Norway's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Norway has 1,253 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 8.8% from 1,152 in 2021. That places Norway 21st in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Universitetet i Oslo has the most listed scientists (241), followed by Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (223).

Single Year

1,189

+89 (+8.1%) vs 2021

Career Data

1,253

+101 (+8.8%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#21

up 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

132

+9 (+7.3%) vs 2021

Scientists in Norway on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 32% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+21.6%

2022+8.8%

2023+4.9%

2024+6.2%

2025+6.9%

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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%

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Rank in Norway	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	499	FA Furnham, A.	Handelshøyskolen BI	Social Psychology	Rank 11
2	598	LR Lande, Russell	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 11
3	1,113	OA Oxman, Andrew D.	Norwegian Institute of Public Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 26
4	1,525	BP Brandtzaeg, Per	Universitetet i Oslo	Immunology	Rank 59
5	2,624	SH Stenmark, Harald	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Developmental Biology	Rank 160
6	3,356	SP Seglen, Per O.	Universitetet i Oslo	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 179
7	3,605	BH Birks, H. John B.	Universitetet i Bergen	Paleontology	Rank 3
8	4,529	UP Ueland, Per Magne	Bevital AS	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 38
9	4,755	JM Jobling, Malcolm	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Fisheries	Rank 4
10	4,920	SN Stenseth, Nils Chr	Universitetet i Oslo	Ecology	Rank 89
11	5,446	BR Bahr, Roald	Norges idrettshøgskole	Sport Sciences	Rank 14
12	5,496	Fossen, Thor I.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 35
13	5,621	SA Saltelli, Andrea	Universitetet i Bergen	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 5
14	6,288	WM Witter, Menno P.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 560
15	6,302	AT Aven, Terje	Universitetet i Stavanger	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 7
16	6,611	SS Skogestad, Sigurd	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Chemical Engineering	Rank 19
17	6,690	KT Kvien, Tore K.	Diakonhjemmet Sykehus	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 61
18	6,775	CP Cooke, Philip	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 8
19	6,781	FS Fosså, Sophie D.	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 309
20	6,842	EG Evensen, Geir	Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center	Oceanography	Rank 3
21	7,077	TT Torsvik, Trond H.	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 77
22	7,113	HJ Hutchings, Jeffrey A.	Havforskningsinstituttet	Fisheries	Rank 8
23	7,437	SL Sollid, Ludvig M.	Universitetet i Oslo	Immunology	Rank 299
24	7,476	HG Holzapfel, Gerhard A.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 29
25	7,587	OO Ottersen, O. P.	Universitetet i Oslo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 669
26	7,714	PG Peters, Glen P.	CICERO Senter for Klimaforskning	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 86
27	8,101	CA Collins, Andrew	Universitetet i Oslo	Toxicology	Rank 23
28	8,202	SO Saugstad, Ola D.	Universitetet i Oslo	Pediatrics	Rank 24
29	8,553	KS Koelsch, Stefan	Universitetet i Bergen	Experimental Psychology	Rank 133
30	8,578	NE Næsset, Erik	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 14
31	8,859	MJ Moan, Johan	Universitetet i Oslo	Biophysics	Rank 15
32	9,142	EE Eriksen, Erik Fink	Aker University Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 277
33	9,461	HK Hugdahl, Kenneth	Haukeland Universitetssjukehus	Experimental Psychology	Rank 148
34	9,511	KJ Kjekshus, John	Universitetet i Oslo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 472
35	9,936	BA Børresen-Dale, Anne Lise	Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 457
36	10,026	HT Helgaker, Trygve	Universitetet i Oslo	Chemical Physics	Rank 249
37	10,639	MT Meuwissen, Theodorus H.E.	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 9
38	10,916	MK Malterud, Kirsti	Universitetet i Bergen	Public Health	Rank 95
39	10,976	DN Danbolt, Niels C.	Universitetet i Oslo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 943
40	11,306	RH Refsum, Helga	Universitetet i Oslo	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 85
41	11,597	OD Olweus, Dan	Universitetet i Bergen	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 103
42	11,743	DK Dickstein, Kenneth	Universitetet i Bergen	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 564
43	11,918	AT Andersen, T.	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 164
44	11,931	BK Bø, Kari	Norges idrettshøgskole	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 68
45	12,288	LP Lønning, Per E.	Universitetet i Bergen	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 552
46	12,584	CF Corfu, Fernando	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 180
47	12,758	AL Andersen, Lars Bo	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Sport Sciences	Rank 38
48	12,834	PT Pedersen, T. R.	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 607
49	12,984	XC Xu, Chong Yu	Universitetet i Oslo	Environmental Engineering	Rank 37
