Lithuania's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Lithuania has 74 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 13.8% from 65 in 2024. That places Lithuania 70th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Vilniaus Universitetas has the most listed scientists (18), followed by Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras (8).

Single Year

+9 (+13.8%) vs 2024

Career Data

+10 (+22.2%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#70

up 2 places vs 2024

Institutes

+5 (+31.2%) vs 2024

Scientists in Lithuania on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+40.0%

2022+23.8%

2023+21.2%

2024+3.2%

2025+13.8%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	30		28
2021	42	+40.0%	31	+10.7%
2022	52	+23.8%	35	+12.9%
2023	63	+21.2%	38	+8.6%
2024	65	+3.2%	45	+18.4%
2025	74	+13.8%	55	+22.2%

Top 10 institutes in Lithuania

By number of listed scientists

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Rank in Lithuania	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	724	HL Hollebeek, Linda D.	Vilniaus Universitetas	Marketing	Rank 7
2	1,936	ŠD Štreimikienė, Dalia	Lithuanian Energy Institute	Energy	Rank 55
3	3,649	ZE Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 13
4	3,736	DR Damasevicius, Robertas	Vytautas Magnus University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 201
5	6,869	Pereira, Paulo	Mykolas Romeris University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 141
6	9,982	JA Jorgenson, Andrew K.	Vilniaus Universitetas	Sociology	Rank 51
7	23,326	TZ Turskis, Zenonas	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 96
8	25,980	RA Ramanavičius, Arũnas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 119
9	27,012	LG Liobikienė, Genovaitė	Vytautas Magnus University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 590
10	43,734	VP Venskutonis, Petras Rimantas	Kaunas University of Technology	Food Science	Rank 472
11	56,841	PR Pranckutė, Raminta	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Microbiology	Rank 1,112
12	59,801	BJ Bernatoniené, Jurga	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 335
13	61,684	YS Yousef, Samy	Kaunas University of Technology	Energy	Rank 1,825
14	62,801	JY Joye, Yannick	Vilniaus Universitetas	Social Psychology	Rank 783
15	63,287	LM Lukoševičius, Mantas	Kaunas University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,683
16	65,240	ZG Ziv, Gal	Lithuanian Sports University	Sport Sciences	Rank 296
17	69,479	SI Siksnelyte-Butkiene, Indre	Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences	Energy	Rank 2,076
18	70,415	VV Valentinov, Vladislav	Kazimieras Simonavicius University	Business & Management	Rank 1,638
19	73,551	PK Pyragas, Kȩstutis A.	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 499
20	85,211	AJ Antucheviciene, Jurgita	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 379
21	95,635	VG Valkiǔnas, Gediminas	State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Centre	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 118
22	95,743	Daliri, Eric Banan Mwine	Vilniaus Universitetas	Food Science	Rank 1,195
23	98,811	NG Niaura, Gediminas	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Applied Physics	Rank 1,877
24	100,181	RG Račiukaitis, Gediminas	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Applied Physics	Rank 1,901
25	101,241	ČJ Čelutkiene, Jelena	Vilniaus Universitetas	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,437
26	108,417	AA Avižienis, Algirdas Al	Vytautas Magnus University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,620
27	109,543	AA Alkauskas, Audrius	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Applied Physics	Rank 2,047
28	109,748	BE Bartkienė, Elena	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas	Food Science	Rank 1,376
29	110,778	KD Kopustinskiene, Dalia Marija	Kaunas University of Medicine	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 746
30	113,173	ML Mazutis, Linas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,419
31	113,320	MM Malinauskas, Mangirdas	Vilniaus Universiteto Lazerinių Tyrimų Centras	Optics	Rank 477
32	122,044	HH Hamedi, Hamid Reza	Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas	General Physics	Rank 693
33	123,324	MJ Malinauskaite, Jurgita	Vytautas Magnus University	Energy	Rank 3,867
34	123,405	KA Kaklauskas, Artūras	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 604
35	127,342	RA Ramanaviciene, Almira	Vilniaus Universitetas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 883
