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).

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147

First year listed

Career Data

100

First year listed

World rank by count

#45

First year listed

Institutes

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Scientists in Romania on the list, by year

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%

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Rank in Romania	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	11,022	MM Marin, Marin	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 104
2	13,966	DE Dragan, Ecaterina Stela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 104
3	15,704	EG Etiope, Giuseppe	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 300
4	15,932	GM Gavrilescu, Maria	Academia Româna	Environmental Engineering	Rank 83
5	18,905	BV Badescu, Viorel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Energy	Rank 379
6	20,532	BI Boldea, I.	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 78
7	21,234	RV Radulescu, Vicentiu D.	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 76
8	21,834	PI Pop, I.	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 220
9	22,332	DM Ducea, M. N.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 455
10	22,499	MD Mihalache, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	General Physics	Rank 134
11	25,995	PI Pop, Ioan	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 261
12	26,436	Cormos, Calin Cristian	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Energy	Rank 535
13	26,861	PG Paun, Gheorghe	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 58
14	30,979	SR Sanders, Roy W.	University of South Florida, Tampa	Orthopedics	Rank 150
15	33,340	AM Andruh, Marius	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 145
16	36,800	MA MINEA, Alina Adriana	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 364
17	37,207	VC Vasile, Cornelia	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 338
18	40,142	ID Iesan, D.	Academia Româna	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 403
19	41,484	VD Vinereanu, Dragos	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,170
20	43,870	SI Sarbu, Ioan	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Energy	Rank 920
21	48,386	BN Bizon, Nicu	Universitatea din Pitesti	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 164
22	50,420	DD David, Daniel	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Clinical Psychology	Rank 215
23	51,643	GA Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,429
24	52,487	BÁ Baricz, Árpád	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 246
25	53,373	PV Pârvulescu, Vasile I.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 305
26	55,203	BV Barbu, Viorel	Academia Româna	General Mathematics	Rank 257
27	56,686	CD Coltuc, Dinu	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,448
28	59,852	AI Agache, Ioana	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Allergy	Rank 140
29	60,989	CI Cristea, Ioana Alina	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Psychiatry	Rank 1,065
30	63,061	ML Marin, Liviu	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Applied Mathematics	Rank 192
31	63,372	CA Covic, Adrian	C.I. Parhon Institute of Endocrinology	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 469
32	63,453	PR Pravalie, Remus	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Environmental Sciences	Rank 735
33	63,837	AN Andrei, Neculai	-	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 143
34	66,668	SI Spiridon, Iuliana	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 653
35	67,920	Precup, Radu Emil	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,719
36	67,947	VM Visa, Maria	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Applied Physics	Rank 1,494
37	68,921	DM Danca, Marius F.	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 596
38	68,999	CI Caprini, I.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 764
39	71,563	AA Androniceanu, Armenia	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Economics	Rank 910
40	72,391	BT Brandon, Thomas H.	University of South Florida, Tampa	Public Health	Rank 784
41	74,894	IL Ixaru, L. Gr	Academia Româna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 843
42	78,562	VR Vatavu, Radu Daniel	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Human Factors	Rank 173
43	78,587	Rusu, Eugen	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 1,718
44	80,038	BE Brujan, Emil Alexandru	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 695
45	82,542	BI Berindan-Neagoe, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,887
46	83,197	Oroian, Mircea	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Food Science	Rank 565
47	84,188	LG Lazaroiu, George	Universitatea Spiru Haret	Education	Rank 704
48	84,788	Berinde, Vasile	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 405
49	84,914	GM Gheju, Marius	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,010
50	85,227	PL Popescu, Laurentiu M.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,652
51	88,372	PB Popescu, Bogdan A.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,287
52	89,585	NE Nica, Elvira	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 54
53	90,372	SI Sporea, Ioan	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 942
54	91,533	MI Mozos, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,158
55	91,908	PG Popescu, Gheorghe H.	Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University	Energy	Rank 2,042
56	92,058	SM Simionescu, Maya	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,805
57	94,222	EI Evans, Ian S.	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Geography	Rank 454
58	94,631	LV Lazar, Veronica	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Microbiology	Rank 1,959
59	95,593	ND Niculescu, Dragos	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,055
60	97,308	BM Birsan, Marius Victor	Meteo Romania (National Meteorological Administration)	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 886
61	104,974	LV Lupulescu, Vasile	Universitatea Constantin Brancusi din Targu-Jiu	General Mathematics	Rank 543
62	108,195	GP Grange, P.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 641
63	108,702	PM Popescu, Maria Cristina	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,118
64	110,997	DC Diaconu, Camelia	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,141
65	111,894	CS Coseri, Sergiu	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,160
66	113,062	DD Dragoman, D.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Applied Physics	Rank 2,600
67	114,472	RT Rieg, Timo	University of South Florida, Tampa	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 886
68	115,697	PV Popa, Valentin I.	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Polymers	Rank 1,202
69	117,676	BI Bica, Ioan	Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara	Polymers	Rank 1,221
70	119,050	SA Saftoiu, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,215
71	119,704	FC Fetecau, C.	Academia Româna	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,120
72	120,385	PA Pisoschi, Aurelia Magdalena	Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,971
73	121,697	HG Huminic, Gabriela	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,142
74	121,729	PD Petcu, Dana	Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,974
75	122,136	ZN Zamfir, N. V.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,434
76	130,374	CT Ciuleanu, Tudor	Institute of Oncology Cluj	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,534
77	130,431	DD Dubina, Dan	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Civil Engineering	Rank 460
78	131,816	SI Serban, Ioan	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 513
79	134,453	BL Busoniu, L.	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,337
80	135,662	MA Mocan, Andrei	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 952
81	136,322	OS Oprea, Stefan	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,424
82	138,762	RI Rus, Ioan A.	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 745
83	139,499	Rusu, Liliana	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Civil Engineering	Rank 484
84	139,894	PD Poenaru, D. N.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,635
85	140,202	NE Niculescu, E.	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Applied Physics	Rank 3,295
86	141,749	NI Necoara, Ion	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,414
87	142,059	CH Chiriac, Horia	SM-S National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 3,337
88	145,673	HS Hostiuc, Sorin	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 44
89	150,257	MM Magureanu, M.	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 3,553
90	151,332	IR Iano?, Robert	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Materials	Rank 3,128
91	151,693	AC Ancuti, Codruta O.	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,642
92	152,023	KE Kaslik, Eva	Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,644
93	153,412	TS Talu, Stefan	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Applied Physics	Rank 3,633
94	157,744	RV Radulescu, Vicentiu D.	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 885
95	161,524	ML Muresan, Liana M.	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,430
96	163,308	GS Gal, Sorin G.	Universitatea din Oradea	General Mathematics	Rank 915
97	163,383	PL Pintilie, Lucian	Institut de Physique des Matériaux, Bucarest-Magurele	Applied Physics	Rank 3,881
98	163,957	MM Mihailescu, Mihai	Universitatea din Bucuresti	General Mathematics	Rank 919
99	164,313	AC Ancuti, Cosmin	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,948
100	164,343	Marsavina, Liviu	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.