Romania's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Romania has 190 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 29.3% from 147 in 2020. That places Romania 45th in the world by number of listed scientists. University Politehnica of Bucharest has the most listed scientists (14), followed by Universitatea din Bucuresti (13).

Single Year

190

+43 (+29.3%) vs 2020

Career Data

133

+33 (+33.0%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#45

No change vs 2020

Institutes

+14 (+32.6%) vs 2020

Scientists in Romania on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 29% 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	5,826	MM Marin, Marin	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 61
2	8,131	PI Pop, Ioan	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 82
3	11,997	DE Dragan, Ecaterina Stela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 84
4	12,084	RJ Roncali, Jean	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Organic Chemistry	Rank 177
5	15,783	GM Gavrilescu, Maria	Academia Româna	Environmental Engineering	Rank 76
6	16,806	Ducea, Mihai N.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 303
7	17,186	BD Bernstein, Daniel J.	University of Illinois at Chicago	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 444
8	19,447	BV Badescu, Viorel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Energy	Rank 392
9	20,010	RV Radulescu, Vicentiu D.	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 78
10	20,479	PG Paun, Gheorghe	Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 43
11	20,809	SJ Strosberg, Jonathan	Moffitt Cancer Center	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 763
12	21,353	VC Vasile, Cornelia	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 178
13	21,790	Minea, Alina Adriana	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 223
14	21,791	MD Mihalache, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 162
15	23,798	AI Agache, Ioana	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Allergy	Rank 52
16	25,682	BI Boldea, Ion	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 80
17	27,909	GA Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 696
18	32,321	Cormos, Calin Cristian	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Energy	Rank 683
19	34,033	ID Iesan, D.	Academia Româna	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 332
20	34,551	SR Sanders, Roy W.	FL	Orthopedics	Rank 161
21	36,440	SI Sarbu, Ioan	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Energy	Rank 766
22	37,153	VD Vinereanu, Dragos	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,110
23	38,671	LG Lazaroiu, George	Universitatea Spiru Haret	Education	Rank 340
24	38,918	PR Pravalie, Remus	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Environmental Sciences	Rank 459
25	42,469	IL Ixaru, L. Gr	Academia Româna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 522
26	42,874	AM Andruh, Marius	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 181
27	45,703	NE Nica, Elvira	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 23
28	46,655	BV Barbu, Viorel	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	General Mathematics	Rank 233
29	47,176	BI Blanco, Ignazio	Università degli Studi di Catania	Polymers	Rank 420
30	48,099	CI Caprini, Irinel	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 597
31	49,599	Oroian, Mircea	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Food Science	Rank 353
32	50,680	Precup, Radu Emil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,175
33	50,793	PV Parvulescu, Vasile I.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 252
34	52,379	Rusu, Eugen	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 1,093
35	52,577	BN Bizon, Nicu	Universitatea din Pitesti	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 146
36	54,919	SI Spiridon, Iuliana	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 508
37	58,308	DD David, Daniel	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Clinical Psychology	Rank 256
38	60,625	AN Andrei, Neculai	Academia Româna	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 130
39	62,258	BI Berindan-Neagoe, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,248
40	62,324	EI Evans, Ian S.	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Geography	Rank 313
41	62,386	VR Vatavu, Radu Daniel	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Human Factors	Rank 136
42	63,904	PG Popescu, Gheorghe H.	Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University	Energy	Rank 1,348
43	67,014	CA Covic, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T. Popa din Iasi	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 502
44	69,851	Berinde, Vasile	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 379
45	70,680	CR Costache, Romulus	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Environmental Sciences	Rank 883
46	71,277	VM Visa, Maria	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Environmental Engineering	Rank 450
47	72,362	BE Brujan, Emil Alexandru	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 563
48	75,840	GM Groër, Maureen W.	University of South Florida, Tampa	Nursing	Rank 196
49	75,937	BM Brebu, Mihai	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 727
50	77,391	DM Danca, Marius F.	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 608
51	77,885	AA Androniceanu, Armenia	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Economics	Rank 964
52	78,753	MI Mozos, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,845
53	79,599	BÁ Baricz, Árpád	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 441
54	82,488	Vodnar, Dan Cristian	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 634
55	84,735	PB Popescu, Bogdan A.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,230
56	86,042	CD Coltuc, Dinu	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,929
57	86,958	SA Saftoiu, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 929
58	88,981	LV Lazar, Veronica	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Microbiology	Rank 1,976
59	90,902	BL Bulgariu, Laura	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Environmental Engineering	Rank 593
60	91,867	TS Talu, Stefan	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Applied Physics	Rank 1,926
61	92,035	GM Gheju, Marius	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,204
62	93,424	AI Armas, Iuliana	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 171
63	95,573	PV Popa, Valentin I.	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Polymers	Rank 917
64	96,332	Dragut, Lucian	Universitatea de Vest din Timi?oara	Geography	Rank 506
65	96,493	CS Coseri, Sergiu	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 927
66	97,772	BI Bica, Ioan	Hydraulic and Environmental Department	Polymers	Rank 939
67	98,975	PM Popescu, Maria Cristina	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 958
68	99,239	HS Hostiuc, Sorin	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 27
69	99,960	HG Huminic, Gabriela	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 923
70	100,409	RI Rus, Ioan A.	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 569
71	100,827	SI Sporea, Ioan	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 595
72	103,461	Rusu, Liliana	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Civil Engineering	Rank 384
73	104,899	NM neaGu, Monica	Victor Babes National Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,744
74	107,227	OS Oprea, Stefan	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,054
75	110,924	PA Pisoschi, Aurelia Magdalena	Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,607
76	111,466	LV Lupulescu, Vasile	Universitatea Constantin Brancusi din Targu-Jiu	General Mathematics	Rank 650
77	112,623	SM Simionescu, Maya	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,493
78	113,392	ML Marin, Liviu	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Applied Mathematics	Rank 313
79	124,937	PL Popescu, Laurentiu M.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,749
80	125,044	AC Ancuti, Codruta O.	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,826
81	127,579	HT Hartel, Tibor	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Ecology	Rank 2,287
82	130,209	BP Budrugeac, Petru	National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies Romania	Physical Chemistry	Rank 670
83	130,266	ML Mitoseriu, L.	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Materials	Rank 2,583
84	132,534	MA Mihalca, Andrei Daniel	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 225
85	133,705	BC Braicu, Cornelia	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,784
86	134,636	Marsavina, Liviu	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Materials	Rank 2,694
87	135,760	MA Mocan, Andrei	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 1,109
88	137,515	CO Chioncel, Ovidiu	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,415
89	139,239	LM Leordeanu, Marius	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,144
90	139,408	PD Poenaru, D. N.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,772
91	139,920	HI Haiduc, Ionel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 733
92	142,413	AC Ancuti, Cosmin	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,224
93	142,718	CT Ciuleanu, Tudor Eliade	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,123
94	146,788	VE Vamanu, Emanuel	Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti	General Chemistry	Rank 403
95	146,911	NI Necoara, Ion	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,303
96	150,124	VM Vinatoru, Mircea	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,244
97	152,130	Linul, Emanoil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Materials	Rank 3,079
98	157,510	CS Chirita, Stan	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,468
99	157,511	ML Muresan, L. M.	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,210
100	158,796	BL Busoniu, Lucian	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,418
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Romania are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

190 scientists affiliated with Romania are on the 2021 single-year list, and 133 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, University Politehnica of Bucharest has the most listed scientists from Romania, with 14. It is followed by Universitatea din Bucuresti with 13.

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 190 in 2021, a change of +29.3%.

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.