Luxembourg's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Luxembourg has 74 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 8.8% from 68 in 2023. That places Luxembourg 68th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists (38), followed by Luxembourg Institute of Health (12).

Single Year

+6 (+8.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

+3 (+6.0%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#68

down 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

+2 (+20.0%) vs 2023

Scientists in Luxembourg on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 54% 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	1,658	HM Heneka, Michael	University of Luxembourg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 97
2	2,570	TA Tkatchenko, Alexandre	University of Luxembourg	Chemical Physics	Rank 50
3	6,017	BT Bohn, Torsten	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Food Science	Rank 37
4	16,621	EM Esposito, Massimiliano	University of Luxembourg	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 109
5	17,764	OB Ottersten, Bjorn	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 167
6	18,358	DC del Campo, Adolfo	University of Luxembourg	General Physics	Rank 120
7	19,396	FC Fisch, Christian	University of Luxembourg	Business & Management	Rank 555
8	21,072	AA Alkerwi, Ala'a	Ministry of Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 313
9	22,702	RP Rodriguez, Pedro	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 78
10	24,933	FG Fagherazzi, Guy	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 179
11	31,551	RM Rupp, Matthias	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 467
12	32,536	CF Capitanescu, Florin	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 830
13	40,844	SE Schymanski, Emma L.	University of Luxembourg	Environmental Sciences	Rank 791
14	44,814	BA Biryukov, Alex	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,753
15	45,655	CJ Coron, Jean Sébastien	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,783
16	47,369	BS Bordas, Stéphane P.A.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Mathematics	Rank 138
17	50,908	DM Dijst, Martin	University of Luxembourg	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 164
18	51,765	SS Siebentritt, Susanne	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 974
19	52,516	WP Wilmes, Paul	University of Luxembourg	Microbiology	Rank 1,094
20	54,481	BA Bisdorff, Alexandre	Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch Esch-sur-Alzette	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,600
21	62,135	ÍJ Íñiguez-González, Jorge	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 1,159
22	63,416	GG Guerriero, Gea	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,020
23	65,284	CS Chatzinotas, Symeon	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 683
24	68,950	KR Krüger, Rejko	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,162
25	72,034	GS Greiff, Samuel	University of Luxembourg	Education	Rank 878
26	74,561	HK Hussinger, Katrin	University of Luxembourg	Business & Management	Rank 1,668
27	74,647	HL Hoffmann, Lucien	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 168
28	77,583	DF Docquier, Frederic	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)	Economics	Rank 1,011
29	77,872	CJ Cabot, Jordi	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,948
30	78,188	SR Seil, Romain	Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopaedics	Orthopedics	Rank 369
31	84,390	BM Beine, Michel A.R.	University of Luxembourg	Economics	Rank 1,071
32	86,389	SC Sohn, Christophe	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)	Geography	Rank 454
33	88,381	LJ Lagerwall, Jan P.F.	University of Luxembourg	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 3,201
34	89,789	MJ Marichal, Jean Luc	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,411
35	94,724	HA Hochkirch, Axel	Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle Luxembourg	Ecology	Rank 1,717
36	97,846	TQ Tang, Qiang	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,694
37	98,645	SS Sharma, Shree Krishna	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,069
38	102,925	DY Devaux, Yvan	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,576
39	104,424	NM Noman, Muhammad Zaeem	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,424
40	107,401	TY Traon, Yves Le	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 217
41	110,420	BJ Bouayed, Jaouad	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 742
42	112,035	SC Soukoulis, Christos	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Food Science	Rank 1,265
43	112,536	KJ Kreisel, J.	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 2,144
44	114,021	BD Brenner, Dirk	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Immunology	Rank 2,168
45	123,263	KW Khan, Wali Ullah	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,354
46	128,791	PM Papadakis, Mike	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 267
47	131,353	SJ Schwamborn, Jens	University of Luxembourg	Developmental Biology	Rank 3,030
48	135,020	VH Voos, Holger	University of Luxembourg	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,436
49	137,499	TS Tikhomirov, Sergei	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,126
50	146,791	BT Bissyandé, Tegawendé F.	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 312
51	149,463	NS Niclou, Simone P.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,899
52	151,552	JB Janji, Bassam	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,968
53	152,908	MJ Mossong, Joel	Health Directorate	Microbiology	Rank 3,235
54	156,717	KJ Klucken, Jochen	University of Luxembourg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,746
55	158,685	VA Van Acker, Veronique	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 532
56	158,855	MC Muller, Claude P.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Virology	Rank 748
57	159,624	OH Omrani, Hichem	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,939
58	164,138	HJ Hausman, Jean François	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,880
59	166,073	VS Villas-Bôas, Silas Granato	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,250
60	168,018	AM Azari, M. Mahdi	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,889
61	168,965	CJ Cao, Jun	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 697
62	171,941	DM Desai, Mahesh S.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Microbiology	Rank 3,614
63	186,191	WL Wirtz, Ludger	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 3,716
64	190,007	GJ Goncalves, Jorge	University of Luxembourg	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,979
65	191,479	DM Dicato, Mario	Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer (LBMCC)	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,337
66	207,428	BN Bahlawane, Naoufal	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 4,177
67	210,921	DB Domon, Bruno	Luxembourg Clinical Proteomics Center	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,684
68	219,584	PN Polfer, Nicolas C.	Athénée du Luxembourg	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,772
69	229,460	WR Wennig, Robert	University of Luxembourg	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,866
70	267,710	NS Nagarajan, Senthil Murugan	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,160
71	278,232	BD Brida, Daniele	University of Luxembourg	Optics	Rank 1,248
72	342,816	KS Kisseleff, Steven	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 4,146
73	404,534	LE Lagunas, Eva	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 4,963
74	619,797	AG Aguayo, Gloria	Luxembourg Institute of Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6,623
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Luxembourg are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

74 scientists affiliated with Luxembourg are on the 2024 single-year list, and 53 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists from Luxembourg, with 38. It is followed by Luxembourg Institute of Health with 12.

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 74 in 2024, a change of +54.2%.

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.