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Europe Country Rankings 2024

As described in the university ranking section, it is not easy to obtain and standardize data from 56 countries, 4.650 universities/ institutions for the country ranking. Therefore, we based our ranking system on the number of meritorious scientists. Four criteria are used to rank the countries. The first one is the number of scientists in the top 3 % list. The second criterion is the number of scientists in the top 10%, Top 20%, Top 40%, top 60% and top 80% list. The third one is the number of scientists listed in the AD Scientific Index. In the case of equalities after applying all these three criteria, the world rank of the meritorious scientist of that country is used. Click here to see the Top List of more than 200 countries and regions. Click for individual or institutional registration.

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Total 404.467 scientist, 56 country, 4.650 university

AD Scientific Index - Country Rankings 2024 Number of World’s Top 3% in Scientists Number of World’s Top 10% in Scientists
Region Ranking World Ranking Country Best Institution in Country
World Rank / Name
 Best Scientist in Country
World Rank / Name
 Total Institutios in Country Total Scientists in Index Total number of scientists Agriculture & Forestry Arts, Design and Architecture Business & Management Economics & Econometrics Education Engineering & Technology History, Philosophy, Theology Law / Law and Legal Studies Medical and Health Sciences Natural Sciences Social Sciences Others Total number of scientists Agriculture & Forestry Arts, Design and Architecture Business & Management Economics & Econometrics Education Engineering & Technology History, Philosophy, Theology Law / Law and Legal Studies Medical and Health Sciences Natural Sciences Social Sciences Others
1 2 United Kingdom 4 University of Oxford University of Oxford 20
 
George Davey Smith
 		310 53,681
Top 10000 		3,540 11 0 3 14 3 64 1 0 208 178 59 2,999 10,519 150 14 186 169 59 1,066 32 30 1,272 1,428 531 5,582
2 4 Germany 89 Ludwig Maximilians Universität München Ludwig Maximilians Universität München 90
 
Ivor Fleck

i
 		528 40,363
Top 10000 		1,925 8 0 4 0 0 34 1 0 89 117 15 1,657 5,878 94 3 69 27 18 608 11 3 523 1,029 202 3,291
3 6 Italy 23 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare 57
 
Giuseppe Della Ricca

i
 		243 36,410
Top 10000 		1,727 2 0 2 0 0 15 0 0 99 106 3 1,500 6,735 70 1 29 35 3 510 1 2 1,226 909 83 3,866
4 8 Netherlands 41 Utrecht University Utrecht University 96
 
Hans Clevers
 		100 16,578
Top 10000 		1,206 4 0 1 3 4 15 0 0 58 44 19 1,058 3,313 69 4 56 47 18 252 8 2 311 327 158 2,061
5 9 France 113 INSERM INSERM 17
 
Fairouz Malek

i
 		469 33,610
Top 10000 		938 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 18 39 3 867 4,125 53 1 22 26 3 371 4 1 264 549 31 2,800
6 10 Spain 124 Universitat de Barcelona Universitat de Barcelona 8
 
Francisco Matorras

i
 		319 34,228
Top 10000 		874 2 0 0 0 1 13 1 0 19 74 2 762 3,996 80 2 24 19 27 328 8 3 298 592 80 2,535
7 11 Switzerland 28 Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich 12
 
Michael Graetzel

i
 		120 10,881
Top 10000 		734 8 0 0 3 0 38 0 0 34 50 8 593 2,037 43 1 18 23 7 300 1 2 206 373 73 990
8 13 Sweden 65 Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute 192
 
Bengt Lund Jensen

i
 		91 13,989
Top 10000 		549 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 34 22 3 479 2,059 46 3 16 17 3 229 2 0 269 279 44 1,151
9 15 Belgium 50 Catholic University of Leuven Catholic University of Leuven 113
 
Giacomo Bruno

i
 		84 7,219
Top 10000 		424 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 11 27 4 374 1,332 31 1 19 9 6 143 0 2 132 208 48 733
10 17 Denmark 68 University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen 38
 