36	129,770	LŽ Lukšienè, Živilè	Vilniaus Universitetas	Biophysics	Rank 98
37	132,836	Kavaliauskienė, Ieva Meidutė	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Energy	Rank 4,166
38	138,954	NY Netz, Yael	Lithuanian Sports University	Sport Sciences	Rank 619
39	144,420	RS Ramanavičius, Simonas	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,030
40	165,692	GS Gražulis, Saulius	Vilniaus Universitetas	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 676
41	170,536	GR Gražulevičieně, Regina I.	Vytautas Magnus University	Toxicology	Rank 657
42	180,951	TA Tamošiunas, Abdonas	Institute of Cardiology Lithuanian	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,207
43	185,519	CJ Cicenas, Jonas	Secondary School “Varnų sala”	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,705
44	193,898	LT Linkevičius, Tomas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Dentistry	Rank 889
45	197,577	Karpenko, Mykola	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,948
46	197,876	MA Malinauskas, Albertas A.	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Energy	Rank 6,357
47	234,934	SG Samuolienė, Giedrė	Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4,112
48	245,128	KJ Kupcinskas, J.	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 2,336
49	254,264	JA Judžentiene, Asta	Vilniaus Universitetas	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,182
50	260,729	BV Borutaǐte, Vilmanté J.	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 4,137
51	262,158	MV Maciulskiene, Vita	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas	Dentistry	Rank 1,253
52	271,009	TG Tamulaitis, Gintautas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,164
53	271,755	RV Rutkünas, Vygandas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Dentistry	Rank 1,316
54	276,321	JG Juzeliünas, Gediminas	Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas	General Physics	Rank 1,478
55	282,475	DA Dulskas, Audrius	Vilniaus Universitetas	Surgery	Rank 1,575
56	294,671	GG Gaigalas, Gediminas A.	Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas	General Physics	Rank 1,554
57	294,887	BM Baceviciene, Migle	Lithuanian Sports University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,374
58	301,133	RV Ratautaite, Vilma	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,585
59	316,116	SN Striūgas, Nerijus	Lithuanian Energy Institute	Energy	Rank 10,282
60	320,694	DA Dědelě, Audrius	Vytautas Magnus University	Toxicology	Rank 1,272
61	328,694	MD Matulis, Daumantas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,656
62	331,592	MG Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute, Giedre	Vilniaus Universitetas	Archaeology	Rank 330
63	339,307	RR Radisauskas, Ricardas	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,890
64	373,491	GV Gribniak, Viktor	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 2,136
65	386,672	PA Puišys, Algirdas	Private Practice	Dentistry	Rank 1,956
66	434,944	OO Okhotnikov, Oleg G.	Ekspla Ltd	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,357
67	487,727	KR Kučiene, Renata	Institute of Cardiology Lithuanian	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,417
68	528,590	SN Samalavičius, Narimantas Evaldas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Surgery	Rank 3,317
69	529,226	PT Poškus, Tomas	Translational Health Research Institute	Surgery	Rank 3,321
70	608,996	LD Lukšiene, Dalia Ieva	Institute of Cardiology Lithuanian	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,642
71	633,137	JJ Jerez-Roig, Javier	Lithuanian Sports University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,888
72	665,586	GP Gečys, Paulius	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,297
73	710,122	RM Ragulskis, Minvydas	Kaunas University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,503
74	755,144	PD Pauža, Dainius H. Haroldas	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas	Anatomy & Morphology	Rank 151
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Frequently asked questions

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

74 scientists affiliated with Lithuania are on the 2025 single-year list, and 55 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, Vilniaus Universitetas has the most listed scientists from Lithuania, with 18. It is followed by Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras with 8.

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

On the single-year list, Lithuania went from 30 scientists in 2020 to 74 in 2025, a change of +146.7%.

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.