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Iceland's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List
Iceland has 63 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, down 1.6% from 64 in 2023. That places Iceland 63rd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 4 places. Haskoli Islands has the most listed scientists (45), followed by Reykjavík University (5).
Data Type
Year
Single Year
59
+2 (+3.5%) vs 2023
Career Data
63
-1 (-1.6%) vs 2023
World rank by count
#63
down 4 places vs 2023
Institutes
12
-5 (-29.4%) vs 2023
Scientists in Iceland on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 47% since 2020.
Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021+16.3%
2022+10.0%
2023+16.4%
2024-1.6%
2025+23.8%
Show the numbers
| 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
By number of listed scientists
Career-long list2024
All 63 scientists
Career-long list2024
| Rank in Iceland | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6,381 | Haskoli Islands | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 104 | |
| 2 | 6,737 | Haskoli Islands | Fisheries | Rank 5 | |
| 3 | 8,078 | Haskoli Islands | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 19 | |
| 4 | 8,716 | Haskoli Islands | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 54 | |
| 5 | 12,171 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 168 | |
| 6 | 20,376 | Haskoli Islands | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 95 | |
| 7 | 21,307 | deCODE genetics | Developmental Biology | Rank 831 | |
| 8 | 28,512 | Haskoli Islands | Chemical Physics | Rank 626 | |
| 9 | 30,253 | Icelandic Heart Association | Developmental Biology | Rank 1,101 | |
| 10 | 47,658 | Vogur Hospital | Substance Abuse | Rank 155 | |
| 11 | 57,890 | deCODE genetics | Developmental Biology | Rank 1,860 | |
| 12 | 58,177 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,003 | |
| 13 | 62,316 | Haskoli Islands | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 561 | |
| 14 | 64,066 | Reykjavík University | Computation Theory & Mathematics | Rank 171 | |
| 15 | 68,785 | Reykjavík University | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 600 | |
| 16 | 70,696 | EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 631 | |
| 17 | 72,290 | Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland | Immunology | Rank 2,040 | |
| 18 | 72,875 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,271 | |
| 19 | 74,757 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,306 | |
| 20 | 75,032 | Haskoli Islands | Food Science | Rank 372 | |
| 21 | 76,102 | Haskoli Islands | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Rank 1,162 | |
| 22 | 80,328 | Haskoli Islands | Fisheries | Rank 175 | |
| 23 | 82,767 | Haskoli Islands | Experimental Psychology | Rank 987 | |
| 24 | 83,740 | Haskoli Islands | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | Rank 531 | |
| 25 | 83,956 | Haskoli Islands | Immunology | Rank 2,336 | |
| 26 | 90,620 | Haskoli Islands | Respiratory System | Rank 894 | |
| 27 | 92,739 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,630 | |
| 28 | 92,966 |
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Reykjavík University | Psychiatry | Rank 1,637 |
| 29 | 99,033 | Reykjavík University | Clinical Psychology | Rank 333 | |
| 30 | 100,716 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,761 | |
| 31 | 102,004 | Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland | Microbiology | Rank 2,545 | |
| 32 | 102,254 | Haskoli Islands | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,788 | |
| 33 | 111,587 | Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland | Respiratory System | Rank 1,071 | |
| 34 | 119,796 | Haskoli Islands | Dentistry | Rank 683 | |
| 35 | 130,649 | Haskoli Islands | Education | Rank 809 | |
| 36 | 132,719 | Akureyri Regional Hospital | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 5,038 | |
| 37 | 140,037 | Haskoli Islands | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 5,282 | |
| 38 | 159,685 | Hripa ehf | Microbiology | Rank 3,858 | |
| 39 | 166,078 | Haskoli Islands | Physical Chemistry | Rank 597 | |
| 40 | 170,896 | Haskoli Islands | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 1,636 | |
| 41 | 171,208 | Haskoli Islands | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 6,386 | |
| 42 | 172,432 |
LG
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Haskoli Islands | Archaeology | Rank 172 |
| 43 | 177,823 | Haskoli Islands | Environmental & Occupational Health | Rank 178 | |
| 44 | 177,982 | Haskoli Islands | Fisheries | Rank 493 | |
| 45 | 179,304 |
MM
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Haskoli Islands | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 1,733 |
| 46 | 184,280 | Haskoli Islands | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 3,758 | |
| 47 | 199,297 | Haskoli Islands | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 1,485 | |
| 48 | 215,552 | Haskoli Islands | Anesthesiology | Rank 904 | |
| 49 | 222,934 | Haskoli Islands | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 929 | |
| 50 | 228,523 | Haskoli Islands | Fisheries | Rank 709 | |
| 51 | 229,907 |
WB
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Haskoli Islands | Chemical Engineering | Rank 1,201 |
| 52 | 254,565 | Háskólinn á Akureyri | Nursing | Rank 839 | |
| 53 | 266,781 | DTE ehf. | Optics | Rank 1,125 | |
| 54 | 270,801 | Haskoli Islands | Nursing | Rank 924 | |
| 55 | 274,605 | Haskoli Islands | Dentistry | Rank 1,774 | |
| 56 | 291,884 | Haskoli Islands | Nursing | Rank 1,039 | |
| 57 | 293,171 | Haskoli Islands | Nursing | Rank 1,045 | |
| 58 | 339,150 |
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Reykjavík University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 7,321 |
| 59 | 387,447 | Haskoli Islands | Logistics & Transportation | Rank 787 | |
| 60 | 396,940 | Haskoli Islands | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 514 | |
| 61 | 411,309 |
VP
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The Krafla | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 5,583 |
| 62 | 421,535 | Haskoli Islands | Music | Rank 33 | |
| 63 | 506,934 | Haskoli Islands | Folklore | Rank 4 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Iceland are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?
59 scientists affiliated with Iceland are on the 2024 single-year list, and 63 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Iceland has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2024 career-long list, Haskoli Islands has the most listed scientists from Iceland, with 45. It is followed by Reykjavík University with 5.
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 63 in 2024, a change of +46.5%.
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.