Romania's Top 2% Scientists 2020
Romania has 147 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Romania 45th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca has the most listed scientists (14), followed by Universitatea din Bucuresti (13).
Scientists in Romania on the list, by year
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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
By number of listed scientists
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- 1Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca14
- 2Universitatea din Bucuresti13
- 3Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara13
- 4Academia Româna8
- 5Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov8
- 6Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry7
- 7Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti7
- 8University Politehnica of Bucharest7
- 9Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering5
- 10Technical University of Cluj-Napoca5
All 147 scientists
| Rank in Romania | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11,022 |
MM
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Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 104 |
| 2 | 13,966 | Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry | Polymers | Rank 104 | |
| 3 | 15,704 | Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 300 | |
| 4 | 15,932 | Academia Româna | Environmental Engineering | Rank 83 | |
| 5 | 18,905 | Universitatea din Bucuresti | Energy | Rank 379 | |
| 6 | 20,532 |
BI
|
Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 78 |
| 7 | 21,234 | University of Craiova | General Mathematics | Rank 76 | |
| 8 | 21,834 |
PI
|
Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 220 |
| 9 | 22,332 |
DM
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Universitatea din Bucuresti | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 455 |
| 10 | 22,499 | Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering | General Physics | Rank 134 | |
| 11 | 25,995 |
PI
|
Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 261 |
| 12 | 26,436 | Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca | Energy | Rank 535 | |
| 13 | 26,861 | Universitatea din Bucuresti | Computation Theory & Mathematics | Rank 58 | |
| 14 | 30,979 | University of South Florida, Tampa | Orthopedics | Rank 150 | |
| 15 | 33,340 | Universitatea din Bucuresti | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 145 | |
| 16 | 36,800 | Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 364 | |
| 17 | 37,207 | Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry | Polymers | Rank 338 | |
| 18 | 40,142 |
ID
|
Academia Româna | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 403 |
| 19 | 41,484 | Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,170 | |
| 20 | 43,870 |
SI
|
Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara | Energy | Rank 920 |
| 21 | 48,386 |
BN
|
Universitatea din Pitesti | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 164 |
| 22 | 50,420 | Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca | Clinical Psychology | Rank 215 | |
| 23 | 51,643 | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 1,429 | |
| 24 | 52,487 | Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca | General Mathematics | Rank 246 | |
| 25 | 53,373 | Universitatea din Bucuresti | Physical Chemistry | Rank 305 | |
| 26 | 55,203 | Academia Româna | General Mathematics | Rank 257 | |
| 27 | 56,686 |
CD
|
Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,448 |
| 28 | 59,852 | Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov | Allergy | Rank 140 | |
| 29 | 60,989 | Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca | Psychiatry | Rank 1,065 | |
| 30 | 63,061 |
ML
|
Universitatea din Bucuresti | Applied Mathematics | Rank 192 |
| 31 | 63,372 | C.I. Parhon Institute of Endocrinology | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 469 | |
| 32 | 63,453 | Universitatea din Bucuresti | Environmental Sciences | Rank 735 | |
| 33 | 63,837 | - | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | Rank 143 | |
| 34 | 66,668 | Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry | Polymers | Rank 653 | |
| 35 | 67,920 | Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,719 | |
| 36 | 67,947 |
VM
|
Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov | Applied Physics | Rank 1,494 |
| 37 | 68,921 | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 596 | |
| 38 | 68,999 |
CI
|
Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 764 |
| 39 | 71,563 | Bucharest University of Economic Studies | Economics | Rank 910 | |
| 40 | 72,391 | University of South Florida, Tampa | Public Health | Rank 784 | |
| 41 | 74,894 |
IL
|
Academia Româna | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 843 |
| 42 | 78,562 | Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava | Human Factors | Rank 173 | |
| 43 | 78,587 | Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati | Energy | Rank 1,718 | |
| 44 | 80,038 | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 695 | |
| 45 | 82,542 | Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,887 | |
| 46 | 83,197 | Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava | Food Science | Rank 565 | |
| 47 | 84,188 | Universitatea Spiru Haret | Education | Rank 704 | |
| 48 | 84,788 | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | General Mathematics | Rank 405 | |
| 49 | 84,914 | Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara | Environmental Sciences | Rank 1,010 | |
