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

Ukraine has 144 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 16.1% from 124 in 2025. That places Ukraine 50th in the world by number of listed scientists. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv has the most listed scientists (8), followed by G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (7).

Single Year

136

+14 (+11.5%) vs 2025

Career Data

144

+20 (+16.1%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#50

No change vs 2025

Institutes

+14 (+22.6%) vs 2025

Scientists in Ukraine on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+56.4%

2022+11.6%

2023-1.0%

2024+8.4%

2025+20.4%

2026+16.1%

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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%

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Rank in Ukraine	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	10,907	LV Lushchak, Volodymyr I.	Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 468
2	17,092	DA Demchenko, Alexander P.	Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Biophysics	Rank 27
3	47,816	GV Gusynin, Valéry P.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 713
4	52,071	VA Vaiserman, Alexander	Institute of Gerontology Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine	Gerontology	Rank 85
5	58,451	GA Grigorenko, Alexander N.	S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 752
6	58,490	MP Mykhailiuk, Pavel K.	Enamine Ltd.	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,066
7	59,609	MB Minaev, Boris Filippovich	The Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,155
8	63,957	KT Kuzio, Taras	National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 270
9	69,312	CJ Chernoff, Jonathan	Bogomolets National Medical University	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,087
10	75,846	Kwilinski, Aleksy	Sumy State University	Business & Management	Rank 869
11	83,621	GV Gavriljuk, Valentin Gennadijevitsch	G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Materials	Rank 1,166
12	84,441	DS Dukhin, Stanislav S.	A. V. Dumansky Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,575
13	85,881	LM Lebovka, Mykola I.	F. D. Ovcharenko Institute of Biocolloidal Chemistry	Food Science	Rank 491
14	90,250	KO Krishtal, Oleg A.	Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,645
15	92,846	PA Pogrebnjak, Alexander D.	Sumy State University	Applied Physics	Rank 2,274
16	95,130	GV Gun’ko, Volodymyr M.	Institute of Surface Chemistry National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,734
17	96,673	KE Kryachko, Eugene S.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,760
18	97,475	AO Angelsky, Oleg V.	Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 273
19	104,858	KO Kolodiazhnyi, Oleg I.	Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,817
20	106,254	GA Guz, A. N.	S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 767
21	110,521	PL Pilyugin, Leonid S.	Main Astronomical Observatory Nasu	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,503
22	114,235	IB Ivanov, B. O.	V.G. Baryakhtar Institute of Magnetism of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	General Physics	Rank 719
23	115,309	BA Bekshaev, Aleksandr Y.	Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University	Optics	Rank 466
24	117,395	MA Morozovska, Anna N.	Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 2,944
25	119,638	ZO Zaslavskiǐ, Oleg B.	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,847
26	119,924	SO Shishkin, Oleg V.	Institute for Single Crystals	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,035
27	121,819	CI Chueshov, Igor D.	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	General Mathematics	Rank 673
28	122,890	KA Kochubeǐ, Anatoly N.	National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine, Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 682
29	123,369	KA Kordyuk, Alexander A.	Kyiv Academic University	General Physics	Rank 791
30	127,327	DA Davydov, A. S.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 3,219
31	131,815	GE Gorbar, Edouard V.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Applied Physics	Rank 3,350
32	136,350	CA Chechkin, Aleksei V.	Akhiezer Institute for Theoretical Physics	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 1,133
33	138,227	NA Nosich, Alexander I.	O. Ya. Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,266
34	138,332	SO Sytar, Oksana V.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,010
35	144,346	UO Ushenko, Oleksandr H.	Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 452
36	148,999	SA Sibirny, Andriy A.	Institute of Cell Biology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Microbiology	Rank 3,585
37	149,235	MM Moskalets, Michael V.	National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute	Applied Physics	Rank 3,831
38	155,682	PL Pastur, L. A.	B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Mathematical Physics	Rank 106
39	160,350	GM Gorenstein, Mark I.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,453
40	169,353	KO Khyzhun, Oleg Y.	Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science National Academy of Science of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 4,349
41	172,032	TT Tatarchuk, Tetiana R.	Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University	Materials	Rank 2,525
42	180,809	IS Isayenkov, S. V.	Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,660
43	182,040	LY Lipatov, Yu S.	Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Polymers	Rank 1,629
44	187,988	DV Denisov, V. Yu	Institute of Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,886
45	188,417	GM Glinchuk, Maya D.	Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science National Academy of Science of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 4,897
46	188,729	IO Ivasishin, Orest М.	G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Materials	Rank 2,786
47	189,248	SV Slezov, Vitalii Valentinovich	National Science Center Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 4,925
48	203,091	SA Shivanyuk, Alexander N.	Representative of Life Chemicals Inc. in Ukraine	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,396
49	204,719	MY Milman, Yuly V.	Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science National Academy of Science of Ukraine	Materials	Rank 3,052
