Norway's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Norway has 1,250 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 5.2% from 1,188 in 2023. That places Norway 28th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universitetet i Oslo has the most listed scientists (272), followed by Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (224).

Single Year

1,250

+62 (+5.2%) vs 2023

Career Data

1,397

+82 (+6.2%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#28

down 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

118

-8 (-6.3%) vs 2023

Scientists in Norway on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 36% 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%

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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%

Top 10 institutes in Norway

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2024

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1Universitetet i Oslo272
2Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet224
3Universitetet i Bergen111
4UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet66
5Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet62
6Universitetet i Stavanger40
7Folkehelseinstituttet38
8Oslo Universitetssykehus37
9Havforskningsinstituttet23
10OsloMet – StorbyUniversitetet20

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Single-year list2024

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Rank in Norway	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	317	GS Gössling, Stefan	Vestlandsforsking	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 3
2	567	SS Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu	Nord Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 8
3	634	FA Furnham, Adrian	Handelshøyskolen BI	Social Psychology	Rank 31
4	1,216	Fossen, Thor I.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 6
5	1,456	PG Peters, Glen P.	CICERO Senter for Klimaforskning	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 15
6	2,022	OA Oxman, Andrew D.	Folkehelseinstituttet	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 46
7	2,366	BR Bahr, Roald	Norges Idrettshøgskole	Sport Sciences	Rank 3
8	2,413	PA Pennycook, Alastair	Universitetet i Oslo	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 14
9	2,487	LR Lande, R.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 20
10	2,862	AA Alola, Andrew Adewale	Høgskolen i Innlandet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 54
11	2,871	DA Dhir, Amandeep	Universitetet i Agder	Marketing	Rank 24
12	2,932	HE Hertwich, Edgar	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 57
13	2,973	MK Malterud, Kirsti	Universitetet i Bergen	Public Health	Rank 32
14	3,023	AR Andrew, Robbie	CICERO Senter for Klimaforskning	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 44
15	3,398	KS Koelsch, Stefan	Universitetet i Bergen	Experimental Psychology	Rank 61
16	3,465	BN Barton, Nick	Nick Barton and Associates	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 28
17	3,499	AT Aven, Terje	Universitetet i Stavanger	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 7
18	3,581	TT Torsvik, Trond H.	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 41
19	4,018	EG Evensen, Geir	Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 66
20	4,458	ZY Zhang, Yan	Universitetet i Oslo	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 45
21	4,818	TB Tien Bui, Dieu	University of South-Eastern Norway	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 41
22	5,123	SH Stenmark, Harald	Medisinske Fakultet	Developmental Biology	Rank 141
23	5,268	CF Cherubini, Francesco	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 99
24	5,353	CM Costello, Mark John	Nord Universitet	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 18
25	5,410	GJ Galtung, Johan	Universitetet i Oslo	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 11
26	5,573	Awan, Usama	Høgskolen i Innlandet	Business & Management	Rank 175
27	5,660	HG Holzapfel, Gerhard A.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 20
28	5,668	BG Bjørklund, Geir	Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 315
29	5,828	ST Steiner, Timothy J.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 330
30	6,067	BS Borg, Simon	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 27
31	6,117	AC Andreassen, Cecilie Schou	Universitetet i Bergen	Substance Abuse	Rank 11
32	6,159	KC Klöckner, Christian A.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Social Psychology	Rank 160
33	6,205	OK O'Brien, Karen	Universitetet i Oslo	Environmental Sciences	Rank 115
34	6,317	LA Lusher, Amy L.	Norsk institutt for vannforskning	Environmental Sciences	Rank 116
35	6,393	PA Pavlenko, Aneta	Universitetet i Oslo	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 31
36	6,707	SK Soreide, Kjetil	Stavanger Universitetssjukehus	Surgery	Rank 8
37	7,131	SH Snyder, Hannah	Handelshøyskolen BI	Marketing	Rank 46
38	7,311	QD Quintana, Daniel S.	Universitetet i Oslo	Psychiatry	Rank 166
39	7,561	RE Ringø, Einar	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Fisheries	Rank 9
40	7,670	JB Jelle, Bjørn Petter	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Building & Construction	Rank 57
41	7,824	GE Gomez-Baggethun, Erik	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Ecology	Rank 193
42	7,903	BK Bø, K.	Norges Idrettshøgskole	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 22
43	8,065	XC Xu, Chong Yu	Universitetet i Oslo	Environmental Engineering	Rank 36
44	8,175	AB Anthony, Bokolo	Institutt for energiteknikk	Business & Management	Rank 253
