Croatia's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Croatia has 108 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 21.3% from 89 in 2022. That places Croatia 56th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 3 places. Institut Ruder Boškovic has the most listed scientists (9), followed by KBC Zagreb (8).

Single Year

108

+19 (+21.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

+10 (+15.4%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#56

up 3 places vs 2022

Institutes

+7 (+17.1%) vs 2022

Scientists in Croatia on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled 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	3,771	RZ Rengel, Zed	Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 24
2	3,921	RŽ Reiner, Željko	KBC Zagreb	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 122
3	5,038	NS Nižetic, Sandro	Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split	Energy	Rank 111
4	12,131	BF Barbir, Frano	University of Split	Energy	Rank 265
5	20,564	MA Munjiza, Ante	Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split	Applied Mathematics	Rank 60
6	29,011	Jasak, Hrvoje	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Civil Engineering	Rank 102
7	32,496	ZN Zarkovic, Neven	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 673
8	33,167	JL Jakobek, Lidija	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Food Science	Rank 289
9	37,261	DM Dabic, Marina	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business	Business & Management	Rank 856
10	37,928	RJ Rezek Jambrak, Anet	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 341
11	42,013	Duic, Neven	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Energy	Rank 984
12	43,954	MG Markovic, Goran	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology	Sport Sciences	Rank 182
13	45,367	HI Hojsak, Iva	Childern's Hospital Zagreb	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 522
14	48,382	KI Kostovic, Ivica	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,483
15	49,209	VD Vukicevic, Damir	Faculty of Science, University of Split	General Mathematics	Rank 214
16	52,736	JM Jakovljevic, Miro	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Rank 947
17	53,467	SM Skare, Marinko	Juraj Dobrila University of Pula	Economics	Rank 689
18	57,359	VB Vršnak, Bojan	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Geodetski fakultet	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 586
19	58,174	PP Putnik, Predrag	University North	Food Science	Rank 556
20	61,564	SA Simundic, Ana Maria	General Hospital Sveti Duh	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 20
21	64,197	PL Puljak, Livia	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 890
22	65,823	ŠA Štulhofer, Aleksandar	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences	Public Health	Rank 722
23	66,444	PH Pandžic, H.	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Energy	Rank 1,590
24	66,936	AI Ateljevic, Irena	Institute for Tourism	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 282
25	68,319	TN Trinajstic, Nenad	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Chemical Physics	Rank 890
26	70,231	MA Marusic, Ana	School of Medicine, University of Split	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 959
27	70,893	BO Bonacci, Ognjen	Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split	Environmental Engineering	Rank 423
28	72,447	MT Mestrovic, Tomislav	University North	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 987
29	72,580	BI Buric, Irena	University of Zadar	Social Psychology	Rank 850
30	77,847	RM Radman, Miroslav	Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,004
31	83,299	DV Deletis, Vedran	Klinicka bolnica Dubrava	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,013
32	84,711	BK Bursac Kovacevic, Danijela	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 864
33	84,961	ON Oršolic, Nada	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	Toxicology	Rank 322
34	93,652	KS Kolacek, Sanja	Childern's Hospital Zagreb	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,033
35	99,035	RS Rendic, Slobodan P.	Independent scientist	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 653
36	99,992	KI Kolcic, Ivana	School of Medicine, University of Split	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,534
37	108,528	MS Martinez, Sanja	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije	Energy	Rank 2,778
38	110,501	JS Jokic, Stela	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Food Science	Rank 1,168
39	111,786	JP Jandric, Petar	Tehnicko Veleucilište u Zagrebu	Education	Rank 1,156
40	116,369	LG Lauc, Gordan	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,304
41	119,833	ŠG Šimic, Goran	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,590
42	120,545	SV Smolcic, V.	University of Zagreb	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,294
43	121,113	CM Cikes, Maja	KBC Zagreb	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,172
44	122,591	PJ Pecaric, Josip	Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti	General Mathematics	Rank 586
45	124,481	GA Granic, Andrina	Faculty of Science, University of Split	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,879
46	136,266	SD Sekulic, Damir	Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split	Sport Sciences	Rank 607
47	137,123	PB Pejic Bach, Mirjana	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,254
48	137,184	JI Jerkovic, Igor	Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,892
49	143,493	VI Vilibic, Ivica	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 2,512
