Israel's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Israel has 1,537 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 1.5% from 1,514 in 2021. That places Israel 19th in the world by number of listed scientists. Tel Aviv University has the most listed scientists (331), followed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (231).

Single Year

1,537

+23 (+1.5%) vs 2021

Career Data

1,958

+88 (+4.7%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#19

No change vs 2021

Institutes

101

No change vs 2021

Scientists in Israel on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 19% 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%

Top 10 institutes in Israel

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Rank in Israel	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	114	SS Schwartz, Shalom S.H.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Social Psychology	Rank 8
2	204	AD Aurbach, Doron	Bar-Ilan University	Energy	Rank 5
3	586	FR Feldman, Ruth	IDC Herzliya	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 11
4	930	EM Elad, Michael	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 46
5	998	SA Shamir, Adi	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 52
6	1,037	HJ Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 73
7	1,139	HZ Hashin, Z.	Tel Aviv University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 14
8	1,230	MY Marcus, Yizhak	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 28
9	1,410	BJ Bekenstein, Jacob D.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 11
10	1,570	LA Levant, Arie	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 7
11	1,580	SY Shoenfeld, Yehuda	Ariel University	Immunology	Rank 48
12	2,003	SA Sadeh, Avi	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 133
13	2,032	CA Ciechanover, Aaron	Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 56
14	2,048	KY Koren, Yehuda	Google LLC, Africa & Middle East	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 90
15	2,078	OA Oren, Aharon	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Microbiology	Rank 41
16	2,158	AU Alon, Uri	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 81
17	2,673	GE Gazit, Ehud	Tel Aviv University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 87
18	2,857	CE Cohen, Erik	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 9
19	2,937	MR Milo, Ron	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 111
20	2,981	FE Fridman, Emilia	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 24
21	3,016	MR Mechoulam, Raphael	Faculty of Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 12
22	3,027	EY Eldar, Yonina C.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 27
23	3,385	WS Weiner, Steve	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Archaeology	Rank 1
24	3,386	WI Willner, Itamar	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Organic Chemistry	Rank 55
25	3,601	MM Mikulincer, Mario	IDC Herzliya	Social Psychology	Rank 99
26	3,602	RL Rokach, Lior	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 131
27	3,631	EI Etsion, Izhak	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 37
28	3,938	BY Barenholz, Yechezkel	Faculty of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 97
29	4,002	CA Carmeli, Abraham	Tel Aviv University	Business & Management	Rank 90
30	4,011	BY Benjamini, Yoav	Tel Aviv University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 32
31	4,119	KS Kirkpatrick, Scott	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Applied Physics	Rank 103
32	4,141	GO Goldreich, Oded	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 6
33	4,171	YY Yarden, Yosef	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 143
34	4,261	PA Peres, Asher	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 38
35	4,313	NR Nussinov, Ruth	Tel Aviv University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 106
36	4,379	ZD Zohar, Dov	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 99
37	4,798	PT Piran, Tsvi	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 20
38	4,918	RD Rosenfeld, Daniel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 83
39	5,191	KG Koren, Gideon	Ariel University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 91
40	5,241	SS Shaik, Sason	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	General Chemistry	Rank 26
41	5,325	MB Malomed, Boris A.	Tel Aviv University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 35
42	5,480	KR Kosloff, Ronnie	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 104
43	5,653	FR Fattal, Raanan	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Software Engineering	Rank 2
44	5,805	UI Ulitsky, Igor	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 226
45	5,905	GY Goldberg, Yoav	Bar-Ilan University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 200
46	5,997	MJ Martin, Jan M.L.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 112
47	6,056	HG Hodes, Gary	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Applied Physics	Rank 129
48	6,088	CJ Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska	Tel Aviv University	Geriatrics	Rank 14
49	6,176	BM Bar, Moshe	Bar-Ilan University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 115
