World's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long Rankings

Researchers in this ranking

1. Wang, Zhong Lin

   Chinese Academy of Sciences

   Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

   Rank: 1 · c-score: 5.56
2. Grätzel, Michael

   École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

   Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

   Rank: 2 · c-score: 5.53
3. Kresse, Georg

   Universität Wien

   Field: Physics & Astronomy

   Rank: 3 · c-score: 5.47
4. Willett, Walter Churchill

   Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

   Field: Clinical Medicine

   Rank: 4 · c-score: 5.45
5. Friston, K. J.

   UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

   Field: Clinical Medicine

   Rank: 5 · c-score: 5.42
6. Kessler, Ronald C.

   Harvard University

   Field: Clinical Medicine

   Rank: 6 · c-score: 5.42
7. Altman, Douglas G.

   University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division

   Field: Clinical Medicine

   Rank: 7 · c-score: 5.40
8. McEwen, Bruce S.

   Rockefeller University

   Field: Clinical Medicine

   Rank: 8 · c-score: 5.36
9. Whitesides, G. M.

   Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

   Field: Chemistry

   Rank: 9 · c-score: 5.35
10. Witten, Edward

    Institute for Advanced Study

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 10 · c-score: 5.35
11. Bandura, Albert

    Stanford University

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 11 · c-score: 5.35
12. Perdew, John

    Tulane University School of Science and Engineering

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 12 · c-score: 5.34
13. Barnes, Peter John

    National Heart and Lung Institute

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 13 · c-score: 5.34
14. Ridker, Paul M.

    Imperial College London

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 14 · c-score: 5.32
15. Grimme, Stefan

    Universität Bonn

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 15 · c-score: 5.31
16. Ioannidis, John P.A.

    Stanford University School of Medicine

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 16 · c-score: 5.31
17. Libby, Peter A.

    Harvard Medical School

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 17 · c-score: 5.31
18. Yusuf, Salim N.

    Population Health Research Institute, Ontario

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 18 · c-score: 5.29
19. HALLIWELL, Barry B.

    NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 19 · c-score: 5.29
20. Semenza, Gregg L.

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 20 · c-score: 5.29
21. Karin, Michael J.

    Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 21 · c-score: 5.28
22. Langer, Robert Samuel M.

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 22 · c-score: 5.28
23. Newman, Mark E.J.

    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 23 · c-score: 5.28
24. Hu, Frank B.

    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 24 · c-score: 5.26
25. Becke, Axel D.

    Dalhousie University

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 25 · c-score: 5.24
26. Bengio, Yoshua

    Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 26 · c-score: 5.24
27. Akira, Shizuo

    WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 27 · c-score: 5.23
28. Mattson, Mark P.

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 28 · c-score: 5.22
29. Zadeh, Lotfi A.

    University of California, Berkeley

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 29 · c-score: 5.22
30. Jain, Rakesh K.

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 30 · c-score: 5.22
31. Lal, Rattan A.

    The Ohio State University

    Field: Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

    Rank: 31 · c-score: 5.22
32. Wang, Joseph

    University of California, San Diego

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 32 · c-score: 5.22
33. Dinarello, C. A.

    Olatec Therapeutics LLC

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 33 · c-score: 5.22
34. Kroemer, Guido

    Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 34 · c-score: 5.22
35. Corma, Avelino

    CSIC-UPV - Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ)

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 35 · c-score: 5.22
36. Folkman, M. Judah

    Boston Children's Hospital

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 36 · c-score: 5.21
37. Hinton, Geoffrey E.

    University of Toronto

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 37 · c-score: 5.21
38. Tibshirani, Robert John

    Stanford University

    Field: Mathematics & Statistics

    Rank: 38 · c-score: 5.21
39. Goodenough, John B.

    Texas Materials Institute

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 39 · c-score: 5.21
40. Selkoe, Dennis J.

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 40 · c-score: 5.20
41. McClements, David Julian

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Field: Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

    Rank: 41 · c-score: 5.17
42. Trost, Barry M.

    Stanford University

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 42 · c-score: 5.17
43. Gordon, Guyatt H.

    McMaster University

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 43 · c-score: 5.17
44. Diener, Edward

    University of Virginia

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 44 · c-score: 5.17
45. Clevers, Hans C.

    University Medical Center Utrecht

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 45 · c-score: 5.16
46. Grundy, Scott M.

    UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 46 · c-score: 5.16
47. Sheldrick, George Michael

    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 47 · c-score: 5.15
48. Massagué, Joan

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 48 · c-score: 5.15
49. Jain, Anil K.

