Slovakia's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Slovakia has 83 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 15.3% from 72 in 2022. That places Slovakia 51st in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists (12), followed by Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (11).

Single Year

+3 (+3.1%) vs 2022

Career Data

+11 (+15.3%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#51

up 2 places vs 2022

Institutes

+4 (+12.1%) vs 2022

Scientists in Slovakia on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 80% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+52.2%

2022+2.9%

2023+15.3%

2024+16.9%

2025+10.3%

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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	3,973	MP Mészáros, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 24
2	14,119	SE Sykova, Eva	Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,170
3	30,687	MR Mesiar, Radko	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 610
4	33,188	PI Podlubny, Igor	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 257
5	33,230	MJ Madejová, Jana	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 550
6	34,236	BP Biely, Peter	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,488
7	40,319	BV Bužek, Vladimír	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 244
8	47,628	BP Baláž, Peter	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 597
9	49,180	BR Boča, Roman	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 292
10	51,580	EA Ebringerová, Anna	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 465
11	56,733	CI Capek, Ignác	Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 507
12	60,159	PĽ Pástor, Ľuboš	National Bank of Slovakia	Finance	Rank 93
13	62,556	PI Petráš, Ivo	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 468
14	63,516	KP Komadel, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,083
15	67,129	JŠ Janeček, Štefan	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,774
16	85,362	ŠP Šimon, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Physical Chemistry	Rank 298
17	88,143	SA Sirotkin, Alexander V.	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 217
18	89,912	MM Melník, Milan	Comenius University Faculty of Pharmacy	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 547
19	93,529	VM Valko, Marian	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 569
20	94,140	BJ Bujdák, Juraj	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,814
21	98,848	MS Miertus, Stanislav	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,904
22	105,444	VJ Vörös, Jozef	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 782
23	107,089	JD Jezova, Daniela	Institute of Experimental Endocrinology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,844
24	108,089	GE Ginter, Emil	Research Institute of Nutrition Slovakia	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,484
25	109,861	ŠF Šimkovic, F.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,796
26	110,410	PP Prokop, Pavol	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Education	Rank 611
27	112,121	RM Remko, Milan	Remedika	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,148
28	112,737	PP Povinec, P.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Environmental Sciences	Rank 716
29	118,104	KJ Kuzmík, Ján	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 3,253
30	121,667	ŠV Šepelák, Vladimír	International Mechanochemical Association	Materials	Rank 1,632
31	122,759	BM Bergdoll, M. S.	Med Faculty of Safarik University	Microbiology	Rank 3,045
32	130,718	HT Hianik, Tibor	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 988
33	134,316	FM Fečkan, Michal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	General Mathematics	Rank 761
34	134,926	KV Krcmery, Vladimir	Vysoká škola zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce sv. Alžbety, Bratislava	Microbiology	Rank 3,329
35	135,575	VŠ Vilček, Štefan	Veterinary University Medicine in Kosice	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 451
36	135,821	JJ Jampílek, Josef	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,400
37	136,010	MP Markoš, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 3,784
38	139,128	CI Chodák, Ivan	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,248
39	141,225	TI Tvaroška, Igor	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,501
40	147,394	BD Berek, Dušan	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,311
41	152,954	ŽV Živica, Vladimír	Institute of Construction and Architecture Slovak Academy of Sciences	Building & Construction	Rank 360
42	155,734	GF Gömöry, Fedor	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,023
43	159,421	Majtan, Juraj	Slovak Medical University	Food Science	Rank 834
44	161,251	KJ Kováčik, Jozef	University of Trnava	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,321
45	168,219	SJ Sladek, Jan	Institute of Construction and Architecture Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 390
46	178,271	BI Belyaev, Igor	Cancer Research Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biophysics	Rank 292
47	178,371	FA Fargašová, Agáta	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,242
48	190,211	BM Brestič, Marian	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,751
49	194,908	LA Lux, Alexander	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,820
50	194,909	ŠL Šoltés, Ladislav	Institute of Experimental Pharmacology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,601
51	196,398	ŠĽ Švorc, Ľubomír	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,615
52	203,647	LJ Lapin, Juraj	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 2,833
53	206,316	ŠF Šimko, Fedor	Comenius University Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 5,963
54	207,216	PS Pastorekova, Silvia	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 7,698
55	209,252	PE Pardo, Enric	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,384
56	211,768	LI Lacík, Igor	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,911
57	214,749	KJ Kováčik, Jaroslav	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,014
58	218,074	CP Capek, Peter	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,959
59	229,538	GD Gömöry, Dušan	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Forestry	Rank 325
60	233,442	KN Kučerka, N.	Comenius University Faculty of Pharmacy	Biophysics	Rank 370
61	233,520	LA Lauková, Andrea	Institute of Animal Physiology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 5,576
62	234,843	CP Cifra, Peter	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,120
63	237,291	SJ Strečka, Jozef	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Applied Physics	Rank 6,857
64	241,851	DJ Dusza, Ján	Institute of Materials Research Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,457
65	268,888	ŠP Šimko, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Food Science	Rank 1,497
66	272,405	DP Diko, Pavel	Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,806
67	280,679	BM Baláž, Matej	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 4,092
68	285,141	ŠM Štefek, Milan	Institute of Experimental Pharmacology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,952
69	285,795	RR Rosipal, Roman	Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,771
70	298,491	ŠP Šajgalík, Pavol	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 4,421
71	303,255	MM Majdan, Marek	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,107
72	304,831	MP Múčka, Peter	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 570
73	310,968	CK Cechlárová, Katarína	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,336
74	336,964	KA Kolesárová, Anna	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,913
75	358,432	BP Bobek, P.	Slovak Medical University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,888
76	396,084	BA Brazinova, Alexandra	Comenius University Medical School	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,443
77	480,095	ČM Čertík, Milan	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Biotechnology	Rank 1,920
78	488,238	ŠJ Šima, Jozef	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	General Chemistry	Rank 1,303
79	551,423	HM Huba, Mikulas	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 4,205
80	562,482	VM Valčo, Michal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Religions & Theology	Rank 177
81	577,012	SJ Sedlakova-Kadukova, Jana	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 370
82	639,893	CA Chaus, Alexander S.	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Materials	Rank 11,015
83	801,013	Straka, Martin	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 620
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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 career-long list, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave has the most listed scientists from Slovakia, with 12. It is followed by Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava with 11.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Slovakia changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Slovakia went from 46 scientists in 2020 to 83 in 2023, a change of +80.4%.

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.