Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2026

Cyprus has 154 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 8.5% from 142 in 2025. That places Cyprus 59th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (32), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (25).

Single Year

154

+12 (+8.5%) vs 2025

Career Data

119

+6 (+5.3%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#59

down 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

+7 (+30.4%) vs 2025

Scientists in Cyprus on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+32.8%

2022+8.2%

2023+4.3%

2024+12.5%

2025+31.5%

2026+8.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	64		56
2021	85	+32.8%	64	+14.3%
2022	92	+8.2%	71	+10.9%
2023	96	+4.3%	81	+14.1%
2024	108	+12.5%	92	+13.6%
2025	142	+31.5%	113	+22.8%
2026	154	+8.5%	119	+5.3%

Top 10 institutes in Cyprus

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Rank in Cyprus	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	497	KS Kalogirou, Soteris A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 14
2	531	ZM Zembylas, Michalinos	Open University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 10
3	2,374	MS Makridakis, S. G.	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 12
4	3,481	AF Al-Turjman, Fadi M.	Near East University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 37
5	5,288	Vrontis, Demetris	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 158
6	5,709	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 121
7	9,499	PM Polycarpou, Marios M.	KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 101
8	9,684	TH Tsoukas, Haridimos	University of Cyprus	Business & Management	Rank 303
9	10,325	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	University of Cyprus	Marketing	Rank 70
10	10,776	FM Falagas, Matthew E.	European University Cyprus	Microbiology	Rank 175
11	11,637	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 344
12	13,498	YY Yıldırım, Yakup	Near East University	Optics	Rank 51
13	13,659	Waheed, Yasir	Near East University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 238
14	17,370	AN Antonakakis, Nikolaos	University of Nicosia	Economics	Rank 264
15	18,168	CP Christou, Prokopis A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 94
16	20,554	Ahmad, Hijaz	Near East University	Applied Physics	Rank 369
17	21,217	BK Başer, K. Hüsnü Can	Near East University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 75
18	21,573	FA Farmaki, Anna	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 114
19	25,373	CM Christofi, Michael	Cyprus University of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 714
20	26,389	DD Douroumis, Dennis Dennis	University of Nicosia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 132
21	26,686	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 700
22	27,129	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 612
23	27,187	Tzortzakis, Nikolaos	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 377
24	29,509	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 63
25	29,631	NA Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 878
26	31,417	PC Pissarides, Christopher A.	University of Cyprus	Economics	Rank 438
27	41,657	SM Sullman, Mark J.M.	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 145
28	41,763	AV Angeli Valanides, Charoula Nicos	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 587
29	42,531	KI Krikidis, Ioannis A.	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 457
30	42,777	Shahedi Asl, Mehdi	University of Kyrenia	Materials	Rank 866
31	43,157	HA Hassani, Aydin	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 315
32	43,924	US Ullah, Sana	Near East University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 957
33	44,225	AA Awosusi, Abraham Ayobamiji	Near East University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 961
34	45,976	AA Abbasi, A.	University of Kyrenia	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 127
35	46,405	KA Kamilaris, Andreas	CYENS Centre of Excellence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 506
36	47,068	AH Adun, Humphrey Hugh	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 1,366
37	48,240	ZG Zittis, George	The Cyprus Institute	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 921
38	48,553	Fanti, Kostas A.	University of Cyprus	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 350
39	48,848	Batrakoulis, Alexios	European University Cyprus	Sport Sciences	Rank 238
40	49,121	Charalambous, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 105
41	49,957	PM Panteli, Mathaios	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 1,461
42	50,683	AA Agapiou, A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 564
43	52,524	CA Chrysargyris, Antonios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 810
44	52,735	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Immunology	Rank 935
45	54,565	FV Fotopoulos, Vasileios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 850
46	54,908	PA Pozzer, Andrea	The Cyprus Institute	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,034
47	57,598	SS Spyrou, Spyros	European University Cyprus	Social Work	Rank 18
48	58,246	MC Makridis, Christos Andreas	University of Nicosia	Economics	Rank 774
49	58,996	NP Nikolaidis, Pavlos	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 1,750
