Israel's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Israel has 1,290 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Israel 18th in the world by number of listed scientists. Hebrew University of Jerusalem has the most listed scientists (226), followed by Tel Aviv University (199).

Single Year

1,290

First year listed

Career Data

1,630

First year listed

World rank by count

#18

First year listed

Institutes

First year listed

Scientists in Israel on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+17.4%

2022+1.5%

2023+5.2%

2024+0.3%

2025+0.9%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	1,290		1,630
2021	1,514	+17.4%	1,870	+14.7%
2022	1,537	+1.5%	1,958	+4.7%
2023	1,617	+5.2%	2,037	+4.0%
2024	1,622	+0.3%	2,093	+2.7%
2025	1,637	+0.9%	2,204	+5.3%

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Rank in Israel	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	117	SS Schwartz, Shalom H.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Social Psychology	Rank 8
2	139	AD Aurbach, Doron	Bar-Ilan University	Energy	Rank 4
3	477	EM Elad, Michael	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3
4	601	FR Feldman, Ruth	IDC	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 9
5	648	SA Shamir, Adi	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 38
6	782	HJ Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.	Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 58
7	794	HZ Hashin, Z.	Tel Aviv University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 10
8	940	GA Gitelson, Anatoly A.	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 4
9	1,068	MY Marcus, Yizhak	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Engineering	Rank 6
10	1,088	LA Levant, Arie	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 11
11	1,523	KY Koren, Yair	Yahoo Research Labs	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 72
12	1,565	CA Ciechanover, Aaron	The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 34
13	1,631	WI Willner, Itamar	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Organic Chemistry	Rank 29
14	1,908	OA Oren, Aharon	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Microbiology	Rank 33
15	2,072	BJ Bekenstein, Jacob D.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 12
16	2,099	EY Eldar, Yonina C.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 20
17	2,348	AU Alon, Uri	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 95
18	2,381	EI Etsion, Izhak	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 28
19	2,388	SA Sadeh, Avi	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 159
20	2,465	MM Mikulincer, Mario	IDC	Social Psychology	Rank 70
21	2,533	FE Fridman, Emilia	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 28
22	2,617	CA Carmeli, Abraham	Tel Aviv University	Business & Management	Rank 60
23	2,674	WS Weiner, Steve	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Archaeology	Rank 1
24	3,154	KS Kirkpatrick, Scott	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 33
25	3,205	SS Shaik, Sason	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	General Chemistry	Rank 26
26	3,568	ZD Zohar, Dov	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 85
27	3,587	HG Hodes, Gary	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 114
28	3,892	GO Goldreich, Oded	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 5
29	3,915	CE Cohen, Erik	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 12
30	3,920	MA Marmur, Abraham	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 92
31	3,947	MR Milo, Ron	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 163
32	3,991	WD Weisburd, David L.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Criminology	Rank 10
33	3,998	BY Benjamini, Yoav	Tel Aviv University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 33
34	4,120	BY Baruch, Yehuda	Israel Academic College	Business & Management	Rank 97
35	4,172	NR Nussinov, Ruth	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 75
36	4,270	RD Rosenfeld, Daniel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 70
37	4,487	YY Yarden, Yosef	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 148
38	4,496	MD Milstein, David	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Organic Chemistry	Rank 79
39	4,568	KG Koren, Gideon	Maccabi-Kahn Institute of Research and Innovation	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 65
40	4,644	BY Barenholz, Yechezkel	Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 23
41	4,839	SY Shoenfeld, Yehuda	Chaim Sheba Medical Center Israel	Immunology	Rank 118
42	4,995	GN Giladi, Nir	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 344
43	5,022	MB Malomed, B. A.	Tel Aviv University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 41
44	5,239	NM Naor, Moni	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 8
45	5,422	BA Beck, Amir	Tel Aviv University	Operations Research	Rank 27
46	5,489	WY Weiss, Yair	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 182
47	5,510	PE Peled, Emanuel	Tel Aviv University	Energy	Rank 110
48	5,535	BM Bar, Moshe	Bar-Ilan University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 100
49	5,634	GA Gedanken, Aharon	Bar Ilan's Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 175
