Czech Republic's Top 2% Scientists 2024

The Czech Republic has 500 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 5.9% from 472 in 2023. That places the Czech Republic 40th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Charles University has the most listed scientists (79), followed by Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (49).

Single Year

500

+28 (+5.9%) vs 2023

Career Data

555

+42 (+8.2%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#40

down 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

-18 (-20.7%) vs 2023

Scientists in the Czech Republic on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 39% 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%

Top 10 institutes in the Czech Republic

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Rank in the Czech Republic	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	363	PM Pumera, Martin	VSB – Technical University of Ostrava	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 10
2	532	SD Sabatini, David M.	Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Developmental Biology	Rank 19
3	950	VJ Vymazal, Jan	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	Environmental Engineering	Rank 4
4	1,083	BP Baldrian, Petr	Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Microbiology	Rank 17
5	1,300	PP Pyšek, Petr	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Ecology	Rank 36
6	2,193	KJ Klemeš, Jirí Jaromír	Brno University of Technology	Energy	Rank 59
7	3,635	KP Kroupa, Pavel	Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i.	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 14
8	4,308	HJ Homola, Jirí	Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 15
9	4,515	PR Pavela, Roman	Research Institute of Crop Production	Biotechnology	Rank 11
10	4,650	TJ Tauc, J.	Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 109
11	5,130	KR Konoplya, R. A.	Slezská univerzita v Opave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 52
12	5,721	MT Mikolov, Tomas	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 273
13	6,112	Kristoufek, Ladislav	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 37
14	6,133	PM Pohanka, Miroslav	Univerzita obrany v Brne	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 23
15	7,753	SJ Stejskal, Jaroslav	Univerzita Tomáse Bati ve Zline	Polymers	Rank 48
16	10,130	MJ Maroušek, Josef	Institute of Technology and Business	Environmental Sciences	Rank 190
17	10,483	HK Hemminki, Kari	Charles University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 328
18	10,655	ZR Zboril, Radek	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 330
19	10,955	HP Hobza, Pavel	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Chemical Physics	Rank 192
20	12,294	RJ Rezác, Jan	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Chemical Physics	Rank 214
21	13,378	KB Klimova, Blanka	Univerzita Hradec Králové	Education	Rank 154
22	14,507	OJ Ovalle, J.	Slezská univerzita v Opave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 157
23	14,981	MJ Matas, Jirí	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 644
24	15,362	CV Chvátal, Vašek	Charles University	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 26
25	16,835	HM Holecek, Milan	Charles University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 110
26	17,327	FJ Frouz, Jan	Charles University	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 111
27	17,522	LJ Lepš, Jan	Jihoceská Univerzita v Ceských Budejovicích	Ecology	Rank 382
28	17,800	PL Palatinus, Lukáš	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 47
29	18,328	NM Nikl, Martin	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Applied Physics	Rank 362
30	19,059	DS Das, Sumit	Charles University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 265
31	19,975	JT Jungwirth, Tomáš	Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 394
32	19,980	SJ Sivic, Josef	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 835
33	20,093	CM Chytrý, Milan	Masaryk University	Ecology	Rank 433
34	21,051	JP Jungwirth, Pavel	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Chemical Physics	Rank 332
35	21,169	MJ Musil, Jindrich	University of West Bohemia	Applied Physics	Rank 410
36	22,419	VL Vítek, Libor	Charles University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 265
37	23,627	DJ Doležel, Jaroslav	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 328
38	24,539	SZ Stuchlik, Zdenek	Slezská univerzita v Opave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 283
39	24,991	KL Kavan, L.	J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Energy	Rank 618
40	25,633	KK Kuca, Kamil	Univerzita Hradec Králové	Toxicology	Rank 94
41	25,941	KP Kalac, Pavel	Jihoceská Univerzita v Ceských Budejovicích	Food Science	Rank 224
42	26,122	CD Cibula, David	Charles University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 848
43	26,419	DB de Bello, Francesco	Jihoceská Univerzita v Ceských Budejovicích	Ecology	Rank 549
44	26,450	VV Vavrycuk, Václav	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 361
45	27,778	HZ Hubálek, Zdenek	Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Microbiology	Rank 599
46	28,082	SZ Sofer, Zdenek	University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 898
47	28,963	BM Babjuk, Marek	Charles University	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 161
48	29,425	SW Strielkowski, Wadim	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	Economics	Rank 449
49	29,958	CJ Cejka, Jirí	Charles University	Physical Chemistry	Rank 120