50	59,802	AC Alexandrou, Constantia	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 746
51	62,205	RV Roudometof, Victor	University of Cyprus	Sociology	Rank 300
52	62,700	HK Hosseini, K.	Near East University	Optics	Rank 233
53	63,422	TA Thrassou, Alkis	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 1,533
54	63,497	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 688
55	63,885	FP Fokaides, Paris A.	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 1,897
56	64,673	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias C.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 903
57	65,913	DM Davidson, Michael D.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Psychiatry	Rank 1,056
58	66,998	DM Doust Mohammadi, Mohsen	The Cyprus Institute	Chemical Physics	Rank 784
59	68,358	ZT Zis, Thalis	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 260
60	69,585	IA Ioannou, Andri	Cyprus University of Technology	Education	Rank 971
61	72,806	PH Papadopoulos, Harris	Frederick University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,439
62	73,803	AE Andreou, Eleni P.	University of Nicosia	Education	Rank 1,024
63	74,877	ZP Zis, Panagiotis P.	University of Cyprus	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,185
64	79,268	SU Saeed, Umar	Near East University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,116
65	82,363	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 511
66	86,780	PA Parmaxi, Antigoni	CYENS Center of Excellence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,050
67	87,458	AS Aslam, Sheraz	CTL Eurocollege	Energy	Rank 2,646
68	87,979	KM Kyriacou, Marios C.	Agricultural Research Institute Nicosia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,453
69	90,725	CC Charalambous, Charalambos Y.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,257
70	92,228	AE Antonacopoulou, Elena P.	American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo	Business & Management	Rank 2,074
71	93,472	FM Farman, Muhammad	Near East University	Applied Mathematics	Rank 239
72	93,891	PP Papageorgis, Panagiotis	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,856
73	94,367	TT Tursoy, Turgut	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,159
74	95,552	Zanos, Panos	University of Cyprus	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,921
75	96,472	ZA Zaravinos, Apostolos	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,942
76	101,663	LS Luhar, Salmabanu	Frederick Research Center	Building & Construction	Rank 948
77	102,123	GG Georghiou, G. E.	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 3,153
78	103,703	FK Fokianos, Konstantinos	University of Cyprus	Statistics & Probability	Rank 480
79	106,112	MK Makris, Konstantinos C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,454
80	108,067	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,505
81	113,412	YG Yue, Gabriel Xiao Guang	European University Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,215
82	114,658	AM Apostolou, Menelaos	University of Nicosia	Social Psychology	Rank 1,159
83	115,881	CG Constantinides, Georgios	Cyprus University of Technology	Materials	Rank 2,763
84	116,322	OA Othonos, Andreas S.	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,088
85	118,380	PC Papaneophytou, Christos P.	University of Nicosia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,738
86	118,819	FN Ferreira, Nuno Bravo	University of Nicosia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,606
87	120,272	DA Deka, Abraham	Near East University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,791
88	121,625	AA Arsalis, Alexandros	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 3,783
89	137,943	KN Kadoglou, Nikolaos P.E.	University of Cyprus	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,141
90	138,353	CN Cavus, Nadire	Near East University	Education	Rank 1,917
91	140,647	AA Abbas, Amir	Near East University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,336
92	148,421	EA Exadaktylos, Aristomenis Konstantinos	University of Cyprus Medical School	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 432
93	153,388	KD Kavaz, Doǧa	Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 4,856
94	155,225	KC Kyrkou, Christos	KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,092
95	158,423	PG Petrikkos, Georgios L.	European University Cyprus	Microbiology	Rank 3,012
96	158,706	AR Abiyev, Rahib Hidayat	Near East University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,262
97	158,979	CP Christodoulides, Paul	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 5,044
98	159,752	LE Lambrinou, Ekaterini	Cyprus University of Technology	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,567
99	159,834	UH Umar, Huzaifa	Near East University	Food Science	Rank 2,420
100	162,227	KE Kalogerakis, Evangelos	CYENS—Center of Excellence	Software Engineering	Rank 302
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Cyprus are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

154 scientists affiliated with Cyprus are on the 2026 single-year list, and 119 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 32. It is followed by Cyprus University of Technology with 25.

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

On the single-year list, Cyprus went from 64 scientists in 2020 to 154 in 2026, a change of +140.6%.

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.