Croatia's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Croatia has 109 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 13.5% from 96 in 2025. That places Croatia 57th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Zagreb School of Medicine has the most listed scientists (10), followed by Institut Ruđer Bošković (8).

Single Year

149

+20 (+15.5%) vs 2025

Career Data

109

+13 (+13.5%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#57

No change vs 2025

Institutes

+7 (+16.3%) vs 2025

Scientists in Croatia on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled 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%

2026+13.5%

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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%
2026	149	+15.5%	109	+13.5%

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Rank in Croatia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	10,006	RŽ Reiner, Željko	Croatian Hypertension League	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 472
2	23,971	BF Barbir, Frano	Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split	Energy	Rank 288
3	28,576	PC Poser, Charles M.	Ministry of Health	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,057
4	38,477	RM Radman, Miroslav	Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,301
5	41,800	MA Munjiza, Antonio A.	University of Split	Applied Mathematics	Rank 97
6	42,378	NS Nižetić, Sandro	Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split	Energy	Rank 553
7	44,539	KI Kostović, Ivica	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,040
8	45,195	VB Vršnak, Bojan	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Geodetski fakultet	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 542
9	58,881	TN Trinajstic̀, Nenad	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,139
10	62,941	MA Marušić, Ana	School of Medicine, University of Split	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 811
11	66,628	ŽN Žarković, Neven	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,407
12	68,126	AF André, Francis E.	KBC Zagreb	Virology	Rank 494
13	74,301	MG Markovic, Goran	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology	Sport Sciences	Rank 236
14	79,421	KA Kurjak, Asim	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 745
15	80,254	DN Duić, Neven Z.	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Energy	Rank 1,147
16	84,974	MS Musić, Svetozar	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Materials	Rank 1,186
17	86,804	JM Jakovljević, Miro	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Rank 1,541
18	89,797	BO Bonacci, Ognjen	University of Split	Environmental Engineering	Rank 423
19	94,210	VD Vukic̀ević, Damir	Faculty of Science, University of Split	General Mathematics	Rank 461
20	95,589	OŽ Olujić, Žarko	Makarska Medical Centre	Chemical Engineering	Rank 454
21	99,382	ON Oršolić, Nada	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - Matematički Fakultet	Toxicology	Rank 444
22	100,664	BV Bonačić-Koutecký, Vlasta	University of Split	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,827
23	101,878	DV Deletis, Vedran	Klinička bolnica Dubrava	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,308
24	103,091	AM Ahel, Marijan	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Environmental Sciences	Rank 827
25	104,159	LS Loncaric, Sven	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,288
26	105,765	MM Metikoš-Huković, Mirjana	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i Tehnologije	Energy	Rank 1,566
27	109,486	PJ Peter-Kataliníc, Jasna	Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,883
28	115,193	SI Sabolić, Ivan	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,205
29	118,979	Ś Sabljic ́, Aleksandar	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,113
30	120,577	ŠA Štulhofer, Aleksandar	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences	Public Health	Rank 1,178
31	123,171	JL Jakobek, Lidija	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Food Science	Rank 730
32	124,105	DM Dabić, Marina	University of Dubrovnik	Business & Management	Rank 1,395
33	127,123	JS Jonjic̈, Stipan	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Immunology	Rank 3,264
34	129,128	RS Rendic, S.	University of Zagreb	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,160
35	130,757	PL Puljak, Livia	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,631
36	132,738	LG Lauc, Gordan An	Genos Ltd	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 4,577
37	137,881	HI Hojsak, Iva	Childern's Hospital Zagreb	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,813
38	137,899	PJ Pecarić, Josip E.	Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti	General Mathematics	Rank 799
39	139,706	Režek Jambrak, Anet	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology	Food Science	Rank 841
40	144,195	MS Martinez, Sanja	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i Tehnologije	Energy	Rank 2,193
41	146,834	PK Pavelić, Krešimir	Juraj Dobrila University of Pula	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,407
42	150,793	VI Vilibic̈, Ivica	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 2,347
43	152,890	PO Polašek, Ozren	Croatian Science Foundation	Developmental Biology	Rank 3,995
44	154,526	KŠ Komorsky-Lovrić, Šebojka	Matije Divkovića Street 13	Energy	Rank 2,373
45	158,665	GV Garaj-Vrhovac, V.	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 730
46	160,651	DT Došlić, Tomislav	University of Zagreb	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 404
47	174,500	PH Pandžić, Hrvoje	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Energy	Rank 2,721
48	185,446	GA Granic, Andrina	Faculty of Science, University of Split	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,281
