Slovenia's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Slovenia has 173 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 4.8% from 165 in 2021. That places Slovenia 48th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Univerza v Ljubljani has the most listed scientists (63), followed by Jozef Stefan Institute (37).

Single Year

173

+8 (+4.8%) vs 2021

Career Data

160

+13 (+8.8%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#48

down 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

-3 (-12.5%) vs 2021

Scientists in Slovenia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 40% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+33.1%

2022+4.8%

2023+10.4%

2024+3.1%

2025+3.6%

Show the numbers

Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	124		114
2021	165	+33.1%	147	+28.9%
2022	173	+4.8%	160	+8.8%
2023	191	+10.4%	172	+7.5%
2024	197	+3.1%	192	+11.6%
2025	204	+3.6%	217	+13.0%

Top 10 institutes in Slovenia

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2022

Show the list

All 173 scientists

Single-year list2022

The first 100 are free to browse.

Export CSV

Rank in Slovenia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	922	PM Perc, Matjaz	Univerza v Mariboru	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 8
2	4,466	KA Kokalj, Anton	Jozef Stefan Institute	Chemical Physics	Rank 86
3	6,360	KI Kononenko, Igor	Univerza v Ljubljani	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 213
4	6,388	DL De Leo, Diego	University of Primorska	Psychiatry	Rank 156
5	8,280	PT Prosen, Tomaž	Univerza v Ljubljani	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 59
6	12,744	TB Turk, Boris	Jozef Stefan Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 318
7	13,679	FP Fajfar, Peter	Univerza v Ljubljani	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 25
8	14,525	RM Randic, Milan	National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana	Chemical Physics	Rank 251
9	17,821	FM Finšgar, Matjaž	Univerza v Mariboru	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 77
10	23,484	MD Miklavčič, Damijan	Univerza v Ljubljani	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 108
11	24,838	MI Milošev, Ingrid	Jozef Stefan Institute	Energy	Rank 499
12	26,891	ŽM Žnidaric, Marko	Univerza v Ljubljani	General Physics	Rank 159
13	29,619	KŽ Knez, Željko	Univerza v Mariboru	Chemical Engineering	Rank 169
14	32,742	MT Mihalic, Tanja	Univerza v Ljubljani Ekonomska Fakulteta	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 128
15	33,719	TP Trkman, Peter	Univerza v Ljubljani Ekonomska Fakulteta	Business & Management	Rank 699
16	34,488	BM Brešar, M.	Univerza v Mariboru	General Mathematics	Rank 149
17	36,133	VR Veberic, Robert	Univerza v Ljubljani	Food Science	Rank 252
18	38,400	BT Battelino, T.	University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 702
19	39,827	SB Sket, Boris	Univerza v Ljubljani	Organic Chemistry	Rank 560
20	41,775	VM Valant, Matjaž	University of Nova Gorica	Materials	Rank 695
21	42,323	DR Dominko, Robert	National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana	Energy	Rank 894
22	43,337	DS Džeroski, Sašo	Jozef Stefan Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,206
23	43,660	KM Kalin, Mitjan	Univerza v Ljubljani	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 393
24	43,986	PB Poljšak, Borut	Univerza v Ljubljani	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,453
25	46,410	MM Mozetic, Miran	Jozef Stefan Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 919
26	46,959	KS Klavžar, Sandi	Univerza v Mariboru	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 101
27	47,157	VN van Noorden, Cornelis J.F.	National Institute of Biology Ljubljana	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,138
28	49,059	DM Dolšek, Matjaž	Univerza v Ljubljani	Civil Engineering	Rank 177
29	51,351	DM Dular, Matevž	Univerza v Ljubljani	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 447
30	51,709	LM Lainscak, Mitja	Univerza v Ljubljani Medicinska Fakulteta	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,495
31	52,843	BJ Brest, Janez	Univerza v Mariboru Fakultete za Elektrotehniko, Racunalništvo in Informatiko	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,466
32	53,429	Kitanovski, Andrej	Univerza v Ljubljani	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 466
33	56,128	KM Kristan, Matej	Univerza v Ljubljani	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,548
34	56,934	LB Likozar, Blaz	National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana	Chemical Engineering	Rank 356
35	58,093	SP Strojan, Primoz	Onkološki Inštitut Ljubljana	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,209
36	60,191	JR Jerala, Roman	National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,411
37	65,202	PM Poljak, Mario	Univerza v Ljubljani Medicinska Fakulteta	Virology	Rank 413
38	66,965	RM Robnik-Šikonja, Marko	Univerza v Ljubljani	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,866
39	68,514	PU Poklar Ulrih, Nataša	Univerza v Ljubljani	Food Science	Rank 545
40	71,628	AB Antoncic, Bostjan	Univerza v Ljubljani Ekonomska Fakulteta	Business & Management	Rank 1,317
41	74,568	VK Virant Klun, Irma	Univerzitetni Klinicni Center Ljubljana	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 474
42	75,649	SG Sersa, Gregor	Onkološki Inštitut Ljubljana	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,888
43	76,935	RM Rupnik, Maja	Medicinska Fakulteta Univerze v Mariboru	Microbiology	Rank 1,808
44	78,017	DM de Marco, Ario	University of Nova Gorica	Biotechnology	Rank 291
45	78,060	FI Fister, Iztok	Univerza v Mariboru Fakultete za Elektrotehniko, Racunalništvo in Informatiko	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,132
