Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Russia has 960 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 0.1% from 959 in 2021. That places Russia 30th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (73), followed by Saint Petersburg State University (35).

Single Year

960

+1 (+0.1%) vs 2021

Career Data

887

+40 (+4.7%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#30

down 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

280

+21 (+8.1%) vs 2021

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	996	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 4
2	1,366	FC Franceschi, Claudio	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 2
3	1,601	VR Valiev, Ruslan Z.	Ufa State Aviation Technical University	Materials	Rank 30
4	1,802	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 15
5	1,836	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Kudrinskaja sq. 1-155	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 9
6	5,007	SI Sobol, Ilya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 7
7	5,035	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 116
8	5,288	GA Gorbalenya, Alexander E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Virology	Rank 33
9	6,040	TA Tagantsev, Alexander K.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 128
10	6,328	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 88
11	6,619	ER Ernst, Richard E.	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 98
12	6,745	PB Polyak, Boris T.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 69
13	6,878	Popkova, Elena G.	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)	Economics	Rank 126
14	6,964	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 46
15	7,007	SM Sheremet, Mikhail	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 60
16	7,357	CA Cichocki, Andrzej	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 245
17	7,846	ZV Zakharov, V. E.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 56
18	8,406	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Research Center for Children's Health	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 200
19	8,524	VG Volovik, G. E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 54
20	9,407	LV Lempitsky, Victor	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 313
21	9,968	MS Misyura, S. Ya	Institute of Thermophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 95
22	10,206	MA Mikhaylov, Alexey	Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation	Energy	Rank 195
23	10,494	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 33
24	10,865	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Ural Federal University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 669
25	10,911	AV Anisimov, V. I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 222
26	11,170	OI Oseledets, Ivan	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 20
27	11,286	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 276
28	11,328	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 144
29	13,319	TV Tuchin, Valery	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 20
30	13,856	BI Beletskaya, Irina P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 190
31	14,058	AA Ardila, Alfredo	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 222
32	14,212	KN Kazanskiy, N. L.	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 62
33	14,300	KS Khonina, Svetlana	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 63
34	14,463	LK Lesch, Klaus Peter	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Psychiatry	Rank 320
35	15,382	KN Khlebtsov, Nikolai G.	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 263
36	15,407	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 45
37	15,942	OA Orekhov, Alexander N.	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 532
38	16,590	BV Blatov, V. A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 51
39	17,033	DA Dolgov, A. D.	Novosibirsk State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 192
40	17,367	TV Terzija, Vladimir	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 340
41	17,879	AY Aristov, Yuri	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 171
42	17,896	DV Davydov, Vadim	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 198
43	18,574	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 213
44	19,351	TI Tetko, Igor V.	G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 53
45	19,490	KV Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 161
46	19,492	TN Tsyganenko, N. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 350
47	19,891	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 273
48	20,183	GS Gninenko, S.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 234
49	20,385	BI Bezprozvanny, Ilya	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,188
50	20,802	SV Smirnov, V.	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 244
51	21,446	WL Weill, Laurent	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)	Economics	Rank 308
52	21,501	RL Rabinskiy, Lev	Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)	Education	Rank 166
53	21,618	AD Armaghani, Danial Jahed	South Ural State University	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 190
54	21,650	AV Atuchin, Victor	Laboratory of Optical Materials and Structures, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 450
55	21,658	ZD Zorov, Dmitry B.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 522
56	21,678	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 523
57	21,811	BK Bronnikov, Kirill A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 261
58	21,943	PA Pombeiro, Armando J.L.	RUDN University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 70
59	21,982	HA Holevo, A. S.	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 15
60	22,279	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 370
61	22,706	KA Karyakin, A. A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 96
62	23,042	GM Gorodetsky, Michael L.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 275
63	23,615	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 486
64	24,233	SS Shahzad, Syed Jawad Hussain	South Ural State University	Economics	Rank 339
65	24,910	SA Solovchenko, Alexei	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 332
66	24,960	SA Shapeev, Alexander	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 399
67	25,390	ES Evtyukov, Sergey	Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 59
68	25,460	RV Rubakov, V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 308
69	25,553	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 311
70	26,162	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint-Petersburg State University Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,521
71	26,163	LD Letavin, Denis A.	Ural Federal University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 216
72	26,200	VR Valenta, Rudolf	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Allergy	Rank 59
73	26,351	Omboni, Stefano	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 832
74	26,973	SA Smirnov, A. V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 333
75	28,049	ZY Zeldovich, Ya B.	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 350
76	28,811	LG Leonov, Gennady A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 258
77	29,169	TI Tkachev, I.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 363
78	29,492	HJ Hirsch, Jurgen	Samara National Research University	Materials	Rank 472
79	29,767	MG Mesyats, Gennady A.	Institute of Electrophysics of the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 375
80	30,050	BJ Biamonte, Jacob	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	General Physics	Rank 173
81	30,067	BE Boldyreva, E. V.	Novosibirsk State University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 103
82	30,640	MH Moulin, Hervé	HSE University	Economic Theory	Rank 3
83	30,827	SA Sobolev, Alexander V.	Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Russian Academ? of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 529
84	31,140	DS Dedysh, Svetlana N.	Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 755
85	31,753	DE Dianov, Evgeny M.	Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 61
86	31,930	GM Glazov, M. M.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 654
87	31,989	VM Vasiliev, Mikhail A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 395
88	32,328	SI Smurov, Igor	National University of Science & Technology (MISIS)	Applied Physics	Rank 662
89	32,417	SD Sorokin, Dimitry Y.	Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 784
90	32,700	TA Trukhanov, A. V.	South Ural State University	Applied Physics	Rank 665
91	33,116	TD Topchiy, Dmitriy	Moscow State University of Civil Engineering	Materials	Rank 532
92	33,198	LR Lee, Roman N.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 410
93	33,270	LT Lubart, Todd	HSE University	Social Psychology	Rank 496
94	34,113	KD Krysko, Dmitri V.	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 813
95	34,136	MS Morozov, Sergey V.	The Institute for Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 693
96	34,420	KG Knyazev, G. G.	Research Institute for Neurosciences & Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,959
97	35,503	MV Mironov, V. A.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 162
98	35,588	MG Morfill, Gregor E.	Bauman Moscow State Technical University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 251
99	35,644	NG Naidis, G. V.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 721
100	35,808	MM Merzlyak, Mark	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 520
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Russia are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

960 scientists affiliated with Russia are on the 2022 single-year list, and 887 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 73. It is followed by Saint Petersburg State University with 35.

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 960 in 2022, a change of +27.8%.

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.