Top-cited scientists by institution in Austria

25 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Austria

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Which institutions in Austria have the most top 2% scientists?

25 universities and institutes in Austria have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Medizinische Universität Wien has the most (175), followed by Universität Wien (170) and TU Wien (109). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Medizinische Universität Wien	175	55
2	Universität Wien	170	72
3	TU Wien	109	38
4	Universität Innsbruck	79	32
5	BOKU University	77	36
6	Medizinische Universität Graz	69	19
7	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck	68	23
8	Universität Graz	59	22
9	Technische Universitat Graz	41	16
10	Johannes Kepler University Linz	37	16
11	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)	31	19
12	Universität Salzburg	30	14
13	Montanuniversitat Leoben	27	6
14	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg	25	19
15	Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversitat	25	3
16	Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien	22	6
17	WU Vienna University of Economics and Business	20	20
18	Central European University	18	15
19	Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften	15	11
20	University for Continuing Education Krems	14	4
21	Complexity Science Hub Vienna	13	10
22	BioTechMed-Graz	12	3
23	International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna	12	3
24	Universität Klagenfurt	11	5
25	Medizinische Universität Wien Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie	10	4

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 199 in Austria with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.