    Michigan State University

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 49 · c-score: 5.15
50. Lander, Eric S.

    Broad Institute

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 50 · c-score: 5.14
51. Moher, David

    Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 51 · c-score: 5.14
52. Kannel, William Bill

    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 52 · c-score: 5.14
53. Bartel, David P.

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 53 · c-score: 5.13
54. Braunwald, Eugene B.

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 54 · c-score: 5.13
55. Koonin, Eugene V.

    National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 55 · c-score: 5.13
56. Topol, Eric J.

    Scripps Research Institute

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 56 · c-score: 5.13
57. Paul Alivisatos, A. Paul

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 57 · c-score: 5.12
58. Ryan, Richard M.

    Australian Catholic University

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 58 · c-score: 5.11
59. Tilman, David G.

    University of Minnesota Twin Cities

    Field: Biology

    Rank: 59 · c-score: 5.11
60. Holick, Michael Francis

    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 60 · c-score: 5.11
61. Geim, Andre K.

    The University of Manchester

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 61 · c-score: 5.10
62. Rosenberg, Steven Aaron

    National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 62 · c-score: 5.10
63. Lieber, Charles M.

    Harvard Medical School

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 63 · c-score: 5.10
64. Marmot, M. G.

    University College London

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 64 · c-score: 5.10
65. Giovannucci, Edward Luciano

    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 65 · c-score: 5.09
66. Ostrom, Elinor

    Indiana University Bloomington

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 66 · c-score: 5.09
67. Murray, Christopher J.L.

    University of Washington

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 67 · c-score: 5.09
68. Rutter, Sir Michael

    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 68 · c-score: 5.09
69. Gross, James J.

    Stanford University

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 69 · c-score: 5.09
70. Carmeliet, Peter F.M.

    KU Leuven

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 70 · c-score: 5.08
71. Nei, Masatoshi

    Pennsylvania State University

    Field: Biology

    Rank: 71 · c-score: 5.08
72. Reed, John C.

    Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 72 · c-score: 5.08
73. Kendler, Kenneth S.

    Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 73 · c-score: 5.08
74. Cummings, Jeffrey L.

    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 74 · c-score: 5.08
75. Higgins, Julian P.t.

    Bristol Medical School

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 75 · c-score: 5.08
76. Ferrara, Napoleone M.A.

    University of California San Diego

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 76 · c-score: 5.07
77. Petersen, Ronald C.

    Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 77 · c-score: 5.07
78. Iijima, Sumio

    Meijo University

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 78 · c-score: 5.07
79. D’Agostino, Ralph B.

    Boston University

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 79 · c-score: 5.06
80. Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof

    Carnegie Mellon University

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 80 · c-score: 5.06
81. Weinberg, Robert A.

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 81 · c-score: 5.06
82. Hanahan, Douglas A.

    Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 82 · c-score: 5.06
83. Koob, George F.

    National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 83 · c-score: 5.06
84. Ajzen, Icek

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 84 · c-score: 5.05
85. Baddeley, Alan D.

    University of York

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 85 · c-score: 5.05
86. DeFronzo, Ralph Albarado

    Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 86 · c-score: 5.05
87. Barabási, Albert Lásló

    Northeastern University

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 87 · c-score: 5.05
88. Mirjalili, Seyedali

    Torrens University Australia

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 88 · c-score: 5.05
89. Neese, Frank

    Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 89 · c-score: 5.05
90. Vincent, Jean Louis

    Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 90 · c-score: 5.05
91. Barker, David J.P.

    Oregon Health & Science University

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 91 · c-score: 5.05
92. Baumeister, Roy F.

    The University of Queensland

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 92 · c-score: 5.05
93. Zhu, Jian Kang

    Southern University of Science and Technology

    Field: Biology

    Rank: 93 · c-score: 5.05
94. Rubin, Donald B.

    Harvard University

    Field: Mathematics & Statistics

    Rank: 94 · c-score: 5.05
95. Robertson, John David

    Cambridge University

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 95 · c-score: 5.04
96. Reíter, Rüssel J.

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 96 · c-score: 5.04
97. Donoho, David L.

    Stanford University

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 97 · c-score: 5.04
98. Austin, Peter C.

    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 98 · c-score: 5.04
99. Kamat, Prashant V.

    Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 99 · c-score: 5.03
100. Mantovani, Alberto R.

     Humanitas University

     Field: Clinical Medicine

     Rank: 100 · c-score: 5.03