Croatia's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Croatia has 47 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Croatia 54th in the world by number of listed scientists. Institute Ruder Boskovic has the most listed scientists (11), followed by Sveučilište u Splitu (9).

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World rank by count

#54

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Scientists in Croatia on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+27.7%

2022+8.3%

2023+15.4%

2024+9.3%

2025+17.1%

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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%

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Rank in Croatia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	16,404	RŽ Reiner, Željko	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 738
2	28,797	RM Radman, Miroslav	Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,247
3	45,822	BF Barbir, F.	Sveučilište u Splitu	Energy	Rank 432
4	51,925	KI Kostovic, Ivica	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,779
5	54,087	TN Trinajstić, Nenad	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,171
6	57,736	VB Vršnak, Bojan	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Geodetski fakultet	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 728
7	63,592	KA Kurjak, Asim	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 634
8	65,198	MA Munjiza, Antonio	Sveučilište u Splitu	Applied Mathematics	Rank 151
9	71,509	MS Musić, S.	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Materials	Rank 896
10	79,610	MA Marušić, Ana	Sveučilište u Splitu	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 678
11	80,170	SA Sabljic, Aleksandar	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,619
12	81,648	AM Ahel, M.	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Environmental Sciences	Rank 441
13	85,989	MM Metikoš-Huković, Mirjana	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije	Energy	Rank 915
14	95,727	VD Vretenar, D.	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno-Matematički Fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,568
15	107,699	KB Kurelec, B.	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Toxicology	Rank 581
16	110,674	ŽN Žarković, Neven	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,957
17	111,509	SI Sabolić, Ivan	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,277
18	113,061	JM Jakovljevic, Miro	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Rank 1,937
19	113,486	LS Lončarić, Sven	University of Zagreb	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,836
20	114,609	MG Markovic, Goran	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology	Sport Sciences	Rank 312
21	116,495	PK Pavelić, Krešimir	Juraj Dobrila University of Pula	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 546
22	120,745	KŠ Komorsky-Lovrić, Šebojka	Matije Divkovića Street 13	Energy	Rank 1,327
23	126,501	GR Giovanoli, Rudolf	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Physical Chemistry	Rank 485
24	127,361	RS Rendic, Slobodan P.	Independent Scientist	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,200
25	131,289	BO Bonacci, Ognjen	Sveučilište u Splitu	Environmental Engineering	Rank 593
26	134,357	MZ Maksić, Zvonimir B.	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,345
27	135,168	MS Martinez, Sanja	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije	Energy	Rank 1,493
28	151,737	LM Lovrić, Milivoj	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Energy	Rank 1,745
29	154,132	GV Garaj-Vrhovac, Vera	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 862
30	157,257	Jasak, Hrvoje	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture	Civil Engineering	Rank 266
31	159,139	VD Vukičević, Damir	Sveučilište u Splitu	General Mathematics	Rank 838
32	166,303	DN Duić, Neven	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture	Energy	Rank 1,952
33	180,314	MM Miloš, Mladen	Sveučilište u Splitu	Food Science	Rank 809
34	196,317	DJ Dulčić, Jakov	Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	Fisheries	Rank 638
35	200,529	SA Simundic, Ana Maria	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 162
36	206,321	Dujella, Andrej	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno-Matematički Fakultet	General Mathematics	Rank 1,209
37	228,316	MM Marušić, Matko	Sveučilište u Splitu	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,849
38	249,335	DV Demarin, Vida	International Institute for Brain Health	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 229
39	253,208	SD Stimac, D.	Rijeka University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,072
40	290,512	PS Popović, Stanko	Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts	Materials	Rank 4,067
41	323,069	NS Nikolić, Sonja	Institute Ruder Boskovic	General Chemistry	Rank 844
42	323,664	JI Jerković, Igor	Sveučilište u Splitu	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,000
43	344,116	KL Klasinc, Leo	Institute Ruder Boskovic	General Chemistry	Rank 899
44	376,885	BD Babić, Dubravko	University of Zagreb	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,931
45	502,956	SI Senjanović, I.	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,181
46	512,633	PD Poljak, Dragan	Sveučilište u Splitu	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 5,479
47	1,184,980	RN Raos, Nenad	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	General Chemistry	Rank 4,004
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Croatia are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

47 scientists affiliated with Croatia are on the 2020 single-year list, and 47 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 career-long list, Institute Ruder Boskovic has the most listed scientists from Croatia, with 11. It is followed by Sveučilište u Splitu with 9.

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.