Serbia's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Serbia has 90 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 42.9% from 63 in 2020. That places Serbia 54th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists (24), followed by University of Kragujevac (14).

Single Year

+27 (+42.9%) vs 2020

Career Data

+20 (+40.8%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#54

up 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

+5 (+33.3%) vs 2020

Scientists in Serbia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 43% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Serbia

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Rank in Serbia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,242	GI Gutman, Ivan	University of Kragujevac	Chemical Physics	Rank 27
2	12,279	JM Jakovljevic, Mihajlo	University of Kragujevac	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 166
3	13,072	DM Dramicanin, Miroslav D.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Applied Physics	Rank 270
4	18,861	PD Petkovic, Dalibor	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 378
5	22,620	OS Opricovic, Serafim C.	Faculty of Civil Engineering	Environmental Engineering	Rank 118
6	25,476	SP Seferovic, Petar M.	Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 778
7	27,131	OS Ostojic, Sergej M.	University of Novi Sad	Sport Sciences	Rank 103
8	36,622	PD Pamucar, Dragan	Vojnomedicinska Akademija	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 883
9	41,147	CG Ciric-Marjanovic, Gordana	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 766
10	41,397	AT Atanackovic, Teodor M.	University of Novi Sad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 403
11	44,594	JM Janic, Milan	University of Belgrade	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 126
12	50,477	TS Trajkovic, Slavisa	University of Niš	Environmental Engineering	Rank 315
13	52,534	RM Rajilic-Stojanovic, Mirjana	University of Belgrade	Microbiology	Rank 1,199
14	56,700	TM Tadic, Marijana	University Clinical Hospital Center “Dr. Dragisa Misovic - Dedinje”	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,579
15	60,717	SM Sokovic, Marina	University of Belgrade	Food Science	Rank 448
16	61,150	BA Barac, Aleksandra	University of Belgrade	Microbiology	Rank 1,385
17	64,991	RS Radenovic, Stojan	University of Belgrade	General Mathematics	Rank 341
18	70,138	Furtula, Boris	University of Kragujevac	General Chemistry	Rank 200
19	71,760	TD Teodorovic, Dušan	University of Belgrade	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 215
20	72,194	VV Veljkovic, Vlada B.	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 1,529
21	78,136	LD Lambic, Dragan	University of Novi Sad	Education	Rank 710
22	79,107	RM Radetic, Maja	University of Belgrade	Polymers	Rank 762
23	82,838	MS Milonjic, Slobodan K.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 1,548
24	85,321	VV Volarevic, Vladislav	University of Kragujevac	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,463
25	85,737	SD Stanujkic, Dragiša	University of Belgrade	Information Systems	Rank 272
26	85,756	PT Potpara, Tatjana	University of Belgrade	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,249
27	86,929	JB Jankovic, Bojan	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Physical Chemistry	Rank 441
28	95,754	KI Kovacic, Ivana	University of Novi Sad	Acoustics	Rank 218
29	99,609	CL Ciric, Ljubomir	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering	General Mathematics	Rank 565
30	101,359	KV Kostic, Vladimir	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,173
31	117,627	TV Trajkovic, Vladimir	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 2,525
32	121,654	SS Stojadinovic, Stevan	University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 2,581
33	123,604	RB Rankovic, Branislav	University of Kragujevac	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,940
34	123,979	CL Cveticanin, Livija	University of Novi Sad	Acoustics	Rank 306
35	126,168	JB Jeremic, Branislav	Bioengineering Research and Development Center - BioIRC	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,508
36	128,331	TD Todorovic, D. M.	Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 2,720
37	132,487	SD Stevanovic, Dragan	Matematicki Institut SANU	General Mathematics	Rank 783
38	138,050	ŠB Škrbic, Biljana D.	University of Novi Sad	Food Science	Rank 1,119
39	141,450	MN Mimica-Dukic, Neda	University of Novi Sad	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 509
40	146,039	JD Jakovetic, Dušan	University of Novi Sad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,309
41	148,324	SD Stankovic, Dalibor M.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,122
42	149,012	TM Tuba, Milan	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,356
43	150,158	Stojanovic, Vladimir	University of Kragujevac	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,343
44	153,058	KN Konjevic, N.	University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 3,334
45	155,849	JM Jokanovic, Milan	Experta Consulting	Toxicology	Rank 666
