Romania's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Romania has 294 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 14.4% from 257 in 2024. That places Romania 44th in the world by number of listed scientists. University Politehnica of Bucharest has the most listed scientists (19), followed by Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti (18).

Single Year

294

+37 (+14.4%) vs 2024

Career Data

220

+32 (+17.0%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#44

No change vs 2024

Institutes

+20 (+37.0%) vs 2024

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%

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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%

Top 10 institutes in Romania

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Rank in Romania	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	4,388	GM Gavrilescu, M.	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Environmental Engineering	Rank 18
2	4,900	GA Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 182
3	7,340	HT Harko, Tiberiu C.	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 87
4	8,260	CR Costache, Romulus	Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 79
5	9,099	MM Marin, Marin I.	Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 88
6	9,715	BM Brik, Mikhail G.	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Applied Physics	Rank 195
7	9,945	PI Pop, Ioan Mihai	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 95
8	11,820	JL Joosten, Leo A.B.	Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy	Immunology	Rank 240
9	12,404	LG Lǎzǎroiu, George	Universitatea Spiru Haret	Business & Management	Rank 370
10	12,802	PR Prǎvǎlie, Remus	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Environmental Sciences	Rank 279
11	13,617	CC Cormoş, Cǎlin Cristian	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Energy	Rank 374
12	13,885	MD Mihalache, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 88
13	14,373	BS Bungau, Simona Gabriela	Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Medicina	Environmental Sciences	Rank 313
14	14,632	VC Vasile, Cornelia	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 101
15	20,851	Oroian, Mircea	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Food Science	Rank 198
16	20,912	Berinde, Vasile	Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 80
17	20,946	Vodnar, Dan Cristian	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 200
18	21,003	Ducea, Mihai N.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 308
19	21,249	AI Agache, Ioana O.	Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov	Allergy	Rank 48
20	22,848	Dippong, Thomas	Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca	Materials	Rank 433
21	24,644	RJ Roncali, Jean	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Organic Chemistry	Rank 283
22	24,768	BM Butnariu, Monica V.	University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timisoara	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 875
23	27,324	AA Androniceanu, Armenia	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Economics	Rank 396
24	27,423	DE Dragan, Ecaterina Stela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 211
25	27,501	BL Bǎtrâncea, Larissa Margareta	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Applied Mathematics	Rank 80
26	27,660	Dabija, Dan Cristian	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Business & Management	Rank 761
27	29,403	BV Bãdescu, Viorel	Academia Româna	Energy	Rank 796
28	32,270	Minea, Alina Adriana	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 320
29	33,181	CD CALINA, DANIELA Cornelia	Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie din Craiova	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 986
30	34,900	BI Boldea, Ion G.	Academia Româna	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 118
31	35,484	CS Coseri, Sergiu	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 293
32	35,780	CO Chioncel, O. Dragomir	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,036
33	38,270	SI Sarbu, Ioan	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Energy	Rank 1,059
34	39,421	AN Andrei, Neculai C.	Academia Oamenilor de Știință din România	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 70
35	39,488	PN Papageorgiou, Nikolaos S.	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 176
36	41,147	LS Lessmann, Stefan	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Information Systems	Rank 169
37	41,296	AC Albulescu, Claudiu Tiberiu	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Economics	Rank 587
38	41,446	CS Cavalu, Simona Daniela	Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Medicina	Materials	Rank 842
39	41,865	HS Hostiuc, Sorin	National Institute of Legal Medicine Mina Minovici	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 10
40	42,225	BN Bizon, Nicu	National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest	Energy	Rank 1,184
41	44,723	BM Bercea, Maria	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 393
42	45,212	IR Ionescu, Radu Tudor	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,972
43	45,671	ID Ieşan, Dorin	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 440
44	46,653	SM Simionescu, Mihaela Bratu	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Economics	Rank 662
45	46,852	JA Jurcau, Anamaria	University of Oradea	Chemical Physics	Rank 618
46	47,274	NA Niculescu, Adelina Gabriela	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Chemical Physics	Rank 620
47	48,564	IM Ionita, Monica	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 891
48	49,085	RI Radu, Iulian Wande	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T. Popa din Iasi	Education	Rank 627
49	49,588	PB Popescu, Bogdan Alexandru	Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu”	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,322
