Lithuania's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Lithuania has 52 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 23.8% from 42 in 2021. That places Lithuania 71st in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Vilniaus Universitetas has the most listed scientists (14), followed by Kaunas University of Technology (7).

Single Year

+10 (+23.8%) vs 2021

Career Data

+4 (+12.9%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#71

up 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

+3 (+25.0%) vs 2021

Scientists in Lithuania on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 73% 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	3,403	ZE Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 6
2	6,556	ŠD Štreimikiene, Dalia	Vilniaus Universitetas	Energy	Rank 123
3	9,059	GM Ghobakhloo, Morteza	Kaunas University of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 208
4	16,373	TZ Turskis, Zenonas	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 54
5	19,098	DR Damaševicius, Robertas	Vytautas Magnus university	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 583
6	26,419	BT Baležentis, Tomas	Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences	Energy	Rank 536
7	32,690	RA Ramanavicius, Arunas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 156
8	37,205	WH Walach, Harald	Vilniaus Universitetas	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	Rank 2
9	38,661	VP Venskutonis, Petras Rimantas	Kaunas University of Technology	Food Science	Rank 285
10	46,334	PK Pyragas, Kestutis	Fiziniu ir Technologijos Mokslu Centras	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 336
11	50,269	Pereira, Paulo	Mykolas Romeris University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 621
12	53,814	LG Liobikiene, Genovaite	Vytautas Magnus university	Environmental Sciences	Rank 673
13	63,443	BA Bunevicius, Adomas	Lietuvos sveikatos mokslu universitetas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,393
14	65,663	AJ Antucheviciene, Jurgita	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 243
15	76,682	KA Kaklauskas, Arturas	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 286
16	88,480	PV Podvezko, Valentinas	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Economics	Rank 1,000
17	88,927	VG Valkiunas, Gediminas	Nature Research Centre	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 134
18	90,701	MD Minchin, Dan	Klaipeda University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 605
19	91,911	LM Lukoševicius, Mantas	Kaunas University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,452
20	95,632	JY Joye, Yannick	Vilniaus Universitetas	Social Psychology	Rank 985
21	97,565	CJ Cicenas, Jonas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,678
22	102,924	RA Ramanaviciene, Almira	Vilniaus Universitetas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 674
23	105,051	AA Alkauskas, Audrius	Kaunas University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,145
24	129,564	BJ Bernatoniene, Jurga	Lietuvos sveikatos mokslu universitetas	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 923
25	131,641	RG Raciukaitis, Gediminas	Fiziniu ir Technologijos Mokslu Centras	Applied Physics	Rank 2,739
26	132,654	LZ Luksiene, Zivile	Vilniaus Universitetas	Biophysics	Rank 136
27	135,525	MR Maskeliunas, Rytis	Kaunas University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,619
28	140,110	MM Malinauskas, Mangirdas	Vilniaus Universiteto Lazeriniu Tyrimu Centras	Optics	Rank 572
29	150,904	MA Malinauskas, Albertas	Fiziniu ir Technologijos Mokslu Centras	Energy	Rank 3,586
30	151,475	BV Borutaite, Vilmante	Kaunas University of Medicine	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,446
31	179,300	GJ Grazulevicius, Juozas V.	Kaunas University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 3,823
32	188,620	TA Tamosiunas, Abdonas	Institute of Cardiology Lithuanian	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,186
33	194,714	SG Saulis, Gintautas	Vytautas Magnus university	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,495
34	195,631	LT Linkevicius, Tomas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Dentistry	Rank 948
35	197,317	GS Grazulis, Saulius	Vilniaus Universitetas	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 830
36	202,511	GR Grazuleviciene, Regina	Vytautas Magnus university	Toxicology	Rank 875
37	205,351	KA Kareiva, Aivaras	Vilniaus Universitetas	Materials	Rank 4,042
38	225,998	MD Matulis, Daumantas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 997
39	246,094	TG Tamulaitis, G.	Vilniaus Universitetas	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,892
40	262,449	YS Yousef, Samy	Kaunas University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 4,090
41	286,448	MV Machiulskiene, Vita	Lietuvos sveikatos mokslu universitetas	Dentistry	Rank 1,473
42	338,962	GV Gribniak, Viktor	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,426
43	344,491	HH Hamedi, Hamid R.	Teorines Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas	General Physics	Rank 1,745
44	371,067	DA Dulskas, Audrius	Vilniaus Universitetas	Surgery	Rank 2,645
45	425,581	RR Radisauskas, Ricardas	Institute of Cardiology Lithuanian	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,479
46	429,696	KG Kaklauskas, Gintaris	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,833
47	510,698	KR Kuciene, Renata	Institute of Cardiology Lithuanian	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,325
48	554,477	GP Gecys, Paulius	Fiziniu ir Technologijos Mokslu Centras	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,887
49	574,994	LA Laurincikas, Antanas	Vilniaus Universitetas	General Mathematics	Rank 3,385
50	654,969	BM Baceviciene, Migle	Lithuanian Sports University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,762
51	1,087,523	JL Jonušauskas, Linas	Vilniaus Universiteto Lazeriniu Tyrimu Centras	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 4,601
52	1,390,390	OS Orlov, S.	Fiziniu ir Technologijos Mokslu Centras	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 6,337
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Lithuania are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

52 scientists affiliated with Lithuania are on the 2022 single-year list, and 35 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Vilniaus Universitetas has the most listed scientists from Lithuania, with 14. It is followed by Kaunas University of Technology with 7.

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 52 in 2022, a change of +73.3%.

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.