TOP 2% Scientists 2025 – growing number of our researchers

The World's TOP 2% Scientists ranking consists of two lists. The first covers scientists' entire careers (based on data dating back to 1960), while the second focuses on bibliometric data from the most recent calendar year. In the career-long classification, 69 WUT researchers were listed, while in the single-year ranking, 46 researchers were included. In total, this gives 83 names, as some of our researchers appear on both lists.

In terms of scientific fields, the largest number of our representatives come from Engineering (27 people). Other fields include Enabling & Strategic Technologies (23), Physics & Astronomy (11), Information & Communication Technologies (10), Chemistry (7), Clinical Medicine (2), and one representative each in Biomedical Research, Earth & Environmental Sciences, and Mathematics & Statistics.

The list covering career-long impact includes 1,412 Polish scientists representing 203 institutions (universities, research institutes, and corporate R&D departments). The list based on single-year impact features 1,432 individuals from 208 national institutions.

The authors of the ranking use a set of bibliometric indicators, such as the number of citations, the h-index, and the hm-index (Schreiber-adjusted index), which accounts for co-authorship. The researcher's role in a publication—such as being the first or last author—is also taken into account. To ensure comparability of results across disciplines, the analysis applies a composite score (c-score) that combines measures of career achievements and scientific impact. The ranking covers 22 major scientific fields and numerous subfields, allowing for detailed analysis of researchers' contributions worldwide.

The full ranking is available on the Elsevier site.

WUT Researchers in the World's TOP 2% Scientists 2025 (Career-Long Data):*

• Prof. Maria Balcerzak (Analytical Chemistry / Nutrition & Dietetics)
• Prof. Jerzy Robert Bałdyga (Chemical Engineering / Materials)
• Prof. Przemysław Biecek (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Oncology & Carcinogenesis)
• Prof. Zbigniew Brzózka (Analytical Chemistry / Optoelectronics & Photonics)
• Dr Muhammad A. Butt (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Dorota A. Chwieduk (Energy / Environmental Sciences)
• Prof. Tomasz Ciach (Biomedical Engineering / Chemical Physics)
• Prof. Józef R. Dygas (Energy / Applied Physics)
• Prof. Leon Gradoń (Chemical Engineering / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences)
• Prof. Przemysław Grzegorzewski (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Statistics & Probability)
• Dr Anna Herman (Dairy & Animal Science / Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry)
• Prof. Krzysztof Jemielniak (Industrial Engineering & Automation / Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)
• Prof. Czesław K. Kajdas (Mechanical Engineering & Transports / Materials)
• Prof. Mirosław A. Karpierz (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Marian P. Kaźmierowski (Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Industrial Engineering & Automation)
• Dr Jan Kindracki (Aerospace & Aeronautics / Energy)
• Prof. Adam Ryszard Kisiel (Nuclear & Particle Physics / General Physics)
• Prof. Wojciech M. Knap (Applied Physics / Networking & Telecommunications)
• Prof. Andrzej Kołodziejczyk (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Tomasz Kozacki (Optics / Optoelectronics & Photonics)
• Prof. Franciszek Krok (Energy / Applied Physics)
• Prof. Jerzy Krupka (Networking & Telecommunications / Applied Physics)
• Prof. Marzena Kryszkiewicz (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Computation Theory & Mathematics)
• Dr Marta Królikowska (Chemical Engineering / Chemical Physics)
• Dr Marek Królikowski (Chemical Engineering / Chemical Physics)
• Prof. Małgorzata Kujawińska (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Tadeusz Kulik (Materials / Applied Physics)
• Krzysztof S. Kulpa (Networking & Telecommunications / Geological & Geomatics Engineering)
• Prof. Małgorzata Lewandowska (Materials / Applied Physics)
• Prof. Janusz Lewiński (Organic Chemistry / Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry)
• Prof. Tomasz Lewiński (Mechanical Engineering & Transports / Design Practice & Management)
• Prof. Ryszard Łobiński (Analytical Chemistry / Environmental Sciences)
• Prof. Mateusz Piotr Malanowski (Networking & Telecommunications / Optoelectronics & Photonics)
• Prof. Elżbieta Malinowska (Analytical Chemistry / Energy)
• Prof. Mariusz Malinowski (Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Energy)
• Prof. Jacek Mańdziuk (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Operations Research)
• Dr Andrzej Marciniak (Chemical Engineering / Chemical Physics)
• Prof. Wojciech Mazurczyk (Networking & Telecommunications / Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)
• Prof. Jarosław Milewski (Energy / Mechanical Engineering & Transports)
• Prof. Roman Z. Morawski (Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Education)
• Prof. Włodzimierz Ogryczak (Operations Research / Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)
• Prof. Stanisław Osowski (Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)
• Dr Kamil Paduszyński (Chemical Engineering / Chemical Physics)
• Prof. Krzysztof Patorski (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Dr Jerzy Piotrowski (Automobile Design & Engineering / Mechanical Engineering & Transports)
• Prof. Ryszard Pohorecki (Chemical Engineering / Physical Chemistry)
• Prof. Marek Potemski (Applied Physics / General Physics)
• Prof. Krzysztof T. Poźniak (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Nuclear & Particle Physics)
• Prof. Adam B. Proń (Applied Physics / Polymers)
• Prof. Jacek Rąbkowski (Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Energy)
• Prof. Gabriel Rokicki (Polymers / Chemical Engineering)
• Prof. Ryszard S. Romaniuk (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Nuclear & Particle Physics)
• Prof. Piotr P. Samczyński (Networking & Telecommunications / Geological & Geomatics Engineering)
• Prof. Stanisław Sieniutycz (Mechanical Engineering & Transports / Energy)
• Prof. Robert Sitnik (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)
• Prof. Jacek Skorupski (Strategic, Defence & Security Studies / Logistics & Transportation)
• Prof. Thomas Skotnicki (Applied Physics / Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)
• Prof. Mateusz Jakub Śmietana (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Tomasz Robert Sosnowski (Chemical Engineering / Chemical Physics)
• Prof. Andrzej I. Stankiewicz (Chemical Engineering / Physical Chemistry)
• Prof. Sławomir Tumański (Applied Physics / Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
• Prof. Jarosław P. Turkiewicz (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Robert A. Varin (Materials / Energy)
• Prof. Klass Roel Westerterp (Chemical Engineering / Energy)
• Prof. Władysław G. Wieczorek (Energy / Chemical Physics)
• Prof. Tomasz R. Woliński (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Applied Physics)
• Prof. Krzysztof Zboiński (Automobile Design & Engineering / Logistics & Transportation)
• Prof. Jerzy Zieliński (Physical Chemistry / General Chemistry)
• Prof. Maciej Ławryńczuk (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Industrial Engineering & Automation)

