At least 4 Greeks are listed in the High Energy Physics SPIRES database all time topcited theory authors list (all time in terms of the SPIRES database existence):

All-time Ranked list

The topcited theory authors in the SPIRES-HEP database


Rank

Total number of citations: Author

Citations

(No. papers)

[Ave. cit.]

1

52473:

52473

(206)

[254]

2

29718:

29718

(117)

[254]

3

28221:

28221

(446)

[63]

4

24031:

24031

(393)

[61]

5

20713:

20713

(212)

[97]

6

20493:

20493

(191)

[107]

7

19802:

19802

(112)

[176]

8

18797:

18797

( 70)

[268]

9

18708:

18708

(204)

[91]

10

17997:

17997

(156)

[115]

11

17169:

17169

(110)

[156]

12

16922:

16922

(120)

[141]

13

16852:

16852

(129)

[130]

14

16622:

16622

(200)

[83]

15

16312:

16312

(191)

[85]

16

16024:

16024

( 50)

[320]

17

15871:

15871

(164)

[96]

18

15335:

15335

(239)

[64]

19

14516:

14516

(132)

[109]

20

13953:

13953

(110)

[126]

21

13051:

13051

(294)

[44]

22

12930:

12930

(236)

[54]

23

12784:

12784

(108)

[118]

24

12706:

12706

(105)

[121]

25

12666:

12666

(169)

[74]

26

12297:

12297

(106)

[116]

27

12285:

12285

( 81)

[151]

28

11987:

11987

(117)

[102]

29

11828:

11828

( 71)

[166]

30

11695:

11695

(114)

[102]

31

11591:

11591

(356)

[32]

32

11390:

11390

(120)

[94]

33

11367:

11367

(100)

[113]

34

11290:

11290

(137)

[82]

35

11107:

11107

( 53)

[209]

36

10896:

10896

(105)

[103]

37

10844:

10844

( 98)

[110]

38

10452:

10452

( 69)

[151]

39

10441:

10441

( 97)

[107]

40

10285:

10285

(159)

[64]

41

10268:

10268

( 68)

[151]

42

10163:

10163

(174)

[58]

43

10100:

10100

( 77)

[131]

44

10091:

10091

( 90)

[112]

45

10052:

10052

(183)

[54]

46

09882:

09882

( 63)

[156]

47

09872:

09872

(141)

[70]

48

09734:

09734

(165)

[58]

49

09694:

09694

( 48)

[201]

50

09672:

09672

(195)

[49]

51

09404:

09404

( 87)

[108]

52

09102:

09102

(194)

[46]

53

08964:

08964

( 57)

[157]

54

08936:

08936

(184)

[48]

55

08907:

08907

(197)

[45]

56

08870:

08870

(121)

[73]

57

08864:

08864

(152)

[58]

58

08791:

08791

( 75)

[117]

59

08700:

08700

( 47)

[185]

60

08667:

08667

(118)

[73]

61

08536:

08536

(194)

[44]

62

08460:

08460

(221)

[38]

63

08445:

08445

(190)

[44]

64

08266:

08266

( 86)

[96]

65

08218:

08218

(125)

[65]

66

08201:

08201

( 89)

[92]

67

08082:

08082

(184)

[43]

68

08045:

08045

( 49)

[164]

69

08041:

08041

(150)

[53]

70

08010:

08010

( 81)

[98]

71

07981:

07981

( 71)

[112]

72

07973:

07973

( 95)

[83]

73

07947:

07947

( 68)

[116]

74

07892:

07892

(101)

[78]

75

07886:

07886

( 37)

[213]

76

07882:

07882

(136)

[57]

77

07877:

07877

( 92)

[85]

78

07875:

07875

(101)

[77]

79

07869:

07869

(167)

[47]

80

07710:

07710

( 34)

[226]

81

07692:

07692

(107)

[71]

82

07691:

07691

(142)

[54]

83

07663:

07663

(150)

[51]

84

07576:

07576

( 84)

[90]

85

07509:

07509

( 78)

[96]

86

07371:

07371

(125)

[58]

87

07271:

07271

(104)

[69]

88

07269:

07269

( 37)

[196]

