Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Russia has 909 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, down 5.3% from 960 in 2022. That places Russia 32nd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (70), followed by Saint Petersburg State University (31).

Single Year

909

-51 (-5.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

906

+19 (+2.1%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#32

down 2 places vs 2022

Institutes

278

-2 (-0.7%) vs 2022

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 21% 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	908	IR Inglehart, Ronald F.	HSE University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 3
2	964	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 3
3	1,431	FC Franceschi, Claudio	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 3
4	2,072	VR Valiev, Ruslan Z.	Ufa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 42
5	2,211	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 15
6	2,502	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Materials	Rank 47
7	3,832	MA Mikhaylov, Alexey	Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation	Energy	Rank 84
8	3,848	SS Schulman, Sam	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 118
9	4,823	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 109
10	5,098	TS Trukhanov, Sergei	National University of Science & Technology (MISIS)	Applied Physics	Rank 112
11	5,105	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 72
12	5,568	PB Polyak, Boris	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 56
13	7,101	OI Oseledets, Ivan	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 10
14	7,276	SI Sobol, Ilya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 11
15	7,595	CA Cichocki, Andrzej	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 297
16	7,814	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 51
17	8,048	SM Sheremet, Mikhail	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 76
18	9,283	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 128
19	9,404	SM Swain, Michael V.	Donskoj Gosudarstvennyj Tehniceskij Universitet	Materials	Rank 148
20	9,509	AA Ardila, Alfredo	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 151
21	10,038	GA Gorbalenya, Alexander E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Virology	Rank 42
22	10,166	VG Volovik, G. E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 67
23	10,369	ZV Zakharov, Vladimir	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 66
24	10,625	TV Tuchin, Valery V.	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 19
25	11,370	DS Djankov, Simeon	New Economic School	Economics	Rank 184
26	11,518	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Research Center for Children's Health	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 239
27	12,269	AV Anisimov, Vladimir I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 249
28	12,372	SV Skulachev, V. P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 259
29	12,762	SA Shapeev, Alexander V.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 210
30	13,220	OA Orekhov, Alexander N.	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 449
31	13,335	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 42
32	13,969	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 34
33	15,069	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 827
34	16,063	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 162
35	16,776	KN Khlebtsov, N. G.	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 266
36	17,755	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 55
37	18,761	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 385
38	19,591	SK Shankar, K.	South Ural State University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 694
39	19,733	AA Akimov, A. V.	National University of Science & Technology (MISIS)	Optics	Rank 73
40	20,595	AY Aristov, Yu I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 210
41	21,620	KS Khonina, S. N.	Federal Scientific Research Center Crystallography and photonics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 78
42	21,623	BI Beletskaya, Irina P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 272
43	22,596	BK Bronnikov, Kirill A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 249
44	22,743	GM Gorodetsky, Michael L.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 252
45	22,810	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 255
46	22,845	Omboni, Stefano	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 761
47	22,996	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 350
48	24,402	GM Ghalambaz, Mohammad	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 246
49	24,538	KA Karyakin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 120
50	24,666	PD Pimenov, Danil Yurievich	South Ural State University	Materials	Rank 421
51	24,754	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint-Petersburg State University Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,313
52	25,003	SA Solovchenko, Alexei	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 360
53	26,209	DE Dianov, E. M.	Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 56
54	26,367	SV Seredin, Vladimir V.	Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 427
55	26,778	GM Glazov, M. M.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 526
56	27,146	SA Sharma, Ashutosh	Southern Federal University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 925
57	27,472	TA Trukhanov, Alex	National University of Science & Technology (MISIS)	Applied Physics	Rank 541
58	27,476	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 542
59	27,646	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 367
60	27,940	RV Rubakov, Valery	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 316
61	28,162	DA Dolgov, A. D.	Novosibirsk State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 320
62	28,302	HA Holevo, Alexander S.	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 17
63	28,810	SR Surmenev, Roman A.	Tomsk Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 488
64	29,473	KG Knyazev, G. G.	Research Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,549
65	30,278	HJ Hirsch, J.	Samara National Research University	Materials	Rank 518
66	31,100	MV Mironov, Vladimir A.	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 129
67	31,230	SK Stevenson, K. J.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 983
68	31,489	TN Tsyganenko, N. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 589
69	31,927	LR Lee, R. N.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 361
70	32,074	ZD Zorov, D. B.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 657
71	32,112	SS Samko, Stefan	Universidade do Algarve	General Mathematics	Rank 126
72	33,667	MD Medvedev, Dmitry A.	Ural Federal University	Energy	Rank 772
73	33,816	BV Boldyrev, Vladimir	Novosibirsk State University	Materials	Rank 593
74	34,214	ZY Zeldovich, Ya B.	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 389
75	34,749	FA Fedorov, Alexander	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Energy	Rank 795
76	35,560	MM Merzlyak, Mark	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 536
77	36,101	KR Kaibyshev, R.	Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy	Materials	Rank 632
78	36,240	BE Boldyreva, Elena	Novosibirsk State University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 120
79	37,047	AV Atuchin, Victor V.	Tomsk State University	Applied Physics	Rank 717
80	37,972	Popkova, Elena G.	RUDN University	Economics	Rank 515
81	38,044	SS Shirazian, Saeed	South Ural State University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 249
82	38,222	KS Krivovichev, Sergey V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 618
83	38,290	ZV Zhikov, V. V.	Vladimir State University	General Mathematics	Rank 161
84	38,314	YY Yampolskii, Yurii P.	A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RAS	Polymers	Rank 331
85	38,968	SA Smirnov, A. V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 438
86	39,030	KM Khlopov, Maxim Yu	Southern Federal University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 440
87	39,091	NG Naidis, George V.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 751
88	39,112	SO Smirnova, Olga	Saint Petersburg Mining University	Building & Construction	Rank 251
89	39,307	UA Usov, Anatoly I.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 523
90	39,779	PS Pulinets, S. A.	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 763
91	40,093	AE Agyekum, Ephraim Bonah	Ural Federal University	Energy	Rank 929
92	40,504	SR Sunyaev, R.	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 405
93	40,533	KN Kazanskiy, Nikolay Lvovich	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 146
94	40,812	SJ Sahu, J. N.	South Ural State University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 277
95	40,954	LD Letavin, Denis A.	Ural Federal University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 365
96	41,469	SN Stepanov, N.	Belgorod State University	Materials	Rank 728
97	43,667	DS Dedysh, Svetlana N.	Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 1,021
98	44,142	OI Ovid'ko, I. A.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 777
99	44,428	ZS Zherebtsov, S.	Belgorod State University	Materials	Rank 780
100	44,692	SI Safonova, Inna	V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 726
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Russia are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

909 scientists affiliated with Russia are on the 2023 single-year list, and 906 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 70. It is followed by Saint Petersburg State University with 31.

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 909 in 2023, a change of +21.0%.

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.