Switzerland's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Switzerland has 3,233 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 7.2% from 3,016 in 2021. That places Switzerland 13th in the world by number of listed scientists. ETH Zürich has the most listed scientists (484), followed by Universität Zürich (307).

Single Year

3,233

+217 (+7.2%) vs 2021

Career Data

3,141

+167 (+5.6%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#13

No change vs 2021

Institutes

327

+13 (+4.1%) vs 2021

Scientists in Switzerland on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 23% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+15.0%

2022+7.2%

2023+2.4%

2024+2.8%

2025+4.3%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	2,622		2,546
2021	3,016	+15.0%	2,974	+16.8%
2022	3,233	+7.2%	3,141	+5.6%
2023	3,311	+2.4%	3,261	+3.8%
2024	3,404	+2.8%	3,431	+5.2%
2025	3,549	+4.3%	3,659	+6.6%

Top 10 institutes in Switzerland

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2022

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1ETH Zürich484
2Universität Zürich307
3Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne252
4Université de Genève175
5University of Bern168
6Universitat Basel122
7Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève103
8Université de Lausanne (UNIL)100
9UniversitatsSpital Zurich97
10Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois96

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Single-year list2022

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Rank in Switzerland	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	11	GM Grätzel, Michael	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2
2	31	SJ Schmidhuber, Jürgen	IDSIA Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6
3	148	HD Hanahan, Douglas	Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5
4	172	EM Egger, M.	Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7
5	473	KC Körner, Christian	Universitat Basel	Ecology	Rank 12
6	551	SK Scrivener, Karen	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Building & Construction	Rank 3
7	598	FE Fehr, Ernst	Universität Zürich	Economics	Rank 14
8	649	HD Helbing, Dirk	ETH Zürich	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 4
9	754	VG von Gunten, Urs	Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology	Environmental Engineering	Rank 4
10	765	SM Siegrist, Michael	ETH Zürich	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 2
11	814	DB Delley, Bernard	Paul Scherrer Institut	Applied Physics	Rank 25
12	863	SN Spaldin, Nicola A.	ETH Zürich	Applied Physics	Rank 27
13	970	SC Szabo, Csaba	Faculty of Science and Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 4
14	1,051	WM Weller, Michael	UniversitatsSpital Zurich	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 29
15	1,152	EJ Engelman, Jeffrey	Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research Basel	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 32
16	1,213	ZM Zimmermann, Micheal Bruce	ETH Zürich	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 4
17	1,543	NM Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 51
18	1,544	BJ Bünzli, Jean Claude G.	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 7
19	1,552	GN Gisin, Nicolas	Université de Genève	General Physics	Rank 12
20	1,630	AC Akdis, Cezmi A.	Universität Zürich	Allergy	Rank 2
21	1,637	LU Laemmli, Ulrich K.	Université de Genève	Developmental Biology	Rank 68
22	1,657	CP Clavien, Pierre Alain	UniversitatsSpital Zurich	Surgery	Rank 1
23	1,720	NP Nordmann, Patrice	University of Fribourg	Microbiology	Rank 30
24	1,964	EL Excoffier, Laurent	University of Bern	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 23
25	2,013	HE Hargittai, Eszter	Universität Zürich	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 4
26	2,015	WA Wilder-Smith, Annelies	Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine	Tropical Medicine	Rank 4
27	2,021	AJ Auwerx, Johan	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 55
28	2,138	WS Windecker, Stephan	University Hospital Bern	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 62
29	2,139	KR Knutti, R.	Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 27
30	2,142	NL Novotny, Lukas	ETH Zürich	Optics	Rank 11
31	2,149	PJ Pérez-Ramírez, Javier	ETH Zürich	Organic Chemistry	Rank 32
32	2,262	VD van der Heijden, Marcel G.A.	Universität Zürich	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 11
33	2,266	KM Kovalenko, Maksym V.	Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 78
34	2,328	HX Hu, Xile	Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques	Organic Chemistry	Rank 38
35	2,331	DO de Onis, Mercedes	Organisation Mondiale de la Santé	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 11
36	2,346	DD Damjanovic, Dragan	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Applied Physics	Rank 71
37	2,347	KJ Kolar, Johann W.	ETH Zürich	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 7
38	2,381	SF Sallusto, Federica	ETH Zürich	Immunology	Rank 63
39	2,383	BP Bühlmann, Peter	ETH Zürich	Statistics & Probability	Rank 27
40	2,404	AR Aebersold, Ruedi	ETH Zürich	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 64
41	2,405	SS Seneviratne, Sonia I.	Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 30
42	2,417	TJ Tschopp, Jürg	Université de Lausanne (UNIL)	Immunology	Rank 65
43	2,449	UM Unser, Michael	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 100
44	2,506	SJ Six, J.	ETH Zürich	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 16
