Croatia's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Croatia has 149 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 15.5% from 129 in 2025. That places Croatia 61st in the world by number of listed scientists. Institut Ruđer Bošković has the most listed scientists (13), followed by University of Zagreb School of Medicine (10).

Single Year

149

+20 (+15.5%) vs 2025

Career Data

109

+13 (+13.5%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#61

No change vs 2025

Institutes

+11 (+23.9%) vs 2025

Scientists in Croatia on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than tripled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+63.8%

2022+15.6%

2023+21.3%

2024+7.4%

2025+11.2%

2026+15.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	47		47
2021	77	+63.8%	60	+27.7%
2022	89	+15.6%	65	+8.3%
2023	108	+21.3%	75	+15.4%
2024	116	+7.4%	82	+9.3%
2025	129	+11.2%	96	+17.1%
2026	149	+15.5%	109	+13.5%

Top 10 institutes in Croatia

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Rank in Croatia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3,917	NS Nižetić, Sandro	Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split	Energy	Rank 101
2	7,093	RŽ Reiner, Željko	Croatian Hypertension League	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 208
3	9,074	BF Barbir, Frano	Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split	Energy	Rank 236
4	9,477	DM Dabić, Marina	University of Dubrovnik	Business & Management	Rank 294
5	15,835	GA Granic, Andrina	Faculty of Science, University of Split	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 823
6	18,665	MT Meštrović, Tomislav	University North	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 306
7	19,709	MA Munjiza, Antonio A.	University of Split	Applied Mathematics	Rank 58
8	21,738	BI Burić, Irena	University of Zadar	Education	Rank 317
9	22,334	ŠM Škare, Marinko	Juraj Dobrila University of Pula	Business & Management	Rank 640
10	28,317	JL Jakobek, Lidija	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Food Science	Rank 322
11	30,196	MG Markovic, Goran	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology	Sport Sciences	Rank 149
12	35,814	ŽN Žarković, Neven	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 513
13	36,847	Režek Jambrak, Anet	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 449
14	40,559	ON Oršolić, Nada	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - Matematički Fakultet	Toxicology	Rank 141
15	42,911	DN Duić, Neven Z.	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Energy	Rank 1,239
16	43,260	PL Puljak, Livia	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 663
17	47,011	MA Mandić, Ante	Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, University of Split	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 235
18	51,977	HI Hojsak, Iva	Childern's Hospital Zagreb	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 548
19	53,999	PP Putnik, Predrag	University North	Food Science	Rank 664
20	56,385	SN Stojčić, Nebojša	University of Dubrovnik	Business & Management	Rank 1,403
21	59,978	BD Borozan, Djula	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Energy	Rank 1,772
22	63,478	KI Kostović, Ivica	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,739
23	68,723	ŠV Šimat, Vida	University Department of Marine Studies	Food Science	Rank 872
24	68,847	ŠA Štulhofer, Aleksandar	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences	Public Health	Rank 672
25	69,089	MA Marušić, Ana	School of Medicine, University of Split	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 983
26	72,007	VD Vukic̀ević, Damir	Faculty of Science, University of Split	General Mathematics	Rank 328
27	72,125	OG Ondrasek, Gabrijel	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,164
28	76,056	TV Tkalac Verčič, Ana	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 355
29	78,490	PB Pejić Bach, Mirjana Peji	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,681
30	79,692	PH Pandžić, Hrvoje	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Energy	Rank 2,404
31	81,958	ŠG Šimić, Goran	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,443
32	82,004	TN Trinajstic̀, Nenad	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Chemical Physics	Rank 943
33	83,181	JS Jokić, Stela D.	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Food Science	Rank 1,093
34	83,593	BK Bursać Kovačević, Danijela	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 1,099
35	84,143	DR Diamant, Roee	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 934
36	84,376	ČM Čikeš, Maja	KBC Zagreb	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,076
37	85,085	GM Gašparović, Mateo	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Geodetski fakultet	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 956
38	89,835	ŠD Šamec, Dunja	University North	Food Science	Rank 1,191
39	90,682	MJ Mikulić, Josip	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 407
40	92,290	BM Bosnjakovic, Mladen	University of Slavonski Brod	Energy	Rank 2,799
41	96,395	VB Vršnak, Bojan	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Geodetski fakultet	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,230
42	98,032	MH Mikulčić, Hrvoje	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Energy	Rank 2,995
43	98,826	TJ Talapko, Jasminka	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Microbiology	Rank 1,859
44	99,860	BJ Borovac, Josip Anđelo	Klinički Bolnički Centar Split	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,387
45	103,081	BO Bonacci, Ognjen	University of Split	Environmental Engineering	Rank 584
46	107,935	RS Rendic, S.	University of Zagreb	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 765
47	113,520	DT Domazet-Lošo, Tomislav	Catholic University of Croatia	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,351
48	127,026	ŠI Škrlec, Ivana	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Microbiology	Rank 2,372
49	130,796	RR Radojcic Redovnikovic, Ivana	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 1,901
