Research in Athens
Science Explorer records 251 research institutions in Athens, Greece. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, National Technical University of Athens and University of West Attica.
- Research institutions
- 251 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 192k ▲ 14% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 3.8M 19.9 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 20.4% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Athens?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National and Kapodistrian University of AthensUniversity | 53,003 | #838 | |
| 2 | National Technical University of AthensUniversity | 34,924 | #1,416 | |
| 3 | National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos"Research facility | 10,508 | #2,833 | |
| 4 | Agricultural University of AthensUniversity | 7,021 | #3,543 | |
| 5 | Athens University of Economics and BusinessUniversity | 6,658 | #2,243 | |
| 6 | University of West AtticaUniversity | 4,940 | #1,751 | |
| 7 | Hippocration General HospitalHospital / health system | 3,972 | #9,653 | |
| 8 | Evangelismos HospitalHospital / health system | 3,027 | #19,162 | |
| 9 | Red Cross HospitalHospital / health system | 3,014 | #12,495 | |
| 10 | Harokopio University of AthensUniversity | 2,859 | #2,431 | |
| 11 | University General Hospital AttikonHospital / health system | 2,793 | #9,533 | |
| 12 | National Hellenic Research FoundationFunder | 2,634 | #15,982 | |
| 13 | Panteion UniversityUniversity | 2,426 | #4,809 | |
| 14 | Academy of AthensUniversity | 2,197 | #7,381 | |
| 15 | Technological Educational Institute of AthensUniversity | 2,153 | #8,030 all time | |
| 16 | National Observatory of AthensResearch facility | 2,137 | #17,230 | |
| 17 | Alexandra HospitalHospital / health system | 1,953 | #11,452 | |
| 18 | KAT General Hospital of AtticaHospital / health system | 1,666 | #11,710 | |
| 19 | Sotiria General HospitalHospital / health system | 1,639 | #9,821 | |
| 20 | Athens Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,634 | #11,419 | |
| 21 | Eginition HospitalHospital / health system | 1,462 | #13,521 | |
| 22 | Children's Hospital Agia SophiaHospital / health system | 1,380 | #17,963 | |
| 23 | Onassis Cardiac Surgery CenterHospital / health system | 1,303 | #14,324 | |
| 24 | General Hospital of Athens G. GenimatasHospital / health system | 1,252 | #17,789 | |
| 25 | Aretaeio HospitalHospital / health system | 1,251 | #19,283 | |
| 26 | National Agricultural Research FoundationResearch facility | 1,123 | #9,977 all time | |
| 27 | Institute of Child HealthHospital / health system | 1,075 | #7,937 all time | |
| 28 | St Savas HospitalHospital / health system | 1,022 | #21,083 | |
| 29 | Metropolitan CollegeUniversity | 925 | #12,082 | |
| 30 | The American College of GreeceNonprofit | 901 | #5,896 | |
| 31 | Hellenic Air ForceGovernment institution | 864 | #11,160 | |
| 32 | Hygeia HospitalHospital / health system | 842 | #17,241 | |
| 33 | National School of Public HealthUniversity | 801 | #15,469 | |
| 34 | Sismanoglio General HospitalHospital / health system | 781 | #14,470 | |
| 35 | Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 773 | #17,339 | |
| 36 | Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of AthensNonprofit | 727 | #13,602 | |
| 37 | Benaki Phytopathological InstituteResearch facility | 716 | #19,890 | |
| 38 | 401 General Military Hospital of AthensHospital / health system | 715 | #21,465 | |
| 39 | Metropolitan HospitalHospital / health system | 701 | #13,488 | |
| 40 | Metaxa HospitalHospital / health system | 692 | #21,005 | |
| 41 | Athens Information TechnologyNonprofit | 641 | #13,845 all time | |
| 42 | Andreas Sygros HospitalHospital / health system | 635 | #17,023 | |
| 43 | Hellenic Red CrossNonprofit | 616 | #20,557 | |
| 44 | Forthnet (Greece)Company | 613 | #17,131 all time | |
| 45 | French School at AthensResearch facility | 579 | #16,448 | |
| 46 | Agia Olga HospitalHospital / health system | 559 | #21,673 | |
| 47 | Henry Dunant HospitalHospital / health system | 554 | #21,998 | |
| 48 | National Centre for Social researchResearch facility | 502 | #15,337 | |
| 49 | Athens Naval & Veterans HospitalHospital / health system | 486 | #19,384 | |
| 50 | American School of Classical Studies at AthensUniversity | 452 | #14,100 all time | |
| 51 | Hellenic Ministry of Culture and SportsGovernment institution | 441 | #15,183 | |
| 52 | Frontier Science Foundation-HellasNonprofit | 430 | #8,979 | |
| 53 | Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research CenterResearch facility | 429 | #15,927 | |
| 54 | Stavros Niarchos FoundationNonprofit | 423 | #13,279 | |
| 55 | General Hospital Asklepieio VoulasHospital / health system | 389 | #22,121 | |
| 56 | Innovative Technologies Center (Greece)Company | 355 | #16,125 all time | |
| 57 | Polyclinic General HospitalHospital / health system | 350 | #20,809 | |
| 58 | NIMTS HospitalHospital / health system | 349 | #30,987 all time | |
| 59 | British School at AthensUniversity | 342 | #20,682 all time | |
| 60 | Thorax FoundationResearch facility | 326 | #20,053 all time |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Athens work in?
