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

Lithuania has 65 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 18.2% from 55 in 2025. That places Lithuania 69th in the world by number of listed scientists. Vilniaus Universitetas has the most listed scientists (15), followed by Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas (13).

Single Year

+10 (+13.5%) vs 2025

Career Data

+10 (+18.2%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#69

No change vs 2025

Institutes

No change vs 2025

Scientists in Lithuania on the list, by year

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

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+10.7%

2022+12.9%

2023+8.6%

2024+18.4%

2025+22.2%

2026+18.2%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	30		28
2021	42	+40.0%	31	+10.7%
2022	52	+23.8%	35	+12.9%
2023	63	+21.2%	38	+8.6%
2024	65	+3.2%	45	+18.4%
2025	74	+13.8%	55	+22.2%
2026	84	+13.5%	65	+18.2%

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Rank in Lithuania	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	8,245	ZE Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 11
2	15,724	ŠD Štreimikienė, Dalia	Lithuanian Energy Institute	Energy	Rank 186
3	17,610	JA Jorgenson, Andrew K.	Vilniaus Universitetas	Sociology	Rank 42
4	26,674	PK Pyragas, Kȩstutis A.	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 201
5	29,862	DR Damasevicius, Robertas	Vytautas Magnus University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 703
6	31,877	WH Walach, Harald	Kazimieras Simonavicius University	Complementary & Alternative Medicine	Rank 2
7	35,944	PA Petronis, Artūras	Vilniaus Universitetas	Psychiatry	Rank 792
8	41,945	TZ Turskis, Zenonas	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 81
9	43,711	RA Ramanavičius, Arũnas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 277
10	44,575	AA Avižienis, Algirdas Al	Vytautas Magnus University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,031
11	46,916	VP Venskutonis, Petras Rimantas	Kaunas University of Technology	Food Science	Rank 250
12	48,677	MA Malinauskas, Albertas A.	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Energy	Rank 647
13	49,525	LB Laursen, Brett	Mykolas Romeris University	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 349
14	66,959	BT Baležentis, Tomas	Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences	Energy	Rank 940
15	67,356	Pereira, Paulo Alexandre Da Silva	Mykolas Romeris University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 515
16	72,518	WP Wolf, Peter T.	Vilniaus Universitetas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,682
17	85,057	LP Leinweber, Peter Karl	Vytautas Magnus University	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 452
18	88,075	OO Okhotnikov, Oleg G.	Ekspla Ltd	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 240
19	103,649	BV Borutaǐte, Vilmanté J.	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,684
20	109,063	VG Valkiǔnas, Gediminas	State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Centre	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 216
21	121,215	JG Juzeliünas, Gediminas	Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas	General Physics	Rank 776
22	122,135	KJ Kulys, Juozas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 893
23	123,612	AJ Antucheviciene, Jurgita	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 281
24	131,241	TM Tvaronavičienė, Manuela	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Economics	Rank 1,167
25	132,804	PV Podvezko, Valentinas	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Economics	Rank 1,186
26	139,528	DA Deltuva, Arnoldas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,146
27	141,172	LŽ Lukšienè, Živilè	Vilniaus Universitetas	Biophysics	Rank 222
28	142,093	GR Ginevičius, Romualdas	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Economics	Rank 1,262
29	147,437	KA Kaklauskas, Artūras	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 349
30	148,242	VV Valentinov, Vladislav	Kazimieras Simonavicius University	Business & Management	Rank 1,668
31	148,567	VČ Venclovas, Česlovas DSign	Vilniaus Universitetas	Bioinformatics	Rank 335
32	152,034	NG Niaura, Gediminas	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Applied Physics	Rank 3,910
33	158,542	GJ Gražulevičius, Juozas Vidas	Kaunas University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 4,066
34	162,634	LG Liobikienė, Genovaitė	Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,418
35	167,148	RG Račiukaitis, Gediminas	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Applied Physics	Rank 4,285
36	173,444	PB Peters, Bernhard J.	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Chemical Engineering	Rank 934
37	176,497	RŠ Raudys, Šarünas J.	Vilniaus Universitetas	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,072
38	192,915	LM Lukoševičius, Mantas	Kaunas University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,474
39	217,471	MD Matulis, Daumantas	Vilniaus Universitetas	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 889
40	222,162	RA Ramanaviciene, Almira	Vilniaus Universitetas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,793
41	222,791	ZG Ziv, Gal	Lithuanian Sports University	Sport Sciences	Rank 816
42	225,932	KA Kareiva, Aivaras A.	Vilniaus Universitetas	Materials	Rank 3,412
43	256,380	HH Hamedi, Hamid Reza	Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas	General Physics	Rank 1,600
44	256,569	YS Yousef, Samy	Kaunas University of Technology	Energy	Rank 4,310
45	278,681	NE Norkus, Eugenijus	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Energy	Rank 4,776
46	285,182	DV Dagiené, Valentina	Vilniaus Universitetas	Education	Rank 2,497
47	291,096	KA Krotkus, Arūnas N.	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Applied Physics	Rank 7,802
48	305,058	RR Ramanauskas, Rimantas	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Materials	Rank 4,843
49	307,801	SG Saulis, Gintautas	Vytautas Magnus University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,660
50	310,575	BJ Bernatoniené, Jurga	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 3,052
51	316,534	PA Padarauskas, Audrius	Vilniaus Universitetas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2,740
52	317,722	DA Dubietis, Audrius	Vilniaus Universiteto Lazerinių Tyrimų Centras	Optics	Rank 1,227
53	320,677	MM Malinauskas, Mangirdas	Vilniaus Universiteto Lazerinių Tyrimų Centras	Optics	Rank 1,241
54	335,232	SI Siksnelyte-Butkiene, Indre	Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences	Energy	Rank 5,972
55	352,185	UL Ustinovičius, Leonas	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,095
56	352,483	ŽA Žukauskas, Algirdas A.	Lithuanian Energy Institute	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,752
57	357,797	JA Judžentiene, Asta	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,759
58	366,731	SH Sivilevičius, Henrikas	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,129
59	367,660	MI Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Ieva	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Energy	Rank 6,713
60	440,521	GS Gražulis, Saulius	Vilniaus Universitetas	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,309
61	461,492	TA Tamaševičius, Arūnas	Fizinių ir Technologijos Mokslų Centras	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,770
62	503,043	KG Kaklauskas, Gintaris	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,658
63	505,841	TA Tamošiunas, Abdonas	Institute of Cardiology Lithuanian	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,828
64	620,402	GV Gribniak, Viktor	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas	Civil Engineering	Rank 2,124
65	788,064	RM Ragulskis, Minvydas	Kaunas University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 3,916
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Frequently asked questions

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

84 scientists affiliated with Lithuania are on the 2026 single-year list, and 65 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Vilniaus Universitetas has the most listed scientists from Lithuania, with 15. It is followed by Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas with 13.

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

On the career-long list, Lithuania went from 28 scientists in 2020 to 65 in 2026, a change of +132.1%.

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.