Top-cited scientists by field in Israel

19 fields · 138 subfields · Israel

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Israel?

1,638 researchers whose current affiliation is in Israel are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 19 fields and 138 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (420, 25.6%), followed by Physics & Astronomy (208) and Information & Communication Technologies (177); the largest subfield is Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing (88). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 420 listed authors (25.6%)
Neurology & Neurosurgery593.6%27Sadeh, Avi #6,071
General & Internal Medicine412.5%5Dicker, Dror R. #18,072
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine362.2%7Sheiner, Eyal K. #36,870
Oncology & Carcinogenesis352.1%10Yarden, Yosef #8,199
Immunology291.8%14Elinav, Eran #4,987
Cardiovascular System & Hematology261.6%12Aronson, Doron #29,777
Gastroenterology & Hepatology221.3%11Levitt, Michael D. #10,575
Dentistry191.2%1Machtei, Eli E. #88,782
Psychiatry171.0%12Weinstein, Aviv Malkiel #10,803
Pharmacology & Pharmacy140.9%4Mechoulam, Raphael #12,716
Ophthalmology & Optometry120.7%1Loewenstein, Anat #72,520
Endocrinology & Metabolism110.7%9Raz, Itamar #29,769
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases100.6%2Kridin, Khalaf #14,507
Surgery90.5%0Bala, Miklosh #135,055
Anesthesiology80.5%0Defrin, Ruth #153,006
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging80.5%2Greenspan, Hayit K. #16,556
Sport Sciences80.5%2Hoffman, Jay R. #28,273
Otorhinolaryngology70.4%0Gil, Ziv #130,981
Arthritis & Rheumatology60.4%1Ben-Chétrit, Eldad #74,961
Pediatrics60.4%1Eidelman, Arthur Isaac #74,182
Orthopedics40.2%2Kalichman, Leonid #57,383
Urology & Nephrology40.2%3Goligorsky, Michael S. #53,723
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine30.2%1Sprung, Charles L. #30,954
Geriatrics20.1%2Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska #11,146
Legal & Forensic Medicine20.1%0Simmons, Tal L. #357,389
Respiratory System20.1%1Kerem, Eitan #96,396
Tropical Medicine20.1%0Schwartz, Eli #158,210
Complementary & Alternative Medicine10.1%0Azaizeh, Hassan Ahmad #327,277
Physics & Astronomy · 208 listed authors (12.7%)
Applied Physics472.9%13Kirkpatrick, Scott #4,549
Chemical Physics342.1%17Marcus, Yizhak #1,762
Fluids & Plasmas291.8%13Malomed, B. A. #2,116
Optics271.6%7Segev, Mordechai (Moti) #11,699
Astronomy & Astrophysics261.6%24Piran, Tsvi #3,987
Nuclear & Particle Physics241.5%8Bekenstein, Jacob D. #1,135
General Physics211.3%10Sompolinsky, Haim #18,773
Acoustics50.3%3Gendelman, Oleg V. #16,399
Information & Communication Technologies · 177 listed authors (10.8%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing885.4%41Shamir, Adi #1,027
Computation Theory & Mathematics412.5%15Alon, Noga #2,495
Networking & Telecommunications281.7%7Eldar, Yonina C. #964
Software Engineering90.5%4Cohen-Or, Daniel #12,989
Medical Informatics40.2%1Haimi, Motti #99,204
Computer Hardware & Architecture30.2%1Kvatinsky, Shahar #57,970
Distributed Computing10.1%0Marowka, Ami #454,075
Biomedical Research · 156 listed authors (9.5%)
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology482.9%17Ciechanover, Aaron J. #3,225
Developmental Biology462.8%28Milo, Ron #2,370
Microbiology432.6%16Oren, Aharon #1,324
Genetics & Heredity90.5%0Livshits, Gregory M. #106,418
Biophysics50.3%1Kozlov, Michael M. #51,644
Mycology & Parasitology30.2%1Baneth, Gad #19,191
Nutrition & Dietetics30.2%2Singer, Pierre P. #6,423
Toxicology30.2%1Kloog, Itai #28,353
Physiology10.1%1Horowitz, Michal #87,277
Social Sciences · 92 listed authors (5.6%)
Education422.6%22Alt, Dorit #14,013
Social Work130.8%0Ben-Arieh, Asher #101,384
Political Science & Public Administration100.6%10Vigoda-Gadot, Eran #13,285
Law70.4%0Barak, Aharon #110,608
Sociology60.4%6Offer, Shira #38,780
Information & Library Sciences50.3%1Bar-Ilan, Judit #41,989
Criminology40.2%2Weisburd, David L. #5,756
Geography20.1%2Azaryahu, Maoz #49,451
Family Studies10.1%0Dwairy, Marwan Adeeb #157,580
International Relations10.1%1Manor, Ilan #92,426
Biology · 91 listed authors (5.6%)
Plant Biology & Botany593.6%22Blum, Abraham #8,358
Entomology120.7%0Ghanim, Murad #104,641
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology90.5%5Rinkevich, Buki #18,497
Ecology30.2%3Nathan, Ran #10,121
Evolutionary Biology30.2%3Jablonka, Eva #29,230
Ornithology10.1%0Kiat, Yosef #943,224
Engineering · 84 listed authors (5.1%)