46	81,733	FM Filipic, Metka	National Institute of Biology Ljubljana	Toxicology	Rank 309
47	83,864	TI Turel, Iztok	Univerza v Ljubljani	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 342
48	85,064	PA Pintar, Albin	National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana	Physical Chemistry	Rank 373
49	87,502	GN Gunde-Cimerman, Nina	Univerza v Ljubljani	Microbiology	Rank 2,039
50	90,371	KJ Kopac, J.	Univerza v Ljubljani	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 823
51	90,736	TV Turk, Vito	Jozef Stefan Institute	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,124
52	91,587	ŠE Štrumbelj, Erik	Univerza v Ljubljani	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,446
53	92,258	MI Muševic, I.	Jozef Stefan Institute	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 684
54	92,729	BŠ Bojnec, Štefan	University of Primorska	Economics	Rank 1,041
55	93,853	PM Perše, Martina	Univerza v Ljubljani Medicinska Fakulteta	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,196
56	94,831	AA Aristovnik, Aleksander	Univerza v Ljubljani	Education	Rank 869
57	94,852	JJ Jamnik, Janko	National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana	Energy	Rank 2,101
58	95,631	ŠP Šemrl, Peter	Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics Ljubljana	General Mathematics	Rank 467
59	98,997	SU Stritih, U.	Univerza v Ljubljani	Energy	Rank 2,209
60	99,154	HM Horvat, Milena	Jozef Stefan Institute	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,363
61	100,762	RT Rizner, Tea Lanisnik	Univerza v Ljubljani Medicinska Fakulteta	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,670
62	101,028	SM Sova, Matej	Faculty of Medicine	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 337
63	102,335	TM Tomaževic, Miha	Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 174
64	103,339	VA Vesel, Alenka	Jozef Stefan Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 2,107
65	103,427	ZR Zorec, Robert	Univerze v Ljubljani Medicinske Fakultete, Inštitut za Patološko Fiziologijo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,244
66	105,110	ŠI Škrjanc, Igor	Univerza v Ljubljani	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,795
67	105,519	MP Mikulic Petkovšek, Maja	Univerza v Ljubljani	Food Science	Rank 901
68	107,504	BR Blinc, R.	Jozef Stefan Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 2,190
69	107,584	LT Lerher, Tone	Univerza v Mariboru	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 973
70	107,630	PF Pusavec, Franci	Univerza v Ljubljani	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 975
71	109,004	ŠF Štampar, Franci	Univerza v Ljubljani	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,808
72	110,118	CU Cvelbar, Uroš	Jozef Stefan Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 2,238
73	110,753	Fijan, Sabina	Univerza v Mariboru	Materials	Rank 1,943
74	111,160	CK Cufar, Katarina	Univerza v Ljubljani	Forestry	Rank 138
75	111,384	ŽB Žegura, Bojana	National Institute of Biology Ljubljana	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,541
76	111,942	JI Jovcevska, Ivana	Univerza v Ljubljani	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,187
77	112,441	SF Strle, Franc	Univerzitetni Klinicni Center Ljubljana	Microbiology	Rank 2,641
78	114,626	CJ Campbell, John L.	Jozef Stefan Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 2,334
79	115,829	ŠB Šarler, Božidar	Univerza v Ljubljani	Applied Mathematics	Rank 292
80	116,109	ZT Zwitter, T.	Univerza v Ljubljani	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,285
81	119,500	PP Poredos, Pavel	Univerzitetni Klinicni Center Ljubljana	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,142
82	121,507	KT Kotnik, Tadej	Univerza v Ljubljani	Biophysics	Rank 125
83	122,614	GM Gaberšcek, Miran	National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana	Energy	Rank 2,837
84	130,731	HM Humar, Matjaž	Jozef Stefan Institute	Optics	Rank 543
85	131,048	GS Gorgieva, Selestina	Univerza v Mariboru	Polymers	Rank 1,241
86	132,268	PB Podgornik, B.	Institute of Metals and Technology Ljubljana	Materials	Rank 2,389
87	135,314	DJ Dubois, Jean Marie	Jozef Stefan Institute	Materials	Rank 2,445
88	139,787	DJ Demšar, Janez	Univerza v Ljubljani	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,716
89	139,896	GJ Grdadolnik, Joze	National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,826
90	140,846	CM Cemazar, Maja	Onkološki Inštitut Ljubljana	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,304
91	141,035	GJ Gricar, Jozica	Slovenian Forestry Institute	Forestry	Rank 186
92	141,116	MD Mihailovic, Dragan	Jozef Stefan Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 2,971
93	142,976	GP Gregorcic, Peter	Univerza v Ljubljani	Applied Physics	Rank 3,017
94	143,571	BV Batagelj, Vladimir	Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics Ljubljana	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,825
95	147,385	KJ Kos, Janko	Univerza v Ljubljani	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,552
96	152,471	Mernik, Marjan	Univerza v Mariboru Fakultete za Elektrotehniko, Racunalništvo in Informatiko	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,062
97	153,279	GJ Grum, Janez	Univerza v Ljubljani	Materials	Rank 2,838
98	154,259	GP Glavic, Peter	Univerza v Mariboru	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,146
99	156,572	ZŠ Zupancic, Špela	Univerza v Ljubljani	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,150
100	156,685	ŠM Škerget, Mojca	Univerza v Mariboru	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,169
No scientists match this filter.

