Poland's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Poland has 1,143 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 9.3% from 1,046 in 2022. That places Poland 28th in the world by number of listed scientists. AGH University of Krakow has the most listed scientists (49), followed by Uniwersytet Jagiellonski (41).

Single Year

1,143

+97 (+9.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

1,119

+113 (+11.2%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#28

No change vs 2022

Institutes

176

+12 (+7.3%) vs 2022

Scientists in Poland on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 48% 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

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2023

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1AGH University of Krakow49
2Uniwersytet Jagiellonski41
3Gdansk University of Technology39
4Silesian University of Technology39
5Politechnika Wroclawska38
6University of Warsaw38
7Politechnika Warszawska36
8Politechnika Poznanska34
9Lodz University of Technology30
10Jagiellonian University Medical College29

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Rank in Poland	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,780	KO Karatepe, Osman M.	University of Wroclaw	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 6
2	2,274	PP Ponikowski, Piotr	Wroclaw Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 72
3	2,633	RA Rogalski, Antoni	Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna	Applied Physics	Rank 75
4	2,739	PJ Poesen, Jean	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Geography	Rank 12
5	2,848	PZ Pawlak, Zdzislaw	University of Warsaw	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 126
6	2,925	BM Bilal, Muhammad	Politechnika Poznanska	Environmental Sciences	Rank 44
7	3,570	Banach, Maciej	Medical University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 111
8	3,798	GG Golewski, Grzegorz Ludwik	Politechnika Lubelska	Materials	Rank 66
9	4,517	FE Frackowiak, Elzbieta	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 99
10	4,848	NJ Namiesnik, Jacek	Gdansk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 18
11	5,299	GA Glowacz, Adam	AGH University of Krakow	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 18
12	6,316	PJ Plotka-Wasylka, Justyna	Gdansk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 24
13	6,331	CR Castro-Muñoz, Roberto	Gdansk University of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 32
14	6,429	KZ Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.	Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu	Environmental Engineering	Rank 30
15	7,031	LZ Li, Z.	Opole University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 66
16	7,399	KM Kosmulski, Marek	Politechnika Lubelska	Chemical Physics	Rank 121
17	8,117	CK Chojnacka, Katarzyna	Politechnika Wroclawska	Physical Chemistry	Rank 30
18	8,222	SH Szajewska, Hania	Medical University of Warsaw	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 102
19	8,605	KM Karwowski, Maciej	University of Wroclaw	Social Psychology	Rank 191
20	9,243	KM Kieliszek, Marek	Szkola Glówna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie	Biotechnology	Rank 30
21	9,528	SA Sharif, Arshian	Akademia Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna w Warszawie	Environmental Sciences	Rank 143
22	9,828	WR Weron, Rafal	Politechnika Wroclawska	Energy	Rank 210
23	10,562	Karpinski, Tomasz M.	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 229
24	10,748	OB Olas, Beata	University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 365
25	10,789	OP Oleszczuk, Patryk	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Environmental Sciences	Rank 160
26	10,888	HM Horodecki, Michal	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 76
27	11,509	AR Amarowicz, Ryszard	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 77
28	11,697	GM Gryta, Marek	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 58
29	11,699	LM Lewicka, Maria	Nicolaus Copernic University	Social Psychology	Rank 238
30	11,898	BK Belczynski, K.	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 77
31	12,703	SA Sionkowska, Alina	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Polymers	Rank 82
32	13,504	TM Tobiszewski, Marek	Gdansk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 53
33	14,097	JP Jaranowski, P.	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 137
34	14,137	AA Atanasov, Atanas G.	Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 40
35	14,362	SA Steinbüchel, Alexander	Lodz University of Technology	Microbiology	Rank 322
36	14,452	BA Bajguz, Andrzej	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 196
37	14,756	PK Pyrzynska, Krystyna	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 59
38	15,328	ZA Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Physical Chemistry	Rank 67
39	16,072	KB Kaminska, Bozena	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 878
40	16,218	CC Carlberg, Carsten	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 345
41	16,508	DA Dexter, A. R.	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 97
42	16,639	PJ Pawlowski, Jan	Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 17
43	17,018	GA Grzybowski, Andrzej	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 60
44	18,181	GT Guzik, Tomasz	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 602
45	18,863	RT Robak, Tadeusz	Medical University of Lodz	Immunology	Rank 446
46	18,947	MM Malbrain, Manu L.N.G.	Medical University of Lublin	Anesthesiology	Rank 50
47	19,243	GA Galuszka, Agnieszka	Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce	Environmental Sciences	Rank 288
48	19,338	BB Buszewski, Boguslaw	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 86
