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Armenia's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Armenia has 11 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 57.1% from 7 in 2024. That places Armenia 103rd in the world by number of listed scientists. Yerevan State University has the most listed scientists (7), followed by Yerevan Physics Institute (3).

Single Year
13
+4 (+44.4%) vs 2024
Career Data
11
+4 (+57.1%) vs 2024
World rank by count
#103
No change vs 2024
Institutes
3
No change vs 2024

Scientists in Armenia on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021+0.0%
2022+20.0%
2023+0.0%
2024+16.7%
2025+57.1%
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YearSingle YearChangeCareer DataChange
202065
20216+0.0%5+0.0%
20226+0.0%6+20.0%
20238+33.3%6+0.0%
20249+12.5%7+16.7%
202513+44.4%11+57.1%

Institutes in Armenia

By number of listed scientists

Career-long list2025
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  1. 1Yerevan State University7
  2. 2Yerevan Physics Institute3
  3. 3Institute for Physical Research National Academy of Sciences of Armenia1

All 11 scientists

Career-long list2025

Everyone on the list, free to browse.

Rank in Armenia World rank Scientist Institute Sub-field Rank in sub-field
1 4,104 Yerevan State University Astronomy & Astrophysics Rank 27
2 51,427 Yerevan Physics Institute Nuclear & Particle Physics Rank 787
3 103,589 Yerevan State University Chemical Physics Rank 1,900
4 183,144 Yerevan State University Applied Physics Rank 4,868
5 184,946 Yerevan Physics Institute Nuclear & Particle Physics Rank 2,871
6 210,727 Yerevan State University Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Rank 7,204
7 217,921 Yerevan Physics Institute Nuclear & Particle Physics Rank 3,339
8 314,292 Yerevan State University Nuclear & Particle Physics Rank 4,758
9 439,198 Institute for Physical Research National Academy of Sciences of Armenia General Physics Rank 2,719
10 476,924 Yerevan State University Optics Rank 1,942
11 752,186 Yerevan State University Energy Rank 15,097
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Armenia are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

13 scientists affiliated with Armenia are on the 2025 single-year list, and 11 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Armenia has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2025 career-long list, Yerevan State University has the most listed scientists from Armenia, with 7. It is followed by Yerevan Physics Institute with 3.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Armenia changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Armenia went from 5 scientists in 2020 to 11 in 2025, a change of +120.0%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.