Poland's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Poland has 774 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Poland 28th in the world by number of listed scientists. AGH University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists (38), followed by University of Warsaw (36).

Single Year

774

First year listed

Career Data

726

First year listed

World rank by count

#28

First year listed

Institutes

139

First year listed

Scientists in Poland on the list, by year

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%

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Rank in Poland	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,103	PZ Pawlak, Zdzislaw	University of Warsaw	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 63
2	1,665	FE Frackowiak, Elzbieta	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 32
3	2,710	PP Ponikowski, Piotr	Wroclaw Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 78
4	2,845	RA Rogalski, Antoni	Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 3
5	5,187	NJ Namiesnik, Jacek	Gdansk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 18
6	6,081	WR Weron, Rafal	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 120
7	7,345	KM Kosmulski, Marek	Politechnika Lubelska	Chemical Physics	Rank 148
8	7,488	BF Beguin, Francois	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 143
9	7,682	NP Nijkamp, Peter	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 18
10	8,488	SH Szajewska, Hania	Medical University of Warsaw	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 95
11	10,275	PK Pyrzynska, Krystyna	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 44
12	10,482	DA Dexter, A. R.	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 51
13	10,631	BM Brik, M. G.	Akademia im. Jana Dlugosza w Czestochowie	Applied Physics	Rank 232
14	10,710	KZ Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.	Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences	Environmental Engineering	Rank 59
15	11,968	DT Dietl, Tomasz	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 268
16	12,199	KS Koziel, Slawomir	Gdansk University of Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 125
17	12,354	GA Glowacz, Adam	AGH University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 41
18	12,781	ZA Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Physical Chemistry	Rank 84
19	13,050	Banach, Maciej	Medical University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 396
20	13,147	HM Horodecki, Michal	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 86
21	14,185	GM Gryta, Marek	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 85
22	15,076	JT Jesionowski, Teofil	Politechnika Poznanska	Chemical Physics	Rank 299
23	15,658	OP Oleszczuk, Patryk	Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin	Environmental Sciences	Rank 155
24	15,986	DU Domanska, Urszula	Industrial Chemistry Research Institute	Chemical Engineering	Rank 99
25	16,816	KJ Kacprzyk, Janusz	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 508
26	16,818	TA Torbicki, Adam	Europejskie Centrum Zdrowia Otwock	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 518
27	17,050	ST Sawik, Tadeusz	AGH University of Science and Technology	Operations Research	Rank 87
28	18,170	SW Staszewski, Wieslaw J.	AGH University of Science and Technology	Acoustics	Rank 36
29	18,833	HR Horodecki, Ryszard	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 115
30	18,966	NJ Nezlek, John B.	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny	Social Psychology	Rank 298
31	19,387	KB Krajewska, Barbara	Uniwersytet Jagiellonski w Krakowie	Biotechnology	Rank 52
32	19,738	PJ Plotka-Wasylka, Justyna	Gdansk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 97
33	19,745	LM Lewicka, M.	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Social Psychology	Rank 305
34	20,372	KT Krygowski, Tadeusz M.	University of Warsaw	Organic Chemistry	Rank 342
35	20,611	SR Slowinski, Roman	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 587
36	20,766	NA Nowak-Wegrzyn, Anna	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Allergy	Rank 44
37	20,775	CK Chojnacka, Katarzyna	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Physical Chemistry	Rank 118
38	20,869	GT Guzik, T. J.	Uniwersytet Jagiellonski Collegium Medicum	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 631
39	21,259	EV Eremeyev, Victor A.	Gdansk University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 215
40	21,325	BG Bartosz, Grzegorz	University of Rzeszów	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 416
41	22,207	JA Jaworek, A.	Robert Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 479
42	22,246	ZK Zyczkowski, Karol	Uniwersytet Jagiellonski w Krakowie	Mathematical Physics	Rank 12
43	22,493	TM Trojanowicz, Marek	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 107
44	22,876	RT Robak, Tadeusz	Medical University of Lodz	Immunology	Rank 534
45	22,993	GG Golewski, Grzegorz Ludwik	Politechnika Lubelska	Materials	Rank 431
46	22,997	FJ Falandysz, Jerzy	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Environmental Sciences	Rank 237
47	23,557	JP Jaranowski, P.	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 236
48	23,777	NK Narkiewicz, Krzysztof	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 702
49	24,493	KB Kaminska, Bozena	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,429
