Top-cited scientists by institution in Norway

22 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Norway

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

22 universities and institutes in Norway 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. Universitetet i Oslo has the most (229), followed by Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (217) and Universitetet i Bergen (97). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Universitetet i Oslo	229	102
2	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	217	93
3	Universitetet i Bergen	97	41
4	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	72	20
5	Oslo Universitetssykehus	48	18
6	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet	46	20
7	Folkehelseinstituttet	37	10
8	Universitetet i Stavanger	35	16
9	Universitetet i Agder	26	15
10	OsloMet – StorbyUniversitetet	24	7
11	Havforskningsinstituttet	22	2
12	Medisinske Fakultet	22	10
13	Nord Universitet	20	9
14	Haukeland Universitetssjukehus	19	8
15	University of South-Eastern Norway	18	16
16	Handelshøyskolen BI	15	14
17	Norges Idrettshøgskole	15	6
18	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	15	6
19	Universitetssykehuset i Trondheim	13	2
20	University of Inland Norway	12	5
21	International Peace Research Institute, Oslo	11	8
22	Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF	11	5

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 137 in Norway with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.