Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

Russia has 847 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 19.5% from 709 in 2020. That places Russia 27th in the world by number of listed scientists. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (84), followed by P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (27).

Single Year

959

+208 (+27.7%) vs 2020

Career Data

847

+138 (+19.5%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#27

No change vs 2020

Institutes

236

+28 (+13.5%) vs 2020

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 19% since 2020.

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	751	VR Valiev, Ruslan Z.	Ufa State Aviation Technical University	Materials	Rank 8
2	2,350	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 31
3	3,203	FC Franceschi, C.	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 8
4	3,929	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 213
5	3,952	SS Schulman, Sam	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 200
6	7,779	TA Tagantsev, Alexander K.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 186
7	8,635	BI Beletskaya, I. P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 184
8	8,755	VG Volovik, Grigory E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 60
9	9,145	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Kudrinskaja sq. 1-155	Materials	Rank 108
10	9,448	KA Kondrashov, Alexey S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 120
11	9,526	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 22
12	11,222	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 175
13	11,524	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 599
14	11,849	BI Bezprozvanny, Ilya	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,005
15	11,881	VR Valenta, Rudolf	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Allergy	Rank 39
16	12,218	MS Marginson, Simon	National Research University Higher School of Economics	Education	Rank 34
17	12,592	AV Anisimov, Vladimir I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 290
18	12,772	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 322
19	12,920	SV Smirnov, V. A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 203
20	14,284	VM Vasiliev, M. A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 219
21	15,452	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 361
22	15,810	RV Rubakov, V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 241
23	15,885	KA Khokhlov, A. R.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Polymers	Rank 143
24	16,771	AA Ardila, Alfredo	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 251
25	17,049	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 76
26	17,187	KA Kaminskii, A. A.	Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 405
27	17,551	DE Dianov, Evgeny M.	Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center	Optics	Rank 70
28	17,625	KM Kachanov, M.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 102
29	18,165	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 276
30	18,517	PO Ptitsyn, Oleg B.	Institute of Protein Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 942
31	18,678	FL Faddeev, L. D.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 13
32	19,706	TV Tuchin, Valery V.	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 50
33	21,162	KA Karyakin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 126
34	21,824	ES Eidelman, S.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 340
35	21,897	LM Levene, M.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Pediatrics	Rank 83
36	22,347	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 446
37	22,711	ZV Zhdanov, Vladimir P.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Chemical Physics	Rank 555
38	22,958	MG Morfill, Gregor E.	Bauman Moscow State Technical University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 180
39	23,618	DA Dolgov, A. D.	Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 375
40	23,788	SG Shul’pin, Georgiy B.	N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 470
41	23,873	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 166
42	24,406	PB Polyak, B. T.	V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 171
43	24,487	KV Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 250
44	24,667	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint-Petersburg State University Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,934
45	25,317	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 196
46	25,499	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 502
47	26,165	BS Boccaletti, S.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 203
48	26,454	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 18
49	26,810	ER Ernst, Richard	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 438
50	27,082	MG Mesyats, G. A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 436
51	27,516	EE Elizalde, Emilio	Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 441
52	27,658	RF Rodriguez-Valera, Francisco	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Microbiology	Rank 686
53	28,029	TN Tsyganenko, N. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 366
54	28,071	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 690
55	28,619	KR Konoplya, Roman A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 459
56	28,835	FV Fortov, V. E.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 239
57	28,915	KN Khlebtsov, Nikolai	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 676
58	28,970	ZV Zakharov, V. I.	National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 465
59	29,100	KV Kharton, Vladislav V.	Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 283
60	30,221	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU)	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 743
61	30,714	MR Metsaev, R. R.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 493
62	30,824	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Ural Federal University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,331
63	30,977	ZY Zeldovich, Ya B.	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 501
64	31,274	HA Holevo, A. S.	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 22
65	31,387	AV Anisimov, Vladimir N.	N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,445
66	31,800	MP Macchiarini, Paolo	Kazan Federal University	Respiratory System	Rank 333
67	32,454	DV Davankov, V. A.	A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 635
68	32,749	SI Sobol, Ilya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 44
69	33,121	KV Kazansky, V. B.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Physical Chemistry	Rank 118
70	33,435	SC Simovski, Constantin	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 265
71	33,571	AY Aristov, Yu I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 182
72	33,913	RM Ryskin, M. G.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 552
73	34,134	LD Lanska, Douglas J.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,538
74	34,985	GM Gelfand, Mikhail S.	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Bioinformatics	Rank 79
75	35,492	BV Boldyrev, Vladimir V.	Novosibirsk State University	Materials	Rank 436
76	35,691	AA Abrikosov, A. A.	Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 233
77	36,503	KN Krasnikov, N.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 600
78	36,917	WP Wiegmann, P.	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 243
79	36,939	BE Boldyreva, Elena V.	Novosibirsk State University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 261
80	36,965	IG Ilizarov, G. A.	National Ilizarov Medical Research Center for Traumatology & Orthopedics	Nursing	Rank 67
81	37,872	LL Lipatov, L. N.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 622
82	37,881	BE Berezikov, Eugene	Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,460
83	37,974	MA Merzhanov, A. G.	Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 380
84	38,143	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 462
85	38,310	GS Gninenko, S.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 628
86	38,629	VO Vinogradova, Olga I.	A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 882
87	38,946	OI Ovid'ko, I. A.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 483
88	39,199	PO Pokrovsky, Oleg S.	Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 661
89	39,804	LG Leonov, G. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	General Mathematics	Rank 140
90	39,899	SA Sobolev, Alexander	Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Russian Academу of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 677
91	40,536	OS Ostapchenko, S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 674
92	40,760	KA Kolobov, Alexander V.	Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia	Applied Physics	Rank 1,027
93	41,502	PD Proserpio, Davide M.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 290
94	43,198	SA Spirin, A. S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,905
95	43,564	KI Karachentsev, I. D.	Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 510
96	43,698	AZ Alferov, Zh I.	St Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,100
97	43,774	FE Fradkin, E. S.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 735
98	43,885	BR Balabin, R. V.	National University of Oil and Gas «Gubkin University»	Chemical Physics	Rank 985
99	44,315	BP Belov, Pavel	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 356
100	44,333	LA Larkin, A. I.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,120
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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 career-long list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 84. It is followed by P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences with 27.

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

On the career-long list, Russia went from 709 scientists in 2020 to 847 in 2021, a change of +19.5%.

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.