World's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Global Rankings

Researchers in this ranking

1. Wang, Zhong Lin

   Chinese Academy of Sciences

   Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

   Rank: 1 · c-score: 5.27
2. Kresse, Georg

   Universität Wien

   Field: Physics & Astronomy

   Rank: 2 · c-score: 5.25
3. Mirjalili, Seyedali

   Torrens University Australia

   Field: Information & Communication Technologies

   Rank: 3 · c-score: 5.23
4. Bandura, Albert

   Stanford University

   Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

   Rank: 4 · c-score: 5.22
5. Grimme, Stefan

   Universität Bonn

   Field: Chemistry

   Rank: 5 · c-score: 5.17
6. Bengio, Yoshua

   Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms

   Field: Information & Communication Technologies

   Rank: 6 · c-score: 5.10
7. Ajzen, Icek

   University of Massachusetts Amherst

   Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

   Rank: 7 · c-score: 5.07
8. Girshick, Ross B.

   Vercept

   Field: Information & Communication Technologies

   Rank: 8 · c-score: 5.06
9. Ryan, Richard M.

   Australian Catholic University

   Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

   Rank: 9 · c-score: 5.05
10. Altman, Douglas G.

    University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 10 · c-score: 5.04
11. Gross, James J.

    Stanford University

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 11 · c-score: 5.02
12. Hinton, Geoffrey E.

    University of Toronto

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 12 · c-score: 5.01
13. Perdew, John

    Tulane University School of Science and Engineering

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 13 · c-score: 5.01
14. McClements, David Julian

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Field: Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

    Rank: 14 · c-score: 5.00
15. Lal, Rattan A.

    The Ohio State University

    Field: Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

    Rank: 15 · c-score: 5.00
16. Breiman, Leo

    University of California, Berkeley

    Field: Mathematics & Statistics

    Rank: 16 · c-score: 5.00
17. Li, Heng

    Harvard Medical School

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 17 · c-score: 4.99
18. Moher, David

    Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 18 · c-score: 4.99
19. Higgins, Julian P.t.

    Bristol Medical School

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 19 · c-score: 4.96
20. Neese, Frank

    Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 20 · c-score: 4.95
21. Tibshirani, Robert John

    Stanford University

    Field: Mathematics & Statistics

    Rank: 21 · c-score: 4.95
22. Teece, David J.

    University of California, Berkeley

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 22 · c-score: 4.94
23. Friston, K. J.

    UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 23 · c-score: 4.93
24. Ioannidis, John P.A.

    Stanford University School of Medicine

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 24 · c-score: 4.93
25. Gogotsi, Yury G.

    Drexel University

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 25 · c-score: 4.90
26. Diener, Edward

    University of Virginia

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 26 · c-score: 4.89
27. Kessler, Ronald C.

    Harvard University

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 27 · c-score: 4.86
28. Libby, Peter A.

    Harvard Medical School

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 28 · c-score: 4.85
29. Acemoglu, Daron

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 29 · c-score: 4.85
30. Newman, Mark E.J.

    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 30 · c-score: 4.84
31. Lu, Tian

    Beijing Kein Research Center for Natural Sciences

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 31 · c-score: 4.84
32. Bakker, Arnold Bastiaan

    Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 32 · c-score: 4.84
33. Sovacool, Benjamin K.

    Aarhus Universitet

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 33 · c-score: 4.82
34. Ostrom, Elinor

    Indiana University Bloomington

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 34 · c-score: 4.81
35. Austin, Peter C.

    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 35 · c-score: 4.81
36. Zadeh, Lotfi A.

    University of California, Berkeley

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 36 · c-score: 4.81
37. Becke, Axel D.

    Dalhousie University

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 37 · c-score: 4.80
38. Murray, Christopher J.L.

    University of Washington

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 38 · c-score: 4.80
39. Venkatesh, Viswanath

    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 39 · c-score: 4.79
40. Cohen, Jacob

    New York University

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 40 · c-score: 4.78
41. Rubin, Donald B.

    Harvard University

    Field: Mathematics & Statistics

    Rank: 41 · c-score: 4.77
42. Hair, Joseph Franklin

    University of South Alabama

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 42 · c-score: 4.76
43. Deci, Edward L.

    University of Rochester

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 43 · c-score: 4.76
44. Ivanov, Dmitry Aleksandrovich

    Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin

    Field: Engineering

    Rank: 44 · c-score: 4.76
45. Witten, Edward

    Institute for Advanced Study

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 45 · c-score: 4.76
46. Clevers, Hans C.

    University Medical Center Utrecht

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 46 · c-score: 4.75
47. Manthiram, Arumugam

    Texas Materials Institute

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 47 · c-score: 4.75
48. Pesaran, M. Hashem

    Trinity College Cambridge

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 48 · c-score: 4.74
49. Floridi, Luciano

    Yale University

    Field: Philosophy & Theology

    Rank: 49 · c-score: 4.73
50. Ridker, Paul M.

    Imperial College London

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 50 · c-score: 4.73
51. Stockwell, Brent R.

