Serbia's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Serbia has 83 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 13.7% from 73 in 2022. That places Serbia 51st in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists (25), followed by Belgrade University School of Medicine (7).

Single Year

117

+8 (+7.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

+10 (+13.7%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#51

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

+5 (+20.8%) vs 2022

Scientists in Serbia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 69% 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%

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Rank in Serbia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3,002	GI Gutman, Ivan	University of Kragujevac	General Mathematics	Rank 5
2	29,987	KR Kovacevic, Radovan	University of Belgrade	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 228
3	50,588	JB Jeremic, Branislav	University of Kragujevac	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,215
4	65,202	DM Dramićanin, M. D.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Applied Physics	Rank 1,707
5	65,829	JZ Janjic, Zaviša	University of Belgrade	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 987
6	73,302	TD Teodorović, Dušan	University of Belgrade	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 93
7	75,499	ĆL Ćirić, Ljubomir	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering	General Mathematics	Rank 342
8	77,748	VM Vukobratović, Miomir	Institute Mihailo Pupin	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 572
9	79,677	PD Petković, Dalibor	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 1,007
10	88,336	PR Popovic, Radivoje S.	Sentronis ad	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 894
11	91,733	ĆG Ćirić-Marjanović, Gordana	University of Belgrade	Materials	Rank 1,197
12	94,161	JM Janić, Milan	University of Belgrade	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 128
13	95,074	AT Atanackovic, Teodor M.	University of Novi Sad	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 629
14	95,144	OS Opricovic, Serafim C.	Faculty of Civil Engineering	Environmental Engineering	Rank 421
15	98,724	KV Kostić, Vladimir	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,379
16	109,376	DA Damjanović, Aleksandar	Klinicki Centar Srbije	Energy	Rank 1,369
17	109,843	RS Radenović, Stojan	University of Belgrade	General Mathematics	Rank 575
18	110,334	MS Milonjić, Slobodan K.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 1,476
19	112,390	CL Cveticanin, L.	University of Novi Sad	Acoustics	Rank 261
20	114,185	SP Seferović, Petar M.	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,633
21	117,636	KN Konjević, Nikola	University of Belgrade	Applied Physics	Rank 3,236
22	118,922	DV Devedžić, Vladan	University of Belgrade	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,269
23	125,903	TS Trajkovic, Slavisa	University of Niš	Environmental Engineering	Rank 587
24	129,286	QS Quarrie, Stephen Alexander	University of Belgrade	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,850
25	132,772	SD Stevanović, Dragan	Matematički Institut SANU	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 263
26	138,720	PT Potpara, Tatjana	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 4,310
27	141,439	VS Vukosavic, Slobodan N.	University of Belgrade	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 416
28	152,257	RM Radetić, Maja	University of Belgrade	Polymers	Rank 1,369
29	155,065	RM Rajilic-Stojanovic, Mirjana	University of Belgrade	Microbiology	Rank 3,751
30	156,366	JB Janković, Bojan	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Physical Chemistry	Rank 551
31	156,723	MS Mentus, Slavko V.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 2,106
32	158,337	PE Pap, Endre	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,036
33	164,339	Grgur, Branimir N.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 2,211
34	165,090	ŠB Škrbić, Biljana D.	University of Novi Sad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,130
35	168,589	VV Veljković, Vlada B.	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 2,267
36	169,595	Furtula, Boris	University of Kragujevac	General Mathematics	Rank 1,062
37	174,637	BM Bojić, Milorad	University of Kragujevac	Energy	Rank 2,354
38	178,642	SM Soković, Marina	University of Belgrade	Food Science	Rank 950
39	190,243	KI Kovacic, Ivana	University of Novi Sad	Acoustics	Rank 508
40	191,931	GS Gojković, S. Lj	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 2,643
41	200,590	SB Stojanović, Biljana	Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia	Materials	Rank 2,787
42	205,062	RV Radmilović, V. R.	Institute for the Serbian Language of SASA	Materials	Rank 2,856
43	205,318	DM Djordjevic, Magdalena	University of Belgrade	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,322
44	208,437	MV Mišković-Stanković, Vesna	University Union-Nikola Tesla	Materials	Rank 2,911
45	211,088	ZS Zarić, Snežana D.	University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,391
46	212,595	DA Despić, Aleksandar	Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts	Energy	Rank 2,987
47	223,226	Pantic, Igor	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Microscopy	Rank 57
48	225,140	NR Nilsson, Robert	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Toxicology	Rank 1,105
49	246,008	DA Djordjevic, Antonije	School of Electrical Engineering	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,431
50	247,312	NJ Nedeljković, Jovan M.	Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinca	Materials	Rank 3,552
51	247,704	ŠS Štrbac, Svetlana	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 3,551
52	248,762	JV Jović, Vladimir D.	Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 3,561
53	260,277	SN Stojanovic, Nenad	Nissatech	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,202
54	268,235	ND Nikezić, Dragoslav	State University of Novi Pazar	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 2,692
55	272,780	OP Osmokrović, Predrag V.	School of Electrical Engineering	Applied Physics	Rank 7,954
56	273,980	NJ Nahman, J.	Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia	Energy	Rank 4,038
57	282,031	MM Mikov, Momir	Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,903
58	282,114	RB Rasuo, Bosko	University of Belgrade	Aerospace & Aeronautics	Rank 572
59	283,095	GP Gane, Patrick A.C.	University of Belgrade	Forestry	Rank 445
60	303,829	MN Mimica-Dukić, Neda	University of Novi Sad	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,443
61	321,665	MZ Marković, Zoran	University of Kragujevac	General Chemistry	Rank 849
62	322,619	JJ Jovanovic, Jelena	University of Belgrade	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,602
63	324,308	JS Jankovic, Slobodan M.	Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,407
64	333,401	KN Krstajić, N. V.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 5,120
65	339,539	PP Pejović, Predrag	School of Electrical Engineering	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,178
66	345,745	LM Lazarević, Mihailo	University of Belgrade	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,617
67	347,037	VA Vencl, Aleksandar	University of Belgrade	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,632
68	348,379	AM Antonijević, Milan M.	University of Belgrade	Energy	Rank 5,425
69	348,658	RN Radulović, Niko S.	University of Niš	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,720
70	362,178	TM Tuba, Milan	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,520
71	369,257	GH Goh, H. S.	Tan Tock Seng Hospital	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,053
72	370,386	ŽJ Žunić, Joviša	Serbian Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,705
73	373,339	BN Bacanin, Nebojsa	Singidunum University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,771
74	379,340	MM Mihaljević , Miodrag J.	Matematički Institut SANU	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,929
75	393,053	DM Djuric, M.	Belgrade University School of Medicine	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 213
76	396,922	BD Brkić, Dejan	University of Niš	Energy	Rank 6,315
77	401,073	NN Nikolić, Nebojša D.	Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy	Energy	Rank 6,394
78	420,155	BG Belojevic, Goran	Belgrade University School of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,804
79	435,146	IM Ilic, Milena	Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,039
80	468,944	KM Kušljević, Miodrag D.	Termoelektro Enel AD	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,776
81	502,871	PA Peco-Antić, Amira	Belgrade University School of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7,076
82	569,681	PV Pešić, Vladimir	University of Montenegro	Zoology	Rank 505
83	822,525	DM Demić, Miroslav	Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia	Automobile Design & Engineering	Rank 37
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Serbia are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

117 scientists affiliated with Serbia are on the 2023 single-year list, and 83 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 career-long list, University of Belgrade has the most listed scientists from Serbia, with 25. It is followed by Belgrade University School of Medicine with 7.

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 83 in 2023, a change of +69.4%.

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.