Netherlands' Top 2% Scientists 2026

The Netherlands has 4,888 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 3.4% from 4,727 in 2025. That places the Netherlands 11th in the world by number of listed scientists. Wageningen University & Research has the most listed scientists (337), followed by Universiteit van Amsterdam (305).

Single Year

4,888

+161 (+3.4%) vs 2025

Career Data

5,001

+246 (+5.2%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#11

No change vs 2025

Institutes

474

+10 (+2.2%) vs 2025

Scientists in the Netherlands on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 40% 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%

2026+3.4%

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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%
2026	4,888	+3.4%	5,001	+5.2%

Top 10 institutes in the Netherlands

By number of listed scientists

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1Wageningen University & Research337
2Universiteit van Amsterdam305
3Universiteit Utrecht209
4Erasmus MC207
5Rijksuniversiteit Groningen200
6Delft University of Technology199
7Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen191
8Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum180
9Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam178
10Radboud University Medical Center174

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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	46	CH Clevers, Hans C.	University Medical Center Utrecht	Developmental Biology	Rank 1
3	81	SW Schaufeli, Wilmar B.	Universiteit Utrecht	Business & Management	Rank 4
4	96	HJ Henseler, Jörg	Universiteit Twente	Marketing	Rank 3
5	155	BD Borsboom, Denny	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Psychiatry	Rank 4
6	165	CP Cuijpers, Pim C.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Psychiatry	Rank 5
7	192	DE Demerouti, Evangelia	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	Business & Management	Rank 9
8	196	KM Koper, Marc T.M.	Leiden Institute of Chemistry	Energy	Rank 5
9	212	SR Sheldon, Roger A.	Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Catalysis, Delft	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1
10	214	VW Viechtbauer, Wolfgang	Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 6
11	245	LD Lakens, Daniël	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	Social Psychology	Rank 11
12	253	SL Steg, Linda	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Social Psychology	Rank 12
13	450	SM Scheffer, Marten S.	Wageningen University & Research	Ecology	Rank 10
14	502	WM Welling, Max	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 35
15	514	PB Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.	Amsterdam UMC - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Psychiatry	Rank 13
16	538	BR Boschma, Ron A.	Universiteit Utrecht	Geography	Rank 3
17	583	FE Fried, Eiko I.	Universiteit Leiden	Psychiatry	Rank 18
18	587	WE Wagenmakers, Eric Jan M.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Experimental Psychology	Rank 11
19	597	DV de Vos, Willem Meindert	Wageningen University & Research	Microbiology	Rank 5
20	626	VJ Vandenbroucke, Jan P.	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 21
21	673	NM Netea, Mihai Gheorghe	Radboud University Medical Center	Immunology	Rank 16
22	683	BN Bocken, Nancy M.P.	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Environmental Sciences	Rank 15
23	753	SE Steyerberg, Ewout Willem	Erasmus MC	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 26
24	815	PF Paas, Fred G.W.C.	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam	Education	Rank 18
25	885	BP Bossuyt, Patrick M.	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 30
26	909	HA Hoekstra, Arjen Y.	Universiteit Twente	Environmental Engineering	Rank 4
27	916	WL Waltman, Ludo	Universiteit Leiden	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 2
28	934	ZA Zadpoor, Amir A.	Delft University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 2
29	1,004	VP Valkenburg, Patti M.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 2
30	1,056	VH van Huis, Arnold	Wageningen University & Research	Entomology	Rank 1
31	1,074	LD Lohse, Detlef	Universiteit Twente	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 7
32	1,179	WB Weckhuysen, Bert M.	Universiteit Utrecht	Organic Chemistry	Rank 7
33	1,185	VD van der Heijde, Désirée M.F.M.	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 5
34	1,190	TA Tukker, Arnold	Universiteit Leiden	Environmental Sciences	Rank 25
35	1,198	VB Van Buuren, Stef	Universiteit Utrecht	Pediatrics	Rank 1
36	1,213	RJ Rezaei, Jafar	Faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management, TU Delft	Operations Research	Rank 7
37	1,225	SP Scheltens, Philip K.	Amsterdam UMC - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 67
38	1,315	EN Ellemers, Naomi	Universiteit Utrecht	Social Psychology	Rank 51
39	1,378	LL Leydesdorff, Loet	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 4
40	1,391	FB Fauser, Bart C.J.M.	University Medical Center Utrecht	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 2
41	1,502	VD van Dijk, Jan Amg G.M.	Universiteit Twente	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 94
42	1,566	VP Verhoef, Peter C.	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Marketing	Rank 15
43	1,608	KA Koelmans, A. A.	Wageningen University & Research	Environmental Sciences	Rank 32
44	1,619	GH Greve, Henrich R.	INSEAD	Business & Management	Rank 64
45	1,665	VD van Dijck, José F.T.M.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 6
46	1,684	DW de Winter, Joost C.F.	Department of Cognitive Robotics, TU Delft	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 4
47	1,705	FB Feringa, Ben L.	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Organic Chemistry	Rank 14
48	1,765	KP Kirschner, Paul A.	Open Universiteit	Education	Rank 31
49	1,870	PL Poorter, L.	Wageningen University & Research	Ecology	Rank 58
