Cyprus' Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Cyprus has 119 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 5.3% from 113 in 2025. That places Cyprus 55th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 3 places. University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists (37), followed by Cyprus University of Technology (23).

Single Year

154

+12 (+8.5%) vs 2025

Career Data

119

+6 (+5.3%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#55

down 3 places vs 2025

Institutes

+2 (+9.5%) vs 2025

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%

2026+5.3%

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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%
2026	154	+8.5%	119	+5.3%

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Rank in Cyprus	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,054	KS Kalogirou, Soteris A.	Cyprus University of Technology	Energy	Rank 15
2	4,161	ZM Zembylas, Michalinos	Open University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 18
3	6,027	FM Falagas, Matthew E.	European University Cyprus	Microbiology	Rank 141
4	6,749	NA Nicolaïdes, Andrew N.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 321
5	10,632	PM Polycarpou, Marios M.	KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 83
6	13,199	TH Tsoukas, Haridimos	University of Cyprus	Business & Management	Rank 129
7	14,327	BK Başer, K. Hüsnü Can	Near East University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 45
8	14,452	AF Al-Turjman, Fadi M.	Near East University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 119
9	17,754	MS Makridakis, S. G.	University of Nicosia	Econometrics	Rank 25
10	21,762	LL Leonidou, Leonidas C.	University of Cyprus	Marketing	Rank 45
11	23,451	PC Pissarides, Christopher A.	University of Cyprus	Economics	Rank 215
12	26,971	DM Davidson, Michael D.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Psychiatry	Rank 629
13	29,775	KI Krikidis, Ioannis A.	University of Cyprus	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 253
14	34,410	ST Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos	University of Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,499
15	46,849	ZA Zorpas, Antonis A.	Open University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 348
16	51,282	Vrontis, Demetris	University of Nicosia	Business & Management	Rank 599
17	53,979	PA Poullikkas, Andreas	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 735
18	56,205	YY Yıldırım, Yakup	Near East University	Optics	Rank 213
19	58,364	DD Drikakis, Dimitris	University of Nicosia	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 483
20	59,115	DD Douroumis, Dennis Dennis	University of Nicosia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 483
21	61,008	VN Vafeas, Nikos	University of Cyprus	Accounting	Rank 57
22	61,405	KG Kontoghiorghes, George J.	Postgraduate Research Institute of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Limassol	Immunology	Rank 1,700
23	62,631	Tzortzakis, Nikolaos	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 839
24	70,690	DC Dovrolis, Constantine	The Cyprus Institute	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 610
25	72,117	AN Antonakakis, Nikolaos	University of Nicosia	Economics	Rank 636
26	78,410	AC Alexandrou, Constantia	University of Cyprus	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,198
27	81,163	SM Sullman, Mark J.M.	University of Nicosia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 134
28	84,738	Shahedi Asl, Mehdi	University of Kyrenia	Materials	Rank 1,183
29	84,948	HC Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.	University of Cyprus	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 663
30	85,718	OA Othonos, Andreas S.	University of Cyprus	Applied Physics	Rank 2,103
31	89,373	FD Fatta-Kassinos, Despo	University of Cyprus	Environmental Sciences	Rank 707
32	90,344	SA Stephanou, Anastasis	European University Cyprus	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,229
33	91,519	PP Panayides, Photis M.	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 155
34	91,765	Waheed, Yasir	Near East University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,133
35	92,264	AS Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam Sabaratnam	University of Nicosia Medical School	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 855
36	97,100	FA Farmaki, Anna	Cyprus University of Technology	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 186
37	99,221	KA Karageorghis, Andreas	University of Cyprus	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 161
38	100,793	PG Petrikkos, Georgios L.	European University Cyprus	Microbiology	Rank 2,495
39	101,643	Fanti, Kostas A.	University of Cyprus	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 649
40	103,795	AV Angeli Valanides, Charoula Nicos	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 694
41	106,019	ZZ Zacharia, Zacharias C.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 720
42	107,027	AE Antonacopoulou, Elena P.	American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo	Business & Management	Rank 1,213
43	109,391	TL Trigeorgis, Lenos G.	University of Cyprus	Finance	Rank 204
44	110,198	EA Efstathiou, Angelos M.	University of Cyprus	Physical Chemistry	Rank 363
45	111,458	AE Andreou, Eleni P.	University of Nicosia	Education	Rank 769
46	114,415	ZA Zaravinos, Apostolos	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,314
47	114,420	GV Gekas, Vassilis C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Food Science	Rank 667
48	119,045	LA Lanitis, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,632
