Iceland's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List
Iceland has 55 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 10.0% from 50 in 2021. That places Iceland 60th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Haskoli Islands has the most listed scientists (21), followed by Reykjavik University (7).
Scientists in Iceland on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 28% since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 42 | 43 | ||
| 2021 | 51 | +21.4% | 50 | +16.3% |
| 2022 | 51 | +0.0% | 55 | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 57 | +11.8% | 64 | +16.4% |
| 2024 | 59 | +3.5% | 63 | -1.6% |
| 2025 | 66 | +11.9% | 78 | +23.8% |
Top 10 institutes in Iceland
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All 55 scientists
| Rank in Iceland | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
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| 1 | 6,591 | Haskoli Islands | Fisheries | Rank 7 | |
| 2 | 7,878 | Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 130 | |
| 3 | 8,825 | Haskoli Islands | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 17 | |
| 4 | 9,957 | Haskoli Islands | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 62 | |
| 5 | 18,862 | Læknadeild Háskóla Íslands | Developmental Biology | Rank 786 | |
| 6 | 20,217 | Læknadeild Háskóla Íslands | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 91 | |
| 7 | 29,628 | Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans | Chemical Physics | Rank 681 | |
| 8 | 42,573 | Vogur Hospital | Substance Abuse | Rank 137 | |
| 9 | 43,160 | Icelandic Heart Association | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,672 | |
| 10 | 51,710 | Reykjavik University | Operations Research | Rank 158 | |
| 11 | 53,233 | deCODE genetics | Developmental Biology | Rank 1,792 | |
| 12 | 54,720 |
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Reykjavik University | Business & Management | Rank 525 |
| 13 | 58,061 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,016 | |
| 14 | 59,906 | Reykjavik University | Computation Theory & Mathematics | Rank 165 | |
| 15 | 64,456 | Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland | Immunology | Rank 1,924 | |
| 16 | 70,827 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,252 | |
| 17 | 73,784 | Haskoli Islands | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Rank 1,089 | |
| 18 | 76,142 | Haskoli Islands | Food Science | Rank 334 | |
| 19 | 78,900 | Læknadeild Háskóla Íslands | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | Rank 504 | |
| 20 | 83,878 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,495 | |
| 21 | 84,536 | Haskoli Islands | Fisheries | Rank 186 | |
| 22 | 87,774 | School of Health Sciences | Experimental Psychology | Rank 1,013 | |
| 23 | 91,964 | Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland | Respiratory System | Rank 933 | |
| 24 | 93,379 | Læknadeild Háskóla Íslands | Immunology | Rank 2,629 | |
| 25 | 93,885 | Raunvísindastofnun Háskólans | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,547 | |
| 26 | 94,108 | Nordic Volcanological Center | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,672 | |
| 27 | 96,951 | Reykjavik University | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 867 | |
| 28 | 97,097 | Reykjavik University | Clinical Psychology | Rank 324 | |
| 29 | 98,406 | Nordic Volcanological Center | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,749 | |
| 30 | 99,630 | deCODE genetics | Developmental Biology | Rank 2,962 | |
| 31 | 106,184 |
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Reykjavik University | Psychiatry | Rank 1,861 |
| 32 | 112,198 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,984 | |
| 33 | 112,213 | Læknadeild Háskóla Íslands | Respiratory System | Rank 1,100 | |
| 34 | 116,307 | Akureyri Regional Hospital | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,505 | |
| 35 | 121,288 | Haskoli Islands | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,681 | |
| 36 | 141,347 | Haskoli Islands | Education | Rank 788 | |
| 37 | 157,511 | Haskoli Islands | Environmental & Occupational Health | Rank 160 | |
| 38 | 157,759 | Akvaplan-niva Iceland Office | Fisheries | Rank 421 | |
| 39 | 175,519 | Haskoli Islands | Fisheries | Rank 498 | |
| 40 | 176,577 | Haskoli Islands | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 3,225 | |
| 41 | 182,146 | IEEE | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 3,341 | |
| 42 | 190,040 | Læknadeild Háskóla Íslands | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 1,406 | |
| 43 | 191,299 |
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Haskoli Islands | Archaeology | Rank 192 |
| 44 | 194,960 | Haskoli Islands | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 1,986 | |
| 45 | 195,630 | Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland | Anesthesiology | Rank 827 | |
| 46 | 202,958 | Haskoli Islands | Physical Chemistry | Rank 751 | |
| 47 | 207,734 | Haskoli Islands | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 849 | |
| 48 | 227,382 |
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School of Health Sciences | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 2,341 |
| 49 | 242,418 | DTE ehf. | Optics | Rank 885 | |
| 50 | 256,155 | Háskólinn á Akureyri | Nursing | Rank 827 | |
| 51 | 273,114 | Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland | Nursing | Rank 911 | |
| 52 | 288,711 | Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland | Nursing | Rank 975 | |
| 53 | 313,326 |
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Reykjavik University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 6,091 |
| 54 | 485,275 |
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Haskoli Islands | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 5,216 |
| 55 | 556,340 | Haskoli Islands | Folklore | Rank 4 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Iceland are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?
51 scientists affiliated with Iceland are on the 2022 single-year list, and 55 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Iceland has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2022 career-long list, Haskoli Islands has the most listed scientists from Iceland, with 21. It is followed by Reykjavik University with 7.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Iceland changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Iceland went from 43 scientists in 2020 to 55 in 2022, a change of +27.9%.
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.