Serbia's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Serbia has 49 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Serbia 52nd in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists (17), followed by University of Niš (4).

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#52

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Scientists in Serbia on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+40.8%

2022+5.8%

2023+13.7%

2024+8.4%

2025+27.8%

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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	4,148	GI Gutman, Ivan	University of Kragujevac	General Mathematics	Rank 6
2	71,425	TD Teodorović, Dušan	University of Belgrade	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 72
3	71,514	ĆL Ćirić, Ljubomir	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering	General Mathematics	Rank 258
4	73,186	KV Kostić, Vladimir	University of Belgrade	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,049
5	76,647	DM Djordjevic, Magdalena	University of Belgrade	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,238
6	81,447	HP Huovinen, Pasi	University of Belgrade	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,308
7	82,323	PR Popovic, Radivoje S.	Sentronis ad	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 689
8	95,909	ĆG Ćirić-Marjanović, Gordana	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 1,229
9	99,552	VM Vukobratović, Miomir	Institute Mihailo Pupin	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 702
10	105,083	AT Atanackovic, Teodor M.	University of Novi Sad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 603
11	106,171	KN Konjević, N.	University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 2,774
12	106,420	OS Opricovic, S.	Faculty of Civil Engineering	Operations Research	Rank 386
13	110,191	PD Petković, Dalibor	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 1,204
14	111,034	CL Cveticanin, L.	University of Novi Sad	Acoustics	Rank 262
15	111,205	DV Devedžić, Vladan	University of Belgrade	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,801
16	117,347	QS Quarrie, Stephen Alexander	University of Belgrade	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,635
17	117,672	MS Milonjić, Slobodan K.	Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 1,513
18	123,597	OS Ostojic, Sergej M.	University of Novi Sad	Sport Sciences	Rank 345
19	131,393	DM Dramićanin, Miroslav D.	Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinca	Applied Physics	Rank 3,470
20	139,050	SD Stevanović, Dragan	Matematički Institut SANU	General Mathematics	Rank 688
21	145,017	VS Vukosavić, Slobodan	University of Belgrade	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 397
22	148,820	BM Bojić, Milorad	University of Kragujevac	Energy	Rank 1,693
23	149,392	RS Radenović, Stojan	University of Belgrade	General Mathematics	Rank 747
24	151,556	TS Trajkovic, Slavisa	University of Niš	Environmental Engineering	Rank 719
25	157,110	MS Mentus, Slavko V.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 1,813
26	158,027	PE Pap, Endre	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,568
27	160,936	PZ Petrović, Zoran Lj	Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti	Applied Physics	Rank 4,310
28	163,086	Grgur, Branimir N.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 1,908
29	164,526	GS Gojković, S. Lj	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 1,926
30	182,471	RV Radmilović, V. R.	Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti	Materials	Rank 2,437
31	190,728	DA Despić, Aleksandar	Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts	Energy	Rank 2,300
32	193,998	ŠB Škrbić, Biljana D.	University of Novi Sad	Food Science	Rank 896
33	199,217	ZS Zarić, Snežana D.	University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,426
34	206,231	SB Stojanović, Biljana D.	Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 2,775
35	219,173	VV Veljković, Vlada B.	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 2,715
36	219,278	Furtula, Boris	University of Kragujevac	General Chemistry	Rank 572
37	220,240	DA Djordjevic, Antonije R.	University of Belgrade	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,129
38	225,205	NJ Nedeljković, Jovan M.	Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 3,059
39	237,658	NJ Nahman, Jovan M.	Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia	Energy	Rank 2,971
40	241,025	JV Jović, V. D.	Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 3,034
41	244,277	ŠS Štrbac, Svetlana	Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy	Energy	Rank 3,081
42	251,869	SN Stojanovic, Nenad	Nissatech	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,239
43	258,600	BG Bjelakovic, Goran	University of Niš	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,121
44	290,067	PP Pejović, Predrag V.	University of Belgrade	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 965
45	292,596	OP Osmokrović, Predrag V.	University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 8,175
46	341,250	MM Mihaljević, Miodrag J.	Matematički Institut SANU	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,467
47	355,691	RN Rajić, Nevenka	University of Belgrade	General Chemistry	Rank 929
48	429,564	KM Kušljevic, M. D.	Termoelektro Enel AD	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,564
49	486,866	TM Tuba, Milan	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,682
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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 career-long list, University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists from Serbia, with 17. It is followed by University of Niš with 4.

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.