Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2025

Cyprus has 142 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 31.5% from 108 in 2024. That places Cyprus 58th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (33), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (26).

Single Year

142

+34 (+31.5%) vs 2024

Career Data

113

+21 (+22.8%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#58

up 2 places vs 2024

Institutes

+2 (+9.5%) vs 2024

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%

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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%

Top 10 institutes in Cyprus

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Rank in Cyprus	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	245	Sunday Adebayo, Tomiwa	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2
2	463	KS Kalogirou, Soteris A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 18
3	1,824	Al-Turjman, Fadi	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 18
4	2,994	MS Makridakis, S. G.	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 13
5	3,960	LJ Lelieveld, Jos	The Cyprus Institute	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 68
6	6,433	Vrontis, Demetris	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 199
7	6,734	TH Tsoukas, Haridimos	University of Cyprus	Business & Management	Rank 214
8	7,459	PM Polycarpou, Marios M.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 83
9	10,243	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 226
10	10,809	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	University of Cyprus	Marketing	Rank 72
11	12,411	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 356
12	12,418	FA Farmaki, Anna	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 67
13	16,055	Waheed, Yasir	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 238
14	21,770	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 477
15	22,447	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 610
16	24,533	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 57
17	27,089	SG Santoro, Gabriele	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 742
18	27,382	BK Başer, K. Hüsnü Can	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 88
19	27,578	NA Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 811
20	27,837	SM Sullman, Mark J.M.	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 86
21	27,970	PC Pissarides, Christopher A.	University of Cyprus	Economics	Rank 403
22	28,091	TN Tzortzakis, Nikos G.	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 388
23	28,690	CM Christofi, Michael	Cyprus University of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 787
24	30,497	KI Krikidis, Ioannis A.	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 322
25	37,118	FD Farmakis, Dimitrios T.	University of Cyprus Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,058
26	37,797	Ahmad, Hijaz	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 720
27	39,334	HA Hassani, Aydin	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 276
28	39,826	SS Spyrou, Spyros	European University Cyprus	Social Work	Rank 10
29	42,501	AV Angeli Valanides, Charoula Nicos	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 541
30	45,679	PM Panteli, Mathaios	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 1,298
31	46,202	Shahedi Asl, Mehdi	University of Kyrenia	Materials	Rank 937
32	48,331	CP Christou, Prokopis A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 251
33	49,699	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias C.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 640
34	50,524	ZG Zittis, George	The Cyprus Institute	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 934
35	51,776	ZT Zis, Thalis	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 182
36	52,637	AA Awosusi, Abraham Ayobamiji	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,152
37	54,279	DM Davidson, Michael D.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Psychiatry	Rank 902
38	54,353	KA Kamilaris, Andreas	CYENS Center of Excellence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 601
39	56,032	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Applied Mathematics	Rank 157
40	57,390	Abbasi, Akbar	University of Kyrenia	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 179
41	57,721	Soori, Mohsen	Final International University	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 611
42	59,233	AA Agapiou, A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 623
43	59,415	Fanti, Kostas A.	University of Cyprus	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 429
44	60,433	CA Charalambous, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 128
45	60,468	PA Pozzer, Andrea	The Cyprus Institute	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,103
46	61,891	TA Thrassou, Alkis	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 1,462
47	63,397	FP Fokaides, Paris A.	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 1,885
48	63,565	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 678
49	64,651	KE Karademas, Evangelos C.	University of Nicosia	Public Health	Rank 639
50	67,837	NP Nikolaidis, Pavlos	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 2,026
51	72,963	AE Antonacopoulou, Elena P.	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 1,680
52	73,753	AH Adun, Humphrey Hugh	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 2,215
53	75,930	FV Fotopoulos, Vasileios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,182
54	78,884	PP Papageorgis, Panagiotis	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,388
55	79,558	ZP Zis, Panagiotis	University of Cyprus	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,433
56	81,869	CC Charalambous, Charalambos Y.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,041
57	83,613	MC Makridis, Christos Andreas	University of Nicosia	Economics	Rank 1,064
58	85,958	KM Kyriacou, Marios C.	Agricultural Research Institute Nicosia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,361
59	86,173	CG Constantinides, Georgios	Cyprus University of Technology	Materials	Rank 1,910
60	87,158	AM Apostolou, Menelaos	University of Nicosia	Social Psychology	Rank 967
61	87,932	IA Ioannou, Andri	Cyprus University of Technology	Education	Rank 1,112
62	88,511	AA Arsalis, Alexandros	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 2,676
63	88,697	PC Priporas, Constantinos Vasilios	University of Nicosia	Marketing	Rank 541
64	91,203	PP Panayides, Photis M.	Faculty of Management and Economics	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 328
65	93,450	GC Griffiths, Carol	Girne American University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 412
66	95,176	AC Alexandrou, Constantia	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,218
67	98,875	AS Aslam, Sheraz	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 3,019
68	98,887	FK Fokianos, Konstantinos	University of Cyprus	Statistics & Probability	Rank 468
69	99,143	OA Othonos, Andreas S.	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 1,889
70	110,431	ZA Zaravinos, Apostolos	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,353
71	113,984	YG Yue, Gabriel Xiao Guang	European University Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,836
72	121,782	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,556
73	121,962	FM Farman, Muhammad	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 317
74	122,845	CN Cavus, Nadire	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Education	Rank 1,574
75	123,707	AS Antoniou, Stavros A.	European University Cyprus	Surgery	Rank 578
76	123,893	GC Georgalas, Christos C.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 155
77	125,590	AR Abiyev, Rahib Hidayat	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,291
78	129,129	CA Chrysargyris, Antonios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,138
79	130,405	ZP Zanos, Panos	University of Cyprus	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,350
80	135,282	GG Georghiou, G. E.	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 4,241
81	138,237	MK Michailidou, Kyriaki	Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,191
82	142,777	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,664
83	144,444	PA Parmaxi, Antigoni	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,037
84	152,688	EA Efstathiou, Angelos M.	University of Cyprus	Physical Chemistry	Rank 621
85	152,695	PE Papastavrou, E.	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 409
86	153,125	HN Hasirci, Nesrin	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 709
87	154,002	KC Kyrkou, Christos	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,429
88	154,734	PG Petrikkos, Georgios L.	European University Cyprus	Microbiology	Rank 3,038
89	157,283	HD Hadjimitsis, Diofantos Glafkou	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 399
90	162,094	KA Kylili, Angeliki	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 5,139
91	164,486	Dimililer, Kamil	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,874
92	166,933	PB Puri, Basant K.	Neapolis University Pafos	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,791
93	173,147	TS Timotheou, Stelios	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,857
94	174,127	LE Lambrinou, Ekaterini	Cyprus University of Technology	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,824
95	178,522	ZT Zachariadis, Theodoros	The Cyprus Institute	Energy	Rank 5,675
96	183,824	MI Michael-Kordatou, Irene	University of Cyprus	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1,132
97	184,096	KD Kavaz, Doǧa	Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 5,881
98	188,903	Panayiotidis, Mihalis I.	Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,804
99	189,004	NE Nikita, Efthymia	The Cyprus Institute	Archaeology	Rank 177
100	198,666	SP Siafaka, Panoraia I.	European University Cyprus	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,508
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Frequently asked questions

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

142 scientists affiliated with Cyprus are on the 2025 single-year list, and 113 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 33. It is followed by Cyprus University of Technology with 26.

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 142 in 2025, a change of +121.9%.

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.