Finland's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Finland has 845 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Finland 27th in the world by number of listed scientists. Helsingin Yliopisto has the most listed scientists (194), followed by Aalto University (106).

Single Year

845

First year listed

Career Data

1,037

First year listed

World rank by count

#27

First year listed

Institutes

First year listed

Scientists in Finland on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+20.2%

2022+4.6%

2023+4.3%

2024+6.3%

2025+2.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	845		1,037
2021	1,016	+20.2%	1,217	+17.4%
2022	1,063	+4.6%	1,304	+7.1%
2023	1,109	+4.3%	1,364	+4.6%
2024	1,179	+6.3%	1,445	+5.9%
2025	1,208	+2.5%	1,532	+6.0%

Top 10 institutes in Finland

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2020

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1Helsingin Yliopisto194
2Aalto University106
3Tampereen Yliopisto66
4Turun yliopisto52
5Oulun Yliopisto48
6Itä-Suomen yliopisto47
7University of Jyvaskyla35
8Helsinki University Hospital31
9Turun Yliopistollinen Keskussairaala26
10VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland22

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Rank in Finland	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	652	GC Grönroos, Christian	Hanken School of Economics	Marketing	Rank 3
2	1,002	HC Hall, Colin Michael	Oulun Yliopisto	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 2
3	1,004	TJ Tuomilehto, Jaakko	Helsingin Yliopisto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 17
4	1,338	HJ Hamari, Juho	Tampereen Yliopisto	Information Systems	Rank 4
5	1,464	HI Hanski, Ilkka	Helsingin Yliopisto	Ecology	Rank 44
6	1,579	PP Pyykkö, Pekka	Helsingin Yliopisto	Chemical Physics	Rank 41
7	1,605	SM Sillanpää, Mika	Lappeenrannan Teknillinen Yliopisto	Chemical Engineering	Rank 10
8	1,942	HA Hyvärinen, Aapo	Helsingin Yliopisto	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 86
9	2,262	YH Yki-Järvinen, Hannele	Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research Helsinki	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 39
10	2,281	KT Kohonen, Teuvo	Aalto University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 96
11	2,315	LM Laakso, Markku	Itä-Suomen yliopisto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 40
12	2,386	KM Kulmala, Markku	Helsingin Yliopisto	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 31
13	2,541	SC Salmivalli, Christina	Turun yliopisto	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 34
14	2,556	EJ Eriksson, Johan G.	Folkhälsan	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 51
15	2,998	HM Hagger, Martin S.	University of Jyvaskyla	Sport Sciences	Rank 7
16	3,462	JH Joensuu, H.	Helsinki University Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 119
17	3,498	AK Alitalo, Kari	Helsingin Yliopisto	Developmental Biology	Rank 142
18	3,707	HH Häkkinen, Hannu	University of Jyvaskyla	Physical Chemistry	Rank 21
19	4,197	NR Näätänen, Risto	Helsingin Yliopisto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 292
20	4,344	LS LaValle, Steven M.	Oulun Yliopisto	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 58
21	4,515	HJ Heino, Jani	Finnish Environment Institute	Ecology	Rank 143
22	4,871	KJ Kaprio, Jaakko	Helsingin Yliopisto	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 4
23	5,544	EE Eskelinen, Eeva Liisa	Helsingin Yliopisto	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 102
24	5,549	SS Salminen, Seppo	Turun yliopisto	Microbiology	Rank 91
25	6,090	BA Bhatnagar, Amit	Itä-Suomen yliopisto	Chemical Engineering	Rank 36
26	6,445	SR Shiri, Rahman	Työterveyslaitos	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 88
27	6,732	KP Kannus, Pekka	University Hospital of Tampere	Orthopedics	Rank 25
28	6,932	EY Engeström, Yrjö	Helsingin Yliopisto	Education	Rank 51
29	7,024	PL Peltonen, Leena	Helsingin Yliopisto	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 10
30	7,214	NJ Nurmi, Jari Erik	University of Jyvaskyla	Education	Rank 54
31	7,234	TT Taleb, Tarik	Aalto University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 71
32	7,263	HR Hari, Riitta	Aalto University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 470
33	7,264	PP Paatero, Pentti	Helsingin Yliopisto	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 138
34	7,397	PM Pietikäinen, Matti	Oulun Yliopisto	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 248
35	7,542	SJ Salonen, Jukka T.	University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 227
36	8,264	PA Paasi, Anssi	Oulun Yliopisto	Geography	Rank 33
37	9,294	MA Mobasheri, Ali	Oulun Yliopisto	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 170
38	9,449	LP Lund, Peter D.	Aalto University	Energy	Rank 181
39	9,580	RP Ritala, Paavo	Lappeenrannan Teknillinen Yliopisto	Business & Management	Rank 245
40	9,730	VP Vallittu, Pekka	Turun yliopisto	Dentistry	Rank 24
41	9,808	VG Volovik, G. E.	Aalto University	General Physics	Rank 60
42	9,956	MA Moilanen, Atte	Helsingin Yliopisto	Ecology	Rank 262
43	10,141	AE Aro, Eva Mari	Turun yliopisto	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 124
44	10,295	IE Isolauri, Erika	Turun Yliopistollinen Keskussairaala	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 70
45	10,419	JM Jokela, Markus	Helsingin Yliopisto	Psychiatry	Rank 236