45	2,569	LB Lothenbach, B.	Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 13
46	2,628	OK Oberauer, Klaus	Universität Zürich	Experimental Psychology	Rank 50
47	2,686	ZC Zipfel, Cyril	Universität Zürich	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 22
48	2,942	KJ Kirchner, James W.	Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL	Environmental Engineering	Rank 10
49	2,980	FB Frey, Bruno S.	Universitat Basel	Economics	Rank 62
50	2,990	NB Nowack, Bernd	Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 27
51	3,055	MF Martinon, Fabio	Université de Lausanne (UNIL)	Immunology	Rank 85
52	3,112	JJ Joyce, Johanna A.	Université de Lausanne (UNIL)	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 100
53	3,179	TW Tress, Wolfgang	ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 108
54	3,271	GN Gruber, Nicolas	ETH Zürich	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 51
55	3,338	PL Piddock, Laura J.V.	Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP)	Microbiology	Rank 67
56	3,364	RR Rizzoli, René	Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 69
57	3,407	BJ Billieux, Joël	Université de Lausanne (UNIL)	Psychiatry	Rank 88
58	3,491	MH Markram, Henry	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 228
59	3,587	SB Sudret, Bruno	ETH Zürich	Civil Engineering	Rank 7
60	3,702	SD Scaramuzza, Davide	Universität Zürich	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 37
61	3,718	ZA Züttel, Andreas	Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 57
62	3,740	GC Gabay, Cem	Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 27
63	3,756	VP Verburg, Peter H.	Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL	Ecology	Rank 113
64	3,924	LA Lanzavecchia, Antonio	Vir Biotechnology, Inc.	Immunology	Rank 107
65	3,970	SG Schneider, Gisbert	ETH Zürich	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 11
66	3,984	HA Helenius, Ari	ETH Zürich	Developmental Biology	Rank 155
67	3,992	SK Scherer, Klaus R.	Université de Genève	Social Psychology	Rank 113
68	4,104	RM Robinson, Mark D.	Universität Zürich	Developmental Biology	Rank 157
69	4,156	MF Mach, François	Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 140
70	4,159	VM Valgimigli, Marco	Cardiocentro Ticino Foundation	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 141
71	4,176	BJ Bascompte, Jordi	Universität Zürich	Ecology	Rank 126
72	4,184	GJ Goudet, Jérôme	Université de Lausanne (UNIL)	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 47
73	4,292	LN Lang, Niklaus P.	University of Bern, Faculty of Medicine	Dentistry	Rank 10
74	4,311	PD Pittet, Didier	Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève	Microbiology	Rank 89
75	4,457	GC Gerber, Christian	Uniklinik Balgrist	Orthopedics	Rank 11
76	4,499	CW Curtin, W. A.	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Materials	Rank 63
77	4,503	WM Wild, Martin	Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 74
78	4,551	MC Münz, Christian	Universität Zürich	Immunology	Rank 126
79	4,572	SA Studart, André R.	ETH Zürich	Materials	Rank 65
80	4,790	SB Smit, Berend	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Chemical Physics	Rank 92
81	4,807	KT Kippenberg, Tobias J.	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Optics	Rank 24
82	4,857	SA Steinfeld, Aldo	ETH Zürich	Energy	Rank 93
83	4,863	MN Marzari, Nicola	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Applied Physics	Rank 113
84	4,864	RD Rubatto, Daniela	University of Bern	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 68
85	4,898	MC Mueller, Christian	Universitätsspital Basel	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 163
86	4,924	HT Hothorn, Torsten	Universität Zürich	Statistics & Probability	Rank 39
87	4,942	VJ Vorholt, Julia A.	ETH Zürich	Microbiology	Rank 102
88	4,979	SA Sayed, Ali H.	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 39
89	4,999	CJ Connolly, James A.D.	ETH Zürich	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 73
90	5,057	SK Scherer, Klaus	Université de Genève	Social Psychology	Rank 128
91	5,082	KU Keller, Ursula	ETH Zürich	Optics	Rank 27
92	5,105	VO Voinnet, Olivier	ETH Zürich	Developmental Biology	Rank 203
93	5,108	MN Meinshausen, Nicolai	ETH Zürich	Statistics & Probability	Rank 41
94	5,115	MH Moch, Holger	UniversitatsSpital Zurich	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 188
95	5,165	IA Ijspeert, Auke Jan	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 55
96	5,252	VE Von Elm, Erik	Centre Universitaire de Médecine Générale et Santé Publique, Lausanne	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 92
97	5,278	GA Guisan, Antoine	Université de Lausanne (UNIL)	Ecology	Rank 143
98	5,282	HT Hofmann, Thomas	ETH Zürich	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 177
99	5,289	ST Stocker, Thomas F.	University of Bern	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 90
100	5,312	GT Gerya, Taras	ETH Zürich	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 76
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Frequently asked questions

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

3,233 scientists affiliated with Switzerland are on the 2022 single-year list, and 3,141 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, ETH Zürich has the most listed scientists from Switzerland, with 484. It is followed by Universität Zürich with 307.

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

On the single-year list, Switzerland went from 2,622 scientists in 2020 to 3,233 in 2022, a change of +23.3%.

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.