Czech Republic's Top 2% Scientists 2025

The Czech Republic has 538 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 7.6% from 500 in 2024. That places the Czech Republic 40th in the world by number of listed scientists. Charles University has the most listed scientists (70), followed by Czech Technical University in Prague (32).

Single Year

538

+38 (+7.6%) vs 2024

Career Data

588

+33 (+5.9%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#40

No change vs 2024

Institutes

101

+32 (+46.4%) vs 2024

Scientists in the Czech Republic on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 50% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+27.6%

2022+1.1%

2023+1.9%

2024+5.9%

2025+7.6%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	359		335
2021	458	+27.6%	428	+27.8%
2022	463	+1.1%	461	+7.7%
2023	472	+1.9%	513	+11.3%
2024	500	+5.9%	555	+8.2%
2025	538	+7.6%	588	+5.9%

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Rank in the Czech Republic	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	390	PM Pumera, Martin	University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 13
2	832	SD Sabatini, David M.	Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Developmental Biology	Rank 26
3	919	VJ Vymazal, Jan	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	Environmental Engineering	Rank 3
4	971	BP Baldrian, Petr	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Microbiology	Rank 13
5	1,636	PP Pyšek, Petr	Charles University	Ecology	Rank 42
6	1,974	KR Konoplya, Roman A.	Slezská univerzita v Opave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 22
7	2,304	KJ Klemeš, Jiří Jaromír	Brno University of Technology	Energy	Rank 62
8	4,575	PR Pavela, Roman	Research Institute of Crop Production	Biotechnology	Rank 13
9	4,901	PM Pohanka, Miroslav	University of Defence in Brno Faculty of Military Health Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 17
10	4,903	TJ Tauc, Jan	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Applied Physics	Rank 114
11	5,006	TP Trojovský, Pavel	Univerzita Hradec Králové	General Mathematics	Rank 14
12	5,409	DA Dömling, Alexander S.	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Organic Chemistry	Rank 76
13	6,334	HJ Homola, Jiri	Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 25
14	7,072	Kristoufek, Ladislav	Charles University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 39
15	7,213	HM Holecek, M.	Charles University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 38
16	7,237	HP Hedden, Peter	Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 77
17	7,941	MJ Maroušek, Josef	Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích	Environmental Sciences	Rank 161
18	9,023	MT Mikolov, Tomáš	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 447
19	9,085	KB Klimova, Blanka Frydrychová	Univerzita Hradec Králové	Education	Rank 126
20	10,294	SJ Stejskal, Jaroslav	Tomas Bata University in Zlin	Polymers	Rank 68
21	12,208	MM Malík, Marek M.	Fakultni Nemocnice Brno	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 374
22	12,354	HP Hobza, Pavel	Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Chemical Physics	Rank 204
23	12,430	FJ Frouz, Jan	Univerzita Karlova, Ústav pro Životní Prostředí	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 79
24	12,603	ZR Zbořil, Radek	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 425
25	13,490	DS Das, Sumit	Charles University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 195
26	13,677	ŘJ Řezáč, Jan	Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Chemical Physics	Rank 222
27	13,735	JT Jungwirth, Tomáš	Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 273
28	13,738	BJ Bártek, Jiří	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Developmental Biology	Rank 341
29	14,115	JJ Jampílek, Josef	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Organic Chemistry	Rank 180
30	14,955	KK Kuča, Kamil	Univerzita Hradec Králové	Toxicology	Rank 43
31	15,109	HK Hemminki, Kari	Charles University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 449
32	15,410	FJ Fawcett, James W.	Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 744
33	16,177	CM Chytrý, Milan	Masaryk University	Ecology	Rank 341
34	16,494	MJ Matas, Jiri George	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 784
35	18,111	NM Nikl, Martin N.	Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 357
36	18,667	OJ Ovalle, J.	Slezská univerzita v Opave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 244
37	19,522	VL Vitek, Libor	Všeobecná Fakultní Nemocnice v Praze	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 222
38	19,995	PL Palatinus, Lukáš	Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 53
39	21,255	SZ Sofer, Zdenek	University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 729
40	21,404	LA Liebhold, Andrew M.	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	Ecology	Rank 454
41	22,183	SJ Sivic, Josef	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,039
42	22,247	ZA Zhidenko, Alexander V.	Slezská univerzita v Opave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 287
43	22,786	LJ Lepš, Jan	Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích	Ecology	Rank 477
44	23,178	CD Cibula, David	Všeobecná Fakultní Nemocnice v Praze	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 680
45	23,668	JP Jungwirth, Pavel	Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Chemical Physics	Rank 347
46	23,946	Shafiq, Anum	VSB – Technical University of Ostrava	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 231
47	24,019	MD Mašín, David	Charles University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 265
48	24,373	KJ Komárek, Jiří	Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 115
49	24,804	LA Linhart, Aleš	Všeobecná Fakultní Nemocnice v Praze	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 735
