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Research in Volos

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Volos, Greece. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Thessaly.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
286k
19.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Volos

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 Volos?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of ThessalyUniversity 16,393 #1,901
2Center for Research and Technology ThessalyNonprofit 230 #19,714 all time
3Materials Industrial Research and Technology Development Centre (Greece)Company 82 not ranked
4Anevo (Greece)Company 2 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 Thessaly: 98.1%Center for Research and Technology Thessaly: 1.4%Materials Industrial Research and Technology Development Centre (Greece): 0.5%Anevo (Greece): 0.0%98%largest
University of Thessaly16k · 98.1%Center for Research and Technology Thessaly230 · 1.4%Materials Industrial Research and Technology Development Centre (Greece)82 · 0.5%Anevo (Greece)2 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Volos work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in Volos is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Engineering (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,598 fractional works · 33.7% of its workEngineering: 576 fractional works · 12.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 139 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 75 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 62 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 404 fractional works · 8.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 121 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 71 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 65 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 279 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 100 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 65 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,196 fractional works · 25.2% of its workMedicine: 1,027 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSurgery: 99 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 87 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 80 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 69 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 111 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,111 fractional works · 23.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 448 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 125 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 106 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 241 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 71 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 148 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 129 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 94 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 91 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 843 fractional works · 17.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 458 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPlant Science: 185 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInsect Science: 87 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 249 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 117 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 59 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 75 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVolos4,748fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences23%

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. Engineering57612.1%
    2. Computer Science4048.5%
    3. Environmental Science2795.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1002.1%
    5. Materials Science651.4%
    6. Mathematics551.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences420.9%
    8. Energy370.8%
    9. Chemistry330.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.1%
  2. Health Sciences1,19625.2%
    1. Medicine1,02721.6%
    2. Health Professions1112.3%
    3. Nursing290.6%
    4. Veterinary230.5%
    5. Dentistry50.1%
  3. Social Sciences1,11123.4%
    1. Social Sciences4489.4%
    2. Psychology2415.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1483.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1292.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities911.9%
    6. Decision Sciences531.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4589.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2495.2%
    3. Neuroscience751.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology581.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Volos strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Volos is most concentrated in Insect Science, Biochemistry and Veterinary (6.6× the world share in Insect Science).

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 78.5 works6.6×
  2. BiochemistrySubfield · 32.9 works6.4×
  3. VeterinaryField · 21.3 works3.7×
  4. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 62.4 works3.2×
  5. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 24.2 works3.2×
← 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: 2.05× its world share, 409 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 225 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 53 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 66 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 368 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 528 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 245 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 59 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.96× its world share, 48 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 80 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 99 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.13× its world share, 911 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.73× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 77 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 124 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 116 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 214 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 369 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.73×21 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.05×409 works
  3. Psychology1.67×214 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.29×116 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.25×53 works
  6. Nursing1.18×24 works
  7. Environmental Science1.17×245 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.17×48 works
  9. Computer Science1.13×368 works
  10. Medicine1.13×911 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×225 works
  12. Neuroscience0.96×66 works
  13. Mathematics0.96×48 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.92×124 works
  15. Energy0.89×34 works
  16. Health Professions0.89×99 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.85×80 works
  18. Engineering0.84×528 works
  19. Social Sciences0.69×369 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.64×77 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.56×37 works
  22. Chemistry0.47×31 works
  23. Materials Science0.40×59 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.39×6 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×5 works
  26. Dentistry0.23×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Volos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Sustainability, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Phenolic Compounds and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology235▲ 1.24×127 topics
  2. Sustainability174▲ 1.50×76 topics
  3. Climate Change170▲ 1.32×90 topics
  4. Deep Learning161◆ 0.99×74 topics
  5. Machine Learning158◆ 1.00×81 topics
  6. Environmental Impact128▲ 1.58×53 topics
  7. Inflammation115◆ 1.14×81 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress113▲ 1.45×56 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease85▲ 1.57×38 topics
  10. Public Health82▲ 1.18×48 topics
  11. Mental Health77◆ 1.14×39 topics
  12. Renewable Energy76◆ 1.10×40 topics
  13. Economic Growth70▲ 1.80×26 topics
  14. Risk Factors69▲ 1.33×35 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency69▲ 1.57×29 topics
  16. Internet of Things65▲ 1.60×20 topics
  17. Health Effects58▲ 2.0×21 topics
  18. Antioxidants56▲ 2.7×11 topics
  19. Genetics56▲ 1.67×22 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity56▲ 1.88×27 topics
  21. Phenolic Compounds54▲ 6.2×9 topics
  22. Physical Activity53▲ 2.3×11 topics
  23. Cancer Prevention50▲ 4.1×10 topics
  24. Gut Microbiota48▲ 2.9×7 topics
  25. Health Benefits47▲ 3.0×16 topics
  26. Waste Management46▲ 2.4×9 topics
  27. Polyphenols45▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. Essential Oils45▲ 8.7×3 topics
  29. Pest Management44▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Flavonoids43▲ 3.6×9 topics
  31. Bioavailability38▲ 4.1×6 topics
  32. Biopesticides37▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Biological Control37▲ 5.1×9 topics
  34. Nutritional Significance33▲ 4.5×3 topics
  35. Botanical Insecticides32▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Insect Control32▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Free Radicals30▲ 6.6×2 topics
  38. Consumer Acceptance29▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Dietary Supplements27▲ 7.2×1 topic
  40. Nutritional Composition25▲ 10×3 topics

What research is done in Volos?

Insect Pest Control Strategies: 29 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 26 fractional worksInsect Utilization and E…23Insect Utilization and Effects: 23 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…21Insect and Pesticide Research: 21 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 18 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 17 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…16Classical Antiquity Studies: 16 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 14 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 13 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 13 fractional works
Plant ScienceBiochemistryInsect ScienceComputer Networks and Communications4 others

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

  1. 1 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 29 works
  2. 2 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 26 works
  3. 3 Insect Utilization and Effects Insect Science 23 works
  4. 4 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 21 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 18 works
  6. 6 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  7. 7 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 16 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 14 works
  9. 9 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 13 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 13 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 counting20%40%Volos24.0% 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 30.4% in 2016.

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