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Materials Science research in Israel

Weizmann Institute of Science ranks first in Israel for Materials Science research in 2022-now (#49 worldwide), followed by Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Israel's world rank
#18
of 87 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.7k
Top-10% rate
8.3%
Ranked institutions
7

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Materials Science in Israel?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Weizmann Institute of ScienceRehovot #4949.712.3%202
2Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyHaifa #25028.68.9%371
3Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBeersheba #36423.74.9%275
4Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv #37423.410.1%224
5Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem #46020.77.6%190
6Bar-Ilan UniversityRamat Gan #90411.99.1%142
7Ariel UniversityAriel #1,6324.38.6%84

Institutions in Israel above the floor of 40 fractional works in Materials Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Materials Science researchers in Israel?

Itamar Willner, Gary Hodes and Ehud Gazit rank highest among researchers based in Israel, on their papers in Materials Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Itamar Willner#9,822 worldwide overall67.2 of 185 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Gary Hodes#35,788 worldwide overall45.2 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ehud Gazit#41,029 worldwide overall45.2 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Uri Banin#40,618 worldwide overall44.8 of 151 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Binghai Yan#16,669 worldwide overall42.0 of 130 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Aharon Gedanken#709,687 worldwide overall83.2 of 369 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7David Cahen#72,460 worldwide overall41.9 of 151 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Lia Addadi#29,242 worldwide overall32.5 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ruth Nussinov#39,749 worldwide overall30.0 of 93 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Arie Zaban#33,586 worldwide overall25.7 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Leeor Kronik#62,128 worldwide overall30.5 of 123 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Doron Aurbach#10,668 worldwide overall28.8 of 107 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Steve Weiner#13,081 worldwide overall23.2 of 57 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Rafał Klajn#48,071 worldwide overall21.7 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Menny Shalom#120,404 worldwide overall24.0 of 79 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Israel on their work in Materials Science alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Israel compares with other countries in Materials Science