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Research in Piraeus

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Piraeus, Greece. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Piraeus, Environmental Protection Engineering (Greece) and General Hospital of Nikea.

Research institutions
16
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.3k
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
133k
14.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Piraeus

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 Piraeus?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of PiraeusUniversity 6,442 #1,530
2Environmental Protection Engineering (Greece)Company 802 #9,741
3Tzaneion General HospitalHospital / health system 770 #20,703
4General Hospital of NikeaHospital / health system 616 #16,452
5Hellenic Naval AcademyUniversity 542 #19,544
6Hellenic Statistical AuthorityInstitution 90 not ranked
7Ministry of Shipping and Island PolicyGovernment institution 11 not ranked
8Danaos (Greece)Company 8 not ranked
9Piraeus Port AuthorityInstitution 7 not ranked
10IDECCompany 7 not ranked
11Hellenic Register of ShippingNonprofit 6 not ranked
12Naval Architecture Progress (Greece)Company 5 not ranked
13Synthesites (Greece)Company 3 not ranked
14Marac (Greece)Company 2 not ranked
15Naftosol (Greece)Company 1 not ranked
16Mellon Technologies (Greece)Company 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.

University of Piraeus: 69.2%Environmental Protection Engineering (Greece): 8.6%Tzaneion General Hospital: 8.3%General Hospital of Nikea: 6.6%12 others listed: 7.3%69%largest
University of Piraeus6,442 · 69.2%Environmental Protection Engineering (Greece)802 · 8.6%Tzaneion General Hospital770 · 8.3%General Hospital of Nikea616 · 6.6%12 others listed683 · 7.3%

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

Which fields of science does Piraeus work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Piraeus is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Computer Science (14%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,196 fractional works · 48.9% of its workEngineering: 417 fractional works · 17.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 89 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 349 fractional works · 14.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 117 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems: 82 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 49 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 209 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 45 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 762 fractional works · 31.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 261 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 96 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 175 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 97 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFinance: 52 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 166 fractional works · 6.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 54 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 39 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 81 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 49 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 56 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 385 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMedicine: 320 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSurgery: 49 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 57 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 101 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPiraeus2,445fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences31%

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. Engineering41717.1%
    2. Computer Science34914.3%
    3. Environmental Science2098.5%
    4. Materials Science512.1%
    5. Mathematics482.0%
    6. Energy451.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences241.0%
    8. Chemistry230.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy160.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering140.6%
    1. Social Sciences26110.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1757.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1666.8%
    4. Decision Sciences813.3%
    5. Psychology562.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities231.0%
    1. Medicine32013.1%
    2. Health Professions572.3%
    3. Nursing40.2%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology411.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences331.3%
    3. Neuroscience160.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology100.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Piraeus strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Piraeus is most concentrated in Finance, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Management Science and Operations Research (7.5× the world share in Finance).

  1. FinanceSubfield · 47.8 works7.5×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 24.4 works4.6×
  3. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 44.5 works4.3×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.95× its world share, 320 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.94× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 344 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 164 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 41 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 276 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.23× its world share, 152 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.58× its world share, 73 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.57× its world share, 161 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 231 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.58×73 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.57×161 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.23×152 works
  4. Computer Science1.95×320 works
  5. Energy1.94×38 works
  6. Mathematics1.67×41 works
  7. Environmental Science1.57×164 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.35×10 works
  9. Engineering1.09×344 works
  10. Health Professions0.91×50 works
  11. Social Sciences0.87×231 works
  12. Psychology0.77×50 works
  13. Medicine0.68×276 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×19 works
  15. Chemistry0.54×18 works
  16. Materials Science0.51×38 works
  17. Neuroscience0.41×14 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×8 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.36×22 works
  20. Nursing0.34×4 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×36 works
  22. Dentistry0.29×3 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×25 works
  24. Veterinary0.21×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.20×9 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Piraeus?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Economic Growth, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Monetary Policy, Big Data and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Machine Learning158▲ 1.94×78 topics
  2. Deep Learning143▲ 1.70×77 topics
  3. Sustainability106▲ 1.77×69 topics
  4. Environmental Impact84▲ 2.0×49 topics
  5. Economic Growth80▲ 4.0×25 topics
  6. Climate Change75◆ 1.13×76 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management70▲ 3.2×17 topics
  8. Big Data68▲ 2.9×24 topics
  9. Renewable Energy67▲ 1.89×39 topics
  10. Neural Networks63▲ 1.67×32 topics
  11. Healthcare61▲ 2.2×23 topics
  12. Internet of Things55▲ 2.6×24 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency54▲ 2.4×37 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence53▲ 1.52×40 topics
  15. Monetary Policy44▲ 7.7×10 topics
  16. Security44▲ 2.7×21 topics
  17. Maritime Transportation39▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Risk Assessment36▲ 2.3×18 topics
  19. Risk Management34▲ 3.0×13 topics
  20. IoT Security33▲ 4.5×3 topics
  21. Wastewater Treatment32▲ 5.4×9 topics
  22. Student Engagement29▲ 3.0×10 topics
  23. COVID-19 Impact26▲ 6.3×6 topics
  24. Collision Avoidance26▲ 5.8×4 topics
  25. Logistics25▲ 6.7×6 topics
  26. Fiscal Policy24▲ 4.9×7 topics
  27. Human Factors24▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Container Terminals23▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Operations Research23▲ 5.8×1 topic
  30. Emissions22▲ 4.7×5 topics
  31. Path Planning22▲ 7.3×2 topics
  32. Air Quality22▲ 4.7×5 topics
  33. Autonomous Ships21▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Unmanned Surface Vehicles21▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Fuel Consumption20▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Shipping18▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Emission Control Areas18▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Ship Propulsion18▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Destination Image17▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Community Perceptions17▲ 9.8×1 topic

What research is done in Piraeus?

Maritime Ports and Logis…20Maritime Ports and Logistics: 20 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and …18Maritime Navigation and Safety: 18 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 16 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 14 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 14 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 14 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 13 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…12Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 12 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 12 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 11 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringOcean EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceDevelopmental and Educational Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 20 works
  2. 2 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  4. 4 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 14 works
  5. 5 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 14 works
  6. 6 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  7. 7 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 12 works
  9. 9 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 12 works
  10. 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 11 works

Research output over time

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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%Piraeus22.6% 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 26.2% in 2017.

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