Poland's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Poland has 726 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Poland 26th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Warsaw has the most listed scientists (47), followed by Politechnika Warszawska (42).

Single Year

774

First year listed

Career Data

726

First year listed

World rank by count

#26

First year listed

Institutes

134

First year listed

Scientists in Poland on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+31.8%

2022+5.1%

2023+11.2%

2024+11.2%

2025+13.5%

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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	1,827	PZ Pawlak, Zdzisław	University of Warsaw	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 39
2	4,587	DT Dietl, Tomasz	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 119
3	5,737	FE Frackowiak, Elzbieta	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 42
4	8,343	SA Szczeklik, Andrzej	AGH University of Science and Technology	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 419
5	9,481	RA Rogalski, Antoni	Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 19
6	12,165	RT Robak, Tadeusz	Medical University of Lodz	Immunology	Rank 450
7	12,591	NP Nijkamp, Peter	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 12
8	12,763	HM Horodecki, Michał	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 86
9	12,834	NJ Namieśnik, Jacek	Gdańsk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 77
10	12,992	DA Dexter, A. R.	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Państwowy Instytut Badawczy	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 39
11	14,297	CJ Cioslowski, Jerzy	Uniwersytet Szczecinski	Chemical Physics	Rank 340
12	14,755	PK Pyrzynska, Krystyna	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 89
13	15,098	KS Konturek, Stanislaw J.	Uniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium Medicum	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 115
14	15,400	DU Domańska, Urszula	Industrial Chemistry Research Institute	Chemical Engineering	Rank 55
15	15,590	KM Kosmulski, Marek	Politechnika Lubelska	Chemical Physics	Rank 374
16	17,014	UA Udalski, A.	University of Warsaw	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 150
17	17,462	SH Szajewska, Hania	Medical University of Warsaw	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 286
18	17,732	HP Horodecki, Paweł	Gdańsk University of Technology	General Physics	Rank 115
19	18,114	TA Torbicki, Adam	Europejskie Centrum Zdrowia Otwock	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 819
20	18,420	KR Kaliszan, Roman	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 110
21	18,462	SR Słowiński, Roman	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 315
22	19,433	TM Trojanowicz, Marek	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 121
23	19,677	PK Pachucki, Krzysztof	University of Warsaw	General Physics	Rank 131
24	19,916	KT Krygowski, Tadeusz M.	University of Warsaw	Organic Chemistry	Rank 427
25	20,545	NK Narkiewicz, Krzysztof	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 922
26	20,686	SW Staszewski, Wieslaw J.	AGH University of Science and Technology	Acoustics	Rank 27
27	22,278	PP Ponikowski, Piotr	Wroclaw Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 987
28	22,636	SA Sobolewski, Andrzej L.	Polish Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 529
29	23,500	FJ Falandysz, Jerzy	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Environmental Sciences	Rank 103
30	23,706	SJ Spender, J. C.	Kozminski University	Business & Management	Rank 190
31	23,784	BF Beguin, Francois	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 195
32	24,211	TM Tendera, Michal	Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,059
33	24,679	BG Bartosz, Grzegorz	University of Rzeszów	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,008
34	26,039	RJ Rybakowski, J.	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 630
35	26,290	ST Sparks, Tim H.	Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu	Ecology	Rank 431
36	26,849	KJ Kacprzyk, Janusz	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 454
37	27,537	ZK Zyczkowski, Karol	Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie	Mathematical Physics	Rank 16
38	28,192	BB Buszewski, Bogusław	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 196
39	29,472	HR Horodecki, Ryszard	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 193
40	29,619	BJ Bujnicki, Janusz M.	International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,275
41	29,835	MM Mąkosza, Mieczysław	Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 591
42	29,887	SA Sadlej, Andrzej J.	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Chemical Physics	Rank 689
43	29,964	LI Lasiecka, I.	Polish Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 74
44	30,617	WH Walach, Harald	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	Rank 4
45	30,737	BJ Bełtowski, Jerzy	Medical University of Lublin	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 271
46	31,886	JJ Jassem, Jacek	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,523
47	32,222	KZ Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.	Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences	Environmental Engineering	Rank 110
48	32,733	WR Weron, Rafał	Wrocław University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 288
49	32,936	HJ Haber, J.	AGH University of Science and Technology	Physical Chemistry	Rank 130
