New Zealand's Top 2% Scientists 2022

New Zealand has 905 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 0.4% from 901 in 2021. That places New Zealand 31st in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. The University of Auckland has the most listed scientists (209), followed by University of Otago (101).

Single Year

905

+4 (+0.4%) vs 2021

Career Data

1,029

+55 (+5.6%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#31

down 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

-2 (-2.0%) vs 2021

Scientists in New Zealand on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 20% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in New Zealand

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Rank in New Zealand	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	272	HC Hall, C. Michael	University of Canterbury	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 1
2	405	AM Anderson, Marti J.	Massey University Auckland	Ecology	Rank 10
3	429	FV Feigin, Valery L.	Auckland University of Technology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 32
4	540	BV Braun, Virginia	The University of Auckland	Gender Studies	Rank 1
5	933	ZF Zhu, Fan	The University of Auckland	Food Science	Rank 5
6	1,167	WC Winterbourn, Christine	University of Otago, Christchurch	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 28
7	1,247	HP Hulme, Philip E.	Lincoln University	Ecology	Rank 35
8	1,589	CY Chisti, Yusuf	Massey University	Biotechnology	Rank 5
9	1,600	SL Scott, Lesley J.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 7
10	1,668	PR Poulin, Robert	University of Otago	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 3
11	1,953	SR Sibson, Richard H.	University of Otago	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 21
12	2,461	DS Dhillon, Sohita	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 9
13	2,545	XX Xu, Xun	The University of Auckland	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 20
14	2,643	MA Markham, Anthony	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 11
15	2,812	RI Reid, Ian R.	The University of Auckland	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 54
16	3,423	SB Swinburn, Boyd	The University of Auckland	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 71
17	3,545	GP Gluckman, Peter	Liggins Institute	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 74
18	3,763	VM Visser, Matt	Victoria University of Wellington	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 29
19	3,795	PG Prayag, Girish	University of Canterbury	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 14
20	3,873	WH White, H. D.	Auckland City Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 128
21	4,426	SH Singh, Harjinder	Massey University	Food Science	Rank 22
22	4,447	ND Nield, D. A.	The University of Auckland	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 46
23	4,873	CJ Crump, John A.	University of Otago	Microbiology	Rank 101
24	5,151	LT Lumley, Thomas	The University of Auckland	Statistics & Probability	Rank 42
25	5,621	KG Keating, Gillian M.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 27
26	5,735	DA Drummond, Alexei J.	The University of Auckland	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 64
27	5,766	BR Bouckaert, Remco	The University of Auckland	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 196
28	5,939	FD Fergusson, David M.	University of Otago, Christchurch	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 64
29	5,957	DJ Duckitt, John	The University of Auckland	Social Psychology	Rank 149
30	6,319	Milfont, Taciano L.	The University of Waikato	Social Psychology	Rank 152
31	6,669	HS Hoy, Sheridan M.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 32
32	7,620	CA Carr, Anitra C.	University of Otago, Christchurch	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 50
33	7,626	TW Thomson, W. M.	Faculty of Dentistry	Dentistry	Rank 23
34	7,839	DE Deeks, Emma D.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 41
35	8,425	SY Syed, Yahiya Y.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 42
36	8,695	BE Broadbent, Elizabeth	The University of Auckland	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 85
37	8,780	RC Ryan, Chris	The University of Waikato	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 34
38	9,208	BB Bradley, Brendon A.	University of Canterbury	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 17
39	9,334	FH Fathabadi, Hassan	HFAT Private Technical Co. Ltd.	Energy	Rank 172
40	9,453	GE Gane, Edward J.	The University of Auckland	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 117
41	9,599	SC Sibley, Chris G.	The University of Auckland	Social Psychology	Rank 195
42	9,683	FR Fischer, Ronald	Victoria University of Wellington	Social Psychology	Rank 196
43	9,692	FM Farid, Mohammed	The University of Auckland	Energy	Rank 178
44	9,828	JP Janssen, Peter H.	AgResearch Grasslands	Microbiology	Rank 215
45	9,921	BR Brodie, Roderick J.	The University of Auckland Business School	Marketing	Rank 48
46	9,934	VS Vashist, Sandeep K.	Pictor Pvt. Ltd.	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 33
47	10,510	TF Thabtah, Fadi	Manukau Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 347
48	10,701	MD Mellor, David J.	Massey University	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 3
49	10,750	KS Keam, Susan J.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 51
50	10,773	FC Farquhar, Cindy M.	The University of Auckland	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 180