46	10,751	SK Salmela-Aro, Katariina	Helsingin Yliopisto	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 121
47	11,016	TM Taskinen, Marja Riitta	Helsingin Yliopisto	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 335
48	11,216	YS Ylä-Herttuala, Seppo	Itä-Suomen yliopisto	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 341
49	11,365	SJ Soininen, Janne	Helsingin Yliopisto	Ecology	Rank 292
50	11,470	SM Sebastian, Mailadil Thomas	Oulun Yliopisto	Materials	Rank 198
51	12,150	KP Komi, Paavo V.	University of Jyvaskyla	Sport Sciences	Rank 43
52	13,336	OO Ovaskainen, Otso	Helsingin Yliopisto	Ecology	Rank 332
53	13,339	OE Oja, Erkki	Aalto University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 407
54	13,343	SZ Sun, Zhipei	Aalto University	Optics	Rank 75
55	13,467	TS Tretyakov, Sergei A.	Aalto University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 143
56	13,546	BB Björk, Bo Christer	Hanken School of Economics	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 13
57	13,687	BB Berg, Björn	Helsingin Yliopisto	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 70
58	13,783	KM Kummu, Matti	Aalto University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 75
59	13,819	AE Arnould, Eric	Aalto University	Marketing	Rank 76
60	13,835	CE Castrén, Eero	Helsingin Yliopisto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 841
61	14,146	PA Pitkänen, Asla	Itä-Suomen yliopisto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 855
62	14,278	TI Thesleff, Irma	Helsingin Yliopisto	Developmental Biology	Rank 506
63	14,362	MJ Merilä, Juha	Helsingin Yliopisto	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 145
64	14,853	SM Siponen, Mikko	University of Jyvaskyla	Information Systems	Rank 45
65	15,452	NK Nordlund, Kai	Helsingin Yliopisto	Applied Physics	Rank 335
66	15,852	PR Puurunen, Riikka L.	Aalto University	Applied Physics	Rank 348
67	15,912	TH Tuomisto, Hanna	Turun yliopisto	Ecology	Rank 392
68	16,110	OA Ouwehand, Arthur C.	DuPont	Microbiology	Rank 320
69	16,173	IE Ikonen, Elina	Helsingin Yliopisto	Developmental Biology	Rank 566
70	16,363	KU Kujala, Urho M.	University of Jyvaskyla	Sport Sciences	Rank 57
71	16,366	NJ Niemelä, Jari	Helsingin Yliopisto	Ecology	Rank 403
72	16,698	HH Huikuri, Heikki V.	Oulu University Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 513
73	17,148	RO Raitakari, Olli T.	Turun Yliopistollinen Keskussairaala	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 528
74	17,185	UA Urtti, Arto	Itä-Suomen yliopisto	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 78
75	17,413	SV Salomaa, Veikko	National Institute for Health and Welfare	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 541
76	17,580	VT Virtanen, Tuomas	Tampereen Yliopisto	Acoustics	Rank 34
77	17,818	AH Adlercreutz, Herman	Helsingin Yliopisto	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 125
78	18,702	RK Rissanen, Kari	University of Jyvaskyla	Organic Chemistry	Rank 310
79	18,999	SS Särkkä, Simo	Aalto University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 547
80	19,100	RT Rantanen, Taina	University of Jyvaskyla	Geriatrics	Rank 43
81	19,101	KE Kalso, Eija A.	Helsingin Yliopisto	Anesthesiology	Rank 51
82	19,475	MD Murzin, Dmitry Yu	The Abo Akademi Process Chemistry Centre	Physical Chemistry	Rank 115
83	20,078	NP Neuvonen, Pertti J.	Helsinki University Hospital	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 89
84	20,080	LT Laukkanen, Tommi	Itä-Suomen yliopisto	Marketing	Rank 107
85	20,165	KT Kuosmanen, Timo	Aalto University	Operations Research	Rank 106
86	20,331	SR Savolainen, Reijo	Tampereen Yliopisto	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 18
87	20,353	SA Salminen, Antero	Itä-Suomen yliopisto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,202
88	20,464	JM Jylhä, Marja	University Hospital of Tampere	Gerontology	Rank 37
89	20,553	KE Kajantie, Eero	Oulu University Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 404
90	20,934	KC Kowalkowski, Christian	Hanken School of Economics	Marketing	Rank 112
91	21,563	LM Leskelä, Markku	Helsingin Yliopisto	Applied Physics	Rank 468
92	22,045	UM Uusitupa, Matti I.J.	Itä-Suomen yliopisto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 430
93	22,285	KK Korpela, K.	Tampereen Yliopisto	Social Psychology	Rank 340
94	22,367	SK Silventoinen, Karri	Helsingin Yliopisto	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 70
95	22,487	IE Isometsä, Erkki	Helsinki University Hospital	Psychiatry	Rank 489
96	22,604	SH Santos, Hélder A.	Helsingin Yliopisto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 630
97	22,740	OP Oja, Pekka	UKK Institute Finland	Sport Sciences	Rank 79
98	22,782	KK Kaila, Kai	Helsingin Yliopisto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,327
99	22,792	TL Tyrväinen, Liisa	Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)	Forestry	Rank 18
100	22,836	HK Häkkinen, Keijo	University of Jyvaskyla	Sport Sciences	Rank 80
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Frequently asked questions

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

845 scientists affiliated with Finland are on the 2020 single-year list, and 1,037 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, Helsingin Yliopisto has the most listed scientists from Finland, with 194. It is followed by Aalto University with 106.

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.