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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Greece
Kostas Kordas
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,522
118,941
0.433
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Greece
Magda Tsolaki
Ορθοδοξία
Ανοια
Οικογένεια
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,857
32,412
0.591
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Greece
Apostolos Tsapas
evidence-based medicine
shared decision making
evidence synthesis
diabetes
guidelines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,080
26,074
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Greece
George K Karagiannidis
Wireless Communications
Statistical Signal Processing
AI for Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,594
22,739
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Greece
Emmanuel Roilides
paediatrics
infectious diseases
mycology
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,900
21,068
0.542
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Greece
D. Bikiaris
Polymer chemistry and technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,740
18,726
0.539
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Greece
Pantelis Sarafidis
Nephrology
Hypertension
Diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,347
18,359
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Greece
Basil Tarlatzis
Reproductive Medicine
Reproductive Endocrinology
Reproductive Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,626
18,217
0.383
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Greece
Karakiulakis George
Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,496
17,192
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Greece
George Giannakoulas
Congenital heart disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,242
16,559
0.780
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Greece
Ioannis Bossis *
hematopoiesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,997
12,981
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Greece
Despoina Xanthopoulou
Work & Organizational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,599
12,660
0.536
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Greece
Aimilios Lallas
Dermoscopy
Melanoma
Skin Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,289
12,583
0.772
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Greece
Dimitrios G Goulis
male endocrinology
female endocrinology
endocrinology of pregnancy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,135
11,529
0.636
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Greece
George Fountzilas
Medical Oncology
Translational research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,409
11,160
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Greece
Kostas Koutsoumanis
Food Microbiology
Predictive Food Microbiology
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
Food Safety
Risk Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,253
11,119
0.549
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Greece
Stergios Polyzos
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,821
10,969
0.652
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Greece
Costas Biliaderis
Food Science
Food Technology
Food Chemistry
Food Physics
Biopolymer functionality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,096
10,340
0.322
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Greece
VK Oikonomou
Cosmology
Modified Gravity
General Relativity
Mathematical Physics
Game Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,304
9,377
0.830
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Greece
Grigorios Tsoumakas
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Knowledge Discovery
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,278
9,183
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Greece
Panagiotis Anagnostis
menopause
perimenopause
premature ovarian insufficiency
osteoporosis
dyslipidaemia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,604
8,917
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Greece
Konstantinos Fountoulakis
Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,615
8,600
0.462
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Greece
Ioannis Vlahavas
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Leraning
Planning
Knowledge Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,239
8,440
0.439
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Greece
Jannis Kountouras
Professor of Medicine - Gastroenterology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,193
8,297
0.456
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Greece
Anastasia Zabaniotou
Bienergy
Pyrolysis
Circular Economy
Sustainability
Gender Equality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,055
8,043
0.501
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408
Greece
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kostas Kordas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,522
118,941
0.433
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,641
Greece
38
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Magda Tsolaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,857
32,412
0.591
Ορθοδοξία
Ανοια
Οικογένεια
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,914
Greece
45
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Apostolos Tsapas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,080
26,074
0.620
evidence-based medicine
shared decision making
evidence synthesis
diabetes
guidelines
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,772
Greece
57
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
George K Karagiannidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,594
22,739
0.605
Wireless Communications
Statistical Signal Processing
AI for Communications
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,016
Greece
67
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Emmanuel Roilides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,900
21,068
0.542
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,082
Greece
73
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
D. Bikiaris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,740
18,726
0.539
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,496
Greece
74
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pantelis Sarafidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,347
18,359
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,662
Greece
75
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Basil Tarlatzis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,626
18,217
0.383
Reproductive Medicine
Reproductive Endocrinology
Reproductive Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,903
Greece
77
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Karakiulakis George
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,496
17,192
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,788
Greece
82
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
George Giannakoulas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,242
16,559
0.780
Congenital heart disease
Pulmonary hypertension
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,919
Greece
114
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ioannis Bossis *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,997
12,981
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,797
Greece
120
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Despoina Xanthopoulou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,599
12,660
0.536
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,010
Greece
123
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aimilios Lallas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,289
12,583
0.772
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,332
Greece
133
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dimitrios G Goulis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,135
11,529
0.636
male endocrinology
female endocrinology
endocrinology of pregnancy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,726
Greece
138
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
George Fountzilas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,409
11,160
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,881
Greece
140
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kostas Koutsoumanis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,253
11,119
0.549
Food Microbiology
Predictive Food Microbiology
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
Food Safety
Risk Assessment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,504
Greece
145
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stergios Polyzos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,821
10,969
0.652
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,307
Greece
155
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Costas Biliaderis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,096
10,340
0.322
Food Science
Food Technology
Food Chemistry
Food Physics
Biopolymer functionality
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,249
Greece
173
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
VK Oikonomou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,304
9,377
0.830
Cosmology
Modified Gravity
General Relativity
Mathematical Physics
Game Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,420
Greece
184
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Grigorios Tsoumakas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,278
9,183
0.476
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Knowledge Discovery
Natural Language Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,151
Greece
191
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Panagiotis Anagnostis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,604
8,917
0.655
menopause
perimenopause
premature ovarian insufficiency
osteoporosis
dyslipidaemia
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,296
Greece
203
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Konstantinos Fountoulakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,615
8,600
0.462
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,441
Greece
212
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ioannis Vlahavas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,239
8,440
0.439
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Leraning
Planning
Knowledge Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,565
Greece
216
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jannis Kountouras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,193
8,297
0.456
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,577
Greece
224
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anastasia Zabaniotou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,055
8,043
0.501
Bienergy
Pyrolysis
Circular Economy
Sustainability
Gender Equality