Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2023

Cyprus has 96 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 4.3% from 92 in 2022. That places Cyprus 60th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (26), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (23).

Single Year

+4 (+4.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

+10 (+14.1%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#60

down 2 places vs 2022

Institutes

-2 (-9.1%) vs 2022

Scientists in Cyprus on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 50% 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	452	KS Kalogirou, Soteris A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 14
2	1,719	ZM Zembylas, Michalinos	Open University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 16
3	2,545	Sunday Adebayo, Tomiwa	Uluslararasi Kibris Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 34
4	4,854	MS Makridakis, Spyros	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 13
5	7,543	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 268
6	7,656	TH Tsoukas, Haridimos	University of Cyprus	Business & Management	Rank 201
7	11,691	PM Polycarpou, Marios M.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 113
8	11,939	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	Faculty of Economics and Management	Marketing	Rank 67
9	15,775	BK Baser, Kemal Husnu Can	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 48
10	18,403	Vrontis, Demetris	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 458
11	18,501	FA Farmaki, Anna	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 80
12	18,549	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 277
13	23,543	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 42
14	25,740	KI Krikidis, Ioannis	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 231
15	26,373	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 416
16	30,713	Tzortzakis, Nikolaos	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 450
17	32,025	NA Nicolaides, Andrew	University of Nicosia Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,023
18	32,301	PC Pissarides, Christopher A.	University of Cyprus	Economics	Rank 439
19	35,796	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority	Energy	Rank 819
20	38,355	DM Davidson, Michael	University of Nicosia	Psychiatry	Rank 730
21	39,639	Fanti, Kostas A.	University of Cyprus	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 318
22	43,196	FD Farmakis, Dimitrios	University of Cyprus Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,284
23	51,699	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias C.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 503
24	55,175	Angeli, Charoula	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 540
25	58,868	SM Sullman, Mark J.M.	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 183
26	60,852	AA Agapiou, A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 154
27	62,962	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 622
28	63,931	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 634
29	66,605	PM Panteli, Mathaios	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 1,599
30	66,675	PP Panayides, Photis M.	Faculty of Management and Economics	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 207
31	71,707	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Applied Mathematics	Rank 177
32	78,744	FP Fokaides, Paris	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 1,909
33	81,438	ZA Zaravinos, Apostolos	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,948
34	81,892	AE Andreou, Eleni	University of Nicosia	Education	Rank 831
35	84,804	CA Charalambous, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 172
36	84,989	BJ Burston, Jack	Cyprus University of Technology	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 305
37	85,260	PP Papageorgis, Panagiotis	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,080
38	87,182	ZT Zis, Thalis P.V.	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 270
39	87,795	FK Fokianos, Konstantinos	University of Cyprus	Statistics & Probability	Rank 425
40	89,820	SS Spyrou, Spyros	European University Cyprus	Social Work	Rank 43
41	90,253	PP Papanastasiou, P.	University of Cyprus	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 814
42	93,444	ZA Zopiatis, Anastasios	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 391
43	94,187	CG Constantinides, Georgios	Cyprus University of Technology	Materials	Rank 1,817
44	94,590	FV Fotopoulos, Vasileios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,635
45	94,902	YX Yue, Xiao Guang	European University Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,970
46	96,123	ZP Zis, Panagiotis	University of Cyprus Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,548
47	96,373	KM Kyriacou, Marios	Agricultural Research Institute Nicosia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,667
48	100,975	CM Christofi, Michael	Cyprus University of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 1,931
49	103,141	Ahmadian, Ali	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 256
50	106,801	AC Alexandrou, C.	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,228
51	109,860	CS Carlucci, Salvatore	The Cyprus Institute	Building & Construction	Rank 755
52	110,417	OA Othonos, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,162
53	112,613	AR Abiyev, Rahib	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,501
54	115,057	MI Michael-Kordatou, I.	University of Cyprus	Environmental Engineering	Rank 714
55	115,169	KP Karanis, Panagiotis	University of Nicosia Medical School	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 153
56	119,337	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Immunology	Rank 2,478
57	121,309	KA Karageorghis, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 221
58	121,382	LA Lanitis, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,771
59	137,761	AA Arsalis, Alexandros	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 3,567
60	138,711	CC Charalambous, Charalambos Y.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,421
61	139,984	PE Papastavrou, Evridiki	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 338
62	144,551	Panayiotidis, Mihalis I.	Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,138
63	144,686	RT Rehren, Thilo	The Cyprus Institute	Archaeology	Rank 122
64	145,120	DC Deltas, Constantinos	University of Cyprus	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 459
65	147,281	HD Hadjimitsis, Diofantos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 425
66	151,466	CA Chrysargyris, Antonios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,666
67	156,819	ZT Zachariadis, Theodoros	The Cyprus Institute	Energy	Rank 4,129
68	157,646	CS Chatzis, Sotirios	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,906
69	165,866	FG Florides, Georgios A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 4,394
70	166,500	MK Michailidou, Kyriaki	Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,967
71	172,461	KA Kylili, Angeliki	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 4,563
72	173,535	KC Kyrkou, Christos	University of Cyprus	Computer Hardware & Architecture	Rank 99
73	185,578	LE Lambrinou, Ekaterini	Cyprus University of Technology	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 4,523
74	187,127	MM Mavrovouniotis, Michalis	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,792
75	187,825	GG Georghiou, George E.	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 3,874
76	211,303	TS Timotheou, Stelios	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,004
77	212,046	LF Liarokapis, Fotis	CYENS Centre of Excellence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,522
78	216,582	NP Nikolaidis, Pavlos	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 5,843
79	225,471	OJ Otterbacher, Jahna	Open University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,920
80	238,535	AM Apostolou, Menelaos	University of Nicosia	Social Psychology	Rank 1,912
81	239,591	VK Voskarides, Konstantinos	University of Nicosia Medical School	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,714
82	242,096	SP Siafaka, Panoraia I.	European University Cyprus	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,921
83	273,894	KO Kukrer, Osman	Eastern Mediterranean University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,135
84	295,616	DC Dovrolis, Constantine	The Cyprus Institute	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,296
85	298,096	NE Nikita, Efthymia	The Cyprus Institute	Archaeology	Rank 324
86	312,162	BA Bahrami, Arian	Uluslararasi Kibris Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,785
87	314,345	Afantitis, Antreas	NovaMechanics Ltd	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,599
88	314,478	SA Stylianou, Andreas	European University Cyprus	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 1,802
89	315,903	PI Pashalidis, Ioannis	University of Cyprus	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,543
90	360,587	ID Ibrahim, Dogan	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,580
91	377,747	TK Themistocleous, Kyriacos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,336
92	408,166	TA Theodosiou, Antreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,462
93	455,384	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 9,389
94	478,638	KK Kalli, Kyriacos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,782
95	506,517	ES Ebadinezhad, Sahar	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,916
96	517,579	VI Vizirianakis, Ioannis S.	University of Nicosia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 4,765
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Cyprus are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

96 scientists affiliated with Cyprus are on the 2023 single-year list, and 81 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 26. It is followed by Cyprus University of Technology with 23.

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 96 in 2023, a change of +50.0%.

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.