Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

Cyprus has 64 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 14.3% from 56 in 2020. That places Cyprus 54th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 5 places. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (28), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (13).

Single Year

+21 (+32.8%) vs 2020

Career Data

+8 (+14.3%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#54

down 5 places vs 2020

Institutes

+5 (+55.6%) vs 2020

Scientists in Cyprus on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 14% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

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%

Top 10 institutes in Cyprus

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Rank in Cyprus	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,883	KS Kalogirou, Soteris A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 17
2	5,727	NA Nicolaides, Andrew N.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 293
3	11,394	PM Polycarpou, Marios M.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 84
4	12,492	ZM Zembylas, Michalinos	Open University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 37
5	26,703	DM Davidson, Michael	University of Nicosia	Psychiatry	Rank 651
6	28,320	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	University of Cyprus	Marketing	Rank 46
7	31,696	KI Krikidis, Ioannis	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 250
8	39,995	MS Makridakis, Spyros	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 45
9	41,416	KT Kjellstrom, Tord	Centre for Technology Research and Innovation	Toxicology	Rank 169
10	55,353	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,390
11	64,006	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Immunology	Rank 1,906
12	64,410	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority	Energy	Rank 703
13	64,892	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Applied Mathematics	Rank 136
14	64,954	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 48
15	75,373	Dervenis, Christos	University of Cyprus	Surgery	Rank 674
16	86,849	OA Othonos, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,289
17	88,788	OD Orhon, Derin	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Environmental Engineering	Rank 384
18	91,381	PP Panayides, Photis M.	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 111
19	91,442	KP Kelires, Pantelis C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,430
20	91,954	KA Karageorghis, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 163
21	93,031	AC Alexandrou, C.	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,573
22	98,079	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 714
23	102,070	GV Gekas, Vassilis	Cyprus University of Technology	Food Science	Rank 436
24	102,425	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 591
25	105,576	PG Petrikkos, Georgios	European University Cyprus	Microbiology	Rank 2,622
26	115,097	PC Patrickios, Costas S.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,060
27	116,181	OM Ozsoz, Mehmet	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 877
28	116,621	EA Efstathiou, Angelos M.	University of Cyprus	Physical Chemistry	Rank 425
29	117,765	KP Kyriakidis, Phaedon	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 480
30	126,336	TL Trigeorgis, Lenos	University of Cyprus	Finance	Rank 201
31	128,230	LA Lanitis, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,053
32	129,530	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 780
33	129,867	IA Ioannides, Andreas A.	Laboratory for Human Brain Dynamics	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 8,134
34	132,300	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias C.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 698
35	136,402	Tzortzakis, Nikolaos	Cyprus University of Technology	Horticulture	Rank 22
36	140,933	GC Georgalas, Christos	University of Nicosia	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 436
37	141,631	ZA Zaravinos, Apostolos	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,382
38	154,152	SM Sullman, Mark J.M.	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 224
39	155,735	Angeli, Charoula	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 875
40	160,870	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 902
41	173,660	TA Tasiopoulos, Anastasios J.	University of Cyprus	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,236
42	174,656	ZT Zachariadis, Theodoros	The Cyprus Institute	Energy	Rank 2,191
43	178,617	PP Papanastasiou, Panos	University of Cyprus	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 765
44	181,149	GA Georghiades, Athinodoros S.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,986
45	187,463	GG Georgiou, Georgios C.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,754
46	196,960	KA Khashman, Adnan	European Centre for Research and Academic Affairs (ECRAA)	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,266
47	205,113	GS Georgiou, Stelios N.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,219
48	215,376	MY Manolopoulos, Yannis	Open University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,593
49	216,886	PG Pallis, George	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,624
50	220,664	CS Chatzis, Sotirios	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,698
51	220,765	DM Dikaiakos, Marios D.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,699
52	226,165	TS Timotheou, Stelios	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,182
53	230,500	CS Christodoulou, Symeon E.	University of Cyprus	Building & Construction	Rank 502
54	243,411	SS Spyrou, Spyros	European University Cyprus	Social Work	Rank 133
55	253,090	HD Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G.	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,037
56	253,696	RV Roudometof, Victor	University of Cyprus	Religions & Theology	Rank 33
57	286,183	YY Yıldırım, Yakup	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Optics	Rank 1,139
58	286,458	CG Constantinides, Georgios	Cyprus University of Technology	Materials	Rank 4,260
59	294,691	PE Papastavrou, Evridiki	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 1,174
60	306,382	FP Fokaides, Paris	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 4,224
61	306,895	PC Pattichis, Constantinos S.	University of Cyprus	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 1,439
62	328,737	AA Agapiou, Athos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,453
63	380,642	CA Charalambous, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 1,629
64	582,309	MC Mavromoustakis, Constandinos X.	University of Nicosia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 6,286
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Cyprus are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

85 scientists affiliated with Cyprus are on the 2021 single-year list, and 64 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 career-long list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 28. It is followed by Cyprus University of Technology with 13.

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

On the career-long list, Cyprus went from 56 scientists in 2020 to 64 in 2021, a change of +14.3%.

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.