Netherlands' Top 2% Scientists 2020

The Netherlands has 3,480 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places the Netherlands 10th in the world by number of listed scientists. Wageningen University and Research Centre has the most listed scientists (264), followed by Universiteit van Amsterdam (246).

Single Year

3,480

First year listed

Career Data

3,350

First year listed

World rank by count

#10

First year listed

Institutes

302

First year listed

Scientists in the Netherlands on the list, by year

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

Single-year list2020

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1Wageningen University and Research Centre264
2Universiteit van Amsterdam246
3Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam190
4Erasmus MC184
5Utrecht University161
6University of Groningen158
7Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC146
8Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre138
9Delft University of Technology134
10University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen132

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Rank in the Netherlands	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	38	CH Clevers, Hans	Hubrecht Laboratory KNAW (Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology)	Developmental Biology	Rank 2
2	81	BA Bakker, Arnold B.	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam	Business & Management	Rank 2
3	95	SR Sheldon, Roger A.	Delft University of Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1
4	114	DC Dinarello, Charles A.	Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre	Immunology	Rank 4
5	194	SW Schaufeli, Wilmar B.	Utrecht University	Business & Management	Rank 6
6	300	CP Cuijpers, Pim C.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Psychiatry	Rank 6
7	475	KM Koper, Marc T.M.	Leiden Institute of Chemistry	Chemical Physics	Rank 16
8	476	BR Boschma, Ron	The Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht - URU	Geography	Rank 1
9	504	HD Helbing, Dirk	Delft University of Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 6
10	518	WE Wagenmakers, Eric Jan	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Experimental Psychology	Rank 9
11	605	VD Van Der Heijde, Désirée	Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 4
12	617	KM Katsnelson, Mikhail I.	Radboud University Nijmegen	Applied Physics	Rank 27
13	642	HJ Henseler, Jörg	University of Twente	Marketing	Rank 2
14	643	DE Demerouti, Evangelia	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	Business & Management	Rank 18
15	654	SL Steg, Linda	University of Groningen	Social Psychology	Rank 26
16	675	SA Spek, Anthony L.	Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 3
17	710	SM Scheffer, Marten	Wageningen University and Research Centre	Ecology	Rank 20
18	720	DP Dorenbos, Pieter	Delft University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 31
19	779	BD Borsboom, Denny	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Psychiatry	Rank 17
20	795	PB Penninx, B. W.J.H.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Psychiatry	Rank 18
21	798	HA Hoekstra, Arjen Y.	University of Twente	Environmental Engineering	Rank 4
22	801	VO van Os, Jim	University Hospital Maastricht	Psychiatry	Rank 19
23	847	VW Viechtbauer, Wolfgang	Maastricht University	Psychiatry	Rank 21
24	897	FB Feringa, Ben L.	University of Groningen	Organic Chemistry	Rank 10
25	984	VI van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 15
26	1,025	FB Fauser, Bart C.J.M.	University Medical Center Utrecht	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1
27	1,101	LL Leydesdorff, Loet	The Amsterdam School of Communications Research - ASCoR	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 1
28	1,104	WB Weckhuysen, Bert M.	Debye Institute	Organic Chemistry	Rank 15
29	1,267	BH Berendsen, Herman J.C.	University of Groningen	Chemical Physics	Rank 32
30	1,307	VJ Vandenbroucke, Jan	Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 23
31	1,353	NM Netea, M. G.	Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre	Immunology	Rank 29
32	1,368	SC Stam, C. J.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 95
33	1,391	HB Hommel, Bernhard	Leiden University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 25
34	1,496	Beenakker, C. W.J.	Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden	Applied Physics	Rank 51
35	1,527	TJ Theeuwes, Jan	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Experimental Psychology	Rank 28
36	1,571	DD De Dreu, Carsten KW	Leiden University	Social Psychology	Rank 54
37	1,592	SE Steyerberg, Ewout W.	Erasmus MC	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 31
38	1,607	MJ MacKenbach, Johan P.	Erasmus MC	Public Health	Rank 18
39	1,611	LP Lips, Paul	Amsterdam UMC - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 28
40	1,679	’H ’t Hooft, Gerard	Dutch Research School of Theoretical Physics - DRSTP	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 9
41	1,785	KR Krishna, Rajamani	Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences - HIMS	Chemical Engineering	Rank 13
42	1,797	LD Lakens, Daniël	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	Social Psychology	Rank 60
43	1,809	DC Dekker, Cees	Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 65
44	1,839	BG Blasse, George	Debye Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 61
45	1,918	GU Gneezy, Uri	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Economics	Rank 48
46	2,076	TB ter Braak, Cajo J.F.	Wageningen University and Research Centre	Ecology	Rank 63
47	2,115	VP Verburg, Peter H.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Institute for Environmental Studies	Ecology	Rank 64
48	2,150	WL Waltman, Ludo	Leiden University	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 6
