Slovakia's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Slovakia has 65 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Slovakia 53rd in the world by number of listed scientists. Comenius University has the most listed scientists (17), followed by Slovak Academy of Sciences (13).

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Scientists in Slovakia on the list, by year

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	8,066	PI Podlubny, Igor	Technical University of Kosice	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 91
2	16,601	MR Mesiar, Radko	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 499
3	21,213	PI Petráš, Ivo	Technical University of Kosice	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 246
4	22,696	MJ Madejová, J.	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 439
5	28,006	VM Valko, Marián	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 122
6	32,988	BR Boca, Roman	University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 143
7	33,979	EA Ebringerová, Anna	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 303
8	36,280	BP Baláž, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 684
9	43,226	LJ Lankeit, Johannes	Comenius University	General Mathematics	Rank 192
10	50,972	Švorc, Lubomír	Matej Bel University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 343
11	54,828	BT Bucko, Tomáš	Comenius University	Chemical Physics	Rank 921
12	57,205	KP Komadel, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geology	Rank 92
13	59,425	BP Biely, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,144
14	60,064	BM Brestic, Marian	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 868
15	69,976	KM Kocifaj, Miroslav	Comenius University	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,311
16	70,258	PP Prokop, Pavol	Comenius University	Education	Rank 582
17	73,907	KJ Kováčik, Jozef	University of Trnava	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,071
18	75,970	ZM Zivcak, Marek	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,097
19	78,114	KJ Kuzmík, J.	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 1,751
20	78,129	CI Capek, Ignác	Slovenskej akadémie vied Ústav merania je vedeckou inštitúciou	Polymers	Rank 768
21	82,986	VJ Voros, Jozef	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 848
22	86,691	DZ Duracková, Zdenka	Comenius University	Physiology	Rank 245
23	87,049	FM Feckan, Michal	Comenius University	General Mathematics	Rank 424
24	87,753	MP Moczo, Peter	Comenius University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,637
25	88,273	TA Tomašových, Adam	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Paleontology	Rank 351
26	94,775	MP Múcka, Peter	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 275
27	95,597	ŽV Živica, Vladimír	Institute of Construction and Architecture Slovak Academy of Sciences	Building & Construction	Rank 471
28	95,961	SA Sirotkin, A. V.	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 219
29	99,633	JK Jomová, Klaudia	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 542
30	100,265	LA Lux, Alexander	Comenius University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,480
31	101,868	Majtan, Juraj	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 2,116
32	104,885	KN Kucerka, Norbert	Comenius University	Biophysics	Rank 179
33	106,443	SO Sytar, Oksana	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,567
34	109,772	BM Baláž, Matej	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 2,169
35	112,128	PE Pardo, Enric	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 639
36	116,414	MS Miertuš, Stanislav	ICARST n.o.	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 401
37	122,793	KJ Kovácik, Jaroslav	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 2,440
38	124,336	JŠ Janecek, Štefan	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,402
39	131,648	JJ Jampílek, Josef	Comenius University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,170
40	142,893	PP Povinec, P. P.	Comenius University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 843
41	145,552	TJ Tkac, Jan	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,246
42	147,759	ŠF Šimkovic, F.	Comenius University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,726
43	149,487	KJ Klembara, Jozef	Comenius University	Paleontology	Rank 633
44	151,053	BV Bužek, V.	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 855
45	152,418	VP Vršanský, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geology	Rank 290
46	154,458	GF Gömöry, F.	Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 879
47	158,980	GM Gmitra, Martin	Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice	Applied Physics	Rank 3,773
48	172,344	MP Markoš, P.	Comenius University	Applied Physics	Rank 4,134
49	174,882	MM Majdan, Marek	University of Trnava	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 542
50	178,655	LJ Lapin, J.	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,762
51	187,374	GD Gömöry, Dušan	Technical University in Zvolen	Forestry	Rank 283
52	201,342	HT Hianik, Tibor	Comenius University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,886
53	212,332	JT Jurikova, Tunde	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 616
54	223,863	SJ Strecka, Jozef	Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice	Applied Physics	Rank 5,477
55	230,308	BA Brazinova, Alexandra	Comenius University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,930
56	277,114	DL Dzurenda, Ladislav	Technical University in Zvolen	Forestry	Rank 458
57	293,716	MM Mazúr, Milan	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,846
58	328,034	VS Vilcek, S.	Veterinary University Medicine in Kosice	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 719
59	362,275	VM Valco, Michal	University of Prešov in Prešov	Religions & Theology	Rank 46
60	435,583	Straka, Martin	Technical University of Kosice	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 448
61	450,779	SJ Sedlakova-Kadukova, Jana	Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 470
62	497,910	PM Pavlíková, Martina	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Religions & Theology	Rank 69
63	518,718	VP Vdacný, Peter	Comenius University	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 951
64	566,644	ZM Zelenakova, M.	Technical University of Kosice	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 631
65	620,759	KR Králik, Roman	Central European Research Institute of Søren Kierkegaard	Religions & Theology	Rank 95
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Slovakia are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

65 scientists affiliated with Slovakia are on the 2020 single-year list, and 46 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, Comenius University has the most listed scientists from Slovakia, with 17. It is followed by Slovak Academy of Sciences with 13.

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.