Israel's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Israel has 1,514 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 17.4% from 1,290 in 2020. That places Israel 19th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Hebrew University of Jerusalem has the most listed scientists (238), followed by Tel Aviv University (216).

Single Year

1,514

+224 (+17.4%) vs 2020

Career Data

1,870

+240 (+14.7%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#19

down 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

101

+8 (+8.6%) vs 2020

Scientists in Israel on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 17% since 2020.

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	100	SS Schwartz, Shalom H.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Social Psychology	Rank 7
2	152	AD Aurbach, Doron	Bar-Ilan University	Energy	Rank 5
3	651	FR Feldman, Ruth	IDC	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 12
4	794	HJ Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.	Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 59
5	863	EM Elad, Michael	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 41
6	912	HZ Hashin, Z.	Tel Aviv University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 14
7	1,013	SA Shamir, Adi	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 50
8	1,028	MY Marcus, Yizhak	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 24
9	1,501	LA Levant, Arie	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 10
10	1,603	BJ Bekenstein, Jacob D.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 10
11	1,695	CA Ciechanover, Aaron	The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 40
12	1,896	SY Shoenfeld, Yehuda	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 54
13	2,035	AU Alon, Uri	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 83
14	2,112	OA Oren, Aharon	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Microbiology	Rank 38
15	2,145	SA Sadeh, Avi	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 131
16	2,211	GE Gazit, Ehud	Tel Aviv University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 72
17	2,220	WI Willner, Itamar	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Organic Chemistry	Rank 32
18	2,613	CA Carmeli, Abraham	Tel Aviv University	Business & Management	Rank 59
19	2,615	AN Alon, Noga	Tel Aviv University	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 3
20	2,648	MM Mikulincer, Mario	IDC	Social Psychology	Rank 83
21	2,889	MR Milo, Ron	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 115
22	3,025	FE Fridman, Emilia	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 32
23	3,057	WS Weiner, Steve	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Archaeology	Rank 1
24	3,160	EY Eldar, Yonina	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 22
25	3,254	EI Etsion, Izhak	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 41
26	3,304	CE Cohen, Erik	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 11
27	3,571	MR Mechoulam, Raphael	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 14
28	3,680	KS Kirkpatrick, Scott	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Applied Physics	Rank 91
29	3,728	BY Barenholz, Yechezkel	Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 88
30	3,964	SS Shaik, Sason S.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	General Chemistry	Rank 30
31	4,014	NR Nussinov, Ruth	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 93
32	4,321	BY Benjamini, Yoav	Tel Aviv University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 33
33	4,346	MB Malomed, Boris A.	Tel Aviv University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 31
34	4,454	HG Hodes, G.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Applied Physics	Rank 100
35	4,564	RD Rosenfeld, Daniel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 83
36	4,627	GO Goldreich, Oded	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 5
37	4,712	ZD Zohar, Dov	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 109
38	5,072	RL Rokach, Lior	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 148
39	5,263	BH Brezis, Haïm	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	General Mathematics	Rank 16
40	5,287	CJ Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska	Tel Aviv University	Geriatrics	Rank 11
41	5,381	YY Yarden, Yosef	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 189
42	5,546	BA Blum, Abraham	Plantstress.com	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 64
43	5,797	KR Kosloff, Ronnie	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 109
44	6,056	FN Friedman, Nir	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Bioinformatics	Rank 24
45	6,127	PT Piran, T.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 30
46	6,140	GN Giladi, Nir	Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 389
47	6,179	GA Gedanken, Aharon	Bar Ilan's Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 171
48	6,222	MA Marmur, Abraham	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 120
49	6,314	BA Beck, Amir	Tel Aviv University	Operations Research	Rank 29
50	6,396	SS Shamay-Tsoory, Simone G.	University of Haifa	Experimental Psychology	Rank 111
