Norway's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List

Norway has 1,397 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 6.2% from 1,315 in 2023. That places Norway 22nd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universitetet i Oslo has the most listed scientists (305), followed by Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (251).

Single Year

1,250

+62 (+5.2%) vs 2023

Career Data

1,397

+82 (+6.2%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#22

down 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

144

No change vs 2023

Scientists in Norway on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 48% 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%

Top 10 institutes in Norway

By number of listed scientists

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1Universitetet i Oslo305
2Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet251
3Universitetet i Bergen134
4UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet75
5Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet70
6Oslo Universitetssykehus49
7Folkehelseinstituttet38
8Universitetet i Stavanger28
9Medisinske Fakultet27
10Havforskningsinstituttet24

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Rank in Norway	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	454	FA Furnham, Adrian	Handelshøyskolen BI	Social Psychology	Rank 10
2	661	LR Lande, R.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 9
3	1,207	OA Oxman, Andrew D.	Folkehelseinstituttet	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 27
4	1,741	BP Brandtzaeg, Per	Universitetet i Oslo	Immunology	Rank 67
5	2,807	SH Stenmark, Harald	Medisinske Fakultet	Developmental Biology	Rank 160
6	3,200	GS Gössling, Stefan	Vestlandsforsking	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 2
7	3,900	SP Seglen, Per O.	Universitetet i Oslo	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 184
8	4,345	Fossen, Thor I.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 25
9	4,393	BR Bahr, Roald	Norges Idrettshøgskole	Sport Sciences	Rank 11
10	4,659	UP Ueland, Per M.	Bevital AS	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 39
11	4,804	MH McQuay, Henry	Fakultet for Medisin og Helsevitenskap	Anesthesiology	Rank 16
12	4,817	SN Stenseth, Nils Chr	Universitetet i Oslo	Ecology	Rank 88
13	5,112	AT Aven, Terje	Universitetet i Stavanger	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 7
14	5,556	JM Jobling, Malcolm	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Fisheries	Rank 4
15	5,913	PG Peters, Glen P.	CICERO Senter for Klimaforskning	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 68
16	6,351	CP Cooke, Philip	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 8
17	6,420	TT Torsvik, Trond H.	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 73
18	6,555	KT Kvien, Tore K.	Diakonhjemmet Sykehus	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 58
19	6,661	HG Holzapfel, Gerhard A.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 28
20	6,742	WM Witter, Menno P.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 585
21	6,844	AH Adami, Hans Olov	Universitetet i Oslo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 303
22	6,864	SS Skogestad, Sigurd	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Chemical Engineering	Rank 23
23	7,093	EG Evensen, Geir	Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 84
24	7,198	KS Koelsch, Stefan	Universitetet i Bergen	Experimental Psychology	Rank 123
25	7,453	FS Fosså, Sophie D.	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 332
26	7,938	NE Næsset, Erik	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 18
27	7,946	SL Sollid, Ludvig M.	Universitetet i Oslo	Immunology	Rank 309
28	8,147	CA Collins, Andrew R.	Norgenotech AS	Toxicology	Rank 29
29	8,410	MK Malterud, Kirsti	Universitetet i Bergen	Public Health	Rank 72
30	8,497	WB Wynne, Brian	Lancaster University	Science Studies	Rank 9
31	8,751	SO Saugstad, Ola Didrik	Universitetet i Oslo	Pediatrics	Rank 20
32	9,742	EE Eriksen, Erik Fink	Universitetet i Oslo	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 283
33	9,759	MJ Moan, Johan	Universitetet i Oslo	Biophysics	Rank 15
34	9,789	HE Hertwich, Edgar	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 47
35	10,066	HK Hugdahl, Kenneth	Universitetet i Bergen	Experimental Psychology	Rank 170
36	10,159	PA Pennycook, Alastair	Universitetet i Oslo	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 11
37	10,315	OD Olweus, Dan	Universitetet i Bergen	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 88
38	10,339	KJ Kjekshus, John	Universitetet i Oslo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 499
39	10,723	MT Meuwissen, Theo H.E.	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 10
40	10,841	DK Dickstein, Kenneth	Universitetet i Bergen	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 516
41	10,859	BA Børresen-Dale, Anne Lise	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 484
42	10,935	HT Helgaker, Trygve	Universitetet i Oslo	Chemical Physics	Rank 255
43	11,073	BK Bø, K.	Norges Idrettshøgskole	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 61
44	11,141	XC Xu, Chong Yu	Universitetet i Oslo	Environmental Engineering	Rank 31
45	11,158	ZY Zhang, Yan	Universitetet i Oslo	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 85
46	11,293	AT Andersen, Tom	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 147
47	11,691	CF Corfu, Fernando	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 155
