Romania's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Romania has 209 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 10.0% from 190 in 2021. That places Romania 45th in the world by number of listed scientists. University Politehnica of Bucharest has the most listed scientists (15), followed by Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti (14).

Single Year

209

+19 (+10.0%) vs 2021

Career Data

148

+15 (+11.3%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#45

No change vs 2021

Institutes

-2 (-3.5%) vs 2021

Scientists in Romania on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 42% 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	1,025	SM Sarstedt, Marko	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Marketing	Rank 6
2	8,304	MM Marin, M.	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 71
3	11,766	PI Pop, I.	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 111
4	13,368	RV Radulescu, Vicentiu D.	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 48
5	13,552	Ducea, Mihai N.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 205
6	13,985	RJ Roncali, Jean	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Organic Chemistry	Rank 192
7	14,693	GM Gavrilescu, Maria	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Environmental Engineering	Rank 73
8	15,018	LG Lazaroiu, George	Universitatea Spiru Haret	Business & Management	Rank 343
9	15,420	DE Dragan, Ecaterina Stela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 109
10	15,576	HT Harko, Tiberiu	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 165
11	16,470	BV Badescu, Viorel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Energy	Rank 328
12	17,140	Minea, Alina Adriana	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 162
13	17,687	GA Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 491
14	17,875	PG Paun, Gheorghe	Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 34
15	20,799	AI Agache, Ioana	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Allergy	Rank 44
16	21,702	VC Vasile, Cornelia	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 168
17	21,799	MD Mihalache, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 150
18	27,783	BI Boldea, Ion	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 88
19	29,716	CR Costache, Romulus	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 252
20	30,072	PR Pravalie, Remus	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Environmental Sciences	Rank 362
21	34,004	CI Caprini, I.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 422
22	40,059	Oroian, Mircea	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Food Science	Rank 295
23	40,229	Cormos, Calin Cristian	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Energy	Rank 851
24	41,842	SI Sarbu, Ioan	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Energy	Rank 886
25	42,428	Precup, Radu Emil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,178
26	44,981	ID Iesan, D.	Octav Mayer Institute of Mathematics (Romanian Academy)	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 407
27	47,572	NE Nica, Elvira	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 19
28	48,025	AA Androniceanu, Armenia	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Economics	Rank 610
29	50,117	BI Berindan-Neagoe, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,908
30	54,554	Berinde, Vasile	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 249
31	55,675	DD David, Daniel	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Clinical Psychology	Rank 232
32	56,421	IL Ixaru, L. Gr	Academia Româna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 714
33	56,534	PV Pârvulescu, Vasile I.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 227
34	57,451	SI Spiridon, Iuliana	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 493
35	58,014	VD Vinereanu, D.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,660
36	58,024	BV Barbu, Viorel	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	General Mathematics	Rank 265
37	58,351	Vodnar, Dan Cristian	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 444
38	58,789	AM Andruh, Marius	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 227
39	60,508	CA Covic, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T. Popa din Iasi	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 461
40	61,121	BN Bizon, Nicu	Universitatea din Pitesti	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 184
41	61,151	Rusu, Eugen	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 1,323
42	63,637	PB Popescu, Bogdan A.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,800
43	64,182	AC Albulescu, Claudiu	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Economics	Rank 782
44	65,675	BM Brebu, Mihai	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 561
45	66,341	AN Andrei, Neculai	Academia Româna	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 128
46	68,120	BE Brujan, Emil Alexandru	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 497
47	69,478	AC Ancuti, Codruta O.	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,927
48	76,586	MI Mozos, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,929
49	77,058	CD Coltuc, Dinu	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,100
50	80,314	SA Saftoiu, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 927
51	80,537	BC Bratianu, Constantin	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Business & Management	Rank 1,453
52	82,766	HS Hostiuc, Sorin	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 23
53	83,599	Dragut, Lucian	Universitatea de Vest din Timi?oara	Geography	Rank 409
54	84,325	CR Cretan, Remus	Universitatea de Vest din Timi?oara	Geography	Rank 413
55	84,448	BL Bulgariu, Laura	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Environmental Engineering	Rank 510
56	85,647	AC Ancuti, Cosmin	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,309
57	86,011	NM Neagu, Monica	Victor Babes National Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,271
58	88,194	HG Huminic, Gabriela	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 752
59	89,892	LV Lazar, Veronica	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Microbiology	Rank 2,112
60	91,776	VM Visa, Maria	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Environmental Engineering	Rank 551
61	93,096	PG Popescu, Gheorghe H.	Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University	Energy	Rank 2,065
62	96,097	BÁ Baricz, Árpád	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 469
63	96,728	Rusu, Liliana	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 2,151
64	98,209	CO Chioncel, Ovidiu	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,656
65	99,242	BA Blaga, Adara M.	Universitatea de Vest din Timi?oara	General Mathematics	Rank 491
66	101,057	CS Coseri, Sergiu	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 933
67	101,874	PV Popa, Valentin I.	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Polymers	Rank 939
68	102,192	SI Sporea, Ioan	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 607
69	103,683	PA Pisoschi, Aurelia Magdalena	Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 347
70	104,692	VR Vatavu, Radu Daniel	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,778
71	104,821	BS Bungau, Simona Gabriela	Universitatea din Oradea, Facultatea de Medicina	Materials	Rank 1,814
72	107,981	RI Rus, Ioan A.	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 535
73	109,108	GM Gheju, Marius	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,509
74	109,972	TS Talu, Stefan	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Applied Physics	Rank 2,235
75	111,483	SM Simionescu, Maya	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,588
76	112,109	DM Danca, Marius F.	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 814
77	113,199	PM Popescu, Maria Cristina	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,055
78	114,822	AI Armas, I.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 200
79	118,152	LV Lupulescu, Vasile	Universitatea Constantin Brancusi din Targu-Jiu	General Mathematics	Rank 606
80	118,711	LM Leordeanu, Marius	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,149
81	119,507	BC Braicu, Cornelia	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,511
82	119,592	CT Ciuleanu, Tudor	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,516
83	121,463	LA Lavric, Alexandru	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 402
84	122,036	DA Docea, Anca Oana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova	Toxicology	Rank 500
85	123,440	CD Calina, Daniela	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,649
86	126,875	AL Atanase, Léonard	Universitatea Apollonia	Polymers	Rank 1,197
87	127,604	Dippong, Thomas	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Materials	Rank 2,281
88	134,162	BL Busoniu, Lucian	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,186
89	134,697	MA Mocan, Andrei	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 1,178
90	136,674	BM Beuran, Mircea	Emergency Hospital of Bucharest	Surgery	Rank 827
91	137,323	HI Haiduc, Ionel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 650
92	144,889	PL Popescu, Laurentiu M.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,285
93	145,686	PD Predoi, Daniela	Institut de Physique des Matériaux, Bucarest-Magurele	Materials	Rank 2,684
94	147,457	CM Chifiriuc, Mariana Carmen	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Microbiology	Rank 3,448
95	147,920	Popescu, Carmen Mihaela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,427
96	147,979	BO Bouriaud, Olivier	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Forestry	Rank 196
97	149,094	Linul, Emanoil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Materials	Rank 2,754
98	151,332	DM David, Madalina Elena	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Polymers	Rank 1,470
99	151,519	BS Bolboaca, Sorana D.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 951
100	155,946	HA Huminic, Angel	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,334
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Romania are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

209 scientists affiliated with Romania are on the 2022 single-year list, and 148 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, University Politehnica of Bucharest has the most listed scientists from Romania, with 15. It is followed by Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti with 14.

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 209 in 2022, a change of +42.2%.

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.