50	1,913	JM Janssen, Marijn F.W.H.A.	Faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management, TU Delft	Information Systems	Rank 13
51	1,924	'H 't Hooft, Gerard ’t	Universiteit Utrecht	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 22
52	1,974	DD de Dreu, Carsten K.W.	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Social Psychology	Rank 77
53	1,982	CP Crous, Pedro Willem	Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 3
54	2,049	DV de Vreese, Claes Holger	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 8
55	2,051	TC ten Cate, Olle Th J.	University Medical Center Utrecht	Medical Informatics	Rank 3
56	2,103	BJ Blommaert, Jan	Tilburg University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 15
57	2,131	DP Dorenbos, Pieter	Delft University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 56
58	2,194	KR Krishna, Rajamani	Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences	Chemical Engineering	Rank 7
59	2,201	TC Terwee, Caroline Barbara	Amsterdam Public Health	Health Policy & Services	Rank 3
60	2,217	BH Berendsen, Herman J.C.	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Chemical Physics	Rank 39
61	2,229	VD Van Den Bent, M. J.	Erasmus MC Cancer Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 52
62	2,266	GK Giller, Ken E.	Wageningen University & Research	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 17
63	2,272	VD van der Poll, Tom	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam	Immunology	Rank 43
64	2,290	SA Spek, Anthony L.	Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 3
65	2,302	FN Frantzeskaki, Niki	Universiteit Utrecht	Environmental Sciences	Rank 48
66	2,390	TJ Theeuwes, Jan Willem M.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Experimental Psychology	Rank 38
67	2,470	MK Moons, Karel G.M.	University Medical Center Utrecht	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 55
68	2,484	SC Stam, Cornelis Jan	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 124
69	2,512	BB Bloem, Bastiaan Roelofs	Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 126
70	2,523	KM Katsnelson, Mikhail I.	Radboud Universiteit	Applied Physics	Rank 63
71	2,560	DJ Dul, Jan	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Human Factors	Rank 5
72	2,637	VK Van Kleef, Gerben A.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Social Psychology	Rank 92
73	2,642	FW Fokkens, Wytske Johanna	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Allergy	Rank 2
74	2,704	VO van Os, Jim J.	University Medical Center Utrecht	Psychiatry	Rank 60
75	2,758	RG Richards, Greg W.	Tilburg University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 18
76	2,759	HM Huijbregts, Mark A.J.	Radboud Universiteit	Environmental Sciences	Rank 60
77	2,762	VW Van Wee, Bert	Faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management, TU Delft	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 9
78	2,824	DH de Haas, Hein	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Demography	Rank 1
79	2,840	MA Meijer, Albert Jacob	Universiteit Utrecht	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 22
80	2,859	LS Levinson, Stephen C.	Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics	Experimental Psychology	Rank 46
81	2,860	PV P van Vuuren, Detlef Peter P.	Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 44
82	2,924	DG D'Haens, Geert R.A.M.	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 38
83	2,985	Beenakker, C. W.J.	Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 69
84	3,000	KA Kolk, Ans	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Business & Management	Rank 96
85	3,290	HJ Haanen, John B.A.G.	The Netherlands Cancer Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 73
86	3,374	HT Hinderer, Tanja	Universiteit Utrecht	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 39
87	3,386	BH Brouwers, H. J. H.	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	Building & Construction	Rank 27
88	3,394	BF Biermann, Frank H.B.	Universiteit Utrecht	Environmental Sciences	Rank 81
89	3,429	PH Poorter, Hendrik	Wageningen University & Research	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 30
90	3,430	BC Béné, Christophe	Wageningen University & Research	Development Studies	Rank 3
91	3,460	VD Van Der Putten, Wim H.	Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) - KNAW	Ecology	Rank 99
92	3,542	VS van Someren, Eus J.W.	Nederlands Herseninstituut	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 175
93	3,552	TP Teunissen, Peter J.G.	Department of Geoscience & Remote Sensing, TU Delft	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 53
94	3,659	BM Bierkens, Marc F.P.	Deltares	Environmental Engineering	Rank 16
95	3,699	CJ Cornelissen, Johannes H.C.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Ecology	Rank 104
96	3,741	MJ Middelburg, Jack J.	Universiteit Utrecht	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 11
97	3,761	HH Heerspink, Hiddo J.Lambers	Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 22
98	3,767	LM Levi, Marcel M.	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 107
99	3,770	VP Verburg, Peter H.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken	Ecology	Rank 105
100	3,809	VM Verkuyten, Maykel	European Research Centre on Migration & Ethnic Relations - ERCOMER	Social Psychology	Rank 114
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the Netherlands are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

4,888 scientists affiliated with the Netherlands are on the 2026 single-year list, and 5,001 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, Wageningen University & Research has the most listed scientists from the Netherlands, with 337. It is followed by Universiteit van Amsterdam with 305.

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 4,888 in 2026, a change of +40.5%.

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.