46	158,507	AM Antonijevic, Milan M.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 3,685
47	160,246	HP Huovinen, Pasi	University of Belgrade	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,000
48	162,659	SO Stamenkovic, Olivera S.	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 3,783
49	163,726	MS Mentus, Slavko	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 3,810
50	173,036	DM Djordjevic, Miroslav	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,265
51	175,505	TM Tadic, Marin	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 3,645
52	175,613	MZ Markovic, Zoran S.	University of Kragujevac	General Chemistry	Rank 474
53	176,646	RN Radulovic, Niko S.	University of Niš	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 693
54	179,221	MS Markovic, Slobodan B.	University of Novi Sad	Paleontology	Rank 741
55	185,863	BG Bjelakovic, Goran	University of Niš	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,873
56	189,041	DD Djordjevic, Dragan S.	University of Niš	General Mathematics	Rank 1,175
57	193,519	MV Miškovic-Stankovic, Vesna	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 4,074
58	193,990	SB Stojanović, Biljana D.	Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 4,084
59	194,056	PB Pejin, Boris	University of Belgrade	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 777
60	194,247	MD Mosic, Dijana	University of Niš	General Mathematics	Rank 1,210
61	195,402	KL Kocinac, Ljubiša D.R.	University of Niš	General Mathematics	Rank 1,218
62	195,443	LM Lazarevic, Mihailo	University of Belgrade	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,808
63	197,407	PE Pap, Endre	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,414
64	197,492	IM Ilic, Milena D.	University of Kragujevac	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,988
65	199,288	SP Stanimirovic, Predrag	University of Niš	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 466
66	204,474	RV Radmilovic, Velimir R.	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 4,361
67	227,224	ŠK Šavikin, Katarina P.	Institute for Medicinal Plant Research “Dr. Josif Pancic”	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 963
68	229,032	MM Mikov, Momir	MEDICINSKI FAKULTET	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,799
69	234,703	MZ Markovic, Zoran	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Applied Physics	Rank 5,347
70	245,266	PS Pilipovic, Stevan	University of Novi Sad	General Mathematics	Rank 1,586
71	250,137	BA Buha, Aleksandra	University of Belgrade	Toxicology	Rank 1,130
72	252,045	CM Colovic, Mirjana B.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,108
73	266,369	PM Prokic, M.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 1,920
74	268,420	TE Tuba, Eva	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,986
75	271,063	BN Bacanin, Nebojsa	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,046
76	272,801	SM Santric-Milicevic, Milena	Belgrade University School of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,622
77	280,100	JS Jankovic, Slobodan M.	University of Kragujevac	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,693
78	286,492	RJ Radosavljevic, Jordan	University of Pristina - Kosovska Mitrovica	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,105
79	288,455	IS Ibric, Svetlana	University of Belgrade	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,354
80	295,020	GJ Glamoclija, Jasmina	University of Belgrade	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,394
81	325,834	ST Stanojkovic, Tatjana	Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,621
82	335,512	PP Petrovic, Predrag B.	University of Kragujevac	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,324
83	382,780	SA Sedmak, Aleksandar	University of Belgrade	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 3,512
84	471,605	AN Arsenijevic, Nebojša	University of Kragujevac	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 242
85	480,403	DM Djuric, Marija P.	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 209
86	535,899	KJ Kotur-Stevuljevic, Jelena	University of Belgrade	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 285
87	596,790	MM Milovanovic, Marija	University of Kragujevac	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 331
88	600,879	JI Jovanovic, Ivan	University of Kragujevac	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 335
89	702,448	SS Savovic, Svetislav	University of Kragujevac	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,499
90	974,082	VA Vujic, Ante	University of Novi Sad	Zoology	Rank 861
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Serbia are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

90 scientists affiliated with Serbia are on the 2021 single-year list, and 69 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists from Serbia, with 24. It is followed by University of Kragujevac with 14.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Serbia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Serbia went from 63 scientists in 2020 to 90 in 2021, a change of +42.9%.

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.