Romania's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Romania has 169 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 14.2% from 148 in 2022. That places Romania 47th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University Politehnica of Bucharest has the most listed scientists (18), followed by Academia Româna (14).

Single Year

238

+29 (+13.9%) vs 2022

Career Data

169

+21 (+14.2%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#47

down 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

+5 (+11.4%) vs 2022

Scientists in Romania on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 69% 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%

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Rank in Romania	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,785	RJ Roncali, Jean	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Organic Chemistry	Rank 76
2	14,174	PI Pop, Ioan	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 89
3	19,623	PG Păun, Gheorghe	Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 49
4	25,337	MD Mihalache, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 196
5	25,657	BV Badescu, Viorel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Energy	Rank 271
6	27,862	BI Boldea, Ion	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 64
7	32,922	GM Gavrilescu, Maria	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Environmental Engineering	Rank 110
8	33,626	Ducea, Mihai N.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 559
9	34,186	AM Andruh, Marius	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 199
10	39,692	KP Kuo, Paul C.	Morsani College of Medicine	Surgery	Rank 322
11	39,704	EG Etiope, Giuseppe	Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Rome	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 665
12	40,972	MM Marin, M.	Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov	Applied Mathematics	Rank 89
13	42,535	RV Rǎdulescu, Vicenţiu D.	Academia Româna	General Mathematics	Rank 150
14	46,287	LJ Lidsey, James E.	Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 723
15	47,509	CI Caprini, Irinel	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 756
16	49,377	SM Simionescu, Maya	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,080
17	50,238	HT Harko, Tiberiu	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 807
18	50,451	ID Ieşan, Dorin	Octav Mayer Institute of Mathematics (Romanian Academy)	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 311
19	51,890	VD Vinereanu, Dragos	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,914
20	56,690	DE Dragan, Ecaterina Stela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 505
21	57,983	GP Grange, P.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 210
22	59,168	VC Vasile, Cornelia	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 533
23	61,470	BV Barbu, Viorel	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	General Mathematics	Rank 249
24	65,218	Cormos, Calin Cristian	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Energy	Rank 794
25	68,379	PV Parvulescu, Vasile I.	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 248
26	68,982	HI Haiduc, Ionel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 404
27	71,429	DM Diudea, Mircea Vasile	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 314
28	76,451	ND Niculescu, Dragoș Ștefan	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 663
29	80,936	Berinde, Vasile	Academia Româna	General Mathematics	Rank 385
30	81,789	PL Popescu, Laurentiu M.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,333
31	82,016	BP Budrugeac, P.	National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies Romania	Physical Chemistry	Rank 291
32	82,665	GA Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 840
33	83,245	VS van Staden, Jacobus (Koos) Frederick	National Institute of Research for Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 590
34	85,109	MC Mortici, Cristinel	Universitatea din Bucuresti	General Mathematics	Rank 411
35	88,412	CA Covic, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T. Popa din Iasi	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 983
36	95,039	AI Agache, Ioana	Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov	Allergy	Rank 268
37	95,807	DD Dragoman, Daniela	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Applied Physics	Rank 2,572
38	100,372	ML Marin, Liviu	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Applied Mathematics	Rank 212
39	102,570	CT Chirilă, Traian V.	George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 447
40	103,021	DD David, Daniel	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Clinical Psychology	Rank 353
41	103,541	ZN Zamfir, Nicolae Victor	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,682
42	106,400	CH Chiriac, Horia	SM-S National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 2,889
43	107,668	BÁ Baricz, Árpád	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 559
44	110,734	FC Fetecau, Constantin	Academia Româna	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 757
45	121,136	LV Lupei, V.	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 495
46	124,484	SA Saftoiu, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,703
47	124,845	DM Datcu, Mihai	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 554
48	128,097	Minea, Alina Adriana	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 889
49	133,024	AN Andrei, Neculai	Academia Româna	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 264
