Croatia's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Croatia has 89 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 15.6% from 77 in 2021. That places Croatia 59th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Institute Ruder Boskovic has the most listed scientists (6), followed by KBC Zagreb (6).

Single Year

+12 (+15.6%) vs 2021

Career Data

+5 (+8.3%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#59

down 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

+5 (+13.9%) vs 2021

Scientists in Croatia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 89% 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%

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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%

Top 10 institutes in Croatia

By number of listed scientists

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Rank in Croatia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3,588	RZ Reiner, Zeljko	KBC Zagreb	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 116
2	12,496	BF Barbir, Frano	Sveucilište u Splitu	Energy	Rank 242
3	13,221	NS Nižetic, Sandro	Fakultet Elektrotehnike, Strojarstva i Brodogradnje, Sveucilište u Splitu	Energy	Rank 258
4	17,395	MA Munjiza, Ante	Fakultet Gradevinarstva, Arhitekture i Geodezije, Sveucilište U Splitu	Applied Mathematics	Rank 51
5	30,598	Jasak, Hrvoje	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture	Civil Engineering	Rank 103
6	37,659	JL Jakobek, Lidija	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek	Food Science	Rank 275
7	39,269	ZN Zarkovic, Neven	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 952
8	40,466	VD Vukicevic, Damir	Sveucilište u Splitu	General Mathematics	Rank 186
9	40,709	HJ Hernández, José G.	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Organic Chemistry	Rank 570
10	41,976	MG Markovic, Goran	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology	Sport Sciences	Rank 173
11	43,698	Duic, Neven	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture	Energy	Rank 921
12	45,496	JM Jakovljevic, Miro	KBC Zagreb	Psychiatry	Rank 840
13	50,942	JA Jambrak, Anet Režek	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 378
14	51,861	KI Kostovic, Ivica	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,835
15	60,067	LG Lauc, Gordan	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,406
16	64,502	ŠI Šestak, Ivana	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,468
17	65,774	MA Marušic, Ana	Medicinski Fakultet, Sveuciliste u Splitu	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 889
18	65,807	HI Hojsak, Iva	Childern's Hospital Zagreb	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 764
19	68,993	PL Puljak, Livia	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 915
20	69,346	RM Radman, Miro	Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,043
21	69,401	BO Bonacci, Ognjen	Fakultet Gradevinarstva, Arhitekture i Geodezije, Sveucilište U Splitu	Environmental Engineering	Rank 409
22	69,780	AI Ateljevic, Irena	Institute for Tourism	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 271
23	77,327	DM Dabic, Marina	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business	Business & Management	Rank 1,405
24	77,606	PP Putnik, Predrag	University North	Food Science	Rank 630
25	79,122	ŠA Šimundic, Ana Maria	General Hospital Sveti Duh	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 29
26	79,611	TN Trinajstic, Nenad	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,080
27	79,936	PH Pandžic, Hrvoje	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Energy	Rank 1,756
28	84,932	PO Polasek, Ozren	Medicinski Fakultet, Sveuciliste u Splitu	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,459
29	88,474	VB Vršnak, B.	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Geodetski fakultet	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 970
30	96,437	NI Novak, Ivana	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Split	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,788
31	96,655	PB Pejic Bach, Mirjana	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,582
32	101,963	DT Došlic, Tomislav	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Gradevinski Fakultet	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 201
33	102,248	DR Domitrovic, Robert	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Toxicology	Rank 401
34	103,330	MS Martinez, Sanja	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije	Energy	Rank 2,334
35	103,417	BK Bursac Kovacevic, Danijela	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 878
36	103,453	ŠA Štulhofer, Aleksandar	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences	Public Health	Rank 1,090
37	106,650	ŠG Šimic, Goran	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,433
38	109,848	KI Kolcic, Ivana	Medicinski Fakultet, Sveuciliste u Splitu	Developmental Biology	Rank 3,152
39	113,393	ON Oršolic, Nada	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	Toxicology	Rank 468
40	115,246	VI Vilibic, Ivica	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 2,121