50	51,054	Precup, Radu Emil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,192
51	52,966	BS Bellucci, Stefano	Institut de Physique des Matériaux, Bucarest-Magurele	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 694
52	55,348	VD Vinereanu, Dragoș	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,452
53	56,092	BM Brebu, Mihai Adrian	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 515
54	56,210	MM Mutaşcu, Mihai Ioan	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Economics	Rank 770
55	56,832	Paraschiv, Spiru	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 1,659
56	58,289	RZ Radak, Zsolt	Sapientia Erdélyi Magyar Tudományegyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 940
57	59,425	BL Bulgariu, Laura	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Environmental Engineering	Rank 313
58	61,868	AL Atanase, Leonard Ionuţ	Universitatea Apollonia	Polymers	Rank 566
59	61,965	MF Mihai, Florin Constantin	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 28
60	63,788	AE Andronescu, Ecaterina	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Materials	Rank 1,352
61	66,333	MV Malka, Victor	Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 450
62	66,391	BI Berindan-Neagoe, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,997
63	66,489	VR Vatavu, Radu Daniel	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,826
64	66,559	AC Ancuti, Codruta O.	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,833
65	68,823	PG Páun, Gheorgjie	Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 127
66	69,659	PV Pârvulescu, Vasile I.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 264
67	69,737	DV Dragomir, Voicu Dan	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Business & Management	Rank 1,619
68	71,243	BC Bratianu, Constantin	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Business & Management	Rank 1,650
69	71,633	CA Covic, Adrian Constantin	Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie “Grigore T. Popa” Iasi	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 456
70	71,644	Rusu, Eugen	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 2,151
71	71,980	BE Brujan, Emil Alexandru	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 490
72	72,597	BA Bulat, Adrian	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,081
73	73,452	Fierascu, Radu Claudiu	Institutul National de Cercetare - Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie	Materials	Rank 1,599
74	73,924	PD Popov, Doina L.	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,192
75	74,662	SA Saftoiu, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 783
76	75,057	AR Ancuceanu, Robert Viorel	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 997
77	76,195	PA Pisoschi, Aurelia Magdalena	Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 260
78	76,367	BA Blaga, Adara M.	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	General Mathematics	Rank 364
79	77,666	SI Spiridon, Iuliana	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 731
80	77,963	AI Antoniac, Iulian Vasile	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Materials	Rank 1,709
81	78,443	MI Mozoş, Ioana M.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,929
82	79,641	DD David, Daniel Ovidiu	International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health	Clinical Psychology	Rank 301
83	80,531	GD Ghilencea, Dumitru M.	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,049
84	80,753	CI Caprini, Irinel	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,051
85	81,554	EI Enesca, Ioan Alexandru	Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov	Applied Physics	Rank 1,544
86	84,025	HA Horcea-Milcu, Andra Ioana	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Ecology	Rank 1,535
87	84,092	Nour, Violeta	University of Craiova	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,320
88	84,134	NI Negoi, I.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Surgery	Rank 355
89	84,218	BÁ Baricz, Árpád	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 411
90	84,493	LC Lucian Curşeu, Petru Lucian	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Business & Management	Rank 1,897
91	85,079	NM Neagu, Monica Teodora	Victor Babes National Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,569
92	87,059	NE Nica, Elvira	Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Faculty of Administration and Public Management	Business & Management	Rank 1,948
93	87,113	MM Marinescu, Maria	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 333
94	88,349	Popescu, Carmen Mihaela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 851
95	89,260	MA Mocan, Andrei	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 1,098
96	90,196	BV Barbu, Viorel	Academia Româna	General Mathematics	Rank 445
97	95,434	NV Niculescu, V. Carolina	National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI Rm. Valcea	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 55
98	96,284	VE Vamanu, Emanuel	Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,558
99	98,398	Linul, Emanoil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Materials	Rank 2,200
100	98,472	AC Apetrei, C.	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 662
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Frequently asked questions

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

294 scientists affiliated with Romania are on the 2025 single-year list, and 220 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, University Politehnica of Bucharest has the most listed scientists from Romania, with 19. It is followed by Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti with 18.

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 294 in 2025, a change of +100.0%.

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.