Mechanical Engineering & Transports201.2%8Hashin, Zvi #2,113
Aerospace & Aeronautics181.1%2Shima, Tal Y. #35,548
Chemical Engineering90.5%6Freger, Viatcheslav Slava #15,726
Operations Research90.5%6Beck, Amir #10,962
Biomedical Engineering80.5%2Gefen, Amit #13,813
Electrical & Electronic Engineering80.5%1Kuperman, Alon #93,467
Environmental Engineering80.5%5Berkowitz, Brian #13,998
Industrial Engineering & Automation40.2%3Levant, Arie #2,960
Civil Engineering30.2%1Yankelevsky, David Z. #72,149
Geological & Geomatics Engineering30.2%2Ben-Dor, Eyal #23,145
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 69 listed authors (4.2%)
Optoelectronics & Photonics221.3%2Arnon, Shlomi #33,161
Energy181.1%10Aurbach, Doron #553
Materials130.8%2Eliaz, Noam #9,360
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology120.7%11Gazit, Ehud #3,620
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies90.5%1Levitin, Gregory S. #20,195
Bioinformatics50.3%2Friedman, Nir #21,728
Biotechnology20.1%1Wasser, Solomon P.W. #21,252
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 54 listed authors (3.3%)
Social Psychology191.2%16Schwartz, Shalom H. #100
Experimental Psychology181.1%14Tversky, Amos #240
Developmental & Child Psychology50.3%4Feldman, Ruth #1,029
Clinical Psychology30.2%3Zilcha-Mano, Sigal #18,947
Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology10.1%0Scharf, Inon #184,796
General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences10.1%1Gati, Itamar #71,280
Human Factors10.1%1Tractinsky, Noam #76,424
Psychoanalysis10.1%0Blass, Rachel B. #526,857
Chemistry · 48 listed authors (2.9%)
Organic Chemistry211.3%6Willner, Itamar #7,444
General Chemistry70.4%2Shaik, Sason S. #4,172
Polymers70.4%3Domb, Avi Jacob #26,424
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry50.3%2Meyerstein, Dan M. #44,992
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry40.2%1London, Nir #60,328
Analytical Chemistry10.1%0Katz, Eugenii Yu #249,295
Physical Chemistry10.1%0Vorontsov, Alexander V. #163,290
Economics & Business · 47 listed authors (2.9%)
Business & Management140.9%14Carmeli, Abraham #2,360
Logistics & Transportation100.6%6Ceder, Avishai Avi #20,330
Economics70.4%7Lavy, Victor #35,569
Sport, Leisure & Tourism60.4%6Cohen, Erik #4,139
Economic Theory50.3%3Aumann, Robert John #37,898
Finance30.2%3Avramov, Doron #45,504
Marketing10.1%1Yagil, Dana #77,389
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 37 listed authors (2.3%)
Dairy & Animal Science130.8%4Silanikove, Nissim #37,878
Agronomy & Agriculture90.5%2Stavi, Ilan #18,915
Veterinary Sciences80.5%0Segev, Gilad #197,947
Fisheries60.4%1Avnimelech, Yoram A. #31,557
Food Science60.4%4Davidovich-Pinhas, Maya #29,188
Mathematics & Statistics · 33 listed authors (2.0%)
General Mathematics231.4%5Reich, Simeon #12,998
Numerical & Computational Mathematics50.3%3Harten, Ami #21,964
Statistics & Probability40.2%4Benjamini, Yoav #7,917
Applied Mathematics20.1%0Givoli, Dan #104,636
Historical Studies · 30 listed authors (1.8%)
Archaeology261.6%3Weiner, Steve #5,626
History30.2%0Harari, Yuval Noah #392,561
Anthropology20.1%0Hershkovitz, Israel #156,110
Classics10.1%0Isaac, Benjamin H. #301,196
Public Health & Health Services · 26 listed authors (1.6%)
Rehabilitation100.6%4Engel-Yeger, Batya #69,503
Nursing90.5%2Khalaila, Rabia N. #95,474
Gerontology40.2%3Ayalon, Liat #7,162
Public Health30.2%1Benyamini, Yael #57,555
Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology20.1%0Sapir, Shimon #128,215
Substance Abuse20.1%0Efrati, Yaniv #123,449
Epidemiology10.1%1Schatzkin, Arthur G. #90,347
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 25 listed authors (1.5%)
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences90.5%7Rosenfeld, Daniel #5,024
Geochemistry & Geophysics60.4%3Gat, Joel Robert #56,466
Environmental Sciences30.2%2Chefetz, Benny #85,993
Built Environment & Design · 16 listed authors (1.0%)
Building & Construction70.4%4Sacks, Rafael #16,300
Design Practice & Management40.2%2Goldschmidt, Gabriela #39,587
Urban & Regional Planning30.2%3Yiftachel, Oren #21,641
Architecture10.1%0Shadar, Hadas #2,501,955
Communication & Textual Studies · 15 listed authors (0.9%)
Languages & Linguistics80.5%7Shohamy, Elana #10,920
Communication & Media Studies70.4%7Shifman, Limor #26,400
Philosophy & Theology · 10 listed authors (0.6%)
Religions & Theology90.5%0Fredriksen, Paula #153,478
Philosophy10.1%1Enoch, David #24,220

1,638 listed scientists in Israel

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