Croatia's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Croatia has 116 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 7.4% from 108 in 2023. That places Croatia 57th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University of Zagreb has the most listed scientists (33), followed by University of Split (11).

Single Year

116

+8 (+7.4%) vs 2023

Career Data

+7 (+9.3%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#57

down 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

-14 (-29.2%) vs 2023

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	4,516	NS Nižetic, Sandro	University of Split	Energy	Rank 103
2	6,269	RŽ Reiner, Željko	KBC Zagreb	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 190
3	12,239	BF Barbir, Frano	University of Split	Energy	Rank 293
4	18,982	MA Munjiza, Ante	University of Split	Applied Mathematics	Rank 57
5	22,747	SM Skare, Marinko	Juraj Dobrila University of Pula	Business & Management	Rank 647
6	24,455	DM Dabic, Marina	University of Zagreb	Business & Management	Rank 679
7	26,487	KI Kostovic, Ivica	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,300
8	30,241	ZN Zarkovic, Neven	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 532
9	30,526	BI Buric, Irena	University of Zadar	Education	Rank 343
10	33,497	MG Markovic, Goran	University of Zagreb	Sport Sciences	Rank 131
11	39,651	RJ Režek Jambrak, Anet	University of Zagreb	Food Science	Rank 363
12	41,222	PL Puljak, Livia	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 582
13	45,966	MT Mestrovic, Tomislav	University North	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 646
14	47,352	JB Jakobek Barron, Lidija	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Food Science	Rank 461
15	47,466	HI Hojsak, Iva	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 532
16	52,145	VD Vukicevic, Damir	University of Split	General Mathematics	Rank 251
17	54,794	Duic, Neven	University of Zagreb	Energy	Rank 1,422
18	56,744	PP Putnik, Predrag	University North	Food Science	Rank 561
19	57,947	VB Vršnak, Bojan	University of Zagreb	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 598
20	59,056	ŠA Šimundic, Ana Maria	University of Zagreb	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 20
21	63,906	GA Granic, Andrina	University of Split	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,450
22	65,587	ŠA Štulhofer, Aleksandar	University of Zagreb	Public Health	Rank 694
23	66,871	AI Ateljevic, Irena	Institute for Tourism	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 304
24	69,629	PB Pejic Bach, Mirjana	University of Zagreb	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,651
25	69,789	HH Haller, Hermann	University of Rijeka	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 454
26	74,442	MA Marušic, Ana	School of Medicine, University of Split	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 965
27	76,059	BO Bonacci, Ognjen	University of Split	Environmental Engineering	Rank 428
28	76,902	JP Jandric, Petar	Tehnicko Veleucilište u Zagrebu	Education	Rank 934
29	77,621	PH Pandžic, Hrvoje	University of Zagreb	Energy	Rank 2,105
30	84,977	BK Bursac Kovacevic, Danijela	University of Zagreb	Food Science	Rank 877
31	89,410	ON Oršolic, Nada	University of Zagreb	Toxicology	Rank 332
32	91,101	RS Rendic, Slobodan P.	Independent scientist	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 548
33	95,501	Mikulcic, Hrvoje	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Energy	Rank 2,618
34	99,113	SN Stojcic, Nebojsa	University of Dubrovnik	Economics	Rank 1,231
35	101,172	TV Tkalac Vercic, Ana	University of Zagreb	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 409
36	101,687	ŠG Šimic, Goran	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,515
37	101,834	CM Cikes, Maja	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,550
38	104,737	JS Jokic, Stela	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Food Science	Rank 1,158
39	105,473	LG Lauc, Gordan	Genos Ltd	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,876
40	109,049	JM Jakovljevic, Miro	KBC Zagreb	Psychiatry	Rank 1,715
41	111,508	PO Polašek, Ozren	School of Medicine, University of Split	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,588
42	113,409	BJ Borovac, Josip Andelo	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Split	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,781
43	118,068	BÐ Borozan, Ðula	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Energy	Rank 3,294
44	119,642	RM Radman, Miroslav	Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,783
45	119,940	ŠD Šamec, Dunja	University North	Food Science	Rank 1,347
46	122,753	TN Trinajstic, Nenad	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,486
47	124,318	NI Novak, Ivana	School of Medicine, University of Split	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,894
48	127,842	Augustin, Goran	KBC Zagreb	Surgery	Rank 674
49	132,037	DR Domitrovic, Robert	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Toxicology	Rank 521
50	133,288	VD Vretenar, D.	University of Zagreb	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,577
51	135,486	MS Martinez, Sanja	University of Zagreb	Energy	Rank 3,838
