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Greenland's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Greenland has 3 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 50.0% from 2 in 2024. That places Greenland 124th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 7 places. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources has the most listed scientists (2), followed by Tasilikulooq (1).

Single Year
2
+1 (+100.0%) vs 2024
Career Data
3
+1 (+50.0%) vs 2024
World rank by count
#124
up 7 places vs 2024
Institutes
2
+1 (+100.0%) vs 2024

Scientists in Greenland on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than tripled since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021+0.0%
2022+0.0%
2023+100.0%
2024+0.0%
2025+50.0%
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YearSingle YearChangeCareer DataChange
2020-1
202111+0.0%
2022-1+0.0%
2023-2+100.0%
202412+0.0%
20252+100.0%3+50.0%

Institutes in Greenland

By number of listed scientists

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  1. 1Greenland Institute of Natural Resources2
  2. 2Tasilikulooq1

All 3 scientists

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Rank in Greenland World rank Scientist Institute Sub-field Rank in sub-field
1 128,070 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Marine Biology & Hydrobiology Rank 1,067
2 190,480 Tasilikulooq General & Internal Medicine Rank 2,436
3 234,094 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Environmental Sciences Rank 2,077
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Greenland are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

2 scientists affiliated with Greenland are on the 2025 single-year list, and 3 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources has the most listed scientists from Greenland, with 2. It is followed by Tasilikulooq with 1.

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

On the career-long list, Greenland went from 1 scientists in 2020 to 3 in 2025, a change of +200.0%.

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.