New Zealand's Top 2% Scientists 2020

New Zealand has 756 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places New Zealand 29th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Auckland has the most listed scientists (195), followed by University of Otago (110).

Single Year

756

First year listed

Career Data

803

First year listed

World rank by count

#29

First year listed

Institutes

First year listed

Scientists in New Zealand on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+19.2%

2022+0.4%

2023+3.0%

2024+1.6%

2025+0.7%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	756		803
2021	901	+19.2%	974	+21.3%
2022	905	+0.4%	1,029	+5.6%
2023	932	+3.0%	1,076	+4.6%
2024	947	+1.6%	1,132	+5.2%
2025	954	+0.7%	1,167	+3.1%

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Rank in New Zealand	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	350	AM Anderson, Marti J.	Massey University Auckland	Ecology	Rank 7
2	574	FV Feigin, Valery	Auckland University of Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 48
3	721	CY Chisti, Yusuf	Massey University Manawatu	Biotechnology	Rank 1
4	959	BV Braun, Virginia	University of Auckland	Gender Studies	Rank 1
5	1,129	WC Winterbourn, Christine C.	University of Otago	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 23
6	1,324	PP Phillips, Peter C.B.	University of Auckland	Econometrics	Rank 8
7	1,482	HP Hulme, Philip E.	Lincoln University, New Zealand	Ecology	Rank 45
8	1,520	SR Sibson, Richard H.	University of Otago	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 22
9	1,593	PR Poulin, Robert	University of Otago	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 2
10	2,049	ZF Zhu, Fan	University of Auckland	Food Science	Rank 9
11	2,522	RI Reid, I. R.	University of Auckland	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 49
12	2,690	WH White, Harvey D.	Auckland City Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 77
13	3,203	ND Nield, D. A.	University of Auckland	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 35
14	3,389	SB Swinburn, Boyd	School of Population Health, University of Auckland	Public Health	Rank 35
15	3,878	SH Singh, Harjinder	Massey University Manawatu	Food Science	Rank 16
16	3,912	XX Xu, Xun	University of Auckland	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 49
17	4,231	LT Lumley, Thomas	University of Auckland	Statistics & Probability	Rank 36
18	4,245	SL Scott, Lesley J.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 19
19	5,139	DA Drummond, Alexei J.	University of Auckland	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 62
20	5,173	FD Fergusson, David M.	University of Otago	Psychiatry	Rank 131
21	5,243	KG Keating, Gillian M.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 29
22	5,604	CM Costello, Mark J.	University of Auckland	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 26
23	6,358	VM Visser, Matt	Victoria University of Wellington	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 49
24	6,742	YP Yip, Paul S.F.	University of Auckland	Psychiatry	Rank 159
25	6,861	DJ Duckitt, John	University of Auckland	Social Psychology	Rank 147
26	7,054	CJ Crump, John A.	University of Otago	Microbiology	Rank 126
27	7,759	RC Ryan, Chris	University of Waikato	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 22
28	7,868	HA Herbison, Allan E.	University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 153
29	8,006	JP Janssen, Peter H.	AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre	Microbiology	Rank 148
30	8,431	WI Witten, Ian H.	University of Waikato	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 11
31	8,570	BR Bouckaert, Remco R.	University of Auckland	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 275
32	8,589	FM Farid, Mohammed	University of Auckland	Energy	Rank 169
33	8,831	FC Farquhar, C. M.	University of Auckland	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 117
34	8,860	TW Thomson, W. Murray	University of Otago	Dentistry	Rank 21
35	8,956	GW Giggenbach, W. F.	GNS Science	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 157
36	9,158	GE Gane, Edward John	Auckland City Hospital	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 103
37	9,295	MD MacKenzie, Darryl I.	Proteus	Ecology	Rank 246
38	9,500	PG Prayag, Girish	University of Canterbury	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 31
39	9,786	WT Ward, Tony	Victoria University of Wellington	Criminology	Rank 18
40	10,114	CG Cheung, Gordon W.	University of Auckland	Business & Management	Rank 260
41	10,533	PR Poulton, Richie	University of Otago	Psychiatry	Rank 239
42	10,636	Milfont, Taciano L.	Victoria University of Wellington	Social Psychology	Rank 193
43	11,532	KM Kirschbaum, Miko U.F.	Landcare Research, Palmerston North	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 58
44	11,852	Ringle, Christian M.	University of Waikato	Marketing	Rank 63
45	12,036	FR Fischer, Ronald	Victoria University of Wellington	Social Psychology	Rank 221
46	12,105	BA Beautrais, Annette	University of Canterbury	Psychiatry	Rank 279
47	12,263	MJ Miller, Jeff	University of Otago	Experimental Psychology	Rank 198
48	12,296	FL Ferguson, Lynnette R.	University of Auckland	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 83
49	12,652	PK Pickering, Kim L.	University of Waikato	Materials	Rank 224
50	12,740	MJ Mann, J. I.	University of Otago	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 158
