Slovakia's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Slovakia has 120 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 12.1% from 107 in 2025. That places Slovakia 54th in the world by number of listed scientists. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava has the most listed scientists (13), followed by Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (13).

Single Year

124

+2 (+1.6%) vs 2025

Career Data

120

+13 (+12.1%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#54

No change vs 2025

Institutes

-2 (-4.4%) vs 2025

Scientists in Slovakia on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled 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%

2026+12.1%

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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%
2026	124	+1.6%	120	+12.1%

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Rank in Slovakia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	4,052	MP Mészáros, Péter I.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 27
2	15,665	Ś Sykova ́, Eva	Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,201
3	31,347	MJ Madejová, Jana	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 517
4	32,967	PI Podlubny, Igor	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 270
5	35,360	PI Petráš, Ivo	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 289
6	37,467	BP Biely, Peter	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,427
7	45,850	BP Baláž, Peter	Institute of Geotechnics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 616
8	45,996	BV Bužek, Vladimír	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 276
9	50,071	BR Boča, Roman	University of SS Cyril and Methodius, Trnava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 278
10	56,596	EA Ebringerová, Anna	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 488
11	62,229	CI Capek, Ignác	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 538
12	66,621	KP Komadel, Peter	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,147
13	67,062	SA Sirotkin, Alexander V.	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 155
14	70,565	JS Janecek, Stefan	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,561
15	83,002	VM Valko, Marián	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 450
16	87,201	ST Szabo, Tomáš L.	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Acoustics	Rank 191
17	89,575	SI Sǎfařík, Ivo	Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 629
18	89,863	ŠP Šimon, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Physical Chemistry	Rank 303
19	91,364	BJ Bujdák, Juraj	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,676
20	92,414	PP Prokop, Pavol	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Education	Rank 586
21	103,622	ĎZ Ďuračková, Zdeňka	Comenius University Medical School	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,682
22	108,739	MM Melník, Milan M.	Comenius University Faculty of Pharmacy	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 609
23	109,259	PP Povinec, Pavel Peter	Univerzita Komenského Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky	Environmental Sciences	Rank 887
24	109,418	MS Miertuš, Stanislav	International Centre for Applied Research and Sustainable Technology (ICARST)	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,965
25	111,171	BM Brestic, Marian	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,589
26	113,466	CP Celec, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,920
27	117,110	ŜF Ŝimkovic, Fedor F.	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,808
28	118,055	GB Gavurová, Beata	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Economics	Rank 1,035
29	118,544	FM Fec̆kan, Michal	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	General Mathematics	Rank 649
30	118,880	HT Hianik, Tibor	Univerzita Komenského Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 863
31	119,234	GP Greenslade, Penelope J.M.	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Entomology	Rank 342
32	120,485	VJ Vörös, Jozef	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 923
33	120,855	Majtan, Juraj	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Food Science	Rank 709
34	123,237	RM Remko, Milan	Remedika	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,186
35	125,219	GE Ginter, Email	Research Institute of Nutrition Slovakia	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,846
36	125,616	JD Jeẑová, Daniela	Institute of Experimental Endocrinology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,581
37	130,821	KJ Kuzmik, J.	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 3,321
38	132,863	KR Květňanský, Richard	Institute of Experimental Endocrinology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,929
39	132,988	BT Bučko, Tomáš	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,357
40	134,970	TP Takáč, Peter	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	General Mathematics	Rank 773
41	141,185	CI Chodák, Ivan	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,267
42	142,088	VŠ Vilcěk, Štefan	Veterinary University Medicine in Kosice	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 460
43	144,523	TI Tvaroška, Igor	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,409
44	144,723	BM Bergdoll, Merlin S.	Med Faculty of Safarik University	Microbiology	Rank 3,498
45	146,805	KJ Kováčik, Jozef	University of Trnava	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,156
46	149,556	SA Spigelman, Allan D.	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,499
47	150,074	ŽV Živica, Vladimír	Institute of Construction and Architecture Slovak Academy of Sciences	Building & Construction	Rank 455
48	150,562	MP Markoš, Peter	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 3,871
