Romania's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Romania has 148 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 11.3% from 133 in 2021. That places Romania 46th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai has the most listed scientists (13), followed by Universitatea din Bucuresti (13).

Single Year

209

+19 (+10.0%) vs 2021

Career Data

148

+15 (+11.3%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#46

No change vs 2021

Institutes

-3 (-6.4%) vs 2021

Scientists in Romania on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 48% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Romania

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Rank in Romania	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,595	RJ Roncali, Jean	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Organic Chemistry	Rank 74
2	15,073	PI Pop, I.	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 96
3	18,692	PG Păun, Gheorghe	Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 49
4	22,450	SM Sarstedt, Marko	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Marketing	Rank 37
5	26,343	BV Badescu, Viorel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Energy	Rank 260
6	27,350	BI Boldea, Ion	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 65
7	27,715	MD Mihalache, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 219
8	34,141	AM Andruh, Marius	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 206
9	36,986	Ducea, Mihai N.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 632
10	37,367	GM Gavrilescu, Maria	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Environmental Engineering	Rank 135
11	42,200	LJ Lidsey, James E.	Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 676
12	45,847	RV Rădulescu, Vicenţiu D.	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 165
13	47,409	CI Caprini, I.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 777
14	48,353	SM Simionescu, Maya	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,127
15	49,201	ID Ieşan, D.	Octav Mayer Institute of Mathematics (Romanian Academy)	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 294
16	52,580	MM Marin, M.	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 322
17	53,631	GP Grange, P.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 194
18	53,809	VD Vinereanu, D.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,977
19	59,574	DE Drăgan, Ecaterina Stela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 545
20	59,930	HT Harko, Tiberiu	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 994
21	62,072	BV Barbu, Viorel	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	General Mathematics	Rank 262
22	65,619	HI Haiduc, Ionel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 398
23	67,413	DM Diudea, Mircea Vasile	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 295
24	69,246	ND Niculescu, Dragos	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 610
25	71,118	VC Vasile, Cornelia	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 657
26	73,727	Cormos, Calin Cristian	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Energy	Rank 854
27	74,369	VS van Staden, Jacobus (Koos) Frederick	National Institute of Research for Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 520
28	76,899	PL Popescu, Laurentiu M.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,273
29	80,781	BP Budrugeac, Petru	National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies Romania	Physical Chemistry	Rank 286
30	81,568	MC Mortici, Cristinel	Academia Româna	General Mathematics	Rank 391
31	82,124	Berinde, Vasile	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	General Mathematics	Rank 395
32	89,200	PV Pârvulescu, Vasile I.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 323
33	89,338	CA Covic, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T. Popa din Iasi	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,005
34	91,879	DD Dragoman, Daniela	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Applied Physics	Rank 2,525
35	98,328	CT Chirila, Traian V.	George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 408
36	100,296	ML Marin, Liviu	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Applied Mathematics	Rank 219
37	100,388	ZN Zamfir, Nicolae Victor	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,648
38	101,517	CH Chiriac, H.	SM-S National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 2,817
39	115,049	LV Lupei, V.	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 3,238
40	120,639	BÁ Baricz, Árpád	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 663
41	127,333	YS Yuan, Sarah Y.	Morsani College of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 4,005
42	129,529	GA Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,185
43	130,088	AI Agache, Ioana	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Allergy	Rank 352
44	131,459	GM Gavrilas, Mihai	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 377
45	132,685	PR Pollenz, Richard S.	University of South Florida, Tampa	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,278
46	138,972	AN Andrei, Neculai	Academia Româna	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 282
47	139,827	MD Miheţ, Dorel	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	General Mathematics	Rank 821
48	140,399	AI Ardelean, Ioan	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Applied Physics	Rank 4,006
49	140,440	BI Bica, Ioan	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Polymers	Rank 1,257
50	145,789	SA Săftoiu, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,910
51	148,444	SI Sporea, Ioan	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 1,400
52	148,763	CD Coltuc, Dinu	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,679
53	149,367	IL Ixaru, L. Gr	Academia Româna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,460
54	149,470	CJ Calderon-Moreno, Jose M.	Institute of Physical Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 2,000
55	152,494	FC Fetecau, Constantin	Academia Româna	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,053
56	152,769	CO Carp, Oana	Institute of Physical Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Sciences	Physical Chemistry	Rank 544
57	155,736	AS Astilean, Simion	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,444
58	155,976	PA Postelnicu, Adrian	Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,076
59	157,709	BN Bizon, Nicu	Universitatea din Pitesti	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 462
60	163,374	DP Dita, P.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,690
61	163,771	Minea, Alina Adriana	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,141
62	166,526	OS Oprea, Stefan	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,520
63	167,295	ML Mitoseriu, Liliana	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Materials	Rank 2,254
64	173,483	AS Antoniu, Sabina	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T. Popa din Iasi	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,732
65	175,269	SS Stoica, S.	International Centre for Advanced Training and Research in Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,876
66	179,071	Rusu, Eugen	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 2,346
67	181,401	MM Mihăilescu, Mihai	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 1,180
68	182,353	VD Vizireanu, Dragos	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,742
69	182,580	BE Burzo, Emil	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Applied Physics	Rank 5,315
70	185,192	CI Ciucanu, Ionel	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,522
71	187,279	BM Brebu, Mihai	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,719
72	189,400	SI Sarbu, Ioan	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Energy	Rank 2,505
73	189,702	Precup, Radu Emil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,491
74	190,122	PD Petcu, Dana	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,500
75	193,420	RI Rus, Ioan A.	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 1,294
76	193,747	SO Sima, O.	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,163
77	196,662	MV Marinca, Vasile	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	General Physics	Rank 1,308
78	198,147	PI Popescu, Irinel	Institutul Clinic Fundeni	Surgery	Rank 1,903
79	199,875	SS Stefan-van Staden, Raluca Ioana	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,649
80	203,380	VR Vatavu, Radu Daniel	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,759
81	203,870	FC Fetecau, Corina	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,466
82	207,949	SR Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,409
83	209,289	DD Delion, D. S.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,399
84	210,048	TJ Thomas, J. D.R.	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,754
85	213,452	PN Pavel, Nicolaie	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 872
86	214,515	PL Pintilie, Lucian	Institut de Physique des Matériaux, Bucarest-Magurele	Applied Physics	Rank 6,313
87	217,975	DD Dubina, Dan	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Civil Engineering	Rank 456
88	219,097	SI Spiridon, Iuliana	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 2,015
89	225,021	GS Gal, Sorin G.	Universitatea din Oradea	General Mathematics	Rank 1,593
90	233,814	SS Staicu, Stefan	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,702
91	236,284	Oroian, Mircea	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Food Science	Rank 1,225
92	238,999	CS Coseri, Sergiu	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 2,188
93	239,720	SC Silvestru, Cristian	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,636
94	242,017	BD Banabic, Dorel	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	Materials	Rank 3,379
95	243,233	CS Chiriţă, Stan	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,769
96	247,725	ZA Zamfir, Alina D.	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,134
97	249,191	LM Leordeanu, Marius	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,700
98	252,846	DV Drăgan, Vasile	Academia Româna	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,853
99	263,214	AC Apetrei, Constantin	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,297
100	263,246	PR Prăvălie, Remus	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,846
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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 career-long list, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai has the most listed scientists from Romania, with 13. It is followed by Universitatea din Bucuresti with 13.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Romania changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Romania went from 100 scientists in 2020 to 148 in 2022, a change of +48.0%.

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.