89

07259:

07259

(142)

[51]

90

07124:

07124

(100)

[71]

91

07077:

07077

( 91)

[77]

92

07067:

07067

( 85)

[83]

93

07051:

07051

( 98)

[71]

94

07048:

07048

(109)

[64]

95

07040:

07040

( 74)

[95]

96

07032:

07032

(100)

[70]

97

07027:

07027

(142)

[49]

98

07017:

07017

( 61)

[115]

99

06945:

06945

(113)

[61]

100

06847:

06847

( 78)

[87]

101

06804:

06804

( 49)

[138]

102

06735:

06735

( 30)

[224]

103

06714:

06714

(109)

[61]

104

06707:

06707

( 97)

[69]

105

06674:

06674

(194)

[34]

106

06646:

06646

( 83)

[80]

107

06642:

06642

(109)

[60]

108

06612:

06612

(144)

[45]

109

06600:

06600

(109)

[60]

110

06584:

06584

( 53)

[124]

111

06577:

06577

( 27)

[243]

112

06541:

06541

( 84)

[77]

113

06531:

06531

( 49)

[133]

114

06432:

06432

(112)

[57]

115

06396:

06396

( 78)

[82]

116

06387:

06387

( 55)

[116]

117

06386:

06386

( 86)

[74]

118

06344:

06344

( 64)

[99]

119

06310:

06310

(121)

[52]

120

06294:

06294

(140)

[44]

121

06253:

06253

( 97)

[64]

122

06241:

06241

( 63)

[99]

123

06235:

06235

(158)

[39]

124

06223:

06223

(123)

[50]

125

06193:

06193

(106)

[58]

126

06179:

06179

( 55)

[112]

127

06137:

06137

(115)

[53]

128

06129:

06129

( 64)

[95]

129

06062:

06062

(111)

[54]

130

06031:

06031

( 78)

[77]

131

06007:

06007

(276)

[21]

132

06004:

06004

( 66)

[90]

133

06000:

06000

(127)

[47]

134

05993:

05993

( 46)

[130]

135

05990:

05990

( 71)

[84]

136

05978:

05978

(117)

[51]

137

05936:

05936

( 44)

[134]

138

05920:

05920

(105)

[56]

139

05915:

05915

( 45)

[131]

140

05884:

05884

( 85)

[69]

141

05838:

05838

( 83)

[70]

142

05835:

05835

(102)

[57]

143

05820:

05820

( 24)

[242]

144

05813:

05813

(195)

[29]

145

05785:

05785

( 84)

[68]

146

05758:

05758

( 97)

[59]

147

05746:

05746

( 85)

[67]

148

05669:

05669

( 67)

[84]

149

05629:

05629

(108)

[52]

150

05604:

05604

(121)

[46]

151

05584:

05584

( 76)

[73]

152

05559:

05559

(200)

[27]

153

05540:

05540

( 83)

[66]

154

05496:

05496

( 90)

[61]

155

05465:

05465

(144)

[37]

156

05361:

05361

( 80)

[67]

157

05358:

05358

(134)

[39]

158

05315:

05315

(105)

[50]

159

05285:

05285

( 64)

[82]

160

05270:

05270

(107)

[49]

161

05228:

05228

(170)

[30]

162

05216:

05216

( 54)

[96]

163

05216:

05216

(184)

[28]

164

05210:

05210

( 83)

[62]

165

05189:

05189

( 88)

[58]

166

05181:

05181

(150)

[34]

167

05169:

05169

( 50)

[103]

168

05150:

05150

( 47)

[109]

169

05142:

05142

(189)

[27]

170

05125:

05125

(126)

[40]

171

05121:

05121

( 42)

[121]

172

05121:

05121

( 33)

[155]

173

05087:

05087

( 81)

[62]

174

05055:

05055

(114)

[44]

175

05050:

05050

( 85)

[59]

176

05044:

05044

( 81)

[62]

177

05023:

05023

( 87)

[57]

178

04965:

04965

( 75)

[66]

179

04956:

04956

( 82)

[60]

180

04955:

04955

( 45)

[110]

181

04949:

04949

( 72)

[68]

182

04944:

