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Athens Information Technology

In research, Athens Information Technology stands highest in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#900 of 3,725 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,350 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,749 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,845
of 34,923
Rank in Greece
#64
of 190
Research works
641
▼ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Athens Information Technology

What is Athens Information Technology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #900 of 3,725 12.5%271
Physical SciencesDomain #4,350 of 17,446 10.5%576
EngineeringField #2,749 of 9,532 11.9%333
Computer ScienceField #3,053 of 6,336 8.7%232

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Athens Information Technology 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Athens Information Technology work in?

In all years, 90% of research at Athens Information Technology is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Computer Science (36%), Social Sciences (2%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 576 fractional works · 89.9% of its workEngineering: 333 fractional works · 52.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 271 fractional works · 42.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 232 fractional works · 36.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 112 fractional works · 17.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSignal Processing: 23 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAthensInformation…641fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering33352.0%
    2. Computer Science23236.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy60.9%
    4. Environmental Science20.3%
    5. Materials Science20.3%
    6. Chemistry10.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences162.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting91.5%
    3. Decision Sciences50.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.8%
    5. Psychology30.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    1. Medicine111.8%
    2. Health Professions20.3%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology50.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.6%
    3. Neuroscience20.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.70× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.46× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.70×5 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.17×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.42×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×2 works
  5. Engineering1.46×4 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.94×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.92×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.79×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.79×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.76×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.67×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.58×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.56×0 works
  15. Medicine0.47×2 works
  16. Psychology0.34×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.28×1 works
  18. Energy0.27×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Athens Information Technology?

Ranked on the quality score, Nikos Kefalakis, John K. Soldatos and Siamak Azodolmolky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Athens Information Technology.

  1. 1 Nikos Kefalakis Greece · #818,648 worldwide 820 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 John K. Soldatos Greece · #826,522 worldwide 3.2k citations · 231 works
  3. 3 Siamak Azodolmolky Greece · #921,396 worldwide 6.9k citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Tassos D. Dimitriou Greece · #1,427,252 worldwide 2.9k citations · 115 works
  5. 5 Constantinos B. Papadias Greece · #1,612,200 worldwide 8.5k citations · 321 works
  6. 6 Vlasis I. Barousis Greece · #1,735,808 worldwide 410 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Antonis Kalis Greece · #1,945,679 worldwide 1.5k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Konstantinos Kanonakis Greece · #2,138,456 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Marianna Angelou Greece · #2,186,504 worldwide 1k citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Ioannis T. Christou Greece · #2,263,580 worldwide 1.4k citations · 106 works
All ranked researchers at Athens Information Technology

What are the most cited papers from Athens Information Technology?

The most cited paper from Athens Information Technology is "Elastic Bandwidth Allocation in Flexible OFDM-Based Optical Networks" (K. Christodoulopoulos, Ioannis Tomkos, Emmanouel Varvarigos, 2011), with 830 citations. Next come "Roadmap of optical communications" (611) and "A Survey on Optical Interconnects for Data Centers" (593).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Elastic Bandwidth Allocation in Flexible OFDM-Based Optical Networks K. Christodoulopoulos, Ioannis Tomkos, Emmanouel Varvarigos · Journal of Lightwave Technology 15 Mar 2011 830
2 Roadmap of optical communications Erik Agrell, Magnus Olof Erik Karlsson, ANDREW R. CHRAPLYVY et al. · Journal of Optics Open access 4 May 2016 611
3 A Survey on Optical Interconnects for Data Centers Christoforos Kachris, Ioannis Tomkos · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 2012 593
4 A Lightweight RFID Protocol to protect against Traceability and Cloning attacks Tassos D. Dimitriou Conference paper 22 Mar 2006 410
5 A survey on physical layer impairments aware routing and wavelength assignment algorithms in optical networks Siamak Azodolmolky, Mirosław Klinkowski, Eva Pérez Marín et al. · Computer Networks Open access 12 Dec 2008 282
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Which keywords describe research at Athens Information Technology?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Optical Fiber, Coherent Detection, Digital Signal Processing, Elastic Optical Networks, Optical Networks, Microwave Photonics and Optical Access Networks.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Energy Efficiency99▲ 19×7 topics
  2. Optical Fiber71▲ 85×2 topics
  3. Coherent Detection70▲ 180×1 topic
  4. Digital Signal Processing70▲ 153×1 topic
  5. Elastic Optical Networks67▲ 369×1 topic
  6. Optical Networks67▲ 369×1 topic
  7. Deep Learning65▲ 4.8×30 topics
  8. Microwave Photonics61▲ 81×2 topics
  9. Optical Access Networks58▲ 218×1 topic
  10. Photonic Signal Processing58▲ 218×1 topic
  11. Wireless Networks34▲ 24×8 topics
  12. 5G Networks23▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Power Control21▲ 29×3 topics
  14. Resource Allocation20▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Channel Assignment20▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Wireless Sensor Networks20▲ 8.1×7 topics
  17. Spectral Efficiency20▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Security20▲ 7.2×13 topics
  19. Wireless Communications19▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Massive MIMO19▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Mobile Ad Hoc Networks18▲ 42×2 topics
  22. Mobility Models18▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Cellular Networks18▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Interference Alignment18▲ 54×1 topic
  25. Convolutional Neural Networks18▲ 6.5×6 topics
  26. Space-Time Coding17▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Distributed Systems17▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Data Aggregation16▲ 44×2 topics
  29. Routing Protocols16▲ 29×3 topics
  30. MAC Protocols14▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Antenna13▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Microstrip13▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Network Coding13▲ 23×2 topics
  34. IoT Security13▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Beamforming12▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Clustering Algorithms12▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Cooperative Diversity12▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Relay Networks12▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Network Virtualization12▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Software-Defined Networking12▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does Athens Information Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis.

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing2IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 2 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksMicrowave Imaging and Scattering Analysis: 1 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 0 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…0Digital Transformation in Industry: 0 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  2. 2 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  6. 6 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 0 works
  7. 7 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 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 available19.8%not open80.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.6%domestic only63.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Athens Information Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Athens Information Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Athens Information Technology0.000085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Athens Information Technology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2016Athens Information Technology9.6% in 20162010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 2012.

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