Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Cyprus has 113 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 22.8% from 92 in 2024. That places Cyprus 52nd in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (42), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (19).

Single Year

142

+34 (+31.5%) vs 2024

Career Data

113

+21 (+22.8%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#52

No change vs 2024

Institutes

-1 (-4.5%) vs 2024

Scientists in Cyprus on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled 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%

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Rank in Cyprus	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,170	KS Kalogirou, Soteris A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 17
2	6,390	NA Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 306
3	8,195	LJ Lelieveld, Jos	The Cyprus Institute	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 96
4	10,926	PM Polycarpou, Marios M.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 84
5	13,475	TH Tsoukas, Haridimos	University of Cyprus	Business & Management	Rank 123
6	14,458	BK Başer, K. Hüsnü Can	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 46
7	17,408	Al-Turjman, Fadi	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 130
8	21,240	Sunday Adebayo, Tomiwa	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 140
9	21,649	MS Makridakis, S. G.	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 29
10	22,257	PC Pissarides, Christopher A.	University of Cyprus	Economics	Rank 198
11	23,223	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	University of Cyprus	Marketing	Rank 48
12	27,128	DM Davidson, Michael D.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Psychiatry	Rank 639
13	30,670	KI Krikidis, Ioannis A.	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 255
14	35,558	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,565
15	56,268	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 737
16	58,818	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Applied Mathematics	Rank 124
17	62,071	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 57
18	63,052	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Immunology	Rank 1,775
19	64,190	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 460
20	68,404	DC Dovrolis, Constantine	The Cyprus Institute	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 597
21	68,666	Vrontis, Demetris	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 761
22	72,520	TN Tzortzakis, Nikos G.	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 999
23	82,735	AC Alexandrou, Constantia	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,256
24	84,485	SA Stephanou, Anastasis	European University Cyprus	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,174
25	86,286	OA Othonos, Andreas S.	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,162
26	86,581	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 660
27	88,610	PP Panayides, Photis M.	Faculty of Management and Economics	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 144
28	90,475	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 675
29	91,683	AS Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam Sabaratnam	University of Nicosia Medical School	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 871
30	95,137	SM Sullman, Mark J.M.	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 157
31	95,747	KA Karageorghis, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 160
32	96,646	Shahedi Asl, Mehdi	University of Kyrenia	Materials	Rank 1,337
33	98,194	PG Petrikkos, Georgios L.	European University Cyprus	Microbiology	Rank 2,436
34	107,180	EA Efstathiou, Angelos M.	University of Cyprus	Physical Chemistry	Rank 369
35	107,393	GV Gekas, Vassilis C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Food Science	Rank 602
36	108,458	Fanti, Kostas A.	University of Cyprus	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 683
37	108,681	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias C.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 679
38	110,840	AE Antonacopoulou, Elena P.	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 1,207
39	111,930	TL Trigeorgis, Lenos G.	University of Cyprus	Finance	Rank 205
40	112,321	AV Angeli Valanides, Charoula Nicos	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 718
41	116,519	FD Farmakis, Dimitrios T.	University of Cyprus Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,656
42	118,806	ZA Zaravinos, Apostolos	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,506
43	118,866	Waheed, Yasir	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,483
44	119,627	KP Kelires, Pantelis C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 3,104
45	122,398	KP Karayiannis, Peter	University of Nicosia Medical School	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,651
46	122,972	LA Lanitis, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,574
47	125,028	GC Georgalas, Christos C.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 352
48	125,225	KP Karanis, Panagiotis	University of Nicosia Medical School	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 264
49	126,185	KP Kyriakidis, Phaedon	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 646
50	131,999	PC Patrickios, Costas S.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,183
51	133,617	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 894
52	135,019	WJ Williams, Jonathan C.	The Cyprus Institute	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 2,094
53	135,051	RT Rehren, Thilo H.	The Cyprus Institute	Archaeology	Rank 124
54	139,907	TH Tomioka, Hideo	University of Cyprus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,375
55	141,075	CC Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.	University of Cyprus	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 716
56	141,814	Zenios, Stavros A.	University of Cyprus	Operations Research	Rank 549
57	144,784	PP Papanastasiou, Panos C.	University of Cyprus	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 753
58	147,412	SS Spyrou, Spyros	European University Cyprus	Social Work	Rank 55
59	153,445	IA Ioannides, Andreas A.	AAI Scientific Cultural Services Ltd.	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 9,125
60	154,324	Panayiotidis, Mihalis I.	Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,704
61	161,634	AA Agapiou, A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 828
62	165,054	EA Epenetos, Agamemenon Anthony	C.B.B Lifeline Biotech Ltd	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,095
63	167,748	HN Hasirci, Nesrin	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 723
64	170,643	ZT Zachariadis, Theodoros	The Cyprus Institute	Energy	Rank 2,568
65	172,976	AR Abiyev, Rahib Hidayat	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,735
66	186,119	MB Monien, Burkhard	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,030
67	188,448	CA Charalambous, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 536
68	190,651	HD Hadjimitsis, Diofantos Glafkou	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 673
69	191,079	CS Chatzis, Sotirios P.	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,143
70	194,283	GG Georgiou, Georgios C.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,740
71	195,335	CS Christodoulou, Symeon E.	University of Cyprus	Building & Construction	Rank 580
72	200,135	GS Georgiou, Stelios N.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,499
73	200,287	FP Fokaides, Paris A.	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 3,060
74	201,237	CN Cavus, Nadire	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Education	Rank 1,515
75	201,748	TA Tasiopoulos, Anastasios J.	University of Cyprus	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,187
76	207,971	TS Timotheou, Stelios	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,595
77	208,994	CG Constantinides, Georgios	Cyprus University of Technology	Materials	Rank 3,030
78	216,358	GA Georghiades, Athinodoros S.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,715
79	220,273	FV Fotopoulos, Vasileios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,276
80	223,851	CC Charalambous, Charalambos Y.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,742
81	225,759	PG Pallis, G. C.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,958
82	231,955	PE Papastavrou, E.	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 727
83	233,970	HV Harmandaris, Vagelis A.	The Cyprus Institute	Polymers	Rank 2,104
84	237,159	SJ Sahalos, John N.	University of Nicosia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,374
85	239,521	AA Athanasiou, Athanasios E.	European University Cyprus	Dentistry	Rank 1,505
86	243,581	DM Dikaiakos, Marios D.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,390
87	249,615	MK Makris, Konstantinos C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,234
88	260,994	MY Manolopoulos, Yannis P.	Open University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,793
89	263,135	Çİ Çalış, İhsan	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,183
90	268,063	LF Liarokapis, Fotis	CYENS Centre of Excellence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,987
91	276,852	AS Antoniou, Stavros A.	European University Cyprus	Surgery	Rank 2,613
92	278,018	KP Koutentis, Panayiotis A.	University of Cyprus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 4,658
93	282,732	AA Arsalis, Alexandros	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 4,624
94	292,955	HA Hassani, Aydin	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,664
95	295,359	KA Kamilaris, Andreas	CYENS Center of Excellence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,013
96	304,683	SH Soori, Hamid H.	Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,021
97	311,181	PC Pattichis, C. S.	University of Cyprus	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 1,374
98	313,820	PM Panteli, Mathaios	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 5,278
99	317,301	GG Georghiou, G. E.	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 5,362
100	329,920	OJ Otterbacher, Jahna	CYENS Center of Excellence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,527
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Cyprus are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

142 scientists affiliated with Cyprus are on the 2025 single-year list, and 113 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 42. It is followed by Cyprus University of Technology with 19.

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 113 in 2025, a change of +101.8%.

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.