Top-cited scientists by institution in Greece

23 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Greece

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Which institutions in Greece have the most top 2% scientists?

23 universities and institutes in Greece have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has the most (164), followed by National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (123) and National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (84). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	164	48
2	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	123	44
3	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)	84	32
4	University of Patras	80	33
5	University of Thessaly	63	24
6	University of Ioannina	43	15
7	Agricultural University of Athens	32	9
8	Democritus University of Thrace	32	15
9	Technical University of Crete	28	17
10	University of Crete	27	10
11	University of West Attica	19	5
12	University of the Aegean	18	7
13	University of Crete Medical School	16	2
14	Hellenic Mediterranean University	15	8
15	National Centre for Scientific Research DEMOKRITOS	15	4
16	University of the Peloponnese	14	5
17	Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas	13	4
18	University of Western Macedonia	13	5
19	Attikon University Hospital	11	2
20	Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas	11	2
21	International Hellenic University	11	5
22	University of Piraeus	11	2
23	University of Macedonia	10	5

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 110 in Greece with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.