50	6,253	SS Shamay-Tsoory, Simone G.	University of Haifa	Experimental Psychology	Rank 116
51	6,341	BA Blum, Abraham	Plantstress.com	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 80
52	6,486	EE Elinav, Eran	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Immunology	Rank 200
53	6,866	MD Milstein, David	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Organic Chemistry	Rank 98
54	7,114	MA Marmur, Abraham	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 122
55	7,335	NM Naor, Moni	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 10
56	7,469	GA Gedanken, Aharon	Bar-Ilan University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 211
57	7,487	PE Peled, Emanuel	Tel Aviv University	Energy	Rank 142
58	7,526	BA Beck, Amir	Tel Aviv University	Operations Research	Rank 27
59	7,556	GN Giladi, Nir	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 481
60	7,661	SS Shalev-Shwartz, Shai	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 259
61	7,812	FN Friedman, Nir	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Bioinformatics	Rank 34
62	7,835	KR Klajn, Rafal	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 222
63	8,592	WY Weiss, Yair	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 286
64	8,677	SP Singer, Pierre	Tel Aviv University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 56
65	8,795	OM Oren, Moshe	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 311
66	8,886	RS Reich, Simeon	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	General Mathematics	Rank 26
67	8,983	BE Bormashenko, Edward	Ariel University	Chemical Physics	Rank 156
68	9,602	AL Ayalon, Liat	Bar-Ilan University	Gerontology	Rank 16
69	9,743	PD Peer, Dan	Tel Aviv University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 270
70	9,784	JS Jung, Steffen	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Immunology	Rank 290
71	10,136	FU Feige, Uriel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 14
72	10,155	MS Magdassi, Shlomo	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 288
73	10,175	HS Havlin, Shlomo	Bar-Ilan University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 66
74	10,353	CY Censor, Yair	University of Haifa	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 17
75	10,490	YM Youdim, Moussa B.H.	Youdim Pharmaceutical	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 646
76	10,648	SM Schwartz, Michal	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 663
77	10,974	NR Nathan, Ran	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Ecology	Rank 281
78	10,985	KA Koriat, Asher	University of Haifa	Experimental Psychology	Rank 176
79	11,037	BB Berkowitz, Brian	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Environmental Engineering	Rank 56
80	11,189	GH Greenspan, Hayit	Tel Aviv University	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 29
81	11,358	TM Tamir, Maya	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Social Psychology	Rank 221
82	11,427	SY Shai, Yechiel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 278
83	11,469	DD Dekel, Dario R.	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Energy	Rank 224
84	11,535	PD Podolsky, Daniel	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 144
85	11,570	KJ Klein, Jacob	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 202
86	11,638	NN Nisan, Noam	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 15
87	11,819	LB Laufer, Batia	University of Haifa	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 35
88	11,918	SY Shiloh, Yosef	Tel Aviv University	Developmental Biology	Rank 413
89	12,010	YD Yarnitsky, David	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 725
90	12,043	SE Segal, Eran	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 419
91	12,311	WM Westman, Mina	Tel Aviv University	Business & Management	Rank 280
92	12,378	KA Korczyn, Amos D.	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 755
93	12,556	BD Bar-Tal, Daniel	Tel Aviv University	Social Psychology	Rank 234
94	12,821	VE Vigoda-Gadot, Eran	University of Haifa	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 72
95	12,832	HH Haick, Hossam	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 359
96	12,920	RE Rosenberg, Eugene	Tel Aviv University	Microbiology	Rank 301
97	13,034	NE Nevo, Eviatar	University of Haifa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 164
98	13,122	NE Nakar, E.	Tel Aviv University	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 82
99	13,376	AO Aharony, Ofer	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 145
100	13,435	MY Mualem, Yechezkel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Environmental Engineering	Rank 66
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Israel are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,537 scientists affiliated with Israel are on the 2022 single-year list, and 1,958 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Tel Aviv University has the most listed scientists from Israel, with 331. It is followed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem with 231.

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 1,537 in 2022, a change of +19.1%.

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.