Serbia's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Serbia has 63 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Serbia 55th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists (20), followed by University of Novi Sad (9).

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#55

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Scientists in Serbia on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+42.9%

2022+21.1%

2023+7.3%

2024+14.5%

2025+13.4%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	63		49
2021	90	+42.9%	69	+40.8%
2022	109	+21.1%	73	+5.8%
2023	117	+7.3%	83	+13.7%
2024	134	+14.5%	90	+8.4%
2025	152	+13.4%	115	+27.8%

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Rank in Serbia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,354	GI Gutman, Ivan	University of Kragujevac	General Mathematics	Rank 7
2	18,963	PD Petkovic, Dalibor	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 382
3	19,433	DM Dramicanin, Miroslav D.	Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinca	Applied Physics	Rank 433
4	25,077	OS Opricovic, S.	Faculty of Civil Engineering	Operations Research	Rank 128
5	30,262	CG Ciric-Marjanovic, Gordana	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 564
6	35,164	OS Ostojic, Sergej M.	University of Novi Sad	Sport Sciences	Rank 112
7	38,440	SP Seferovic, Petar	University of Belgrade	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,100
8	48,111	TS Trajkovic, Slavisa	University of Niš	Environmental Engineering	Rank 286
9	53,097	RM Rajilic-Stojanovic, Mirjana	University of Belgrade	Microbiology	Rank 1,122
10	55,065	AT Atanackovic, Teodor M.	University of Novi Sad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 532
11	59,509	MS Milonjic, Slobodan K.	Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 1,119
12	68,778	PD Pamucar, Dragan	University of Defence in Belgrade	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,741
13	71,037	RM Radetic, Maja	University of Belgrade	Polymers	Rank 700
14	71,302	TD Teodorovic, Dušan	University of Belgrade	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 206
15	72,389	SM Sokovic, Marina	University of Belgrade	Food Science	Rank 468
16	79,762	VV Veljkovic, Vlada B.	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 1,743
17	80,924	CL Ciric, Ljubomir	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering	General Mathematics	Rank 386
18	82,782	KV Kostic, Vladimir	University of Belgrade	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,368
19	85,680	RS Radenovic, Stojan	University of Belgrade	General Mathematics	Rank 413
20	88,502	KI Kovacic, Ivana	University of Novi Sad	Acoustics	Rank 210
21	95,664	PT Potpara, Tatjana S.	Klinicki Centar Srbije	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,464
22	96,201	Furtula, Boris	University of Kragujevac	General Chemistry	Rank 276
23	110,477	JB Jankovic, Bojan	Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinca	Physical Chemistry	Rank 652
24	115,205	RB Rašuo, Boško	University of Belgrade	Aerospace & Aeronautics	Rank 208
25	116,298	JM Jokanovic, Milan	Experta Consulting	Toxicology	Rank 504
26	117,148	SD Stankovic, Dalibor	Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinca	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 947
27	124,328	KN Konjevic, N.	University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 2,896
28	127,430	DM Djordjevic, Magdalena	University of Belgrade	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,481
29	128,037	CL Cveticanin, L.	University of Novi Sad	Acoustics	Rank 325
30	129,091	VV Volarevic, Vladislav	University of Kragujevac	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,479
31	130,521	MS Mentus, Slavko V.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 3,015
32	134,783	BA Barac, Aleksandra	University of Belgrade	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,195
33	140,762	DD Djordjevic, Dragan S.	University of Niš	General Mathematics	Rank 754
34	141,144	BG Bjelakovic, Goran	University of Niš	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,249
35	148,494	TM Tadic, Marin	Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 3,059
36	153,108	TM Tuba, Milan	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,678
37	154,284	MN Mimica-Dukic, Neda	University of Novi Sad	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 591
38	154,299	KL Kocinac, Ljubiša D.R.	University of Niš	General Mathematics	Rank 867
39	157,542	PE Pap, Endre	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,770
40	160,552	SD Stevanovic, Dragan	Matematicki Institut SANU	General Mathematics	Rank 908
41	164,508	SS Stojadinovic, Stevan	University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 3,917
42	165,091	VS Vukosavic, Slobodan	University of Belgrade	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 677
43	169,759	SM Stojkovic, Miodrag	University of Kragujevac	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1,202
44	171,042	HP Huovinen, Pasi	University of Belgrade	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,974
45	193,491	MZ Markovic, Zoran S.	University of Kragujevac	General Chemistry	Rank 570
46	196,728	PZ Petrovic, Zoran Lj	Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti	Applied Physics	Rank 4,778
47	210,014	RN Radulovic, Niko	University of Niš	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 904
48	217,201	JD Jakovetic, Dusan	University of Novi Sad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,579
49	231,194	MD Mosic, Dijana	University of Niš	General Mathematics	Rank 1,327
50	232,619	PB Pejin, Boris	University of Belgrade	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,044
51	236,661	MM Mikov, Momir	University of Novi Sad	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,708
52	240,705	PS Pilipovic, Stevan	University of Novi Sad	General Mathematics	Rank 1,384
53	259,312	JS Jankovic, Slobodan	University of Kragujevac	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,144
54	268,134	ST Stanojkovic, Tatjana	Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,279
55	291,972	CM Colovic, Mirjana	Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,443
56	298,651	GJ Glamoclija, Jasmina	University of Belgrade	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,487
57	323,978	AB Abramovic, Biljana F.	University of Novi Sad	General Chemistry	Rank 993
58	372,315	RJ Radosavljevic, Jordan	University of Pristina - Kosovska Mitrovica	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,706
59	409,438	DM Djuric, Marija P.	University of Belgrade	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 191
60	418,418	TE Tuba, Eva	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9,659
61	420,432	BN Bacanin, Nebojsa	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9,713
62	518,579	JI Jovanovic, I.	University of Kragujevac	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 285
63	732,785	KJ Kotur-Stevuljevic, Jelena	University of Belgrade	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 463
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Serbia are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

63 scientists affiliated with Serbia are on the 2020 single-year list, and 49 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists from Serbia, with 20. It is followed by University of Novi Sad with 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.