Matthias Mann
 		53 6,935
Top 10000 		373 1 0 2 0 1 15 0 0 12 13 0 329 1,301 32 2 26 8 2 152 0 0 142 183 7 747

New. 2023 Country Top Lists: Top 10000, Top 5000, Top 3000, Top 2000 Top 1000. Only in AD Scientific Index
11 22 Finland 108 University of Helsinki University of Helsinki 14
 
Jaakko Tuomilehto

i
 		58 6,061
Top 5000 		223 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 12 1 200 826 26 2 13 5 13 79 2 1 62 94 27 502
12 23 Norway 106 University of Oslo University of Oslo 349
 
Are Strandlie

i
 		74 6,897
Top 10000 		222 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 9 2 202 923 16 0 14 9 9 92 3 0 109 95 33 543
13 24 Austria 215 Universität Wien Universität Wien 369
 
Wolfgang Waltenberger

i
 		100 5,182
Top 5000 		222 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 13 11 0 190 790 7 0 13 12 3 66 1 0 93 142 23 430
14 25 Greece 101 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 100
 
Yorgos Tsipolitis

i
 		68 8,007
Top 10000 		191 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 19 0 154 1,008 8 0 4 6 12 136 0 1 203 110 4 524
15 27 Ireland 202 University College Dublin University College Dublin 108
 
Martin Grunewald

i
 		49 4,590
Top 5000 		157 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 7 1 134 631 7 0 9 7 3 73 0 0 88 87 14 343
16 30 Türkiye 682 Hacettepe University Hacettepe University 142
 
Hatice Duran Yıldız

i
 		290 29,201
Top 10000 		123 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 36 0 79 711 7 2 6 8 11 87 0 1 102 130 12 345
17 32 Russia 457 Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk State University 134
 
Fedor Prokoshin

i
 		467 33,221
Top 10000 		108 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 24 1 78 497 10 0 4 26 7 27 0 3 8 100 12 300
18 34 Portugal 330 Universidade de Lisboa Universidade de Lisboa 22
 
Joao Seixas

i
 		95 5,151
Top 5000 		97 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 91 391 3 0 5 1 3 31 0 0 13 25 11 299
19 36 Poland 705 Warsaw University of Technology Warsaw University of Technology 520
 
Ponikowski P

i
 		204 12,378
Top 10000 		70 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 0 56 361 1 0 3 2 0 29 0 0 26 71 2 227
20 38 Hungary 552 Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Eötvös Loránd University Budapest 168
 
Gábor I Veres

i
 		54 3,659
Top 4000 		65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1 52 319 3 0 0 2 3 9 1 0 37 64 9 191
21 43 Czech Republic 886 Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague 284
 
Roman Lysák

i
 		85 3,808
Top 5000 		35 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 30 228 9 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 11 43 3 150
22 45 Romania 711 Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering 202
 
Mihai Caprini

i
 		77 4,164
Top 5000 		27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 16 89 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 22 1 52
23 49 Iceland 551 University of Iceland University of Iceland 739
 
Vilmundur Gudnason

i
 		10 699
Top 1000 		22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 73 2 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 4 13 4 37
24 50 Croatia 827 University of Split University of Split 382
 
Ivica Puljak

i
 		36 1,607
Top 2000 		21 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 12 52 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 3 10 0 31
25 52 Estonia 468 University of Tartu University of Tartu 443
 
Martti Raidal

i
 		11 667
Top 1000 		20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15 92 5 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 10 17 3 50
26 53 Slovenia 727 University of Ljubljana University of Ljubljana 571
 
Marko Mikuz

i
 		25 1,244
Top 2000 		17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 95 2 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 8 18 2 50
27 54 Cyprus 850 University of Cyprus University of Cyprus 270
 
Jehad Mousa

i
 		20 851
Top 1000 		14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 78 1 0 3 2 1 14 0 0 12 12 3 30
28 55 Luxembourg 791 Université du Luxembourg Université du Luxembourg 8,401
 
