Researchers from the University of Gdańsk have once again been included in the prestigious list of the top 2 per cent of the world’s most influential scientists. The list is compiled and updated annually by Stanford University in collaboration with the UG Publishing House.
The ranking, compiled and updated annually by Stanford University in collaboration with UG Publishing House, is regarded as one of the most prestigious in the world. It is based on citation data indexed in the Scopus database. The latest update (from August 2026, incorporating data up to the end of 2025) is based on a list of over 100,000 leading researchers, selected on the basis of their total citation counts.
The update comprises two lists. The main ranking is compiled on the basis of researchers’ achievements throughout their entire careers. It includes 21 researchers from the University of Gdańsk. The supplementary ranking, on the other hand, takes into account citations of works obtained in the past year (in this case, 2025). This list includes 28 scientists affiliated with the University of Gdańsk. As many as 18 names appear in both rankings.
Below is a list of researchers from the University of Gdańsk who have been included in this year’s list of the top 2 per cent of the most influential people in science (in alphabetical order). This is a combined list - it includes both those mentioned in the main ranking (covering the entire academic career - 1) and those mentioned in the supplementary ranking (covering the past year - 2).
- Robert Alicki¹˒² (affiliation: International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies)
- Łucja Bieleninik²
- Magda Caban²
- Giuseppe T. Cirella²
- Robert Czajkowski¹
- Dipankar Das²
- Markus Grassl¹˒²
- late Marek Grinberg¹˒²
- Michał Ł. Horodecki¹˒²
- Karol Horodecki²
- Paweł Horodecki¹˒²
- Ryszard Horodecki¹˒²
- Ted Robert Hupp¹˒²
- Dariusz Jakubas¹˒²
- Anna Kawiak¹˒²
- late Alfons Kawski¹
- Jolanta Kumirska¹˒²
- Adam Liwo¹˒²
- Sebastian Mahlik²
- Włodzimierz Meissner²
- Marcin Piotr Pawłowski¹˒²
- Karolina Pierzynowska²
- Tomasz Puzyn¹˒²
- Marc André Selosse¹˒²
- Bogdan Skwarzec¹
- Piotr Stepnowski¹˒²
- Jacek Szwedo²
- Stefan Tukaj²
- Grzegorz Węgrzyn¹˒²
- Adriana Zaleska-Medynska¹˒²
- Marek Żukowski¹˒²