Poland's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Poland has 1,027 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 32.7% from 774 in 2020. That places Poland 27th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. AGH University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists (50), followed by Uniwersytet Jagiellonski (43).

Single Year

1,027

+253 (+32.7%) vs 2020

Career Data

957

+231 (+31.8%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#27

up 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

153

+14 (+10.1%) vs 2020

Scientists in Poland on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 33% 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	535	PW Pedrycz, Witold	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 29
2	1,802	SR Schwarzer, Ralf	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny	Public Health	Rank 19
3	2,032	PZ Pawlak, Zdzislaw	University of Warsaw	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 86
4	2,786	PP Ponikowski, Piotr	Wroclaw Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 82
5	2,893	FE Frackowiak, Elzbieta	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 55
6	2,969	RA Rogalski, Antoni	Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2
7	5,295	NJ Namiesnik, Jacek	Gdansk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 19
8	6,363	CA Cichocki, Andrzej	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 181
9	7,374	WR Weron, Rafal	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 148
10	7,446	NP Nijkamp, Peter	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 18
11	7,879	KZ Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.	Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences	Environmental Engineering	Rank 42
12	8,741	Banach, Maciej	Medical University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 283
13	8,919	DA Dexter, A. R.	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 50
14	9,632	KM Kosmulski, Marek	Politechnika Lubelska	Chemical Physics	Rank 184
15	10,160	GA Glowacz, Adam	AGH University of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 28
16	10,170	SH Szajewska, Hania	Medical University of Warsaw	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 111
17	10,828	BM Brik, M. G.	Akademia im. Jana Dlugosza w Czestochowie	Applied Physics	Rank 219
18	11,335	ZA Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Physical Chemistry	Rank 59
19	11,573	GM Gryta, Marek	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 61
20	12,071	PK Pyrzynska, Krystyna	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 54
21	12,974	OP Oleszczuk, Patryk	Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin	Environmental Sciences	Rank 135
22	13,128	NJ Nezlek, John B.	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny	Social Psychology	Rank 239
23	13,664	GG Golewski, Grzegorz Ludwik	Politechnika Lubelska	Materials	Rank 237
24	13,805	HM Horodecki, Micha L.	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 87
25	14,318	ST Sawik, Tadeusz	AGH University of Science and Technology	Operations Research	Rank 69
26	14,991	BK Belczynski, Krzysztof	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 97
27	15,162	PJ Plotka-Wasylka, Justyna	Gdansk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 70
28	15,163	EV Eremeyev, Victor A.	Gdansk University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 137
29	15,742	JT Jesionowski, Teofil	Politechnika Poznanska	Chemical Physics	Rank 309
30	15,752	BA Bajguz, Andrzej	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 199
31	16,121	AR Amarowicz, Ryszard	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 93
32	16,325	RT Robak, Tadeusz	Medical University of Lodz	Immunology	Rank 418
33	16,490	LM Lewicka, Maria	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Social Psychology	Rank 288
34	16,657	BF Beguin, F.	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 339
35	16,975	SA Sionkowska, Alina	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Polymers	Rank 137
36	17,018	KM Karwowski, Maciej	University of Wroclaw	Social Psychology	Rank 291
37	17,040	CK Chojnacka, Katarzyna	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Physical Chemistry	Rank 91
38	17,137	KK Kainer, K. U.	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 307
39	17,292	GE Gelenbe, Erol	Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 135
40	17,647	KB Kaminska, Bozena	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,027
41	17,740	TA Torbicki, Adam	ECZ	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 579
42	18,745	DT Dietl, Tomasz	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 387
43	19,622	GA Galuszka, Agnieszka	Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce	Environmental Sciences	Rank 237
44	21,552	JP Jaranowski, P.	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 253
45	21,640	GT Guzik, Tomasz	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 685
46	22,097	KJ Kacprzyk, Janusz	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 559
47	22,292	DU Domanska, Urszula	Industrial Chemistry Research Institute	Chemical Engineering	Rank 130
48	22,306	BB Buszewski, Boguslaw	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 108
49	22,358	BJ Blasiak, Janusz	University of Lodz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 520
50	22,465	NK Narkiewicz, Krzysztof	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 709
