Luxembourg's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Luxembourg has 58 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 20.8% from 48 in 2020. That places Luxembourg 65th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 5 places. University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists (26), followed by Luxembourg Institute of Health (11).

Single Year

+10 (+20.8%) vs 2020

Career Data

+8 (+23.5%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#65

down 5 places vs 2020

Institutes

+2 (+25.0%) vs 2020

Scientists in Luxembourg on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 21% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Luxembourg

By number of listed scientists

Single-year list2021

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All 58 scientists

Single-year list2021

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Rank in Luxembourg	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3,481	TA Tkatchenko, Alexandre	University of Luxembourg	Chemical Physics	Rank 76
2	3,487	HY Habibi, Youssef	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 20
3	8,863	BT Bohn, Torsten	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 63
4	21,166	SS Senn, Stephen J.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Statistics & Probability	Rank 137
5	22,076	SS Siebentritt, Susanne	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 464
6	22,635	AA Alkerwi, Ala’a	Luxembourg Institute of Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 278
7	22,986	EM Esposito, Massimiliano	University of Luxembourg	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 171
8	31,890	OB Ottersten, Björn	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 244
9	32,552	CJ Coron, Jean Sébastien	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 786
10	35,558	BS Bordas, S. P.A.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Mathematics	Rank 111
11	36,751	DM Dijst, Martin	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 108
12	48,140	HL Hoffmann, Lucien	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 116
13	49,636	CF Capitanescu, Florin	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,036
14	51,130	MJ Marichal, Jean Luc	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,184
15	51,431	BA Biryukov, Alex	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,188
16	51,757	KR Kruger, Rejko	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,801
17	57,337	FG Fagherazzi, Guy	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 425
18	62,044	DY Devaux, Yvan	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,711
19	64,205	BA Bisdorff, Alexandre	Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch Esch-sur-Alzette	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,387
20	65,816	ÍJ Íñiguez, J.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 1,339
21	67,566	HM Hesse, Markus	University of Luxembourg	Geography	Rank 348
22	68,539	WP Wilmes, Paul	University of Luxembourg	Microbiology	Rank 1,559
23	69,458	SE Schymanski, Emma L.	University of Luxembourg	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 452
24	74,955	NM Noman, Muhammad Zaeem	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Immunology	Rank 1,684
25	75,519	SR Seil, Romain	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Orthopedics	Rank 448
26	75,998	LJ Lagerwall, Jan P.F.	University of Luxembourg	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,018
27	87,876	TQ Tang, Qiang	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,965
28	88,530	GG Guerriero, Gea	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,381
29	91,930	BM Beine, Michel	University of Luxembourg	Economics	Rank 1,119
30	92,880	SJ Schwamborn, Jens C.	University of Luxembourg	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,653
31	99,435	WL Wirtz, Ludger	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 2,084
32	100,880	AF Azuaje, Francisco	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Bioinformatics	Rank 280
33	106,712	DB Domon, Bruno	Luxembourg Clinical Proteomics Center	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,349
34	116,617	KJ Kreisel, J.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 2,461
35	116,737	BD Brenner, Dirk	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Immunology	Rank 2,501
36	119,402	SC Soukoulis, Christos	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Food Science	Rank 930
37	128,929	BN Bahlawane, Naoufal	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,730
38	131,097	MJ Mossong, Joël	Health Directorate	Microbiology	Rank 2,922
39	132,919	SS Sharma, Shree Krishna	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,160
40	135,100	JB Janji, Bassam	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,824
41	136,557	OH Omrani, Hichem	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,078
42	136,633	PB Peters, Bernhard	Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,043
43	137,866	HJ Hausman, Jean Francois	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,174
44	142,937	VH Voos, Holger	University of Luxembourg	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,264
45	144,294	WF Werner, Florian	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 3,108
46	150,512	LC Lopes, Cláudio S.	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 3,050
47	152,896	VA Van Acker, Veronique	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 477
48	153,667	GS Greiff, Samuel	University of Luxembourg	Education	Rank 1,460
49	156,079	PM Papadakis, Mike	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 274
50	166,820	MC Muller, Claude P.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Virology	Rank 1,081
51	179,620	ST Schenk, Tony	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 3,984
52	187,661	LT Le Traon, Yves	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 348
53	190,360	CS Chatzinotas, Symeon	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,755
54	197,775	RM Remacle, Marc	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 428
55	227,927	GA Gutleb, Arno C.	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Toxicology	Rank 1,008
56	237,444	BD Brida, Daniele	University of Luxembourg	Optics	Rank 1,092
57	334,727	KD Kliazovich, Dzmitry	OPLY MOBILITY SA	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,329
58	440,428	MA Michels, Andreas	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 10,620
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Luxembourg are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

58 scientists affiliated with Luxembourg are on the 2021 single-year list, and 42 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists from Luxembourg, with 26. It is followed by Luxembourg Institute of Health with 11.

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

On the single-year list, Luxembourg went from 48 scientists in 2020 to 58 in 2021, a change of +20.8%.

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.