Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Russia has 959 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 27.7% from 751 in 2020. That places Russia 29th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (79), followed by Saint Petersburg State University (34).

Single Year

959

+208 (+27.7%) vs 2020

Career Data

847

+138 (+19.5%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#29

up 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

259

+35 (+15.6%) vs 2020

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 28% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Russia

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Rank in Russia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,079	VR Valiev, Ruslan Z.	Ufa State Aviation Technical University	Materials	Rank 24
2	1,761	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 12
3	2,102	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Kudrinskaja sq. 1-155	Materials	Rank 43
4	2,160	FC Franceschi, Claudio	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 4
5	2,387	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 5
6	2,697	MS Marginson, Simon	National Research University Higher School of Economics	Education	Rank 19
7	3,295	SS Schulman, Sam	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 101
8	4,007	LO Lopatin, O. P.	Vyatka State Agricultural Academy	Materials	Rank 70
9	4,396	SM Sheremet, Mikhail A.	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 48
10	5,242	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 113
11	5,450	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 82
12	5,652	SI Sobol, Ilya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 9
13	6,251	TA Tagantsev, Alexander K.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 126
14	6,895	ER Ernst, Richard	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 111
15	6,900	PB Polyak, B. T.	V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 73
16	6,989	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 51
17	7,193	KR Konoplya, Roman A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 75
18	7,687	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU)	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 155
19	8,870	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 31
20	9,422	AV Anisimov, Vladimir I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 190
21	9,813	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 231
22	11,736	VG Volovik, Grigory E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 73
23	12,329	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Ural Federal University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 744
24	12,404	TV Tuchin, Valery V.	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 22
25	12,540	PE Popkova, Elena	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)	Business & Management	Rank 305
26	12,557	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 157
27	12,581	OI Oseledets, Ivan	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 28
28	12,730	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 39
29	13,762	WL Weill, Laurent	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)	Economics	Rank 224
30	14,374	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 58
31	14,555	RL Rabinskiy, L. N.	Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)	Education	Rank 110
32	15,010	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 370
33	15,119	KN Khlebtsov, Nikolai	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 299
34	15,258	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 166
35	15,769	AY Aristov, Yu I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 152
36	16,641	BS Boccaletti, S.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 117
37	17,459	BI Bezprozvanny, Ilya	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,015
38	17,684	LV Lempitsky, Victor	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 453
39	17,831	AA Ardila, Alfredo	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 271
40	18,045	KM Kachanov, M.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 186
41	18,548	KS Khonina, S. N.	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 87
42	18,744	KA Karyakin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 84
43	18,812	LV Likhanov, V. A.	Vyatka State Agricultural Academy	Materials	Rank 333
44	18,905	BI Beletskaya, I. P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 267
45	19,731	MS Misyura, S. Y.	Institute of Thermophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 207
46	20,266	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 371
47	20,818	AV Atuchin, Victor V.	Kemerovo State University	Applied Physics	Rank 438
48	21,000	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 441
49	21,467	OA Orekhov, Alexander N.	Research Institute of Human Morphology, Russian Academy of Medical Science	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 679
50	21,706	GM Gorodetsky, Michael L.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 254
51	22,106	GS Gninenko, S.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 260
52	22,310	BK Bronnikov, Kirill A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 263
53	22,492	KN Kazanskiy, N. L.	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 97
54	22,724	HJ Hirsch, Jurgen	Samara National Research University	Materials	Rank 408
55	22,999	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 335
56	23,002	LG Leonov, G. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	General Mathematics	Rank 92
57	23,145	DE Dianov, Evgeny M.	Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center	Optics	Rank 99
58	24,352	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 291
59	24,662	SV Smirnov, V. A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 295
60	25,024	BE Boldyreva, Elena V.	Novosibirsk State University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 98
61	25,045	ZD Zorov, Dmitry B.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 583
62	25,271	DS Dedysh, Svetlana N.	Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 579
63	25,379	VR Valenta, Rudolf	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Allergy	Rank 56
64	26,498	KV Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 222
65	26,785	RV Rubakov, V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 313
66	27,407	SM Scholz, Miklas	South Ural State University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 153
67	27,525	PO Pokrovsky, Oleg S.	Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 503
68	27,557	FA Fedorov, A. V.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Energy	Rank 571
69	28,917	SI Smurov, I.	National University of Science & Technology (MISIS)	Applied Physics	Rank 587
70	28,956	RF Rodriguez-Valera, Francisco	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Microbiology	Rank 659
71	29,450	DA Dolgov, A. D.	Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 352
72	29,632	ZY Zeldovich, Ya B.	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 354
73	29,799	SA Sobolev, Alexander	Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Russian Academ? of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 547
74	29,890	PD Pashchenko, Dmitry	Samara State Technical University	Energy	Rank 625
75	30,083	YY Yampolskii, Yu	A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RAS	Polymers	Rank 265
76	30,333	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint-Petersburg State University Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,721
77	30,701	NG Naidis, George V.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 621
78	30,742	KG Knyazev, Gennady G.	Scientific Research Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,736
79	30,866	BN Bulychev, N. A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 57
80	30,952	AA Anfilatov, A. A.	Vyatka State Agricultural Academy	Materials	Rank 561
81	30,981	TA Trukhanov, Alex	South Ural State University	Applied Physics	Rank 627
82	31,006	Omboni, Stefano	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 934
83	31,079	TI Tkachev, Igor	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 368
84	31,441	KR Kaibyshev, Rustam	Belgorod State University	Materials	Rank 574
85	32,072	SA Solovchenko, A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 430
86	32,162	SS Shahzad, Syed Jawad Hussain	South Ural State University	Economics	Rank 472
87	32,533	SD Sorokin, Dimitry Y.	Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 739
88	32,577	GM Glazov, Mikhail M.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 660
89	32,758	SK Stevenson, K. J.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Physical Chemistry	Rank 155
90	32,827	MM Merzlyak, Mark	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 444
91	32,843	SV Seredin, Vladimir V.	Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 610
92	32,906	SR Surmenev, Roman	Tomsk Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 598
93	33,125	MG Mesyats, G. A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 397
94	33,160	KV Kamenetsky, Vadim S.	Geological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 620
95	33,763	SC Simovski, Constantin	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 257
96	33,806	TN Tsyganenko, N. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 652
97	33,886	VM Vasiliev, M. A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 405
98	34,350	SA Smirnov, Alexander V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 410
99	34,579	SN Shapiro, Nikolai M.	Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 648
100	34,920	KS Krivovichev, Sergey V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 650
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Russia are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

959 scientists affiliated with Russia are on the 2021 single-year list, and 847 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 79. It is followed by Saint Petersburg State University with 34.

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

On the single-year list, Russia went from 751 scientists in 2020 to 959 in 2021, a change of +27.7%.

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.