Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2024

Cyprus has 108 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 12.5% from 96 in 2023. That places Cyprus 60th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (26), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (24).

Single Year

108

+12 (+12.5%) vs 2023

Career Data

+11 (+13.6%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#60

No change vs 2023

Institutes

+1 (+5.0%) vs 2023

Scientists in Cyprus on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 69% 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%

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Rank in Cyprus	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	438	Sunday Adebayo, Tomiwa	Uluslararasi Kibris Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 5
2	458	KS Kalogirou, Soteris	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 16
3	926	ZM Zembylas, Michalinos	Open University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 11
4	3,900	MS Makridakis, Spyros	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 13
5	8,048	YY Yildirim, Yakup	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Optics	Rank 44
6	8,802	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 283
7	9,970	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	University of Cyprus	Marketing	Rank 66
8	10,527	Vrontis, Demetris	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 319
9	11,017	PM Polycarpou, Marios	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 117
10	13,563	SB Safaei, Babak	Eastern Mediterranean University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 135
11	17,144	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 330
12	17,467	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 333
13	17,724	FA Farmaki, Anna	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 85
14	18,261	BK Baser, Kemal Hüsnü Can	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 54
15	20,901	HH Hill, Heather C.	Harvard Graduate School of Education	Education	Rank 243
16	21,989	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 52
17	23,925	NA Nicolaides, Andrew	University of Nicosia Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 743
18	24,740	Tzortzakis, Nikolaos	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 348
19	33,659	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority	Energy	Rank 862
20	36,059	SM Sullman, Mark J.M.	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 101
21	36,133	Fanti, Kostas A.	University of Cyprus	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 285
22	37,298	SS Spyrou, Spyros	European University Cyprus	Social Work	Rank 8
23	39,075	AA Agapiou, Athos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 67
24	39,112	KI Krikidis, Ioannis	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 385
25	40,205	DM Davidson, Michael	University of Nicosia Medical School	Psychiatry	Rank 726
26	47,771	Angeli, Charoula	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 569
27	49,054	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias C.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 582
28	51,059	KN Katsiki, Niki	European University Cyprus	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,410
29	62,190	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 656
30	63,541	ZT Zis, Thalis P.V.	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 217
31	63,631	PM Panteli, Mathaios	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 1,697
32	65,641	FP Fokaides, Paris	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 1,753
33	66,054	FV Fotopoulos, Vasileios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,076
34	67,973	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Applied Mathematics	Rank 195
35	72,039	SP Salameh, Pascale	University of Nicosia Medical School	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 935
36	73,756	AC Alexandrou, Constantia	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 894
37	73,821	CM Christofi, Michael	Cyprus University of Technology	Business & Management	Rank 1,652
38	77,999	CA Charalambous, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 165
39	83,765	AE Antonacopoulou, Elena P.	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 1,859
40	83,855	PP Papageorgis, Panagiotis	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,779
41	86,191	KM Kyriacou, Marios C.	Agricultural Research Institute Nicosia	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,434
42	88,083	GC Georgalas, Christos	University of Nicosia Medical School	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 95
43	88,352	CN Cavus, Nadire	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Education	Rank 1,063
44	88,547	ZA Zopiatis, Anastasios	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 381
45	89,681	CC Charalambous, Charalambos Y.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,077
46	94,893	ZG Zittis, George	The Cyprus Institute	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,671
47	95,556	FK Fokianos, Konstantinos	University of Cyprus	Statistics & Probability	Rank 453
48	96,570	PP Papanastasiou, Panos	University of Cyprus	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 911
49	96,615	PP Panayides, Photis M.	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 332
50	102,718	TT Tursoy, Turgut	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,086