50	5,722	BH Brezis, Haïm	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	General Mathematics	Rank 16
51	5,791	KR Kosloff, Ronnie	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 119
52	5,939	FR Fattal, R.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Software Engineering	Rank 4
53	6,098	BE Bormashenko, Edward	Ariel University	Chemical Physics	Rank 123
54	6,114	CJ Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska	Tel Aviv University	Geriatrics	Rank 16
55	6,174	PT Piran, Tsvi	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 27
56	6,259	MJ Martin, Jan M.L.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 124
57	6,320	RL Rokach, Lior	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 212
58	6,473	MR Mechoulam, Raphael	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 36
59	6,794	PA Peres, Asher	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	General Physics	Rank 47
60	6,975	BA Blum, Abraham	Plantstress.com	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 77
61	6,983	HS Hod, Shahar	Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 56
62	7,251	HA Harten, Ami	Tel Aviv University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 13
63	7,288	BB Berkowitz, Brian	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Environmental Engineering	Rank 43
64	7,335	AS Avidan, Shai	Tel Aviv University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 245
65	7,534	YD Yarnitsky, David	Rambam Health Care Campus Israel	Anesthesiology	Rank 23
66	7,651	HS Havlin, Shlomo	Bar-Ilan University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 65
67	7,710	NR Nathan, Ran	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Ecology	Rank 218
68	7,874	UI Ulitsky, Igor	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 300
69	8,025	SY Shai, Yechiel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 140
70	8,136	SR Shamir, Raanan	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 87
71	8,247	YM Youdim, Moussa B.	The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 520
72	8,374	JS Jung, Steffen	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Immunology	Rank 206
73	8,631	OM Oren, Moshe	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 335
74	8,675	RS Reich, Simeon	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	General Mathematics	Rank 25
75	8,712	KR Klajn, R.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 247
76	8,868	KJ Klein, Jacob	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 179
77	8,900	AO Aharony, Ofer	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 80
78	8,917	FU Feige, Uriel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 14
79	8,955	TM Tamir, Maya	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Social Psychology	Rank 172
80	9,070	PA Patel, Ashok R.	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Food Science	Rank 43
81	9,077	GE Gazit, Ehud	Tel Aviv University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 166
82	9,092	SS Shalev-Shwartz, Shai	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 293
83	9,367	NN Nisan, Noam	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 16
84	9,408	LG Levitin, Gregory	Israel Electric Corporation Ltd.	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 18
85	9,429	SS Shamay-Tsoory, Simone G.	University of Haifa	Experimental Psychology	Rank 168
86	9,864	KA Koriat, Asher	University of Haifa	Experimental Psychology	Rank 172
87	10,062	NE Nevo, Eviatar	University of Haifa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 122
88	10,071	BY Bar-Haim, Yair	Tel Aviv University	Psychiatry	Rank 228
89	10,075	VE Vigoda-Gadot, Eran	University of Haifa	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 46
90	10,093	LU Leonhardt, Ulf	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	General Physics	Rank 62
91	10,202	RE Rosenberg, E.	Tel Aviv University	Microbiology	Rank 196
92	10,355	EE Elinav, Eran	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Immunology	Rank 254
93	10,522	EL Etgar, Lioz	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 302
94	11,052	MY Mualem, Y.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Environmental Engineering	Rank 63
95	11,096	GH Greenspan, Hayit	Tel Aviv University	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 23
96	11,164	BJ Bernstein, Joel	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 38
97	11,238	TD Tawfik, Dan S.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 217
98	11,328	CY Censor, Yair	University of Haifa	Operations Research	Rank 58
99	11,703	KS Kozuch, Sebastian	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Organic Chemistry	Rank 192
100	11,753	AN Agmon, Noam	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 239
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Frequently asked questions

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

1,290 scientists affiliated with Israel are on the 2020 single-year list, and 1,630 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, Hebrew University of Jerusalem has the most listed scientists from Israel, with 226. It is followed by Tel Aviv University with 199.

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.