The University of Athens ranks 62nd worldwide after climbing 30 places in the AD Scientific Index World Top Universities Ranking 2024-2025

A significant distinction, which establishes the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the consciousness of the international academic community as one of the top 100 Universities worldwide for research activity, was reflected in the results of the AD Scientific Index World Top Universities Ranking 2024-2025.

More precisely, our Institution climbed up 30 places from last year’s rating to 62^nd place internationally, out of 24,317 Universities, Research Institutes, and Organizations from 220 countries included in the ranking. In addition, it ranks 15^th among European Universities and 1^st among Greek public Universities for 2024-2025. Following NKUA is Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2^nd place nationwide and in 194^th place globally. Next come the University of Patras (330^th place globally), the University of Crete (399^th place globally), and the National Technical University of Athens (425^th place globally). The University of Thessaly (472^nd place globally), the University of Ioannina (541^st place globally), Democritus University of Thrace (768^th place globally), the National Centre for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’ (822^nd place globally), and the Technical University of Crete (919^th place globally) round out the top 10 nationwide.

At the same time the top 5 Cypriot Universities and Research Institutes included in the ranking are the University of Cyprus (678^th place globally), Cyprus University of Technology (1141^st place globally), the University of Nicosia (1943^rd place globally), the Cyprus Institute (2578^th place globally), and the European University of Cyprus (2742^nd place globally).

In response to the above, the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, made the following statement:

‘The results of this ranking highlight once again the multidimensional, extroverted, and impactful nature of the scientific work carried out by the faculty members and researchers at the University of Athens. Especially when it comes to ranking systems based on open-access tools and a series of criteria that prioritize quality over quantity in research, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens stands consistently among the top 100 Universities worldwide. We heartily congratulate and wish to thank our colleagues and researchers from across the University of Athens for their highly productive and high-quality research. This is, after all, the cornerstone of a modern, successful, and globally acclaimed University, which aims at innovation, extroversion, and international collaboration.’

AD Scientific Index World Top Universities is the first ranking system and the only one based on overall and most recent research productivity indicators for scientists and researchers at each University. More specifically, the performance, score, and positions of the Institutions on the tables are determined using the H index, the i10 index, and the number of citations of their researchers as shown in Google Scholar.

Another notable distinction for the University of Athens is that it has the most scientists among Greek Universities in this ranking (2287), with 155 of them in the top 3%, 536 in the top 10%, and 927 in the top 20% of researchers worldwide.

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