We are delighted to announce that once again researchers from the University of Rzeszów have been included in the Top 2% database of the world’s most cited scientists.

The ranking was compiled on the basis of bibliometric data collected for all researchers indexed in the Scopus database, across all scientific disciplines. It is based on a composite citation indicator that takes into account, among other factors, the Hirsch index, data on co-authorship, and the author’s role within a group of collaborators.

In the citation ranking covering the entire scientific career, the following University of Rzeszów scholars are listed:

• Professor Grzegorz Bartosz (Faculty of Technology and Life Sciences)
• Professor Łukasz Łuczaj (Faculty of Biology, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development)
• Professor Adam Reich, Rector of the University of Rzeszów (Medical College; Faculty of Medicine)
• Professor Antoni Szczurek (Faculty of Exact and Technical Sciences)
• Professor Jan G. Bazan (Faculty of Exact and Technical Sciences)

In the list of the most influential researchers by citations for the year 2024, the following names appear:

• Professor Grzegorz Bartosz (Faculty of Technology and Life Sciences)
• Professor Adam Reich, Rector of the University of Rzeszów (Medical College; Faculty of Medicine)
• Professor Monika Stompor-Gorący (Medical College; Faculty of Medicine)
• Professor Łukasz Łuczaj, DSc (Faculty of Biology, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development)
• Professor Janusz Sokół (Faculty of Exact and Technical Sciences)
• Professor Stanisława Kanas (Faculty of Exact and Technical Sciences)
• Professor Idalia Kasprzyk (Medical College; Faculty of Biotechnology)
• Professor Andriy Sybirnyy (Medical College; Faculty of Biotechnology)
• Professor Izabela Sadowska-Bartosz (Faculty of Technology and Life Sciences)
• Professor Rafał Filip (Medical College; Faculty of Medicine)
• Professor Jacek Dziok (Faculty of Exact and Technical Sciences)
• Dr Paweł Drygaś (Faculty of Exact and Technical Sciences)
• Professor Artur Mazur (Medical College; Faculty of Medicine)
• Professor Kamil Jurowski (Medical College; Faculty of Medicine)
• Professor David Aebisher (Medical College; Faculty of Medicine)
• Professor Justyna Wyszyńska (Medical College; Faculty of Health Sciences and Psychology)

We warmly congratulate the distinguished researchers and wish them continued success in their academic and publishing endeavours.

Source: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2025), “August 2025 data-update for ‘Updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators’”, Elsevier Data Repository, V7, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.7