Top-cited scientists by institution in New Zealand

16 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · New Zealand

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Which institutions in New Zealand have the most top 2% scientists?

16 universities and institutes in New Zealand 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. University of Auckland has the most (236), followed by University of Otago (113) and Victoria University of Wellington (61). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	University of Auckland	236	122
2	University of Otago	113	46
3	Victoria University of Wellington	61	29
4	University of Canterbury	59	27
5	Massey University	49	16
6	University of Waikato	48	23
7	Auckland University of Technology	46	15
8	University of Otago, Christchurch	27	9
9	Bioeconomy Science Institute	20	6
10	Earth Sciences New Zealand	19	3
11	Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences	17	9
12	Massey University Auckland	15	10
13	Lincoln University	14	7
14	The University of Auckland	11	2
15	University of Auckland Business School	11	11
16	Plant & Food Research, New Zealand	10	2

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 120 in New Zealand with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.