Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Russia has 887 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 4.7% from 847 in 2021. That places Russia 29th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (86), followed by Saint Petersburg State University (30).

Single Year

960

+1 (+0.1%) vs 2021

Career Data

887

+40 (+4.7%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#29

down 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

252

+16 (+6.8%) vs 2021

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 25% 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	763	VR Valiev, R. Z.	Ufa State Aviation Technical University	Materials	Rank 8
2	2,334	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 27
3	2,335	LK Lesch, Klaus Peter	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Psychiatry	Rank 77
4	3,075	FC Franceschi, Claudio	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 8
5	3,976	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 214
6	7,681	CA Cichocki, Andrzej	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 150
7	7,754	TA Tagantsev, Alexander K.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 209
8	8,595	VG Volovik, G. E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 55
9	8,749	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Kudrinskaja sq. 1-155	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 32
10	8,766	BI Beletskaya, Irina P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 193
11	9,106	ZV Zakharov, V. E.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 68
12	9,549	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 24
13	11,184	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 163
14	11,850	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 618
15	11,961	VR Valenta, Rudolf	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Allergy	Rank 40
16	12,069	BI Bezprozvanny, Ilya	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,014
17	12,116	SV Smirnov, V.	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 178
18	12,260	AV Anisimov, V. I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 313
19	13,290	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 324
20	13,635	GA Gorbalenya, Alexander E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Virology	Rank 95
21	14,427	VM Vasiliev, Mikhail A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 208
22	14,532	OA Oganov, A. R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 362
23	15,764	RV Rubakov, V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 224
24	16,327	KA Khokhlov, Alexey R.	A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 140
25	16,485	AA Ardila, Alfredo	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 238
26	17,170	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 246
27	17,240	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 78
28	17,533	KA Kaminskii, Alexander A.	Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 442
29	18,684	DE Dianov, Evgeny M.	Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 44
30	18,966	TV Tuchin, Valery	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 45
31	19,148	FL Faddeev, L. D.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 13
32	19,676	PO Ptitsyn, Oleg B.	Institute of Protein Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 994
33	20,256	ES Eidelman, S.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 289
34	21,043	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 444
35	21,558	KA Karyakin, A. A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 119
36	22,388	LM Levene, M.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Pediatrics	Rank 89
37	22,445	MH Moulin, Hervé	HSE University	Economic Theory	Rank 1
38	22,937	DA Dolgov, A. D.	Novosibirsk State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 340
39	22,955	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 15
40	22,990	MG Morfill, Gregor E.	Bauman Moscow State Technical University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 172
41	23,257	PB Polyak, Boris T.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 157
42	23,280	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 180
43	24,058	KV Krasnopolsky, Vladimir A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 243
44	24,219	SG Shul'Pin, Georgiy B.	Plekhanov Russian University of Economics	Organic Chemistry	Rank 500
45	24,311	BV Blatov, V. A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 149
46	24,762	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint-Petersburg State University Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,965
47	25,051	MG Mesyats, Gennady A.	Institute of Electrophysics of the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 379
48	25,131	ER Ernst, Richard E.	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 410
49	26,382	TI Tetko, Igor V.	G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 73
50	26,576	TN Tsyganenko, N. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 344
51	26,844	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Research Center for Children's Health	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,267
52	26,985	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 545
53	27,984	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 733
54	28,681	HA Holevo, A. S.	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 20
55	28,761	KN Khlebtsov, Nikolai G.	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 663
56	29,321	ZV Zakharov, V. I.	National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 444
57	29,398	FV Fortov, V. E.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 241
58	29,703	KV Kharton, V. V.	Osipyan Institute of Solid State Physics RAS (ISSP RAS)	Energy	Rank 299
59	30,147	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Ural Federal University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,301
60	30,435	VA Vikhlinin, A.	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 334
61	30,526	PA Pombeiro, Armando J.L.	RUDN University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 180
62	30,676	ZY Zeldovich, Ya B.	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 471
63	31,445	MP Macchiarini, Paolo	Kazan Federal University	Respiratory System	Rank 326
64	31,973	AV Anisimov, Vladimir N.	N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,470
65	32,069	MR Metsaev, Ruslan R.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 495
66	33,126	SI Sobol, Ilya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 45
67	33,843	LD Lanska, Douglas J.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,535
68	33,956	KV Kazansky, V. B.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Physical Chemistry	Rank 118
69	34,086	AY Aristov, Yuri	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 195
70	34,475	GS Gninenko, S.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 535
71	34,640	DV Davankov, Vadim A.	A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 703
72	34,940	RM Ryskin, M. G.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 543
73	35,193	KN Krasnikov, N.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 550
74	36,088	BV Boldyrev, Vladimir	Novosibirsk State University	Materials	Rank 433
75	36,457	GM Gelfand, Mikhail S.	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Bioinformatics	Rank 91
76	37,029	AA Abrikosov, A. A.	Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 225
77	37,140	MA Merzhanov, A. G.	Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 386
78	37,195	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 456
79	37,450	BE Boldyreva, E. V.	Novosibirsk State University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 236
80	37,584	IG Ilizarov, G. A.	National Ilizarov Medical Research Center for Traumatology & Orthopedics	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 505
81	38,413	LL Lipatov, L. N.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 603
82	38,831	OI Ovid'ko, I. A.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 466
83	39,280	KA Kolobov, Alexander V.	Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia	Applied Physics	Rank 1,031
84	39,361	VO Vinogradova, Olga I.	A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 886
85	39,954	OS Ostapchenko, Sergey	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 631
86	40,054	SA Sobolev, Alexander V.	Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Russian Academу of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 690
87	40,205	LG Leonov, Gennady A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 297
88	40,380	TV Terzija, Vladimir	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 430
89	42,351	DI Dremin, I.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 678
90	42,841	SA Spirin, A. S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,901
91	43,306	AV Arnold, Vladimir I.	Russian Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 155
92	43,311	BA Belyaev, A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 693
93	43,881	KI Karachentsev, I. D.	Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 513
94	44,148	BP Belov, Pavel	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 361
95	44,373	AZ Alferov, Zh I.	St Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,176
96	44,504	KI Krichever, I.	HSE University	General Mathematics	Rank 158
97	44,950	SM Sheremet, Mikhail	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 274
98	45,060	BR Balabin, R. V.	National University of Oil and Gas «Gubkin University»	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,002
99	45,077	FE Fradkin, E. S.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 723
100	45,833	DV Drits, Victor A.	Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 786
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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 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 30.

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 887 in 2022, a change of +25.1%.

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.