51	103,250	AM Apostolou, Menelaos	University of Nicosia	Social Psychology	Rank 1,085
52	107,929	CS Carlucci, Salvatore	The Cyprus Institute	Building & Construction	Rank 831
53	108,416	ZP Zis, Panagiotis	University of Cyprus Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,792
54	109,046	TA Thrassou, Alkis	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 2,312
55	113,179	OA Othonos, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,159
56	113,209	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Immunology	Rank 2,155
57	114,576	CG Constantinides, Georgios	Cyprus University of Technology	Materials	Rank 2,407
58	115,082	MI Michael-Kordatou, I.	University of Cyprus	Environmental Engineering	Rank 680
59	115,435	ZP Zanos, Panos	University of Cyprus	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,080
60	117,371	CA Chrysargyris, Antonios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,022
61	117,841	AS Aslam, Sheraz	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 3,286
62	118,126	ZA Zaravinos, Apostolos	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,851
63	121,591	KD Kavaz, Doga	Uluslararasi Kibris Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 3,415
64	122,791	EA Efstathiou, Angelos M.	University of Cyprus	Physical Chemistry	Rank 530
65	123,582	NP Nikolaidis, Pavlos	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 3,472
66	124,564	CP Christou, Prokopis A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 513
67	126,054	YX Yue, Xiaoguang	European University Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,683
68	135,478	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,635
69	140,208	LE Lambrinou, Ekaterini	Cyprus University of Technology	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,366
70	143,248	KA Kylili, Angeliki	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 4,083
71	144,913	AA Arsalis, Alexandros	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 4,127
72	145,282	HD Hadjimitsis, Diofantos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 327
73	151,222	GG Georghiou, George E.	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,989
74	157,461	KC Kyrkou, Christos	University of Cyprus	Computer Hardware & Architecture	Rank 98
75	157,976	CS Chatzis, Sotirios	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,872
76	164,877	KK Kleopa, Kleopas A.	Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,088
77	165,964	Panayiotidis, Mihalis I.	Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,462
78	174,326	LA Lanitis, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,413
79	176,651	NE Nikita, Efthymia	The Cyprus Institute	Archaeology	Rank 184
80	178,320	LW Lipinski, Wojciech	The Cyprus Institute	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,662
81	185,289	GS Gravas, Stavros	University of Cyprus	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,239
82	186,813	DC Deltas, Constantinos	University of Cyprus Medical School	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 517
83	187,846	FG Florides, Georgios A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 5,455
84	193,562	LT Lytras, Theodore	European University Cyprus	Microbiology	Rank 4,054
85	201,153	OJ Otterbacher, Jahna	Open University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,353
86	205,901	AK Abegaz, Kedir Hussein	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,417
87	213,944	CP Christodoulides, Paul	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 6,244
88	231,076	VK Voskarides, Konstantinos	University of Nicosia	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 1,535
89	246,191	TK Themistocleous, Kyriacos	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 608
90	249,889	SP Siafaka, Panoraia	European University Cyprus	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 1,989
91	252,365	KO Kukrer, Osman	Eastern Mediterranean University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,129
92	261,836	AH Ademgil, Huseyin	Lefke Avrupa Üniversitesi	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 645
93	282,616	ÖM Özarslan, Mehmet Ali	Eastern Mediterranean University	General Mathematics	Rank 1,621
94	291,555	FD Fliss, Dan M.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 581
95	302,349	ID Ibrahim, Dogan	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,368
96	409,420	GE Gentekaki, Eleni	University of Nicosia	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 574
97	410,985	YA Yasli, Ahmet	Lefke Avrupa Üniversitesi	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 1,124
98	413,135	PP Papademas, Photis	Cyprus University of Technology	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,369
99	420,698	Afantitis, Antreas	NovaMechanics Ltd	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,303
100	423,031	SH Soori, Hamid	Uluslararasi Kibris Üniversitesi	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,680
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Cyprus are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

108 scientists affiliated with Cyprus are on the 2024 single-year list, and 92 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 26. It is followed by Cyprus University of Technology with 24.

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 108 in 2024, a change of +68.8%.

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.