Greece's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Greece has 885 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 4.6% from 846 in 2021. That places Greece 32nd in the world by number of listed scientists. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has the most listed scientists (123), followed by Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón (82).

Single Year

885

+39 (+4.6%) vs 2021

Career Data

879

+50 (+6.0%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#32

No change vs 2021

Institutes

118

+27 (+29.7%) vs 2021

Scientists in Greece on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 33% 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%

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Rank in Greece	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	792	CG Chrousos, George Panagiotis	Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 13
2	1,045	AN Apergis, Nicholas	University of Piraeus	Economics	Rank 21
3	1,705	Galanakis, Charis M.	Galanakis Laboratories	Food Science	Rank 11
4	2,508	HN Hatziargyriou, Nikos	National Technical University of Athens	Energy	Rank 52
5	3,291	TA Trichopoulou, Antonia	Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 110
6	3,375	BE Bellos, Evangelos	School of Mechanical Engineering	Energy	Rank 63
7	3,598	SC Stoumpos, Constantinos C.	University of Crete	General Chemistry	Rank 24
8	4,275	SM Sigala, Marianna	University of Piraeus	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 16
9	4,276	LJ Latgé, Jean Paul	Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas	Microbiology	Rank 88
10	4,944	DM Dimopoulos, Meletios A.	School of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 180
11	5,125	MD Mourtzis, Dimitris	University of Patras	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 53
12	5,318	FM Falagas, Matthew E.	Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS)	Microbiology	Rank 112
13	5,446	BD Bikiaris, Dimitrios N.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Polymers	Rank 31
14	5,484	DY Dafalias, Yannis F.	National Technical University of Athens	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 45
15	5,693	Kyzas, George Z.	International Hellenic University	Chemical Physics	Rank 106
16	5,884	GG Gazetas, George	National Technical University of Athens	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 48
17	5,920	Kotsiantis, Sotiris	University of Patras	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 201
18	6,407	SC Stefanadis, Christodoulos	Athens Medical Center	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 215
19	7,209	Damalas, Christos A.	Democritus University of Thrace	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 41
20	7,372	TT Triantafillou, T. C.	University of Patras	Civil Engineering	Rank 26
21	8,471	KD Koutsoyiannis, Demetris	National Technical University of Athens	Environmental Engineering	Rank 42
22	8,697	DE Diamanti-Kandarakis, Evanthia	Hygeia Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 170
23	8,702	TE Terpos, Evangelos	School of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 257
24	8,809	TD Tousoulis, Dimitris	School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 298
25	9,312	Papadakis, Stamatios	University of Crete	Education	Rank 69
26	9,344	SL Stefanis, Leonidas	Eginition Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 583
27	9,631	PD Panagiotakos, Demosthenes	Harokopio Panepistimio	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 332
28	11,410	PM Papageorgiou, Markos	Technical University of Crete	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 27
29	11,462	BC Biliaderis, C. G.	School of Agriculture	Food Science	Rank 61
30	11,466	FG Filippatos, Gerasimos	Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 384
31	11,740	GE Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Evangelos J.	Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón	Microbiology	Rank 273
32	12,056	VD Vamvatsikos, Dimitrios	National Technical University of Athens	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 22
33	13,036	ZA Zabaniotou, A.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Energy	Rank 256
34	13,069	TN Tavernarakis, Nektarios	Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas	Developmental Biology	Rank 447
35	13,761	TA Tsatsakis, Aristidis	University of Crete	Toxicology	Rank 62
36	14,375	KS Katsanevakis, Stelios	University of the Aegean	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 85
37	14,874	FK Farsalinos, Konstantinos	University of Patras	Substance Abuse	Rank 30
38	14,885	KG Karagiannidis, George K.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 119
39	15,344	PV Papadakis, Vagelis G.	University of Patras	Building & Construction	Rank 86
40	15,583	MH Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M.	Academy of Athens	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 103
41	15,991	NG Ntaios, George	School of Health Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 945
42	16,086	OV Oikonomou, V. K.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 175
43	16,174	AP Asteris, Panagiotis G.	School of Pedagogical and Technological Education	Civil Engineering	Rank 53
44	16,464	GE Giakoumis, Evangelos G.	National Technical University of Athens	Energy	Rank 327
45	17,662	VC Vlachopoulos, Charalambos	School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 580
46	17,951	GA Goula, Athanasia M.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Food Science	Rank 111
47	20,022	RT Rassias, Themistocles M.	National Technical University of Athens	General Mathematics	Rank 75
48	20,791	SA Stasinakis, Athanasios S.	University of the Aegean	Environmental Sciences	Rank 254
