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Research in Heraklion

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Heraklion, Greece. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Hellenic Mediterranean University and The General Hospital of Heraklion "Venizeleio-Pananio".

Research institutions
11
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
354k
23.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Heraklion

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 Heraklion?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Foundation for Research and Technology HellasResearch facility 9,832 #1,000
2Hellenic Mediterranean UniversityUniversity 2,625 #3,380
3The General Hospital of Heraklion "Venizeleio-Pananio"Hospital / health system 510 #20,798
4Centre for Technological Research of CreteResearch facility 201 #20,663 all time
5European Union Agency for Network and Information SecurityGovernment institution 87 not ranked
6Advanced Management Solutions (Greece)Company 34 not ranked
7Regional Energy Agency of CreteGovernment institution 23 not ranked
8Virtual Trip (Greece)Company 8 not ranked
9Apintech (Greece)Company 3 not ranked
10Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of PezaGovernment institution 2 not ranked
11Labyrinth Musical WorkshopUniversity 1 not ranked

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.

Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas: 73.8%Hellenic Mediterranean University: 19.7%The General Hospital of Heraklion "Venizeleio-Pananio": 3.8%Centre for Technological Research of Crete: 1.5%7 others listed: 1.2%74%largest
Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas9,832 · 73.8%Hellenic Mediterranean University2,625 · 19.7%The General Hospital of Heraklion "Venizeleio-Pananio"510 · 3.8%Centre for Technological Research of Crete201 · 1.5%7 others listed158 · 1.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Heraklion work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Heraklion is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Engineering (17%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,545 fractional works · 50.0% of its workEngineering: 530 fractional works · 17.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 147 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 126 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 350 fractional works · 11.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 111 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 72 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 48 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 166 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 147 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 143 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 60 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 79 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 48 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 792 fractional works · 25.6% of its workMedicine: 725 fractional works · 23.5% of its workSurgery: 96 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 71 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 70 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 55 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 48 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 383 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 185 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 97 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 96 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 52 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 61 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 372 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 123 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 58 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHeraklion3,092fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences12%

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
    1. Engineering53017.1%
    2. Computer Science35011.3%
    3. Materials Science1665.4%
    4. Environmental Science1474.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1434.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences792.6%
    7. Energy481.6%
    8. Chemistry411.3%
    9. Mathematics250.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering160.5%
    1. Medicine72523.5%
    2. Health Professions481.6%
    3. Nursing110.4%
    4. Dentistry70.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1856.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences963.1%
    3. Neuroscience612.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology371.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.1%
    1. Social Sciences1234.0%
    2. Psychology591.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting581.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance571.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities471.5%
    6. Decision Sciences280.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Heraklion strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Heraklion is most concentrated in Human-Computer Interaction (3.6× the world share in Human-Computer Interaction).

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 20.7 works3.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 84 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 163 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 56 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.34× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 315 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 68 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 42 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 487 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 127 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.56× its world share, 150 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.08× its world share, 128 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 640 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 53 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 107 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.08×128 works
  2. Energy1.65×42 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.58×68 works
  4. Materials Science1.56×150 works
  5. Computer Science1.47×315 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.34×13 works
  7. Neuroscience1.24×56 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.22×34 works
  9. Medicine1.21×640 works
  10. Engineering1.18×487 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.11×163 works
  12. Environmental Science0.93×127 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.93×25 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×53 works
  15. Chemistry0.87×38 works
  16. Nursing0.75×10 works
  17. Mathematics0.66×22 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×84 works
  19. Psychology0.63×53 works
  20. Health Professions0.60×44 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×49 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.53×42 works
  23. Dentistry0.43×6 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×4 works
  25. Social Sciences0.31×107 works
  26. Veterinary0.12×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Heraklion?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Applications, Sustainability, Biomedical Applications, Inflammation and Tissue Engineering.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

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
  1. Deep Learning154▲ 1.45×75 topics
  2. Epidemiology138◆ 1.12×122 topics
  3. Machine Learning135▲ 1.31×77 topics
  4. Sustainability97▲ 1.29×54 topics
  5. Inflammation86▲ 1.30×74 topics
  6. Climate Change72▼ 0.85×72 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications68▲ 1.87×33 topics
  8. Environmental Impact61▲ 1.16×45 topics
  9. Neural Networks59▲ 1.23×33 topics
  10. Renewable Energy54▲ 1.21×36 topics
  11. Nanomaterials54▲ 1.66×20 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease53▲ 1.50×37 topics
  13. Remote Sensing53▲ 1.40×30 topics
  14. Tissue Engineering52▲ 2.8×13 topics
  15. Nanocomposites50▲ 2.1×21 topics
  16. Nanoparticles49▲ 1.26×36 topics
  17. Diagnosis48▲ 1.67×39 topics
  18. Treatment47▲ 1.25×44 topics
  19. Applications44▲ 5.3×7 topics
  20. Healthcare43▲ 1.21×19 topics
  21. Big Data42▲ 1.42×18 topics
  22. Graphene36▲ 1.71×11 topics
  23. Energy Storage34▲ 1.70×12 topics
  24. Additive Manufacturing34▲ 3.5×5 topics
  25. Cultural Heritage34▲ 2.0×14 topics
  26. Materials34▲ 4.7×6 topics
  27. Polymer Composites33▲ 4.0×6 topics
  28. Precision Medicine33▲ 2.1×8 topics
  29. 3D Printing32▲ 4.6×5 topics
  30. Feature Extraction30▲ 2.1×10 topics
  31. Biomedical Engineering28▲ 6.5×2 topics
  32. Semiconductors28▲ 3.1×4 topics
  33. Data Integration28▲ 5.3×6 topics
  34. Nanostructures28▲ 2.2×16 topics
  35. Ceramics27▲ 6.0×4 topics
  36. Challenges26▲ 7.5×2 topics
  37. Fused Deposition Modeling26▲ 8.0×1 topic
  38. Surgery26▲ 2.4×12 topics
  39. Semantic Web20▲ 6.6×4 topics
  40. Description Logics15▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Heraklion?

Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 25 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 13 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 13 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 12 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applications: 12 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 11 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing10IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 10 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 10 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 9 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy …9Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 9 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical Engineering5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 25 works
  2. 2 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  4. 4 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 12 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  7. 7 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 10 works
  8. 8 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  9. 9 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 9 works
  10. 10 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 9 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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.

still counting10%20%30%Heraklion21.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.4% in 2016.

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