Romania's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Romania has 257 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 8.0% from 238 in 2023. That places Romania 44th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Academia Româna has the most listed scientists (22), followed by Universitatea din Bucuresti (20).

Single Year

257

+19 (+8.0%) vs 2023

Career Data

188

+19 (+11.2%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#44

up 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

-4 (-6.9%) vs 2023

Scientists in Romania on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 75% 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	338	SM Sarstedt, Marko	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Marketing	Rank 4
2	5,953	GA Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 31
3	6,437	GM Gavrilescu, Maria	Academia Româna	Environmental Engineering	Rank 29
4	9,756	LG Lazaroiu, George	Universitatea Spiru Haret	Business & Management	Rank 294
5	10,654	PI Pop, I.	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 108
6	10,975	HT Harko, Tiberiu	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 122
7	11,230	CR Costache, Romulus	Universitatea Transilvania din Bra?ov	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 110
8	11,659	NP Nijkamp, Peter	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 33
9	12,630	MD Mihalache, Dumitru	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 80
10	12,944	VC Vasile, Cornelia	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 80
11	13,733	AI Agache, Ioana	Universitatea Transilvania din Bra?ov	Allergy	Rank 26
12	16,523	PR Pravalie, Remus	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Environmental Sciences	Rank 321
13	16,830	MM Marin, Marin	Universitatea Transilvania din Bra?ov	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 163
14	17,118	NE Nica, Elvira	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Business & Management	Rank 500
15	18,643	RJ Roncali, Jean	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Organic Chemistry	Rank 223
16	19,115	DE Dragan, Ecaterina Stela	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 138
17	19,289	RV Radulescu, Vicentiu	University of Craiova	General Mathematics	Rank 76
18	21,434	Cormos, Calin Cristian	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Energy	Rank 530
19	24,091	BS Bungau, Simona Gabriela	University of Oradea	Environmental Sciences	Rank 463
20	25,375	BV Badescu, Viorel	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Energy	Rank 630
21	28,497	Dabija, Dan Cristian	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Business & Management	Rank 772
22	28,754	AC Albulescu, Claudiu Tiberiu	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Economics	Rank 441
23	30,707	Oroian, Mircea	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Food Science	Rank 272
24	30,955	Minea, Alina Adriana	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 298
25	31,694	PG Popescu, Gheorghe H.	Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University	Business & Management	Rank 839
26	32,277	BC Bratianu, Constantin	?coala Nationala de Studii Politice ?i Administrative	Business & Management	Rank 852
27	33,500	BI Boldea, Ion	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 113
28	35,297	BL Batrancea, Larissa M.	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Applied Mathematics	Rank 104
29	37,459	AN Andrei, Neculai	Academia Româna	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 71
30	38,478	Vodnar, Dan Cristian	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 352
31	40,727	Berinde, Vasile	Academia Româna	General Mathematics	Rank 196
32	40,863	HS Hostiuc, Sorin	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 12
33	41,448	BN Bizon, Nicu	National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies	Energy	Rank 1,065
34	41,906	SI Spiridon, Iuliana	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 354
35	43,045	SI Sarbu, Ioan	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Energy	Rank 1,112
36	44,735	AA Androniceanu, Armenia	Bucharest University of Economic Studies	Economics	Rank 660
37	44,754	DD David, Daniel	Universitatea Babe?-Bolyai	Clinical Psychology	Rank 212
38	44,781	Precup, Radu Emil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,752
39	45,459	Dippong, Thomas	Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca	Materials	Rank 851
40	46,318	BM Brebu, Mihai	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 393
41	46,688	PG Paun, Gheorghe	Academia Româna	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 91
42	47,207	CO Chioncel, Ovidiu	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,292
43	49,311	PB Popescu, Bogdan A.	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,366
44	49,866	BE Brujan, Emil Alexandru	University Politehnica of Bucharest	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 338
45	52,206	CD Calina, Daniela	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,687
46	52,970	SM Simionescu, Mihaela	Academia Româna	Economics	Rank 758
47	54,938	BM Butnariu, Monica	University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timisoara	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,925
48	55,312	ID Iesan, D.	Academia Româna	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 541
49	55,859	BV Barbu, Viorel	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	General Mathematics	Rank 277
