Slovakia's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Slovakia has 86 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 32.3% from 65 in 2020. That places Slovakia 55th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists (14), followed by Slovak Academy of Sciences (13).

Single Year

+21 (+32.3%) vs 2020

Career Data

+24 (+52.2%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#55

down 2 places vs 2020

Institutes

+7 (+35.0%) vs 2020

Scientists in Slovakia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 32% 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%

Top 10 institutes in Slovakia

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Rank in Slovakia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	13,964	PI Podlubny, Igor	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 143
2	22,275	MR Mesiar, Radko	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 564
3	22,862	MJ Madejová, Jana	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 421
4	22,943	PI Petráš, Ivo	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 224
5	25,109	SE Sykova, Eva	Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,440
6	30,433	VM Valko, Marián	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 120
7	35,835	BP Baláž, Peter	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 652
8	38,629	BR Boca, Roman	University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 158
9	42,315	EA Ebringerová, Anna	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 376
10	47,964	SA Sirotkin, Alexander V.	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 114
11	48,707	BM Brestic, Marian	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 715
12	59,970	Jampílek, Josef	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Organic Chemistry	Rank 835
13	61,195	PP Prokop, Pavol	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Education	Rank 523
14	63,554	KP Komadel, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,177
15	63,971	Majtan, Juraj	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 1,450
16	69,996	BP Biely, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,586
17	71,761	ZM Zivcak, Marek	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,094
18	72,145	BT Bucko, Tomáš	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,095
19	76,203	FM Feckan, Michal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	General Mathematics	Rank 410
20	79,697	KM Kocifaj, Miroslav	Univerzita Komenského Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,520
21	81,247	Švorc, Lubomír	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 558
22	82,874	PP Povinec, P. P.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 387
23	88,045	DZ Duracková, Zdenka	Comenius University Medical School	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,969
24	91,115	DJ Dzurina, Jozef	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 512
25	91,631	BM Baláž, Matej	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 1,729
26	92,931	ŽV Živica, Vladimír	Institute of Construction and Architecture Slovak Academy of Sciences	Building & Construction	Rank 484
27	96,001	CP Celec, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,915
28	96,558	JK Jomová, Klaudia	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 478
29	98,050	ŠP Šimon, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Physical Chemistry	Rank 499
30	98,108	TA Tomašových, Adam	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Paleontology	Rank 350
31	98,332	KJ Kováčik, Jozef	University of Trnava	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,535
32	100,518	JŠ Janecek, Štefan	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,240
33	109,429	KJ Kovacik, Jaroslav	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 2,085
34	109,616	LA Lux, Alexander	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,718
35	109,899	VJ Voros, Jozef	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,002
36	119,521	CI Capek, Ignác	Slovenskej akadémie vied Ústav merania je vedeckou inštitúciou	Polymers	Rank 1,159
37	121,693	MP Múcka, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 389
38	122,398	ZR Zahorec, Roman	Comenius University Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,089
39	127,907	KN Kryvinska, Natalia	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,887
40	128,999	PS Pastoreková, S.	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,613
41	131,053	DJ Dusza, J.	Institute of Materials Research Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 2,601
42	145,763	SJ Strecka, Jozef	Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice	Applied Physics	Rank 3,146
43	147,151	KB Klempa, Boris	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Virology	Rank 953
44	158,981	BB Baculíková, B.	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 978
45	160,145	HT Hianik, Tibor	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,229
46	160,513	BM Baca, Martin	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 329
47	170,157	MM Mego, Michal	Cancer Research Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,119
48	174,182	BV Bužek, V.	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 955
49	176,610	KP Kubatka, Peter	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,369
50	176,707	OM Omastova, Maria	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,793
51	179,185	BI Bernatova, Iveta	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Physiology	Rank 516
52	182,033	GF Gömöry, Fedor	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 992
53	185,015	KJ Kuzmík, Ján	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 4,124
54	189,848	MM Majdan, Marek	University of Trnava	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 621
55	191,039	LJ Lapin, J.	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 4,009
56	193,851	MZ Machala, Zdenko	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 4,348
57	193,989	CI Chodák, Ivan	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,957
58	196,840	TJ Tkac, Jan	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,624
59	197,133	HK Hensel, Karol	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 4,425
60	200,766	ŠF Šimkovic, F.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,430
61	202,455	SZ Spitalsky, Zdenko	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,065
62	208,472	PE Pardo, Enric	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,114
63	210,896	BA Bražinová, Alexandra	Comenius University Medical School	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,118
64	216,144	JT Juríková, Tünde	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 675
65	219,866	BP Božek, Pavol	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,016
66	222,071	GM Gmitra, Martin	Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice	Applied Physics	Rank 5,038
67	235,715	ZM Ziman, Mario	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,251
68	241,742	BI Belyaev, Igor	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biophysics	Rank 321
69	245,065	JM Jablonsky, Michal	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Forestry	Rank 407
70	254,502	KM Kazimirova, Maria	Institute of Zoology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 438
71	266,189	HT Havlík, Tomáš	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 206
72	275,549	RL Reinprecht, Ladislav	Technical University in Zvolen	Forestry	Rank 473
73	283,787	KM Kacániová, Miroslava	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 946
74	291,582	VS Vilcek, Stefan	Veterinary University Medicine in Kosice	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 754
75	293,017	SM Stefek, Milan	Institute of Experimental Pharmacology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,409
76	323,215	GD Gömöry, Dušan	Technical University in Zvolen	Forestry	Rank 583
77	326,137	MM Mazúr, Milan	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,891
78	337,062	VP Vdacný, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 598
79	369,645	Štrba, Ľubomír	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 313
80	393,498	DP Drahoš, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,614
81	396,191	SJ Sedláková-Kaduková, Jana	Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 346
82	490,747	DL Dzurenda, Ladislav	Technical University in Zvolen	Forestry	Rank 976
83	516,457	MZ Muchová, Zlatica	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 496
84	590,792	Straka, Martin	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 603
85	675,552	HM Huba, Mikulas	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 6,187
86	722,417	VM Valco, Michal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Religions & Theology	Rank 128
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Slovakia are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

86 scientists affiliated with Slovakia are on the 2021 single-year list, and 70 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists from Slovakia, with 14. It is followed by Slovak Academy of Sciences with 13.

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 86 in 2021, a change of +32.3%.

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.