Norway's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Norway has 1,307 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, down 2.0% from 1,333 in 2025. That places Norway 28th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universitetet i Oslo has the most listed scientists (229), followed by Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (217).

Single Year

1,307

-26 (-2.0%) vs 2025

Career Data

1,557

+64 (+4.3%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#28

No change vs 2025

Institutes

160

-7 (-4.2%) vs 2025

Scientists in Norway on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 42% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+19.3%

2022+8.1%

2023-0.1%

2024+5.2%

2025+6.6%

2026-2.0%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	922		947
2021	1,100	+19.3%	1,152	+21.6%
2022	1,189	+8.1%	1,253	+8.8%
2023	1,188	-0.1%	1,315	+4.9%
2024	1,250	+5.2%	1,397	+6.2%
2025	1,333	+6.6%	1,493	+6.9%
2026	1,307	-2.0%	1,557	+4.3%

Top 10 institutes in Norway

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2026

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1Universitetet i Oslo229
2Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet217
3Universitetet i Bergen97
4UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet72
5Oslo Universitetssykehus48
6Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet46
7Folkehelseinstituttet37
8Universitetet i Stavanger35
9Universitetet i Agder26
10OsloMet – StorbyUniversitetet24

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Single-year list2026

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Rank in Norway	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	908	FA Furnham, Adrian F.	Handelshøyskolen BI	Social Psychology	Rank 38
2	935	Fossen, Thor I.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 6
3	1,147	SS Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu	Nord Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 24
4	1,492	PG Peters, Glen P.	CICERO Senter for Klimaforskning	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 20
5	1,878	MK Malterud, Kirsti	Universitetet i Bergen	Public Health	Rank 20
6	2,040	AD Aune, Dagfinn	Cancer Registry of Norway	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 47
7	2,106	AR Andrew, Robbie M.	CICERO Senter for Klimaforskning	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 32
8	2,273	DA Dhir, Amandeep	Universitetet i Agder	Marketing	Rank 21
9	2,296	AJ Anthony Jnr, Bokolo	Institutt for energiteknikk	Business & Management	Rank 75
10	2,408	BR Bahr, Roald M.	Norges Idrettshøgskole	Sport Sciences	Rank 5
11	2,616	HE Hertwich, Edgar G.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 54
12	2,673	LR Lande, Russell	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 14
13	2,714	KS Koelsch, Stefan	Universitetet i Bergen	Experimental Psychology	Rank 42
14	3,141	MP Mikalef, Patrick	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Information Systems	Rank 17
15	3,165	AA Alola, Andrew Adewale	Høgskolen i Innlandet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 75
16	3,300	BN Barton, Nicholas R.E.	Nick Barton & Associates	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 32
17	3,423	PI Pappas, Ilias O.	Universitetet i Agder	Information Systems	Rank 19
18	3,714	OA Oxman, Andrew David	Folkehelseinstituttet	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 78
19	3,814	CM Costello, Mark John	Nord Universitet	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 12
20	3,840	AT Aven, Terje	Universitetet i Stavanger	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 7
21	3,953	SH Snyder, Hannah	Norwegian Business School	Marketing	Rank 35
22	4,213	VS Vollset, Stein Emil	Folkehelseinstituttet	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 85
23	4,333	BG Bjørklund, Geir	Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 15
24	4,440	GS Grassini, Simone	Universitetet i Bergen	Experimental Psychology	Rank 76
25	4,539	GJ Galtung, Johan V.	Universitetet i Oslo	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 9
26	4,556	CF Cherubini, Francesco	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 96
27	4,845	KC Klöckner, Christian Andreas	Universitetssykehuset i Trondheim	Energy	Rank 118
28	5,021	HG Holzapfel, Gerhard A.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 14
29	5,136	GE Gómez-Baggethun, Erik Nicolas	Trondheim hovedkontor	Ecology	Rank 142
30	5,422	EG Evensen, Geir E.	Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 94
31	5,558	BS Borg, Simon	Arts and Sports	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 43
32	5,674	LA Lusher, Amy L.	Norsk institutt for vannforskning	Environmental Sciences	Rank 119
33	5,751	Awan, Usama	Høgskolen i Innlandet	Business & Management	Rank 170
34	6,279	WT Wernberg, Thomas	Institute of Marine Research	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 25
35	6,427	RE Ringø, Einar	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Fisheries	Rank 10
36	6,461	SR Scherer, Ronny	Universitetet i Oslo	Education	Rank 103
37	6,658	GN Gilhus, Nils Erik	Haukeland Universitetssjukehus	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 328
38	6,707	QD Quintana, Daniel S.	Universitetet i Oslo	Psychiatry	Rank 153
39	6,743	TB Tien Bui, D.	University of South-Eastern Norway	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 62
40	6,791	EU Ekelund, Ulf	Norges Idrettshøgskole	Sport Sciences	Rank 28
41	6,825	OS Ostojic, Sergej M.	Universitetet i Agder	Sport Sciences	Rank 29
42	6,829	OK O'Brien, Karen L.	Universitetet i Oslo	Environmental Sciences	Rank 145
43	6,858	AC Andreassen, Cecilie Schou	Universitetet i Bergen	Substance Abuse	Rank 12
44	7,177	GM Giannakos, Michail N.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Education	Rank 116
45	7,243	BK Bö, Kari	Norges Idrettshøgskole	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 23