In 2022-now, 34% of research in Athens is in Health Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Engineering (12%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences14k34.1%
- Medicine12k30.8%
- Health Professions8242.1%
- Dentistry2460.6%
- Nursing1980.5%
- Veterinary420.1%
- Physical Sciences13k32.7%
- Engineering4,85112.1%
- Computer Science2,5816.4%
- Environmental Science1,9885.0%
- Physics and Astronomy9322.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences8752.2%
- Materials Science6871.7%
- Chemistry4181.0%
- Mathematics4031.0%
- Energy3010.7%
- Chemical Engineering710.2%
- Social Sciences8,31620.7%
- Social Sciences3,2158.0%
- Psychology1,3063.3%
- Arts and Humanities1,2703.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,1622.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting9602.4%
- Decision Sciences4031.0%
- Life Sciences5,01812.5%
What is Athens strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Athens is most concentrated in Space and Planetary Science, Archeology and Classics (6.0× the world share in Space and Planetary Science).
- Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 41.7 works6.0×
- ArcheologySubfield · 348.9 works3.3×
- ClassicsSubfield · 64.2 works3.1×
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 21.9 works2.8×
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 984.5 works2.7×
- Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 189.5 works2.4×
- General EnergySubfield · 22.2 works2.4×
- FinanceSubfield · 248.7 works2.4×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Medicine1.60×11k works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×1,044 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.35×737 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.31×462 works
- Dentistry1.25×212 works
- Arts and Humanities1.07×1,081 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×1,970 works
- Decision Sciences1.05×353 works
- Psychology1.05×1,115 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.03×797 works
- Environmental Science1.00×1,726 works
- Nursing0.99×170 works
- Neuroscience0.89×503 works
- Energy0.85×273 works
- Mathematics0.84×344 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×1,370 works
- Computer Science0.83×2,244 works
- Engineering0.83×4,337 works
- Health Professions0.79×724 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.76×853 works
- Veterinary0.73×34 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×87 works
- Chemistry0.67×369 works
- Social Sciences0.61×2,711 works
- Chemical Engineering0.50×61 works
- Materials Science0.50×605 works
Which keywords describe research in Athens?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Treatment and Metabolic Syndrome.
- Mediterranean
- Echocardiography
- Prognostic Factors
- Guidelines
- Mortality
- Immunotherapy
- Biomarkers
- Depression
- Economic Growth
- Energy Efficiency
- Chemotherapy
- Public Health
- Diagnosis
- Renewable Energy
- Remote Sensing
- Quality of Life
- Treatment
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Deep Learning
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Oxidative Stress
- Risk Factors
- Environmental Impact
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Cancer
- Obesity
- Management
- Big Data
- Clinical Trials
- Genetics
- Heart Failure
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Global Burden
- Health Effects
- Hypertension
- Cardiovascular Events
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Epidemiology2,184▲ 1.37×138 topics
- Inflammation1,268▲ 1.49×83 topics
- Climate Change1,260◆ 1.15×121 topics
- Machine Learning1,243◆ 0.93×95 topics
- Deep Learning1,075▼ 0.78×83 topics
- Sustainability1,036◆ 1.06×124 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease958▲ 2.1×39 topics
- Treatment765▲ 1.57×52 topics
- Oxidative Stress754◆ 1.14×63 topics
- Quality of Life716▲ 1.24×60 topics
- Risk Factors699▲ 1.58×37 topics
- Remote Sensing675▲ 1.38×38 topics
- Environmental Impact664◆ 0.97×70 topics
- Renewable Energy656◆ 1.13×60 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome648▲ 1.99×24 topics
- Diagnosis628▲ 1.68×41 topics
- Cancer611◆ 1.13×59 topics
- Public Health578◆ 0.99×69 topics
- Obesity562▲ 1.82×28 topics
- Chemotherapy511▲ 1.80×25 topics
- Management480▲ 1.50×39 topics
- Energy Efficiency476▲ 1.28×42 topics
- Big Data444▲ 1.16×34 topics
- Economic Growth442▲ 1.35×33 topics
- Clinical Trials438▲ 1.64×19 topics
- Depression437▲ 1.24×26 topics
- Genetics418▲ 1.47×27 topics
- Biomarkers416▲ 1.49×18 topics
- Heart Failure405▲ 2.3×14 topics
- Immunotherapy398▲ 1.37×19 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines374▲ 1.70×14 topics
- Mortality373▲ 1.63×13 topics
- Global Burden372▲ 1.70×12 topics
- Guidelines366▲ 1.93×13 topics
- Health Effects364▲ 1.50×23 topics
- Prognostic Factors330▲ 1.90×14 topics
- Hypertension327▲ 2.8×16 topics
- Echocardiography276▲ 2.5×8 topics
- Cardiovascular Events222▲ 4.6×4 topics
- Mediterranean196▲ 5.5×6 topics
What research is done in Athens?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 117 works
- 2 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 101 works
- 3 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 96 works
- 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 86 works
- 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 85 works
- 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 82 works
- 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 78 works
- 8 Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies Sociology and Political Science 77 works
- 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 77 works
- 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 75 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.3% in 2016.
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