Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Russia has 1,133 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 6.0% from 1,069 in 2025. That places Russia 31st in the world by number of listed scientists. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (89), followed by Saint Petersburg State University (45).

Single Year

989

+27 (+2.8%) vs 2025

Career Data

1,133

+64 (+6.0%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#31

No change vs 2025

Institutes

307

+9 (+3.0%) vs 2025

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 60% 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%

2026+6.0%

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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%
2026	989	+2.8%	1,133	+6.0%

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Rank in Russia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	919	VR Valiev, R. Z.	Ufa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 13
2	2,199	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Kazan Federal University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 20
3	2,801	BD Bahnemann, Detlef W.	Saint Petersburg State University	Physical Chemistry	Rank 14
4	4,673	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 194
5	4,745	WQ Wang, Qiang	Saint Petersburg State University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 27
6	6,290	PC Pace, Carlos Nick	Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 262
7	6,924	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Kudrinskaja sq. 1-155	Materials	Rank 84
8	7,043	KV Kagan, Valerian E.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 299
9	7,530	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 5
10	7,645	KY Kivshar, Yuri S.	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 51
11	8,562	VG Volovik, Grigory E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 52
12	9,591	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 235
13	9,593	BI Beletskaya, Irina Petrovna	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 192
14	10,612	BG Barenblatt, Grigory Isaakovich	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 29
15	10,908	AV Anisimov, Vladimir I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 267
16	10,952	CK Chetyrkin, Konstantin G.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 144
17	10,969	LR Luque, Rafael	RUDN University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 226
18	12,508	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 267
19	12,803	ZB Zhivotovsky, B. D.	Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 543
20	13,527	SP Suraǐ, P. F.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 13
21	13,886	DB Derjaguin, Boris V.	A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 305
22	14,226	SV Smirnov, Vladimir A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 192
23	14,504	AA Ardila, Alfredo E.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 223
24	14,994	PB Polyak, Boris T.	V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 107
25	15,583	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 105
26	15,999	TV Tuchin, Valery V.	Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 30
27	16,984	VM Vasiliev, Mikhail A.	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 228
28	17,106	RV Rubakov, Valerii A.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 230
29	18,774	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 88
30	18,775	OY Oganessian, Yury Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 246
31	19,435	LR Landgraf, Rainer	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,463
32	19,482	DE Dianov, Evgenii M.	Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center	Optics	Rank 84
33	20,054	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry Alexandrovich	Research Center for Children's Health	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 844
34	20,297	GE Grigorenko, Elena L.	Sirius University of Science and Technology	Education	Rank 97
35	21,063	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 110
36	21,080	KA Khokhlov, Alexei R.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Polymers	Rank 170
37	21,461	DV Dembitsky, Valery Mikhail	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 238
38	21,716	DL de la Rosette, Jean Jmch M.C.H.	Bashkir State Medical University	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 223
39	22,397	KA Kaminskiǐ, Alexander A.	Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 511
40	22,854	VM Voloshin, Mikhail B.	Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 298
41	22,873	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,705
42	22,942	KA Karyakin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 124
43	23,283	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 268
44	23,509	HA Holevo, Alexander Semenovich	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 12
45	23,818	FL Faddeev, Ludvig Dmitrievich	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 13
46	24,215	SM Sheremet, Mikhail A.	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 159
47	24,468	DA Dolgov, Aleksander D.	Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 326
48	25,147	BR Barry, Roger G.	Russian Academy of Environmental Sciences (RAEN)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 352
49	25,591	ZV Zhdanov, Vladimir P.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Chemical Physics	Rank 540
50	25,887	ES Eidelman, Simon I.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 349
51	26,079	BY Bobryshev, Yuri Veniaminovich	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,059
52	26,862	GR Gainetdinov, Raul R.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,958
53	27,007	SI Sobol’, Il'ya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 34
54	27,261	MG Mesyats, Gennady A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 367
55	27,418	LM Levene, Malcolm I.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Pediatrics	Rank 107
56	27,505	PO Ptitsyn, Oleg B.	Institute of Protein Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,115
57	27,553	KN Khlebtsov, Nikolai Grigor Evich	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 574
58	28,237	GJ Goldstone, Jack A.	Volgograd Institute of Management, RANEPA	Sociology	Rank 76
59	28,534	IA Ivanovskiĩ, Alexander L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 668
60	28,592	OI Oseledets, Ivan V.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 672
61	29,011	SG Shul'pin, Georgiy B.	N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 551
62	29,045	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 552
63	29,090	SG Sukhorukov, Gleb B.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 608
64	30,073	AY Aristov, Yurii I.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 199
65	30,116	TN Tsyganenko, Nikolai A.	Saint Petersburg State University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 430
66	30,896	FV Fortov, Vladimir Evgenievich	Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 248
67	30,996	SS Solodukhin, Sergey N.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 445
68	31,616	BE Boldyreva, E. V.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 166
69	32,374	GS Gninenko, Sergei N.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 469
70	32,432	VA Vikhlinin, Alexey A.	Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 356
71	33,159	KN Kazanskiy, Nikolay L.	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 127
72	33,728	ZY Zeldovich, Yakov Borisovich	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 489
73	33,773	OA Orekhov, Alexander Nikolaevich	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,336
74	34,094	MR Metsaev, R. R.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 502
75	34,406	PO Pokrovsky, Oleg S.	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 579
76	34,511	KV Kharton, Vladislav V.	Osipyan Institute of Solid State Physics RAS (ISSP RAS)	Energy	Rank 453
77	35,401	FA Friedenstein, Alexander J.	N. F. Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation	Immunology	Rank 1,059
78	36,197	BV Boldyrev, V. V.	Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 472
79	36,292	KS Khonina, Svetlana Nikolaevna	Image Processing Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 139
80	36,687	OI Ovid'ko, Ilya A.	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 480
81	37,808	AV Anisimov, V. N.	N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,636
82	38,801	ZV Zakharov, Valentine Ivanovitch	National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 570
83	40,008	KA Khachaturyan, Armen G.	I.P. Bardin Central Research Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy	Materials	Rank 537
84	40,138	KY Kartashov, Yaroslav V.	Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 150
85	40,222	DV Davankov, Vladim A.	A.N.Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 751
86	41,701	KV Kazansky, Vladimir B.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Physical Chemistry	Rank 141
87	42,302	RA Razborov, Alexander A.	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 112
88	42,444	RM Ryskin, Mikhail G.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 624
89	43,047	VO Vinogradova, Olga I.	A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 860
90	43,581	KS Krivovichev, Sergey V.	Nanomaterials Research Centre Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 740
91	43,672	GM Gelfand, Mikhail S.	Independent Researcher	Bioinformatics	Rank 110
92	43,697	MA Merzhanov, Alexander Grigor Evich	Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 566
93	44,529	BK Bronnikov, K. A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 655
94	44,770	ZA Zheltikov, A. M.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Optics	Rank 168
95	44,809	LG Leonov, Gennady A.	Saint Petersburg State University	General Mathematics	Rank 181
96	44,988	ZD Zorov, Dmitry Borisovich	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,687
97	45,080	SK Stevenson, Keith J.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 592
98	45,102	BP Belov, Pavel A.	Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 376
99	45,369	KA Kolobov, Alexander V.	Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia	Applied Physics	Rank 1,077
100	45,476	KA Kavokin, Alexey V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Applied Physics	Rank 1,082
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Russia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

989 scientists affiliated with Russia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 1,133 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 89. It is followed by Saint Petersburg State University with 45.

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 1,133 in 2026, a change of +59.8%.

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.