46	7,404	FE Fang, Evandro Fei	Norwegian Centre on Healthy Ageing (NO-Age) and Norwegian National Anti-Alzheimer’s Disease (NO-AD) Network	Developmental Biology	Rank 186
47	8,074	SH Stenmark, Harald Alfred	Medisinske Fakultet	Developmental Biology	Rank 211
48	8,485	OD Olweus, Dan	Universitetet i Bergen	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 71
49	8,586	MT Meuwissen, Théo H.E.	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 13
50	8,632	JB Jelle, Bjørn Petter	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Building & Construction	Rank 67
51	8,642	Duttaroy, Asim K.	Medisinske Fakultet	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 47
52	8,710	AO Andreassen, Ole Andreas	Universitetet i Oslo	Psychiatry	Rank 192
53	8,809	XC Xu, Chong Yu	Universitetet i Oslo	Environmental Engineering	Rank 37
54	8,894	NA Nightingale, Andrea J.	Universitetet i Oslo	Geography	Rank 40
55	9,330	FO Faltinsen, Odd Magnus	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Civil Engineering	Rank 43
56	9,467	SK Soreide, K.	Stavanger Universitetssjukehus	Surgery	Rank 13
57	9,507	KS Kjeldsen, Sverre Erik	Universitetet i Oslo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 291
58	9,596	YS Yin, Shen	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 32
59	9,793	Lutz, Christoph	Handelshøyskolen BI	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 42
60	9,819	ES Einarsen, Ståle Valvatne	Universitetet i Bergen	Business & Management	Rank 309
61	9,907	JT Johansen, Tor Arne	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 105
62	10,135	KG Kumar, Gopalakrishnan	Universitetet i Stavanger	Biotechnology	Rank 34
63	10,177	CP Cooke, Philip N.	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 29
64	10,623	BT Bucher, Taina	Universitetet i Oslo	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 51
65	10,915	SH Sætra, Henrik Skaug	HØgskolen i Østfold	Business & Management	Rank 338
66	11,545	CJ Carling, Jørgen	International Peace Research Institute, Oslo	Demography	Rank 5
67	11,549	KJ Krogstie, John	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 609
68	11,604	EP Eide, Per Kristian	Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 563
69	12,031	ER Elvik, Rune	Transportøkonomisk institutt	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 33
70	12,218	SL Stovner, Lars Jacob	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 594
71	12,367	KA Kääb, Andreas M.	Universitetet i Oslo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 240
72	12,542	SE Skaalvik, Einar M.	NTNU Samfunnsforskning	Education	Rank 203
73	12,587	MZ Munim, Ziaul Haque	University of South-Eastern Norway	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 36
74	12,766	BP Brandtzaeg, Per	Universitetet i Oslo	Immunology	Rank 244
75	12,768	CS Chr Stenseth, Nils Chr	Universitetet i Agder	Ecology	Rank 290
76	12,811	CT Christensen, Tom	Universitetet i Oslo	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 104
77	13,053	HI Hameed, I. A.	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 690
78	13,413	RC Ritz, Christian	Det Medisinske Fakultet	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 87
79	13,507	GR Gholami, Raoof	Universitetet i Stavanger	Energy	Rank 365
80	13,655	BR Bivand, Roger S.	NHH Norwegian School of Economics	Geography	Rank 71
81	13,795	OI Overland, Indra	Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt	Energy	Rank 378
82	13,854	KT Kvien, Tore Kristian	Diakonhjemmet Sykehus	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 75
83	14,233	Brandtzaeg, Petter Bae	Universitetet i Oslo	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 740
84	14,345	NE Næsset, Erik	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 162
85	14,731	NI Neumann, Iver B.	Fridtjof Nansens Institutt	International Relations	Rank 24
86	14,982	BR Burton, Rob J.F.	RURALIS - Institute for Rural and Regional Research	Geography	Rank 76
87	15,051	FA Følstad, Asbjorn	SINTEF Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 789
88	15,062	AW Admiraal, Wilfried F.	Centre for the Study of Professions	Education	Rank 238
89	15,112	MJ Meert, Joseph G.	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 204
90	15,188	NP Naess, Petter	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 45
91	15,381	RG Ringstad, Geir André	Medisinske Fakultet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 723
92	15,497	FJ Fagerberg, Jan	Universitetet i Oslo	Economics	Rank 236
93	15,636	BH Buhaug, Halvard	International Peace Research Institute, Oslo	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 25
94	15,648	FM Fagerland, Morten Wang	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 493
95	15,724	OI Olsen, Ingar	Universitetet i Oslo	Dentistry	Rank 55
96	15,759	MT Moan, Torgeir	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Civil Engineering	Rank 71
97	15,807	GR Giulianotti, Richard	University of South-Eastern Norway	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 83
98	15,918	BM Baker, Mona	Universitetet i Oslo	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 111
99	16,077	JT Johansen, Terje	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Developmental Biology	Rank 387
100	16,267	ME Moser, Edvard I.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 767
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Frequently asked questions

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

1,307 scientists affiliated with Norway are on the 2026 single-year list, and 1,557 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, Universitetet i Oslo has the most listed scientists from Norway, with 229. It is followed by Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet with 217.

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

On the single-year list, Norway went from 922 scientists in 2020 to 1,307 in 2026, a change of +41.8%.

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.