Greece's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Greece has 926 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 4.6% from 885 in 2022. That places Greece 31st in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has the most listed scientists (122), followed by National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (88).

Single Year

926

+41 (+4.6%) vs 2022

Career Data

971

+92 (+10.5%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#31

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

115

-3 (-2.5%) vs 2022

Scientists in Greece on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 39% 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	822	AN Apergis, Nicholas	University of Piraeus	Economics	Rank 14
2	932	CG Chrousos, George Panagiotis	Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 16
3	1,741	Galanakis, Charis M.	Galanakis Laboratories	Food Science	Rank 14
4	1,893	HN Hatziargyriou, Nikos	National Technical University of Athens	Energy	Rank 48
5	2,103	SM Sigala, Marianna	University of Piraeus	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 9
6	3,608	TA Trichopoulou, Antonia	Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 116
7	3,833	Kyzas, George Z.	International Hellenic University	Chemical Physics	Rank 72
8	4,340	BE Bellos, Evangelos	School of Mechanical Engineering	Energy	Rank 94
9	4,878	DM Dimopoulos, Meletios A.	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 171
10	4,985	Kotsiantis, Sotiris	University of Patras	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 204
11	5,073	MD Mourtzis, Dimitris	University of Patras	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 53
12	5,487	GG Gazetas, George	National Technical University of Athens	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 46
13	5,658	LJ Latgé, Jean Paul	Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas	Microbiology	Rank 112
14	5,911	Panagopoulos, Argyris	National Technical University of Athens	Chemical Engineering	Rank 27
15	6,098	BD Bikiaris, Dimitrios N.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Polymers	Rank 36
16	6,109	Damalas, Christos A.	Democritus University of Thrace	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 37
17	6,874	Papadakis, Stamatios	University of Crete	Education	Rank 59
18	7,112	AP Asteris, Panagiotis G.	School of Pedagogical and Technological Education	Civil Engineering	Rank 25
19	7,447	BH Butt, Hans Jürgen	University of Ioannina	Chemical Physics	Rank 122
20	7,452	OV Oikonomou, V. K.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 69
21	7,459	SC Stefanadis, Christodoulos	Athens Medical Center	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 252
22	7,509	DY Dafalias, Yannis F.	National Technical University of Athens	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 66
23	7,516	KD Koutsoyiannis, Demetris	National Technical University of Athens	Environmental Engineering	Rank 32
24	7,653	SC Stoumpos, Constantinos C.	University of Crete	General Chemistry	Rank 35
25	8,154	FM Falagas, Matthew E.	Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS)	Microbiology	Rank 169
26	8,173	PD Panagiotakos, Demosthenes	Harokopio University of Athens	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 287
27	8,919	DE Diamanti-Kandarakis, Evanthia	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 169
28	9,041	FG Filippatos, Gerasimos	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 315
29	9,044	GE Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Evangelos J.	School of Medicine	Microbiology	Rank 189
30	9,297	TE Terpos, Evangelos	School of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 231
31	9,834	TT Triantafillou, T. C.	University of Patras	Civil Engineering	Rank 37
32	10,089	SL Stefanis, Leonidas	Eginition Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 568
33	10,491	HG Halkos, George E.	University of Thessaly	Economics	Rank 173
34	12,699	TD Tousoulis, Dimitris	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 432
35	12,737	PM Papageorgiou, Markos	Technical University of Crete	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 31
36	13,138	ZA Zabaniotou, Anastasia	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Energy	Rank 285
37	14,037	KG Karagiannidis, George K.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 125
38	14,371	VD Vamvatsikos, Dimitrios	National Technical University of Athens	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 28
39	14,636	BD Briassoulis, Demetres	Agricultural University of Athens	Polymers	Rank 105
40	14,652	PV Papadakis, Vagelis G.	University of Patras	Building & Construction	Rank 95
41	14,673	KJ Kaldellis, John K.	University of West Attica	Energy	Rank 323
42	14,695	BC Biliaderis, Costas G.	School of Agriculture	Food Science	Rank 104
43	14,947	VC Vlachopoulos, Charalambos	School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 502
44	15,472	MG Mavrotas, George	National Technical University of Athens	Operations Research	Rank 70
45	15,530	TA Tsatsakis, Aristidis	University of Crete	Toxicology	Rank 58
46	15,876	DL Duntas, Leonidas	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 301
47	15,978	NG Ntaios, George	School of Health Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 873
48	16,751	TM Tektonidou, Maria G.	School of Medicine	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 105
49	17,348	SD Stylidis, Dimitrios	University of Crete	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 75
50	18,528	MH Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M.	Academy of Athens	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 120
51	18,567	GE Giakoumis, Evangelos G.	National Technical University of Athens	Energy	Rank 409