49	19,416	PG Peters, Godefridus J.	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 693
50	19,460	HP Horodecki, Pawel	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 119
51	19,556	NK Narkiewicz, Krzysztof	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 652
52	19,703	VH van Hoof, Joost	Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences	Building & Construction	Rank 132
53	19,919	BJ Blasiak, Janusz	University of Lodz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 407
54	20,150	JJ Jassem, Jacek	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 720
55	20,191	RP Rutkowski, Piotr	Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 722
56	20,439	ZK Zyczkowski, Karol	Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 124
57	20,584	JT Jesionowski, Teofil	Politechnika Poznanska	Polymers	Rank 153
58	21,130	HR Horodecki, Ryszard	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 130
59	21,398	KD Kolodynska, D.	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Chemical Engineering	Rank 130
60	21,539	Malikan, Mohammad	Gdansk University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 219
61	22,200	TA Torbicki, Adam	European Health Centre	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 736
62	22,311	BF Béguin, François	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 497
63	22,471	DT Dietl, Tomasz	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 445
64	22,747	TM Trojanowicz, Marek	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 103
65	23,750	LA Luszczynska, Aleksandra	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny	Public Health	Rank 248
66	23,764	SR Slowinski, Roman	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 815
67	24,053	GM Gupta, Munish K.	Opole University of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 240
68	24,384	RJ Rybakowski, Janusz K.	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 492
69	25,212	SJ Styczynski, Jan	Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz	Immunology	Rank 587
70	25,839	OM Orlitzky, Marc O.	Wydzial Zarzadzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego	Business & Management	Rank 627
71	25,872	KJ Kacprzyk, Janusz	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 890
72	25,902	WB Wojciszke, Bogdan	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospoleczny	Social Psychology	Rank 442
73	26,929	WK Wojciechowski, Krzysztof W.	Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 529
74	27,346	KB Krajewska, Barbara	Uniwersytet Jagiellonski	Biotechnology	Rank 92
75	27,817	PP Plawiak, Pawel	Politechnika Krakowska	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 947
76	27,986	MI Michalak, Izabela	Politechnika Wroclawska	Biotechnology	Rank 96
77	28,296	KM Kwiek, Marek	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Education	Rank 264
78	29,705	RV Rakov, Vladimir A.	Politechnika Rzeszowska im. Ignacego Lukasiewicza	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 549
79	29,768	PP Pohl, Pawel	Politechnika Wroclawska	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 148
80	29,817	WM Wozniak, Marcin	Silesian University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 997
81	29,832	KK Kainer, Karl Ulrich	Politechnika Wroclawska	Materials	Rank 509
82	29,880	ZW Zareba, Wojciech	J. Dietl Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 964
83	30,594	JA Jaworek, A.	Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Instytut Maszyn Przeplywowych im. Roberta Szewalskiego	Applied Physics	Rank 599
84	31,060	LI Lasiecka, Irena	Polish Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 121
85	31,134	PD Polap, Dawid	Silesian University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,044
86	31,322	KH Kalaji, Hazem M.	Szkola Glówna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 463
87	31,484	SM Saeb, Mohammad Reza	Gdansk University of Technology	Polymers	Rank 254
88	31,603	FJ Falandysz, Jerzy	Medical University of Lodz	Environmental Sciences	Rank 498
89	32,233	ZK Zur, Krzysztof Kamil	Bialystok University of Technology	Materials	Rank 555
90	32,578	SJ Szepietowski, Jacek C.	Wroclaw Medical University	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 110
91	32,935	BG Bartosz, Grzegorz	University of Rzeszów	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 679
92	33,265	UW Ulrich, Werner	Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Ecology	Rank 655
93	33,334	DR Dobrucka, Renata	Poznan University of Economics and Business	Polymers	Rank 281
94	33,585	KA Kabata-Pendias, Alina	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy	Environmental Sciences	Rank 535
95	35,387	SW Staszewski, Wieslaw J.	AGH University of Krakow	Acoustics	Rank 63
96	35,629	JE Jankowska, Ewa A.	Wroclaw Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,113
97	35,989	UA Undas, Anetta	John Paul II Hospital, Krakow	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,125
98	36,690	WA Wojdylo, Aneta	Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences	Food Science	Rank 330
99	37,057	EH Ehrlich, Hermann	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Polymers	Rank 312
100	37,374	SM Swieca, Michal	University of Life Sciences in Lublin	Food Science	Rank 334
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Frequently asked questions

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

1,143 scientists affiliated with Poland are on the 2023 single-year list, and 1,119 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, AGH University of Krakow has the most listed scientists from Poland, with 49. It is followed by Uniwersytet Jagiellonski with 41.

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 1,143 in 2023, a change of +47.7%.

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.