Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Russia has 968 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 6.5% from 909 in 2023. That places Russia 32nd in the world by number of listed scientists. Russian Academy of Sciences has the most listed scientists (125), followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University (76).

Single Year

968

+59 (+6.5%) vs 2023

Career Data

980

+74 (+8.2%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#32

No change vs 2023

Institutes

236

-42 (-15.1%) vs 2023

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 29% 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	1,166	BJ Berry, John W.	HSE University	Social Psychology	Rank 48
2	1,397	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 3
3	1,909	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 17
4	1,931	SK Sheldon, Kennon M.	HSE University	Social Psychology	Rank 66
5	2,058	VR Valiev, Ruslan Z.	Ufa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 40
6	2,181	FC Franceschi, Claudio	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 3
7	2,649	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Materials	Rank 51
8	3,633	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 94
9	3,858	BD Bahnemann, Detlef W.	Saint Petersburg State University	Physical Chemistry	Rank 15
10	4,264	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 63
11	4,353	PB Polyak, Boris	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 49
12	5,086	DG Del Giudice, M.	HSE University	Business & Management	Rank 150
13	5,239	SI Sobol, Ilya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 8
14	5,872	OI Oseledets, Ivan	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 10
15	7,273	SA Shapeev, Alexander	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 114
16	7,544	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 48
17	7,611	SM Sheremet, Mikhail	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 76
18	7,668	MA Mikhaylov, Alexey	Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation	Energy	Rank 184
19	7,701	ZV Zakharov, Vladimir	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 49
20	9,874	VG Volovik, G. E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 68
21	10,030	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 124
22	10,589	AV Anisimov, Vladimir I.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 207
23	10,677	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 35
24	12,150	OA Orekhov, A. N.	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 394
25	12,614	TV Tuchin, V. V.	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 17
26	13,742	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Research Center for Children's Health	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 254
27	13,942	AA Ardila, Alfredo	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 229
28	14,591	BK Bronnikov, K. A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 159
29	14,915	Popkova, Elena G.	RUDN University	Business & Management	Rank 446
30	15,145	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 784
31	15,498	KN Kazanskiy, N. L.	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 72
32	16,248	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 49
33	16,430	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 298
34	16,491	KS Khonina, S. N.	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 79
35	17,716	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 324
36	17,795	AE Agyekum, Ephraim Bonah	Ural Federal University	Energy	Rank 431
37	18,964	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 54
38	19,216	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 215
39	20,544	FR Fediuk, Roman	Far Eastern Federal University	Materials	Rank 366
40	20,703	BI Beletskaya, Irina P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 247
41	21,556	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 423
42	22,093	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 262
43	23,234	KR Kaibyshev, Rustam	Belgorod State University	Materials	Rank 409
44	24,107	OS O'Brien, Stephen J.	Nova Southeastern University	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 177
45	24,218	AY Aristov, Yu I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 237
46	24,280	HA Holevo, A. S.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 14
47	24,491	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 370
48	24,652	FA Fedorov, A. V.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Energy	Rank 610
49	24,656	KN Khlebtsov, N. G.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 373
50	24,756	Surmenev, R.	Tomsk Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 434
51	26,176	AV Atuchin, Victor	Tomsk State University	Applied Physics	Rank 511
52	26,268	GM Ghalambaz, Mohammad	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 262
53	26,313	LL Landau, L. D.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 461
54	26,374	RV Rubakov, Valery	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 313
55	26,589	GM Gorodetsky, Michael L.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 319
56	27,009	VM Vasiliev, Mikhail A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 325
57	27,011	RV Rajput, Vishnu D.	Southern Federal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 527
58	27,166	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 327
59	27,383	SA Solovchenko, A. E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 392
60	27,486	SA Smirnov, Alexander V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 330
61	28,312	KM Khlopov, Maxim	Southern Federal University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 341
62	28,662	KY Kartashov, Yaroslav V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 133
63	29,897	KE Khazanov, E. A.	Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 136
64	30,365	BE Boldyreva, Elena	Novosibirsk State University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 93
65	30,644	ZD Zorov, Dmitry B.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 541
66	30,987	SK Stevenson, Keith J.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,011
67	31,566	ZY Zeldovich, Ya B.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 379
68	31,587	LV Litvinenko, Vladimir S.	Saint Petersburg Mining University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 450
69	31,791	KA Karyakin, A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 155
70	31,964	LR Lee, Roman N.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 384
71	32,232	BA Bondar, A.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 387
72	32,661	KS Krivovichev, Sergey V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 465
73	32,903	KG Knyazev, G. G.	Research Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,623
74	33,430	MM Merzlyak, Mark	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 488
75	34,146	TN Tsyganenko, N. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 616
76	34,690	DA Dolgov, A. D.	Novosibirsk State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 420
77	34,840	YA Yaroslavtsev, A. B.	Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 103
78	34,943	ZV Zhikov, V. V.	Vladimir State University	General Mathematics	Rank 154
79	35,104	PD Pimenov, Danil Yu	South Ural State University	Materials	Rank 644
80	35,674	FL Faddeev, L. D.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 23
81	36,140	SN Stepanov, N.	Belgorod State University	Materials	Rank 662
82	36,326	DE Dianov, E. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 161
83	36,635	GM Glazov, Mikhail M.	Ioffe Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 711
84	36,746	Omboni, Stefano	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,050
85	37,278	YI Yadroitsev, Igor A.	Moscow State Technological University Stankin	Materials	Rank 687
86	37,887	SN Smirnov, N. N.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Aerospace & Aeronautics	Rank 43
87	38,134	NS Nikolenko, Sergey	St. Petersburg Department of V.A.Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,527
88	38,214	SR Sunyaev, R.	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 378
89	38,749	SO Smirnova, Olga	Saint Petersburg Mining University	Building & Construction	Rank 269
90	38,789	SV Seredin, Vladimir V.	Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 551
91	39,028	OI Ovid'ko, I. A.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 718
92	39,313	SA Savchenko, Andrey V.	HSE University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,571
93	40,313	UA Usov, Anatolii I.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 498
94	40,697	DS Dedysh, Svetlana N.	Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 855
95	40,966	NG Naidis, G. V.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 773
96	41,211	BL Boinovich, Ludmila B.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 589
97	42,111	MG Mesyats, Gennady A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 517
98	42,425	BA Buzdin, A. I.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Applied Physics	Rank 800
99	42,890	PS Pulinets, Sergey	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 786
100	43,096	MD Medvedev, Dmitry	Ural Federal University	Energy	Rank 1,114
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Russia are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

968 scientists affiliated with Russia are on the 2024 single-year list, and 980 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Russian Academy of Sciences has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 125. It is followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University with 76.

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 968 in 2024, a change of +28.9%.

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.