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Lithuania's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Lithuania has 38 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 8.6% from 35 in 2022. That places Lithuania 67th in the world by number of listed scientists. Vilniaus Universitetas has the most listed scientists (11), followed by Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas (7).

Single Year
63
+11 (+21.2%) vs 2022
Career Data
38
+3 (+8.6%) vs 2022
World rank by count
#67
No change vs 2022
Institutes
13
+1 (+8.3%) vs 2022

Scientists in Lithuania on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 36% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021+10.7%
2022+12.9%
2023+8.6%
2024+18.4%
2025+22.2%
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YearSingle YearChangeCareer DataChange
20203028
202142+40.0%31+10.7%
202252+23.8%35+12.9%
202363+21.2%38+8.6%
202465+3.2%45+18.4%
202574+13.8%55+22.2%

Top 10 institutes in Lithuania

By number of listed scientists

Career-long list2023
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  1. 1Vilniaus Universitetas11
  2. 2Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas7
  3. 3Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras5
  4. 4Kaunas University of Technology4
  5. 5Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas2
  6. 6Vilniaus Universiteto Lazerinių Tyrimų Centras2
  7. 7Kazimieras Simonavicius University1
  8. 8Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas1
  9. 9Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences1
  10. 10Lithuanian Energy Institute1

All 38 scientists

Career-long list2023

Everyone on the list, free to browse.

Rank in Lithuania World rank Scientist Institute Sub-field Rank in sub-field
1 12,252 Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas Civil Engineering Rank 12
2 23,036 Vilniaus Universitetas Marketing Rank 39
3 23,924 Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras Fluids & Plasmas Rank 179
4 33,274 Kazimieras Simonavicius University Complementary & Alternative Medicine Rank 2
5 41,656 Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras Energy Rank 465
6 44,274 Vilniaus Universitetas Energy Rank 507
7 52,561 Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas Civil Engineering Rank 84
8 56,651 Kaunas University of Technology Food Science Rank 248
9 57,850 Vilniaus Universitetas Analytical Chemistry Rank 382
10 74,223 Marine Organism Investigations Marine Biology & Hydrobiology Rank 583
11 94,027 Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Rank 3,791
12 97,385 Kaunas University of Technology Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing Rank 1,826
13 107,250 Vilniaus Universitetas Analytical Chemistry Rank 794
14 120,669 Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas General Physics Rank 800
15 125,830 Nature Research Centre Mycology & Parasitology Rank 278
16 126,834 Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences Energy Rank 1,637
17 133,023 Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas Nuclear & Particle Physics Rank 2,155
18 152,968 Vilniaus Universitetas Bioinformatics Rank 364
19 157,034 Vilniaus Universitetas Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing Rank 3,006
20 161,038 Kaunas University of Technology Applied Physics Rank 4,525
21 161,047 Vilniaus Universitetas Biophysics Rank 257
22 163,092 Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas Languages & Linguistics Rank 330
23 169,639 Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas Civil Engineering Rank 360
24 170,130 Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas Civil Engineering Rank 362
25 203,743 Mykolas Romeris University Environmental Sciences Rank 1,459
26 213,030 Vilniaus Universitetas Applied Physics Rank 6,072
27 227,864 Vilniaus Universitetas Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry Rank 974
28 232,617 Vilniaus Universitetas Analytical Chemistry Rank 1,967
29 265,860 Vilniaus Universitetas Materials Rank 3,849
30 275,750 Kaunas University of Technology Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing Rank 5,543
31 277,563 Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras Energy Rank 4,099
32 288,997 Vilniaus Universiteto Lazerinių Tyrimų Centras Optics Rank 955
33 303,331 Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras Energy Rank 4,571
34 336,683 Lithuanian Energy Institute Mechanical Engineering & Transports Rank 2,533
35 373,074 Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras Electrical & Electronic Engineering Rank 1,317
36 379,022 Vilniaus Universiteto Lazerinių Tyrimų Centras Optics Rank 1,286
37 389,661 Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas Civil Engineering Rank 1,013
38 578,535 Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas Civil Engineering Rank 1,607
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Lithuania are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

63 scientists affiliated with Lithuania are on the 2023 single-year list, and 38 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 career-long list, Vilniaus Universitetas has the most listed scientists from Lithuania, with 11. It is followed by Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas with 7.

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

On the career-long list, Lithuania went from 28 scientists in 2020 to 38 in 2023, a change of +35.7%.

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.