It is certainly noteworthy that twenty nine (29) Faculty Staff of the Agricultural University of Athens have been ranked amongst the Top Scientists throughout the world for another consecutive year, according to the recent Ranking of the Bibliometric Study of Ioannidis JPA., (2023), based on the Scopus database of the International Publishing House Elsevier and published on October 4 2023, entitled: “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”, comprising an update of the List, which represents the Top of the most-cited Scientists globally, in various disciplines.
To become more specific, such a List is released annually, ranking the impact and appeal of the scientific work of approximately 10.000.000 Scientists and Researchers across the world, classifying them into 22 major scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. In addition, the analysis carried out by a group of experts of Stanford University under the leadership of Professor John Ioannidis, has been conducted based on a number of indicators, focusing on the impact of the published work of the Top of the most-cited Scientists throughout 2022, while pertaining to the assessment of the relevant indicators for over 8.000.000 scientists worldwide. Furthermore, that Study lists all the scientists, whose published research works have accelerated progress in their respective fields, thus having influence on the advancement of the work achieved by other scientists.
This significant distinction confirms the international recognition and popularity of the high – level Research carried out at the Agricultural University of Athens, highlighting its role as a special and unique Hub of Creativity and Innovation.
The twenty nine (29) Academic Community Members of the Agricultural University of Athens named in the List, are referred to in the Table below, in alphabetical order and distributed as follows:
Number | Full Name | Department |
1 | John Valiantzas, Former Professor | Department of Natural Resources Development & Agricultural Engineering |
2 | John Vontas, Professor | Department of Crop Science |
3 | Dionysios Gasparatos, Professor | Department of Natural Resources Development & Agricultural Engineering |
4 | Antonis Zampelas, Professor | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
5 | George Zervakis, Professor | Department of Crop Science |
6 | George Zervas, Professor Emeritus, | Department of Animal Science |
7 | Nickolas Kavallieratos, Associate Professor, | Department of Crop Science |
8 | Spyridon Kintzios, Professor | Department of Biotechnology |
9 | Ioannis Klonis, Professor Emeritus | Department of Biotechnology |
10 | Apostolis Koutinas, Professor | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
11 | Nikolaos Lambrou, Professor | Department of Biotechnology |
12 | Ioanna Mandala, Professor | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
13 | Chrysanthos Maraveas, Assistant Professor | Department of Natural Resources Development & Agricultural Engineering |
14 | Angeliki Menegaki, Professor | Department of Regional and Economic Development |
15 | Konstantinos Mountzouris, Professor | Department of Animal Science |
16 | Demetres Briasoulis, Professor Emeritus | Department of Natural Resources Development & Agricultural Engineering |
17 | Georgios-Ioannis Nychas, Professor Emeritus | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
18 | Efstathios Panagou, Professor | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
19 | George Papadakis, Professor | Department of Natural Resources Development & Agricultural Engineering |
20 | Seraphim Papanikolaou, Professor | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
21 | Ioannis Politis, Professor | Department of Animal Science |
22 | Dimitrios Savvas, Professor | Department of Crop Science |
23 | Panagiotis Simitzis Associate Professor | Department of Animal Science |
24 | Panagiotis Skandamis, Professor | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
25 | Konstantinos Soulis, Assistant Professor | Department of Natural Resources Development & Agricultural Engineering |
26 | Petros Tarantilis, Professor | Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
27 | Ilias Travlos, Associate Professor | Department of Crop Science |
28 | Eleni Tsiplakou, Associate Professor | Department of Animal Science |
29 | Spyros Fountas, Professor | Department of Natural Resources Development & Agricultural Engineering |