Serbia's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

Serbia has 69 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 40.8% from 49 in 2020. That places Serbia 53rd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists (23), followed by University of Novi Sad (6).

Single Year

+27 (+42.9%) vs 2020

Career Data

+20 (+40.8%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#53

down 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

+7 (+36.8%) vs 2020

Scientists in Serbia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 41% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Serbia

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Rank in Serbia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3,302	GI Gutman, Ivan	University of Kragujevac	Chemical Physics	Rank 108
2	48,568	JB Jeremic, Branislav	Bioengineering Research and Development Center - BioIRC	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,137
3	71,329	TD Teodorović, Dušan	University of Belgrade	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 79
4	74,521	ĆL Ćirić, Ljubomir	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering	General Mathematics	Rank 336
5	74,901	KV Kostić, Vladimir	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,053
6	83,355	PR Popovic, Radivoje S.	Sentronis ad	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 744
7	86,375	HP Huovinen, Pasi	University of Belgrade	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,459
8	88,686	PD Petković, Dalibor	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 1,021
9	91,389	OS Ostojic, Sergej M.	University of Novi Sad	Sport Sciences	Rank 262
10	91,747	DM Dramićanin, Miroslav D.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Applied Physics	Rank 2,440
11	92,031	ĆG Ćirić-Marjanović, Gordana	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 1,201
12	98,103	AT Atanackovic, Teodor M.	University of Novi Sad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 621
13	101,561	OS Opricovic, Serafim C.	Faculty of Civil Engineering	Environmental Engineering	Rank 452
14	107,198	JM Janić, Milan	University of Belgrade	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 145
15	107,488	VM Vukobratović, Miomir	Institute Mihailo Pupin	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 785
16	108,326	KN Konjević, N.	University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 2,913
17	108,833	CL Cveticanin, Livija	University of Novi Sad	Acoustics	Rank 266
18	113,876	MS Milonjić, Slobodan K.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 1,535
19	115,288	DV Devedžić, Vladan	University of Belgrade	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,841
20	120,208	QS Quarrie, Stephen Alexander	University of Belgrade	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,680
21	123,975	JM Jakovljevic, Mihajlo	University of Kragujevac	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,335
22	126,285	RS Radenović, Stojan	University of Belgrade	General Mathematics	Rank 710
23	127,842	SD Stevanović, Dragan	Matematički Institut SANU	General Mathematics	Rank 719
24	129,657	TS Trajkovic, Slavisa	University of Niš	Environmental Engineering	Rank 604
25	139,710	MK Mönkemüller, Klaus	University of Belgrade	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,852
26	149,042	DM Djordjevic, Magdalena	University of Belgrade	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,533
27	151,839	MS Mentus, Slavko	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 1,853
28	159,009	PE Pap, Endre	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,569
29	160,347	PT Potpara, Tatjana	University of Belgrade	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 4,871
30	161,831	RM Radetić, Maja	University of Belgrade	Polymers	Rank 1,509
31	162,378	Grgur, Branimir N.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 1,998
32	168,133	BM Bojić, Milorad	University of Kragujevac	Energy	Rank 2,081
33	172,535	JB Janković, Bojan	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Physical Chemistry	Rank 653
34	174,494	GS Gojković, Snežana Lj	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 2,188
35	180,870	JM Jokanović, Milan	Experta Consulting	Toxicology	Rank 884
36	181,295	ŠB Škrbić, Biljana D.	University of Novi Sad	Food Science	Rank 885
37	184,228	Furtula, Boris	University of Kragujevac	General Chemistry	Rank 588
38	187,631	RV Radmilović, Velimir R.	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 2,631
39	189,518	VV Veljković, Vlada B.	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 2,409
40	194,992	SM Sokovic, Marina	University of Belgrade	Food Science	Rank 967
41	196,987	DA Despić, Aleksandar	Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts	Energy	Rank 2,517
42	198,135	NR Nilsson, Robert	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Toxicology	Rank 973
43	202,918	ZS Zarić, Snežana D.	University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,500
44	205,476	SB Stojanović, Biljana D.	Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 2,916
45	208,690	KI Kovacic, Ivana	University of Novi Sad	Acoustics	Rank 611
46	215,809	MV Mišković-Stanković, Vesna	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 3,087
47	230,775	DA Djordjevic, Antonije	University of Belgrade	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,226
48	239,909	NJ Nedeljković, Jovan M.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 3,461
49	242,603	ŠS Štrbac, Svetlana	Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy	Energy	Rank 3,176
50	245,258	NJ Nahman, J.	Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia	Energy	Rank 3,217
51	249,517	ND Nikezic, Dragoslav	State University of Novi Pazar	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 2,522
52	252,628	JV Jović, V. D.	Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 3,354
53	259,300	SN Stojanović, Nenad	Nissatech	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,413
54	261,884	BG Bjelaković, Goran	University of Niš	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,893
55	281,059	OP Osmokrović, Predrag V.	University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 8,195
56	297,125	KN Krstajić, N. V.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 4,061
57	298,603	MM Mikov, Momir	MEDICINSKI FAKULTET	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 3,178
58	299,230	MN Mimica-Dukić, Neda	University of Novi Sad	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,436
59	317,416	PP Pejović, Predrag V.	University of Belgrade	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,092
60	326,189	GH Goh, H. S.	Tan Tock Seng Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,663
61	358,640	MM Mihaljević, Miodrag J.	Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,656
62	370,770	RN Radulović, Niko S.	University of Niš	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,913
63	370,919	JS Janković, Slobodan M.	University of Kragujevac	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,190
64	392,993	NN Nikolić, Nebojša D.	Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy	Energy	Rank 5,718
65	404,437	TM Tuba, Milan	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,201
66	427,975	KM Kušljević, Miodrag D.	Termoelektro Enel Ad	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,592
67	433,318	ŽD Živković, D.	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 6,983
68	462,415	DM Djuric, Marija	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 274
69	735,218	DM Demić, Miroslav	Academy of Engineering Sciences	Automobile Design & Engineering	Rank 33
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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 career-long list, University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists from Serbia, with 23. It is followed by University of Novi Sad with 6.

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

On the career-long list, Serbia went from 49 scientists in 2020 to 69 in 2021, a change of +40.8%.

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.