Thirty-six (36) faculty members of the Agricultural University of Athens listed among the world's top scientists
Thirty-six (36) faculty members of the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) are included once again this year in the list of the world's top scientists, according to the internationally recognized bibliometric study by Professor John P.A. Ioannidis (Stanford University), published in collaboration with Elsevier. The updated list was released on September 19, 2025, under the title “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”.
The study evaluates nearly 10 million scientists worldwide and classifies researchers into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields, based on a composite indicator reflecting the impact and influence of their published work. The list includes scientists ranked in the top 2% of their respective sub-fields.
Specifically, thirty-six (36) AUA faculty members are included in this prestigious list, representing % 17.5% of the University’s faculty (217 faculty members).This distinction highlights the international recognition and high quality of research conducted at the Agricultural University of Athens, establishing it as a leading hub of creativity and innovation in agricultural sciences.
The thirty-six (36) members of the academic community of the Agricultural University of Athens included in the list are presented in the following table in alphabetical order and are distributed as follows:
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No. |
Name |
Department |
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Arvanitis Konstantinos, Professor |
Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering |
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Valiantzas Ioannis, former Professor |
Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering |
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Vontas Ioannis, Professor |
Crop Science |
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Gasparatos Dionysios, Professor |
Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering |
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Demestichas Konstantinos, Assistant Professor |
Agricultural Economics and Development |
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Zampelas Antonios, Professor |
Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Zervakis Georgios, Professor |
Crop Science |
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Zoidis Evangelos, Assoc. Professor |
Animal Science |
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Kavallieratos Nikolaos, Associate Professor |
Crop Science |
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Karabournotis Georgios, Emeritus Professor |
Biotechnology |
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Kintzios Spyridon, Professor |
Biotechnology |
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Klonis Ioannis, Emeritus Professor |
Biotechnology |
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Koutinas Apostolos, Professor |
Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Lamprou Nikolaos, Professor |
Biotechnology |
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Mandala Ioanna, Professor |
Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Maraveas Chrysanthos, Assistant Professor |
Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering |
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Moatsou Golfi, Professor |
Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Mountzouris Konstantinos, Professor |
Animal Science |
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Bartzanas Thomas, Professor |
Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering |
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Briasoulis Dimitrios, Emeritus Professor |
Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering |
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Nychas Georgios-Ioannis, Emeritus Professor |
Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Panagou Efstathios, Professor |
Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Papadakis Georgios, Professor |
Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering |
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Papanikolaou Serafeim, Associate Professor |
Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Politis Ioannis, Professor |
Animal Science |
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Roussos Petros, Professor |
Crop Science |
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Savvas Dimitrios, Professor |
Crop Science |
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Simitzis Panagiotis, Associate Professor |
Animal Science |
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Skandamis Panagiotis, Professor |
Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Soulis Konstantinos, Assistant Professor |
Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering |
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Strigglis Ioannis, Professor |
Crop Science |
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Tarantilis Petros, Professor |
Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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Travlos Ilias, Associate Professor |
Crop Science |
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Tsiligiridis Theodoros, Professor |
Agricultural Economics and Development |
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Tsiplakou Eleni, Professor |
Animal Science |
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Fountas Spyros, Professor |
Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering |
More information and the full dataset are available on Elsevier’s website: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets