555	KH Kokko, Hanna	Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 62
26	4,557	WE Wagner, Erwin F.	Medizinische Universität Wien Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie	Developmental Biology	Rank 246
27	5,277	SA Stohl, Andreas	Universität Wien	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 57
28	5,409	KS Kasper, Siegfried	Medizinische Universität Wien	Psychiatry	Rank 156
29	5,722	WM Wagner, Michael	Universität Wien	Microbiology	Rank 141
30	5,859	FP Ferenci, Peter	Medizinische Universität Wien	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 87
31	5,894	AM Angermeyer, Matthias	Center for Public Mental Health	Psychiatry	Rank 167
32	5,973	FJ Friml, Jirı	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 45
33	6,338	ZP Zoller, Peter	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	General Physics	Rank 43
34	6,341	EH Esterbauer, H.	Graz University of Technology Institute of Biochemistry	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 334
35	6,547	MH Makkar, Harinder P.S.	International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 4
36	6,580	JK Jellinger, Kurt A.	Medizinische Universität Wien Institut für Klinische Neurobiologie	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 584
37	6,667	DA Diamantopoulos, Adamantios	Universität Wien	Marketing	Rank 8
38	6,729	HO Hornykiewicz, Oleh	Medizinische Universität Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 594
39	6,995	BA Bernkop-Schnürch, Andreas	Universität Innsbruck	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 49
40	7,204	WG Weiss, Günter	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Immunology	Rank 287
41	7,686	FF Fazekas, Franz	Medizinische Universität Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 679
42	7,692	HS Hochreiter, Sepp	Johannes Kepler University Linz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 152
43	8,328	SK Schwarz, K.	TU Wien Institut für Materialchemie	Applied Physics	Rank 217
44	8,468	AA Abbas, Abul K.	Universitat Salzburg	Immunology	Rank 339
45	8,700	HI Hofacker, Ivo L.	Universität Wien	Bioinformatics	Rank 24
46	8,744	EH Edelsbrunner, Herbert	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 23
47	8,836	SC Schlötterer, Christian	Institut für Populationsgenetik	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 113
48	8,964	KJ Knoblich, Juergen A.	Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 453
49	8,985	SW Sieghart, Werner	Medizinische Universität Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 785
50	9,282	BG Berg, Gabriele	Technische Universitat Graz	Microbiology	Rank 224
51	9,357	EJ Eckert, Jürgen	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	Materials	Rank 109
52	9,478	FW Fitch, W. Tecumseh	Universität Wien	Experimental Psychology	Rank 149
53	9,660	BG Blöschl, Günter	Technische Universität Wien	Environmental Engineering	Rank 24
54	10,667	HW Horl, Walter H.	Medizinische Universität Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 104
55	10,929	KD Kerjaschki, Dontscho	Medizinische Universität Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 105
56	10,993	MW Maass, Wolfgang	Technische Universitat Graz	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 205
57	11,169	BT Blaschke, Thomas	Universitat Salzburg	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 28
58	11,752	BH Budka, Herbert	Medizinische Universität Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 987
59	12,265	KC Kubicek, Christian P.	Technische Universität Wien	Microbiology	Rank 287
60	12,654	Schubert, Ulrich S.	Technische Universität Wien	Organic Chemistry	Rank 283
61	12,717	AD Aletaha, Daniel	Medizinische Universität Wien	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 115
62	13,710	KV Kolmogorov, Vladimir	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 254
63	13,870	MM Marberger, Michael	Medizinische Universität Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 145
64	13,968	SK Sigmund, Karl	Universität Wien Institut für Mathematik	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 176
65	14,084	DW Drexler, W.	Medizinische Universität Wien, Zentrum für Medizinische Physik und Biomedizinische Technik	Optics	Rank 59
66	14,159	GT Gruber, Thomas	Austrian Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 260
67	14,478	KF Kronenberg, Florian	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 662
68	14,484	DV De Vries, Jan E.	Novartis Institutes for Biomed. Res.	Immunology	Rank 551
69	15,548	LH Ludwig, Heinz	Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 706
70	15,605	UG Utermann, Gerd	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 76
71	15,715	BM Busslinger, Meinrad	Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 686
72	15,730	Zeileis, Achim	Universität Innsbruck	Statistics & Probability	Rank 66
73	15,758	FA Fercher, Adolf F.	Medizinische Universität Wien, Zentrum für Medizinische Physik und Biomedizinische Technik	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 35
74	16,257	SJ Small, J. Victor	Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna	Developmental Biology	Rank 703
75	16,281	FJ Finsterer, Josef	Wiener Gesundheitsverbund Klinik Landstrasse	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 722
76	16,437	SJ Sandkühler, Jürgen	Zentrum für Hirnforschung Medizinische Universität Wien	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,351
77	16,712	NM Nordborg, Magnus	Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology	Developmental Biology	Rank 722
78	16,850	SM Sippl, Manfred J.	Universitat Salzburg	Bioinformatics	Rank 52
79	16,956	WH Wimmer, H.	Universitat Salzburg	Experimental Psychology	Rank 242
80	17,338	FW Foissner, Wilhelm	Universitat Salzburg	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 17
81	17,830	TM Trauner, Michael	Medizinische Universität Wien	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 288
82	18,045	BP Blaha, Peter	TU Wien Institut für Materialchemie	Applied Physics	Rank 459
83	18,146	FW Fleischhacker, W. Wolfgang	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Psychiatry	Rank 483
84	18,424	HB Huppertz, Berthold	Medizinische Universität Graz	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 133
85	18,430	BS Bauer, Siegfried	Johannes Kepler University Linz	Applied Physics	Rank 476
86	19,243	DG Daum, Günther	Technische Universitat Graz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 974
87	19,750	CL Cerroni, Lorenzo	Medizinische Universität Graz	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 95
88	19,922	LC Lass-Flörl, Cornelia	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Microbiology	Rank 487
89	19,983	SG Schernthaner, Guntram	Rodolfstiftung Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 534
90	19,984	VR van Regenmortel, Marc H.V.	Medizinische Universität Wien	Virology	Rank 151
91	20,246	WG Wenning, Gregor K.	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,642
92	20,379	PJ Perner, Josef	Universitat Salzburg	Experimental Psychology	Rank 284
93	20,386	SS Shariat, Shahrokh F.	Medizinische Universität Wien	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 228
94	20,448	SR Schmidt, Reinhold	Medizinische Universität Graz	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,657
95	20,923	WG Warren, Graham	Medizinische Universität Wien	Developmental Biology	Rank 865
96	21,026	HH Haberl, Helmut	Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien	Environmental Sciences	Rank 92
97	21,163	PH Partsch, Hugo	Medizinische Universität Wien Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 913
98	21,177	BJ Besenhard, Jürgen Otto	Technische Universitat Graz	Energy	Rank 196
99	21,193	CZ Culig, Zoran	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 972
100	22,013	WG Wick, Georg	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	Immunology	Rank 782
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Austria are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,261 scientists affiliated with Austria are on the 2022 single-year list, and 1,246 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 career-long list, Universität Wien has the most listed scientists from Austria, with 151. It is followed by Medizinische Universität Wien with 130.

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 1,246 in 2022, a change of +29.5%.

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.