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).
Scientists in Slovakia on the list, by year
The single-year count has grown 52% since 2020.
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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
By number of listed scientists
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- 1Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave18
- 2Technická Univerzita v Košiciach12
- 3Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava8
- 4Comenius University Medical School5
- 5Slovak Academy of Sciences5
- 6Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine4
- 7Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice4
- 8Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra4
- 9Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra3
- 10Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences3
All 99 scientists
| Rank in Slovakia | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,740 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 40 | |
| 2 | 10,588 | National Bank of Slovakia | Finance | Rank 51 | |
| 3 | 18,580 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 183 | |
| 4 | 22,293 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Organic Chemistry | Rank 283 | |
| 5 | 24,209 | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 79 | |
| 6 | 24,299 | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 342 | |
| 7 | 26,661 | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 912 | |
| 8 | 27,895 | Slovak Academy of Sciences | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 447 | |
| 9 | 29,576 | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 433 | |
| 10 | 42,364 |
SE
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Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 2,200 |
| 11 | 48,278 | University of Trnava | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 714 | |
| 12 | 48,696 |
PI
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Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 473 |
| 13 | 50,170 |
BP
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Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences | Materials | Rank 899 |
| 14 | 56,137 | Slovak Academy of Sciences | Polymers | Rank 486 | |
| 15 | 57,197 | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | Dairy & Animal Science | Rank 126 | |
| 16 | 60,841 |
BM
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Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences | Materials | Rank 1,114 |
| 17 | 63,698 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Education | Rank 631 | |
| 18 | 66,041 | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,103 | |
| 19 | 71,254 | Slovak Academy of Sciences | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,150 | |
| 20 | 72,885 | Slovak Medical University | Food Science | Rank 717 | |
| 21 | 74,450 | Comenius University Medical School | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 2,084 | |
| 22 | 75,060 |
BR
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University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 275 |
| 23 | 78,441 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Economics | Rank 941 | |
| 24 | 79,954 |
MP
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Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,287 |
| 25 | 81,190 | Comenius University Medical School | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1,653 | |
| 26 | 83,690 |
BT
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Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Chemical Physics | Rank 1,072 |
| 27 | 84,949 | Comenius University Medical School | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 1,127 | |
| 28 | 85,829 |
BP
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Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1,746 |
| 29 | 86,951 | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 340 | |
| 30 | 89,352 | Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 3,208 | |
| 31 | 94,032 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | General Mathematics | Rank 431 | |
| 32 | 94,165 | University of Žilina | Business & Management | Rank 1,809 | |
| 33 | 104,964 | University of Trnava | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,828 | |
| 34 | 111,922 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,948 | |
| 35 | 113,298 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 1,024 | |
| 36 | 114,409 |
CP
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Comenius University Medical School | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 5,355 |
| 37 | 116,512 | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 836 | |
| 38 | 116,775 |
ŠP
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Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | Physical Chemistry | Rank 512 |
| 39 | 118,176 | Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,335 | |
| 40 | 122,231 | Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine | Physiology | Rank 286 | |
| 41 | 124,886 |
MP
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Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences | Logistics & Transportation | Rank 405 |
| 42 | 137,258 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 1,012 | |
| 43 | 144,430 |
KN
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Comenius University Faculty of Pharmacy | Biophysics | Rank 135 |
| 44 | 151,739 | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra | Dairy & Animal Science | Rank 405 | |
| 45 | 152,996 | Slovak Academy of Sciences | Physiology | Rank 359 | |
| 46 | 154,090 | Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences | General Physics | Rank 798 | |
| 47 | 156,222 |
ŠF
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Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,773 |
| 48 | 159,871 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | General Mathematics | Rank 822 | |
| 49 | 162,246 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | General Mathematics | Rank 840 | |
| 50 | 165,285 |
TJ
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Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 1,282 |
| 51 | 167,508 | Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 5,998 | |
| 52 | 168,447 | University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava | Chemical Physics | Rank 2,011 | |
| 53 | 169,727 |
KJ
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Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences | Applied Physics | Rank 3,444 |
| 54 | 172,037 | Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences | Polymers | Rank 1,714 | |
| 55 | 172,873 |
PE
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Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences | General Physics | Rank 887 |
| 56 | 173,654 |
CI
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Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences | Polymers | Rank 1,737 |
| 57 | 175,845 |
LJ
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Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences | Materials | Rank 3,708 |
| 58 | 176,179 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Sport Sciences | Rank 784 | |
| 59 | 179,575 |
DJ
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Institute of Materials Research Slovak Academy of Sciences | Materials | Rank 3,819 |
| 60 | 184,708 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Applied Physics | Rank 3,795 | |
| 61 | 185,670 | Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 6,690 | |
| 62 | 188,885 | Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences | Virology | Rank 1,133 | |
| 63 | 189,895 | Institute of Experimental Pharmacology Slovak Academy of Sciences | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 1,534 | |
| 64 | 192,533 |
ŠB
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Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 3,468 |
| 65 | 196,093 |
CI
|
Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences | Polymers | Rank 1,972 |
| 66 | 200,455 |
ŠF
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Comenius University Medical School | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 4,878 |
| 67 | 201,654 | Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences | Materials | Rank 4,378 | |
| 68 | 207,218 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 1,850 | |
| 69 | 207,621 | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra | Dairy & Animal Science | Rank 630 | |
| 70 | 218,042 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Applied Physics | Rank 4,563 | |
| 71 | 219,471 | Slovak Academy of Sciences | Geology | Rank 276 | |
| 72 | 224,430 | Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences | General Physics | Rank 1,152 | |
| 73 | 225,688 |
GM
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Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences | Applied Physics | Rank 4,737 |
| 74 | 226,965 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 6,966 | |
| 75 | 229,859 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 7,061 | |
| 76 | 239,271 | Technická univerzita vo Zvolene | Forestry | Rank 357 | |
| 77 | 241,931 | Cancer Research Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences | Biophysics | Rank 235 | |
| 78 | 244,856 | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 2,153 | |
| 79 | 245,827 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Materials | Rank 5,502 | |
| 80 | 255,766 | Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 2,260 | |
| 81 | 259,885 |
BM
|
Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Computation Theory & Mathematics | Rank 453 |
| 82 | 275,943 | Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 1,302 | |
| 83 | 277,608 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Applied Physics | Rank 5,833 | |
| 84 | 279,545 | Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice | Applied Physics | Rank 5,870 | |
| 85 | 288,093 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Mycology & Parasitology | Rank 426 | |
| 86 | 294,154 | Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine | Pediatrics | Rank 1,166 | |
| 87 | 315,716 | Veterinary University Medicine in Kosice | Veterinary Sciences | Rank 764 | |
| 88 | 316,780 | Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 1,549 | |
| 89 | 327,706 | University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava | Mining & Metallurgy | Rank 259 | |
| 90 | 345,920 | Technická univerzita vo Zvolene | Forestry | Rank 567 | |
| 91 | 368,804 |
ŠJ
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Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | General Chemistry | Rank 827 |
| 92 | 384,378 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 3,317 | |
| 93 | 400,782 |
MM
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Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 1,985 |
| 94 | 400,999 | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 3,891 | |
| 95 | 489,955 | University of Žilina | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 1,835 | |
| 96 | 532,592 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Mining & Metallurgy | Rank 503 | |
| 97 | 540,104 | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave | Zoology | Rank 283 | |
| 98 | 694,261 | Technická Univerzita v Košiciach | Mining & Metallurgy | Rank 700 | |
| 99 | 788,735 | 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.