Luxembourg's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Luxembourg has 48 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Luxembourg 60th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists (27), followed by Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (8).

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World rank by count

#60

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Scientists in Luxembourg on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+20.8%

2022+24.1%

2023-5.6%

2024+8.8%

2025+21.6%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	48		34
2021	58	+20.8%	42	+23.5%
2022	72	+24.1%	46	+9.5%
2023	68	-5.6%	50	+8.7%
2024	74	+8.8%	53	+6.0%
2025	90	+21.6%	65	+22.6%

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Rank in Luxembourg	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,926	HY Habibi, Youssef	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 22
2	5,337	TA Tkatchenko, Alexandre	University of Luxembourg	Chemical Physics	Rank 115
3	13,816	BT Bohn, Torsten	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 93
4	16,106	BL Briand, Lionel	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 17
5	17,484	SS Senn, Stephen	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Statistics & Probability	Rank 112
6	20,219	EM Esposito, Massimiliano	University of Luxembourg	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 181
7	20,416	AA Alkerwi, Ala'A	Luxembourg Institute of Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 230
8	21,889	CJ Coron, Jean Sébastien	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 614
9	23,501	SS Siebentritt, Susanne	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 502
10	27,790	OB Ottersten, Bjorn	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 282
11	39,799	MJ Marichal, Jean Luc	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,057
12	43,191	BA Biryukov, Alex	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,139
13	45,006	CF Capitanescu, Florin	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 948
14	47,019	TI Thiele, Ines	University of Luxembourg	Bioinformatics	Rank 138
15	50,153	TQ Tang, Qiang	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,291
16	53,497	DM Dijst, Martin	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 156
17	53,784	KR Krüger, Rejko	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,973
18	56,398	BM Byram, Michael	University of Luxembourg	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 119
19	60,261	HL Hoffmann, Lucien	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 405
20	72,704	BM Beine, Michel	University of Luxembourg	Economics	Rank 922
21	76,578	ÍJ Íñiguez, Jorge	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 1,716
22	79,535	HM Hesse, Markus	University of Luxembourg	Geography	Rank 376
23	82,072	DB Domon, Bruno	Luxembourg Clinical Proteomics Center	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,605
24	83,084	SE Schymanski, Emma L.	University of Luxembourg	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 634
25	87,975	DY Devaux, Yvan	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,274
26	93,950	SR Seil, Romain	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Orthopedics	Rank 557
27	96,384	WP Wilmes, Paul	University of Luxembourg	Microbiology	Rank 2,006
28	99,089	LJ Lagerwall, Jan P.F.	University of Luxembourg	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,794
29	99,136	BN Bahlawane, Naoufal	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,265
30	103,221	KJ Kreisel, J.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 2,368
31	103,664	WL Wirtz, Ludger	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 2,374
32	115,942	PB Peters, Bernhard	University of Luxembourg	Chemical Engineering	Rank 832
33	117,212	VH Voos, Holger	University of Luxembourg	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,177
34	120,130	DM Dicato, M.	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,187
35	125,004	GG Guerriero, Gea	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,861
36	129,517	SC Soukoulis, Christos	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Food Science	Rank 914
37	145,188	PM Palattella, Maria Rita	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,680
38	149,210	SS Sharma, Shree K.	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,729
39	150,686	LT Le Traon, Yves	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 341
40	158,125	PM Papadakis, Mike	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 363
41	158,155	CS Chatzinotas, Symeon	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,821
42	168,107	MC Muller, Claude P.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Virology	Rank 968
43	169,655	RM Remacle, Marc	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 342
44	197,823	GJ Goncalves, Jorge	University of Luxembourg	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,944
45	198,648	KD Kliazovich, Dzmitry	ExaMotive	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,351
46	227,826	DP Diederich, Paul	Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle Luxembourg	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 372
47	243,570	KD Kreutz, Diego	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,931
48	327,171	VP Verissimo, Paulo Esteves	University of Luxembourg	Computer Hardware & Architecture	Rank 303
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Luxembourg are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

48 scientists affiliated with Luxembourg are on the 2020 single-year list, and 34 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists from Luxembourg, with 27. It is followed by Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology with 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.