50	146,665	CB Cvjetko Bubalo, Marina	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Biotechnology	Rank 696
51	150,658	BJ Borovac, Josip A.	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Split	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,800
52	158,630	VI Vrcek, Ivana Vinkovic	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 650
53	161,763	KG Krajacic, Goran	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Energy	Rank 4,274
54	162,298	BD Borozan, Djula	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Energy	Rank 4,286
55	164,818	VD Vretenar, D.	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,865
56	165,776	HI Halasz, Ivan	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,334
57	167,002	ŠV Štrukil, Vjekoslav	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,354
58	168,954	DT Došlic, Tomislav	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Gradevinski Fakultet	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 304
59	172,634	Augustin, Goran	KBC Zagreb	Surgery	Rank 991
60	172,962	DR Domitrovic, Robert	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Toxicology	Rank 727
61	174,146	MS Music, Svetozar	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Materials	Rank 3,658
62	184,494	SI Sabolic, Ivan	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,324
63	188,843	DA Domijan, Ana Marija	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Toxicology	Rank 801
64	194,567	UK Užarevic, Krunoslav	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,784
65	201,545	NT Nikšic, Tamara	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,257
66	208,791	SD Sambunjak, Dario	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,478
67	216,147	RK Radoševic, Kristina	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Biotechnology	Rank 1,113
68	229,515	Dujella, Andrej	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	General Mathematics	Rank 1,217
69	230,814	PD Primorac, Dragan	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,689
70	234,918	RT Robens, Tania	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,609
71	237,073	BS Babic, Sandra	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,055
72	239,706	PZ Pogorelic, Zenon	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Split	Surgery	Rank 1,509
73	247,019	MI Mikolasevic, Ivana	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,862
74	251,435	JB Jelakovic, Bojan	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,909
75	252,539	GV Garaj-Vrhovac, Vera	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 1,097
76	254,640	Gajski, Goran	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 1,105
77	255,664	TL Tariba Lovakovic, Blanka	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 1,111
78	258,218	KK Kumericki, K.	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,847
79	261,080	SD Stimac, Davor	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,022
80	262,153	KŽ Krznaric, Željko	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,039
81	264,179	JH Jakovac, Hrvoje	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Toxicology	Rank 1,148
82	277,363	AD Adamovic, Dražen	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematicki fakultet	General Mathematics	Rank 1,481
83	288,474	JM Jug, Mario	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,361
84	292,783	HM Hadzima-Nyarko, Marijana	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,374
85	295,609	ZK Zarkovic, Kamelija	KBC Zagreb	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 5,959
86	309,923	KP Kraljevic Pavelic, Sandra	Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,572
87	311,445	Kosalec, Ivan	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,587
88	312,537	OG Ondrasek, Gabrijel	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 5,902
89	316,664	RZ Rumboldt, Zoran	University of Rijeka	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 2,194
90	321,327	JM Jaganjac, Morana	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 6,493
91	322,664	MS Milic, Sandra	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,653
92	342,532	NG Nikolac Gabaj, Nora	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 169
93	348,921	AD Amic, Dragan	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,837
94	382,818	BL Bilic-Zulle, Lidija	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 195
95	397,417	GI Gajger, Ivana Tlak	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Veterinarski fakultet	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 1,041
96	413,411	BN Basic-Jukic, Nikolina	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,615
97	459,625	DV Demarin, Vida	Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 238
98	486,512	LM Lucijanic, Marko	Klinicka bolnica Dubrava	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 249
99	495,894	ND Novko, Dino	Institute of Physics Zagreb	Applied Physics	Rank 10,842
100	531,589	PM Par, Matej	School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb	Dentistry	Rank 2,933
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Croatia are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

108 scientists affiliated with Croatia are on the 2023 single-year list, and 75 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Institut Ruder Boškovic has the most listed scientists from Croatia, with 9. It is followed by KBC Zagreb with 8.

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 108 in 2023, a change of +129.8%.

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.