Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Cyprus has 81 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 14.1% from 71 in 2022. That places Cyprus 53rd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (31), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (12).

Single Year

+4 (+4.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

+10 (+14.1%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#53

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

+3 (+17.6%) vs 2022

Scientists in Cyprus on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 45% 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	1,488	KS Kalogirou, Soteris A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 17
2	6,012	NA Nicolaides, Andrew	University of Nicosia Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 300
3	9,466	ZM Zembylas, Michalinos	Open University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 33
4	11,459	PM Polycarpou, Marios M.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 85
5	14,804	TH Tsoukas, Haridimos	University of Cyprus	Business & Management	Rank 122
6	14,829	BK Baser, Kemal Husnu Can	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 46
7	21,996	PC Pissarides, Christopher A.	University of Cyprus	Economics	Rank 178
8	25,075	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	Faculty of Economics and Management	Marketing	Rank 47
9	25,989	DM Davidson, Michael	University of Nicosia	Psychiatry	Rank 632
10	31,282	MS Makridakis, Spyros	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 40
11	32,290	KI Krikidis, Ioannis	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 261
12	44,544	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,962
13	61,056	DC Dovrolis, Constantine	The Cyprus Institute	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 531
14	62,051	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Applied Mathematics	Rank 132
15	62,817	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Immunology	Rank 1,837
16	63,192	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority	Energy	Rank 763
17	67,497	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 55
18	77,221	SA Stephanou, Anastasis	European University Cyprus	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,139
19	87,114	PP Panayides, Photis M.	Faculty of Management and Economics	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 118
20	87,472	OA Othonos, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,327
21	88,586	AC Alexandrou, C.	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,433
22	92,353	KA Karageorghis, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 160
23	94,879	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 573
24	95,685	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 697
25	101,274	GV Gekas, Vassilis	Cyprus University of Technology	Food Science	Rank 501
26	101,887	Tzortzakis, Nikolaos	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,407
27	103,729	KP Kelires, Pantelis C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,806
28	104,045	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 645
29	110,053	EA Efstathiou, Angelos M.	University of Cyprus	Physical Chemistry	Rank 391
30	113,219	KP Karayiannis, Peter	University of Nicosia Medical School	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,573
31	120,036	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias C.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 685
32	121,260	AE Andreou, Eleni	University of Nicosia	Education	Rank 695
33	123,235	PC Patrickios, Costas S.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,119
34	125,130	KP Kyriakidis, P.	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 556
35	127,226	LA Lanitis, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,435
36	130,219	ZA Zaravinos, Apostolos	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,987
37	135,038	KP Karanis, Panagiotis	University of Nicosia Medical School	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 303
38	136,565	SM Sullman, Mark J.M.	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 208
39	138,490	Zenios, Stavros A.	University of Cyprus	Operations Research	Rank 519
40	139,906	Angeli, Charoula	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 837
41	140,260	RT Rehren, Thilo	The Cyprus Institute	Archaeology	Rank 118
42	141,556	Vrontis, Demetris	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 1,411
43	141,795	IA Ioannides, Andreas A.	AAI Scientific Cultural Services Ltd.	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 8,764
44	143,188	EA Epenetos, Agamemnon	C.B.B Lifeline Biotech Ltd	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,449
45	144,603	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 875
46	147,891	DC Deltas, Constantinos	University of Cyprus	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 804
47	161,201	PP Papanastasiou, P.	University of Cyprus	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 745
48	162,283	Panayiotidis, Mihalis I.	Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,128
49	168,135	ZT Zachariadis, Theodoros	The Cyprus Institute	Energy	Rank 2,263
50	179,570	Sunday Adebayo, Tomiwa	Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,251
51	186,826	TA Tasiopoulos, Anastasios J.	University of Cyprus	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,199
52	192,243	AR Abiyev, Rahib	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,744
53	193,378	GG Georgiou, Georgios C.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,759
54	194,581	GA Georghiades, Athinodoros S.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,789
55	199,120	GS Georgiou, Stelios N.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,318
56	208,301	SS Spyrou, Spyros	European University Cyprus	Social Work	Rank 96
57	213,746	CS Christodoulou, Symeon E.	University of Cyprus	Building & Construction	Rank 529
58	214,031	CS Chatzis, Sotirios	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,170
59	215,284	KO Kukrer, Osman	Eastern Mediterranean University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 672
60	222,813	PG Pallis, George	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,178
61	222,976	TS Timotheou, Stelios	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,633
62	225,091	HD Hadjimitsis, Diofantos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,025
63	226,058	DM Dikaiakos, Marios D.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,443
64	230,170	MY Manolopoulos, Yannis	Open University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,533
65	238,046	AA Agapiou, A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,086
66	238,387	AA Athanasiou, Athanasios E.	European University Cyprus	Dentistry	Rank 1,516
67	239,293	HV Harmandaris, Vagelis	The Cyprus Institute	Polymers	Rank 2,152
68	239,746	CG Constantinides, Georgios	Cyprus University of Technology	Materials	Rank 3,415
69	241,018	FP Fokaides, Paris	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 3,449
70	246,368	Çİ Çalış, İhsan	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,087
71	258,246	CA Charalambous, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 855
72	262,315	OJ Otterbacher, Jahna	Open University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,250
73	265,098	PE Papastavrou, Evridiki	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 887
74	272,135	KP Koutentis, Panayiotis A.	University of Cyprus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 4,689
75	310,470	LF Liarokapis, Fotis	CYENS Centre of Excellence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,319
76	316,342	PC Pattichis, Constantinos S.	University of Cyprus	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 1,419
77	338,527	CC Charalambous, Charalambos D.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 2,542
78	350,563	AA Arsalis, Alexandros	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 5,474
79	367,586	VI Vizirianakis, Ioannis S.	University of Nicosia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 3,884
80	461,354	MC Mavromoustakis, Constandinos X.	University of Nicosia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 4,919
81	481,891	AA Afantitis, A.	NovaMechanics Ltd	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,618
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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 career-long list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 31. 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 81 in 2023, a change of +44.6%.

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.