04944

(152)

[32]

183

04926:

04926

( 81)

[60]

184

04924:

04924

( 93)

[52]

185

04923:

04923

(106)

[46]

186

04896:

04896

(111)

[44]

187

04877:

04877

( 59)

[82]

188

04873:

04873

(139)

[35]

189

04871:

04871

( 57)

[85]

190

04863:

04863

(101)

[48]

191

04819:

04819

( 94)

[51]

192

04795:

04795

(213)

[22]

193

04783:

04783

( 57)

[83]

194

04770:

04770

(113)

[42]

195

04770:

04770

( 43)

[110]

196

04768:

04768

( 90)

[52]

197

04725:

04725

(129)

[36]

198

04693:

04693

( 72)

[65]

199

04691:

04691

( 67)

[70]

200

04679:

04679

( 96)

[48]

201

04678:

04678

(193)

[24]

202

04672:

04672

(134)

[34]

203

04650:

04650

( 27)

[172]

204

04646:

04646

( 89)

[52]

205

04642:

04642

(170)

[27]

206

04642:

04642

( 84)

[55]

207

04611:

04611

(119)

[38]

208

04577:

04577

(181)

[25]

209

04574:

04574

(108)

[42]

210

04565:

04565

( 86)

[53]

211

04562:

04562

(261)

[17]

212

04561:

04561

( 55)

[82]

213

04547:

04547

(104)

[43]

214

04545:

04545

(106)

[42]

215

04544:

04544

( 58)

[78]

216

04533:

04533

( 84)

[53]

217

04522:

04522

(114)

[39]

218

04518:

04518

( 85)

[53]

219

04510:

04510

( 73)

[61]

220

04494:

04494

( 58)

[77]

221

04482:

04482

(159)

[28]

222

04480:

04480

( 83)

[53]

223

04470:

04470

( 70)

[63]

224

04409:

04409

( 90)

[48]

225

04404:

04404

( 68)

[64]

226

04399:

04399

( 96)

[45]

227

04389:

04389

(177)

[24]

228

04378:

04378

(102)

[42]

229

04374:

04374

( 32)

[136]

230

04370:

04370

(115)

[38]

231

04369:

04369

(383)

[11]

232

04361:

04361

( 75)

[58]

233

04352:

04352

( 87)

[50]

234

04337:

04337

(124)

[34]

235

04308:

04308

( 68)

[63]

236

04306:

04306

(153)

[28]

237

04287:

04287

( 43)

[99]

238

04278:

04278

( 60)

[71]

239

04271:

04271

(132)

[32]

240

04257:

04257

(137)

[31]

241

04246:

04246

(110)

[38]

242

04236:

04236

(101)

[41]

243

04230:

04230

( 15)

[282]

244

04219:

04219

( 16)

[263]

245

04196:

04196

( 80)

[52]

246

04195:

04195

(104)

[40]

247

04193:

04193

( 87)

[48]

248

04165:

04165

( 35)

[119]

249

04158:

04158

( 49)

[84]

250

04139:

04139

( 96)

[43]

251

04138:

04138

( 84)

[49]

252

04136:

04136

( 21)

[196]

253

04121:

04121

( 85)

[48]

254

04111:

04111

( 96)

[42]

255

04106:

04106

(121)

[33]


Number one in this list of theoretical physics top cited scientists is the mathematician Edward Witten. One should be carefull interpreting this list since P. A. M. Dirac or R. P. Feynman are behind the top cited scientists. Some work becomes classic and is not cited or is not cited directly.

As far as the Laws of Mathematics refer to Reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to Reality
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)


Part of the work cited in today theoretical physics is more mathematical theory (and as such also important) but probably will remain mathematical theory except if experiments will some day confirm that it can describe also some aspects of the physical world. The list represents more who influences the work of physicist in our times. Number 33 Dimopoulos climbed in this list rapidly as together with others he proposed the possibility of existence of extra dimensions that triggered in a short time a lot of work on this topic. Current experiments do not confirm this hypothesis but probably we will know more from future LHC experiments. Until then we will see the citation index of D. Savopoulos to rise. I think also it is interesting to see also the average number of citations per article that I think is also important.