Romania's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Romania has 100 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Romania 46th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universitatea din Bucuresti has the most listed scientists (11), followed by Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca (10).

Single Year

147

First year listed

Career Data

100

First year listed

World rank by count

#46

First year listed

Institutes

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Scientists in Romania on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+33.0%

2022+11.3%

2023+14.2%

2024+11.2%

2025+17.0%

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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	18,474	PI Pop, Ioan	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 94
2	20,556	SR Sanders, Roy W.	University of South Florida, Tampa	Orthopedics	Rank 137
3	21,965	PG Pǎun, Gheorghe	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 50
4	26,537	TA Trotti, Andy M.	Moffitt Cancer Center	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,276
5	28,308	MD Mihalache, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	General Physics	Rank 189
6	28,386	BV Badescu, Viorel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Energy	Rank 244
7	28,765	BI Boldea, I.	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 66
8	31,774	AM Andruh, Marius	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 212
9	43,441	GM Gavrilescu, Maria	Academia Româna	Environmental Engineering	Rank 152
10	44,307	DM Ducea, M. N.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 726
11	44,810	SM Simionescu, Maya	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,703
12	48,704	GP Grange, P.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 188
13	50,945	ID Ieşan, D.	Academia Româna	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 263
14	52,919	EG Etiope, Giuseppe	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 875
15	59,012	BT Brandon, Thomas H.	University of South Florida, Tampa	Public Health	Rank 563
16	59,017	CI Caprini, I.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 958
17	59,858	ND Niculescu, Dragos	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 530
18	60,282	DM Diudea, Mircea Vasile	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 192
19	63,527	SJ Strosberg, Jonathan R.	Moffitt Cancer Center	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,802
20	64,127	HI Haiduc, Ionel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 431
21	64,822	VD Vinereanu, Dragos	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,363
22	66,692	BV Barbu, Viorel	Academia Româna	General Mathematics	Rank 234
23	69,278	VS van Staden, Jacobus (Koos) Frederick	National Institute of Research for Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 503
24	69,472	RV Rădulescu, Vicenţiu D.	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 248
25	71,476	PL Popescu, Laurentiu M.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,666
26	78,352	MC Mortici, Cristinel	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	General Mathematics	Rank 300
27	78,939	DE Dragan, Ecaterina Stela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 717
28	82,961	BP Budrugeac, P.	National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies Romania	Physical Chemistry	Rank 333
29	84,217	Cormos, Calin Cristian	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Energy	Rank 900
30	90,437	CA Covic, Adrian	C.I. Parhon Institute of Endocrinology	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,067
31	94,097	ZN Zamfir, N. V.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,533
32	95,341	ML Marin, Liviu	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Applied Mathematics	Rank 212
33	96,127	CH Chiriac, Horia	SM-S National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 2,502
34	96,207	DD Dragoman, D.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Applied Physics	Rank 2,504
35	97,394	Berinde, Vasile	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 409
36	98,193	GH Goldstein, Howard	University of South Florida, Tampa	Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology	Rank 88
37	100,274	PV Pârvulescu, Vasile I.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 397
38	104,973	LV Lupei, V.	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 405
39	111,555	MM Marin, Marin	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 646
40	112,830	FC Fetecau, C.	Academia Româna	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 655
41	116,957	VC Vasile, Cornelia	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,051
42	117,223	SN Simionescu, Nicolae	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu	Pathology	Rank 371
43	132,633	BÁ Baricz, Árpád	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 638
44	135,960	AI Ardelean, Ioan	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	General Physics	Rank 993
45	139,880	MD Miheţ, Dorel	Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara	General Mathematics	Rank 696
46	146,908	BI Bica, Ioan	Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara	Polymers	Rank 1,342
47	153,336	CO Carp, Oana	Institute of Physical Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Sciences	General Chemistry	Rank 404
48	155,305	VD Vizireanu, Dragos Nicolae	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,473
49	155,348	PA Postelnicu, Adrian	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 933
