Israel's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

Israel has 1,870 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 14.7% from 1,630 in 2020. That places Israel 15th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Hebrew University of Jerusalem has the most listed scientists (283), followed by Tel Aviv University (262).

Single Year

1,514

+224 (+17.4%) vs 2020

Career Data

1,870

+240 (+14.7%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#15

down 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

120

+12 (+11.1%) vs 2020

Scientists in Israel on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 15% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+14.7%

2022+4.7%

2023+4.0%

2024+2.7%

2025+5.3%

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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	387	SS Schwartz, Shalom H.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Social Psychology	Rank 8
2	404	AD Aurbach, Doron	Bar-Ilan University	Energy	Rank 4
3	484	WI Willner, Itamar	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Organic Chemistry	Rank 12
4	679	SA Shamir, Adi	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 16
5	873	CA Ciechanover, Aaron	The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 52
6	1,213	YY Yarden, Yosef	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 54
7	1,309	EM Elad, Michael	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 28
8	1,468	AN Alon, Noga	Tel Aviv University	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 1
9	1,567	SY Shoenfeld, Yehuda	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 62
10	1,588	MY Marcus, Yizhak	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 56
11	1,627	HZ Hashin, Z.	Tel Aviv University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 14
12	1,792	OM Oren, Moshe	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 125
13	1,891	WS Weiner, Steve	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Archaeology	Rank 1
14	2,084	AU Alon, Uri	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 148
15	2,249	HJ Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.	Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 219
16	2,525	BJ Bekenstein, Jacob D.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 33
17	2,578	MM Mikulincer, Mario	IDC	Social Psychology	Rank 39
18	2,791	KS Kirkpatrick, Scott	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Applied Physics	Rank 90
19	2,856	PT Piran, T.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 10
20	2,863	PA Peres, Asher	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 39
21	2,946	GA Gedanken, Aharon	Bar Ilan's Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 56
22	3,066	FR Feldman, Ruth	IDC	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 30
23	3,222	AM Aviram, Michael	The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 165
24	3,310	MR Mechoulam, Raphael	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 24
25	3,342	MJ Martin, Jan M.L.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 110
26	3,347	YM Youdim, Moussa B.H.	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 318
27	3,526	SS Shaik, Sason S.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	General Chemistry	Rank 43
28	3,657	NM Naor, Moni	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 6
29	3,660	OA Oren, Aharon	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Microbiology	Rank 78
30	3,699	NR Nussinov, Ruth	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 199
31	3,713	MD Milstein, David	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Organic Chemistry	Rank 97
32	3,814	SY Shiloh, Yosef	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Developmental Biology	Rank 226
33	3,936	BY Barenholz, Yechezkel	Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 214
34	4,219	GB Geiger, Benjamin	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 250
35	4,319	SY Shai, Yechiel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 223
36	4,357	GO Goldreich, Oded	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 8
37	4,439	CJ Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska	Tel Aviv University	Geriatrics	Rank 7
38	4,441	SM Schwartz, Michal	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 406
39	4,509	MB Malomed, Boris A.	Tel Aviv University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 36
40	4,553	FE Fridman, Emilia	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 25
41	4,560	LP Lavie, P.	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 420
42	4,771	JJ Jortner, Joshua	Tel Aviv University	Chemical Physics	Rank 142
43	4,833	FN Friedman, Nir	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Bioinformatics	Rank 14
44	4,951	EY Eldar, Yonina	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 35
45	4,973	GE Gazit, Ehud	Tel Aviv University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 79
46	4,989	KR Kosloff, Ronnie	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 148
47	5,242	SM Segal, Menahem	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 469
48	5,367	DR Dagan, Ron	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Pediatrics	Rank 12
49	5,679	LU Leonhardt, Ulf	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	General Physics	Rank 45
50	5,685	HG Hodes, G.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Applied Physics	Rank 145
51	5,706	LA Levant, Arie	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 34
52	5,719	SN Sharon, Nathan	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 303
53	5,812	BH Brezis, Haïm	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	General Mathematics	Rank 10
54	5,829	NA Nitzan, Abraham	Tel Aviv University	Chemical Physics	Rank 166
55	5,886	HD Harel, David	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 110
56	5,952	NE Nevo, Eviatar	University of Haifa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 44
57	6,082	FU Feige, Uriel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 11
58	6,194	MA Marmur, Abraham	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 172
59	6,280	HA Hershko, Avram	The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 331
60	6,554	TR Tenne, Reshef	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Applied Physics	Rank 156
61	6,668	GA Gabizon, Alberto A.	Shaare Zedek Medical Center	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 310
62	6,807	CE Cohen, Erik	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 4
63	6,896	RD Rosenfeld, Daniel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 75
64	6,902	SA Sadeh, Avi	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 611
65	6,974	HS Havlin, Shlomo	Bar-Ilan University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 51
66	7,267	KJ Klein, Jacob	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 193
67	7,346	WY Weiss, Yair	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 131
68	7,449	AD Avnir, David	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 197
69	7,677	LA Levitzki, A.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 409
70	7,726	AN Agmon, Noam	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 201
71	7,861	GN Giladi, Nir	Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 691
72	7,951	NN Nelson, Nathan	Tel Aviv University George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 422
73	8,285	EI Etsion, Izhak	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 50
74	8,301	KE Katz, Eugenii	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 36
75	8,322	DM Devor, Marshall	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 728
76	8,324	NN Nisan, Noam	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 22
77	8,353	GS Goldberg, S. Nahum	Hadassah University Medical Centre	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 33
78	8,805	KA Korczyn, Amos D.	Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 769
79	9,082	SS Shamai, Shlomo	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 71
80	9,284	HM Hayden, Michael R.	Prilenia Therapeutics Development Ltd.	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 31
81	9,384	WM Weinstock, Marta	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 812
82	9,591	KA Koriat, Asher	University of Haifa	Experimental Psychology	Rank 150
83	9,730	CI Cohen, Irun R.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Immunology	Rank 376
84	9,803	WE Waxman, Eli	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 59
85	10,083	NR Neumann, Ronny	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Organic Chemistry	Rank 215
86	10,229	BA Blum, Abraham	Plantstress.com	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 86
87	10,449	SM Segev, Mordechai	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Optics	Rank 48
88	10,579	WH Wagner, H. Daniel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Materials	Rank 126
89	10,665	AO Aharony, Ofer	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 169
90	10,683	SA Schatzkin, Arthur	The Gertner Institute	Epidemiology	Rank 43
91	10,821	DG Dagan, Gedeon	Tel Aviv University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 30
92	10,975	DA Dekel, A.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 74
93	11,002	US Ullman, Shimon	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 184
94	11,010	BB Berkowitz, Brian	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Environmental Engineering	Rank 32
95	11,262	PE Peled, Emanuel	Tel Aviv University	Energy	Rank 98
96	11,299	BM Bar, Moshe	Bar-Ilan University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 179
97	11,316	DY Dudai, Yadin	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 959
98	12,215	RJ Rowe, Jacob M.	Shaare Zedek Medical Center	Immunology	Rank 463
99	12,527	MA Müller, Achim	Bar-Ilan University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 88
100	12,576	AS Avidan, Shai	Tel Aviv University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 208
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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 career-long list, Hebrew University of Jerusalem has the most listed scientists from Israel, with 283. It is followed by Tel Aviv University with 262.

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

On the career-long list, Israel went from 1,630 scientists in 2020 to 1,870 in 2021, a change of +14.7%.

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.