Luxembourg's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Luxembourg has 72 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 24.1% from 58 in 2021. That places Luxembourg 65th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists (35), followed by Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (17).

Single Year

+14 (+24.1%) vs 2021

Career Data

+4 (+9.5%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#65

No change vs 2021

Institutes

+3 (+30.0%) vs 2021

Scientists in Luxembourg on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 50% 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

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Rank in Luxembourg	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,879	TA Tkatchenko, Alexandre	University of Luxembourg	Chemical Physics	Rank 57
2	4,368	HY Habibi, Youssef	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Polymers	Rank 20
3	8,019	BT Bohn, Torsten	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Food Science	Rank 46
4	14,923	EM Esposito, Massimiliano	University of Luxembourg	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 98
5	15,773	DC del Campo, Adolfo	University of Luxembourg	General Physics	Rank 96
6	16,601	RP Rodríguez, Pedro	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 53
7	21,131	SS Siebentritt, Susanne	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 434
8	23,217	AA AlKerwi, Ala’a	Health Directorate	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 336
9	23,881	BL Briand, Lionel C.	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 24
10	32,862	CJ Coron, Jean Sébastien	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 923
11	35,939	OB Ottersten, Björn	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 301
12	40,979	FG Fagherazzi, Guy	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 291
13	44,439	BS Bordas, Stéphane P.A.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Mathematics	Rank 123
14	49,651	HL Hoffmann, Lucien	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 110
15	52,667	KR Krüger, R.	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,872
16	53,303	CF Capitanescu, Florin	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,134
17	54,115	WP Wilmes, Paul	University of Luxembourg	Microbiology	Rank 1,293
18	56,590	BA Biryukov, Alex	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,569
19	57,131	NM Noman, Muhammad Zaeem	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,162
20	59,038	SE Schymanski, Emma L.	University of Luxembourg	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 341
21	64,947	BA Bisdorff, Alexandre	Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch Esch-sur-Alzette	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,468
22	68,346	EA Elbir, Ahmet M.	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 593
23	72,121	ÍJ Íñiguez, Jorge	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 1,472
24	72,368	DY Devaux, Yvan	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,017
25	76,663	SJ Schwamborn, Jens	University of Luxembourg	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,245
26	77,436	GG Guerriero, Gea	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,222
27	78,879	LJ Lagerwall, Jan P.F.	University of Luxembourg	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,410
28	82,765	MJ Marichal, Jean Luc	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,244
29	85,672	SS Sharma, Shree Krishna	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 777
30	91,250	KJ Klucken, Jochen	University of Luxembourg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,672
31	94,300	BM Beine, Michel A.R.	University of Luxembourg	Economics	Rank 1,063
32	97,265	TQ Tang, Qiang	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,597
33	98,233	KJ Kreisel, J.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 2,011
34	98,342	SR Seil, Romain	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Orthopedics	Rank 576
35	108,009	WL Wirtz, L.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 2,202
36	108,238	BD Brenner, Dirk	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Immunology	Rank 2,515
37	109,686	MJ Mossong, Joël	Health Directorate	Microbiology	Rank 2,573
38	111,528	ST Schaubroeck, Thomas	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,544
39	111,891	JB Janji, Bassam	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,184
40	114,980	DB Domon, Bruno	Luxembourg Clinical Proteomics Center	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,662
41	120,285	NS Niclou, Simone P.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,542
42	121,258	LT Le Traon, Yves	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 208
43	123,256	BN Bahlawane, Naoufal	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,527
44	123,452	WF Werner, Florian	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 2,531
45	130,005	CS Chatzinotas, Symeon	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,219
46	130,110	SC Soukoulis, Christos	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Food Science	Rank 1,131
47	134,262	OH Omrani, Hichem	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,591
48	134,795	PM Papadakis, Mike	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 245
49	137,884	LC Lopes, C. S.	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 2,510
50	139,669	HJ Hausman, Jean Francois	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,293
51	143,561	ST Schenk, Tony	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 3,035
52	146,520	GS Greiff, Samuel	University of Luxembourg	Education	Rank 1,388
53	151,271	DM Dicato, Mario	Hopital Kirchberg	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,706
54	153,759	VA Van Acker, Veronique	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 474
55	159,501	VH Voos, Holger	University of Luxembourg	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,407
56	162,683	VS Villas-boas, Silas	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,185
57	167,693	PB Peters, Bernhard	University of Luxembourg	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,250
58	180,300	PN Polfer, Nicolas C.	Athénée du Luxembourg	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,350
59	203,245	BT Bissyandé, Tegawendé F.	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 386
60	215,104	RM Remacle, M.	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 459
61	215,485	BD Brida, Daniele	University of Luxembourg	Optics	Rank 902
62	222,230	PM Palattella, Maria Rita	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,240
63	237,477	DP Diederich, Paul	Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle Luxembourg	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 402
64	242,218	CJ Cao, Jun	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 940
65	262,724	GA Gutleb, Arno C.	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Toxicology	Rank 1,177
66	271,503	NV Nguyen, Van Dinh	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,800
67	276,846	AM Azari, M. Mahdi	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,889
68	287,409	DE Defay, Emmanuel	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 6,300
69	342,369	KD Kliazovich, Dzmitry	Business Development Executive LuxProvide S.A.	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,705
70	532,825	MA Michels, A.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 12,375
71	575,036	SK Singh, Kanwar Bharat	Goodyear S.A.	Automobile Design & Engineering	Rank 23
72	776,698	KW Khan, Wali Ullah	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 9,377
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Frequently asked questions

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

72 scientists affiliated with Luxembourg are on the 2022 single-year list, and 46 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists from Luxembourg, with 35. It is followed by Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology with 17.

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 72 in 2022, a change of +50.0%.

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.