Poland's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Poland has 1,581 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 12.0% from 1,412 in 2025. That places Poland 22nd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. AGH University of Krakow has the most listed scientists (83), followed by Politechnika Warszawska (76).

Single Year

1,614

+180 (+12.6%) vs 2025

Career Data

1,581

+169 (+12.0%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#22

up 2 places vs 2025

Institutes

220

+17 (+8.4%) vs 2025

Scientists in Poland on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled 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%

2026+12.0%

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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%
2026	1,614	+12.6%	1,581	+12.0%

Top 10 institutes in Poland

By number of listed scientists

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1AGH University of Krakow83
2Politechnika Warszawska76
3University of Warsaw70
4Gdańsk University of Technology62
5Politechnika Wrocławska61
6Silesian University of Technology57
7Uniwersytet Jagielloński54
8Politechnika Poznanska45
9Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu45
10Lodz University of Technology43

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Rank in Poland	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,403	SM Shahbaz, Muhammad	VIZJA University	Energy	Rank 18
2	2,383	PZ Pawlak, Zdzislaw X.	Wyzsza Szkola Informatyki Stosowanej i Zarzadzania WIT w Warszawie	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 70
3	3,231	PJ Poesen, Jean W.A.	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Geography	Rank 9
4	5,741	RA Rogalski, Antoni	Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna	Applied Physics	Rank 146
5	6,223	SA Steinbüchel, Alexander	Lodz University of Technology	Microbiology	Rank 149
6	6,232	FE Fraçkowiak, Elżbieta	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 73
7	6,299	BT Bandosz, Teresa J.	Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 121
8	6,493	CA Cichocki, Andrzej S.	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 164
9	6,718	DT Dietl, Tomasz	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 168
10	7,416	NJ Namiesnik, Jacek	Gdańsk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 35
11	9,986	CS Cosnier, Serge	Silesian University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 48
12	10,692	SH Szajewska, Hania	Medical University of Warsaw	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 186
13	12,457	PK Pyrzyńska, Krystyna	University of Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 62
14	12,728	Banach, Maciej	Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 587
15	12,849	RT Robak, Tadeusz	Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki	Immunology	Rank 441
16	12,859	CC Carlberg, Carsten	InLife Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 548
17	12,960	DA Dexter, Anthony Roger	Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia i Gleboznawstwa Państwowy Instytut Badawczy	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 49
18	13,077	PP Ponikowski, Piotr P.	Wroclaw Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 597
19	13,377	Adebayo, Tomiwa Sunday	VIZJA University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 81
20	13,619	SA Szczeklik, Andrzej J.	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 619
21	13,657	HM Horodecki, Michał Ł.	Uniwersytet Gdański	General Physics	Rank 81
22	14,735	KZ Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.	Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences	Environmental Engineering	Rank 48
23	15,979	PG Peters, Godefridus J.	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 681
24	17,502	MM Malbrain, Manu L. N. G.	Medical University of Lublin	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 55
25	17,773	DU Domańska-Zelazna, Urszula M.	Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz	Chemical Engineering	Rank 67
26	17,830	ÂH Âgren, Hans S.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Chemical Physics	Rank 398
27	18,094	CK Chojnacka, Katarzyna W.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Environmental Sciences	Rank 128
28	18,402	HP Horodecki, Pawel	Uniwersytet Gdański	General Physics	Rank 107
29	18,463	UA Udalski, Andrzej	University of Warsaw	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 168
30	18,777	PK Pachucki, Krzysztof	University of Warsaw	General Physics	Rank 111
31	18,874	GE Gelenbe, Erol	Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 149
32	18,901	SR Słowiński, Roman P.	Politechnika Poznanska	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 444
33	19,072	SW Staszewski, Wiesław Jerzy	AGH University of Krakow	Acoustics	Rank 33
34	19,602	WR Weron, Rafał X.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Energy	Rank 236
35	19,700	AR Amarowicz, Ryszard	InLife Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 84
36	20,147	NK Narkiewicz, Krzysztof	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 862
37	20,313	RJ Rybakowski, Janusz K.	Poznan University of Medical Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 517
38	20,515	CJ Cioslowski, Jerzy	Uniwersytet Szczecinski	Chemical Physics	Rank 454
39	20,537	SA Sionkowska, Alina	Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu	Polymers	Rank 165
40	20,681	NJ Nezlek, John B.	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny	Social Psychology	Rank 250
41	20,754	TM Trojanowicz, Marek	Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 110
42	20,936	PJ Pawlowski, Jan W.	Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 27
43	21,086	GG Golewski, Grzegorz Ludwik	Politechnika Lubelska	Materials	Rank 266
44	21,251	BB Buszewski, Bogusław X.	Prof. Jan Czochralski Kuyavian-Pomeranian Science and Technology Center	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 114
45	21,774	TA Torbicki, Adam	Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego, Warszawa	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 906