50	210,419	MY Mamunya, Yevgen P.	Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Polymers	Rank 1,879
51	211,843	EE Eliseev, Eugene A.	Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science National Academy of Science of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 5,562
52	213,693	OM Ortiz-Catalan, Max J.	Prometei Pain Rehabilitation Center	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 934
53	213,912	TV Tretyak, Volodymyr I.	Institute of Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 3,266
54	217,439	KA Kosevich, Arnold Markovich	B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	General Physics	Rank 1,365
55	221,608	KV Kushch, V. I.	V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,684
56	228,778	DO Dimitriev, Oleg P.	V.Ye. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics (ISP), NAS of Ukraine	Applied Physics	Rank 6,031
57	230,490	LV Loktev, V. M.	Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	General Physics	Rank 1,443
58	230,973	ZA Zvyagin, Andrei A.	B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	General Physics	Rank 1,448
59	232,183	KV Kukhar, Valery P.	Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,879
60	237,499	BA Belous, Anatolii Grigorievich	Vernadsky Institute General and Inorganic Chemistry	Applied Physics	Rank 6,285
61	240,705	KO Kolezhuk, Oleksiy	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Applied Physics	Rank 6,357
62	240,720	DV Dybkov, Vasilii I.	Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science National Academy of Science of Ukraine	Materials	Rank 3,681
63	242,817	MV Meleshko, Viatcheslav V.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,878
64	256,123	IV Ivanov, Volodymyr N.	National University of Food Technologies	Biotechnology	Rank 879
65	261,371	IA Ivakhnenko, Alexey G.	V.M.Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,184
66	267,584	FA Fokin, Andrey A.	National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”	Organic Chemistry	Rank 4,455
67	268,785	GO Grygorenko, Oleksandr O.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Organic Chemistry	Rank 4,469
68	269,394	DK Domasevitch, Kostiantyn V.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,599
69	272,445	DS Dzyadevych, Sergei V.	Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,286
70	274,287	SO Shpotyuk, Oleh I.	Vlokh Institute of Physical Optics	Applied Physics	Rank 7,322
71	285,650	BP Bekhta, Pavlo	Ukrainian National Forestry University	Forestry	Rank 453
72	288,282	SM Soskin, Marat Samuil	Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,088
73	289,111	BY Beygelzimer, Y.	Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine	Materials	Rank 4,562
74	305,028	KN Kussul, Nataliia M.	National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 1,668
75	314,907	MG Mikitik, G. P.	B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	General Physics	Rank 1,966
76	317,855	CP Chernyshov, P. V.	Bogomolets National Medical University	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 1,845
77	327,800	SN Shor, Naum Z.	V.M.Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,941
78	330,420	VS Vacaru, Sergiu I.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 4,942
79	335,923	SA Soldatkin, A. P.	Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,940
80	337,031	GL Gulay, Lubomir D.	Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University	Materials	Rank 5,464
81	345,632	SN Shakhovska, N. B.	Lviv Polytechnic National University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,423
82	347,944	KI Kyrchei, Ivan I.	Institute for Applied Problems in Mechanics and Mathematics(IAPMM)	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 743
83	348,755	GG Gogotsi, George A.	G.S.Pisarenko Institute for Problems of Strength National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Materials	Rank 5,684
84	350,257	BK Bugaiev, Kyrylo A.	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 5,263
85	350,630	VM Vasnetsov, Mikhail V.	Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,421
86	359,054	KP Kryvenko, Pavlo	Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture	Materials	Rank 5,890
87	363,141	GA Gusak, Andriy M.	The Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy	Materials	Rank 5,973
88	368,194	LV Lytvyn, Vasyl V.	Lviv Polytechnic National University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9,092
89	383,154	VA Volyar, Alexander V.	V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University	Optics	Rank 1,516
90	392,706	Protsenko, Vyacheslav S.	Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies	Energy	Rank 7,264
91	404,994	TV Tuz, Vladimir R.	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 4,290
92	409,280	NH Nykyforchyn, H. M.	Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine	Materials	Rank 6,859
93	409,950	VV Vysotska, Victoria	Lviv Polytechnic National University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 10,338
94	411,998	PT Pimonenko, Tetyana V.	Sumy State University	Energy	Rank 7,701
95	412,032	KV Kokorin, Volodymyr V.	Institute of Magnetism of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine	Materials	Rank 6,921
96	433,936	PV Panasyuk, Volodymyr V.	Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine	Materials	Rank 7,374
97	438,728	AK Avramov, K. V.	Anatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of the National academy of sciences of Ukraine	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 3,485
98	438,803	NV Narushin, Valeriy G.	Independent Scientist	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,705
99	448,199	Ushenko, Yurii A.	Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,961
100	455,523	PO Parasyuk, O. V.	Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University	Materials	Rank 7,825
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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 career-long list, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv has the most listed scientists from Ukraine, with 8. It is followed by G. V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine with 7.

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

On the career-long list, Ukraine went from 55 scientists in 2020 to 144 in 2026, a change of +161.8%.

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.