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

Iceland has 43 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Iceland 57th in the world by number of listed scientists. Haskoli Islands has the most listed scientists (26), followed by Reykjavik University (4).

Single Year
42
First year listed
Career Data
43
First year listed
World rank by count
#57
First year listed
Institutes
12
First year listed

Scientists in Iceland on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021+16.3%
2022+10.0%
2023+16.4%
2024-1.6%
2025+23.8%
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YearSingle YearChangeCareer DataChange
20204243
202151+21.4%50+16.3%
202251+0.0%55+10.0%
202357+11.8%64+16.4%
202459+3.5%63-1.6%
202566+11.9%78+23.8%

Top 10 institutes in Iceland

By number of listed scientists

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  1. 1Haskoli Islands26
  2. 2Reykjavik University4
  3. 3deCODE genetics2
  4. 4Institute of Earth Sciences2
  5. 5Landspitali University Hospital2
  6. 6Akureyri Regional Hospital1
  7. 7Icelandic Meteorological Office1
  8. 8IEEE1
  9. 9Matís ohf., Iceland1
  10. 10National University Hospital Reykjavik1

All 43 scientists

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Rank in Iceland World rank Scientist Institute Sub-field Rank in sub-field
1 6,392 Haskoli Islands Fisheries Rank 6
2 9,296 Landspitali University Hospital Gastroenterology & Hepatology Rank 159
3 10,655 Haskoli Islands Geological & Geomatics Engineering Rank 20
4 11,024 Haskoli Islands Pharmacology & Pharmacy Rank 81
5 16,946 Haskoli Islands Developmental Biology Rank 823
6 20,134 Landspitali University Hospital Ophthalmology & Optometry Rank 97
7 26,001 Haskoli Islands Geochemistry & Geophysics Rank 399
8 31,566 Haskoli Islands Chemical Physics Rank 717
9 38,280 Vogur Hospital Substance Abuse Rank 141
10 40,820 Haskoli Islands Cardiovascular System & Hematology Rank 1,635
11 44,809 Haskoli Islands Anesthesiology Rank 158
12 53,717 deCODE genetics Developmental Biology Rank 1,982
13 56,927 Reykjavik University Computation Theory & Mathematics Rank 149
14 59,412 National University Hospital Reykjavik Immunology Rank 1,784
15 59,661 Haskoli Islands Geochemistry & Geophysics Rank 980
16 61,914 Haskoli Islands Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Rank 876
17 68,644 Reykjavik University Business & Management Rank 625
18 75,254 Haskoli Islands Dermatology & Venereal Diseases Rank 488
19 78,900 Institute of Earth Sciences Geochemistry & Geophysics Rank 1,329
20 82,121 Matís ohf., Iceland Food Science Rank 326
21 84,286 Haskoli Islands Fisheries Rank 208
22 84,798 Haskoli Islands Nuclear & Particle Physics Rank 1,364
23 91,149 Haskoli Islands Microbiology Rank 2,305
24 91,496 Haskoli Islands Geochemistry & Geophysics Rank 1,536
25 95,212 Haskoli Islands Geochemistry & Geophysics Rank 1,591
26 96,274 Haskoli Islands Geochemistry & Geophysics Rank 1,603
27 98,356 deCODE genetics Developmental Biology Rank 3,129
28 99,017 Haskoli Islands Respiratory System Rank 1,022
29 103,003 Reykjavik University Experimental Psychology Rank 1,108
30 104,827 Akureyri Regional Hospital Oncology & Carcinogenesis Rank 4,275
31 106,058 Haskoli Islands Oncology & Carcinogenesis Rank 4,316
32 107,459 Haskoli Islands Paleontology Rank 508
33 124,781 Institute of Earth Sciences Geochemistry & Geophysics Rank 2,039
34 130,694 Haskoli Islands Dentistry Rank 769
35 148,622 Haskoli Islands Environmental & Occupational Health Rank 161
36 161,195 Haskoli Islands Education Rank 861
37 165,767 Icelandic Meteorological Office Applied Physics Rank 4,449
38 167,184 Haskoli Islands Fisheries Rank 512
39 170,730 Haskoli Islands Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing Rank 2,786
40 172,883 IEEE Geological & Geomatics Engineering Rank 688
41 231,868 Haskoli Islands Archaeology Rank 207
42 234,879 Nydköpunsrmiodtöo Íslands Optics Rank 1,004
43 298,999 Reykjavik University Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing Rank 5,114
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Frequently asked questions

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

42 scientists affiliated with Iceland are on the 2020 single-year list, and 43 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 career-long list, Haskoli Islands has the most listed scientists from Iceland, with 26. It is followed by Reykjavik University with 4.

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.