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Academy of Athens

In research, Academy of Athens stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,392 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#3,865 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,337 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,069
of 28,054 · #5,818 all time
Rank in Greece
#22
of 124
Research works
2.2k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
49k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Academy of Athens known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #2,392 of 7,800 19.8%92 #3479
MedicineField #3,865 of 10,443 24.2%107 #5538
Physical SciencesDomain #5,337 of 12,888 17.0%137 #6020
Health SciencesDomain #5,250 of 11,982 23.1%116 #7129
Social SciencesDomain #8,244 of 10,521 12.9%102 #11845

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Academy of Athens sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#3,479 #2,392
  2. Medicine#5,538 #3,865
  3. Physical Sciences#6,020 #5,337
  4. Health Sciences#7,129 #5,250
  5. Social Sciences#11,845 #8,244
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Academy of Athens specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 21.8 works9.4×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 49.5 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.35× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.80× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.13× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.97× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.24× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.09× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Academy of Athens?

Ranked on the composite score, Dimitris Thanos, Ilias Arnaoutoglou and Antonia Vlahou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Academy of Athens.

  1. 1 Dimitris Thanos Greece · #85,832 worldwide 300 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Ilias Arnaoutoglou Greece · #309,704 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Antonia Vlahou Greece · #311,398 worldwide 108 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Apostolos Klinakis Greece · #375,146 worldwide 112 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Constantinos H. Davos Greece · #380,261 worldwide 124 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Spyros Basilakos Greece · #385,811 worldwide 471 citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Demetrios A. Arvanitis Greece · #413,098 worldwide 60 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Constantinos Anagnostopoulos Greece · #415,764 worldwide 75 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Evangelos Andreakos Greece · #489,609 worldwide 81 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Despina Sanoudou Greece · #623,655 worldwide 100 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Academy of Athens

Which keywords describe research at Academy of Athens?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Late Antiquity, Ancient Rome, Greek Literature, Cancer, Entanglement, Autoantibodies and Dynamical Systems.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Inflammation27▲ 2.9×60 topics
  2. Cancer15▲ 2.5×37 topics
  3. Climate Change13◆ 1.12×36 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress13▲ 1.77×43 topics
  5. Late Antiquity11▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Ancient Rome10▲ 71×1 topic
  7. Greek Literature10▲ 71×1 topic
  8. History10▲ 3.2×9 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 1.86×23 topics
  10. Ethics9▲ 4.2×13 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 2.3×14 topics
  12. Entanglement8▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Autoantibodies8▲ 7.1×7 topics
  14. Dynamical Systems7▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Lagrangian Coherent Structures7▲ 68×1 topic
  16. Quantum Chaos7▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Air Quality7▲ 8.2×6 topics
  18. Quantum Information6▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Cultural Exchange6▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Phenomenology6▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Financial Crisis6▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Austerity Politics6▲ 375×1 topic
  23. Empathy6▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Fiscal Adjustment6▲ 375×1 topic
  25. Metaphysics6▲ 28×4 topics
  26. Toll-like Receptors6▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Neurodegeneration5▲ 4.1×7 topics
  28. Transcriptional Regulation5▲ 7.3×9 topics
  29. Bell Inequality5▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Decoherence5▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Gravitational Waves5▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Hydrological Cycle5▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Medical History5▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Antiphospholipid Syndrome4▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Psychiatric Treatment4▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus4▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Psychopharmacology4▲ 88×2 topics
  38. Solar Wind4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Colonial Psychiatry4▲ 147×1 topic
  40. Interpretation4▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Academy of Athens publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Classical Antiquity Studies, Quantum chaos and dynamical systems, Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

Classical Antiquity Stud…10Classical Antiquity Studies: 10 fractional worksQuantum chaos and dynamical systems: 7 fractional worksContemporary and Histori…6Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies: 6 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Ap…5Quantum Mechanics and Applications: 5 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 4 fractional worksHistorical Psychiatry and Medical Practices: 4 fractional worksByzantine Studies and Hi…4Byzantine Studies and History: 4 fractional worksPhenomenology and Existential Philosophy: 4 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Cognition: 4 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and…4Classical Philosophy and Thought: 4 fractional works
AnthropologyStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSociology and Political ScienceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6 others

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

  1. 1 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 10 works
  2. 2 Quantum chaos and dynamical systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 works
  3. 3 Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  4. 4 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  5. 5 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 4 works
  6. 6 Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 4 works
  8. 8 Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  10. 10 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.2%domestic only65.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Academy of Athens's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.