Israel's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Israel has 2,204 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 5.3% from 2,093 in 2024. That places Israel 17th in the world by number of listed scientists. Tel Aviv University has the most listed scientists (402), followed by Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (324).

Single Year

1,637

+15 (+0.9%) vs 2024

Career Data

2,204

+111 (+5.3%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#17

No change vs 2024

Institutes

226

+103 (+83.7%) vs 2024

Scientists in Israel on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 35% 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%

Top 10 institutes in Israel

By number of listed scientists

Career-long list2025

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1Tel Aviv University402
2Technion - Israel Institute of Technology324
3Hebrew University of Jerusalem304
4Weizmann Institute of Science Israel224
5Ben-Gurion University of the Negev166
6Bar-Ilan University99
7University of Haifa86
8Agricultural Research Organization of Israel66
9Faculty of Medicine39
10Hadassah University Medical Centre34

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Rank in Israel	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	297	TA Tversky, Amos	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Experimental Psychology	Rank 7
2	300	SS Schwartz, Shalom H.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Social Psychology	Rank 7
3	339	AD Aurbach, Doron	Bar-Ilan University	Energy	Rank 6
4	609	WI Willner, Itamar	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Organic Chemistry	Rank 14
5	757	SA Shamir, Adi	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 24
6	1,009	KG Koren, Gideon	Ariel University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 24
7	1,098	CA Ciechanover, Aaron J.	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 56
8	1,117	LM Levitt, Michael D.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 16
9	1,302	AN Alon, Noga	Tel Aviv University	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 1
10	1,309	EM Elad, Michael	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 39
11	1,364	SY Shoenfeld, Yehuda Yulius	Reichman University	Immunology	Rank 53
12	1,468	MY Marcus, Yizhak	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Chemistry	Chemical Physics	Rank 41
13	1,518	YY Yarden, Yosef	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 63
14	1,777	HJ Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 171
15	1,899	HZ Hashin, Zvi	Tel Aviv University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 16
16	1,959	AU Alon, Uri	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 114
17	2,030	WS Weiner, Steve	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Archaeology	Rank 1
18	2,116	FR Feldman, Ruth	Reichman University	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 24
19	2,250	OM Oren, Moshe	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 138
20	2,482	OA Oren, Aharon	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Microbiology	Rank 47
21	2,535	MM Mikulincer, Mario	Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University	Social Psychology	Rank 46
22	2,605	BJ Bekenstein, Jacob D.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 28
23	2,816	PT Piran, Tsvi	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 10
24	3,039	GA Gedanken, Aharon	Bar-Ilan University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 70
25	3,144	EY Eldar, Yonina C.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 21
26	3,272	SS Shaik, Sason S.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	General Chemistry	Rank 34
27	3,355	MR Mechoulam, Raphael	Faculty of Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 19
28	3,362	PA Peres, Asher	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 42
29	3,383	KS Kirkpatrick, Scott	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Applied Physics	Rank 103
30	3,461	BY Barenholz, Yechezkel Chezy	Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Laboratory of Membrane and Liposome Research	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 151
31	3,598	MB Malomed, B. A.	Tel Aviv University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 25
32	3,633	GE Gazit, Ehud	Tel Aviv University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 79
33	3,903	YM Youdim, Moussa B.H.	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 340
34	3,937	GO Goldreich, Oded	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 7
35	4,095	CJ Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska	Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences	Geriatrics	Rank 7
36	4,111	MD Milstein, David	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Organic Chemistry	Rank 107
37	4,136	MJ Martin, Jan M.L.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 115
38	4,268	FE Fridman, E. M.	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 26
39	4,327	AM Aviram, Michael	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 215
40	4,621	NM Naor, Moni	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 8
41	4,784	LA Levant, Arie	Tel Aviv University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 33
42	4,785	SY Shiloh, Yosef	Tel Aviv University	Developmental Biology	Rank 236
43	4,862	SM Schwartz, Michal P.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 413
44	5,057	SY Shai, Yechiel L.	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 223
45	5,299	GB Geiger, Benjamin	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 263
46	5,369	KR Kosloff, Ronnie	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 138
47	5,388	CE Cohen, Erik	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 7
