Poland's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Poland has 1,412 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 13.5% from 1,244 in 2024. That places Poland 24th in the world by number of listed scientists. AGH University of Krakow has the most listed scientists (75), followed by Politechnika Warszawska (69).

Single Year

1,434

+128 (+9.8%) vs 2024

Career Data

1,412

+168 (+13.5%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#24

No change vs 2024

Institutes

203

+48 (+31.0%) vs 2024

Scientists in Poland on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 94% 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

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1AGH University of Krakow75
2Politechnika Warszawska69
3University of Warsaw59
4Gdańsk University of Technology55
5Politechnika Wrocławska55
6Uniwersytet Jagielloński48
7Silesian University of Technology44
8Politechnika Poznanska43
9Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu39
10Lodz University of Technology38

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Rank in Poland	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,402	PZ Pawlak, Zdzislaw X.	University of Warsaw	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 67
2	3,335	PJ Poesen, Jean W.A.	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Geography	Rank 7
3	6,089	FE Fraçkowiak, Elżbieta	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 67
4	6,206	BT Bandosz, Teresa J.	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 115
5	6,212	DT Dietl, Tomasz	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 156
6	6,545	RA Rogalski, Antoni	Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna	Applied Physics	Rank 168
7	6,766	CA Cichocki, Andrzej S.	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 160
8	7,660	NJ Namiesnik, Jacek	Gdańsk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 35
9	10,383	RŽ Reiner, Željko	Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 484
10	11,458	SH Szajewska, Hania	Medical University of Warsaw	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 202
11	12,201	SA Szczeklik, Andrzej J.	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 562
12	12,365	RM Ratajczak, Mariusz Z.	Medical University of Warsaw	Immunology	Rank 440
13	12,669	RT Robak, Tadeusz	Medical University of Lodz	Immunology	Rank 450
14	12,676	DA Dexter, Anthony Roger	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Państwowy Instytut Badawczy	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 48
15	13,169	PK Pyrzyńska, Krystyna	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 70
16	13,202	HM Horodecki, Michał Ł.	Uniwersytet Gdański	General Physics	Rank 76
17	13,319	CC Carlberg, Carsten	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 599
18	13,705	PP Ponikowski, Piotr P.	Wroclaw Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 615
19	15,116	KM Kosmulski, Marek	Politechnika Lubelska	Chemical Physics	Rank 346
20	15,996	PG Peters, Godefridus J.	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 696
21	16,917	KZ Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.	Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences	Environmental Engineering	Rank 55
22	17,427	GE Gelenbe, Erol	Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 131
23	17,773	DU Domañska, Urszula M.	Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz	Chemical Engineering	Rank 67
24	17,799	Banach, Maciej	Medical University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 784
25	18,108	SR Słowiński, Roman P.	Politechnika Poznanska	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 395
26	18,189	MM Malbrain, Manu L. N. G.	Medical University of Lublin	Anesthesiology	Rank 58
27	18,327	SW Staszewski, Wiesław Jerzy	AGH University of Krakow	Acoustics	Rank 29
28	18,589	HP Horodecki, Pawel	Uniwersytet Gdański	General Physics	Rank 108
29	18,814	UA Udalski, Andrzej	University of Warsaw	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 174
30	19,081	PK Pachucki, Krzysztof	University of Warsaw	General Physics	Rank 110
31	19,255	CJ Cioslowski, Jerzy	Uniwersytet Szczecinski	Chemical Physics	Rank 437
32	19,954	TA Torbicki, Adam	Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego, Warszawa	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 855
33	20,059	NK Narkiewicz, Krzysztof	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 859
34	20,194	TM Trojanowicz, Marek	Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 105
35	20,818	RJ Rybakowski, Janusz K.	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 529
36	20,848	KS Konturek, Stanisłlaw Jan	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 331
37	21,123	WR Weron, Rafał X.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Energy	Rank 243
38	21,262	AR Amarowicz, Ryszard	Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 85
39	21,527	NJ Nezlek, John B.	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny	Social Psychology	Rank 251
40	21,630	CK Chojnacka, Katarzyna W.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Environmental Sciences	Rank 141
41	21,934	KT Krygowski, Tadeusz Marek	University of Warsaw	Organic Chemistry	Rank 447
42	22,705	BB Buszewski, Bogusław X.	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 124
43	22,710	FJ Falandysz, Jerzy	Medical University of Lodz	Environmental Sciences	Rank 147
44	23,073	BG Bartosz, Grzegorz	University of Rzeszów	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 988
45	23,246	SA Sionkowska, Alina	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Polymers	Rank 191
46	23,502	KR Kaliszan, Roman	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 128
47	23,815	ZK Zyczkowski, Karol	Uniwersytet Jagielloński	General Physics	Rank 130