52	19,210	MG Markou, Giorgos	Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DIMITRAADA	Biotechnology	Rank 66
53	19,519	KK Komnitsas, K.	Technical University of Crete	Environmental Sciences	Rank 292
54	20,020	GA Goula, Athanasia M.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Food Science	Rank 161
55	20,148	TN Tavernarakis, Nektarios	Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas	Developmental Biology	Rank 584
56	20,240	KD Kolokotsa, Dionysia	Technical University of Crete	Energy	Rank 445
57	20,343	SG Stergiou, George S.	School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 674
58	20,503	PA Papadopoulos, Agis M.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Energy	Rank 452
59	21,366	VE Vlahogianni, Eleni I.	National Technical University of Athens	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 55
60	21,937	KK Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Food Science	Rank 181
61	22,897	FK Ferentinos, Konstantinos P.	Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DIMITRAADA	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 154
62	23,109	KM Koukourakis, Michael I.	Democritus University of Thrace	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 829
63	23,318	SN Scarmeas, Nikolaos	Eginition Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,237
64	23,477	MH Maltezou, Helena C.	National Public Health Organization	Microbiology	Rank 550
65	23,623	DC Dordas, Christos	School of Agriculture	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 159
66	23,953	SA Stasinakis, Athanasios S.	University of the Aegean	Environmental Sciences	Rank 378
67	24,146	AI Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis S.	University of Thessaly	Food Science	Rank 205
68	24,414	MA Menegaki, Angeliki N.	Agricultural University of Athens	Energy	Rank 542
69	24,445	KS Katsanevakis, Stelios	University of the Aegean	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 134
70	24,496	FK Fountoulakis, Kostas N.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Psychiatry	Rank 497
71	24,581	PE Papageorgiou, Elpiniki	University of Thessaly	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 839
72	24,599	KN Karamanos, Nikos K.	University of Patras	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 494
73	25,322	TG Tsoumakas, Grigorios	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 871
74	25,629	PG Papatheodoridis, George	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 298
75	26,675	AD Achilias, Dimitris S.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Polymers	Rank 202
76	26,820	TG Tsivgoulis, Georgios	Attikon University Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,409
77	28,017	FG Filis, George	University of Patras	Finance	Rank 110
78	28,147	RE Roilides, Emmanuel	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Microbiology	Rank 663
79	28,360	EE Evangelou, Evangelos	Faculty of Medicine	Developmental Biology	Rank 788
80	28,577	FK Farsalinos, Konstantinos	University of West Attica	Substance Abuse	Rank 75
81	29,109	KM Karlaftis, Matthew G.	National Technical University of Athens	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 78
82	29,382	EA Efklides, Anastasia	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Social Psychology	Rank 485
83	29,613	DU Dafni, Urania	National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Health Sciences	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,043
84	29,681	RT Rassias, Themistocles M.	National Technical University of Athens	General Mathematics	Rank 109
85	29,898	AI Anastopoulos, Ioannis	University of Ioannina	Chemical Physics	Rank 442
86	30,232	SD Spinellis, Diomidis	Athens University of Economics and Business	Software Engineering	Rank 43
87	30,941	GI Galanakis, Iosif	University of Patras	Applied Physics	Rank 606
88	31,310	PN Pavlidis, Nicholas	University of Ioannina	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,113
89	31,376	EE Economou, Eleftherios N.	University of Crete	Applied Physics	Rank 612
90	31,414	MP Maragos, Petros	National Technical University of Athens	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,054
91	31,575	XD Xanthopoulou, Despoina	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Business & Management	Rank 743
92	31,606	CG Chryssolouris, George	University of Patras	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 314
93	32,175	PS Polyzos, Stergios A.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 576
94	32,209	KM Konsolakis, Michalis	Technical University of Crete	Physical Chemistry	Rank 130
95	32,308	KC Karayannis, Chris G.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Civil Engineering	Rank 113
96	32,326	AD Achlioptas, Dimitris	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 65
97	32,679	KN Kounis, Nicholas G.	School of Medicine of Patras University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,045
98	33,135	PC Papadimitriou, Costas	University of Thessaly	Acoustics	Rank 57
99	33,321	PG Pappas, Georgios	Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina	Microbiology	Rank 782
100	33,714	PG Papageorgiou, George Z.	University of Ioannina	Polymers	Rank 286
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Greece are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

926 scientists affiliated with Greece are on the 2023 single-year list, and 971 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has the most listed scientists from Greece, with 122. It is followed by National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with 88.

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 926 in 2023, a change of +39.0%.

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.