Our scientists listed among 2% of the world's best researchers once again

30.09.2025

114154 Researchers from the Medical University of Gdańsk were once again included in the prestigious group of the top 2% of scientists in the world, distinguishing them not only for their high citation rate in the 2023/2024 period (single year category), but also in the context of their overall publication activity to date (career category). The most influential from our, whose publications are most frequently cited by other authors, in the context of their overall publication activity to date (cat. career) were recognised:

– Prof. Iwona Inkielewicz-Stępniak, head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Pathophysiology
– Prof. Godefridus Peters of the Department of Biochemistry
– Prof. Krzysztof Narkiewicz, head of the Department of Hypertension and Diabetology
– Prof. Małgorzata Grembecka, head of the Department of Bromatology
– Prof. Jacek Jassem from the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy
– Prof. Elżbieta Senkus-Konefka from the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy
– Prof. Mirosława Krauze-Baranowska, head of the Department of Pharmacognosy
– Prof. Zbigniew Kmieć from the Department of Histology
– Prof. Piotr Czauderna, head of the Department of Surgery and Urology for Children and Adolescents
– Prof. Boleslaw Rutkowski, retired head of the Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine
– Prof. Tomasz Bączek, head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
– Assoc. Prof. Mohammad Reza Saeb, Ph.D. from the of Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
– Prof. Lidia Wolska, head of the Department of Environmental Toxicology
– Prof. Marek Wesolowski, retired head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry
– Prof. Krzysztof Cal from the Department of Pharmeceutial Technology
– Prof. Piotr Szefer from the Department of Bromatology
– Prof. Wojciech Biernat, head of the Department of Pathomorphology
– the late Prof. Zdzislaw Brzozowski
– the late Prof. Franciszek Sączewski
– the late Prof. Roman Kaliszan

In addition to the researchers honored for their high citation rate for the 2023/2024 publication year (single year category), the outstanding researchers honoured for their lifetime publication activity include:

– Prof. Rafal Dziadziuszko, head of the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy
– Prof. Małgorzata Grembecka, head of the Department of Bromatology
– Prof. Michal Żmijewski, head of the Department of Histology
– Prof. Iwona Inkielewicz-Stępniak, head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Pathophysiology
– Prof. Katarzyna Garbacz, head of the Division of Oral Microbiology
– Prof. Jacek Jassem from the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy
– Prof. Tomasz Zdrojewski, head of the Division of Preventive Medicine & Education
– Assoc. Prof. Mohammad Reza Saeb, Ph.D. from the of Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
– Prof. Zbigniew Kmieć from the Department of Histology
– Prof. Piotr Czauderna, head of the Department of Surgery and Urology for Children and Adolescents
– Prof. Lidia Wolska, head of the Department of Environmental Toxicology
– Prof. Mirosława Krauze-Baranowska, head of the Department of Pharmacognosy
– Prof. Godefridus Peters of the Department of Biochemistry
– Prof. Krzysztof Narkiewicz, head of the Department of Hypertension and Diabetology
– Prof. Elżbieta Senkus-Konefka from the Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy
– Bogusław Nedoszytko, M.D., Ph.D., retired employee of the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology
– the late Prof. Roman Kaliszan

A graduate of our University, Krzysztof Mrózek, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., employed at the Ohio State University, was also included in the list.

Also included in the TOP 2% list are scientists who are part of the International Advisory Board operating at the MUG under the Excellence Initiative – Research University program. Among the world’s top scientists were the Council’s chairwoman Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak, deputy director and head of the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences of the University of Glasgow, a 1978 graduate of our University, awarded the honorary title of Ambassador of the MUG, as well as: Prof. Andrea Gallaminiz of the Department of Research, Medical Innovation and Statistics at the Oncology Center A. Lacassagne in France, Prof. Christoph C. Zielinski – Director of the Clinical Oncology Department, Chairman of the First Faculty of Medicine and the Oncology Center of the Medical University of Vienna in Austria, Prof. Reinhold Kreutz – Director of the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité of the Medical University of Berlin in Germany, Prof. Giuseppe Mancia – Professor emeritus at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milan-Bicocca in Italy, and Professor Sir Magdi H. Yacoub of the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College in London, founder and director of research at the Harefield Heart Science Centre (Magdi Yacoub Institute) in London, England.

The list also included researchers from the Technical University of Gdańsk and and the Universisty of Gdańsk, the universities that form the Fahrenheit Universities together with the Medical University of Gdansk.

The compilation was prepared by Stanford University in cooperation with Elsevier Publishing and SciTech Strategies. The TOP 2% list evaluates the entire scientific output of individual researchers according to a bibliometric index that takes into account criteria such as the Hirsch index, the number of independent citations, and the position and role of a given researcher in the list of authors of publications. A list of all awardees is available on the Elsevier website