46	22,057	KT Krygowski, Tadeusz Marek	University of Warsaw	Organic Chemistry	Rank 439
47	22,520	KS Konturek, Stanisłlaw Jan	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 349
48	22,581	BG Bartosz, Grzegorz	University of Rzeszów	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 931
49	23,178	FJ Falandysz, Jerzy	Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 160
50	23,403	OP Oleszczuk, Patryk	University of Life Sciences in Lublin	Environmental Sciences	Rank 162
51	23,595	ZK Zyczkowski, Karol	Uniwersytet Jagielloński	General Physics	Rank 132
52	25,262	KR Kaliszan, Roman	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 144
53	25,883	MZ Michalewicz, Zbigniew	West Lakes	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 608
54	26,485	PJ Płotka-Wasylka, Justyna Małgorzata	Gdańsk University of Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 151
55	26,717	BF Beguin, Francois	Politechnika Poznanska	Energy	Rank 329
56	26,820	JJ Jassem, Jacek	Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,161
57	26,889	BJ Bujnicki, Janusz M.	Międzynarodowy Instytut Biologii Molekularnej i Komórkowej w Warszawie	Developmental Biology	Rank 983
58	27,368	NA Nowak-Wêgrzyn, Anna H.	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Allergy	Rank 92
59	27,785	KJ Kacprzyk, Janusz	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 651
60	28,020	JT Jesionowski, Teofil I.	Politechnika Poznanska	Polymers	Rank 232
61	28,093	GM Gryta, Marek	West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin	Chemical Engineering	Rank 115
62	28,201	GA Głowacz, Adam	AGH University of Krakow	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 70
63	28,380	CP Chomczyński, Piotr A.	University of Lodz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,148
64	28,740	CR Castro‑Muñoz, Roberto	Gdańsk University of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 118
65	28,890	HR Horodecki, Ryszard	Uniwersytet Gdański	General Physics	Rank 164
66	28,916	SA Sobolewski, Andrżej L. L.	Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 603
67	29,181	TM Tendera, Michal	Slaski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,169
68	29,293	ST Sparks, Tim H.	Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu	Ecology	Rank 533
69	29,646	KB Kamińska, Boźena	Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,132
70	29,968	CF Carod-Artal, Francisco Javier	Center of Neurology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,158
71	30,875	LR Lobinski, Ryszard	Politechnika Warszawska	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 179
72	31,165	SJ Spender, John Christopher	Kozminski University	Business & Management	Rank 344
73	31,175	JP Jaranowski, Piotr	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 450
74	31,463	BJ Błasiak, Janusz	University of Lodz	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,236
75	32,802	UA Undas, Anetta I.	Jagiellonian University Medical College	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,299
76	33,407	RV Rădulescu, Vicenţiu D.	AGH University of Krakow	General Mathematics	Rank 119
77	33,429	ZA Zdziarski, Andrzej A.	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 372
78	33,744	ZA Zaleska-Medynska, Adriana	Uniwersytet Gdański	Physical Chemistry	Rank 117
79	33,924	BJ Bełtowski, Jerzy	Medical University of Lublin	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 267
80	34,150	OB Olas, Beata	University of Lodz	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,348
81	35,282	GD Gryko, Daniel T.	Polish Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 650
82	35,995	RL Rutkowski, Leszek	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 833
83	36,475	KB Krajewska, Barbara	Uniwersytet Jagielloński	Biotechnology	Rank 101
84	36,536	BA Bajguz, Andrzej	Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 448
85	37,238	LZ Li, Zhixiong	Opole University of Technology	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 244
86	37,505	BK Belczyński, Krzysztoff	Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 438
87	37,733	PP Pohl, P.	Politechnika Wrocławska	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 232
88	38,215	MM Mąkosza, Mieczysław	Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 707
89	38,234	KT Kapitaniak, Tomasz	Lodz University of Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 306
90	38,908	KM Karwowski, Maciej	University of Wrocław	Social Psychology	Rank 414
91	40,054	LA Luszczynska, Aleksandra	SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny	Public Health	Rank 383
92	41,959	PR Pluta, Ryszard M.	Medical University of Lublin	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,886
93	42,168	SK Selmaj, Krzysztof W.	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,901
94	42,653	MZ Mröz, Zenon	Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 280
95	43,688	GA Grzybowski, Andrzej E.	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 265
96	43,773	BI Białynicki-Birula, Iwo	Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 262
97	44,044	KI Kityk, Iwan V.	Częstochowa University Of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 1,045
98	44,309	KS Koletzko, Sibylle	Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 655
99	44,639	JS Jadach, Stanislaw	Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 656
100	45,060	SP Stepnowski, Piotr	Uniwersytet Gdański	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 287
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Poland are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,614 scientists affiliated with Poland are on the 2026 single-year list, and 1,581 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, AGH University of Krakow has the most listed scientists from Poland, with 83. It is followed by Politechnika Warszawska with 76.

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 1,581 in 2026, a change of +117.8%.

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.