Netherlands' Top 2% Scientists 2025

The Netherlands has 4,727 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 4.3% from 4,534 in 2024. That places the Netherlands 11th in the world by number of listed scientists. Wageningen University & Research has the most listed scientists (334), followed by Universiteit van Amsterdam (273).

Single Year

4,727

+193 (+4.3%) vs 2024

Career Data

4,755

+240 (+5.3%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#11

No change vs 2024

Institutes

464

+148 (+46.8%) vs 2024

Scientists in the Netherlands on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 36% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+13.4%

2022+6.8%

2023+1.8%

2024+5.7%

2025+4.3%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	3,480		3,350
2021	3,945	+13.4%	3,857	+15.1%
2022	4,214	+6.8%	4,063	+5.3%
2023	4,291	+1.8%	4,259	+4.8%
2024	4,534	+5.7%	4,515	+6.0%
2025	4,727	+4.3%	4,755	+5.3%

Top 10 institutes in the Netherlands

By number of listed scientists

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1Wageningen University & Research334
2Universiteit van Amsterdam273
3Erasmus MC215
4Universiteit Utrecht211
5Delft University of Technology210
6Rijksuniversiteit Groningen187
7Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen187
8Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum183
9Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam172
10University Medical Center Utrecht170

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Rank in the Netherlands	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	32	BA Bakker, Arnold Bastiaan	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam	Business & Management	Rank 2
2	42	CH Clevers, Hans C.	University Medical Center Utrecht	Developmental Biology	Rank 1
3	87	SW Schaufeli, Wilmar B.	Universiteit Utrecht	Business & Management	Rank 4
4	106	HJ Henseler, Jörg	Universiteit Twente	Marketing	Rank 2
5	167	CP Cuijpers, Pim C.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Psychiatry	Rank 3
6	190	SR Sheldon, Roger A.	Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Catalysis, Delft	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1
7	221	BD Borsboom, Denny	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Psychiatry	Rank 5
8	251	KM Koper, Marc T.M.	Leiden Institute of Chemistry	Energy	Rank 9
9	262	VW Viechtbauer, Wolfgang	Universiteit Maastricht	Psychiatry	Rank 6
10	292	SL Steg, Linda	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Social Psychology	Rank 14
11	303	DE Demerouti, Evangelia	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	Business & Management	Rank 9
12	353	LD Lakens, Daniël	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	Social Psychology	Rank 19
13	405	SM Scheffer, Marten S.	Wageningen University & Research	Ecology	Rank 8
14	480	BR Boschma, Ron A.	Universiteit Utrecht	Geography	Rank 3
15	509	PB Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.	Amsterdam UMC - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Psychiatry	Rank 14
16	519	WM Welling, Max	Bosch-Delta Lab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 35
17	546	WE Wagenmakers, Eric Jan M.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Experimental Psychology	Rank 10
18	574	DV de Vos, Willem Meindert	Wageningen University & Research	Microbiology	Rank 5
19	636	VG van Genuchten, Martinus Th.	Universiteit Utrecht	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1
20	648	VJ Vandenbroucke, Jan P.	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 18
21	658	FE Fried, Eiko I.	Universiteit Leiden	Psychiatry	Rank 19
22	727	SE Steyerberg, Ewout Willem	Erasmus MC	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 23
23	767	BN Bocken, Nancy M.P.	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Environmental Sciences	Rank 16
24	772	ZA Zadpoor, Amir A.	Delft University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 2
25	896	HA Hoekstra, Arjen Y.	Universiteit Twente	Environmental Engineering	Rank 2
26	955	BP Bossuyt, Patrick M.	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 26
27	957	VD van der Heijde, Désirée M.F.M.	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 4
28	1,008	WL Waltman, Ludo	Universiteit Leiden	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 2
29	1,018	WB Weckhuysen, Bert M.	Universiteit Utrecht	Organic Chemistry	Rank 8
30	1,019	TA Tukker, Arnold	Universiteit Leiden	Environmental Sciences	Rank 21
31	1,081	LD Lohse, Detlef	Universiteit Twente	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 7
32	1,112	RJ Rezaei, Jafar	Faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management, TU Delft	Operations Research	Rank 7
33	1,175	KA Koelmans, A. A.	Wageningen University & Research	Environmental Sciences	Rank 26
34	1,190	SP Scheltens, P. K.	Amsterdam UMC - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 71
35	1,208	LL Leydesdorff, Loet	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 3
36	1,235	VP Valkenburg, Patti M.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 2
37	1,332	VB van Buuren, Stef	Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek- TNO	Pediatrics	Rank 1
38	1,390	VP Verhoef, Peter C.	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Marketing	Rank 14
39	1,473	VO van Os, Jim J.	University Medical Center Utrecht	Psychiatry	Rank 35
40	1,513	'H 't Hooft, Gerard ’t	Universiteit Utrecht	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 15
41	1,608	FB Fauser, Bart C.J.M.	University Medical Center Utrecht	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 2
42	1,615	SA Spek, Anthony L.	Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 3
43	1,692	VD Van Den Bent, M. J.	Erasmus MC Cancer Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 35
44	1,694	DD de Dreu, Carsten K.W.	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Social Psychology	Rank 65
45	1,696	VH van Huis, Arnold	Wageningen University & Research	Entomology	Rank 2
46	1,705	EN Ellemers, Naomi	Universiteit Utrecht	Social Psychology	Rank 66
47	1,715	FB Feringa, Ben L.	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Organic Chemistry	Rank 18
