Poland's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Poland has 1,434 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 9.8% from 1,306 in 2024. That places Poland 25th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Uniwersytet Jagielloński has the most listed scientists (60), followed by Politechnika Warszawska (46).

Single Year

1,434

+128 (+9.8%) vs 2024

Career Data

1,412

+168 (+13.5%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#25

up 1 place vs 2024

Institutes

209

+60 (+40.3%) vs 2024

Scientists in Poland on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 85% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+32.7%

2022+1.9%

2023+9.3%

2024+14.3%

2025+9.8%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	774		726
2021	1,027	+32.7%	957	+31.8%
2022	1,046	+1.9%	1,006	+5.1%
2023	1,143	+9.3%	1,119	+11.2%
2024	1,306	+14.3%	1,244	+11.2%
2025	1,434	+9.8%	1,412	+13.5%

Top 10 institutes in Poland

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Rank in Poland	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,537	PJ Płotka-Wasylka, Justyna Małgorzata	Gdańsk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 6
2	1,780	RA Rogalski, Antoni	Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna	Applied Physics	Rank 47
3	2,026	Banach, Maciej	Medical University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 56
4	2,123	GG Golewski, Grzegorz Ludwik	Politechnika Lubelska	Materials	Rank 43
5	2,165	CR Castro‑Muñoz, Roberto	Gdańsk University of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 9
6	2,435	PJ Poesen, Jean W.A.	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Geography	Rank 13
7	3,504	PZ Pawlak, Zdzislaw X.	University of Warsaw	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 190
8	3,584	PP Ponikowski, Piotr P.	Wroclaw Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 95
9	3,835	KM Kieliszek, Marek	Szkola Glówna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie	Food Science	Rank 25
10	4,347	Kwilinski, Aleksy	WSB University, Dabrowa Gornicza	Business & Management	Rank 137
11	4,571	CK Chojnacka, Katarzyna W.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Environmental Sciences	Rank 99
12	4,908	MK Mousavi Khaneghah, Amin	Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology – State Research Institute	Food Science	Rank 31
13	5,242	GA Głowacz, Adam	Politechnika Krakowska	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 16
14	5,427	RŽ Reiner, Željko	Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 152
15	5,543	LZ Li, Zhixiong	Opole University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 55
16	6,013	KM Karwowski, Maciej	University of Wrocław	Social Psychology	Rank 155
17	6,141	NJ Namiesnik, Jacek	Gdańsk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 23
18	6,207	KZ Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.	Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences	Environmental Engineering	Rank 29
19	6,349	CA Cichocki, Andrzej S.	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 332
20	6,427	FE Fraçkowiak, Elżbieta	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 164
21	7,284	BT Bandosz, Teresa J.	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 258
22	7,309	BM Butt, Muhammad A.	Politechnika Warszawska	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 7
23	7,321	TR Tarkowski, R.	Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Paleontology	Rank 4
24	7,451	TM Tobiszewski, Marek	Gdańsk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 32
25	7,483	DH Dźwigoł, Henryk	Silesian University of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 229
26	7,923	SA Sionkowska, Alina	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Polymers	Rank 46
27	7,929	KM Kosmulski, Marek	Politechnika Lubelska	Chemical Physics	Rank 140
28	8,450	KT Karpiński, Tomasz M.	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 133
29	8,824	MR Miskiewicz, Radoslaw M.	Uniwersytet Szczecinski	Energy	Rank 228
30	9,284	WR Weron, Rafał X.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Energy	Rank 244
31	9,475	HM Horodecki, Michał Ł.	Uniwersytet Gdański	General Physics	Rank 71
32	9,626	NJ Nezlek, John B.	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny	Social Psychology	Rank 217
33	9,641	CC Carlberg, Carsten	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 154
34	9,823	PK Pyrzyńska, Krystyna	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 41
35	10,013	OP Oleszczuk, Patryk	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Environmental Sciences	Rank 217
36	10,060	JP Jonason, Peter Karl	VIZJA University	Social Psychology	Rank 228
37	10,170	AR Amarowicz, Ryszard	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 91
38	10,271	OB Olas, Beata	University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 310
39	10,421	SH Szajewska, Hania	Medical University of Warsaw	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 124
40	10,898	GA Grzybowski, Andrzej E.	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 32
41	11,156	BA Bajguz, Andrzej	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 134
42	11,730	AA Atanasov, Atanas G.	Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 39
43	11,918	SM Saeb, Mohammad Reza	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Polymers	Rank 83
44	12,975	LM Lewicka, Maria	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Social Psychology	Rank 272
45	14,145	RP Rutkowski, Piotr L.	Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 415
46	14,196	HP Horodecki, Pawel	Uniwersytet Gdański	General Physics	Rank 106
47	14,697	GM Gupta, Munish Kumar	Opole University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 155
48	15,054	BJ Błasiak, Janusz	University of Lodz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 226