49	187,654	LM Lovrić, Milivoj	Divkovićeva 13	Energy	Rank 2,980
50	192,149	BN Bilíc, Neven	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,950
51	207,112	JI Jerkovic̈, Igor	Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,466
52	207,461	MT Meštrović, Tomislav	University North	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,678
53	208,264	ŜH ŜtefančIć, Hrvoje	Catholic University of Croatia	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,177
54	212,663	PM Pećina, Marko M.	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Orthopedics	Rank 1,681
55	213,415	DR Domitrović, Robert	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	Toxicology	Rank 1,011
56	214,540	MM Miloš, Mladen	Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split	Food Science	Rank 1,381
57	217,990	Dujella, Andrej	University of Zagreb	General Mathematics	Rank 1,500
58	220,927	DR Diamant, Roee	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,190
59	222,998	DA Domijan, Ana-Marija Marija	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Toxicology	Rank 1,066
60	224,900	PB Pejić Bach, Mirjana Peji	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,233
61	225,470	DY Dedkov, Yuriy S.	Institute of Physics Zagreb	Applied Physics	Rank 5,944
62	226,764	WA Willetts, Andrew J.	4 Sv Ivan	Biotechnology	Rank 757
63	232,481	BI Burić, Irena	University of Zadar	Education	Rank 1,955
64	233,430	ŠD Štimac, Davor	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,010
65	246,464	PS Popovic̀, Stanko	Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti	Materials	Rank 3,788
66	247,278	DV Demarin, Vida	International Institute for Brain Health	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 172
67	261,886	PD Primorac, Dragan	St. Catherine Specialty Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,426
68	273,696	Augustin, Goran	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	Surgery	Rank 2,512
69	281,412	JD Josič, Dj	Juraj Dobrila University of Pula	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,383
70	287,752	MM Marušić, Matko	University of Split	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,777
71	295,603	PP Putnik, Predrag	University North	Food Science	Rank 2,009
72	296,674	SD Sambunjak, Dario	Catholic University of Croatia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,899
73	304,084	NB Nigović, Biljana	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,626
74	308,251	KM Kovačić, Marcelo	Natural History Museum Rijeka	Fisheries	Rank 1,043
75	311,055	GA Gutleb, Arno Christian	Institut za Medicinska Istrazivanja i Medicinu Rada	Toxicology	Rank 1,519
76	334,926	BD Borozan, Djula	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku	Energy	Rank 5,965
77	365,745	NG Nikolac Gabaj, Nora	Klinički Bolnički Centar Sestre Milosrdnice	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 265
78	369,308	MH Mikulčić, Hrvoje	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Energy	Rank 6,753
79	385,514	KH Kozmar, Hrvoje	University of Zagreb	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,204
80	385,558	RM Ristić, Mira	Institut Ruđer Bošković	Materials	Rank 6,404
81	386,321	VĐ Vasić-Rački, Đ.	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i Tehnologije	Biotechnology	Rank 1,438
82	394,810	ZB Zulle, Bilić Lidija	Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 292
83	405,750	DS Dodig, Slavica	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 302
84	409,755	PZ Pogorelić, Zenon	School of Medicine, University of Split	Surgery	Rank 3,864
85	413,909	RI Rezić, Iva	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology	Materials	Rank 6,956
86	427,697	JB Jelaković, Bojan B.	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,724
87	443,588	TV Trkulja, Vladimir	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,924
88	445,819	DJ Deur, Joško	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Energy	Rank 8,447
89	450,537	ŠA Šuštić, Alan	Klinički Bolnički Centar Rijeka	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,004
90	453,106	SI Senjanović, Ivo	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva i Brodogradnje	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,471
91	479,805	HS Hrabar, Silvio	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 5,234
92	481,091	PD Poljak, Dragan	Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 5,249
93	490,287	KŽ Krznarić, Željko Z.	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,604
94	502,824	ZS Zrinščak, Siniša	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law	Religions & Theology	Rank 227
95	507,478	BB Barŝić, Bruno U.	Klinička bolnica Dubrava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,857
96	507,795	KP Kes, Petar	KBC Zagreb	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,862
97	508,204	VA Vince, Adriana	University Hospital for Infectious Diseases Dr Fran Mihaljevic	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,870
98	514,075	BN Bašić-Jukić, Nikolina	KBC Osijek	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,951
99	530,798	KB Kŕušlin, B̧ožo	Klinički Bolnički Centar Sestre Milosrdnice	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 404
100	563,600	Kern, Josipa	University of Zagreb School of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7,697
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Croatia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

149 scientists affiliated with Croatia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 109 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, University of Zagreb School of Medicine has the most listed scientists from Croatia, with 10. It is followed by Institut Ruđer Bošković with 8.

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 109 in 2026, a change of +131.9%.

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.