Poland's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Poland has 1,119 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 11.2% from 1,006 in 2022. That places Poland 24th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. AGH University of Krakow has the most listed scientists (59), followed by University of Warsaw (57).

Single Year

1,143

+97 (+9.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

1,119

+113 (+11.2%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#24

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

174

+21 (+13.7%) vs 2022

Scientists in Poland on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 54% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Poland

By number of listed scientists

Career-long list2023

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1AGH University of Krakow59
2University of Warsaw57
3Politechnika Warszawska53
4Politechnika Wrocławska48
5Gdańsk University of Technology42
6Uniwersytet Jagielloński39
7Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu37
8Silesian University of Technology35
9Politechnika Poznanska34
10Lodz University of Technology29

All 1,119 scientists

Career-long list2023

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Rank in Poland	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,148	PZ Pawlak, Zdzisław	University of Warsaw	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 57
2	4,066	PJ Poesen, Jean	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Geography	Rank 7
3	5,512	DT Dietl, Tomasz	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 151
4	5,952	FE Frackowiak, Elzbieta	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 62
5	6,008	SA Steinbüchel, Alexander	Lodz University of Technology	Microbiology	Rank 153
6	7,642	RA Rogalski, Antoni	Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna	Applied Physics	Rank 195
7	8,830	NJ Namieśnik, Jacek	Gdańsk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 38
8	10,563	SA Szczeklik, Andrzej	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 510
9	12,294	RT Robak, Tadeusz	Medical University of Lodz	Immunology	Rank 454
10	12,587	DA Dexter, A. R.	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Państwowy Instytut Badawczy	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 46
11	12,701	HM Horodecki, Michal	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 76
12	12,820	KO Karatepe, Osman M.	University of Wroclaw	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 14
13	12,955	ZW Zaręba, Wojciech	J. Dietl Hospital	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 602
14	13,323	SH Szajewska, Hania	Medical University of Warsaw	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 223
15	14,639	PK Pyrzynska, Krystyna	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 75
16	15,306	CC Carlberg, Carsten	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 744
17	15,311	GE Gelenbe, Erol	Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 124
18	15,340	PP Ponikowski, Piotr	Wroclaw Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 691
19	15,759	KM Kosmulski, Marek	Politechnika Lubelska	Chemical Physics	Rank 371
20	16,223	PG Peters, Godefridus J.	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 731
21	16,403	DU Domańska, Urszula	Łukasiewicz - Instytut Chemii Przemysłowej im. prof. Ignacego Mościckiego	Chemical Engineering	Rank 58
22	16,828	CJ Cioslowski, Jerzy	Uniwersytet Szczecinski	Chemical Physics	Rank 403
23	17,771	UA Udalski, Andrzej	University of Warsaw	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 154
24	18,192	SR Słowiński, Roman	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 371
25	18,300	TA Torbicki, Adam	European Health Centre	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 799
26	18,357	HP Horodecki, Paweł	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 110
27	18,468	KS Konturek, Stanislaw J.	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 304
28	18,808	PK Pachucki, Krzysztof	University of Warsaw	General Physics	Rank 114
29	19,863	MM Malbrain, Manu L.N.G.	Medical University of Lublin	Anesthesiology	Rank 64
30	20,370	SW Staszewski, Wieslaw J.	AGH University of Krakow	Acoustics	Rank 31
31	20,544	TM Trojanowicz, Marek	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 113
32	20,704	CC Chatgilialoglu, Chryssostomos	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Organic Chemistry	Rank 431
33	20,888	NK Narkiewicz, Krzysztof	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 885
34	21,377	KZ Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.	Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu	Environmental Engineering	Rank 70
35	21,423	KR Kaliszan, Roman	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 118
36	21,648	KT Krygowski, Tadeusz M.	University of Warsaw	Organic Chemistry	Rank 446
37	22,302	FJ Falandysz, Jerzy	Medical University of Lodz	Environmental Sciences	Rank 111
38	22,621	MZ Michalewicz, Zbigniew	Institute of Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 448
39	22,738	RJ Rybakowski, Janusz K.	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 574
40	23,669	RV Rakov, Vladimir A.	Politechnika Rzeszowska im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 297
41	23,858	BF Béguin, François	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 245
42	23,902	BG Bartosz, Grzegorz	University of Rzeszów	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,109
43	24,129	WR Weron, Rafał	Politechnika Wrocławska	Energy	Rank 247
44	24,906	PJ Pawlowski, Jan	Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 27
45	24,944	ZK Zyczkowski, Karol	Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 148