51	11,177	BH Blair, Hannah A.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 52
52	11,307	SC Stinear, Cathy M.	The University of Auckland	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 687
53	11,480	BS Barker-Collo, Suzanne	The University of Auckland	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 188
54	11,861	KT Kjellstrom, Tord	Health and Environment International Trust	Toxicology	Rank 51
55	12,042	Derraik, José G.B.	Liggins Institute	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 240
56	12,263	CG Cheung, Gordon W.	The University of Auckland	Business & Management	Rank 279
57	12,630	WT Ward, Tony	Victoria University of Wellington	Criminology	Rank 19
58	12,846	MD MacKenzie, Darryl I.	Proteus	Ecology	Rank 310
59	12,977	LY Lamb, Yvette N.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 62
60	12,993	PK Pickering, Kim L.	The University of Waikato	Materials	Rank 198
61	13,145	DM Dutta, Mohan J.	Massey University	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 38
62	13,314	RV Ravindran, V.	Massey University	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 17
63	13,325	BJ Butcher, John C.	The University of Auckland	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 24
64	13,328	KM Kirschbaum, Miko U.F.	Landcare Research, Palmerston North	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 168
65	13,390	WC Ward, Colleen	Victoria University of Wellington	Social Psychology	Rank 247
66	13,436	PR Poulton, Richie	University of Otago	Psychiatry	Rank 302
67	13,589	TD Thomas, David R.	The University of Auckland	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 218
68	13,844	LP Liu, Ping	School of Biomedical Sciences	Materials	Rank 214
69	14,019	GW Giggenbach, W. F.	GNS Science	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 216
70	14,614	FL Ferguson, Lynnette R.	Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 545
71	14,826	SR Scheyvens, Regina	Massey University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 57
72	14,934	WM Wetherell, Margaret	The University of Auckland	Social Psychology	Rank 282
73	15,266	MB Melville, Bruce W.	The University of Auckland	Environmental Engineering	Rank 76
74	15,719	Tylianakis, Jason M.	University of Canterbury	Ecology	Rank 373
75	15,851	DL Day, Li	AgResearch Grasslands	Food Science	Rank 91
76	16,013	BP Boxall, Peter	The University of Auckland	Industrial Relations	Rank 3
77	16,634	FJ Frampton, James E.	Springer Nature	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 86
78	16,683	AS Anema, Skelte G.	Massey University	Food Science	Rank 98
79	16,786	CM Corballis, Michael C.	The University of Auckland	Experimental Psychology	Rank 259
80	16,896	WJ Wilson, J. B.	University of Otago	Ecology	Rank 392
81	17,227	JS Jaeger, Sara R.	Plant & Food Research, New Zealand	Food Science	Rank 106
82	17,515	GJ Gaillard, J. C.	The University of Auckland	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 33
83	17,920	RA Richards, Arthur Mark	University of Otago, Christchurch	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 590
84	17,943	BA Beautrais, Annette	South Canterbury District Health Board	Psychiatry	Rank 383
85	17,999	GR Gibson, Rosalind S.	University of Otago	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 129
86	18,375	RB Robinson, Brett	University of Canterbury	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 107
87	18,419	HN Holford, Nick	The University of Auckland	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 95
88	18,588	CC Crowther, Caroline	Liggins Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 286
89	18,693	BR Beasley, Richard	Medical Research Institute of New Zealand	Respiratory System	Rank 133
90	18,731	YG Yeates, Gregor W.	Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 113
91	19,173	WG Waterhouse, Geoffrey I.N.	The University of Auckland	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 534
92	19,199	MS Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh	The University of Auckland	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,129
93	19,354	WI Witten, Ian H.	The University of Waikato	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 592
94	19,506	SA Sarmah, Ajit K.	The University of Auckland	Environmental Sciences	Rank 234
95	19,588	DN Dalbeth, Nicola	The University of Auckland	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 128
96	19,992	Bifet, Albert	The University of Waikato	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 613
97	20,426	LP Laursen, Paul B.	Auckland University of Technology	Sport Sciences	Rank 82
98	20,722	YA Ye, Aiqian	Massey University	Food Science	Rank 126
99	20,804	AW Abraham, Wickliffe C.	University of Otago	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,215
100	20,903	SM Sellbom, Martin	University of Otago	Clinical Psychology	Rank 107
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from New Zealand are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

905 scientists affiliated with New Zealand are on the 2022 single-year list, and 1,029 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, The University of Auckland has the most listed scientists from New Zealand, with 209. It is followed by University of Otago with 101.

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

On the single-year list, New Zealand went from 756 scientists in 2020 to 905 in 2022, a change of +19.7%.

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.