Greece's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Greece has 1,074 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 5.4% from 1,019 in 2024. That places Greece 31st in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has the most listed scientists (135), followed by National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (108).

Single Year

1,074

+55 (+5.4%) vs 2024

Career Data

1,161

+96 (+9.0%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#31

down 1 place vs 2024

Institutes

135

+26 (+23.9%) vs 2024

Scientists in Greece on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 61% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+27.0%

2022+4.6%

2023+4.6%

2024+10.0%

2025+5.4%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	666		648
2021	846	+27.0%	829	+27.9%
2022	885	+4.6%	879	+6.0%
2023	926	+4.6%	971	+10.5%
2024	1,019	+10.0%	1,065	+9.7%
2025	1,074	+5.4%	1,161	+9.0%

Top 10 institutes in Greece

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Rank in Greece	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	880	AN Apergis, Nicholas	University of Piraeus	Economics	Rank 19
2	925	CG Chrousos, George Panagiotis	School of Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 13
3	1,802	MD Mourtzis, Dimitris	University of Patras	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 17
4	2,291	HN Hatziargyriou, Nikos	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Energy	Rank 61
5	2,518	Kotsiantis, Sotiris	University of Patras	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 137
6	2,640	AP Asteris, Panagiotis G.	School of Pedagogical and Technological Education	Civil Engineering	Rank 9
7	3,100	TA Trichopoulou, Antonia	Academy of Athens	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 75
8	3,259	BE Bellos, Evangelos	University of West Attica	Energy	Rank 87
9	3,506	OV Oikonomou, V. K.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 35
10	3,559	SE Saridakis, Emmanuel N.	National Observatory of Athens	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 36
11	3,912	Kyzas, George Z.	Democritus University of Thrace	Chemical Physics	Rank 71
12	4,474	KS Konstantinides, Stavros V.	Democritus University of Thrace	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 120
13	4,745	BD Bikiaris, Dimitrios N.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Polymers	Rank 24
14	4,800	Panagopoulos, Argyris	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Chemical Engineering	Rank 20
15	5,415	Damalas, Christos A.	Democritus University of Thrace	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 34
16	5,503	DM Dalakas, Marinos C.	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 283
17	6,053	TD Tousoulis, Dimitrios M.	School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 176
18	6,525	DM Dimopoulos, Meletios Athanasios	School of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 142
19	7,495	DY Dafalias, Yannis F.	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 71
20	7,882	GG Gazetas, George C.	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 75
21	7,993	MA Matzarakis, A. P.	Democritus University of Thrace	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 143
22	8,225	SD Stylidis, Dimitrios	University of Crete	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 43
23	8,735	TP Tektonidou, Prof Maria G.	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 50
24	8,859	TA Tsatsakis, Aristides M.	University of Crete Medical School	Toxicology	Rank 30
25	8,923	FA Fokas, Athanassios S.	Academy of Athens	Mathematical Physics	Rank 6
26	8,980	PS Papadakis, Stamatios J.	University of Crete	Education	Rank 125
27	9,140	PD Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.	Harokopio University of Athens	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 272
28	9,220	KD Koutsoyiannis, Demetris	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Environmental Engineering	Rank 42
29	9,297	SL Stefanis, Leonidas	Academy of Athens	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 472
30	9,450	SC Stoumpos, Constantinos C.	University of Crete	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 327
31	9,504	MC Maraveas, Chrysanthos	Agricultural University of Athens	Civil Engineering	Rank 40
32	9,856	HG Halkos, George Emm	University of Thessaly	Economics	Rank 178
33	11,126	FG Filippatos, Gerasimos S.	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 332
34	11,922	KG Kyriakopoulos, Grigorios L.	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Energy	Rank 315
35	11,967	KG Karagiannidis, George K.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 125
36	12,161	VD Vamvatsikos, Dimitrios I.	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 18
37	12,200	AE Aifantis, Elias C.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 120
38	12,379	TT Triantafillou, Thanasis C.	University of Patras	Civil Engineering	Rank 52
39	13,431	ZA Zabaniotou, Anastasia A.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Energy	Rank 367
40	13,853	BC Biliaderis, Costas G.	School of Agriculture	Food Science	Rank 127
41	15,111	DE Diamanti-Kandarakis, Evanthia	Hygeia Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 230
42	15,901	NG Ntaios, George C.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 766
43	16,610	BD Briassoulis, Demetres	Agricultural University of Athens	Polymers	Rank 116
44	16,719	GE GIamarellos-Bourboulis, Evangelos J.	Hellenic Institute for the Study of Sepsis	Microbiology	Rank 310
45	16,801	PV Papadakis, V. G.	University of Patras	Building & Construction	Rank 129
46	17,014	TN Tavernarakis, Nektarios	Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas	Developmental Biology	Rank 429
47	17,323	KS Katsanevakis, Stelios	University of the Aegean	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 84
48	17,345	KI Katsounaros, Ioannis	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Energy	Rank 480
