Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Russia has 906 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 2.1% from 887 in 2022. That places Russia 30th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (87), 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

#30

down 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

256

+4 (+1.6%) vs 2022

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 28% 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	771	VR Valiev, Ruslan Z.	Ufa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 9
2	1,714	IR Inglehart, Ronald F.	HSE University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 2
3	2,371	SA Starobinsky, A. A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 25
4	2,769	FC Franceschi, Claudio	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 6
5	3,391	SS Schulman, Sam	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 169
6	4,163	SV Skulachev, V. P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 210
7	4,957	SM Swain, Michael V.	Donskoj Gosudarstvennyj Tehniceskij Universitet	Materials	Rank 57
8	7,148	CA Cichocki, Andrzej	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 148
9	8,475	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Materials	Rank 102
10	8,571	VG Volovik, G. E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 54
11	9,074	BI Beletskaya, Irina P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 198
12	9,375	ZV Zakharov, Vladimir	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 66
13	10,130	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 25
14	11,903	AV Anisimov, Vladimir I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 297
15	11,934	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 170
16	12,194	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 601
17	12,580	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 315
18	12,806	GA Gorbalenya, Alexander E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Virology	Rank 89
19	13,687	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 328
20	13,916	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 10
21	15,256	AA Ardila, Alfredo	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 230
22	15,648	VM Vasiliev, M. A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 218
23	16,507	RV Rubakov, Valery	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 232
24	17,335	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 239
25	17,579	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 79
26	17,619	KA Khokhlov, Alexei R.	A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 152
27	17,980	TV Tuchin, Valery V.	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 51
28	18,174	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 388
29	18,700	DE Dianov, E. M.	Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 55
30	18,854	KA Kaminskii, A. A.	Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 460
31	20,846	FL Faddeev, L. D.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 14
32	21,116	PB Polyak, Boris	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 145
33	21,688	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 161
34	21,981	PO Ptitsyn, Oleg B.	Institute of Protein Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,034
35	22,126	KA Karyakin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 125
36	22,325	ES Eidelman, Simon I.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 318
37	22,811	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 133
38	22,997	LM Levene, M.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Pediatrics	Rank 92
39	23,403	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Research Center for Children's Health	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,090
40	23,802	DA Dolgov, A. D.	Novosibirsk State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 342
41	24,020	ZV Zhdanov, Vladimir P.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Chemical Physics	Rank 543
42	24,524	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint-Petersburg State University Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,921
43	25,872	SG Shul’pin, Georgiy B.	Plekhanov Russian University of Economics	Organic Chemistry	Rank 513
44	26,448	HA Holevo, Alexander S.	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 15
45	27,495	MG Mesyats, Gennady A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 405
46	27,805	TN Tsyganenko, N. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 375
47	27,854	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 709
48	27,907	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,140
49	28,033	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 554
50	28,169	KN Khlebtsov, N. G.	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 628
51	28,754	FV Fortov, V. E.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 231
52	29,818	DS Djankov, Simeon	New Economic School	Economics	Rank 250
53	30,947	KV Kharton, Vladislav	Osipyan Institute of Solid State Physics RAS (ISSP RAS)	Energy	Rank 337
54	31,604	ZV Zakharov, V. I.	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 467
55	31,656	ZY Zeldovich, Ya B.	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 468
56	31,696	SI Sobol, Ilya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 43
57	31,779	AY Aristov, Yu I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 190
58	31,903	VA Vikhlinin, Alexey	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 347
59	32,218	MP Macchiarini, Paolo	Kazan Federal University	Respiratory System	Rank 325
60	32,504	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 389
61	33,070	AV Anisimov, Vladimir N.	N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,522
62	33,624	MR Metsaev, R. R.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 504
63	33,784	LD Lanska, Douglas J.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,498
64	34,126	HK Hanjalic, Kemal	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 204
65	35,042	SM Sheremet, Mikhail	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 210
66	35,315	KV Kazansky, V. B.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Physical Chemistry	Rank 123
67	35,333	RM Ryskin, M. G.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 531
68	35,766	BE Boldyreva, Elena	Novosibirsk State University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 211
69	36,404	BV Boldyrev, Vladimir	Novosibirsk State University	Materials	Rank 453
70	36,738	DV Davankov, V. A.	A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 719
71	37,384	OI Ovid'ko, I. A.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 466
72	38,842	MA Merzhanov, A. G.	Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 429
73	38,944	LL Lipatov, L. N.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 599
74	39,181	GM Gelfand, Mikhail	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Bioinformatics	Rank 103
75	39,679	AA Abrikosov, A. A.	Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 239
76	40,321	IG Ilizarov, G. A.	National Ilizarov Medical Research Center for Traumatology & Orthopedics	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 538
77	40,482	VO Vinogradova, Olga I.	A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 868
78	40,963	KA Kolobov, Alexander V.	Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia	Applied Physics	Rank 1,055
79	42,574	LG Leonov, Gennady A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 320
80	43,565	BP Belov, Pavel	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 359
81	44,693	YY Yampolskii, Yurii P.	A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RAS	Polymers	Rank 407
82	45,199	KI Karachentsev, Igor D.	Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 535
83	45,268	AV Arnold, Vladimir I.	Russian Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 165
84	45,621	AZ Alferov, Zh I.	St Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,189
85	45,959	SA Spirin, A. S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,950
86	46,629	TS Trukhanov, Sergei	National University of Science & Technology (MISIS)	Applied Physics	Rank 1,216
87	46,637	FE Fradkin, E. S.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 732
88	46,836	KV Kamenetsky, Vadim S.	Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Russian Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 798
89	46,907	BM Bordag, Michael	Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 738
90	48,312	MV Minkin, Vladimir I.	Southern Federal University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 926
91	49,235	LA Larkin, A. I.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,286
92	49,487	KY Kartashov, Yaroslav V.	Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 150
93	49,664	DV Drits, V. A.	Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 848
94	49,974	TI Tkachev, Igor	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 801
95	50,054	DY Dokshitzer, Yuri	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 804
96	50,200	NG Naidis, George V.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,310
97	50,744	BA Bratkovsky, A. M.	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,323
98	50,865	PV Parmon, V. N.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Physical Chemistry	Rank 179
99	51,649	KS Krivovichev, Sergey V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 877
100	52,061	KA Kaidalov, A. B.	Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 839
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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 career-long list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 87. 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 career-long list, Russia went from 709 scientists in 2020 to 906 in 2023, 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.