50	33,693	GR Gryglewski, Ryszard J.	Uniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium Medicum	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 293
51	33,705	NJ Nezlek, John B.	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny	Social Psychology	Rank 277
52	33,903	KB Krajewska, Barbara	Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie	Biotechnology	Rank 94
53	34,507	SO Stark, Oded	University of Warsaw	Economics	Rank 264
54	35,362	RL Rutkowski, Leszek	Częstochowa University Of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 604
55	35,453	SK Selmaj, Krzysztof W.	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,690
56	35,774	BI Bialynicki-Birula, Iwo	Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 239
57	35,820	KL Kaczmarek, Leszek	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,713
58	35,971	KI Kityk, Ivan	Częstochowa University Of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 867
59	36,645	MM Majewska, Maria Dorota	Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warszawa	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,771
60	36,690	MZ Mróz, Z.	Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 177
61	36,878	GM Gryta, Marek	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 121
62	37,193	AR Amarowicz, Ryszard	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 110
63	37,257	ZA Zdziarski, A. A.	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 419
64	37,268	GS Gogolewski, Sylwester	PolyBiomat Consulting	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 175
65	37,437	GD Gryko, Daniel T.	Polish Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 747
66	37,456	WL Wolniewicz, L.	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Chemical Physics	Rank 843
67	38,178	MS Mrówczyński, S.	Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 612
68	38,674	JS Jabłońska, Stefania	Medical University of Warsaw	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 222
69	38,808	WS Woronowicz, Stanisław Lech	University of Warsaw	Mathematical Physics	Rank 26
70	39,391	NJ Nawrocki, Jacek	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Environmental Engineering	Rank 135
71	39,932	KT Kapitaniak, Tomasz	Lodz University of Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 392
72	40,362	MM Misiak, M.	University of Warsaw	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 662
73	40,408	AK Asmus, Klaus Dieter	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Chemical Physics	Rank 904
74	40,765	JR Janik, Romuald A.	Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 676
75	40,784	BR Boese, Roland	University of Warsaw	Organic Chemistry	Rank 803
76	40,941	JP Jaranowski, P.	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 678
77	41,801	KP Kulesza, Pawel J.	University of Warsaw	Energy	Rank 383
78	42,139	SA Skowron, Andrzej	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 729
79	42,486	ZJ Zielinski, Jan	Medical University of Warsaw	Respiratory System	Rank 437
80	42,622	GA Galeski, Andrzej	Institute - Center for Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 389
81	42,930	JS Jadach, Stanisław	Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 711
82	43,450	NA Nowak-Wegrzyn, Anna	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Allergy	Rank 151
83	43,818	KB Kaminska, Bozena	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,253
84	43,838	SK Sangwal, Keshra	Politechnika Lubelska	Applied Physics	Rank 1,059
85	44,666	KT Kaczorek, Tadeusz	Bialystok University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 319
86	46,041	ST Sarna, Tadeusz	Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,759
87	46,056	BA Bialas, Andrzej	Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 757
88	46,083	ST Szkudelski, Tomasz	Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,125
89	46,487	OW Oleszek, Wiesław	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Państwowy Instytut Badawczy	Food Science	Rank 149
90	46,558	PS Penczek, Stanislaw	Institute - Center for Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 426
91	47,778	BM Brik, M. G.	Akademia im. Jana Dlugosza w Czestochowie	Applied Physics	Rank 1,175
92	48,550	BT Brzozowski, Tomasz	Uniwersytet Jagielloński Collegium Medicum	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 416
93	49,276	KM Kazmierkowski, Marian P.	Politechnika Warszawska	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 119
94	49,347	WM Wojtkowski, Maciej	Polish Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 195
95	49,435	ŚJ Środoń, Jan	Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 805
96	49,538	KA Kolinski, Andrzej	University of Warsaw Biological and Chemical Research Centre	Bioinformatics	Rank 145
97	49,934	PR Pluta, Ryszard	Miroslaw Mossakowski Medical Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,641
98	50,352	KM Kowalski, Marek L.	Medical University of Lodz	Allergy	Rank 170
99	50,478	JB Jeziorski, Bogumił	University of Warsaw	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,112
100	50,638	KP Kubisa, Przemyslaw	Institute - Center for Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 468
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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 career-long list, University of Warsaw has the most listed scientists from Poland, with 47. It is followed by Politechnika Warszawska with 42.

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.