50	136,316	BI Bica, Ioan	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Polymers	Rank 1,237
51	139,634	CD Coltuc, Dinu	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,677
52	140,298	SI Sporea, Ioan	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 1,289
53	142,452	BN Bizon, Nicu	Universitatea din Pitesti	Energy	Rank 1,891
54	143,717	IL Ixaru, L. Gr	Academia Româna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,319
55	146,695	MD Miheţ, Dorel	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	General Mathematics	Rank 861
56	149,007	AI Ardelean, Ioan	Academia Română, Institutul de Biologie Bucureşti	Applied Physics	Rank 4,155
57	155,244	CJ Calderon-Moreno, Jose	Institute of Physical Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 2,112
58	157,194	BM Brebu, Mihai	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,412
59	158,965	Rusu, Eugen	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 2,143
60	159,696	SL Szilágyi, László	Sapientia Erdélyi Magyar Tudományegyetem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,063
61	162,099	PA Postelnicu, Adrian	Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,152
62	163,263	CO Carp, Oana	Institute of Physical Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Sciences	Physical Chemistry	Rank 588
63	163,535	OS Oprea, Stefan	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,458
64	168,113	Precup, Radu Emil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,225
65	168,651	SI Sarbu, Ioan	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Energy	Rank 2,268
66	170,017	VR Vatavu, Radu Daniel	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,273
67	170,538	GM Gavrilaş, Mihai	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 526
68	171,064	ML Mitoseriu, Liliana	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Materials	Rank 2,325
69	172,278	AS Antoniu, Sabina Antonela	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T. Popa din Iasi	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,696
70	175,602	DP Dita, P.	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,856
71	178,305	PI Popescu, Irinel	Institutul Clinic Fundeni	Surgery	Rank 1,676
72	179,610	SS Stoica, S.	International Centre for Advanced Training and Research in Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,911
73	180,782	RI Rus, Ioan A.	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	General Mathematics	Rank 1,160
74	182,605	GD Ghilencea, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,961
75	184,005	MM Mihailescu, Mihai	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 1,190
76	194,438	Oroian, Mircea	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Food Science	Rank 1,053
77	195,105	BE Burzo, Emil	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Applied Physics	Rank 5,536
78	195,226	VD Vizireanu, Dragoș Nicolae	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,868
79	195,293	SI Spiridon, Iuliana	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,777
80	197,695	Vodnar, Dan Cristian	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 1,077
81	198,058	SO Sima, O.	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,201
82	200,063	MV Marinca, Vasile	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	General Physics	Rank 1,325
83	200,967	CI Ciucanu, Ionel	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,658
84	201,758	PD Petcu, Dana	Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,929
85	204,586	DD Dubina, Dan	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Civil Engineering	Rank 453
86	204,693	SS Stefan-van Staden, Raluca Ioana	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,693
87	206,475	SR Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Radu	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,350
88	207,688	CS Coseri, Sergiu	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 1,882
89	210,026	DD Delion, D. S.	Academia Româna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,379
90	213,556	PR Prăvălie, Remus	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,537
91	217,944	PV Popa, Valentin I.	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Polymers	Rank 1,956
92	218,423	KF Kajzar, Francois	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Applied Physics	Rank 6,207
93	221,492	GS Gal, Sorin G.	Universitatea din Oradea	General Mathematics	Rank 1,527
94	222,288	PL Pintilie, Lucian	Institut de Physique des Matériaux, Bucarest-Magurele	Applied Physics	Rank 6,333
95	224,283	PN Pavel, Nicolaie	National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,020
96	226,940	LM Leordeanu, Marius	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,460
97	227,878	LC Lascu, Cristian Vasile	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 720
98	230,010	Iliescu, Ciprian	Academia Româna	Applied Physics	Rank 6,617
99	237,982	BD BANABIC, Dorel	Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca	Materials	Rank 3,386
100	242,235	SS Staicu, Stefan	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,775
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Romania are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

238 scientists affiliated with Romania are on the 2023 single-year list, and 169 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 career-long list, University Politehnica of Bucharest has the most listed scientists from Romania, with 18. It is followed by Academia Româna with 14.

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 169 in 2023, a change of +69.0%.

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.