Top-cited scientists by field in Greece

17 fields · 113 subfields · Greece

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Greece?

1,184 researchers whose current affiliation is in Greece are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 17 fields and 113 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (398, 33.6%), followed by Enabling & Strategic Technologies (135) and Information & Communication Technologies (131); the largest subfield is Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing (79). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 398 listed authors (33.6%)
Cardiovascular System & Hematology695.8%29Filippatos, Gerasimos S. #5,216
Oncology & Carcinogenesis292.4%14Trichopoulou, Antonia D. #3,756
Endocrinology & Metabolism221.9%14Chrousos, George P. #966
General & Internal Medicine211.8%4Micha, Renata #19,987
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine211.8%3Lambrinoudaki, I. V. #45,056
Neurology & Neurosurgery191.6%12Dalakas, Marinos C. #6,595
Gastroenterology & Hepatology181.5%5Papatheodoridis, George V. #25,843
Surgery181.5%1Schizas, Dimitrios N. #84,363
Pharmacology & Pharmacy171.4%2Karalis, Vangelis D. #79,938
Dentistry151.3%0Lygidakis, Nick Α. #129,304
Immunology141.2%4Dimopoulos, Meletios Athanasios #6,240
Arthritis & Rheumatology131.1%7Tektonidou, Prof Maria G. #11,975
Urology & Nephrology121.0%2Sarafidis, Pantelis A. #17,689
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases100.8%3Stratigos, Alexander J. #43,523
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging100.8%0Klontzas, Michail E. #116,908
Orthopedics100.8%1Μavrogenis, Andreas F. #67,759
Ophthalmology & Optometry90.8%1Chatziralli, Irini P. #56,336
Sport Sciences90.8%5Flouris, Andreas D. #29,014
Otorhinolaryngology80.7%0Nikolopoulos, Thomas P. #317,748
Respiratory System70.6%1BOUROS, D. E. #92,655
Pediatrics60.5%1Zaoutis, Theoklis E. #28,925
Psychiatry30.3%3Fountoulakis, K. N. #50,570
Allergy20.2%1Papadopoulos, N. G. #65,682
Complementary & Alternative Medicine10.1%0Darviri, Christina #458,726
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine10.1%0Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Evangelos J. #100,212
Environmental & Occupational Health10.1%0Alexopoulos, Evangelos C. #103,080
Legal & Forensic Medicine10.1%0Kranioti, Elena F. #514,168
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 135 listed authors (11.4%)
Energy605.1%24Hatziargyriou, Nikos D. #2,496
Materials252.1%5Kechagias, John D. #10,429
Biotechnology181.5%6Markou, Giorgos #22,563
Optoelectronics & Photonics171.4%0Nikolakopoulos, Konstantinos G. #176,972
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies100.8%4Vamvatsikos, Dimitrios I. #15,110
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology30.3%3Stoumpos, Constantinos C. #12,917
Information & Communication Technologies · 131 listed authors (11.1%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing796.7%22Kotsiantis, Sotiris B. #2,710
Networking & Telecommunications353.0%7Karagiannidis, George K. #18,845
Computer Hardware & Architecture40.3%0Kachris, Christoforos #330,420
Software Engineering30.3%1Spinellis, Diomidis D. #43,700
Medical Informatics20.2%0Bamidis, Panagiotis D. #128,604
Computation Theory & Mathematics10.1%1Achlioptas, Dimitris #59,954
Information Systems10.1%1Ioannidis, Yannis E. #71,639
Engineering · 109 listed authors (9.2%)
Industrial Engineering & Automation211.8%8Mourtzis, Dimitris #1,840
Environmental Engineering181.5%5Koutsoyiannis, Demetris #9,540
Chemical Engineering161.4%7Panagopoulos, Argyris #5,441
Civil Engineering141.2%7Asteris, Panagiotis G. #2,778
Mechanical Engineering & Transports100.8%1Aifantis, Elias C. #11,948
Electrical & Electronic Engineering90.8%1Agelidis, Vassilios G. #79,103
Biomedical Engineering60.5%1Fotiadis, Dimitris Ioannis Phd #77,034
Geological & Geomatics Engineering60.5%6Gazetas, George C. #6,499
Operations Research50.4%5Mavrotas, George #24,902
Aerospace & Aeronautics20.2%0Panagiotou, Pericles #477,138
Mining & Metallurgy20.2%0Panias, Dimitrios #175,566
Chemistry · 75 listed authors (6.3%)
Analytical Chemistry151.3%7Samanidou, Victoria F. #34,086
