Romania's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Romania has 340 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 15.6% from 294 in 2025. That places Romania 46th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti has the most listed scientists (32), followed by National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (24).

Single Year

340

+46 (+15.6%) vs 2025

Career Data

253

+33 (+15.0%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#46

down 2 places vs 2025

Institutes

+2 (+2.7%) vs 2025

Scientists in Romania on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+29.3%

2022+10.0%

2023+13.9%

2024+8.0%

2025+14.4%

2026+15.6%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	147		100
2021	190	+29.3%	133	+33.0%
2022	209	+10.0%	148	+11.3%
2023	238	+13.9%	169	+14.2%
2024	257	+8.0%	188	+11.2%
2025	294	+14.4%	220	+17.0%
2026	340	+15.6%	253	+15.0%

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Rank in Romania	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	4,970	GA Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai	National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 172
2	5,182	GM Gavrilescu, Maria	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Environmental Engineering	Rank 22
3	6,127	HT Harko, Tiberiu C.	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 70
4	6,656	MM Marin, M. I.	Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 58
5	9,675	PR Prǎvǎlie, Remus	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Environmental Sciences	Rank 207
6	9,897	CR Costache, Romulus	Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 103
7	10,001	CC Cormoş, Cǎlin Cristian	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Energy	Rank 261
8	10,948	PI Pop, Ioan Mihai	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 92
9	11,594	VC Vasile, Cornelia	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 72
10	14,395	BS Bungau, Simona Gabriela	Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Medicina	Materials	Rank 271
11	15,539	MD Mihalache, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 92
12	15,620	AI Agache, Ioana O.	Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov	Allergy	Rank 24
13	18,971	Berinde, Vasile	Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 79
14	19,029	OM Oroian, Mircea Adrian	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Food Science	Rank 196
15	19,575	CV Cristian Vodnar, Dan Cristian	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 202
16	19,601	Dippong, Thomas	Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca	Materials	Rank 365
17	19,615	BM Butnariu, Monica	University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timișoara	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 69
18	20,659	BL Bǎtrâncea, Larissa Margareta	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Applied Mathematics	Rank 60
19	21,238	Ducea, Mihai N.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 284
20	21,349	BM Bercea, Maria	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 150
21	22,196	CD CALINA, DANIELA Cornelia	Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie din Craiova	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 661
22	22,327	HS Hostiuc, Sorin	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 369
23	24,496	AA Androniceanu, Armenia	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Economics	Rank 353
24	24,903	NA Niculescu, Adelina Gabriela	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Chemical Physics	Rank 345
25	27,189	VA Vǎrzaru, Anca Antoaneta	University of Craiova	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 96
26	28,470	CO Chioncel, O. Dragomir	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 840
27	28,558	ŞM Şenilă, Marin	Institutul de Cercetari pentru Instrumentatie Analitica, Cluj-Napoca	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 119
28	28,968	AE Anthony, Edward Jamal	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Oceanography	Rank 18
29	30,915	JA Jurcau, Anamaria	Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Medicina	Chemical Physics	Rank 416
30	31,139	RJ Roncali, Jean	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Organic Chemistry	Rank 342
31	31,988	SM Simionescu, Mihaela Bratu	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Economics	Rank 448
32	32,619	CS Cavalu, Simona Daniela	Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Medicina	Materials	Rank 657
33	34,783	BV Bãdescu, Viorel	Academia Româna	Energy	Rank 980
34	36,537	BI Boldea, Ion G.	Academia Româna	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 120
35	36,727	Dabija, Dan Cristian	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Business & Management	Rank 959
36	37,239	BN Bizon, Nicu	National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest	Energy	Rank 1,064
37	37,269	DE Dragan, Ecaterina Stela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 301
38	37,664	CS Coseri, Sergiu	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 305
39	38,888	BM Brebu, Mihai Adrian	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 317
40	39,344	RM Radulescu, Magdalena	National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest	Energy	Rank 1,127
41	41,434	DD David, Daniel Ovidiu	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Clinical Psychology	Rank 175
42	41,890	PB Popescu, Bogdan Alexandru	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,189
43	42,055	AN Andrei, Neculai C.	Academia Oamenilor de Știință din România	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 62
44	42,539	RI Radu, Iulian Wande	Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie “Grigore T. Popa” Iasi	Education	Rank 599
45	42,551	NI Negoi, I.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Surgery	Rank 133
46	42,794	SI Sarbu, Ioan	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Energy	Rank 1,237
47	46,220	DV Dragomir, Voicu Dan	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Business & Management	Rank 1,186