48	12,129	DN Danbolt, Niels C.	Universitetet i Oslo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 995
49	12,182	JT Johansen, Tor A.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 89
50	12,219	BN Barton, Nick	Nick Barton and Associates	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 42
51	12,416	PT Pedersen, Terje R.	Universitetet i Oslo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 576
52	12,429	AL Andersen, Lars Bo	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Sport Sciences	Rank 42
53	12,544	SL Stovner, Lars Jacob	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,024
54	12,631	RH Refsum, Helga	Medisinske Fakultet	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 96
55	13,678	KS Kaasa, Stein	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 598
56	13,699	MA Mysterud, Atle	Universitetet i Oslo	Ecology	Rank 252
57	13,770	FO Faltinsen, Odd Magnus	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Civil Engineering	Rank 18
58	14,027	GF Gradstein, Felix M.	Universitetet i Oslo	Paleontology	Rank 18
59	14,095	LP Lønning, Per Eystein	Universitetet i Bergen	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 618
60	14,402	ME Moser, Edvard I.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,170
61	14,499	PA Pavlenko, Aneta	Universitetet i Oslo	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 17
62	14,761	OO Ottersen, Ole P.	Universitetet i Oslo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,202
63	14,784	KS Kjeldsen, Sverre E.	Universitetet i Oslo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 673
64	15,076	HD Hessen, Dag Olav	Universitetet i Oslo	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 78
65	15,382	KA Kääb, Andreas	Universitetet i Oslo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 192
66	15,750	FF Fonnum, Frode	Norwegian Defence Research Establishment	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,272
67	15,848	SB Sæther, Bernt Erik	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Ecology	Rank 288
68	15,993	ER Elvik, Rune	Transportøkonomisk institutt	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 17
69	16,586	CM Costello, Mark John	Nord Universitet	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 88
70	16,610	GP Gill, Peter	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 3
71	16,753	SK Sandvig, Kirsten	Universitetet i Oslo	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 784
72	17,408	IR Ims, Rolf Anker	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Ecology	Rank 317
73	17,429	GG Griffiths, Gareth	Universitetet i Oslo	Developmental Biology	Rank 726
74	17,512	HA Holmen, Anders	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Physical Chemistry	Rank 69
75	18,389	BR Blomhoff, Rune	Universitetet i Oslo	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 142
76	18,695	ST Steiner, Timothy J.	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,479
77	19,021	JB Jonsson, Bror	Trondheim hovedkontor	Fisheries	Rank 19
78	19,376	ES Einarsen, Ståle Valvatne	Universitetet i Bergen	Business & Management	Rank 184
79	19,443	HØ Hammer, Øyvind	Universitetet i Oslo	Paleontology	Rank 44
80	19,736	HI Holme, I.	Norges Idrettshøgskole	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 849
81	19,956	GJ Galtung, Johan	Universitetet i Oslo	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 16
82	20,000	WP Westhead, Paul	Nord Universitet	Business & Management	Rank 194
83	20,142	RE Ringø, Einar	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Fisheries	Rank 22
84	20,188	PM Peyrot, Mark	Høgskolen i Bergen	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 519
85	20,254	NT Norby, Truls	Universitetet i Oslo	Energy	Rank 226
86	20,294	SS Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu	Nord Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 113
87	20,323	VA Vasilakos, Athanasios V V.	Universitetet i Agder	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 168
88	20,840	SK Soreide, Kjetil	Stavanger Universitetssjukehus	Surgery	Rank 151
89	21,062	HS Hunskår, Steinar	Universitetet i Bergen	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 303
90	21,100	GJ Gray, John S.	Universitetet i Oslo	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 142
91	21,294	SO Smidsrød, Olav	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Polymers	Rank 179
92	21,682	BK Bjørlykke, Knut	Universitetet i Oslo	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 346
93	21,715	SG Svensson, Goran	Kristiania University College	Business & Management	Rank 211
94	21,808	GB Gustavsen, Bjørn	SINTEF Energi AS	Energy	Rank 239
95	21,921	OI Olsen, Ingar	Universitetet i Oslo	Dentistry	Rank 82
96	21,963	OK O'Brien, Karen	Universitetet i Oslo	Environmental Sciences	Rank 125
97	22,073	BH Breivik, Harald	Medisinske Fakultet	Anesthesiology	Rank 72
98	22,227	CF Cherubini, Francesco	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Environmental Sciences	Rank 128
99	22,234	AB Asheim, Björn T.	Universitetet i Stavanger	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 22
100	22,479	GA Ghosh, Abhik	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 128
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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 career-long list, Universitetet i Oslo has the most listed scientists from Norway, with 305. It is followed by Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet with 251.

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 1,397 in 2024, a change of +47.5%.

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.