Top-cited scientists by institution in Denmark

24 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Denmark

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

24 universities and institutes in Denmark 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. Aarhus Universitet has the most (355), followed by Københavns Universitet (342) and Technical University of Denmark (300). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Aarhus Universitet	355	147
2	Københavns Universitet	342	157
3	Technical University of Denmark	300	126
4	Aalborg University	136	59
5	Syddansk Universitet	128	54
6	Rigshospitalet	100	40
7	Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet	86	28
8	Aarhus Universitetshospital	64	21
9	Niels Bohr Institutet	53	20
10	Copenhagen University Hospital	44	17
11	Odense Universitetshospital	43	12
12	Copenhagen Business School	38	34
13	Gentofte Hospital	31	16
14	Private Practice	25	6
15	Roskilde Universitet	24	17
16	Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark	19	6
17	Statens Serum Institut	19	5
18	Bispebjerg Hospital	17	9
19	Aalborg Universitetshospital	14	6
20	Hvidovre Hospital	13	5
21	Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø	12	4
22	Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research	12	6
23	Sjællands Universitetshospital	12	5
24	The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability	10	6

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 158 in Denmark with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.