48	5,658	LP Lavie, Peretz	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 478
49	6,215	RD Rosenfeld, Daniel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 73
50	6,221	DR Dagan, Ron	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Microbiology	Rank 154
51	6,357	JJ Jortner, Joshua	Tel Aviv University	Chemical Physics	Rank 157
52	6,402	FU Feige, Uriel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 11
53	6,426	HG Hodes, Gary	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Applied Physics	Rank 163
54	6,459	SA Sadeh, Avi	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 540
55	6,548	LU Leónhardt, Ulf	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	General Physics	Rank 43
56	6,626	NE Nevo, Eviator N.	University of Haifa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 57
57	6,857	MA Marmur, Abraham	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 169
58	6,967	MR Milo, Ron	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Developmental Biology	Rank 331
59	7,222	SN Sharon, Nathan	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 322
60	7,414	GN Giladi, Nir	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 622
61	7,490	KJ Klein, Jacob	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Chemical Physics	Rank 181
62	7,509	HD Harel, David	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 177
63	7,907	FN Friedman, Nir	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Bioinformatics	Rank 26
64	7,939	HS Havlin, Shlomo R.	Bar-Ilan University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 53
65	8,041	GA Gabizon, Alberto A.	Shaare Zedek Medical Center	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 356
66	8,169	TR Tenne, Reshef	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Applied Physics	Rank 204
67	8,498	EI Etsion, Izhak	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 57
68	8,618	SM Segal, Menahem	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 708
69	8,727	HA Hershko, Avram	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 391
70	8,766	LA Levitzki, Alexander	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 392
71	9,039	AD Avnir, David	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Chemical Physics	Rank 206
72	9,091	AN Agmon, Noam	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Chemistry	Chemical Physics	Rank 210
73	9,167	KA Korczyn, Amos D.	Tel Aviv University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 758
74	9,301	WY Weiss, Yair	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 209
75	9,405	BA Blum, Abraham	Agricultural Research Organization of Israel	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 85
76	9,510	CA Carmeli, Abraham	Tel Aviv University	Business & Management	Rank 88
77	9,783	DM Devor, Marshall G.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 801
78	9,799	NN Nisan, Noam	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 21
79	9,906	PE Peled, Emanuel Badoslav R.	Tel Aviv University, School of Chemistry	Energy	Rank 107
80	9,912	NN Nelson, Nathan	Tel Aviv University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 448
81	10,040	KA Koriat, Asher	University of Haifa	Experimental Psychology	Rank 166
82	10,191	RL Rokach, Lior	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 220
83	10,450	BB Berkowitz, Brian	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Environmental Engineering	Rank 31
84	10,528	SS Shamai Shitz, Shlomo	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 88
85	10,597	SM Segev, Mordechai (Moti)	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Optics	Rank 51
86	11,331	BY Benjamini, Yoav	Tel Aviv University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 56
87	11,338	DA Dekel, Avishai	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 79
88	11,461	KE Katz, Eugenii Yu	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 58
89	11,502	AO Aharony, Ofer	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 155
90	11,580	WE Waxman, Eli	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 82
91	11,824	BM Bar, Moshe	Bar-Ilan University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 191
92	12,038	WM Weinstock, Marta	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute for Drug Research	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 964
93	12,136	MD McDermott, David H.	Boston MA	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 529
94	12,194	FL Freedman, Laurence S.	The Gertner Institute	Statistics & Probability	Rank 59
95	12,317	WH Wagner, Hanoch Daniel	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Materials	Rank 149
96	12,707	NR Neumann, Ronny	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Organic Chemistry	Rank 275
97	12,743	AS Avidan, Shai	Tel Aviv University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 279
98	12,772	NR Nathan, Ran	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Movement Ecology Laboratory	Ecology	Rank 239
99	12,880	CI Cohen, Irun Robert	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	Immunology	Rank 460
100	12,908	RJ Rowe, Jacob M.	Shaare Zedek Medical Center	Immunology	Rank 461
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Israel are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,637 scientists affiliated with Israel are on the 2025 single-year list, and 2,204 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Tel Aviv University has the most listed scientists from Israel, with 402. It is followed by Technion - Israel Institute of Technology with 324.

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 2,204 in 2025, a change of +35.2%.

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.