IF PAN Researchers Among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2026

The Maj Institute of Pharmacology,Polish Academy of Sciences (IF PAN) has once again been included in the prestigious World’s Top 2% Scientists list, compiled by Stanford University and Elsevier based on bibliometric data from the Scopus database.

In the latest edition of the ranking, published in 2026, 19 scientists affiliated with IF PAN were included among the world’s top 2% of scientists in terms of their career-long scientific impact (Career-long Impact).

A further 6 IF PAN scientists were included in the ranking assessing scientific impact in the most recent year analysed (Single-year Impact).

The World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking is based on a range of bibliometric indicators, including the number of citations, the h-index and other measures of scientific impact. The 2026 edition covers scientific output and citation data up to the end of 2025.

Career-long Impact

The following 19 scientists affiliated with IF PAN were included in the Career-long Impact ranking:

• Professor Lucyna Antkiewicz-Michaluk – retired IF PAN researcher
• Professor Andrzej Bojarski
• The late Professor Jan Bugajski
• Professor Ewa Chojnacka-Wójcik – retired IF PAN researcher
• The late Professor Władysława Daniel
• Professor Małgorzata Filip
• Professor Marta Kubera
• The late Professor Jerzy Maj
• Professor Joanna Mika
• Professor Mariusz Papp
• Professor Andrzej Pilc
• Professor Piotr Popik
• The late Professor Edmund Przegaliński
• Professor Ryszard Przewłocki
• Zofia Rogóż, PhD
• Professor Grażyna Skuza – retired IF PAN researcher
• Bernadeta Szewczyk, PhD, Professor at IF PAN
• The late Professor Wanda Kisiel
• The late Professor Jerzy Vetulani

Single-year Impact

The following 6 scientists affiliated with IF PAN were included in the Single-year Impact ranking:

• The late Professor Władysława Daniel
• Professor Małgorzata Filip
• Professor Marta Kubera
• Professor Joanna Mika
• Katarzyna Stachowicz, PhD
• Bernadeta Szewczyk, PhD, Professor at IF PAN

We warmly congratulate all the IF PAN scientists recognised in this ranking! This distinction reflects the high quality and international impact of the research conducted at the Institute.

The full dataset is available in the official Elsevier repository:

World’s Top 2% Scientists 2026 – Elsevier Data Repository