Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Russia has 751 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Russia 30th in the world by number of listed scientists. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (67), followed by Saint Petersburg State University (33).

Single Year

751

First year listed

Career Data

709

First year listed

World rank by count

#30

First year listed

Institutes

224

First year listed

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+27.7%

2022+0.1%

2023-5.3%

2024+6.5%

2025-0.6%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	751		709
2021	959	+27.7%	847	+19.5%
2022	960	+0.1%	887	+4.7%
2023	909	-5.3%	906	+2.1%
2024	968	+6.5%	980	+8.2%
2025	962	-0.6%	1,069	+9.1%

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Rank in Russia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	707	VR Valiev, Ruslan Z.	Ufa State Aviation Technical University	Materials	Rank 18
2	1,586	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Kudrinskaja Sq.	Materials	Rank 36
3	1,837	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 10
4	2,856	FC Franceschi, Claudio	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 5
5	4,392	TS Trukhanov, Sergei	South Ural State University	Applied Physics	Rank 104
6	5,194	SS Schulman, Sam	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 155
7	5,356	SI Sobol, I. M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 8
8	5,446	SM Sheremet, Mikhail A.	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 52
9	5,738	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 98
10	6,001	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 51
11	6,068	CA Cichocki, Andrzej	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 207
12	6,219	TA Tagantsev, Alexander K.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 137
13	7,108	LK Lesch, Klaus Peter	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Psychiatry	Rank 169
14	7,233	PB Polyak, B. T.	V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 79
15	7,417	PP Pevzner, Pavel A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Bioinformatics	Rank 25
16	7,787	ER Ernst, R. E.	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 137
17	7,824	TA Tseytlin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 71
18	8,837	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 77
19	9,191	TV Tuchin, Valery V.	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 22
20	9,411	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Serbsky Federal Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Narcology	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 188
21	9,556	DE Dianov, Evgeny M.	Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 56
22	9,792	SD Shchukin, Dmitry	Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 282
23	10,780	AV Anisimov, V. I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 236
24	10,806	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 134
25	11,153	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 37
26	11,644	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 227
27	11,670	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 7
28	11,821	KN Khlebtsov, Nikolai	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 241
29	11,858	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 31
30	12,384	BS Boccaletti, Stefano	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 108
31	12,582	AY Aristov, Yuri I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 116
32	12,623	OI Oseledets, Ivan	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 25
33	12,806	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	-	Rank 0
34	13,095	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 125
35	13,689	OS O'Brien, Stephen J.	Saint Petersburg State University	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 140
36	14,465	OR Ortega, Romeo	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 174
37	15,537	KR Konoplya, R. A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 144
38	16,179	DE Dreizin, Edward L.	Tomsk State University	Energy	Rank 302
39	16,336	BI Beletskaya, Irina P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 259
40	16,369	MI Medvedev, I. N.	Russian State Social University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 976
41	16,405	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 150
42	17,233	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 393
43	17,981	LG Leonov, G. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 206
44	18,206	SV Smirnov, Vladimir A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 165
45	18,646	PO Pokrovsky, O. S.	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 373
46	19,036	BI Bezprozvanny, Ilya B.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,122
47	19,281	AV Atuchin, Victor V.	Kemerovo State University	Applied Physics	Rank 428
48	19,714	GS Gninenko, S.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 175
49	20,763	LV Lempitsky, Victor	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 590
50	21,026	WL Weill, Laurent	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)	Economics	Rank 318
51	21,063	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	-	Rank 0
52	21,310	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 415
53	21,360	RV Rubakov, V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 200
54	22,772	PA Pikovsky, A.	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 202
55	23,395	SG Shul'pin, Georgiy B.	N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 399
56	23,487	BE Boldyreva, E. V.	Novosibirsk State University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 101
57	23,888	OI Ovid'ko, I. A.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 458
58	24,337	MS Misyura, S. Y.	Institute of Thermophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 244
59	24,534	SA Smirnov, A. V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 249
60	24,640	AE Akhmetshin, Elvir Munirovich	Kazan Federal University	Economics	Rank 368
61	24,791	KA Karyakin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 122
62	25,256	GA Grigorenko, A. N.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Applied Physics	Rank 552
63	26,275	DS Dorogovtsev, S. N.	Ioffe Institute	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 237
64	26,334	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,535
65	26,359	LA Lvovsky, A. I.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 156
66	27,507	MG Mesyats, G. A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 287
67	27,731	YY Yampolskii, Yury	A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RAS	Polymers	Rank 252
68	27,837	KR Kaibyshev, Rustam	Belgorod State University	Materials	Rank 519
69	27,862	SK Stevenson, Keith J.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 514
70	28,924	TS Turitsyn, Sergei	Novosibirsk State University	Optics	Rank 139
71	29,366	GM Gorodetsky, Michael L.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 308
72	29,368	OA Orekhov, Alexander N.	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 858
73	29,478	BP Belov, Pavel A.	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 304
74	29,579	HK Hanjalic, Kemal	Novosibirsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 294
75	29,644	SI Safonova, Inna	Novosibirsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 587
76	30,072	KA Kondrashov, Alexey S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Developmental Biology	Rank 976
77	30,083	MS Morozov, S. V.	Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 641
78	30,119	KG Knyazev, Gennady G.	State Scientific-Research Institute of Physiology and Basic Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,739
79	30,182	Bogoviz, Aleksei V.	National Research University Higher School of Economics	Business & Management	Rank 680
80	30,190	HA Holevo, A. S.	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 15
81	30,561	BV Boldyrev, V. V.	Novosibirsk State University	Chemical Physics	Rank 549
82	30,672	SA Sobolev, Alexander V.	Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Russian Academ? of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 607
83	31,061	MM Merzlyak, Mark	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 384
84	31,203	KN Kuznetsov, Nikolay V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 350
85	31,370	NG Naidis, George V.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 677
86	32,045	LB Luk'yanchuk, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 79
87	32,104	FV Fortov, V. E.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 292
88	32,127	PE Popkova, Elena	Plekhanov Russian University of Economics	Economics	Rank 472
89	32,877	LV Lozinskii, V. I.	A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 294
90	33,241	SV Seredin, Vladimir V.	Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 663
91	34,349	MV Minkin, Vladimir I.	Southern Federal University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 548
92	34,692	LJ Linton, Jonathan D.	National Research University Higher School of Economics	Business & Management	Rank 774
93	34,985	VR Valenta, Rudolf	State Research Center Institute of Immunology FMBA	Allergy	Rank 82
94	35,346	MG Morfill, Gregor E.	Bauman Moscow State Technical University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 323
95	35,571	KV Kharton, Vladislav V.	Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 737
96	35,587	SA Solovchenko, Alexei E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 457
97	35,670	GA Gusarov, Andrey V.	Moscow State Technological University Stankin	Applied Physics	Rank 771
98	35,675	VR Valentini, R.	RUDN University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 674
99	35,902	FA Fedorov, Alexander V.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Energy	Rank 742
100	36,517	VM Vasiliev, M. A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 385
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Russia are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

751 scientists affiliated with Russia are on the 2020 single-year list, and 709 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 67. It is followed by Saint Petersburg State University with 33.

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.