Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Russia has 709 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Russia 27th in the world by number of listed scientists. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (86), followed by Saint Petersburg State University (27).

Single Year

751

First year listed

Career Data

709

First year listed

World rank by count

#27

First year listed

Institutes

208

First year listed

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+19.5%

2022+4.7%

2023+2.1%

2024+8.2%

2025+9.1%

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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	753	VR Valiev, Ruslan	Ufa State Aviation Technical University	Materials	Rank 7
2	1,405	TA Tseytlin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 14
3	1,739	OS O'Brien, Stephen J.	Saint Petersburg State University	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 22
4	2,087	LK Lesch, Klaus Peter	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Psychiatry	Rank 73
5	2,402	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 30
6	3,661	FC Franceschi, Claudio	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 8
7	3,780	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 163
8	4,053	SS Schulman, Sam	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 209
9	6,919	PP Pevzner, Pavel A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Bioinformatics	Rank 22
10	7,980	TA Tagantsev, Alexander K.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 181
11	8,415	BI Beletskaya, Irina P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 194
12	8,631	KA Kondrashov, Alexey S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Developmental Biology	Rank 497
13	8,683	CA Cichocki, Andrzej	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 157
14	9,891	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Kudrinskaja Sq.	Materials	Rank 117
15	9,903	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 97
16	10,416	OR Ortega, Romeo	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 66
17	10,828	PA Pikovsky, A.	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 104
18	10,969	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 167
19	11,196	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 494
20	11,262	VR Valenta, Rudolf	State Research Center Institute of Immunology FMBA	Allergy	Rank 38
21	11,689	BI Bezprozvanny, Ilya B.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,037
22	12,289	SV Smirnov, Vladimir A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 190
23	12,356	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	-	-
24	12,695	CJ Cohen, Jon	Moscow	Nursing	Rank 12
25	12,765	RV Rubakov, V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 193
26	13,214	VM Vasiliev, M. A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 200
27	14,563	AV Anisimov, V. I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 325
28	15,377	KA Khokhlov, Alexey R.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Polymers	Rank 131
29	16,278	PO Ptitsyn, Oleg B.	Institute of Protein Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 696
30	16,489	KA Kaminskii, A. A.	Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 40
31	16,997	AA Ardila, Alfredo	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 237
32	17,635	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 265
33	17,684	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 83
34	17,851	FL Faddeev, L. D.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 11
35	17,950	DE Dianov, Evgeny M.	Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 81
36	20,366	LM Levene, Malcolm I.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Pediatrics	Rank 67
37	20,563	TV Tuchin, Valery V.	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 58
38	20,666	ES Eidelman, S. I.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 305
39	20,710	DS Dorogovtsev, S. N.	Ioffe Institute	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 192
40	21,174	KA Karyakin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 138
41	22,591	DA Dolgov, A.	Novosibirsk State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 346
42	22,619	MA Mirlin, Alexander D.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Applied Physics	Rank 543
43	22,665	ZV Zhdanov, Vladimir P.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Chemical Physics	Rank 531
44	22,707	MG Morfill, Gregor E.	Bauman Moscow State Technical University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 209
45	22,821	SD Shchukin, Dmitry	Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 214
46	23,013	SA Smirnov, A.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 360
47	23,805	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,921
48	24,100	SG Shul'pin, Georgiy B.	N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 493
49	25,044	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 165
50	25,487	TS Turitsyn, Sergei	Novosibirsk State University	Optics	Rank 106
51	25,576	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	-	-
52	25,805	ZV Zakharov, Valentin I.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 401
53	25,944	AB Altshuler, Boris L.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 175
54	26,478	MG Mesyats, G. A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 416
55	26,651	KV Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 279
56	27,340	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 554
57	28,354	TN Tsyganenko, N. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 369
58	28,363	VA Vikhlinin, Alexey	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 300
59	28,483	RF Rodriguez-Valera, F.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Microbiology	Rank 691
60	28,834	KV Kharton, Vladislav V.	Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 253
61	29,224	FV Fortov, V. E.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 278
62	29,633	MR Metsaev, R. R.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 457
63	29,673	PB Polyak, B. T.	V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 213
64	29,973	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 707
65	30,428	MP MacChiarini, Paolo	Kazan Federal University	Respiratory System	Rank 314
66	30,783	BS Boccaletti, Stefano	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 297
67	30,902	KN Khlebtsov, Nikolai	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 709
68	30,986	DV Davankov, Vadim A.	A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 615
69	31,632	AV Anisimov, V. N.	N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,511
70	31,682	HA Holevo, A. S.	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 20
71	31,713	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 303
72	31,745	KV Kazansky, Vladimir B.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Physical Chemistry	Rank 125
73	32,136	WS Wabnitz, S.	Novosibirsk State University	Optics	Rank 133
74	32,284	ER Ernst, R. E.	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 507
75	32,654	HK Hanjalić, Kemal	Novosibirsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 159
76	33,176	RM Ryskin, M. G.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 528
77	33,469	AA Abrikosov, A. A.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 801
78	33,529	DE Dreizin, Edward L.	Tomsk State University	Energy	Rank 297
79	33,817	GM Gelfand, Mikhail S.	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,317
80	33,883	IG Ilizarov, G. A.	Kurgan Engineering Institute	-	-
81	34,017	LL Lipatov, L. N.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 545
82	35,125	KN Krasnikov, N.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 560
83	35,334	FD Frishman, Dmitrij	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Bioinformatics	Rank 98
84	35,485	WP Wiegmann, P.	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 233
85	36,213	MA Merzhanov, A. G.	Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 808
86	36,563	SI Sobol, I. M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 52
87	36,573	BV Boldyrev, V. V.	Novosibirsk State University	Chemical Physics	Rank 820
88	36,759	VO Vinogradova, Olga I.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Chemical Physics	Rank 826
89	37,416	RV Ryzhii, V.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 900
90	37,923	KR Konoplya, R. A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 608
91	38,236	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Serbsky Federal Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Narcology	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 947
92	39,474	NV Nakariakov, Valery M.	Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 470
93	39,654	AY Aristov, Yuri I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 193
94	39,809	PD Proserpio, Davide M.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 268
95	39,979	OI Ovid'ko, I. A.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 485
96	39,997	GS Gninenko, S.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 655
97	40,103	LA Larkin, A. I.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 966
98	40,313	SA Spirin, A. S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,553
99	40,363	KA Kolobov, Alexander V.	Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia	Applied Physics	Rank 976
100	40,365	FE Fradkin, E. S.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 663
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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 career-long list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 86. It is followed by Saint Petersburg State University with 27.

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.