Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Cyprus has 71 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 10.9% from 64 in 2021. That places Cyprus 54th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (28), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (12).

Single Year

+7 (+8.2%) vs 2021

Career Data

+7 (+10.9%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#54

No change vs 2021

Institutes

+3 (+21.4%) vs 2021

Scientists in Cyprus on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 27% 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	1,627	KS Kalogirou, S.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 15
2	5,622	NA Nicolaides, Andrew	University of Nicosia Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 285
3	11,353	PM Polycarpou, Marios	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 81
4	11,554	ZM Zembylas, Michalinos	Open University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 35
5	15,952	BK Baser, Kemal Husnu Can	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 50
6	17,107	KO Karatepe, Osman M.	Eastern Mediterranean University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 15
7	26,167	DM Davidson, Michael	University of Nicosia Medical School	Psychiatry	Rank 639
8	26,760	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	University of Cyprus	Marketing	Rank 45
9	31,648	KI Krikidis, Ioannis	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 252
10	37,847	MS Makridakis, Spyros	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 44
11	41,629	OA Orphanides, Athanasios	Central Bank of Cyprus	Economics	Rank 339
12	51,004	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,233
13	64,171	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Immunology	Rank 1,920
14	64,307	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Applied Mathematics	Rank 135
15	64,635	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority	Energy	Rank 730
16	66,524	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 49
17	86,861	PP Panayides, Photis M.	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 111
18	88,536	AC Alexandrou, Constantia	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,459
19	89,156	OA Othonos, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,442
20	94,848	KA Karageorghis, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 167
21	95,316	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 692
22	96,867	KP Kelires, Pantelis C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,684
23	100,314	GV Gekas, Vassilis	Cyprus University of Technology	Food Science	Rank 451
24	100,702	KH Komurcugil, Hasan	Eastern Mediterranean University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 286
25	101,732	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 573
26	114,079	KP Karayiannis, Peter	University of Nicosia	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,580
27	118,998	PC Patrickios, Costas S.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,086
28	119,340	EA Efstathiou, Angelos	University of Cyprus	Physical Chemistry	Rank 426
29	122,379	KP Kyriakidis, Phaedon	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 511
30	124,126	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 736
31	125,107	Tzortzakis, Nikolaos	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,776
32	126,179	LA Lanitis, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,247
33	127,573	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 691
34	127,960	TL Trigeorgis, Lenos	University of Cyprus	Finance	Rank 203
35	133,318	EA Epenetos, Agamemnon	C.B.B. Lifeline Biotech Ltd.	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,098
36	134,142	IA Ioannides, Andreas A.	AAI Scientific Cultural Services Ltd.	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 8,440
37	136,042	Zenios, Stavros A.	University of Cyprus	Operations Research	Rank 521
38	138,451	ZA Zaravinos, Apostolos	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,270
39	142,034	GC Georgalas, Christos	University of Nicosia	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 438
40	146,902	Angeli, Charoula	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 837
41	147,416	KP Karanis, Panagiotis	University of Nicosia Medical School	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 336
42	153,235	SM Sullman, Mark J.M.	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 231
43	154,109	RT Rehren, Thilo	The Cyprus Institute	Archaeology	Rank 137
44	162,206	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 942
45	174,524	ZT Zachariadis, Theodoros	Energy	Energy	Rank 2,275
46	174,761	PP Papanastasiou, Panos	University of Cyprus	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 765
47	176,836	TA Tasiopoulos, Anastasios	University of Cyprus	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,157
48	183,919	GA Georghiades, Athinodoros S.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,377
49	194,034	GG Georgiou, Georgios C.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,777
50	213,107	GS Georgiou, Stelios N.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,328
51	214,524	DM Dikaiakos, Marios	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,975
52	217,783	CS Chatzis, Sotirios	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,045
53	218,438	MY Manolopoulos, Yannis	Open University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,061
54	223,954	TS Timotheou, Stelios	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,626
55	228,888	GF Gutzwiller, Felix	Research and Education Institute of Child Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,030
56	233,447	CS Christodoulou, Symeon E.	University of Cyprus	Building & Construction	Rank 528
57	234,186	SS Spyrou, Spyros	European University Cyprus	Social Work	Rank 125
58	237,814	YY Yıldırım, Yakup	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Optics	Rank 873
59	239,879	Çİ Çalış, İhsan	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,048
60	242,448	AA Athanasiou, Athanasios E.	European University Cyprus	Dentistry	Rank 1,565
61	244,400	HD Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G.	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,037
62	246,601	PG Pallis, George	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,646
63	257,088	AR Aliev, R. A.	Yakin Doğu Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,868
64	262,228	CG Constantinides, Georgios	Cyprus University of Technology	Materials	Rank 3,721
65	278,811	KP Koutentis, Panayiotis A.	University of Cyprus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 4,903
66	282,793	OJ Otterbacher, Jahna	Open University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,426
67	287,760	FP Fokaides, Paris A.	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 4,113
68	295,461	PE Papastavrou, Evridiki	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 1,008
69	300,798	AA Agapiou, Athos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,363
70	328,256	CC Charalambous, Charalambos D.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,407
71	499,445	MC Mavromoustakis, Constandinos X.	University of Nicosia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 5,378
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Cyprus are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

92 scientists affiliated with Cyprus are on the 2022 single-year list, and 71 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 career-long list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 28. It is followed by Cyprus University of Technology with 12.

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 71 in 2022, a change of +26.8%.

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.