50	25,350	Datta, Rahul	Mendelova Univerzita v Brně	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 347
51	25,384	KG Kalčíková, Gabriela	Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering	Environmental Sciences	Rank 547
52	26,197	SZ Stuchlík, Zdenȩk	Slezská univerzita v Opave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 334
53	26,303	SW Strielkowski, Wadim	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	Economics	Rank 380
54	26,848	HP Hajek, Petr	Univerzita Pardubice	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,235
55	27,323	HZ Hubalek, Z.	Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Microbiology	Rank 519
56	27,398	DJ Doležel, Jaroslav	Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 382
57	27,851	ST Sattler, Torsten	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,269
58	27,897	PT Pevny, Tomas	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,273
59	28,477	VV Vavryčuk, Václav	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 425
60	29,834	KP Kalac, Pavel	Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích	Food Science	Rank 299
61	29,851	TL Tichý, Lubomír	Masaryk University	Ecology	Rank 584
62	31,443	ĈJ Ĉejka, Jir̂í	Charles University	Physical Chemistry	Rank 113
63	31,676	PP Pospíšil, Pavel	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 492
64	33,028	MJ Musil, Jindrřich	University of West Bohemia	Applied Physics	Rank 627
65	33,425	KJ Kyselý, Jan	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 621
66	33,703	SS Supriya, Subramani	University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague	Materials	Rank 663
67	33,803	BM Babjuk, Marek M.	Charles University	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 188
68	35,039	KY Kassouri, Yacouba	Prague University of Economics and Business	Environmental Sciences	Rank 785
69	36,833	TV Tesarˇ, Vladimír	Všeobecná Fakultní Nemocnice v Praze	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 207
70	38,751	MJ Militký, Jiří	Technická Univerzita v Liberci	Materials	Rank 780
71	39,779	KJ Kautzner, Josef	Institutu Klinické a Experimentální Medicíny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,123
72	40,865	ČR Černý, Robert	Czech Technical University in Prague	Building & Construction	Rank 321
73	41,368	VD Vokrouhlický, David	Charles University	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 515
74	42,194	EV Ettler, Vojtěch Ě.	Charles University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 936
75	42,904	CO Chum, Ondřej	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,862
76	43,058	CT Cajthaml, T.	Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Environmental Sciences	Rank 957
77	43,555	ER el-Nabulsi, Rami Ahmad	Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 576
78	44,676	SS Samal, S. Manjaree	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Materials	Rank 908
79	44,690	BJ Bělohlávek, Jan	Všeobecná Fakultní Nemocnice v Praze	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,216
80	45,294	DK Deshmukh, Kalim U.	University of West Bohemia	Polymers	Rank 398
81	45,424	MR Mesiar, Radko	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,981
82	45,685	MJ Málek, Jiří	Univerzita Pardubice	Physical Chemistry	Rank 165
83	45,742	SA Skálová, Alena	Charles University	Pathology	Rank 61
84	45,747	SP Sharpe, Paul T.	Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,045
85	45,950	HT Havranek, Tomas J.	Charles University	Economics	Rank 651
86	46,915	MJ Michl, Josef J.	Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	General Chemistry	Rank 107
87	47,716	HJ Hamill, Joseph	Ostravská Univerzita v Ostrave	Sport Sciences	Rank 223
88	47,779	SM Strnad, Miroslav	Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 696
89	47,918	FJ Flegr, Jaroslav	Charles University	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 52
90	48,414	ŠF Švec, František	Univerzita Karlova, Farmaceutická Fakulta v Hradci Králové	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 261
91	48,553	CR Cífková, Renata	Fakultni Thomayerova nemocnice	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,299
92	51,347	BL Beesley, Luke	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,123
93	51,667	WS Wacławek, Stanisław	Technická Univerzita v Liberci	Chemical Engineering	Rank 391
94	51,880	RP Rovnaník, Pavel	Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering	Materials	Rank 1,069
95	51,944	JM Jirásek, Milan	Czech Technical University in Prague	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 503
96	52,416	FE Feireisl, Eduard	Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	General Mathematics	Rank 235
97	52,689	SJ Sinova, Jairo	Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 985
98	54,076	SG Stefano, George B.	Charles University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,426
99	54,583	BF Bureš, Filip	Univerzita Pardubice	Organic Chemistry	Rank 665
100	54,826	MV Melenovsky, Vojtech	Institutu Klinické a Experimentální Medicíny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,444
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from the Czech Republic are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

538 scientists affiliated with the Czech Republic are on the 2025 single-year list, and 588 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in the Czech Republic has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2025 single-year list, Charles University has the most listed scientists from the Czech Republic, with 70. It is followed by Czech Technical University in Prague with 32.

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

On the single-year list, the Czech Republic went from 359 scientists in 2020 to 538 in 2025, a change of +49.9%.

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.