| 50 | 85,227 | Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1,652 | |
| 51 | 88,372 | Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 2,287 | |
| 52 | 89,585 |
NE
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Bucharest University of Economic Studies | Mining & Metallurgy | Rank 54 |
| 53 | 90,372 |
SI
|
Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 942 |
| 54 | 91,533 |
MI
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Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 3,158 |
| 55 | 91,908 | Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University | Energy | Rank 2,042 | |
| 56 | 92,058 | Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1,805 | |
| 57 | 94,222 | Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava | Geography | Rank 454 | |
| 58 | 94,631 | Universitatea din Bucuresti | Microbiology | Rank 1,959 | |
| 59 | 95,593 | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 1,055 | |
| 60 | 97,308 | Meteo Romania (National Meteorological Administration) | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 886 | |
| 61 | 104,974 | Universitatea Constantin Brancusi din Targu-Jiu | General Mathematics | Rank 543 | |
| 62 | 108,195 |
GP
|
Universitatea din Bucuresti | Physical Chemistry | Rank 641 |
| 63 | 108,702 | Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry | Polymers | Rank 1,118 | |
| 64 | 110,997 | Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 1,141 | |
| 65 | 111,894 | Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry | Polymers | Rank 1,160 | |
| 66 | 113,062 |
DD
|
Universitatea din Bucuresti | Applied Physics | Rank 2,600 |
| 67 | 114,472 |
RT
|
University of South Florida, Tampa | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 886 |
| 68 | 115,697 | Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI | Polymers | Rank 1,202 | |
| 69 | 117,676 |
BI
|
Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara | Polymers | Rank 1,221 |
| 70 | 119,050 | Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 1,215 | |
| 71 | 119,704 |
FC
|
Academia Româna | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 1,120 |
| 72 | 120,385 | Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti | Organic Chemistry | Rank 1,971 | |
| 73 | 121,697 | Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 1,142 | |
| 74 | 121,729 |
PD
|
Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 2,974 |
| 75 | 122,136 | Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,434 | |
| 76 | 130,374 | Institute of Oncology Cluj | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,534 | |
| 77 | 130,431 |
DD
|
Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara | Civil Engineering | Rank 460 |
| 78 | 131,816 |
SI
|
Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 513 |
| 79 | 134,453 |
BL
|
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 1,337 |
| 80 | 135,662 | Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca | Food Science | Rank 952 | |
| 81 | 136,322 | Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry | Polymers | Rank 1,424 | |
| 82 | 138,762 |
RI
|
Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca | General Mathematics | Rank 745 |
| 83 | 139,499 | Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati | Civil Engineering | Rank 484 | |
| 84 | 139,894 | Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,635 | |
| 85 | 140,202 | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Applied Physics | Rank 3,295 | |
| 86 | 141,749 |
NI
|
University Politehnica of Bucharest | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 1,414 |
| 87 | 142,059 | SM-S National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics | Applied Physics | Rank 3,337 | |
| 88 | 145,673 | Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti | Legal & Forensic Medicine | Rank 44 | |
| 89 | 150,257 | National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics | Applied Physics | Rank 3,553 | |
| 90 | 151,332 | Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara | Materials | Rank 3,128 | |
| 91 | 151,693 | Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 3,642 | |
| 92 | 152,023 |
KE
|
Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 3,644 |
| 93 | 153,412 |
TS
|
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Applied Physics | Rank 3,633 |
| 94 | 157,744 | University of Craiova | General Mathematics | Rank 885 | |
| 95 | 161,524 | Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 1,430 | |
| 96 | 163,308 | Universitatea din Oradea | General Mathematics | Rank 915 | |
| 97 | 163,383 | Institut de Physique des Matériaux, Bucarest-Magurele | Applied Physics | Rank 3,881 | |
| 98 | 163,957 | Universitatea din Bucuresti | General Mathematics | Rank 919 | |
| 99 | 164,313 | Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 3,948 | |
| 100 | 164,343 | Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara | Materials | Rank 3,429 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Romania are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?
147 scientists affiliated with Romania are on the 2020 single-year list, and 100 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Romania has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2020 single-year list, Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca has the most listed scientists from Romania, with 14. It is followed by Universitatea din Bucuresti with 13.
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.