49	154,602	ZR Záhorec, Roman	University Hospital in Bratislava	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 4,614
50	155,979	GF Gömöry, Fedor	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 995
51	162,520	KV Krćméry, Vladimír C.	Vysoká škola zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce sv. Alžbety, Bratislava	Microbiology	Rank 3,907
52	163,822	BD Berek, Dušan	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 1,448
53	166,926	SL Svorc, Lubomir	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,286
54	172,611	BM Baláž, Matej	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 2,530
55	173,379	LA Lux, Alexander	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,560
56	178,376	BI Belyaev, Igor Ya	Cancer Research Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,511
57	182,909	SJ Sládek, Ján	Institute of Construction and Architecture Slovak Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 431
58	187,412	DA Dvurečenskij, Anatolij	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,339
59	189,846	FA Fargašová, Agáta	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,708
60	192,207	KB Klempa, Boris	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Virology	Rank 1,523
61	195,189	ŠL Šoltés, Ladislav	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,547
62	196,120	KJ Kováčik, Jaroslav	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 2,909
63	196,279	BM Bača, Martin	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 488
64	200,639	PE Pardo, Enric	Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,258
65	205,520	LJ Lapin, Juraj	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,065
66	205,820	ŠF Šimko, Fedor	Institute of Experimental Endocrinology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 5,820
67	209,780	DJ Dusza, Ján	Institute of Materials Research Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 3,134
68	212,154	MM Mego, Michal	Comenius University Medical School	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 7,650
69	212,306	DJ Džurina, Jozef	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	General Mathematics	Rank 1,442
70	220,579	MP Múčka, Peter	Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics Slovak Academy of Sciences	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 452
71	224,573	SJ Strečka, Jozef	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Applied Physics	Rank 5,910
72	226,416	PS Pastoreková, Silvia	Institute of Virology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 8,133
73	231,279	ČP Čapek, Peter	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,089
74	232,127	JK Jomová, Klaudia	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra	Toxicology	Rank 1,104
75	233,804	LA Lauková, Andrea	Institute of Animal Physiology Slovak Academy of Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 5,541
76	233,991	GD Gomory, Dušan	Technická univerzita vo Zvolene	Forestry	Rank 341
77	235,006	LI Lacík, Igor	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,126
78	241,638	MR Martoňák, Roman	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Applied Physics	Rank 6,379
79	246,473	ŠB Šerá, Božena	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,724
80	247,113	ZE Zemková, Erika	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Sport Sciences	Rank 902
81	252,462	OM Omastová, Mária	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,298
82	255,448	MM Majdan, Marek	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,335
83	261,207	KN Kučerka, Norbert	Comenius University Faculty of Pharmacy	Biophysics	Rank 375
84	271,830	ŠP Šimko, Peter	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Food Science	Rank 1,819
85	277,376	ZM Ziman, Mário Alrio	Institute of Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,739
86	285,631	DP Diko, Pavel	Institute of Experimental Physics Slovak Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 1,784
87	290,552	CP Cifra, Peter	Polymer Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,675
88	291,853	ŠI Šimkovič, Ivan	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Polymers	Rank 2,685
89	292,326	TJ TkÃ¡Ä, JÃ¡n	Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,502
90	295,404	SP Sajgalik, Pavol	Slovak Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 4,666
91	295,940	KN Kryvinska, Natalia	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,102
92	300,502	VA V́arkonyi-Ḱoczy, Annamâria R.	Univerzita J. Selyeho	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,224
93	305,393	ŠM Šuhaj, Milan	National Agricultural and Food Centre	Food Science	Rank 2,098
94	309,648	FG Fedorko, Gabriel	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,383
95	313,700	RR Rosipal, Roman	Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,587
96	317,261	KM Kačaniova, Miroslava M.	Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra	Food Science	Rank 2,190
97	321,178	MM Mazúr, Milan	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,943
98	327,323	CK Cechlárová, Katarína	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,931
99	329,389	BA Bražinová, Alexandra	University of Trnava	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,348
100	363,109	KA Kolesárov́a, Anna	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,949
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Slovakia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

124 scientists affiliated with Slovakia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 120 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava has the most listed scientists from Slovakia, with 13. It is followed by Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave with 13.

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 120 in 2026, a change of +160.9%.

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.