Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Cyprus has 56 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Cyprus 49th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (26), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (11).

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Scientists in Cyprus on the list, by year

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2021+14.3%

2022+10.9%

2023+14.1%

2024+13.6%

2025+22.8%

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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%

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Rank in Cyprus	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,184	KS Kalogirou, Soteris	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 13
2	5,374	NA Nicolaides, Andrew N.	University of Nicosia	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 283
3	11,688	PM Polycarpou, Marios M.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 74
4	17,091	ZM Zembylas, Michalinos	Open University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 54
5	17,783	BK Başer, K. Hüsnü Can	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 64
6	27,033	DM Davidson, Michael	University of Nicosia	Psychiatry	Rank 645
7	30,448	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	University of Cyprus	Marketing	Rank 46
8	33,624	KI Krikidis, Ioannis	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 280
9	52,826	MS Makridakis, Spyros	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 51
10	62,349	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Immunology	Rank 1,863
11	71,808	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 47
12	73,758	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Applied Mathematics	Rank 169
13	74,318	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority	Energy	Rank 785
14	75,618	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,245
15	79,716	Dervenis, Christos	University of Cyprus	Surgery	Rank 693
16	83,820	RD Riska, D. O.	The Cyprus Institute	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,342
17	84,972	OA Othonos, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,193
18	87,208	KP Kelires, Pantelis	Cyprus University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,259
19	87,889	KA Karageorghis, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 140
20	96,975	AC Alexandrou, Constantia	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,591
21	97,671	PP Panayides, Photis	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 108
22	99,570	GV Gekas, Vassilis	Cyprus University of Technology	Food Science	Rank 405
23	105,842	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 746
24	109,274	OM Ozsoz, Mehmet	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 848
25	110,350	PC Patrickios, Costas S.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 998
26	114,013	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 654
27	116,790	KP Kyriakidis, Phaedon	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 440
28	116,882	EA Efstathiou, Angelos M.	University of Cyprus	Physical Chemistry	Rank 447
29	123,568	IA Ioannides, Andreas A.	AAI Scientific Cultural Services Ltd.	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,886
30	124,311	LA Lanitis, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,019
31	141,320	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias C.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 747
32	158,859	GC Georgalas, Christos	University of Nicosia	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 517
33	165,477	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 885
34	166,644	TA Tasiopoulos, Anastasios J.	University of Cyprus	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,169
35	168,037	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,049
36	169,918	GA Georghiades, Athinodoros S.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,769
37	172,120	Angeli, Charoula	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 944
38	173,154	Tzortzakis, Nikolaos	Cyprus University of Technology	Horticulture	Rank 40
39	174,392	KP Karanis, Panagiotis	University of Nicosia	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 389
40	178,040	SM Sullman, Mark	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 259
41	185,149	ZT Zachariadis, Theodoros	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 2,222
42	188,189	GG Georgiou, Georgios C.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,726
43	188,275	PP Papanastasiou, Panos	University of Cyprus	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 754
44	190,496	HM Hosseini, Mir Ghasem	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 2,295
45	202,159	MY Manolopoulos, Yannis	Open University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,338
46	209,584	DM Dikaiakos, Marios D.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,483
47	220,026	Çİ Çalış, İhsan	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,207
48	232,056	PG Pallis, George	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,864
49	233,971	SJ Sahalos, John N.	University of Nicosia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,295
50	240,416	CS Chatzis, Sotirios	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,007
51	242,496	TS Timotheou, S.	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,385
52	266,195	CS Christodoulou, Symeon E.	University of Cyprus	Building & Construction	Rank 562
53	289,592	HD Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G.	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,390
54	302,618	RV Roudometof, Victor	University of Cyprus	Religions & Theology	Rank 50
55	315,029	CC Charalambous, Charalambos D.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,188
56	453,642	AA Agapiou, Athos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,432
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Cyprus are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

64 scientists affiliated with Cyprus are on the 2020 single-year list, and 56 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 career-long list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 26. It is followed by Cyprus University of Technology with 11.

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.