48	24,301	MZ Michalewicz, Zbigniew	West Lakes	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 523
49	24,940	OP Oleszczuk, Patryk	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Environmental Sciences	Rank 161
50	25,537	BF Beguin, Francois	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 292
51	25,996	CP Chomczyński, Piotr	University of Lodz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,106
52	27,027	JP Jonason, Peter Karl	VIZJA University	Social Psychology	Rank 309
53	27,285	BJ Bujnicki, Janusz M.	Międzynarodowy Instytut Biologii Molekularnej i Komórkowej w Warszawie	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,007
54	27,454	SA Sobolewski, Andrżej L. L.	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 587
55	27,582	KJ Kacprzyk, Janusz	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 599
56	27,705	JJ Jassem, Jacek	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,216
57	28,208	TM Tendera, Michal B.	Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,156
58	28,432	ST Sparks, Tim H.	Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu	Ecology	Rank 512
59	28,495	HR Horodecki, Ryszard	Uniwersytet Gdański	General Physics	Rank 164
60	28,646	GM Gryta, Marek	West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 115
61	29,198	SJ Spender, John Christopher	Kozminski University	Business & Management	Rank 305
62	29,502	KB Kamińska, Boźena	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,141
63	29,539	LR Lobinski, Ryszard	Politechnika Warszawska	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 173
64	30,350	GG Golewski, Grzegorz Ludwik	Politechnika Lubelska	Materials	Rank 380
65	31,125	JT Jesionowski, Teofil I.	Politechnika Poznanska	Polymers	Rank 272
66	31,801	JP Jaranowski, Piotr	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 456
67	31,891	BJ Bełtowski, Jerzy	Medical University of Lublin	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 257
68	31,964	GA Głowacz, Adam	Politechnika Krakowska	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 79
69	33,145	BJ Błasiak, Janusz	University of Lodz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,349
70	33,305	ZA Zdziarski, Andrzej A.	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 363
71	34,141	GD Gryko, Daniel T.	Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 644
72	34,896	UA Undas, Anetta I.	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,384
73	35,415	KB Krajewska, Barbara	Uniwersytet Jagielloński	Biotechnology	Rank 96
74	36,151	ZA Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana	Uniwersytet Gdański	Physical Chemistry	Rank 127
75	37,089	RV Rădulescu, Vicenţiu D.	AGH University of Krakow	General Mathematics	Rank 134
76	37,370	RL Rutkowski, Leszek	AGH University of Krakow	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 825
77	37,425	MM Makosza, Mǐeczysław	Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 702
78	37,967	SK Selmaj, Krzysztof W.	Center of Neurology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,699
79	38,015	KT Kapitaniak, Tomasz	Lodz University of Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 305
80	38,634	BK Belczyński, Krzysztoff	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 439
81	39,673	PJ Płotka-Wasylka, Justyna Małgorzata	Gdańsk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 251
82	39,876	BA Bajguz, Andrzej	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 493
83	39,947	PP Pohl, P.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 254
84	40,901	OB Olas, Beata	University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,574
85	40,991	MZ Mröz, Zenon	Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 271
86	41,122	LA Luszczynska, Aleksandra	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny	Public Health	Rank 391
87	42,334	BI Białynicki-Birula, Iwo	Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 247
88	42,548	KI Kityk, Iwan V.	Częstochowa University Of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,033
89	42,728	LZ Li, Zhixiong	Opole University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 283
90	42,911	HJ Haber, Jerzy	AGH University of Krakow	Physical Chemistry	Rank 145
91	42,979	PR Pluta, Ryszard M.	Medical University of Lublin	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,016
92	43,041	KL Kaczmarek, Leszek	Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,024
93	43,263	JS Jadach, Stanislaw	Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 641
94	44,668	SA Sadlej, Andrzej J.	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Chemical Physics	Rank 911
95	44,831	KM Kowalski, Marek L.	Medical University of Lodz	Allergy	Rank 148
96	45,155	OW Oleszek, Wiesław A.	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Państwowy Instytut Badawczy	Food Science	Rank 212
97	45,277	SP Stepnowski, Piotr	Uniwersytet Gdański	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 290
98	45,716	NJ Nawrocki, Jacek	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 294
99	46,148	SM Selosse, Marc André	Uniwersytet Gdański	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 590
100	46,872	ST Szkudelski, Tomasz	Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,051
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Poland are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,434 scientists affiliated with Poland are on the 2025 single-year list, and 1,412 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, AGH University of Krakow has the most listed scientists from Poland, with 75. It is followed by Politechnika Warszawska with 69.

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 1,412 in 2025, a change of +94.5%.

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.