51	6,415	RS Reich, Simeon	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	General Mathematics	Rank 17
52	6,560	FR Fattal, Raanan	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Software Engineering	Rank 2
53	6,567	PE Peled, Emanuel	Tel Aviv University	Energy	Rank 131
54	6,649	PA Peres, Asher	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 67
55	6,653	MJ Martin, Jan M.L.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 131
56	6,687	MD Milstein, David	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Organic Chemistry	Rank 96
57	6,845	BM Bar, Moshe	Bar-Ilan University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 113
58	7,165	SS Shalev-Shwartz, Shai	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 202
59	7,177	UI Ulitsky, Igor	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 266
60	7,204	BE Bormashenko, Edward	Ariel University	Chemical Physics	Rank 136
61	7,355	KA Koriat, Asher	University of Haifa	Experimental Psychology	Rank 126
62	7,708	WY Weiss, Yair	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 218
63	7,740	OM Oren, Moshe	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 290
64	7,872	SM Schwartz, Michal	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 492
65	7,895	NM Naor, Moni	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 11
66	8,294	EE Elinav, Eran	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Immunology	Rank 219
67	8,727	KR Klajn, Rafal	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 228
68	8,793	CY Censor, Yair	University of Haifa	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 16
69	8,883	NR Nathan, Ran	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Ecology	Rank 229
70	8,940	BB Berkowitz, Brian	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Environmental Engineering	Rank 53
71	9,193	HS Hod, Shahar	Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 105
72	9,502	MY Mualem, Yechezkel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Environmental Engineering	Rank 55
73	9,650	VE Vigoda-Gadot, Eran	University of Haifa	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 49
74	9,710	SY Shai, Yechiel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 225
75	9,746	TM Tamir, Maya	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Social Psychology	Rank 193
76	9,852	PD Peer, Dan	Tel Aviv University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 254
77	9,882	RE Rosenberg, E.	Tel Aviv University	Microbiology	Rank 213
78	9,922	HS Havlin, Shlomo	Bar-Ilan University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 66
79	9,968	JS Jung, Steffen	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Immunology	Rank 263
80	10,026	YM Youdim, Moussa B.H.	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 603
81	10,446	YD Yarnitsky, David	Rambam Health Care Campus Israel	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 636
82	10,450	DD Dekel, Dario R.	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Energy	Rank 207
83	10,526	FU Feige, Uriel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 15
84	11,110	HA Harten, Ami	Tel Aviv University	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 21
85	11,163	LU Leonhardt, Ulf	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	General Physics	Rank 68
86	11,264	KJ Klein, Jacob	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 212
87	11,503	TD Tawfik, Dan S.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 279
88	11,528	MS Magdassi, Shlomo	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 290
89	11,865	NE Nevo, Eviatar	University of Haifa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 148
90	12,228	SP Singer, Pierre	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 86
91	12,234	AO Aharony, Ofer	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 134
92	12,259	NN Nisan, Noam	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 20
93	12,391	SY Shiloh, Yosef	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Developmental Biology	Rank 432
94	12,761	WS Wasser, Solomon P.	University of Haifa	Biotechnology	Rank 40
95	13,044	WM Westman, Mina	Tel Aviv University	Business & Management	Rank 313
96	13,202	KA Korczyn, Amos D.	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 789
97	13,325	BD Bar-Tal, Daniel	Tel Aviv University	Social Psychology	Rank 244
98	13,329	GA Gabizon, Alberto A.	Shaare Zedek Medical Center	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 485
99	13,482	BY Bar-Haim, Yair	Tel Aviv University	Psychiatry	Rank 303
100	13,728	AN Agmon, Noam	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 265
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Israel are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,514 scientists affiliated with Israel are on the 2021 single-year list, and 1,870 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, Hebrew University of Jerusalem has the most listed scientists from Israel, with 238. It is followed by Tel Aviv University with 216.

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

On the single-year list, Israel went from 1,290 scientists in 2020 to 1,514 in 2021, a change of +17.4%.

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.