Ukraine's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Ukraine has 136 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 11.5% from 122 in 2025. That places Ukraine 62nd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” has the most listed scientists (6), followed by Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (6).

Single Year

136

+14 (+11.5%) vs 2025

Career Data

144

+20 (+16.1%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#62

up 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

+8 (+10.7%) vs 2025

Scientists in Ukraine on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+41.8%

2022+16.8%

2023-11.7%

2024-4.1%

2025+29.8%

2026+11.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	67		55
2021	95	+41.8%	86	+56.4%
2022	111	+16.8%	96	+11.6%
2023	98	-11.7%	95	-1.0%
2024	94	-4.1%	103	+8.4%
2025	122	+29.8%	124	+20.4%
2026	136	+11.5%	144	+16.1%

Top 10 institutes in Ukraine

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Rank in Ukraine	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3,130	LV Lushchak, Volodymyr I.	Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 46
2	8,850	MP Mykhailiuk, Pavel K.	Enamine Ltd.	Organic Chemistry	Rank 103
3	10,526	Kwilinski, Aleksy	Sumy State University	Business & Management	Rank 327
4	12,814	DA Demchenko, Alexander P.	Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Biophysics	Rank 8
5	18,060	SL Spytska, Liana V.	Kyiv International University	Psychiatry	Rank 338
6	22,736	TT Tatarchuk, Tetiana R.	Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University	Materials	Rank 423
7	25,602	VA Vaiserman, Alexander	Institute of Gerontology Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine	Gerontology	Rank 45
8	30,738	SO Sytar, Oksana V.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 436
9	45,660	KV Kulyk, Volodymyr	Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 410
10	50,779	IS Isayenkov, S. V.	Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 774
11	53,817	KT Kuzio, Taras	National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 491
12	55,819	GA Grigorenko, Alexander N.	S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,091
13	62,611	BA Bekshaev, Aleksandr Y.	Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University	Optics	Rank 232
14	69,292	OM Ortiz-Catalan, Max J.	Prometei Pain Rehabilitation Center	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 272
15	70,183	IY Izotov, Yuri I.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 890
16	75,073	TY Tsekhmister, Ya V.	Bogomolets National Medical University	Education	Rank 1,041
17	84,715	KA Kochubeǐ, Anatoly N.	National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine, Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 392
18	85,042	PT Pimonenko, Tetyana V.	Sumy State University	Energy	Rank 2,564
19	86,054	PA Parkhomenko, Alexander N.	National Scientific Center M.D. Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,114
20	86,617	PA Pogrebnjak, Alexander D.	Sumy State University	Applied Physics	Rank 1,565
21	88,125	CI Chueshov, Igor D.	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	General Mathematics	Rank 405
22	89,681	DM Dyvak, Mykola P.	West Ukrainian National University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,179
23	93,062	CA Chechkin, Aleksei V.	Akhiezer Institute for Theoretical Physics	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 593
24	94,287	VV Vorobyova, Victoria I.	National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”	Materials	Rank 2,163
25	96,671	GV Gun’ko, Volodymyr M.	Institute of Surface Chemistry National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,087
26	101,949	GO Grygorenko, Oleksandr O.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,220
27	102,372	LO Lushchak, Oleh V.	Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,503
28	110,522	MB Minaev, Boris Filippovich	The Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,217
29	111,291	GV Gavriljuk, Valentin Gennadijevitsch	G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Materials	Rank 2,636
30	116,579	LM Lebovka, Mykola I.	F. D. Ovcharenko Institute of Biocolloidal Chemistry	Food Science	Rank 1,645
31	116,670	MY Mishura, Yuliya S.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Statistics & Probability	Rank 525
32	116,938	SA Sibirny, Andriy A.	Institute of Cell Biology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Microbiology	Rank 2,203
33	117,447	GV Gusynin, Valéry P.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,418
34	122,386	BI Bondarenko, I. M.	Dnipro State Medical University	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,716
35	124,995	ZI Zaitsev, Ievgen O.	National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Energy	Rank 3,910
36	137,852	AO Angelsky, Oleg V.	Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 353
37	138,271	KN Kussul, Nataliia M.	National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,555
38	139,400	Protsenko, Vyacheslav S.	Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies	Energy	Rank 4,396
39	139,555	DO Dimitriev, Oleg P.	V.Ye. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics (ISP), NAS of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 2,499
40	144,289	LY Leheza, Yevhen Oleksandrovych	Dnipro Humanitarian University	Law	Rank 174
41	149,471	WA Wireko, Andrew Awuah Andrew	Sumy State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,944
42	149,773	DS Dukhin, Stanislav S.	A. V. Dumansky Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,608
43	154,276	KO Khyzhun, Oleg Y.	Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science National Academy of Science of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 2,802
44	158,917	MA Morozovska, Anna N.	Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 2,896
45	160,320	BA Boyarsky, Alexey M.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,859
46	160,546	Abdul-Rahman, Toufik	Toufik's World Medical Association	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,359
47	164,006	IB Ivanov, B. O.	V.G. Baryakhtar Institute of Magnetism of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	General Physics	Rank 906
48	164,862	KP Kryvenko, Pavlo	Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture	Materials	Rank 4,126