51	22,748	PG Peters, Godefridus J.	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 817
52	22,955	BG Bartosz, Grzegorz	University of Rzeszów	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 538
53	23,094	KB Krajewska, Barbara	Uniwersytet Jagiellonski	Biotechnology	Rank 72
54	23,276	KM Kieliszek, Marek	Szkola Glówna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego	Biotechnology	Rank 73
55	24,042	FJ Falandysz, Jerzy	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Environmental Sciences	Rank 286
56	24,527	SW Staszewski, Wieslaw J.	AGH University of Science and Technology	Acoustics	Rank 45
57	24,788	TM Tobiszewski, Marek	Gdansk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 120
58	24,936	LI Lasiecka, Irena	Polish Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 103
59	25,170	TM Trojanowicz, Marek	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 124
60	25,368	KD Kolodynska, Dorota	Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 155
61	25,909	ZK Zyczkowski, Karol	Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 14
62	26,486	OB Olas, Beata	University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 814
63	26,830	KT Krygowski, Tadeusz M.	University of Warsaw	Organic Chemistry	Rank 384
64	27,524	RJ Rybakowski, Janusz	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 576
65	27,560	UA Undas, Anetta	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 839
66	28,706	JJ Jassem, Jacek	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,038
67	29,183	HP Horodecki, Pawel	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 164
68	29,408	MZ Michalewicz, Zbigniew	Institute of Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 722
69	29,691	HR Horodecki, Ryszard	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 168
70	29,771	TM Tendera, Michal	Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 900
71	29,827	SJ Spender, J. C.	Kozminski University	Business & Management	Rank 634
72	29,943	BJ Beltowski, Jerzy	Medical University of Lublin	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 906
73	30,780	SR Slowinski, Roman	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 751
74	31,064	PK Pachucki, Krzysztof	University of Warsaw	General Physics	Rank 179
75	31,282	PP Pohl, Pawel	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 163
76	31,536	SM Selosse, Marc André	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 419
77	31,847	UW Ulrich, Werner	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Ecology	Rank 692
78	32,293	SJ Szepietowski, J. C.	Wroclaw Medical University	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 113
79	32,538	JA Jaworek, Anatol	Robert Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 657
80	33,304	UA Uchman, Alfred	Uniwersytet Jagiellonski	Paleontology	Rank 88
81	33,456	WH Walach, Harald	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	Rank 2
82	33,721	KT Kapitaniak, Tomasz	Lodz University of Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 262
83	33,973	WK Wojciechowski, Krzysztof W.	Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 689
84	34,143	PP Plawiak, Pawel	Politechnika Krakowska	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 827
85	34,462	ST Szkudelski, Tomasz	Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 642
86	34,473	KH kalaji, Hazem M.	Szkola Glówna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 477
87	34,865	GA Grzybowski, Andrzej	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 160
88	34,927	CJ Colmenares, Juan Carlos	Polish Academy of Sciences	Physical Chemistry	Rank 170
89	35,120	KJ Klimes, Jirí	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Chemical Physics	Rank 589
90	36,256	WB Wojciszke, Bogdan	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny	Social Psychology	Rank 513
91	36,281	PR Pietrzak, Robert	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Chemical Engineering	Rank 226
92	36,558	DR Dobrucka, Renata	Poznan University of Economics and Business	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 193
93	36,621	GW Grzesik, Wit	Opole University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 349
94	36,679	OW Ostachowicz, W.	Robert Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Acoustics	Rank 80
95	37,133	BW Budzianowski, Wojciech M.	Wojciech Budzianowski Consulting Serv	Energy	Rank 776
96	37,377	SG Sobon, Grzegorz	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Optics	Rank 153
97	37,676	UA Udalski, Andrzej	University of Warsaw	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 337
98	37,733	CE Chibowski, Emil	Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin	Chemical Physics	Rank 623
99	37,823	KJ Kronenberg, Jakub	University of Lodz	Environmental Sciences	Rank 451
100	37,840	MJ Michalowicz, Jaromir	University of Lodz	Toxicology	Rank 144
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Poland are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,027 scientists affiliated with Poland are on the 2021 single-year list, and 957 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, AGH University of Science and Technology has the most listed scientists from Poland, with 50. It is followed by Uniwersytet Jagiellonski with 43.

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 1,027 in 2021, a change of +32.7%.

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.