Warsaw University of Technology researchers in the World’s TOP 2% Researchers 2023 list (data for the past year):

• Dr Kutubuddin Ansari (Aerospace & Aeronautics / Geochemistry & Geophysics)
• Prof. Przemysław Biecek (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Oncology & Carcinogenesis)
• Dr Muhammad A. Butt (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Dorota A. Chwieduk (Energy / Environmental Sciences)
• Prof. Tomasz Ciach (Biomedical Engineering / Chemical Physics)
• Dr Krzysztof Ejsmont (Energy / Business & Management)
• Prof. Marek G. Gagolewski (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Information & Library Sciences)
• Assoc. Prof. Przemysław Górka (General Mathematics / Mathematical Physics)
• Prof. Przemysław Grzegorzewski (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Statistics & Probability)
• Dr Anna Herman (Dairy & Animal Science / Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry)
• Dr Joanna Izdebska-Podsiadły (Polymers / Optics)
• Dr Agnieszka Jastrzębska (Materials / Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)
• Prof. Małgorzata J. Kacprzak (Environmental Sciences / Chemical Engineering)
• Prof. Marian P. Kaźmierowski (Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Industrial Engineering & Automation)
• Dr Nay Win Khun (Mechanical Engineering & Transports / Applied Physics)
• Dr Jan Kindracki (Aerospace & Aeronautics / Energy)
• Prof. Adam Ryszard Kisiel (Nuclear & Particle Physics / General Physics)
• Prof. Wojciech M. Knap (Applied Physics / Networking & Telecommunications)
• Dr Jacek Komorowski (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Industrial Engineering & Automation)
• Prof. Tomasz Kozacki (Optics / Optoelectronics & Photonics)
• Prof. Jerzy Krupka (Networking & Telecommunications / Applied Physics)
• Prof. Małgorzata Kujawińska (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Krzysztof S. Kulpa (Networking & Telecommunications / Geological & Geomatics Engineering)
• Prof. Małgorzata Lewandowska (Materials / Applied Physics)
• Prof. Maciej Ławryńczuk (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Industrial Engineering & Automation)
• Prof. Mateusz Piotr Malanowski (Networking & Telecommunications / Optoelectronics & Photonics)
• Prof. Mariusz Malinowski (Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Energy)
• Prof. Jacek Mańdziuk (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing / Operations Research)
• Prof. Wojciech Mazurczyk (Networking & Telecommunications / Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)
• Prof. Włodzimierz Ogryczak (Operations Research / Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)
• Prof. Stanisław Osowski (Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)
• Dr Kamil Paduszyński (Chemical Engineering / Chemical Physics)
• Prof. Krzysztof Patorski (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Dr Jerzy Piotrowski (Automobile Design & Engineering / Mechanical Engineering & Transports)
• Dr Ryszard Piramidowicz (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Marek Potemski (Applied Physics / General Physics)
• Prof. Jacek Rąbkowski (Electrical & Electronic Engineering / Energy)
• Prof. Piotr P. Samczyński (Networking & Telecommunications / Geological & Geomatics Engineering)
• Dr Monika Staniszewska (Microbiology / Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry)
• Prof. Andrzej I. Stankiewicz (Chemical Engineering / Physical Chemistry)
• Prof. Mateusz Jakub Śmietana (Optoelectronics & Photonics / Optics)
• Prof. Wojciech Święszkowski (Biomedical Engineering / Materials)
• Dr Maciej Trusiak (Optics / Optoelectronics & Photonics)
• Prof. Tomasz P. Trzciński (Nuclear & Particle Physics / Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)
• Prof. Sławomir Tumański (Applied Physics / Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
• Prof. Władysław G. Wieczorek (Energy / Chemical Physics)

* The brackets indicate the research subfields in which the listed scientists were most frequently cited.