45	8,498	OD Olweus, Dan	Universitetet i Bergen	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 83
46	8,675	FJ Fagerberg, J.	Universitetet i Oslo	Economics	Rank 171
47	8,853	HR Hock, Regine	Universitetet i Oslo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 156
48	9,039	PI Pappas, Ilias O.	Universitetet i Agder	Information Systems	Rank 39
49	9,054	FE Fang, Evandro Fei	Universitetet i Oslo	Developmental Biology	Rank 254
50	9,074	SR Scherer, Ronny	Universitetet i Oslo	Education	Rank 107
51	9,208	BP Brandtzaeg, Per	Universitetet i Oslo	Immunology	Rank 211
52	9,790	ES Einarsen, Ståle Valvatne	Universitetet i Bergen	Business & Management	Rank 296
53	9,926	GN Gilhus, Nils Erik	Haukeland Universitetssjukehus	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 527
54	10,063	KP Kaur, Puneet	Universitetet i Bergen	Marketing	Rank 68
55	10,086	KA Kääb, Andreas	Universitetet i Oslo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 179
56	10,178	SE Skaalvik, Einar M.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Education	Rank 121
57	10,389	FO Faltinsen, Odd Magnus	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Civil Engineering	Rank 43
58	10,393	SN Stenseth, Nils Chr	Universitetet i Oslo	Ecology	Rank 254
59	10,558	MP Mikalef, Patrick	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Information Systems	Rank 45
60	10,768	WM Witter, Menno P.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 566
61	10,961	CP Cooke, Philip	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 30
62	11,434	AF Asche, Frank	University of Florida	Fisheries	Rank 13
63	11,507	KS Kjeldsen, Sverre E.	Universitetet i Oslo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 373
64	11,837	AB Asheim, Björn T.	Universitetet i Stavanger	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 35
65	11,842	ER Elvik, Rune	Transportøkonomisk institutt	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 33
66	11,920	GM Giannakos, Michail	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Education	Rank 135
67	11,945	KS Kadry, Seifedine	Noroff University College	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 528
68	11,958	YS Yin, Shen	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 42
69	12,025	SL Stovner, Lars Jacob	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 630
70	12,123	OI Olsen, Ingar	Universitetet i Oslo	Dentistry	Rank 35
71	12,296	NE Næsset, Erik	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 116
72	12,353	SS Skogestad, Sigurd	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Chemical Engineering	Rank 62
73	12,447	NA Nightingale, Andrea J.	Universitetet i Oslo	Geography	Rank 58
74	12,701	RJ Rothman, Jason	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 58
75	12,990	AO Andreassen, Ole A.	Universitetet i Oslo	Psychiatry	Rank 282
76	13,172	ME Moser, Edvard I.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 687
77	13,184	LC Li, Charlie C.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 131
78	13,198	CJ Carling, Jørgen	International Peace Research Institute, Oslo	Demography	Rank 6
79	13,508	Brandtzaeg, Petter Bae	Universitetet i Oslo	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 594
80	13,871	MT Meuwissen, Theo H.E.	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 17
81	13,900	WB Wynne, Brian	Lancaster University	Science Studies	Rank 23
82	14,075	Lutz, Christoph	Handelshøyskolen BI	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 51
83	14,161	KT Karlsen, T. H.	Universitetet i Oslo	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 167
84	14,173	CF Corfu, Fernando	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 192
85	14,175	UP Ueland, Per M.	Bevital AS	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 93
86	14,313	BT Bucher, Taina	Universitetet i Oslo	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 52
87	14,641	BR Burton, R. J.F.	Ruralis - Institute for Rural and Regional Research	Geography	Rank 74
88	14,730	HØ Hammer, Øyvind	Universitetet i Oslo	Paleontology	Rank 14
89	14,735	JT Johansen, Tor A.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 154
90	14,994	BH Buhaug, Halvard	International Peace Research Institute, Oslo	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 27
91	15,854	AA Arcuri, Andrea	OsloMet – StorbyUniversitetet	Software Engineering	Rank 17
92	16,018	KT Kvien, Tore K.	Diakonhjemmet Sykehus	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 89
93	16,058	JL Jaakola, Laura	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 208
94	16,090	OJ Olsen, Johen P.	Universitetet i Bergen	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 127
95	16,111	VA Vasilakos, Athanasios V V.	Universitetet i Agder	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 153
96	16,234	KJ Krogstie, John	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 691
97	16,793	CA Collins, Andrew R.	Norgenotech AS	Toxicology	Rank 53
98	16,970	AT Andersen, Tom	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 239
99	16,997	ND Nicolini, Davide	Handelshøyskolen BI	Business & Management	Rank 498
100	17,079	KB Kuvaas, Bård	Handelshøyskolen BI	Business & Management	Rank 499
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Norway are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,250 scientists affiliated with Norway are on the 2024 single-year list, and 1,397 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Universitetet i Oslo has the most listed scientists from Norway, with 272. It is followed by Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet with 224.

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 1,250 in 2024, a change of +35.6%.

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.