49	166,347	DV Denisov, V. Yu	Institute of Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,929
50	179,756	IA Ivanytskyi, Aleksei I.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,054
51	180,199	BP Bekhta, Pavlo	Ukrainian National Forestry University	Forestry	Rank 256
52	187,745	Lozynskyi, Vasyl	Dnipro University of Technology	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 168
53	191,961	CP Chernyshov, P. V.	Bogomolets National Medical University	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 623
54	194,827	GA Guz, A. N.	S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,852
55	199,550	PB Pavlyshenko, Bohdan M.	Ivan Franko National University of Lviv	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,982
56	200,113	II Izonin, Ivan V.	Lviv Polytechnic National University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9,005
57	201,044	CN Chubar, Natália I.	Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,138
58	207,930	EE Eliseev, Eugene A.	Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science National Academy of Science of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 3,863
59	212,012	VG Vasilyev, Georgii S.	National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”	Materials	Rank 5,516
60	215,111	SA Sachenko, Anatoliy A.	West Ukrainian National University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9,639
61	215,727	IV Ivanov, Volodymyr N.	National University of Food Technologies	Biotechnology	Rank 961
62	218,675	KV Koval, Viktor	Izmail State University of Humanities	Energy	Rank 7,124
63	219,995	KI Kyrchei, Ivan I.	Institute for Applied Problems in Mechanics and Mathematics(IAPMM)	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 352
64	229,842	MN Mishchuk, Nataliya A.	A. V. Dumansky Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,401
65	237,504	SD Sheka, Denis D.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Applied Physics	Rank 4,427
66	244,311	KV Korzhyk, Volodymyr	Paton Electric Welding Institute Nasu	Materials	Rank 6,386
67	245,619	SN Stepanova, N. M.	National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,521
68	245,997	SF Sizov, F. F.	V.Ye. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics (ISP), NAS of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 4,601
69	249,652	NS Nazarovets, Serhii A.	Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 179
70	255,101	SV Sineglazov, Victor M.	National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 11,339
71	258,486	LR Lesyk, Roman B.	Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,453
72	259,915	CS Chenakin, Sergey P.	G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 4,874
73	283,244	SI Shatskyi, I. P.	Institute for Applied Problems in Mechanics and Mathematics(IAPMM)	Materials	Rank 7,568
74	285,719	KV Kravchuk, Volodymyr P.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 5,383
75	289,809	NV Narushin, Valeriy G.	Independent Scientist	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 930
76	290,188	TV Tuz, Vladimir R.	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,655
77	290,907	Chumachenko, Dmytro I.	National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 12,875
78	309,680	ZC Zenkova, Claudia Yu U.	Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 934
79	325,895	MO Mykhailenko, Olha A.	National University of Pharmacy	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,850
80	336,791	PP Petakh, Pavlo	Uzhhorod National University	Microbiology	Rank 6,587
81	337,773	DA Davydov, A. S.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 6,390
82	339,860	KT Kavetskyy, Taras S.	Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University	Applied Physics	Rank 6,440
83	344,017	SS Semerikov, Serhiy O.	Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 15,085
84	350,206	KY Kondratenko, Yuriy Panteliyovych	Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 15,356
85	356,114	ZO Zaslavskiǐ, Oleg B.	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,805
86	361,675	SV Sidey, Vasyl I.	Uzhhorod National University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,495
87	365,448	HN Hudz, Nataliia I.	Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 3,221
88	375,224	SM Shanaida, Mariia	I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,051
89	389,890	SA Shcherbakov, Alexander B.	D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,622
90	393,996	CL Chernogor, Leonid F.	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 5,043
91	401,258	SM Soskin, Marat Samuil	Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,279
92	411,671	KO Kamyshnyi, Oleksandr M.	I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University	Microbiology	Rank 8,222
93	412,382	IY Ivashko, Yulia	Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture	Archaeology	Rank 451
94	414,477	MB Mordyuk, Bohdan Mykolayovych	G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 415
95	427,998	MM Moskalets, Michael V.	National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 8,190
96	445,709	SO Solomentsev, Oleksandr V.	State University Kyiv Aviation Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 19,457
97	448,077	AK Avramov, K. V.	Anatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of the National academy of sciences of Ukraine	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 4,334
98	463,449	SY Suchikova, Yana O.	Berdyansk State Pedagogical University	Applied Physics	Rank 8,925
99	475,038	ZA Zaporozhets, Artur O.	General Energy Institute of NAS of Ukraine	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 20,675
100	475,050	VM Vasnetsov, Mikhail V.	Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,544
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Frequently asked questions

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

136 scientists affiliated with Ukraine are on the 2026 single-year list, and 144 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” has the most listed scientists from Ukraine, with 6. It is followed by Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with 6.

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

On the single-year list, Ukraine went from 67 scientists in 2020 to 136 in 2026, a change of +103.0%.

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.