50	58,440	CS Coseri, Sergiu	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 523
51	58,983	AC Ancuti, Codruta O.	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,283
52	59,598	CI Caprini, Irinel	Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 733
53	60,530	PV Parvulescu, Vasile	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Physical Chemistry	Rank 253
54	61,417	BI Berindan-Neagoe, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,989
55	69,472	PA Pisoschi, Aurelia Magdalena	Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 219
56	69,961	AS Anton, Sorin Gabriel	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Economics	Rank 934
57	70,187	CA Covic, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T. Popa din Iasi	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 458
58	71,980	VE Vamanu, Emanuel	Universitatea de Stiinte Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara din Bucuresti	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,184
59	72,864	PV Popa, Valentin I.	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Polymers	Rank 676
60	73,664	BA Blaga, Adara M.	Universitatea de Vest din Timi?oara	General Mathematics	Rank 372
61	74,854	CS Cavalu, Simona	University of Oradea	Materials	Rank 1,506
62	75,477	PM Popescu, Maria Cristina	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 700
63	76,269	NM Neagu, Monica	Victor Babes National Institute	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,505
64	76,667	CD Coltuc, Dinu	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,906
65	78,111	Popescu, Carmen Mihaela	Academia Româna	Polymers	Rank 721
66	82,880	BM Bercea, Maria	Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry	Polymers	Rank 770
67	82,942	AC Ancuti, Cosmin	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,126
68	83,050	IR Ionescu, Radu Tudor	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,130
69	83,299	MI Mozos, Ioana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,140
70	83,565	JA Jurcau, Anamaria	University of Oradea	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,069
71	85,686	NA Niculescu, Adelina Gabriela	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,091
72	88,972	Rusu, Eugen	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 2,442
73	89,160	CR Cretan, Remus	Universitatea de Vest din Timi?oara	Geography	Rank 459
74	90,911	BL Bulgariu, Laura	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI	Environmental Engineering	Rank 521
75	91,081	SA Saftoiu, Adrian	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 994
76	92,258	AL Atanase, Leonard I.	Universitatea Apollonia	Polymers	Rank 863
77	92,290	AE Andronescu, Ecaterina	Academia Româna	Materials	Rank 1,913
78	94,382	Nour, Violeta	University of Craiova	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,583
79	94,891	Linul, Emanoil	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Materials	Rank 1,964
80	95,861	MA Mocan, Andrei	George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures	Food Science	Rank 1,045
81	98,244	MM Mutascu, Mihai Ioan	Universitatea de Vest din Timi?oara	Economics	Rank 1,214
82	98,367	VD Vinereanu, Dragos	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,462
83	98,990	PL Popov, Lucia Doina	Academia Româna	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,763
84	99,409	Dragut, Lucian	Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 938
85	102,213	BC Braicu, Cornelia	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,367
86	103,238	MA Mihalca, Andrei Daniel	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 133
87	104,617	AI Armas, Iuliana	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 181
88	105,214	AI Antoniac, Iulian	Academia Româna	Materials	Rank 2,195
89	105,279	VR Vatavu, Radu Daniel	Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,949
90	105,616	EA Enesca, A.	Universitatea Transilvania din Bra?ov	Applied Physics	Rank 2,006
91	106,217	LV Lazar, Veronica	Universitatea din Bucuresti	Microbiology	Rank 2,198
92	106,823	VM Visa, Maria	Universitatea Transilvania din Bra?ov	Environmental Engineering	Rank 610
93	108,165	SI Sporea, Ioan	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 535
94	108,929	DZ Diaconeasa, Zori?a	Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca	Food Science	Rank 1,225
95	109,691	Rusu, Liliana	Universitatea Dunarea de Jos din Galati	Energy	Rank 3,048
96	110,060	BL Busoniu, Lucian	Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,174
97	110,338	DA Docea, Anca Oana	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova	Toxicology	Rank 423
98	110,816	LC Lascu, Cristian Vasile	Universitatea Politehnica Timisoara	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 423
99	112,240	MF Mihai, Florin Constantin	Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 59
100	112,410	DM David, Madalina Elena	Universitatea Valahia din Targoviste	Polymers	Rank 1,094
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Romania are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

257 scientists affiliated with Romania are on the 2024 single-year list, and 188 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Academia Româna has the most listed scientists from Romania, with 22. It is followed by Universitatea din Bucuresti with 20.

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 257 in 2024, a change of +74.8%.

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.