50	159,149	CJ Calderón-Moreno, José Maria	Academia Româna	Materials	Rank 2,114
51	160,891	CD Coltuc, Dinu	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,622
52	163,785	PI Pop, I.	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 995
53	168,659	PJ Pribaz, Julian J.	University of South Florida, Tampa	Surgery	Rank 1,575
54	170,355	BE Burzo, E.	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Applied Physics	Rank 4,589
55	171,303	BM Birsan, Marius Victor	Meteo Romania (National Meteorological Administration)	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,042
56	171,527	ML Mitoseriu, Liliana	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Materials	Rank 2,276
57	172,660	NI Niculescu-Duvăz, I.	Institutul Oncologic Prof. Dr. Alexandru Trestioreanu Bucuresti	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 881
58	173,094	MM Mihailescu, Mihai	Universitatea din Bucuresti	General Mathematics	Rank 934
59	176,230	CI Ciucanu, Ionel	Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,500
60	177,005	AS Antoniu, Sabina Antonela	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T. Popa din Iasi	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,715
61	181,737	OS Oprea, Stefan	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,686
62	192,152	PD Petcu, Dana	Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,158
63	198,103	PN Pavel, N.	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 864
64	200,268	PI Popescu, Irinel	Institutul Clinic Fundeni	Surgery	Rank 1,914
65	209,329	BN Bizon, Nicu	Universitatea din Pitesti	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 645
66	212,251	SR Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,520
67	215,827	Rusu, Eugen	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 2,663
68	221,195	SS Staicu, Stefan	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,392
69	227,549	DD Dubina, Dan	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Civil Engineering	Rank 426
70	231,025	Precup, Radu Emil	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,848
71	233,441	GA Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,992
72	234,777	DV Dragan, Vasile	Academia Româna	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,627
73	237,628	AS Astilean, Simion	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,074
74	243,437	SI Sarbu, Ioan	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Energy	Rank 3,065
75	245,107	FC Fetecau, C.	Academia Româna	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,573
76	250,784	ZA Zamfir, Alina D.	Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,276
77	259,358	BD Banabic, Dorel	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Materials	Rank 3,537
78	261,094	CS Chiriţă, Stan	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,705
79	267,980	PM Popescu, Mihai	Institut de Physique des Matériaux, Bucarest-Magurele	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,269
80	268,782	MA MINEA, Alina Adriana	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,758
81	276,008	SC Sârbu, Costel	Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,530
82	293,115	LC Lascu, Cristian	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 976
83	310,330	JG Juncu, Gheorghe	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,046
84	334,593	Ion, Rodica Mariana	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,657
85	335,300	DB Dumitrescu, Bogdan	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,408
86	343,989	SI Serban, Ioan	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,197
87	354,296	RG Roman, Gheorghe	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	General Chemistry	Rank 925
88	358,383	RM Rusu, Mugurel Constantin	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Anatomy & Morphology	Rank 116
89	364,883	IP Ionita, Petre	Universitatea din Bucuresti	General Chemistry	Rank 949
90	393,601	RL Rusu, L.	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Civil Engineering	Rank 873
91	396,338	AG Andreescu, Gheorghe Daniel	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,425
92	443,006	DB Diaconu, Bogdan	Universitatea Constantin Brancusi din Targu-Jiu	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 286
93	459,419	BD Belega, Daniel	Universitatea Politehnica din Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,693
94	461,385	DG Drochioiu, Gabi	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	General Chemistry	Rank 1,246
95	502,990	MG Maria, Gheorghe	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2,829
96	523,204	TH Teodorescu, Horia Nicolai	Academia Româna	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,968
97	610,165	NE Nica, Elvira	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 450
98	743,270	DD Dorohoi, Dana Ortansa	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	General Chemistry	Rank 2,147
99	790,520	DR Dogaru, Radu	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 3,374
100	847,820	LI Lingvay, Iosif	Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Inginerie Electrica, Bucuresti	General Chemistry	Rank 2,497
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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 career-long list, Universitatea din Bucuresti has the most listed scientists from Romania, with 11. It is followed by Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca with 10.

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.