52	139,265	ŠV Štrukil, Vjekoslav	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,888
53	140,636	KS Kolacek, Sanja	Childern's Hospital Zagreb	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,489
54	144,534	CB Cvjetko Bubalo, Marina	University of Zagreb	Biotechnology	Rank 654
55	146,320	VI Vrcek, Ivana Vinkovic	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 579
56	157,409	MS Music, S.	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Materials	Rank 3,507
57	160,455	VI Vilibic, Ivica	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 2,721
58	162,933	ŠV Šimat, Vida	University of Split	Food Science	Rank 1,901
59	164,820	HI Halasz, Ivan	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,270
60	167,015	PN Pecina-Šlaus, Nives	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,500
61	170,143	SD Sekulic, Damir	University of Split	Sport Sciences	Rank 715
62	175,434	OŽ Olujic, Žarko	Makarska Medical Centre	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,511
63	182,435	HM Habek, Mario	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,824
64	183,005	RK Radoševic, Kristina	University of Zagreb	Biotechnology	Rank 871
65	189,953	PJ Pecaric, J.	Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti	General Mathematics	Rank 1,067
66	189,987	JA Jovic, Alan	University of Zagreb	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,970
67	192,314	MM Metikoš-Hukovic, Mirjana	University of Zagreb	Energy	Rank 5,588
68	193,584	DT Došlic, Tomislav	University of Zagreb	General Mathematics	Rank 1,087
69	200,654	SI Sabolic, Ivan	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,340
70	201,845	OG Ondrašek, Gabrijel	University of Zagreb	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,643
71	203,752	NT Nikšic, T.	University of Zagreb	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,337
72	204,340	MI Mikolasevic, Ivana	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,403
73	206,029	UK Užarevic, Krunoslav	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,936
74	211,236	LS Loncaric, Sven	University of Zagreb	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,713
75	214,818	JI Jerkovic, Igor	University of Split	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,068
76	216,226	Gajski, Goran	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 905
77	221,654	PS Pavelic, Sandra Kraljevic	University of Rijeka	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 983
78	227,499	CG Cabass, Giovanni	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,594
79	228,527	PD Primorac, Dragan	Sveucilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,646
80	229,806	GA Gašparovic, Ana Cipak	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 4,012
81	230,642	BS Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha	Algebra University College	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,430
82	240,713	RT Robens, Tania	Institut Ruder Boškovic	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,723
83	255,764	TL Tariba Lovakovic, Blanka	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 1,074
84	260,053	HJ Homolak, Jan	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 11,010
85	292,265	KM Kovacic, Marcelo	Natural History Museum Rijeka	Fisheries	Rank 740
86	292,790	ND Novko, Dino	Institute of Physics Zagreb	Applied Physics	Rank 6,012
87	293,666	SD Sambunjak, Dario	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,344
88	297,741	KZ Krznaric, Zeljko	University of Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,399
89	301,216	Kosalec, Ivan	University of Zagreb	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,467
90	304,491	JM Jug, Mario	Sveucilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,492
91	304,882	SD Stimac, Davor	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,481
92	308,191	MS Milic, Sandra	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,518
93	313,794	KA Kurjak, Asim	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1,979
94	327,579	PZ Pogorelic, Zenon	University of Split	Surgery	Rank 2,024
95	333,118	NG Nikolac Gabaj, Nora	University of Zagreb	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 156
96	354,588	HA Hafner, Anita	University of Zagreb	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,964
97	357,964	AD Adamovic, Dražen	University of Zagreb	General Mathematics	Rank 2,041
98	359,050	BN Basic-Jukic, Nikolina	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,061
99	359,615	LL Lugovic-Mihic, Liborija	Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Sestre Milosrdnice	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 1,363
100	360,162	ZB Zulle, Bilic Lidija	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 165
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Croatia are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

116 scientists affiliated with Croatia are on the 2024 single-year list, and 82 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, University of Zagreb has the most listed scientists from Croatia, with 33. It is followed by University of Split with 11.

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 116 in 2024, a change of +146.8%.

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.