50	13,461	FF Fonnum, Frode	Norwegian Defence Research Establishment	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,139
51	13,637	JT Johansen, Tor A.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 93
52	13,711	HE Hertwich, Edgar	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 54
53	13,730	BN Barton, Nick	Nick Barton & Associates	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 38
54	13,759	KS Kaasa, Stein	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 620
55	13,979	MA Mysterud, Atle	Universitetet i Oslo	Ecology	Rank 252
56	14,158	ME Moser, Edvard I.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,191
57	14,257	SL Stovner, Lars Jacob	Universitetssykehuset i Trondheim	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,198
58	14,409	GF Gradstein, F. M.	Universitetet i Oslo	Paleontology	Rank 24
59	14,848	HD Hessen, Dag O.	Universitetet i Oslo	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 75
60	14,880	EU Ekelund, Ulf	Norges idrettshøgskole	Public Health	Rank 117
61	15,202	GG Griffiths, Gareth	Universitetet i Oslo	Developmental Biology	Rank 666
62	15,270	SB Sæther, Bernt Erik	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Ecology	Rank 270
63	15,381	SK Sandvig, Kirsten	Universitetet i Oslo	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 784
64	15,419	ZY Zhang, Yan	Universitetet i Oslo	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 122
65	15,839	FO Faltinsen, Odd M.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Civil Engineering	Rank 15
66	15,868	GP Gill, Peter	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 3
67	16,369	IR Ims, Rolf A.	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Ecology	Rank 286
68	17,222	BR Blomhoff, Rune	Universitetet i Oslo	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 133
69	17,638	LN Lurie, Nicole	Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 264
70	17,661	JB Jonsson, Bror	Norwegian Institute for Nature Research	Fisheries	Rank 19
71	18,457	GJ Gray, John S.	Universitetet i Oslo	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 114
72	18,588	KA Kääb, Andreas	Universitetet i Oslo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 228
73	18,661	HI Holme, I.	Norges idrettshøgskole	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 820
74	18,690	KS Kjeldsen, S. E.	Universitetet i Oslo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 821
75	18,780	ER Elvik, Rune	Transportøkonomisk institutt	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 19
76	19,278	HS Hunskaar, Steinar	Universitetet i Bergen	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 280
77	19,387	SO Smidsrød, Olav	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Polymers	Rank 168
78	20,634	PA Pavlenko, Aneta	Universitetet i Oslo	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 17
79	20,656	NT Norby, Truls	Universitetet i Oslo	Energy	Rank 189
80	20,735	AL Akslen, Lars A.	Haukeland Universitetssjukehus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 952
81	21,056	GA Ghosh, Abhik	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 130
82	21,789	HC Hill, Callum	The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research	Forestry	Rank 9
83	21,859	BH Breivik, Harald	Medisinske Fakultet	Anesthesiology	Rank 70
84	21,930	CM Costello, Mark John	Nord universitet	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 148
85	22,137	ES Einarsen, Ståle Valvatne	Universitetet i Bergen	Business & Management	Rank 191
86	22,411	HØ Hammer, Øyvind	Universitetet i Oslo	Paleontology	Rank 56
87	22,555	BK Bjørlykke, Knut	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 371
88	22,774	CP Collas, Philippe	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Developmental Biology	Rank 924
89	22,831	GJ Galtung, Johan	International Peace Research Institute, Oslo	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 19
90	22,843	MP Magnus, Per	Norwegian Institute of Public Health	Epidemiology	Rank 77
91	23,046	MJ Mangerud, Jan	Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research	Paleontology	Rank 59
92	23,189	GB Gustavsen, Bjorn	SINTEF Energi AS	Energy	Rank 220
93	23,259	TS Torgersen, Svenn	Universitetet i Oslo	Psychiatry	Rank 588
94	23,522	ST Sørlie, Therese	Medisinske Fakultet	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,079
95	23,543	NG Nilsson, Göran E.	Universitetet i Oslo	Physiology	Rank 100
96	23,934	AB Asheim, Bjørn	Universitetet i Stavanger	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 21
97	24,055	CS Clegg, Stewart	Universitetet i Stavanger	Business & Management	Rank 214
98	24,414	SM Sioud, Mouldy	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Developmental Biology	Rank 977
99	24,644	TS Tonstad, Serena	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,047
100	25,054	OK O’Brien, Karen	Universitetet i Oslo	Environmental Sciences	Rank 113
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Frequently asked questions

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

1,189 scientists affiliated with Norway are on the 2022 single-year list, and 1,253 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 career-long list, Universitetet i Oslo has the most listed scientists from Norway, with 241. It is followed by Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet with 223.

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

On the career-long list, Norway went from 947 scientists in 2020 to 1,253 in 2022, a change of +32.3%.

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.