41	116,659	SV Smolcic, V.	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,297
42	118,721	JP Jandric, Petar	Tehnicko Veleucilište u Zagrebu	Education	Rank 1,106
43	122,959	JS Jokic, Stela	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek	Food Science	Rank 1,050
44	123,715	ŠV Štrukil, Vjekoslav	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,774
45	127,526	VD Vretenar, D.	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,587
46	133,364	CB Cvjetko Bubalo, Marina	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Biotechnology	Rank 585
47	133,699	MS Music, Svetozar	Institute Ruder Boskovic	Materials	Rank 2,415
48	135,427	SI Sabolic, Ivan	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,006
49	136,285	MT Mestrovic, Tomislav	University North	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,613
50	152,632	KS Kolacek, Sanja	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,680
51	154,263	RS Rendic, Slobodan P.	Independent scientist	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,132
52	169,203	JH Jakovac, Hrvoje	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Toxicology	Rank 728
53	178,270	BD Borozan, Dj	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek	Energy	Rank 4,310
54	185,305	RA Rogina, Anamarija	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije	Polymers	Rank 1,820
55	198,085	JI Jerkovic, Igor	Kemijsko-Tehnološki Fakultet, Sveucilište U Splitu	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 836
56	211,111	DA Domijan, Ana Marija	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Toxicology	Rank 916
57	214,600	NT Nikšic, T.	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,571
58	216,687	SD Sambunjak, Dario	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,471
59	227,810	RK Radoševic, Kristina	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Biotechnology	Rank 1,113
60	227,875	LS Loncaric, Sven	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,985
61	239,207	ŠD Štimac, Davor	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,708
62	241,957	PS Pavelic, Sandra Kraljevic	Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,115
63	245,471	GV Garaj-Vrhovac, Vera	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 1,088
64	246,983	JB Jelakovic, Bojan	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,803
65	249,471	Augustin, Goran	KBC Zagreb	Surgery	Rank 1,666
66	254,541	MI Mikolasevic, I.	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,876
67	267,743	Gajski, Goran	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 1,200
68	283,005	Kosalec, Ivan	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,320
69	288,829	MS Milic, Sandra	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,209
70	293,720	DJ Dulcic, Jakov	Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	Fisheries	Rank 819
71	296,133	KZ Krznaric, Z.	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,283
72	300,939	AD Adamovic, Dražen	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	General Mathematics	Rank 1,712
73	302,538	KK Krleza-Jeric, Karmela	Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,347
74	313,120	CM Cerjak, Marija	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,040
75	317,791	NG Nikolac Gabaj, Nora	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 159
76	354,693	KA Kurjak, Asim	Sarajevo School of Science and Technology	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 2,432
77	360,633	PD Primorac, Dragan	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,876
78	368,875	DV Demarin, Vida	Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 192
79	374,993	ND Novko, Dino	Institute of Physics Zagreb	Applied Physics	Rank 8,425
80	379,805	ŽD Žarko, Damir	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,612
81	405,381	BZ Bilic Zulle, Lidija	University of Rijeka	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 211
82	431,532	KM Kovacic, Marcelo	Natural History Museum Rijeka	Fisheries	Rank 1,360
83	456,197	PZ Pogorelic, Zenon	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Split	Surgery	Rank 3,348
84	501,458	SM Soric, Maroje	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,234
85	505,703	BN Basic-Jukic, Nikolina	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,286
86	520,887	BB Barsic, Bruno	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,427
87	1,126,473	LM Lucijanic, Marko	Klinicka bolnica Dubrava	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 734
88	1,552,092	SS Seiwerth, Sven	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 17,751
89	2,060,753	SP Sikiric, Predrag	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 24,506
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Croatia are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

89 scientists affiliated with Croatia are on the 2022 single-year list, and 65 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Institute Ruder Boskovic has the most listed scientists from Croatia, with 6. It is followed by KBC Zagreb with 6.

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 89 in 2022, a change of +89.4%.

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.