PK KUT Researchers Among the World’s Most Influential Scientists!
Researchers from PK Krakow University of Technology continue to feature in the prestigious World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking. Compiled by analysts from Stanford University and Elsevier, the latest edition recognises researchers whose publications have received the highest numbers of citations worldwide. Our researchers are represented across the two lists, covering citations in 2025 and career-long scientific impact.
The World’s Top 2% Scientists 2026 ranking identifies researchers whose work has had a significant influence on scientific development worldwide. It is based on data from the Scopus database provided by Elsevier and uses a range of bibliometric indicators, including the h-index, total citations and citation metrics accounting for authors’ positions among publication co-authors. Researchers are classified across 20 scientific fields and 174 subfields.
A total of 20 researchers from PK Krakow University of Technology appear in the list of the most-cited scientists in 2025.
The highest-ranked PK researchers in this category are:
- Assoc. Prof. Paweł Pławiak, Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, Department of Computer Science.
- Assoc. Prof. Izabela Hager, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport, Department of Building Materials Engineering.
- Assoc. Prof. Olga Długosz, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Technology and Environmental Analytics.
Compared with the 2024 edition, the latest ranking also includes several new names from PK: Assoc. Prof. Olga Długosz, Prof. Marcin Banach, Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Majka and Assoc. Prof. Marek Malinowski.
PK Researchers Listed Among the Most-Cited Scientists in 2025
The researchers are listed below in the order in which they appear in the ranking:
- Assoc. Prof. Paweł Pławiak, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Assoc. Prof. Izabela Hager, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport
- Assoc. Prof. Olga Długosz, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Assoc. Prof. Reza Teimouri, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Prof. Krzysztof Pielichowski, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Radomir Jasiński, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Dawid Taler, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy
- Prof. Jan Taler, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy
- Assoc. Prof. Kinga Korniejenko, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics
- Prof. Paweł Ocłoń, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy
- Prof. Piotr Duda, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Assoc. Prof. Michał Łach, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics
- Prof. Maria Kurańska, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Dariusz Bogdał, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Marcin Banach, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Aleksander Prociak, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Sławomir Wybraniec, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Majka, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Assoc. Prof. Marek Malinowski, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Assoc. Prof. Joanna Ortyl, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Recognition for Lifetime Scientific Impact
The career-long ranking includes 21 researchers from PK Krakow University of Technology. The highest-ranked researchers from the university in this category are Prof. Krzysztof Pielichowski, Assoc. Prof. Paweł Pławiak and Prof. Dariusz Bogdał.
PK Researchers in the Career-Long Ranking
The following researchers are listed in the order in which they appear in the ranking:
- Prof. Krzysztof Pielichowski, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Assoc. Prof. Paweł Pławiak, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Prof. Dariusz Bogdał, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Jan Taler, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy
- Prof. Dawid Taler, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy
- Assoc. Prof. Izabela Hager, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport
- Prof. Radomir Jasiński, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Assoc. Prof. Jacek Pietraszek
- Assoc. Prof. Reza Teimouri, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Prof. Jarosław Handzlik, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Assoc. Prof. Marek Malinowski, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Sławomir Wybraniec, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Aleksander Prociak, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Prof. Aleksander Muc, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
- Prof. Paweł Ocłoń, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy
- Prof. Edyta Plebankiewicz, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transport
- Assoc. Prof. Lesław Bieniasz, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Assoc. Prof. Joanna Kołodziej, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Assoc. Prof. Kinga Korniejenko, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics
- Prof. Witold Żukowski, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Congratulations to all the researchers recognised in this international ranking. Their achievements demonstrate the breadth and impact of research conducted at PK Krakow University of Technology and contribute to the university’s growing international profile.
