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Technical University of Crete

In research, Technical University of Crete stands highest in Engineering (#1,851 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,661 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,354 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,438
of 28,054 · #2,721 all time
Rank in Greece
#29
of 124
Research works
5.9k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
163k
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Technical University of Crete 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
EngineeringField #1,851 of 6,636 17.3%357 #1079
Physical SciencesDomain #3,661 of 12,888 18.8%788 #1913
Social SciencesDomain #4,354 of 10,521 29.8%156 #2660
Environmental ScienceField #1,473 of 3,551 26.5%141 #941
Computer ScienceField #2,354 of 4,667 16.2%159 #1338
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,637 of 2,318 14.4%66 #1407

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Technical University of Crete 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. Engineering#1,079 #1,851
  2. Physical Sciences#1,913 #3,661
  3. Social Sciences#2,660 #4,354
  4. Environmental Science#941 #1,473
  5. Computer Science#1,338 #2,354
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,407 #1,637
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 Technical University of Crete specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 22.0 works6.7×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 30.4 works5.8×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 55.8 works5.1×
  4. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 27.5 works5.0×
  5. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 23.8 works4.4×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.00× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.01× its world share, 159 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 41 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.93× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.35× its world share, 357 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.79× its world share, 141 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 23 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.28× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Technical University of Crete?

Ranked on the composite score, Minos Garofalakis, Nicolas Kalogerakis and Fotios Pasiouras lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Technical University of Crete.

  1. 1 Minos Garofalakis Greece · #16,236 worldwide 749 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Nicolas Kalogerakis Greece · #18,374 worldwide 677 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Fotios Pasiouras Greece · #44,948 worldwide 416 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Aggelos Bletsas Greece · #49,102 worldwide 461 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Dionysia Kolokotsa Greece · #50,230 worldwide 632 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Stavros Christodoulakis Greece · #61,376 worldwide 275 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Eftichios Koutroulis Greece · #81,266 worldwide 427 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Markos Papageorgiou Greece · #83,770 worldwide 983 citations · 148 works
  9. 9 Evangelos Grigoroudis Greece · #86,708 worldwide 273 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Elefteria Psillakis Greece · #87,846 worldwide 353 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Technical University of Crete

Which keywords describe research at Technical University of Crete?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Remote Sensing, Circular Economy and Renewable Energy Integration.

▲ 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. Machine Learning71▲ 2.1×64 topics
  2. Deep Learning62▲ 1.78×63 topics
  3. Sustainability55▲ 2.2×53 topics
  4. Environmental Impact50▲ 2.9×37 topics
  5. Climate Change45▲ 1.65×56 topics
  6. Renewable Energy44▲ 3.0×34 topics
  7. Remote Sensing37▲ 2.9×28 topics
  8. Neural Networks31▲ 2.0×29 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency29▲ 3.0×29 topics
  10. Circular Economy23▲ 8.3×8 topics
  11. Renewable Energy Integration22▲ 6.5×5 topics
  12. Life Cycle Assessment20▲ 7.0×8 topics
  13. Health Effects19▲ 3.0×18 topics
  14. Power Electronics18▲ 5.5×7 topics
  15. Intelligent Transportation Systems18▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Recycling17▲ 4.4×8 topics
  17. Optimization17▲ 3.6×16 topics
  18. Biochar17▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Smart Grid17▲ 4.3×7 topics
  20. Metal Recovery17▲ 8.1×3 topics
  21. Traffic Flow16▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Reinforcement Learning16▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Environmental Impacts15▲ 5.5×8 topics
  24. Autonomous Vehicles15▲ 7.0×4 topics
  25. Waste Management14▲ 3.4×6 topics
  26. Electric Vehicles14▲ 4.7×4 topics
  27. Sustainability Assessment14▲ 9.8×7 topics
  28. Model Predictive Control13▲ 5.0×6 topics
  29. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control13▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Microscopic Simulation13▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Renewable Fuels12▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Biomass12▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Collision Avoidance12▲ 6.3×4 topics
  34. Rare Earth Elements12▲ 7.8×3 topics
  35. Heuristic Algorithms10▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Particulate Matter10▲ 6.8×2 topics
  37. Gasification10▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Smart Grid Applications10▲ 7.4×2 topics
  39. Metaheuristics9▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Distributed Power Generation9▲ 8.8×1 topic

Which research topics does Technical University of Crete publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic control and management, Microgrid Control and Optimization, Extraction and Separation Processes and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes.

Traffic control and mana…13Traffic control and management: 13 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…9Microgrid Control and Optimization: 9 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…9Extraction and Separation Processes: 9 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass C…8Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 8 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 7 fractional worksVehicle Routing Optimization Methods: 7 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Manage…6Smart Grid Energy Management: 6 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 6 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 6 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…6Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 6 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringMechanical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringTransportation5 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 7 works
  6. 6 Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  7. 7 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 6 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  10. 10 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 6 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Technical University of Crete's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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