Slovakia's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Slovakia has 122 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 9.9% from 111 in 2024. That places Slovakia 63rd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 5 places. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists (17), followed by Technická Univerzita v Košiciach (14).

Single Year

122

+11 (+9.9%) vs 2024

Career Data

107

+10 (+10.3%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#63

down 5 places vs 2024

Institutes

+20 (+105.3%) vs 2024

Scientists in Slovakia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 88% 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%

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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%

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Rank in Slovakia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	8,560	ŠM Švolík, Milan W.	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 63
2	18,768	VM Valko, Marián	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 47
3	19,473	BM Brestic, Marian	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 251
4	20,846	PI Petráš, Ivo	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 223
5	22,140	PI Podlubny, Igor	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 234
6	30,672	MJ Madejová, Jana	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 465
7	41,630	JK Jomová, Klaudia	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 125
8	43,102	SA Sirotkin, Alexander V.	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 81
9	43,389	MD Mokra, Daniela	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Physiology	Rank 77
10	47,011	ZR Záhorec, Roman	Comenius University Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,267
11	49,539	Ś Sykova ́, Eva	Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,232
12	52,798	ZE Zemková, Erika	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Sport Sciences	Rank 242
13	56,423	BP Baláž, Peter	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 1,177
14	58,238	Majtan, Juraj	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 656
15	60,918	GB Gavurová, Beata	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Economics	Rank 827
16	61,827	MM Majdan, Marek	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 839
17	62,872	PP Prokop, Pavol	Institute of Zoology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Education	Rank 805
18	66,318	BM Baláž, Matej	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 1,420
19	73,754	ZM Zivcak, Marek	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,144
20	78,277	KP Kubatka, Peter	Veterinary University Medicine in Kosice	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,371
21	80,609	BŠ Bojnec, Štefan	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Economics	Rank 1,040
22	86,741	LA Lux, Alexander	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,379
23	89,721	BA Bražinová, Alexandra	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,171
24	89,947	KM Kačaniova, Miroslava M.	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 204
25	103,639	BR Boča, Roman	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 364
26	105,421	MM Mišík, Matúš	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Energy	Rank 3,238
27	107,520	EA Ebringerová, Anna	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,074
28	111,236	ST Szabo, Tomáš L.	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Acoustics	Rank 224
29	112,659	ĎZ Ďuračková, Zdeňka	Comenius University Medical School	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,786
30	112,662	BP Biely, Peter	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,788
31	117,408	FM Fec̆kan, Michal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	General Mathematics	Rank 584
32	117,439	SF Strle, Franc	University Medical Centre Ljubljana	Microbiology	Rank 2,260
33	117,520	CI Capek, Ignác	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,181
34	117,560	KP Komadel, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,676
35	119,113	BV Bužek, Vladimír	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 675
36	125,771	Švorc, Lubomír	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 866
37	127,794	DJ Džurina, Jozef	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 634
38	131,902	BJ Bujdák, Juraj	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,532
39	133,683	BB Baculíková, Blanka	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 666
40	133,965	ŠB Šerá, Božena	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,217
41	135,156	JI Jadlovská, Irena	Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Mathematics	Rank 675
42	136,655	BT Bučko, Tomáš	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,595
43	138,659	MS Miertuš, Stanislav	International Centre for Applied Research and Sustainable Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,612
44	150,843	DJ Dusza, Ján	Institute of Materials Research Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,565
45	154,284	HT Hianik, Tibor	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,120
46	154,385	VM Vaculík, Marek	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,616
47	154,818	MP Múčka, Peter	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 560
48	156,532	OE Ostertagová, Eva	Technical University of Kosice	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,495
49	160,058	AM Almáši, Miroslav	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 623
50	162,640	SJ Strečka, Jozef	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Applied Physics	Rank 3,074
51	163,705	AV Andruch, V. A.	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,204
52	164,230	JS Janecek, Stefan	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,583
53	166,438	KJ Kováčik, Jozef	University of Trnava	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,817
54	168,831	CP Celec, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,871
55	168,907	SJ Sládek, Ján	Institute of Construction and Architecture Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 417
56	170,044	MB Mravec, Boris	Institute of Experimental Endocrinology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,918
57	173,078	BI Bernátová, Iveta	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Physiology	Rank 332
58	173,130	GM Gmitra, Martin	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Applied Physics	Rank 3,301
59	174,603	SI Sǎfařík, Ivo	Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biotechnology	Rank 798
60	177,954	MA Mazurakova, Alena	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,468
61	178,786	JM Jablonský, Michal	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Forestry	Rank 233
62	180,256	SM Sedlák, Marián	Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,036
63	181,234	ŠP Šimon, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Physical Chemistry	Rank 740
64	181,945	KS Kataria, Sunita	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,112
65	187,347	DP Drotár, Peter	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,765
66	188,957	KB Klempa, Boris	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Virology	Rank 812
67	190,685	OM Omastová, Mária A.	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,020
68	192,918	FG Fedorko, Gabriel	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,891
69	193,047	CI Chodák, Ivan	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,057
70	199,325	MM Mego, Michal	Cancer Research Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,137
71	200,268	MZ Machala, Zdenko	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 3,848
72	202,053	HM Hanif, Muhammad Bilal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Energy	Rank 6,491
73	203,283	TJ TkÃ¡Ä, JÃ¡n	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,542
74	204,555	KJ Koščo, Ján	University of Presov in Presov	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 161
75	216,108	JI Jurisica, Igor	Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,717
76	219,445	JT Juríková, Tunde	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 618
77	221,177	ZM Zámocký, Marcel	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,510
78	222,150	LL Lackova, Lenka	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,912
79	222,484	RL Reinprecht, Ladislav	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Forestry	Rank 309
80	223,041	BM Bača, Martin	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 356
81	230,244	GF Gömöry, Fedor	Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,255
82	231,642	ZM Zeleňáková, Martina	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1,487
83	232,085	KJ Kováčik, Jaroslav	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 5,796
84	232,839	MM Mukarram, Mohammad	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4,074
85	238,679	IV Iaroshenko, Viktor O.	Matej Bel University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,298
86	243,451	CT Csanádi, Tamás	Institute of Materials Research Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 6,112
87	244,568	TP Takáč, Peter	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	General Mathematics	Rank 1,279
88	248,917	ŠL Šoltés, Ladislav	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,029
89	256,776	TA Thurzo, Andrej	Comenius University Medical School	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,004
90	262,986	PE Pardo, Enric	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,411
91	274,950	VI Varga, Ivan	Comenius University Medical School	Physiology	Rank 516
92	283,446	KN Kučerka, Norbert	Comenius University Faculty of Pharmacy	Biophysics	Rank 214
93	285,397	ZM Ziman, Mário	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,522
94	287,454	HM Huba, Mikulas	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 3,105
95	288,152	VP Vršanský, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geology	Rank 343
96	301,541	KJ Kuzmik, J.	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 5,989
97	309,104	ŠF Šimko, Fedor	Ústav patologickej fyziológie LF UK v Bratislave	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 6,430
98	311,861	ZV Zeleňák, Vladimír	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,298
99	315,470	MR Martoňák, Roman	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 6,278
100	324,791	Bosela, Michal	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Forestry	Rank 526
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Slovakia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

122 scientists affiliated with Slovakia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 107 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists from Slovakia, with 17. It is followed by Technická Univerzita v Košiciach with 14.

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 122 in 2025, a change of +87.7%.

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.