49	15,154	GA Gałuszka, Agnieszka	Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce	Environmental Sciences	Rank 337
50	15,915	RA Radwan, Ahmed E.	Uniwersytet Jagielloński	Geology	Rank 19
51	16,321	MI Michalak, Izabela M.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Biotechnology	Rank 55
52	17,110	JR Jankowski, Robert	Gdańsk University of Technology	Civil Engineering	Rank 66
53	17,306	HR Horodecki, Ryszard	Uniwersytet Gdański	General Physics	Rank 129
54	17,354	BK Belczyński, Krzysztoff	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 179
55	17,550	BB Buszewski, Bogusław X.	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 70
56	17,822	JT Jesionowski, Teofil I.	Politechnika Poznanska	Polymers	Rank 123
57	18,233	JP Jaranowski, Piotr	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 233
58	18,324	Boczkaj, Grzegorz	Gdańsk University of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 111
59	18,550	FK Formela, Krzysztof	Gdańsk University of Technology	Polymers	Rank 128
60	18,806	PD Połap, Dawid	Silesian University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 888
61	20,200	PM Pawlak, Miroslaw	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 117
62	20,210	PP Pławiak, Paweł	Politechnika Krakowska	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 945
63	20,223	PA Przekora-Kuśmierz, A.	Medical University of Lublin	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 72
64	21,039	WM Wojcieszak, Magdalena Elzbieta	University of Warsaw	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 96
65	21,147	KB Kamińska, Boźena	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 989
66	21,148	NK Narkiewicz, Krzysztof	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 636
67	21,459	SJ Styczyński, Jan	Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz	Immunology	Rank 411
68	22,293	ZA Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana	Uniwersytet Gdański	Physical Chemistry	Rank 81
69	22,432	SA Strzelecki, Artur	University of Economics in Katowice	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,048
70	22,623	ZK Zyczkowski, Karol	Uniwersytet Jagielloński	General Physics	Rank 164
71	22,676	WM Woźniak, Marcin	Silesian University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,056
72	22,722	RT Robak, Tadeusz	Medical University of Lodz	Immunology	Rank 440
73	22,994	DA Dexter, Anthony Roger	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Państwowy Instytut Badawczy	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 157
74	23,620	BM Bijak, Michał Z.	University of Lodz	Chemical Physics	Rank 346
75	23,699	JJ Jassem, Jacek	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 697
76	23,852	MM Malbrain, Manu L. N. G.	Medical University of Lublin	Anesthesiology	Rank 65
77	24,260	KH Kalaji, Hazem M.	Szkola Glówna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 331
78	24,265	VM Vaverková, Magdalena Daria	Szkola Glówna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie	Environmental Sciences	Rank 527
79	24,344	UA Undas, Anetta I.	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 718
80	24,702	DM Dynel, Marta	University of Lodz	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 140
81	24,726	RJ Rybakowski, Janusz K.	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 460
82	24,827	SL Szablewski, Leszek	Medical University of Warsaw	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 387
83	24,889	KG Królczyk, Grzegorz M.	Opole University of Technology	Materials	Rank 471
84	24,893	SM Smol, Marzena	Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Environmental Sciences	Rank 536
85	25,422	Kruk, Mariusz	Uniwersytet Zielonogórski	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 143
86	25,709	WB Wojciszke, Bogdan	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny	Social Psychology	Rank 449
87	26,536	TS Thakur, Sourbh	Silesian University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 579
88	26,688	RP Rzymski, Piotr	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Environmental Sciences	Rank 583
89	26,880	WS Wojciechowski, Szymon	Politechnika Poznanska	Materials	Rank 513
90	27,273	VA Visvizi, Anna	Szkola Glówna Handlowa w Warszawie	Energy	Rank 736
91	27,520	Piwowar-Sulej, Katarzyna	Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu	Business & Management	Rank 758
92	27,680	WE Wolniak, Eng R.	Silesian University of Technology	Energy	Rank 754
93	27,699	W– Witek – Krowiak, Anna	Politechnika Wrocławska	Environmental Sciences	Rank 604
94	27,831	RV Rădulescu, Vicenţiu D.	AGH University of Krakow	General Mathematics	Rank 111
95	28,042	BJ Brodny, Jarosław	Silesian University of Technology	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 9
96	28,315	DG Dudek, Grzegorz	Częstochowa University Of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,292
97	28,479	MJ Michałowicz, Jaromir	University of Lodz	Environmental Sciences	Rank 619
98	28,490	PJ Pietraszek, Jacek	Politechnika Krakowska	Materials	Rank 552
99	29,172	GM Gryta, Marek	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 199
100	29,285	SW Sałabun, Wojciech	Instytut Łacznosci, Poland	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,324
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Frequently asked questions

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

1,434 scientists affiliated with Poland are on the 2025 single-year list, and 1,412 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, Uniwersytet Jagielloński has the most listed scientists from Poland, with 60. It is followed by Politechnika Warszawska with 46.

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

On the single-year list, Poland went from 774 scientists in 2020 to 1,434 in 2025, a change of +85.3%.

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.