Luxembourg's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Luxembourg has 65 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 22.6% from 53 in 2024. That places Luxembourg 66th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists (29), followed by Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (10).

Single Year

+16 (+21.6%) vs 2024

Career Data

+12 (+22.6%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#66

down 1 place vs 2024

Institutes

+3 (+21.4%) vs 2024

Scientists in Luxembourg on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 91% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+23.5%

2022+9.5%

2023+8.7%

2024+6.0%

2025+22.6%

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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	6,768	HM Heneka, Michael Thomas	University of Luxembourg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 565
2	13,348	TA Tkatchenko, Alexandre	University of Luxembourg	Chemical Physics	Rank 305
3	29,490	OB Ottersten, Björn E.	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 248
4	30,882	CJ Coron, Jean Sébastien	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 687
5	34,276	BT Bohn, Torsten	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Food Science	Rank 145
6	34,754	EM Esposito, Massimiliano	University of Luxembourg	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 278
7	37,575	SS Siebentritt, Susanne	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 910
8	50,879	HL Hoffmann, Lucien	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 101
9	52,147	KR Krüger, Rejko	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,558
10	59,897	TC Thornsberry, Clyde T.	Eurofins GSC LUX	Microbiology	Rank 1,499
11	59,943	BA Biryukov, Alex	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,267
12	63,926	BR Balling, Rudi	University of Luxembourg	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,999
13	65,557	RP Rodríguez, Pedro M.	Luxemboug Institute of Science and Technology	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 176
14	75,911	GD Gabbay, Dov M.	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,569
15	75,919	DM Dijst, Martin J.	University of Luxembourg	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 110
16	79,385	DB Domon, Bruno M.	Luxembourg Clinical Proteomics Center	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,993
17	79,898	DM Dicato, Mario	Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,192
18	88,641	CF Capitanescu, Florin	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,247
19	91,014	ÍJ Íñiguez, Jorge	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 2,294
20	91,080	MC Muller, Claude P.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Virology	Rank 714
21	91,634	AA Alkerwi, Ala'a Al A.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,130
22	102,244	FG Fagherazzi, Guy	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 719
23	103,872	MJ Marichal, Jean Luc	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,156
24	112,273	LJ Lagerwall, Jan Peter Felix	University of Luxembourg	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,348
25	113,114	NS Niclou, Simone P.	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,301
26	115,064	SM Spratling, Michael W.	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,395
27	116,527	RM Rupp, Matthias	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,113
28	117,133	PN Polfer, Nick C.	Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 852
29	120,956	SG Schumann, Guy Jean Pierre	RSS-Hydro	Environmental Engineering	Rank 594
30	125,339	BS Bordas, Stéphane P.A.	Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine	Applied Mathematics	Rank 275
31	126,141	HJ Hausman, Jean Francois	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,819
32	130,050	VS Villas-Bôas, Silas G.	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 960
33	135,267	PO Päpke, Olaf	Eurofins GSC LUX	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,054
34	137,335	RS Rastogi, Suresh Chandra	Member of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS)	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 843
35	152,359	DC Dierickx, Christine C.	Private Dermatology Clinic	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 946
36	154,309	WR Wennig, Robert	University of Luxembourg	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,182
37	163,415	TQ Tang, Qiang	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,499
38	166,588	KJ Kreisel, Jens	Inter-institutional Research Group	Applied Physics	Rank 4,406
39	166,832	DY Devaux, Yvan	Luxembourg Institute of Health	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 4,923
40	169,876	VH Voos, Holger	University of Luxembourg	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,283
41	171,298	BN Bahlawane, Naoufal	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 4,540
42	177,763	PB Peters, Bernhard J.	University of Luxembourg	Chemical Engineering	Rank 939
43	180,062	UA Urhausen, Axel J.P.	Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopedics	Sport Sciences	Rank 627
44	195,145	BB Bramfitt, Bruce L.	ArcelorMittal	Materials	Rank 2,819
45	196,042	CS Chatzinotas, Symeon	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,905
46	199,704	LT Le Traon, Yves	University of Luxembourg	Software Engineering	Rank 464
47	200,603	BP Beaufils, Phillippe	Centre Médical	Orthopedics	Rank 1,585
48	205,155	SE Schymanski, Emma L.	University of Luxembourg	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,783
49	206,546	VD van der, Torre Leendert	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,492
50	211,707	MG Martin, Gérard Jean	Eurofins GSC LUX	Organic Chemistry	Rank 3,575
51	225,633	GG Guerriero, Gea	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 3,359
52	230,910	WL Wirtz, Ludger	University of Luxembourg	Applied Physics	Rank 6,263
53	256,061	GJ Großschädl, Johann	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,684
54	261,873	RP Ryan, Peter Y.A.	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,817
55	279,946	RF Ricciato, Fabio	European Commission Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,844
56	283,490	ST Schaubroeck, Thomas	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,628
57	304,590	MS Mauw, Sjouke	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,895
58	328,425	BP Bouvry, Pascal	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,499
59	331,340	SS Sharma, Shree Krishna	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,431
60	351,547	BD Barbier, David	ArcelorMittal	Materials	Rank 5,603
61	421,581	YH Yin, Hongbin	ArcelorMittal	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 237
62	462,351	KW Khan, Wali Ullah	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 5,058
63	519,534	PH Proper, Henderik Alex	University of Luxembourg	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 12,597
64	706,808	CJ Charles, Jacques	ArcelorMittal	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 540
65	937,945	NP Naidu, Praveen Vummadisetty	University of Luxembourg	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 11,288
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Luxembourg are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

90 scientists affiliated with Luxembourg are on the 2025 single-year list, and 65 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, University of Luxembourg has the most listed scientists from Luxembourg, with 29. It is followed by Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology with 10.

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

On the career-long list, Luxembourg went from 34 scientists in 2020 to 65 in 2025, a change of +91.2%.

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.