Polymers151.3%4Bikiaris, Dimitrios N. #4,907
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry141.2%0Chinou, Ioanna B. #135,834
Physical Chemistry110.9%5Konsolakis, Michalis #38,423
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry90.8%2Raptopoulou, Catherine P. #72,516
Organic Chemistry70.6%1Valavanidis, Athanasios #53,851
Physics & Astronomy · 70 listed authors (5.9%)
Applied Physics282.4%6Galanakis, Iosif #30,251
Nuclear & Particle Physics201.7%6Saridakis, Emmanuel N. #2,991
Optics110.9%2Kantaros, Antreas #26,972
Chemical Physics60.5%4Kyzas, George Z. #3,424
Fluids & Plasmas40.3%1Frantzeskakis, Dimitrios J. #82,684
General Physics40.3%0Paspalakis, Emmanuel #148,894
Acoustics30.3%1Papadimitriou, Costas #26,075
Astronomy & Astrophysics20.2%1Antoniadis, John #50,626
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 68 listed authors (5.7%)
Food Science302.5%19Biliaderis, Costas G. #15,364
Agronomy & Agriculture90.8%5Damalas, Christos Asterios #4,196
Dairy & Animal Science90.8%0Giannenas, Ilias A. #173,054
Forestry50.4%0Kamperidou, Vasiliki #134,773
Veterinary Sciences50.4%0Saridomichelakis, Manolis N. #358,925
Fisheries40.3%0Stergiou, Konstantinos I. #157,098
Horticulture10.1%0Koundouras, Stefanos #384,497
Biomedical Research · 60 listed authors (5.1%)
Microbiology403.4%11Latgé, Jean Paul #8,057
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology141.2%5Karamanos, Nikos K. #21,229
Nutrition & Dietetics90.8%5Papadopoulou, Sousana K. #11,984
Anatomy & Morphology60.5%0Natsis, Konstantinos I. #195,674
Developmental Biology40.3%2Tavernarakis, Nektarios #20,621
Genetics & Heredity30.3%0Patrinos, George P. #114,808
Virology30.3%0Touloumi, Giota #222,524
Mycology & Parasitology20.2%0Papadopoulos, Elias G. #219,351
Toxicology20.2%0Analitis, Antonis #193,561
Economics & Business · 39 listed authors (3.3%)
Business & Management151.3%15Kitsios, Fotis C. #31,495
Logistics & Transportation110.9%8Papageorgiou, Markos #18,513
Economics40.3%3Apergis, Nicholas #1,242
Finance40.3%4Chatziantoniou, Ioannis #41,429
Sport, Leisure & Tourism30.3%3Stylidis, Dimitrios #15,321
Marketing20.2%2Tarnanidis, Theodore K. #41,695
Econometrics10.1%1Assimakopoulos, Vassilios #92,148
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 31 listed authors (2.6%)
Environmental Sciences211.8%16Dionysiou, Dionysios Demetriou #5,527
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences80.7%6Matzarakis, A. P. #6,409
Geochemistry & Geophysics30.3%1Stiros, Stathis C. #99,461
Oceanography20.2%1Vousdoukas, Michalis Ioannis #33,864
Biology · 26 listed authors (2.2%)
Plant Biology & Botany151.3%3Petropoulos, S. A. #20,163
Entomology70.6%2Vontas, John G. #45,270
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology30.3%2Katsanevakis, Stelios #12,761
Ecology20.2%1Petanidou, Theodora #45,375
Zoology10.1%0Karaouzas, Ioannis #383,556
Social Sciences · 11 listed authors (0.9%)
Education141.2%10Papadakis, Stamatios J. #5,214
Political Science & Public Administration10.1%1Stavrakakis, Yannis #27,665
Mathematics & Statistics · 10 listed authors (0.8%)
Applied Mathematics40.3%2Papadrakakis, Manolis #80,359
General Mathematics40.3%2Rassias, Th Michael #23,035
Statistics & Probability20.2%2Mavridis, Dimitrios #30,425
Numerical & Computational Mathematics10.1%0Akrivis, Georgios D. #138,860
Built Environment & Design · 6 listed authors (0.5%)
Building & Construction60.5%5Papadakis, V. G. #16,500
Urban & Regional Planning20.2%1Angelidou, Margarita #27,772
Historical Studies · 6 listed authors (0.5%)
Archaeology50.4%1Karkanas, Panagiotis #57,957
Classics10.1%0Vlassopoulos, Kostas #343,806
History10.1%0Kitromilides, Paschalis M. #525,212
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 5 listed authors (0.4%)
Social Psychology20.2%1Efklides, Anastasia #16,482
Developmental & Child Psychology10.1%1Motti, Frosso #72,171
Public Health & Health Services · 4 listed authors (0.3%)
Nursing50.4%2Fradelos, Evangelos C. #82,810
Public Health40.3%2Vardavas, Constantine Ilias #41,063
Substance Abuse10.1%1Farsalinos, Konstantinos #83,664

1,184 listed scientists in Greece

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