48	1,722	TC ten Cate, Olle Th J.	University Medical Center Utrecht	Medical Informatics	Rank 3
49	1,803	KM Katsnelson, Mikhail I.	Radboud Universiteit	Applied Physics	Rank 48
50	1,808	VD van Dijck, José F.T.M.	Universiteit Utrecht	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 5
51	1,903	DP Dorenbos, Pieter	Delft University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 51
52	1,946	MK Moons, Karel G.M.	University Medical Center Utrecht	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 46
53	2,031	TJ Theeuwes, Jan Willem M.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Experimental Psychology	Rank 32
54	2,112	Beenakker, C. W.J.	Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 54
55	2,195	DV de Vreese, Claes Holger	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 8
56	2,297	VD van Dijk, Jan Amg G.M.	Universiteit Twente	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 129
57	2,330	KA Kolk, Ans	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Business & Management	Rank 74
58	2,387	VD van der Poll, Tom	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Immunology	Rank 50
59	2,392	BH Berendsen, Herman J.C.	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Chemical Physics	Rank 48
60	2,419	KJ Kirchherr, Julian	Universiteit Utrecht	Environmental Sciences	Rank 51
61	2,437	DW de Winter, Joost C.F.	Department of Cognitive Robotics, TU Delft	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 6
62	2,441	VK Van Kleef, Gerben A.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Social Psychology	Rank 87
63	2,459	KP Kirschner, Paul A.	Open Universiteit	Education	Rank 33
64	2,536	KR Krishna, Rajamani	Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences	Chemical Engineering	Rank 11
65	2,553	VD Van Der Putten, Wim H.	Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) - KNAW	Ecology	Rank 73
66	2,559	CP Crous, Pedro W.	Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 4
67	2,653	PL Poorter, L.	Wageningen University & Research	Ecology	Rank 76
68	2,661	BJ Blommaert, Jan	Tilburg University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 13
69	2,671	RG Richards, Greg W.	Tilburg University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 16
70	2,867	VW Van Wee, Bert	Faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management, TU Delft	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 10
71	2,896	FW Fokkens, Wytske Johanna	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Allergy	Rank 4
72	2,934	DG D'Haens, Geert R.A.M.	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 36
73	3,008	VP van Prooijen, Jan Willem	Universiteit Maastricht	Social Psychology	Rank 97
74	3,015	DH de Haas, Hein	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Demography	Rank 1
75	3,029	MA Meijer, Albert Jacob	Utrecht University School of Governance	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 24
76	3,068	HJ Haanen, John B.A.G.	The Netherlands Cancer Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 73
77	3,262	FN Frantzeskaki, Niki	Universiteit Utrecht	Environmental Sciences	Rank 76
78	3,307	VV Van Vuuren, Detlef P.	Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 46
79	3,336	GK Giller, Ken E.	Wageningen University & Research	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 22
80	3,353	HM Huijbregts, Mark A.J.	Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek- TNO	Environmental Sciences	Rank 77
81	3,376	BB Bloem, Bastiaan Roelofs	Radboud University Medical Center	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 172
82	3,492	MJ Middelburg, Jack J.	Universiteit Utrecht	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 11
83	3,521	SC Stam, Cornelis Jan	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 183
84	3,524	MJ Mackenbach, Johan Pieter	Erasmus MC	Public Health	Rank 35
85	3,547	TC Terwee, Caroline Barbara	Amsterdam Public Health	Health Policy & Services	Rank 3
86	3,550	LS Levinson, Stephen C.	Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics	Experimental Psychology	Rank 65
87	3,673	PH Poorter, Hendrik	Wageningen University & Research	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 29
88	3,735	HT Hinderer, Tanja	Universiteit Utrecht	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 41
89	3,812	BM Bogers, Marcel	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	Business & Management	Rank 119
90	3,884	VP Verburg, Peter H.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken	Ecology	Rank 107
91	4,056	HH Hoek, Hans Wijbrand	Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen	Psychiatry	Rank 99
92	4,064	BM Bierkens, Marc F.P.	Universiteit Utrecht	Environmental Engineering	Rank 17
93	4,068	BH Brouwers, H. J. H.	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	Building & Construction	Rank 36
94	4,106	HP Hagoort, Peter	Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics	Experimental Psychology	Rank 73
95	4,121	VF Vanclay, Frank M.	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 11
96	4,176	BE Blaak, Ellen E.	Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 64
97	4,402	FK Frenken, Koen	Universiteit Utrecht	Science Studies	Rank 11
98	4,460	TB ter Braak, Cajo J.F.	Wageningen University & Research	Ecology	Rank 119
99	4,482	VM Verkuyten, Maykel	Universiteit Utrecht	Social Psychology	Rank 121
100	4,581	TB Terhal, Barbara Maria	Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics	General Physics	Rank 41
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Frequently asked questions

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

4,727 scientists affiliated with the Netherlands are on the 2025 single-year list, and 4,755 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, Wageningen University & Research has the most listed scientists from the Netherlands, with 334. It is followed by Universiteit van Amsterdam with 273.

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

On the single-year list, the Netherlands went from 3,480 scientists in 2020 to 4,727 in 2025, a change of +35.8%.

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.