49	121,482	GC Georgalas, Christos C.	University of Nicosia Medical School	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 325
50	122,654	KP Karanis, Panagiotis	University of Nicosia Medical School	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 249
51	123,741	KP Kelires, Pantelis C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 3,121
52	127,524	KL Kyriakides, Leonidas	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 926
53	127,982	KP Kyriakidis, Phaedon C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 682
54	129,718	RT Rehren, Thilo H.	The Cyprus Institute	Archaeology	Rank 122
55	131,394	KP Karayiannis, Peter	University of Nicosia Medical School	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,749
56	136,741	SS Spyrou, Spyros	European University Cyprus	Social Work	Rank 52
57	137,345	AA Agapiou, Athos	Cyprus University of Technology	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 735
58	137,801	PC Patrickios, Costas S.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,230
59	138,598	PP Papanastasiou, Panos C.	University of Cyprus	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 748
60	141,630	Zenios, Stavros A.	University of Cyprus	Operations Research	Rank 540
61	142,754	NM Novák, Michal	AXON Neuroscience SE	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 8,461
62	147,455	TH Tomioka, Hideo	University of Cyprus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,448
63	157,554	Charalambous, Andreas	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 423
64	162,856	IA Ioannides, Andreas A.	AAI Scientific Cultural Services Ltd.	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 9,456
65	163,529	AR Abiyev, Rahib Hidayat	Near East University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,727
66	164,002	ZT Zachariadis, Theodoros I.	The Cyprus Institute	Energy	Rank 2,557
67	167,445	HN Hasirci, Nesrin	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 719
68	172,320	FP Fokaides, Paris A.	Frederick University	Energy	Rank 2,696
69	177,380	EA Epenetos, Agamemenon Anthony	C.B.B Lifeline Biotech Ltd	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,472
70	185,472	HD Hadjimitsis, Diofantos Glafkou	Cyprus University of Technology	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 641
71	187,018	CN Cavus, Nadire	Near East University	Education	Rank 1,505
72	189,006	Ahmad, Hijaz	Near East University	Applied Physics	Rank 4,914
73	190,886	CC Charalambous, Charalambos Y.	University of Cyprus	Education	Rank 1,544
74	193,289	FV Fotopoulos, Vasileios	Cyprus University of Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,870
75	194,286	CS Chatzis, Sotirios P.	Cyprus University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,507
76	197,763	GS Georgiou, Stelios N.	Neapolis University Pafos	Education	Rank 1,609
77	197,911	MB Monien, Burkhard	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,588
78	198,709	PP Papageorgis, Panagiotis	European University Cyprus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 7,192
79	202,272	CS Christodoulou, Symeon E.	University of Cyprus	Building & Construction	Rank 647
80	202,584	MK Makris, Konstantinos C.	Cyprus University of Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,887
81	203,231	TS Timotheou, Stelios	KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,590
82	206,646	GG Georgiou, Georgios C.	University of Cyprus	Polymers	Rank 1,849
83	207,012	CG Constantinides, Georgios	Cyprus University of Technology	Materials	Rank 3,093
84	213,190	TA Tasiopoulos, Anastasios J.	University of Cyprus	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,234
85	229,412	GA Georghiades, Athinodoros S.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,338
86	229,418	PE Papastavrou, E.	Cyprus University of Technology	Nursing	Rank 722
87	229,642	EA Exadaktylos, Aristomenis Konstantinos	University of Cyprus Medical School	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 767
88	233,222	HK Hosseini, K.	Near East University	Optics	Rank 923
89	236,325	LF Liarokapis, Fotis	CYENS – Centre of Excellence	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,536
90	239,714	PG Pallis, G. C.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,620
91	239,931	SJ Sahalos, John N.	University of Nicosia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,404
92	244,621	AA Athanasiou, Athanasios E.	European University Cyprus	Dentistry	Rank 1,520
93	250,361	DM Dikaiakos, Marios D.	University of Cyprus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,900
94	261,693	KA Kamilaris, Andreas	CYENS Centre of Excellence	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,644
95	270,333	HA Hassani, Aydin	Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,561
96	271,736	AA Arsalis, Alexandros	University of Cyprus	Energy	Rank 4,635
97	272,169	Çİ Çalış, İhsan	Near East University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,233
98	282,932	LW Lipiński, Wojciech	The Cyprus Institute	Energy	Rank 4,870
99	286,617	ZT Zis, Thalis	Cyprus University of Technology	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 603
100	289,013	KP Koutentis, Panayiotis A.	University of Cyprus	Organic Chemistry	Rank 4,786
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Cyprus are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

154 scientists affiliated with Cyprus are on the 2026 single-year list, and 119 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, University of Cyprus has the most listed scientists from Cyprus, with 37. 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 career-long list, Cyprus went from 56 scientists in 2020 to 119 in 2026, a change of +112.5%.

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.