50	24,872	SO Stark, Oded	University of Warsaw	Economics	Rank 372
51	24,929	HP Horodecki, Pawel	Gdansk University of Technology	General Physics	Rank 149
52	25,039	KD Kolodynska, Dorota	Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 149
53	25,403	GA Galuszka, Agnieszka	Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce	Environmental Sciences	Rank 271
54	25,453	AR Amarowicz, Ryszard	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 133
55	26,320	BA Bajguz, Andrzej	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 314
56	26,412	BB Buszewski, Boguslaw	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 134
57	26,839	KT Kaczorek, Tadeusz	Bialystok University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 307
58	27,014	NJ Nawrocki, Jacek	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Environmental Engineering	Rank 149
59	27,236	OW Ostachowicz, Wieslaw	Robert Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Acoustics	Rank 61
60	27,384	TM Tobiszewski, Marek	Gdansk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 146
61	27,831	SK Sangwal, Keshra	Politechnika Lubelska	Applied Physics	Rank 601
62	28,009	SA Sionkowska, Alina	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Polymers	Rank 254
63	28,066	BI Bialynicki-Birula, Iwo	Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 164
64	28,204	BA Bledzki, Andrzej K.	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin	Polymers	Rank 256
65	28,418	SG Sobon, Grzegorz	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Optics	Rank 137
66	28,797	KT Kapitaniak, Tomasz	Lodz University of Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 261
67	28,957	RJ Rybakowski, J.	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 590
68	29,011	SJ Spender, J. C.	Kozminski University	Business & Management	Rank 663
69	29,765	TM Tendera, Michal	Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 867
70	29,835	KM Karwowski, Maciej	University of Wroclaw	Social Psychology	Rank 408
71	29,866	UW Ulrich, Werner	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Ecology	Rank 657
72	30,232	LA Luszczynska, Aleksandra	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny	Public Health	Rank 326
73	31,256	LI Lasiecka, I.	Polish Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 126
74	32,403	ST Szkudelski, Tomasz	Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 614
75	32,768	PP Pohl, Pawel	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 195
76	32,907	SJ Stefanowski, Jerzy	Politechnika Poznanska	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 898
77	32,919	WK Wojciechowski, Krzysztof W.	Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 717
78	33,146	BJ Beltowski, Jerzy	Medical University of Lublin	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 162
79	33,619	JJ Jassem, Jacek	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,184
80	34,311	PR Pietrzak, Robert	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Chemical Engineering	Rank 203
81	34,432	WH Walach, Harald	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	Rank 3
82	34,824	PK Pachucki, Krzysztof	University of Warsaw	General Physics	Rank 196
83	35,652	GW Grzesik, Wit	Politechnika Opolska	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 405
84	35,878	BW Budzianowski, Wojciech M.	Wojciech Budzianowski Consulting Serv	Energy	Rank 741
85	35,973	SP Stepnowski, Piotr	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 222
86	36,461	RP Rutkowski, Piotr	Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute – Oncology Center	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,280
87	36,811	MJ Michalowicz, Jaromir	University of Lodz	Toxicology	Rank 141
88	38,285	GD Gryko, Daniel T.	Polish Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 609
89	39,202	BJ Bujnicki, Janusz M.	International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,237
90	39,848	SE Szmidt, Eulalia	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,062
91	39,884	SM Selosse, Marc André	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 522
92	39,928	CE Chibowski, Emil	Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin	Chemical Physics	Rank 690
93	40,429	SG Sulka, Grzegorz D.	Uniwersytet Jagiellonski w Krakowie	Energy	Rank 832
94	40,916	UA Undas, Anetta	John Paul II Hospital, Krakow	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,153
95	41,384	DA Dabrowski, Andrzej	Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin	Chemical Physics	Rank 714
96	41,488	SR Sitko, Rafal	University of Silesia in Katowice	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 274
97	41,627	PA Piotrowski, Adam P.	Polish Academy of Sciences	Environmental Engineering	Rank 237
98	41,750	LM Lekka, M.	Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 906
99	41,880	BA Bartoszewicz, Andrzej	Lodz University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 470
100	42,099	BJ Blasiak, Janusz	University of Lodz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 815
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Poland are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

774 scientists affiliated with Poland are on the 2020 single-year list, and 726 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, AGH University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists from Poland, with 38. It is followed by University of Warsaw with 36.

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.