49	18,037	KK Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos Panagiotis	School of Agriculture	Food Science	Rank 171
50	18,692	AD Achilias, Dimitris S.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Polymers	Rank 131
51	18,717	TG Tsoumakas, Grigorios	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 882
52	18,730	SA Stefanakis, Alexandros I.	Technical University of Crete	Environmental Sciences	Rank 414
53	19,541	KJ Kechagias, John D.	University of Thessaly	Materials	Rank 359
54	19,619	PN Pellas, Nikolaos	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Education	Rank 240
55	19,861	MG Markou, Giorgos	Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DIMITRAADA	Biotechnology	Rank 69
56	19,929	SN Scarmeas, Nikolaos	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 929
57	20,043	VC Vlachopoulos, Charalambos V.	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 604
58	20,089	TE Terpos, Evangelos	School of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 392
59	20,204	PM Papageorgiou, Markos	Technical University of Crete	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 58
60	20,469	SG Stergiou, George S.	School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 615
61	20,495	EA Efklides, Anastasia	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Social Psychology	Rank 393
62	20,596	PE Papageorgiou, Elpiniki I.	University of Thessaly	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 971
63	20,911	MH Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M.	Academy of Athens	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 129
64	21,308	MG Mavrotas, George	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Operations Research	Rank 92
65	21,363	MR Micha, Renata	University of Thessaly	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 311
66	21,436	PS Papadopoulou, Sousana K.	International Hellenic University	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 132
67	22,235	DL Duntas, Leonidas H.	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 346
68	22,673	RT Rassias, Th Michael	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	General Mathematics	Rank 87
69	22,752	KN Karamanos, Nikos K.	University of Patras	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 348
70	23,275	PA Papadopoulos, Agis M.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Energy	Rank 632
71	23,408	BΤ Bintsis, Τhomas	School of Veterinary Medicine	Biotechnology	Rank 88
72	23,609	AI Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis Sotirios	University of Thessaly	Food Science	Rank 227
73	23,819	SY Stavrakakis, Yannis	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 187
74	23,895	LM Lytras, Miltiadis D.	The American College of Greece	Education	Rank 301
75	24,073	TG Tsivgoulis, Georgios K.	School of Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,109
76	24,245	PS Polyzos, Stergios A.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 378
77	24,252	FK Ferentinos, Konstantinos P.	Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DIMITRAADA	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 169
78	24,713	KM Konsolakis, Michalis	Technical University of Crete	Physical Chemistry	Rank 93
79	24,859	VE Vlahogianni, Eleni I.	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 73
80	25,074	DC Dordas, Christos A.	School of Agriculture	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 176
81	25,236	AM Angelidou, Margarita	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 86
82	26,018	FG Filis, George	University of Patras	Finance	Rank 125
83	26,538	SA Stasinakis, Athanasios S.	University of the Aegean	Environmental Sciences	Rank 580
84	26,785	KD Kolokotsa, Dionysia-Denia Denia	Technical University of Crete	Energy	Rank 725
85	27,205	KK Komnitsas, Konstantinos A.	Technical University of Crete	Environmental Sciences	Rank 598
86	27,260	LN Lagaros, Nikos D.	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	Applied Mathematics	Rank 78
87	28,031	PL Perivolaropoulos, Leandros	University of Ioannina	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 365
88	28,073	TS Theodoridis, Sergios	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 293
89	28,204	SP Stavropoulos, P.	University of Patras	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 298
90	28,749	KM Kontominas, Michael George	University of Ioannina	Food Science	Rank 285
91	28,885	PG Pappas, Georgios A.	Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina	Microbiology	Rank 552
92	28,894	PS Petropoulos, Spyridon A.	University of Thessaly	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 404
93	28,913	SC Stefanadis, Christodoulos I.	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 856
94	29,332	MA Menegaki, Angeliki N.	Hellenic Mediterranean University	Energy	Rank 794
95	30,328	GA Goula, Athanasia M.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Food Science	Rank 311
96	30,430	AI Anastopoulos, Ioannis P.	University of Ioannina	Chemical Physics	Rank 421
97	30,512	VM Vousdoukas, Michalis Ioannis	University of the Aegean	Oceanography	Rank 21
98	31,008	TC Tsioufis, Costas P.	School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 905
99	31,158	DU Dafni, Urania G.	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 934
100	31,381	TM Tsolaki, Magda N.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,454
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Frequently asked questions

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

1,074 scientists affiliated with Greece are on the 2025 single-year list, and 1,161 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has the most listed scientists from Greece, with 135. It is followed by National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with 108.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Greece changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Greece went from 666 scientists in 2020 to 1,074 in 2025, a change of +61.3%.

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.