50	30,236	HP Hajek, Petr	Univerzita Pardubice	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,215
51	31,578	KJ Komárek, Jiří	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 155
52	31,886	HT Havranek, Tomas	Charles University	Economics	Rank 489
53	32,050	TL Tichý, Lubomír	Masaryk University	Ecology	Rank 649
54	33,157	TV Tesar, Vladimír	Všeobecná Fakultní Nemocnice v Praze	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 188
55	33,479	CO Chum, Ondrej	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,350
56	33,572	ST Sattler, Torsten	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,357
57	33,627	TP Trojovský, Pavel	Univerzita Hradec Králové	General Mathematics	Rank 145
58	34,178	WS Waclawek, Stanislaw	Technická Univerzita v Liberci	Chemical Engineering	Rank 226
59	34,263	ŠF Švec, František	Univerzita Karlova, Farmaceutická Fakulta v Hradci Králové	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 179
60	34,547	MJ Málek, Jirí	Univerzita Pardubice	Physical Chemistry	Rank 140
61	34,941	BM Bobak, Martin	University College London	Public Health	Rank 345
62	35,060	LA Linhart, Ales	Charles University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,021
63	35,364	MJ Militký, Jiri	Technická Univerzita v Liberci	Materials	Rank 651
64	35,646	KY Kassouri, Yacouba	Prague University of Economics and Business	Environmental Sciences	Rank 692
65	36,436	VM Vaverkova, Magdalena Daria	Mendelova Univerzita v Brne	Environmental Sciences	Rank 712
66	36,772	BY Bilan, Yuriy	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	Economics	Rank 557
67	37,290	FE Feireisl, Eduard	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	General Mathematics	Rank 170
68	37,322	MD Mašín, D.	Charles University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 366
69	37,435	PT Pevný, Tomáš	Czech Technical University in Prague	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,498
70	37,884	KJ Kautzner, Josef	Institutu Klinické a Experimentální Medicíny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,078
71	38,398	JM Jirásek, Milan	Czech Technical University in Prague	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 376
72	38,957	BO Bojar, Ondrej	Charles University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,556
73	40,667	Riad, Abanoub	Masaryk University	Toxicology	Rank 148
74	40,766	SA Skálová, Alena	Charles University	Pathology	Rank 57
75	41,258	SG Stefano, George B.	Charles University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,000
76	43,078	KJ Kyselý, Jan	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 791
77	43,455	CR Cerný, Robert	Czech Technical University in Prague	Building & Construction	Rank 320
78	44,619	Datta, Rahul	Mendelova Univerzita v Brne	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 678
79	45,795	SS Samal, Sneha	Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 862
80	45,927	MJ Matoušek, Jirí	Charles University	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 88
81	46,042	PP Pospíšil, Pavel	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 832
82	46,358	WP Widimsky, Petr	Fakultní Nemocnice Královské Vinohrady	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,272
83	47,119	FJ Flegr, Jaroslav	Charles University	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 50
84	48,465	NJ Neuzil, Jiri	Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 873
85	48,503	DK Deshmukh, Kalim	University of West Bohemia	Polymers	Rank 426
86	49,132	EV Ettler, Vojtech	Charles University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 947
87	50,507	HA Honek, Alois	Research Institute of Crop Production	Entomology	Rank 77
88	51,253	RI Rychlik, Ivan	Veterinary Research Institute, Brno	Microbiology	Rank 1,071
89	52,055	SO Slaby, Ondrej	Masaryk University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,678
90	52,248	CT Cajthaml, Tomáš	Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,015
91	52,783	BJ Belohlávek, Jan	Všeobecná Fakultní Nemocnice v Praze	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,452
92	53,161	RP Rovnaník, Pavel	Brno University of Technology	Materials	Rank 1,017
93	55,104	NV Novotny, Vojtech	Jihoceská Univerzita v Ceských Budejovicích	Ecology	Rank 1,076
94	55,210	MV Melenovsky, Vojtech	Institutu Klinické a Experimentální Medicíny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,509
95	56,897	KV Koštál, Vladimír	Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Entomology	Rank 91
96	57,922	MM Michal, Michael	Charles University	Pathology	Rank 83
97	58,051	OM Otyepka, Michal	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Chemical Physics	Rank 782
98	58,809	HR Huth, Radan	Charles University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,058
99	58,897	BF Bureš, Filip	Univerzita Pardubice	Organic Chemistry	Rank 745
100	58,958	BR Belohlavek, Radim	Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,282
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Frequently asked questions

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

500 scientists affiliated with the Czech Republic are on the 2024 single-year list, and 555 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Charles University has the most listed scientists from the Czech Republic, with 79. It is followed by Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic with 49.

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 500 in 2024, a change of +39.3%.

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.