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

Portugal has 633 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 10.7% from 572 in 2023. That places Portugal 35th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidade do Porto has the most listed scientists (104), followed by Instituto Superior Técnico (90).

Single Year

889

+98 (+12.4%) vs 2023

Career Data

633

+61 (+10.7%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#35

No change vs 2023

Institutes

-21 (-20.2%) vs 2023

Scientists in Portugal on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 64% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+24.9%

2022+7.1%

2023+11.1%

2024+10.7%

2025+12.3%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	552		385
2021	703	+27.4%	481	+24.9%
2022	770	+9.5%	515	+7.1%
2023	791	+2.7%	572	+11.1%
2024	889	+12.4%	633	+10.7%
2025	984	+10.7%	711	+12.3%

Top 10 institutes in Portugal

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Rank in Portugal	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3,793	DJ Davim, J. P.	Universidade de Aveiro	Materials	Rank 46
2	4,374	MJ Mano, João F.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 19
3	4,862	LA Liddle, Andrew R.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 62
4	4,995	GS Guedes Soares, C.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Civil Engineering	Rank 3
5	7,584	FJ Ferro, José M.	Universidade de Lisboa	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 641
6	8,444	TM Tenreiro Machado, J. A.	Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 185
7	8,627	BJ Bioucas-Dias, José M.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 22
8	9,750	HR Heald, Richard J.	Champalimaud Foundation	Surgery	Rank 60
9	11,427	CJ Coutinho, João A.P.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Chemical Engineering	Rank 40
10	11,451	FM Figueiredo, Mário A.T.	Instituto de Telecomunicações	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 235
11	12,042	BC Barros, Carlos	Universidade de Lisboa	Economics	Rank 111
12	12,495	CM Chaves, Maria Manuela	Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 122
13	12,502	FJ Figueiredo, José L.	Universidade do Porto	Physical Chemistry	Rank 51
14	12,706	CR Cunha, Rodrigo A.	Universidade de Coimbra	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,030
15	13,326	MM Montemor, M. F.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Energy	Rank 137
16	15,922	FS Ferreira, S.	Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP)	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 109
17	16,825	RA Rodrigues, Alírio E.	Universidade do Porto	Chemical Engineering	Rank 62
18	17,647	LF Lobo, Francisco S.N.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 238
19	17,740	BM Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.	ISPA - Instituto Universitário	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 139
20	17,831	LP Lourenço, Paulo B.	Universidade do Minho	Building & Construction	Rank 31
21	19,720	FA Ferreira, A. J.M.	Universidade do Porto	Materials	Rank 238
22	19,893	RR Reis, Rui L.	Universidade do Minho	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 87
23	19,995	BC Brett, Christopher M.A.	Universidade de Coimbra	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 107
24	20,368	GJ Gama, João	Universidade do Porto	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 427
25	22,207	CV Cardoso, Vitor	Instituto Superior Técnico	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 305
26	22,686	MF Malcata, Francisco Xavier	Universidade do Porto	Food Science	Rank 84
27	23,523	CJ Catalão, João P.S.	Universidade do Porto	Energy	Rank 260
28	24,096	LB Lindman, Björn	Universidade de Coimbra	Chemical Physics	Rank 540
29	24,376	MP Moreira, Paula I.	Universidade de Coimbra	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,876
30	24,543	SM Silveirinha, Mário G.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Applied Physics	Rank 594
31	25,452	PH Pereira, Helena	Centro de Estudos Florestais, Universidade de Lisboa	Forestry	Rank 11
32	25,494	BO Bertolami, Orfeu	Universidade do Porto	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 363
33	25,734	CF Cardoso, Fatima	Champalimaud Foundation	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,145
34	26,590	PF Pacheco-Torgal, Fernando	Universidade do Minho	Building & Construction	Rank 48
35	27,072	RJ Rocha, Joao	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 155
36	27,782	DB de Brito, Jorge	Instituto Superior Técnico	Building & Construction	Rank 54
37	28,317	FA Falcão, António F.O.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Energy	Rank 320
38	28,578	DE Derouane, E. G.	Universidade do Algarve	Physical Chemistry	Rank 104
39	29,471	Rodrigues, Joel J.P.C.	Lusófona University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 244
40	29,807	PA Pombeiro, Armando	Instituto Superior Técnico	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 170
41	30,822	FM Ferreira, Mario G.S.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Energy	Rank 361
42	30,918	OR Oliveira, Rui F.	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 95
43	31,018	VA Varandas, António J.C.	Universidade de Coimbra	Chemical Physics	Rank 684
44	31,335	PL Pereira, Luis S.	Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 135
45	31,521	VM Veldhoen, Marc	Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes	Immunology	Rank 1,021
46	31,940	CM Carmo-Fonseca, Maria	Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,155
47	32,894	SN Sousa, Nuno	Universidade do Minho	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,412
48	33,672	SN Santos, Nuno C.	Universidade do Porto	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 366
