Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List

Russia has 980 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 8.2% from 906 in 2023. That places Russia 31st in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Russian Academy of Sciences has the most listed scientists (153), followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University (90).

Single Year

968

+59 (+6.5%) vs 2023

Career Data

980

+74 (+8.2%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#31

down 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

219

-37 (-14.5%) vs 2023

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 38% 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	813	VR Valiev, Ruslan Z.	Ufa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 10
2	2,049	BJ Berry, John W.	HSE University	Social Psychology	Rank 35
3	2,332	OS O'Brien, Stephen J.	Nova Southeastern University	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 35
4	2,365	SA Starobinsky, A.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 25
5	2,579	FC Franceschi, Claudio	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Gerontology	Rank 4
6	2,848	BD Bahnemann, Detlef W.	Saint Petersburg State University	Physical Chemistry	Rank 15
7	4,177	SK Sheldon, Kennon M.	HSE University	Social Psychology	Rank 67
8	4,316	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 204
9	7,978	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Materials	Rank 98
10	8,656	VG Volovik, G. E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 53
11	9,086	ZV Zakharov, Vladimir	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 63
12	9,115	BI Beletskaya, Irina P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 197
13	10,274	BG Barenblatt, G. I.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 24
14	10,585	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 8
15	11,278	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 280
16	11,367	KA Kondrashov, A. S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 134
17	11,651	AV Anisimov, Vladimir I.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 289
18	12,153	ZA Zamolodchikov, Alexander	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 168
19	12,451	ZB Zhivotovsky, Boris	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 588
20	13,605	DB Derjaguin, B. V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 320
21	14,550	AA Ardila, Alfredo	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 228
22	15,841	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 341
23	15,985	VM Vasiliev, Mikhail A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 216
24	17,196	TV Tuchin, V. V.	Saratov State University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 32
25	17,353	RV Rubakov, Valery	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 235
26	18,152	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 81
27	18,336	OY Oganessian, Yu Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 246
28	18,505	DE Dianov, E. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 84
29	18,724	KA Khokhlov, Aleksey R.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 152
30	19,121	PB Polyak, Boris	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 130
31	19,698	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 145
32	19,707	KA Kaminskii, A. A.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 476
33	20,231	BA Buzdin, A. I.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Applied Physics	Rank 491
34	21,278	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry A.	Research Center for Children's Health	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 961
35	22,028	BR Barry, Roger G.	Russian Academy of Environmental Sciences (RAEN)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 284
36	22,066	FL Faddeev, L. D.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 14
37	22,436	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 127
38	22,511	KA Karyakin, A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 125
39	23,419	ES Eidelman, S. I.	Novosibirsk State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 321
40	23,931	ZV Zhdanov, Vladimir P.	Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 536
41	23,955	PO Ptitsyn, Oleg B.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,066
42	24,451	DA Dolgov, A. D.	Novosibirsk State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 340
43	24,556	DS Dorogovtsev, Sergey N.	Ioffe Institute	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 184
44	24,618	LM Levene, M.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Pediatrics	Rank 93
45	25,145	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,932
46	25,853	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,975
47	26,539	HA Holevo, A. S.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 15
48	26,717	MG Mesyats, Gennady A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 379
49	27,078	SG Shul'pin, Georgiy B.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 527
50	27,324	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 533
51	27,530	IA Ivanovskii, A. L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 673
52	28,126	KN Khlebtsov, N. G.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 619
53	28,480	TN Tsyganenko, N. A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 399
54	28,920	FV Fortov, V. E.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 234
55	29,122	SI Sobol, Ilya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 41
56	29,609	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 353
57	29,790	AY Aristov, Yu I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 185
58	30,137	SM Sheremet, Mikhail	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 190
59	32,264	KV Kharton, Vladislav V.	Osipyan Institute of Solid State Physics RAS (ISSP RAS)	Energy	Rank 380
60	32,300	ZY Zeldovich, Ya B.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 467
61	32,801	BE Boldyreva, Elena	Novosibirsk State University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 183
62	33,792	ZV Zakharov, V. I.	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 487
63	33,806	MR Metsaev, R. R.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 488
64	34,221	AV Anisimov, V. N.	N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,536
65	35,060	BV Boldyrev, Vladimir	Novosibirsk State University	Materials	Rank 437
66	35,461	RM Ryskin, M. G.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 519
67	36,889	OI Ovid'ko, I. A.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 474
68	37,083	DV Davankov, V. A.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 703
69	37,185	KA Khachaturyan, A. G.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 478
70	37,990	KV Kazansky, V. B.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Physical Chemistry	Rank 131
71	39,642	MA Merzhanov, A. G.	Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 476
72	40,779	GM Gelfand, Mikhail S.	Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Bioinformatics	Rank 105
73	41,507	VO Vinogradova, Olga I.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 877
74	41,673	AA Abrikosov, A. A.	Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 247
75	41,845	KA Kolobov, A. V.	Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia	Applied Physics	Rank 1,049
76	42,012	LL Lipatov, L. N.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 625
77	42,875	IG Ilizarov, G. A.	National Ilizarov Medical Research Center for Traumatology & Orthopedics	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 580
78	43,351	LG Leonov, Gennady A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 334
79	43,403	SR Sunyaev, R.	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 510
80	43,538	BP Belov, Pavel	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 356
81	44,208	YY Yampolskii, Yu	A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RAS	Polymers	Rank 395
82	44,504	OI Oseledets, Ivan	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 64
83	45,596	OA Orekhov, A. N.	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,737
84	46,165	KN Kazanskiy, N. L.	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 179
85	46,643	KY Kartashov, Yaroslav V.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 183
86	47,340	AV Arnold, Vladimir I.	Russian Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 182
87	47,412	KI Karachentsev, I. D.	Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 570
88	47,621	KS Krivovichev, Sergey V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 810
89	47,730	AZ Alferov, Zh I.	St Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,201
90	48,098	NG Naidis, G. V.	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,219
91	48,547	MV Minkin, V. I.	Southern Federal University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 908
92	48,661	FE Fradkin, E. S.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 749
93	48,694	SA Spirin, A. S.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,967
94	49,051	ZD Zorov, Dmitry B.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,988
95	49,511	BM Bordag, M.	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 770
96	50,072	PV Parmon, V. N.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Physical Chemistry	Rank 171
97	50,220	TI Tkachev, I.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 783
98	51,527	DV Drits, V. A.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 881
99	52,638	LA Larkin, A. I.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,331
100	53,284	DY Dokshitzer, Yuri	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 841
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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 career-long list, Russian Academy of Sciences has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 153. It is followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University with 90.

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 980 in 2024, a change of +38.2%.

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.