Croatia's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Croatia has 75 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 15.4% from 65 in 2022. That places Croatia 55th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Institut Ruđer Bošković has the most listed scientists (11), followed by University of Zagreb School of Medicine (5).

Single Year

108

+19 (+21.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

+10 (+15.4%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#55

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

+3 (+9.1%) vs 2022

Scientists in Croatia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 60% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Croatia

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Rank in Croatia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	5,424	RZ Rengel, Zed	Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 19
2	12,226	RŽ Reiner, Željko	KBC Zagreb	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 577
3	30,583	BF Barbir, Frano	University of Split	Energy	Rank 332
4	32,427	RM Radman, Miroslav	Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,187
5	47,980	VB Vršnak, Bojan	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Geodetski fakultet	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 574
6	48,334	KI Kostović, Ivica	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,436
7	53,742	MA Munjiza, Ante	Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split	Applied Mathematics	Rank 115
8	57,704	TN Trinajstić, Nenad	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,210
9	70,384	MA Marusic, Ana	School of Medicine, University of Split	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 904
10	70,434	KA Kurjak, Asim	General Hospital Sveti Duh	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 686
11	78,650	MS Musić, Svetozar	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Materials	Rank 1,013
12	85,933	ZN Zarkovic, Neven	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,503
13	89,038	JM Jakovljević, Miro	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Rank 1,572
14	90,253	AM Ahel, Marijan	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Environmental Sciences	Rank 544
15	93,629	MG Markovic, Goran	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology	Sport Sciences	Rank 283
16	97,558	DV Deletis, Vedran	Klinička bolnica Dubrava	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,309
17	97,907	MM Metikoš-Huković, Mirjana	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije	Energy	Rank 1,223
18	101,493	VD Vretenar, D.	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematički fakultet	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,643
19	103,704	SA Sabljic, Aleksandar	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,991
20	105,913	Jasak, Hrvoje	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Civil Engineering	Rank 195
21	107,322	BO Bonacci, Ognjen	Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split	Environmental Engineering	Rank 495
22	109,212	VD Vukičević, Damir	Faculty of Science, University of Split	General Mathematics	Rank 571
23	109,848	NS Nižetić, Sandro	Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split	Energy	Rank 1,378
24	111,277	LS Lončarić, Sven	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,118
25	111,480	DN Duić, Neven	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Energy	Rank 1,392
26	112,040	SI Sabolić, Ivan	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,221
27	125,385	RS Rendić, Slobodan P.	Independent scientist	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,202
28	133,234	PK Pavelić, Krešimir	Juraj Dobrila University of Pula	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,089
29	134,641	KS Komorsky-Lovric, Sebojka	Matije Divkovića Street 13	Energy	Rank 1,761
30	134,825	SA Simundic, Ana Maria	General Hospital Sveti Duh	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 85
31	136,390	PJ Pečarić, Josip	Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti	General Mathematics	Rank 777
32	138,625	MS Martinez, Sanja	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije	Energy	Rank 1,834
33	147,117	ON Oršolić, Nada	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematički fakultet	Toxicology	Rank 680
34	156,978	GV Garaj-Vrhovac, Vera	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 738
35	161,099	VI Vilibić, Ivica	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 2,443
36	165,672	JL Jakobek, Lidija	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Food Science	Rank 880
37	174,421	LM Lovrić, Milivoj	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Energy	Rank 2,352
38	177,760	ŠH Štefančić, Hrvoje	Catholic University of Croatia	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,886
39	178,294	BN Bilić, Neven	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,891
40	186,633	PM Pecina, Marko	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Orthopedics	Rank 1,494
41	195,055	RZ Rumboldt, Zoran	University of Rijeka	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 1,881
42	195,622	MM Miloš, Mladen	Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split	Food Science	Rank 1,061
43	213,795	Dujella, Andrej	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - matematički fakultet	General Mathematics	Rank 1,467
44	217,320	PL Puljak, Livia	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,845
45	221,548	RJ Rezek Jambrak, Anet	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 1,221
46	232,226	DA Domijan, Ana Marija	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Toxicology	Rank 1,158
47	235,164	DR Domitrović, Robert	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Toxicology	Rank 1,179
48	241,011	PS Popović, S.	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Materials	Rank 3,445
49	241,104	SD Stimac, Davor	Klinički Bolnički Centar Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,215
50	249,246	DV Demarin, Vida	Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 183
51	251,907	PH Pandžić, H.	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Energy	Rank 3,620
52	259,453	MM Marušić, Matko	University of Split	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,454
53	261,632	BR Bon, Ranko	Department of Construction Management and Economics	Building & Construction	Rank 670
54	290,677	SD Sambunjak, Dario	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,919
55	332,866	KM Kovačić, Marcelo	Natural History Museum Rijeka	Fisheries	Rank 1,162
56	336,302	PD Primorac, Dragan	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,584
57	337,483	VM Vuković, Marijan	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Energy	Rank 5,213
58	337,505	BR Buzina, Ratko	Zagreb Institute of Public Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,601
59	344,695	VĐ Vasić-Rački, Đurdica	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije	Biotechnology	Rank 1,244
60	366,492	RM Ristić, Mira	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Materials	Rank 5,613
61	414,462	NG Nikolac Gabaj, Nora	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 332
62	428,780	JP Jandrić, Petar	Tehničko Veleučilište u Zagrebu	Education	Rank 3,402
63	436,134	ŠA Šustić, Alan	University of Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,056
64	442,652	BD Babić, Dubravko	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,343
65	449,709	BL Bilić-Zulle, Lidija	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 371
66	460,616	KP Kes, Petar	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,439
67	468,452	SI Senjanović, Ivo	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,259
68	498,703	PD Poljak, Dragan	Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 5,376
69	513,372	HS Hrabar, S.	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 5,553
70	525,326	KB Krušlin, Božo	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 433
71	546,963	JB Jelakovic, Bojan	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7,795
72	577,994	BJ Begovac, Josip	University Hospital for Infectious Diseases Dr Fran Mihaljevic	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 8,269
73	588,538	KH Kozmar, Hrvoje	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,641
74	927,669	SP Sikiric, Predrag	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 10,797
75	1,344,419	RN Raos, Nenad	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 20,959
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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 career-long list, Institut Ruđer Bošković has the most listed scientists from Croatia, with 11. It is followed by University of Zagreb School of Medicine with 5.

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

On the career-long list, Croatia went from 47 scientists in 2020 to 75 in 2023, a change of +59.6%.

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.