Slovakia's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Slovakia has 96 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 11.6% from 86 in 2021. That places Slovakia 57th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists (17), followed by Technická Univerzita v Košiciach (11).

Single Year

+10 (+11.6%) vs 2021

Career Data

+2 (+2.9%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#57

down 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

+4 (+14.8%) vs 2021

Scientists in Slovakia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 48% 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	13,046	PI Podlubny, Igor	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 121
2	17,809	MJ Madejová, Jana	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 298
3	24,756	PI Petráš, Ivo	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 230
4	25,530	VM Valko, Marian	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 84
5	31,038	SE Sykova, Eva	Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,799
6	32,096	MR Mesiar, Radko	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 900
7	35,070	BP Baláž, Peter	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 561
8	35,601	BM Brestic, Marian	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 512
9	37,197	SO Sytar, Oksana	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 539
10	41,512	Jampílek, Josef	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Organic Chemistry	Rank 582
11	48,066	BR Boca, Roman	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 174
12	52,887	SA Sirotkin, Alexander V.	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 122
13	54,842	Majtan, Juraj	Slovak Medical University	Microbiology	Rank 1,310
14	55,879	EA Ebringerová, Anna	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 481
15	63,090	KP Komadel, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,077
16	64,882	ŽM Živcak, Marek	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,014
17	68,592	PP Prokop, Pavol	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Education	Rank 583
18	83,594	BP Biely, Peter	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,967
19	83,916	BM Balaz, M.	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 1,422
20	86,424	KN Kryvinska, Natalia	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,325
21	88,373	DZ Duracková, Zdenka	Comenius University Medical School	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,082
22	88,571	JK Jomova, Klaudia	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 365
23	88,594	LA Lux, A.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,422
24	94,701	BT Bucko, Tomáš	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,269
25	95,954	ZR Zahorec, Roman	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,601
26	97,181	FM Feckan, Michal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	General Mathematics	Rank 472
27	97,792	CP Celec, Peter	Comenius University Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,978
28	99,796	MP Múcka, Peter	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 307
29	102,872	CI Capek, Ignác	Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 949
30	104,920	ŽV Živica, Vladimír	Institute of Construction and Architecture Slovak Academy of Sciences	Building & Construction	Rank 574
31	105,764	JŠ Janecek, Štefan	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,473
32	108,767	DJ Džurina, Jozef	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 542
33	109,238	BB Baculíková, Blanka	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 546
34	109,895	PP Povinec, Pavel P.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 496
35	110,821	KJ Kovácik, Jaroslav	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 1,944
36	111,903	SP Simon, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Physical Chemistry	Rank 505
37	115,449	KP Kubatka, Peter	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,340
38	122,990	PS Pastorekova, Silvia	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,630
39	123,349	KB Klempa, Boris	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Virology	Rank 834
40	132,493	BA Brazinova, Alexandra	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,565
41	133,696	MS Miertuš, Stanislav	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,745
42	139,714	BM Baca, Martin	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 261
43	141,366	KJ Kováčik, Jozef	University of Trnava	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,331
44	147,899	Ardabili, Sina	Selye János University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,260
45	151,571	BV Bužek, Vladimír	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 820
46	152,555	ŠB Šerá, Božena	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,513
47	152,678	Švorc, Lubomír	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,102
48	153,547	VJ Voros, Jozef	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,348
49	160,508	SJ Strecka, Jozef	Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice	Applied Physics	Rank 3,404
50	162,821	ZM Ziman, Mario	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 878
51	166,041	BI Bernatova, Iveta	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Physiology	Rank 443
52	166,600	DJ Dusza, J.	Institute of Materials Research Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,146
53	167,208	BJ Bujdák, Juraj	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,132
54	167,372	TJ Tkác, Ján	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,230
55	170,625	MM Majdan, Marek	University of Trnava	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 573
56	171,279	GF Gomory, F.	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 923
57	173,353	KJ Kuzmík, J.	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 3,678
58	181,350	MZ Machala, Zdenko	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 3,858
59	185,499	HT Hianik, Tibor	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,410
60	190,903	ŠF Šimkovic, Fedor	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,325
61	192,375	HK Hensel, Karol	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 4,110
62	194,863	MP Markoš, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 4,174
63	196,513	KM Kacaniova, Miroslava	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 587
64	198,992	OM Omastova, Maria	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,958
65	203,958	SZ Spitalsky, Zdenko	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,010
66	210,515	OE Ostertagova, Eva	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,794
67	215,946	GM Gmitra, Martin	Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice	Applied Physics	Rank 4,675
68	216,428	JT Jurikova, Tunde	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 655
69	218,841	PE Pardo, Enric	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,167
70	231,808	ŠJ Šimúth, Jozef	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Entomology	Rank 612
71	241,325	MA Mehta, Akansha	Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin	Materials	Rank 4,891
72	263,479	BI Belyaev, I. Y.	Cancer Research Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biophysics	Rank 267
73	266,223	FG Fedorko, Gabriel	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,280
74	266,435	JM Jablonsky, Michal	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Forestry	Rank 424
75	272,699	RL Reinprecht, Ladislav	Technical University in Zvolen	Forestry	Rank 440
76	272,734	GD Gömöry, Dušan	Technical University in Zvolen	Forestry	Rank 441
77	277,133	VŠ Vilcek, Štefan	Veterinary University Medicine in Kosice	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 668
78	287,549	JM Jesenák, Miloš	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Pediatrics	Rank 1,186
79	289,994	KM Kazimírová, Mária	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 503
80	290,410	ŠL Šoltés, Ladislav	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,552
81	297,748	DL Dzurenda, Ladislav	Technical University in Zvolen	Forestry	Rank 507
82	313,836	ZV Zelenák, Vladimír	Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,636
83	319,771	LJ Lapin, Juraj	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 6,695
84	404,246	HS Hloch, Sergej	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 3,663
85	430,043	Štrba, Ľubomír	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 351
86	446,993	SJ Sedlakova-Kadukova, Jana	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 371
87	581,596	JD Jablonski, Daniel	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Zoology	Rank 370
88	581,642	BD Benedikovic, Daniel	University of Žilina	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,002
89	585,015	Straka, Martin	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 547
90	587,232	HM Huba, Mikulas	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 5,371
91	597,072	MZ Muchová, Zlatica	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 564
92	634,601	PT Perácek, Tomáš	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 606
93	645,850	CJ Chovancová, Jana	University of Prešov in Prešov	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 619
94	687,330	AM Achimovicová, Marcela	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 658
95	715,425	MM Majdan, Marek	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7,318
96	1,292,573	KL Kovanic, L’Udovít	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 1,479
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Slovakia are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

96 scientists affiliated with Slovakia are on the 2022 single-year list, and 72 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 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 11.

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 96 in 2022, a change of +47.7%.

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.