49	2,185	DJ Damsté, Jaap S.Sinninghe	Utrecht University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 33
50	2,191	VP Verhoef, Peter	University of Groningen	Marketing	Rank 10
51	2,209	SP Scheltens, P.	VU University Medical Center, Alzheimer Centre	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 145
52	2,254	AR Aerts, Rien	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Ecology	Rank 72
53	2,261	PL Poorter, Lourens	Wageningen University and Research Centre	Ecology	Rank 73
54	2,307	KA Kolk, Ans	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Business & Management	Rank 54
55	2,336	BP Bossuyt, Patrick M.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 38
56	2,423	VD van den Bent, Martin	Erasmus MC Cancer Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 82
57	2,463	JM Jetten, Mike S.M.	Radboud University Nijmegen	Microbiology	Rank 38
58	2,489	TR Tol, Richard S.J.	Tinbergen Institute - TI	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 33
59	2,516	MP Muris, Peter	Maastricht University	Clinical Psychology	Rank 17
60	2,534	HJ Hox, Joop J.	Utrecht University	Social Sciences Methods	Rank 9
61	2,704	BC Beckmann, Christian F.	Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 176
62	2,725	VB van Buuren, Stef	Utrecht University	Pediatrics	Rank 4
63	2,787	VD van der Putten, Wim H.	Wageningen University and Research Centre	Ecology	Rank 96
64	2,796	BF Barkhof, F.	Amsterdam UMC - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 185
65	2,847	PA Polman, Albert	FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics - AMOLF	Applied Physics	Rank 75
66	2,949	HA Harzing, Anne Wil	Tilburg University	Business & Management	Rank 73
67	2,956	TA Tukker, Arnold	Leiden University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 26
68	2,957	MJ Middelburg, Jack J.	Utrecht University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 8
69	3,071	KE Kuipers, Ernst J.	Erasmus MC	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 34
70	3,100	ZA Zadpoor, A. A.	Delft University of Technology	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 18
71	3,102	EN Ellemers, Naomi	Utrecht University	Social Psychology	Rank 85
72	3,169	KP Kirschner, Paul A.	Open University of the Netherlands	Education	Rank 25
73	3,263	KS Kersten, Sander	Wageningen University and Research Centre	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 61
74	3,283	CJ Cornelissen, J. H.C.	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Ecology	Rank 112
75	3,296	HP Hagoort, Peter	Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics	Experimental Psychology	Rank 62
76	3,333	AN Aaronson, Neil K.	The Netherlands Cancer Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 116
77	3,424	ST Snijders, Tom	University of Groningen	Social Sciences Methods	Rank 11
78	3,453	TC Ten Cate, Olle	University Medical Center Utrecht	Medical Informatics	Rank 5
79	3,457	KA Koelmans, Albert A.	Wageningen University and Research Centre	Environmental Sciences	Rank 36
80	3,561	VD van der Poll, T.	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam	Microbiology	Rank 54
81	3,562	DA Domling, Alexander	University of Groningen	Organic Chemistry	Rank 61
82	3,609	HA Hofman, Albert	Erasmus MC	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 245
83	3,625	DG De Groot, Rudolf	Wageningen University and Research Centre	Ecology	Rank 118
84	3,690	RJ Rezaei, Jafar	Delft University of Technology	Operations Research	Rank 17
85	3,732	DV De Vreese, Claes H.	The Amsterdam School of Communications Research - ASCoR	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 9
86	3,839	VV van Vollenhoven, Ronald F.	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 20
87	3,910	HH Hoek, Hans W.	University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen	Psychiatry	Rank 111
88	3,986	JM Joëls, Marian	University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 273
89	4,004	VM Visser, Marcel E.	Netherlands Institute of Ecology	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 52
90	4,103	VP Valkenburg, Patti M.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 10
91	4,139	DK de Kloet, Edo Ronald	Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 284
92	4,206	VL van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M.	Delft University of Technology	Environmental Engineering	Rank 18
93	4,230	RF Rosendaal, Frits R.	Leiden University Medical Center - LUMC	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 121
94	4,283	HJ Haanen, John B.A.G.	The Netherlands Cancer Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 145
95	4,384	LD Lohse, Detlef	MESA Institute for Nanotechnology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 38
96	4,461	VW van Wee, Bert	Faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management, TU Delft	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 12
97	4,465	SH Savenije, Hubert H.G.	Faculteit Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen, TU Delft	Environmental Engineering	Rank 21
98	4,545	JO Janssen, Onne	University of Groningen	Business & Management	Rank 110
99	4,569	BJ Blommaert, Jan	Tilburg University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 6
100	4,593	BL Bouwman, Lex	Utrecht University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 79
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the Netherlands are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

3,480 scientists affiliated with the Netherlands are on the 2020 single-year list, and 3,350 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, Wageningen University and Research Centre has the most listed scientists from the Netherlands, with 264. It is followed by Universiteit van Amsterdam with 246.

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.