Slovakia's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Slovakia has 124 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 1.6% from 122 in 2025. That places Slovakia 64th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists (21), followed by Slovak Academy of Sciences (12).

Single Year

124

+2 (+1.6%) vs 2025

Career Data

120

+13 (+12.1%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#64

down 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

-5 (-12.8%) vs 2025

Scientists in Slovakia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 91% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+32.3%

2022+11.6%

2023+3.1%

2024+12.1%

2025+9.9%

2026+1.6%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	65		46
2021	86	+32.3%	70	+52.2%
2022	96	+11.6%	72	+2.9%
2023	99	+3.1%	83	+15.3%
2024	111	+12.1%	97	+16.9%
2025	122	+9.9%	107	+10.3%
2026	124	+1.6%	120	+12.1%

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Rank in Slovakia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	7,116	MP Mészáros, Péter I.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 59
2	12,110	VM Valko, Marián	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 30
3	16,814	PI Petráš, Ivo	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 178
4	17,932	JK Jomová, Klaudia	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Toxicology	Rank 53
5	18,486	BM Brestic, Marian	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 249
6	23,694	PI Podlubny, Igor	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 249
7	26,122	MJ Madejová, Jana	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 351
8	26,439	ZR Záhorec, Roman	University Hospital in Bratislava	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 791
9	32,623	SA Sirotkin, Alexander V.	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 62
10	33,403	MD Mokra, Daniela	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Physiology	Rank 56
11	46,247	GB Gavurová, Beata	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Economics	Rank 633
12	46,531	ZE Zemková, Erika	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Sport Sciences	Rank 227
13	54,661	TA Thurzo, Andrej	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,454
14	55,160	BM Baláž, Matej	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 1,204
15	58,515	BP Baláž, Peter	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 1,275
16	61,113	KM Kačaniova, Miroslava M.	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Food Science	Rank 764
17	65,192	MM Majdan, Marek	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 934
18	69,853	Majtan, Juraj	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 894
19	77,839	Ś Sykova ́, Eva	Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,289
20	81,202	MP Madzík, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Business & Management	Rank 1,870
21	84,716	ZM Zivcak, Marek	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,386
22	88,367	PP Prokop, Pavol	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Education	Rank 1,225
23	90,711	BT Bučko, Tomáš	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,023
24	95,031	EA Ebringerová, Anna	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 901
25	96,448	KT Kliestik, Tomas	University of Žilina	Business & Management	Rank 2,159
26	101,144	HT Hianik, Tibor	Univerzita Komenského Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 627
27	102,202	BA Bražinová, Alexandra	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,382
28	102,417	KP Komadel, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,371
29	102,822	HM Hanif, Muhammad Bilal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Materials	Rank 2,398
30	105,861	LA Lux, Alexander	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,784
31	120,275	TE Tvrdá, Eva	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Food Science	Rank 1,707
32	120,306	SL Svorc, Lubomir	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 795
33	124,467	DJ Džurina, Jozef	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 613
34	127,251	VM Vojtek, Matej	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,425
35	128,323	VA Vedrtnam, Ajitanshu	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,091
36	128,577	JI Jadlovská, Irena	Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 636
37	130,864	FM Fec̆kan, Michal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	General Mathematics	Rank 652
38	134,990	BB Baculíková, Blanka	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 674
39	136,451	MZ Machala, Zdenko	Univerzita Komenského Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky	Applied Physics	Rank 2,440
40	137,229	ŠB Šerá, Božena	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,373
41	138,678	BR Boča, Roman	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 475
42	140,871	KM Kocifaj, Miroslav	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 2,476
43	142,088	OE Ostertagová, Eva	Technical University of Kosice	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,347
44	142,330	ĎZ Ďuračková, Zdeňka	Comenius University Medical School	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,084
45	143,060	ŠP Šimon, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Physical Chemistry	Rank 493
46	146,793	MM Manzoor, Mumtaz	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 2,637
47	148,829	ST Szabo, Tomáš L.	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Acoustics	Rank 315