50	131,959	OŽ Olujić, Žarko	Makarska Medical Centre	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,211
51	133,260	JI Jerkovic̈, Igor	Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,645
52	133,757	LG Lauc, Gordan An	Genos Ltd	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,957
53	135,272	DV Dragovic-Uzelać, Verica	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 1,990
54	139,541	MP Mikulić, Pavle	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology	Sport Sciences	Rank 641
55	139,855	Augustin, Goran	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Surgery	Rank 615
56	143,402	BJ Brachmann, Johannes	School of Medicine, University of Split	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,255
57	143,680	BM Brida, Margarita	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,261
58	145,467	PD Primorac, Dragan	St. Catherine Specialty Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,920
59	146,024	NK Nomura, Kosuke	University of Zagreb	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,698
60	149,297	SD Sekulic, Damir	Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split	Sport Sciences	Rank 693
61	150,322	ŠV Štrukil, Vjekoslav	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,873
62	156,432	PZ Pogorelić, Zenon	School of Medicine, University of Split	Surgery	Rank 702
63	157,519	Suceska, Muhamed	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,692
64	158,206	PO Polašek, Ozren	Croatian Science Foundation	Developmental Biology	Rank 3,286
65	158,529	DR Domitrović, Robert	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Toxicology	Rank 575
66	159,990	RT Robens, Tania Natalie	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,851
67	160,691	CB Cvjetko Bubalo, Marina	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Biotechnology	Rank 691
68	164,210	RD Radocaj, Dorijan	Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,259
69	164,670	NI Novak, Ivana	School of Medicine, University of Split	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,400
70	167,673	MS Musić, Svetozar	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Materials	Rank 4,210
71	170,790	CI Capan, Ivana	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Applied Physics	Rank 3,126
72	172,746	MM Molnar, Maja	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,181
73	173,025	BI Bogunovic, Igor	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 1,345
74	177,621	KŽ Krznarić, Željko Z.	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,285
75	182,442	RK Radošević, Kristina	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,334
76	183,793	LL Lugović-Mihić, Liborija	Klinički Bolnički Centar Sestre Milosrdnice	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 602
77	187,998	LS Loncaric, Sven	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,475
78	192,247	NT Nikšić, Tamara	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - Matematički Fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,199
79	193,108	PP Pećina, P. N.	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,946
80	196,178	Gajski, Goran	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 736
81	196,610	UK Užarević, Krunoslav	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,542
82	198,796	JM Jakovljević, Miro	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Rank 2,727
83	199,252	OB Obrenovic, Bojan	Zagreb School of Economics and Management	Energy	Rank 6,468
84	202,641	KK Kumeriĉki, Kreŝimir I.	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - Matematički Fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,309
85	202,868	MI Mikolašević, Ivana	Klinički Bolnički Centar Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,598
86	214,850	JB Jelaković, Bojan B.	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,720
87	218,979	ČG Čipak Gašparović, Ana	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,141
88	223,127	RI Rezić, Iva	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology	Materials	Rank 5,833
89	226,800	KH Kozmar, Hrvoje	University of Zagreb	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,326
90	231,585	PM Planinić, Mirko	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - Matematički Fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,594
91	231,969	JA Jovic, Alan	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 10,344
92	233,488	HA Hafner, Anita	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,919
93	234,925	KS Kolaček, Sanja	Childern's Hospital Zagreb	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 2,197
94	236,883	JS Jonjic̈, Stipan	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Immunology	Rank 3,902
95	238,264	JM Jaganjac, Morana	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,417
96	239,108	RA Rogina, Anamarija	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i Tehnologije	Polymers	Rank 2,600
97	240,093	VV Vinković Vrček, Ivana	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 912
98	242,736	PJ Pecarić, Josip E.	Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti	General Mathematics	Rank 1,261
99	244,289	DT Došlić, Tomislav	University of Zagreb	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 357
100	248,238	GI Gajger, Ivana Tlak	University of Zagreb	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 420
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Croatia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

149 scientists affiliated with Croatia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 109 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Croatia has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2026 single-year list, Institut Ruđer Bošković has the most listed scientists from Croatia, with 13. It is followed by University of Zagreb School of Medicine with 10.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Croatia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Croatia went from 47 scientists in 2020 to 149 in 2026, a change of +217.0%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.