49	34,001	PL Peças Lopes, João A.	Universidade do Porto	Energy	Rank 403
50	34,188	Kamel Boulos, Maged N.	Universidade de Lisboa	Public Health	Rank 323
51	34,353	SE Souto, Eliana B.	Universidade do Porto	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 284
52	34,840	RT Rocha-Santos, Teresa	Universidade de Aveiro	Environmental Sciences	Rank 200
53	34,995	SG Schütz, Gunter M.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 292
54	35,050	CF Carvalho, F. P.	Universidade de Lisboa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 203
55	35,371	CA Cavaco-Paulo, Artur	Universidade do Minho	Biotechnology	Rank 89
56	35,575	RL Rodrigues, Lígia R.	Universidade do Minho	Biotechnology	Rank 90
57	37,670	LJ Lemos, José P.S.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 555
58	37,828	SB Sarmento, Bruno	Universidade do Porto	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 316
59	37,950	GJ Gash, John H.	Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 570
60	38,383	Oliva-Teles, Aires	Universidade do Porto	Fisheries	Rank 66
61	39,457	VV Vasconcelos, Vítor	Universidade do Porto	Microbiology	Rank 995
62	39,849	MM Miguel, Maria Graça	Universidade do Algarve	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 485
63	41,011	SM Saraiva, Maria João	Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,693
64	41,159	MP McGregor, Peter K.	ISPA - Instituto Universitário	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 136
65	41,591	GM Graça, Manuel A.S.	Universidade de Coimbra	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 306
66	41,856	SF Schmitt, Fernando C.	Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP)	Pathology	Rank 127
67	42,093	LS Loureiro, Sandra Maria Correia	Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa	Marketing	Rank 99
68	42,357	Herdeiro, Carlos A.R.	Universidade de Aveiro	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 630
69	42,465	SM Simões, Manuel	Universidade do Porto	Microbiology	Rank 1,072
70	42,622	FP Flores, Paulo	Universidade do Minho	Design Practice & Management	Rank 16
71	42,931	DS de Sousa Santos, Boaventura	Universidade de Coimbra	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 149
72	43,404	PR Paterson, Robert Russell Monteith	Universidade do Minho	Microbiology	Rank 1,091
73	43,570	FI Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança	Food Science	Rank 180
74	43,931	CL Carlos, L. D.	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 500
75	45,366	EJ Edens, John F.	Texas A&M University	Criminology	Rank 61
76	45,674	PA Phillips, Alan J.L.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 68
77	46,394	SG Semin, Gün R.	ISPA - Instituto Universitário	Social Psychology	Rank 440
78	47,265	KS Kundu, Subhas C.	Universidade do Minho	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 203
79	47,670	KV Konotop, Vladimir V.	Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa	General Physics	Rank 303
80	48,085	BL Barros, Lillian	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança	Food Science	Rank 207
81	48,238	VR Vilar, Rui	Instituto Superior Técnico	Materials	Rank 615
82	48,695	DC de Carvalho, Mamede	Universidade de Lisboa	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,410
83	48,699	KA Kholkin, Andrei	CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro	Applied Physics	Rank 1,245
84	49,416	ZJ Zilhão, João	Universidade de Lisboa	Archaeology	Rank 31
85	49,470	MR Marques, Rui Cunha	Lusófona University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 193
86	49,954	SM Sobrinho-Simões, Manuel	Universidade do Porto	Pathology	Rank 151
87	50,217	MR Martins, Rodrigo	Centro de Investigação em Materiais	Applied Physics	Rank 1,284
88	51,149	ÓJ Órfão, José Joaquim de Melo	Universidade do Porto	Physical Chemistry	Rank 177
89	52,533	Antunes, Manuel J.	Universidade de Coimbra	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,926
90	52,748	LP Leitão, Paulo	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 403
91	52,894	FJ Fernández-Rossier, J.	International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory	Applied Physics	Rank 1,338
92	53,322	MC Manaia, Célia M.	Universidade Católica Portuguesa	Microbiology	Rank 1,346
93	53,369	Camarinha-Matos, Luis M.	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 411
94	54,265	FE Fortunato, Elvira	Centro de Investigação em Materiais	Applied Physics	Rank 1,365
95	54,320	BG Branco, G. C.	Instituto Superior Técnico	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 853
96	54,800	BM Bebianno, Maria João	Universidade do Algarve	Environmental Sciences	Rank 340
97	55,387	CP Costa, Paulo C.	Universidade do Porto	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 465
98	55,669	LL Lavoura, Luís	Universidade de Lisboa	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 875
99	56,033	DR Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge	Universidade do Porto	Toxicology	Rank 241
100	57,290	MJ Martins, José Luís	Instituto Superior Técnico	Applied Physics	Rank 1,452
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Frequently asked questions

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

889 scientists affiliated with Portugal are on the 2024 single-year list, and 633 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 career-long list, Universidade do Porto has the most listed scientists from Portugal, with 104. It is followed by Instituto Superior Técnico with 90.

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

On the career-long list, Portugal went from 385 scientists in 2020 to 633 in 2024, a change of +64.4%.

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.