Björn Ottersten
 		8 625
Top 1000 		14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 66 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0 0 12 1 38
29 57 Slovakia 1,077 Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University in Bratislava 491
 
Pavol Bartoš

i
 		48 1,607
Top 2000 		13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 50 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 13 1 29
30 60 Bulgaria 1,084 Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski 814
 
Venelin Kozhuharov

i
 		76 1,963
Top 2000 		10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 46 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 1 34
31 61 Georgia 1,551 Ilia State University Ilia State University 539
 
Tsamalaidze Zviad

i
 		42 755
Top 1000 		9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 6
32 65 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 1,075 Near East University Near East University 336
 
İsa Dumanoğlu

i
 		13 610
Top 1000 		7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 30 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 3 5 1 11
33 69 Ukraine 1,540 Institute of Nuclear Research National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Institute of Nuclear Research National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2,043
 
V. Pugatch

i
 		185 7,680
Top 10000 		6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 52 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 9 1 35
34 79 Serbia 2,020 University of Belgrade University of Belgrade 8,942
 
Petar Seferovic

i
 		30 2,243
Top 3000 		4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 60 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 6 2 43
35 80 Lithuania 1,643 Vilnius University Vilnius University 3,043
 
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
 		16 765
Top 1000 		4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 33 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 21
36 85 Belarus 1,268 Belarusian State University Belarusian State University 461
 
Juan Suarez Gonzalez

i
 		40 2,167
Top 3000 		4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 4
37 91 Moldova 2,670 Technical University of Moldova Technical University of Moldova 30,625
 
Ghenadii Korotcenkov
 		18 477
Top 500 		2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
38 93 Malta 2,108 University of Malta University of Malta 38,506
 
Georgios N. Yannakakis
 		8 391
Top 500 		1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 6
39 95 Latvia 2,189 University of Latvia University of Latvia 40,444
 
Eugene Kotomin
 		18 519
Top 500 		1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5
40 96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,905 University of Banja Luka University of Banja Luka 3,711
 
Olja Dordic

i
 		25 1,069
Top 1000 		1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
41 99 Montenegro 2,686 University of Montenegro University of Montenegro 13,251
 
Natasa Raicevic
 		4 110
Top 200 		1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
42 107 Liechtenstein 3,006 Universität Liechtenstein Universität Liechtenstein 23,843
 
Jan Vom Brocke
 		3 40
Top 100 		1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
43 118 North Macedonia 5,092 Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts 43,802
 
Ljupco Kocarev
 		13 594
Top 1000 		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
44 122 Kosovo 4,752 University of Prishtina University of Prishtina 61,013
 
Dragan Popović
 		14 806
Top 1000 		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
45 139 Gibraltar 5,462 University of Gibraltar University of Gibraltar 100,567
 
Daniella Tilbury
 		1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
47 149 Albania 8,336 University of Vlora University of Vlora 267,195
 
Artion Kashuri
 		26 370
Top 500 		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 151 Faroe Islands 7,313 University of the Faroe Islands University of the Faroe Islands 166,553
 
Hans Georg Beyer
 		2 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 153 Greenland 6,767 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Greenland Institute of Natural Resources 232,808
 
John Mortensen
 		2 23
Top 100 		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 174 San Marino 8,132 Universita degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino Universita degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino 137,667
 
Michele Bacciocchi
 		1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 177 Monaco 8,211 International University of Monaco International University of Monaco 198,719
 
Philipp 'Phil' Klaus
 		1 75
Top 100 		0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 198 Isle of Man 15,581 University College Isle of Man University College Isle of Man 771,999
 
Vahab Iranmanesh
 		2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 204 Andorra 16,839 Universitat d'Andorra Universitat d'Andorra 903,606
 
Virginia Larraz
 		1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 212 Vatican 18,984 Vatican Observatory Vatican Observatory 987,404
 
Robert Janusz, Sj
 		3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0