49	21,287	MG Markou, Giorgos	Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter	Biotechnology	Rank 61
50	21,611	HG Halkos, George	University of Thessaly	Economics	Rank 311
51	22,302	PG Pappas, Georgios	Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina	Microbiology	Rank 536
52	22,386	KD Kolokotsa, Dionysia	Technical University of Crete	Energy	Rank 445
53	22,894	AD Achilias, Dimitris S.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Polymers	Rank 179
54	22,930	MA Menegaki, Angeliki N.	Geoponiko Panepistimion Athinon	Energy	Rank 459
55	22,936	PA Papadopoulos, Agis	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Energy	Rank 460
56	23,090	PE Papageorgiou, Elpiniki I.	University of Thessaly	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 698
57	23,161	FK Ferentinos, K. P.	Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 133
58	23,252	DC Dordas, Christos	School of Agriculture	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 134
59	23,311	VE Vlahogianni, Eleni I.	National Technical University of Athens	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 53
60	23,365	RD Rakopoulos, Dimitrios C.	Center For Research And Technology - Hellas	Energy	Rank 466
61	23,441	MG Mavrotas, George	National Technical University of Athens	Operations Research	Rank 104
62	23,589	KK Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Food Science	Rank 151
63	23,632	TM Tektonidou, Maria	Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 154
64	23,736	KJ Kaldellis, John K.	University of West Attica	Energy	Rank 471
65	23,775	PG Papatheodoridis, George V.	School of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 288
66	24,327	SN Scarmeas, N.	Eginition Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,413
67	24,766	KK Komnitsas, Konstantinos	Technical University of Crete	Environmental Sciences	Rank 300
68	24,769	KM Koukourakis, Michail	Democritus University of Thrace	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 904
69	24,802	MH Maltezou, Helena C.	National Public Health Organization	Microbiology	Rank 594
70	26,166	GI Galanakis, I.	University of Patras	Applied Physics	Rank 543
71	26,183	VI Vardoulakis, Ioannis	National Technical University of Athens	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 232
72	26,634	PN Pavlidis, Nicholas	University of Ioannina	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 984
73	26,734	DL Duntas, Leonidas	Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 501
74	27,331	AI Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis S.	University of Thessaly	Food Science	Rank 178
75	27,778	GV Georgakilas, Vasilios	University of Patras	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 778
76	27,909	ZT Zaoutis, Theoklis E.	Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO)	Pediatrics	Rank 73
77	28,265	PP Panagiotopoulou, P.	Technical University of Crete	Physical Chemistry	Rank 122
78	28,648	KK Katsouyanni, Klea	School of Medicine	Epidemiology	Rank 51
79	28,797	MP Maragos, Petros	National Technical University of Athens	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 824
80	29,004	AL Anthopoulos, Leonidas G.	University of Thessaly	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 827
81	29,219	PC Papadimitriou, Costas	University of Thessaly	Acoustics	Rank 49
82	29,373	BD Briassoulis, Demetres	Geoponiko Panepistimion Athinon	Applied Mathematics	Rank 83
83	29,493	GH Giamarellou, Helen	Athens General Hospital	Microbiology	Rank 710
84	29,581	PG Papageorgiou, George Z.	University of Ioannina	Polymers	Rank 241
85	29,598	TG Tsoumakas, Grigorios	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 842
86	30,049	DU Dafni, Urania	Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,122
87	30,082	PS Papanikolaou, Seraphim	Geoponiko Panepistimion Athinon	Biotechnology	Rank 92
88	30,943	EE Economou, E. N.	University of Crete	Applied Physics	Rank 638
89	30,979	SE Stamatatos, Efstathios	University of the Aegean	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 877
90	31,312	NP Nikolaidis, Pantelis T.	University of West Attica	Sport Sciences	Rank 124
91	31,319	FK Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Psychiatry	Rank 628
92	31,537	SP Sfikakis, Petros P.	Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 205
93	32,550	KM Karlaftis, Matthew G.	National Technical University of Athens	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 86
94	32,572	PN Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G.	Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón	Allergy	Rank 78
95	33,081	KC Kokkinos, Constantinos M.	Democritus University of Thrace	Education	Rank 276
96	33,229	AM Angelidou, M.	Q-PLAN International Advisors P.C.	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 89
97	33,415	KN Karamanos, Nikos K.	University of Patras	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 800
98	33,422	LP Lianos, Panagiotis	University of Patras	Chemical Physics	Rank 524
99	33,527	ZA Zenetos, Argyro	Hellenic Centre for Marine Research	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 201
100	33,642	EA Efklides, Anastasia	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Social Psychology	Rank 500
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Greece are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

885 scientists affiliated with Greece are on the 2022 single-year list, and 879 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has the most listed scientists from Greece, with 123. It is followed by Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón with 82.

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 885 in 2022, a change of +32.9%.

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.