    Columbia University

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 51 · c-score: 4.72
52. Bray, Freddie Ian

    Centre international de Recherche sur le Cancer

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 52 · c-score: 4.72
53. VanDerWeele, Tyler J.

    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Field: Public Health & Health Services

    Rank: 53 · c-score: 4.72
54. Barney, Jay Bryan

    The University of Utah

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 54 · c-score: 4.71
55. Zhu, Jian Kang

    Southern University of Science and Technology

    Field: Biology

    Rank: 55 · c-score: 4.71
56. Goodenough, John B.

    Texas Materials Institute

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 56 · c-score: 4.71
57. Friedman, Jerome H.

    Stanford University

    Field: Mathematics & Statistics

    Rank: 57 · c-score: 4.70
58. Fredrickson, Barbara L.

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 58 · c-score: 4.70
59. Sweller, John

    UNSW Sydney

    Field: Social Sciences

    Rank: 59 · c-score: 4.69
60. McEwen, Bruce S.

    Rockefeller University

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 60 · c-score: 4.69
61. Mayer, Richard E.

    University of California, Santa Barbara

    Field: Social Sciences

    Rank: 61 · c-score: 4.68
62. Kroemer, Guido

    Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 62 · c-score: 4.68
63. Schmidhuber, Jürgen U.

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 63 · c-score: 4.67
64. Baumeister, Roy F.

    The University of Queensland

    Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

    Rank: 64 · c-score: 4.67
65. Tilman, David G.

    University of Minnesota Twin Cities

    Field: Biology

    Rank: 65 · c-score: 4.67
66. KUZYAKOV, Yakov V.

    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

    Field: Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

    Rank: 66 · c-score: 4.67
67. Grätzel, Michael

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 67 · c-score: 4.66
68. Kanehisa, Minoru I.

    Institute for Chemical Research

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 68 · c-score: 4.66
69. Petersen, Ronald C.

    Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 69 · c-score: 4.66
70. Sheldrick, George Michael

    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 70 · c-score: 4.65
71. Burgess, Stephen

    MRC Biostatistics Unit

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 71 · c-score: 4.65
72. NŘrskov, Jens Kehlet

    Technical University of Denmark

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 72 · c-score: 4.65
73. Yaghi, Omar M.

    University of California, Berkeley

    Field: Chemistry

    Rank: 73 · c-score: 4.65
74. Hu, Frank B.

    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 74 · c-score: 4.65
75. Dincer, I.

    Ontario Tech University

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 75 · c-score: 4.65
76. Willett, Walter Churchill

    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 76 · c-score: 4.64
77. Kalluri, Raghu K.

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 77 · c-score: 4.64
78. Hanahan, Douglas A.

    Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 78 · c-score: 4.64
79. Rillig, Matthias C.

    Freie Universität Berlin

    Field: Biology

    Rank: 79 · c-score: 4.63
80. Lecun, Yann Le

    Meta Ai

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 80 · c-score: 4.63
81. Schaufeli, Wilmar B.

    Universiteit Utrecht

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 81 · c-score: 4.62
82. Younossi, Zobair M.

    The Global NASH Council

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 82 · c-score: 4.62
83. Gelman, Andrew E.

    Columbia University

    Field: Mathematics & Statistics

    Rank: 83 · c-score: 4.62
84. Hamblin, Michael R.

    University of Johannesburg

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 84 · c-score: 4.62
85. Davis, Fred D.

    Texas Tech University

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 85 · c-score: 4.62
86. Edgar, Robert C.

    Independent researcher

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 86 · c-score: 4.62
87. Raabe, Dierk

    Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH

    Field: Enabling & Strategic Technologies

    Rank: 87 · c-score: 4.61
88. Cummings, Jeffrey L.

    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 88 · c-score: 4.61
89. Topol, Eric J.

    Scripps Research Institute

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 89 · c-score: 4.61
90. Geim, Andre K.

    The University of Manchester

    Field: Physics & Astronomy

    Rank: 90 · c-score: 4.61
91. Lim, Weng Marc

    Sunway University

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 91 · c-score: 4.61
92. Wishart, David S.

    University of Alberta

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 92 · c-score: 4.61
93. Dwivedi, Yogesh K.

    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 93 · c-score: 4.60
94. Braun, Virginia

    University of Auckland

    Field: Social Sciences

    Rank: 94 · c-score: 4.60
95. Geels, Frank W.

    Alliance Manchester Business School

    Field: Social Sciences

    Rank: 95 · c-score: 4.58
96. Henseler, Jörg

    Universiteit Twente

    Field: Economics & Business

    Rank: 96 · c-score: 4.58
97. Fierer, Noah G.

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Field: Biomedical Research

    Rank: 97 · c-score: 4.58
98. Shannon, Claude E.

    MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

    Field: Information & Communication Technologies

    Rank: 98 · c-score: 4.58
99. Packer, Milton P.

    Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital

    Field: Clinical Medicine

    Rank: 99 · c-score: 4.58
100. Schwartz, Shalom H.

     Hebrew University of Jerusalem

     Field: Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

     Rank: 100 · c-score: 4.58