48	150,129	MS Miertuš, Stanislav	International Centre for Applied Research and Sustainable Technology (ICARST)	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,614
49	150,486	ŜF Ŝimkovic, Fedor F.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,743
50	150,555	JM Jablonský, Michal	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Forestry	Rank 203
51	151,056	BV Bužek, Vladimír	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 848
52	161,131	VM Vaculík, Marek	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,777
53	167,733	BJ Bujdák, Juraj	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,800
54	168,425	BP Biely, Peter	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,473
55	169,224	AV Andruch, V. A.	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,203
56	170,329	CI Capek, Ignác	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,776
57	173,009	MM Mego, Michal	Comenius University Medical School	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,305
58	174,838	DJ Dusza, Ján	Institute of Materials Research Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 4,414
59	177,097	MM Mukarram, Mohammad	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,099
60	182,014	CI Chodák, Ivan	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,908
61	182,428	MM Mišík, Matúš	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Energy	Rank 5,872
62	184,168	HE Hijová, Emília	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 4,044
63	184,782	SI Sǎfařík, Ivo	Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,338
64	187,169	KB Klempa, Boris	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Virology	Rank 694
65	188,279	LL Lackova, Lenka	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,794
66	189,493	MA Mazurakova, Alena	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,831
67	191,071	ZM Zeleňáková, Martina	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1,157
68	191,150	MB Mravec, Boris	Institute of Experimental Endocrinology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,504
69	191,467	KJ Kováčik, Jaroslav	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 4,900
70	199,475	KN Kryvinska, Natalia	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,980
71	199,694	GD Galusek, Dušan	A. Dubček University of Trenčín	Materials	Rank 5,142
72	201,330	FG Fedorko, Gabriel	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,920
73	201,402	TP Takáč, Peter	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	General Mathematics	Rank 1,031
74	205,209	DP Drotár, Peter	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9,203
75	208,915	JT Juríková, Tunde	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 619
76	212,933	OM Omastová, Mária	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,261
77	215,467	RL Reinprecht, Ladislav	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Forestry	Rank 324
78	217,668	Haydary, Juma	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Energy	Rank 7,091
79	219,118	KJ Kováčik, Jozef	University of Trnava	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,903
80	223,949	VM Vochozka, Marek	Pan European University	Energy	Rank 7,327
81	226,180	GM Gmitra, Martin	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Applied Physics	Rank 4,186
82	227,664	GF Gömöry, Fedor	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,210
83	236,288	TJ TkÃ¡Ä, JÃ¡n	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,875
84	239,422	AM Almáši, Miroslav	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 946
85	245,343	MM Martiniakova, Monika	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 410
86	256,790	KZ Kohajdová, Zlatica	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,065
87	256,889	CA Cernanský, Andrej	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Paleontology	Rank 669
88	261,080	TI Tvaroška, Igor	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,494
89	262,611	JS Janecek, Stefan	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,799
90	267,185	ZM Zámocký, Marcel	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,877
91	272,554	ŠL Šoltés, Ladislav	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,209
92	293,721	DĽ Danišovič, Ľuboš	Comenius University Medical School	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 4,260
93	300,871	KM Kaykhaii, Massoud	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,498
94	301,793	BI Bernátová, Iveta	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Physiology	Rank 537
95	307,531	HŠ Harsányi, Štefan	Comenius University Medical School	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,703
96	307,635	KF Kacik, Frantisek	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Forestry	Rank 506
97	311,277	KK Kráľová, Katarína	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,699
98	313,231	MR Martoňák, Roman	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 5,930
99	315,223	RM Renčo, Marek	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 454
100	315,875	HK Hensel, Karol	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 5,978
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Slovakia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

124 scientists affiliated with Slovakia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 120 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists from Slovakia, with 21. It is followed by Slovak Academy of Sciences with 12.

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

On the single-year list, Slovakia went from 65 scientists in 2020 to 124 in 2026, a change of +90.8%.

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.