Showing 1 to 100 of the first 100 Show

Paid plans

See all 173 scientists in Slovenia

You are seeing the first 100. 73 more are on the 2022 single-year list.

Ranks 101 to 173The whole list, not only the top 100.

Every year since 2020Single Year and Career Data.

Search the full listBy name, institute or sub-field.

CSV exportDownload the list for your own work.

View Plans & Upgrade Compare plans

Cancel anytime · Secure billing

Countries with a similar count

Single-year list2022

Romania209 scientistsin 2022

Argentina201 scientistsin 2022

Qatar197 scientistsin 2022

Nigeria150 scientistsin 2022

Vietnam149 scientistsin 2022

Bangladesh147 scientistsin 2022

Explore other countries

Single-year list2022

Italy6,839 scientistsin 2022

Spain3,712 scientistsin 2022

Greece885 scientistsin 2022

Portugal770 scientistsin 2022

Serbia109 scientistsin 2022

Croatia89 scientistsin 2022

All countries on the world map

Frequently asked questions

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

173 scientists affiliated with Slovenia are on the 2022 single-year list, and 160 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Univerza v Ljubljani has the most listed scientists from Slovenia, with 63. It is followed by Jozef Stefan Institute with 37.

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

On the single-year list, Slovenia went from 124 scientists in 2020 to 173 in 2022, a change of +39.5%.

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.