51	13,024	BR Brodie, Roderick J.	University of Auckland Business School	Marketing	Rank 70
52	13,056	VS Vashist, Sandeep Kumar	Pictor Private Limited	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 66
53	13,059	RB Robinson, Brett H.	University of Canterbury	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 64
54	13,491	BB Bradley, Brendon A.	University of Canterbury	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 29
55	13,691	WC Ward, Colleen	Victoria University of Wellington	Social Psychology	Rank 241
56	13,950	BJ Butcher, J. C.	University of Auckland	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 30
57	14,048	DE Deeks, Emma D.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 68
58	14,209	MM Myers, Michael D.	University of Auckland	Information Systems	Rank 43
59	14,307	KN Kasabov, Nikola	Auckland University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 439
60	14,433	DW Denny, William A.	Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 36
61	14,519	SC Stinear, Cathy M.	University of Auckland	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 874
62	14,687	MB Melville, Bruce W.	University of Auckland	Environmental Engineering	Rank 77
63	14,774	Tylianakis, Jason M.	University of Canterbury	Ecology	Rank 369
64	14,844	CA Ceder, Avishai	University of Auckland	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 36
65	15,189	WM Wetherell, Margaret	University of Auckland	Social Psychology	Rank 257
66	15,395	RV Ravindran, V.	Institute of Agriculture and Environment	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 18
67	15,441	MD Mellor, D. J.	Massey University Manawatu	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 3
68	15,535	RA Richards, A. Mark	University of Otago	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 471
69	16,029	CR Chan, Ricky Y.K.	Auckland University of Technology	Marketing	Rank 85
70	16,082	CM Corballis, Michael C.	University of Auckland	Experimental Psychology	Rank 247
71	16,278	BP Boxall, Peter	University of Auckland	Industrial Relations	Rank 2
72	16,310	TC Townsend, Colin R.	University of Otago	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 93
73	16,313	MA Markham, Anthony	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 75
74	16,444	DS Dhillon, Sohita	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 76
75	16,578	SC Sibley, Chris G.	University of Auckland	Social Psychology	Rank 268
76	17,628	WJ Wilson, J. Bastow	University of Otago	Ecology	Rank 424
77	17,759	SR Scheyvens, Regina	Massey University Manawatu	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 56
78	17,778	BR Beasley, Richard	Medical Research Institute of New Zealand	Respiratory System	Rank 110
79	18,097	SK Scott, Kate M.	University of Otago	Psychiatry	Rank 410
80	18,340	MB Mace, Brian R.	University of Auckland	Acoustics	Rank 38
81	18,349	HN Holford, Nick	University of Auckland	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 82
82	18,847	PR Park, R.	University of Canterbury	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 38
83	19,223	MS Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh D.	University of Auckland	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,138
84	19,249	YA Ye, Aiqian	Massey University Manawatu	Food Science	Rank 94
85	19,312	BC Brennan, Charles Stephen	Lincoln University, New Zealand	Food Science	Rank 95
86	19,379	Bifet, Albert	University of Waikato	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 555
87	19,798	GR Gibson, Rosalind S.	University of Otago	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 140
88	20,276	SP Schwerdtfeger, P.	Massey University Auckland	Chemical Physics	Rank 395
89	20,654	DI Dickie, Ian A.	University of Canterbury	Ecology	Rank 500
90	21,373	SR Scragg, Robert	School of Population Health, University of Auckland	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 245
91	21,588	TD Thomas, David R.	University of Auckland	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 249
92	21,960	YG Yeates, Gregor W.	Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 120
93	22,412	PJ Potter, J. D.	Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University	Epidemiology	Rank 52
94	23,105	JS Jaeger, Sara R.	Plant & Food Research, New Zealand	Food Science	Rank 114
95	23,389	HJ Holmes, Janet	Victoria University of Wellington	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 35
96	23,638	AI Asher, Innes	University of Auckland	Allergy	Rank 53
97	24,166	DR De Ridder, Dirk	Dunedin School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,412
98	24,212	AS Anema, Skelte G.	Massey University Manawatu	Food Science	Rank 121
99	24,649	AW Abraham, Wickliffe C.	University of Otago	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,437
100	25,001	LA Lo, Alex Y.	Victoria University of Wellington	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 62
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Frequently asked questions

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

756 scientists affiliated with New Zealand are on the 2020 single-year list, and 803 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in New Zealand has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2020 single-year list, University of Auckland has the most listed scientists from New Zealand, with 195. It is followed by University of Otago with 110.

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.