Campus life [2025-09-29]

Among the most influential scholars

— Editors

Researchers from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń have once again been included in the list of the world's most influential scholars in terms of the number of article citations. The list of the most frequently cited scholars is compiled by Elsevier and Stanford University.

Forty-two scholars from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń were among the most frequently cited scientists in the world. The updated lists were prepared on the basis of a comprehensive assessment of the scientific achievements of researchers from around the world, after calculating a complex bibliometric index (the so-called C-score), which takes into account factors such as the number of independent citations, the Hirsch index, and the author's place and role among co-authors.

The authors of the ranking prepare two publicly available lists: one collects data from the entire professional career (until the end of 2024), and the other only from the last calendar year (2024). The list takes into account the 100,000 best scholars according to the C-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2 per cent or higher in the subfield.

Among scientists affiliated with the Nicolaus Copernicus University, the following can claim the highest number of citations since the beginning of their careers:

• Prof. dr habil. Bogusław Buszewski from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Alina Sionkowska from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Andrzej J. Sadlej R.I.P. from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Lutosław Wolniewicz R.I.P. from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Prof. dr habil Werner Ulrich from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
• Prof. dr habil Artur P. Terzyk from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Maria Lewicka from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences
• Prof. dr habil Wojciech Kujawski from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Jan Styczyński from the Faculty of Medicine
• Prof. dr habil Halina Kaczmarek from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Dariusz Chruściński from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Prof. dr habil Włodzisław Duch from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Dr habil Beata Kaczmarek-Szczepańska from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Eugene Gutkin R.I.P.  from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Prof. dr habil Daniel Simson R.I.P.  from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Dr habil Katarzyna Lewandowska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Andrzej Skowroński R.I.P. from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Dr habil Joanna Kujawa, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Aleksandra Szydłowska-Czerniak from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Edward Szłyk from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Stanisław Koter from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Roman Ciuryło from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Prof. dr habil Sebastian Maćkowski from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Prof. dr habil Barbara Bojko from the Faculty of Pharmacy
• Prof. dr habil Jerzy P. Łukaszewicz from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Tomasz Grzybowski from the Faculty of Medicine
• Dr habil Beata Derkowska-Zielińska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics

The list covering the citation ranking for 2024 includes:

• Prof. dr habil Alina Sionkowska from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Maria Lewicka from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences
• Prof. dr habil Bogusław Buszewski from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Jan Styczyński from the Faculty of Medicine
• Dr habil Beata Kaczmarek-Szczepańska from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Werner Urlich from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
• Prof. dr habil Wojciech Kujawski from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Dariusz Chruściński from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Prof. dr habil Artur P. Terzyk from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Dr habil Joanna Kujawa, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Dr habil Peter Molnár, prof. UMK z Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management
• Prof. dr habil Halina Kaczmarek from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Patrycja Golińska from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
• Prof. dr habil Aleksandra Szydłowska-Czerniak from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Dr habil Katarzyna Lewandowska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Michał Wiciński from the Faculty of Medicine
• Dr Bartłomiej Igliński from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Dr habil Ewa Olewnik-Kruszkowska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Włodzisław Duch from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Dr inż. Rafał Szczepański from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Prof. dr habil Barbara Bojko from the Faculty of Pharmacy
• Prof. dr habil Piotr Cysewski from the Faculty of Pharmacy
• Dr habil Marta Ziegler-Borowska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Chemistry
• Prof. dr habil Katharina Boguslawski, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Dr habil Paweł Pomastowski, prof. UMK from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Modern Technologies
• Prof. dr habil Grzegorz Woźniakowski from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
• Dr habil inż. Tomasz Tarczewski, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Dr Andrzej Grzywacz from the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
• Dr habil Beata Derkowska-Zielińska, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
• Prof. dr habil Piotr Roszak from the Faculty of Theology
• Dr habil Anna Zawadzka, prof. UMK from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics

Lists of the most frequently cited scholars worldwide