48	47,435	MF Moldovan, Flaviu	George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 88
49	48,265	Minea, Alina Adriana	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 453
50	49,736	Precup, Radu Emil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,338
51	50,720	DE David, Elena	National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI Rm. Valcea	Materials	Rank 1,070
52	53,752	ID Ieşan, Dorin	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 515
53	55,500	SP Spiru, Paraschiv	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 1,651
54	56,338	MI Mozoş, Ioana Monica	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,487
55	57,009	Bocean, Claudiu George	University of Craiova	Business & Management	Rank 1,413
56	60,667	AI Antoniac, Iulian Vasile	National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest	Materials	Rank 1,327
57	60,930	AC Ancuti, Codruta O.	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,842
58	61,193	SI Spiridon, Iuliana	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 532
59	62,753	AL Atanase, Leonard Ionuţ	Universitatea Apollonia	Polymers	Rank 553
60	63,156	CA Covic, Adrian Constantin	Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie “Grigore T. Popa” Iasi	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 395
61	64,423	VE Vamanu, Emanuel	Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti	Microbiology	Rank 1,247
62	65,039	AS Anton, Sorin Gabriel	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Economics	Rank 841
63	66,708	Rusu, Eugen	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 1,977
64	66,764	MF Mihai, Florin Constantin	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 34
65	67,391	AE Andronescu, Ecaterina	National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest	Materials	Rank 1,483
66	68,404	MM Mutaşcu, Mihai Ioan	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Economics	Rank 872
67	68,514	MM Marinescu, Maria	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 239
68	70,007	DZ Diaconeasa, Zorița Maria	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 901
69	70,269	BI Berindan-Neagoe, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,134
70	71,626	NV Niculescu, V. Carolina	National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI Rm. Valcea	Materials	Rank 1,610
71	73,201	AR Ancuceanu, Robert Viorel	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,034
72	74,315	MF Moretti, Franco	Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu	International Relations	Rank 150
73	74,427	NI Neguț, Irina	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics	Polymers	Rank 665
74	75,442	MA Muşuc, Adina Magdalena	Institute of Physical Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 677
75	75,977	BA Blaga, Adara M.	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	General Mathematics	Rank 347
76	75,982	CM Covasa, Mihai	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Physiology	Rank 149
77	77,158	PV Pârvulescu, Vasile I.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 274
78	77,712	IR Ionescu, Radu Tudor	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,657
79	78,518	MA Mocan, Andrei M.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 1,018
80	79,273	CM Chelu, Mariana Balaban	Institute of Physical Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 714
81	79,499	Nour, Violeta	University of Craiova	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,282
82	79,934	Fierascu, Radu Claudiu	Institutul National de Cercetare - Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie	Materials	Rank 1,800
83	80,753	PD Popov, Doina L.	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,205
84	80,778	BV Barbu, Viorel	Academia Româna	General Mathematics	Rank 371
85	82,298	MN Monica, Neagu	Victor Babes National Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,505
86	82,758	BA Bulat, Adrian	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,867
87	82,967	Linul, Emanoil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Materials	Rank 1,868
88	83,843	VM Vînătoru, Mircea	National University of Science and Technology	Organic Chemistry	Rank 966
89	84,387	BÁ Baricz, Árpád	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 390
90	84,906	AC Albulescu, Claudiu Tiberiu	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Economics	Rank 1,046
91	87,407	LM Lungu, Mihai Aureliu	University of Craiova	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 964
92	88,486	AC Ancuți, Cosmin	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,122
93	88,574	EI Enesca, Ioan Alexandru	Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov	Applied Physics	Rank 1,600
94	89,242	PM Popescu, Maria Cristina	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 826
95	89,402	BC Bratianu, Constantin	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Business & Management	Rank 2,014
96	89,644	TM Tampa, Mircea Ştefan	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,219
97	91,509	CC Comanescu, Cezar Catalin	National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,083
98	92,356	Popescu, Carmen Mihaela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 861
99	92,520	DC Dehelean, Cristina Adriana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Materials	Rank 2,114
100	93,522	MS Morariu, Simona	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 876
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Frequently asked questions

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

340 scientists affiliated with Romania are on the 2026 single-year list, and 253 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti has the most listed scientists from Romania, with 32. It is followed by National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest with 24.

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

On the single-year list, Romania went from 147 scientists in 2020 to 340 in 2026, a change of +131.3%.

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.