46	25,049	LI Lasiecka, Irena	Polish Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 80
47	25,123	BB Buszewski, Bogusław	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 150
48	26,112	SA Sobolewski, Andrzej L.	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 586
49	26,283	TM Tendera, M.	Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,098
50	26,417	KJ Kacprzyk, Janusz	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 527
51	26,435	SJ Spender, J. C.	Kozminski University	Business & Management	Rank 258
52	27,065	LR Lobinski, Ryszard	Politechnika Warszawska	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 158
53	27,914	AR Amarowicz, Ryszard	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 109
54	28,215	BJ Bujnicki, Janusz M.	International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,051
55	29,123	HR Horodecki, Ryszard	Uniwersytet Gdanski	General Physics	Rank 169
56	29,292	JJ Jassem, Jacek	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,343
57	30,375	KK Kainer, Karl Ulrich	Politechnika Wrocławska	Materials	Rank 351
58	30,613	GM Gryta, Marek	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 116
59	31,070	Banach, Maciej	Medical University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,268
60	31,425	SA Sionkowska, Alina	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Polymers	Rank 279
61	31,490	CK Chojnacka, Katarzyna	Politechnika Wrocławska	Physical Chemistry	Rank 115
62	32,698	BJ Bełtowski, Jerzy	Medical University of Lublin	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,320
63	33,890	KB Kaminska, Bozena	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,505
64	33,905	GD Gryko, Daniel T.	Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 664
65	33,973	OP Oleszczuk, Patryk	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Environmental Sciences	Rank 173
66	34,672	PJ Pacyna, Józef M.	AGH University of Krakow	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 493
67	34,747	MM Mąkosza, Mieczysław	Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 681
68	34,804	KB Krajewska, Barbara	Uniwersytet Jagielloński	Biotechnology	Rank 83
69	35,025	ZA Zdziarski, Andrzej A.	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 384
70	35,401	JP Jaranowski, P.	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 533
71	36,368	SK Selmaj, Krzysztof	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,682
72	37,577	KT Kapitaniak, Tomasz	Lodz University of Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 318
73	37,862	RL Rutkowski, Leszek	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 747
74	38,783	HJ Haber, J.	AGH University of Krakow	Physical Chemistry	Rank 132
75	39,333	JT Jesionowski, Teofil	Politechnika Poznanska	Polymers	Rank 358
76	39,442	MS Mrówczyński, Stanisław	Institute of Physics Swietokrzyska Academy	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 609
77	39,479	KI Kityk, I. V.	Częstochowa University Of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,019
78	39,562	BJ Blasiak, Janusz	University of Lodz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,695
79	40,249	BI Bialynicki-Birula, Iwo	Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 243
80	40,259	KL Kaczmarek, Leszek	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,928
81	40,279	MZ Mróz, Z.	Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 240
82	41,175	NJ Nawrocki, Jacek	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 272
83	41,370	SA Sadlej, Andrzej J.	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Chemical Physics	Rank 890
84	42,187	GS Gogolewski, Sylwester	PolyBiomat Consulting	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 177
85	42,391	UA Undas, Anetta	John Paul II Hospital, Krakow	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,639
86	42,460	GR Gryglewski, Ryszard J.	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 370
87	42,624	JS Jadach, S.	Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 655
88	42,842	WS Woronowicz, Stanisław Lech	University of Warsaw	Mathematical Physics	Rank 26
89	42,878	KP Kulesza, Pawel J.	University of Warsaw	Energy	Rank 484
90	43,410	MM Misiak, Mikołaj	University of Warsaw	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 666
91	44,140	BR Boese, Roland	University of Warsaw	Organic Chemistry	Rank 850
92	44,147	BK Belczynski, K.	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 522
93	44,388	ZA Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana	Uniwersytet Gdanski	Physical Chemistry	Rank 150
94	44,887	GA Galeski, Andrzej	Institute - Center for Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 408
95	45,064	SA Skowron, Andrzej	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 894
96	45,098	JS Jablonska, Stefania	Medical University of Warsaw	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 272
97	45,233	KM Kowalski, M. L.	Medical University of Lodz	Allergy	Rank 143
98	45,289	LA Luszczynska, Aleksandra	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny	Public Health	Rank 422
99	45,336	PP Pohl, Pawel	Politechnika Wrocławska	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 297
100	45,701	BM Bilal, Muhammad	Politechnika Poznanska	Environmental Sciences	Rank 243
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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 career-long list, AGH University of Krakow has the most listed scientists from Poland, with 59. It is followed by University of Warsaw with 57.

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

On the career-long list, Poland went from 726 scientists in 2020 to 1,119 in 2023, a change of +54.1%.

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.