Slovakia's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Slovakia has 99 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 3.1% from 96 in 2022. That places Slovakia 58th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists (18), followed by Technická Univerzita v Košiciach (12).

Single Year

+3 (+3.1%) vs 2022

Career Data

+11 (+15.3%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#58

down 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

No change vs 2022

Scientists in Slovakia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 52% 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	7,740	MP Mészáros, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 40
2	10,588	PL Pástor, Luboš	National Bank of Slovakia	Finance	Rank 51
3	18,580	PI Podlubny, Igor	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 183
4	22,293	Jampílek, Josef	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Organic Chemistry	Rank 283
5	24,209	VM Valko, Marian	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 79
6	24,299	BM Brestic, Marian	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 342
7	26,661	MR Mesiar, Radko	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 912
8	27,895	MJ Madejová, Jana	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 447
9	29,576	SO Sytar, Oksana	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 433
10	42,364	SE Sykova, Eva	Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,200
11	48,278	MM Majdan, Marek	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 714
12	48,696	PI Petráš, Ivo	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 473
13	50,170	BP Baláž, Peter	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 899
14	56,137	EA Ebringerová, Anna	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 486
15	57,197	SA Sirotkin, Alexander V.	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 126
16	60,841	BM Baláž, Matej	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 1,114
17	63,698	PP Prokop, Pavol	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Education	Rank 631
18	66,041	ŽM Živcak, Marek	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,103
19	71,254	KP Komadel, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,150
20	72,885	Majtan, Juraj	Slovak Medical University	Food Science	Rank 717
21	74,450	ZR Zahorec, Roman	Comenius University Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,084
22	75,060	BR Boca, Roman	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 275
23	78,441	GB Gavurová, Beata	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Economics	Rank 941
24	79,954	MP Moczo, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,287
25	81,190	DZ Duracková, Zdenka	Comenius University Medical School	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,653
26	83,690	BT Bucko, Tomáš	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,072
27	84,949	BA Brazinova, Alexandra	Comenius University Medical School	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,127
28	85,829	BP Biely, Peter	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,746
29	86,951	JK Jomova, Klaudia	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 340
30	89,352	KP Kubatka, Peter	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,208
31	94,032	FM Feckan, Michal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	General Mathematics	Rank 431
32	94,165	VK Valaskova, Katarina	University of Žilina	Business & Management	Rank 1,809
33	104,964	KJ Kováčik, Jozef	University of Trnava	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,828
34	111,922	LA Lux, Alexander	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,948
35	113,298	OE Ostertagova, Eva	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,024
36	114,409	CP Celec, Peter	Comenius University Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,355
37	116,512	Švorc, Lubomír	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 836
38	116,775	ŠP Šimon, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Physical Chemistry	Rank 512
39	118,176	JŠ Janecek, Štefan	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,335
40	122,231	MD Mokra, Daniela	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Physiology	Rank 286
41	124,886	MP Múcka, Peter	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 405
42	137,258	HT Hianik, Tibor	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,012
43	144,430	KN Kucerka, N.	Comenius University Faculty of Pharmacy	Biophysics	Rank 135
44	151,739	KM Kacániová, Miroslava	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 405
45	152,996	BI Bernatova, Iveta	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Physiology	Rank 359
46	154,090	BV Bužek, Vladimír	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 798
47	156,222	ŠF Šimkovic, F.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,773
48	159,871	DJ Dzurina, Jozef	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 822
49	162,246	BB Baculíková, Blanka	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 840
50	165,285	TJ Tkac, Jan	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,282
51	167,508	MA Mazurakova, Alena	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,998
52	168,447	MS Miertus, Stanislav	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,011
53	169,727	KJ Kuzmík, Ján	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 3,444
54	172,037	SZ Spitalsky, Zdenko	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,714
55	172,873	PE Pardo, Enric	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 887
56	173,654	CI Chodák, Ivan	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,737
57	175,845	LJ Lapin, Juraj	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,708
58	176,179	ZE Zemkova, Erika	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Sport Sciences	Rank 784
59	179,575	DJ Dusza, Ján	Institute of Materials Research Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,819
60	184,708	MZ Machala, Zdenko	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 3,795
61	185,670	PS Pastorekova, Silvia	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,690
62	188,885	KB Klempa, Boris	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Virology	Rank 1,133
63	189,895	ŠL Šoltés, Ladislav	Institute of Experimental Pharmacology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,534
64	192,533	ŠB Šerá, Božena	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,468
65	196,093	CI Capek, Ignác	Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,972
66	200,455	ŠF Šimko, Fedor	Comenius University Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 4,878
67	201,654	KJ Kovácik, Jaroslav	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 4,378
68	207,218	FG Fedorko, Gabriel	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,850
69	207,621	JT Juríková, Tunde	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 630
70	218,042	HK Hensel, Karol	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 4,563
71	219,471	VP Vršanský, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geology	Rank 276
72	224,430	GF Gömöry, Fedor	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,152
73	225,688	GM Gmitra, M.	Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 4,737
74	226,965	KN Kryvinska, Natalia	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,966
75	229,859	DP Drotar, Peter	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,061
76	239,271	RL Reinprecht, Ladislav	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Forestry	Rank 357
77	241,931	BI Belyaev, Igor	Cancer Research Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biophysics	Rank 235
78	244,856	KZ Kohajdová, Zlatica	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,153
79	245,827	HT Havlík, Tomáš	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Materials	Rank 5,502
80	255,766	AV Andruch, Vasil	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,260
81	259,885	BM Baca, Martin	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 453
82	275,943	AM Almáši, Miroslav	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,302
83	277,608	MR Martonák, Roman	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 5,833
84	279,545	SJ Strecka, Jozef	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Applied Physics	Rank 5,870
85	288,093	VP Vdacný, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 426
86	294,154	JM Jesenak, Milos	Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine	Pediatrics	Rank 1,166
87	315,716	VŠ Vilcek, Štefan	Veterinary University Medicine in Kosice	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 764
88	316,780	ZV Zelenák, Vladimír	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,549
89	327,706	SJ Sedlakova-Kadukova, Jana	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 259
90	345,920	KF Kacík, František	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Forestry	Rank 567
91	368,804	ŠJ Šima, Jozef	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	General Chemistry	Rank 827
92	384,378	KK Králová, Katarina	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 3,317
93	400,782	MM Mazúr, Milan	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,985
94	400,999	HM Huba, Mikulas	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 3,891
95	489,955	BD Benedikovic, Daniel	University of Žilina	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,835
96	532,592	Štrba, Ľubomír	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 503
97	540,104	JD Jablonski, Daniel	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Zoology	Rank 283
98	694,261	Straka, Martin	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 700
99	788,735	DL Dzurenda, Ladislav	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Forestry	Rank 1,568
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Slovakia are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

99 scientists affiliated with Slovakia are on the 2023 single-year list, and 83 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists from Slovakia, with 18. It is followed by Technická Univerzita v Košiciach 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 99 in 2023, a change of +52.3%.

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.