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University of Patras

In research, University of Patras stands highest in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (#3 of 290 worldwide), Social Sciences (#255 of 10,521 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#68 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#575
of 28,054 · #754 all time
Rank in Greece
#3
of 124
Research works
31k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
643k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of Patras 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
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield #3 of 290 39.3%142 #6
Social SciencesDomain #255 of 10,521 32.0%992 #693
Business, Management and AccountingField #68 of 2,578 41.9%135 #407
Social SciencesField #254 of 6,365 32.0%382 #677
Physical SciencesDomain #741 of 12,888 19.5%2,759 #675
EngineeringField #383 of 6,636 19.3%1,153 #372
Health SciencesDomain #740 of 11,982 22.0%710 #1127
Computer ScienceField #331 of 4,667 24.2%573 #449
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #210 of 2,578 36.7%122 #625
MedicineField #891 of 10,443 21.9%619 #1307

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Patras 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. Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering#6 #3
  2. Social Sciences#693 #255
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#407 #68
  4. Social Sciences#677 #254
  5. Physical Sciences#675 #741
  6. Engineering#372 #383
  7. Health Sciences#1,127 #740
  8. Computer Science#449 #331
  9. Sociology and Political Science#625 #210
  10. Medicine#1,307 #891
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 University of Patras specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 142.4 works5.5×
  2. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 37.5 works3.6×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 160 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 229 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 98 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.32× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 71 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 573 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 141 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.50× its world share, 69 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.54× its world share, 1,153 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 338 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 177 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 65 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.35× its world share, 150 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.65× its world share, 619 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 136 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 135 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 64 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 93 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 181 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 382 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Patras?

Ranked on the composite score, Dimitris Mourtzis, George Chryssolouris and Stavros K. Kakkos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Patras.

  1. 1 Dimitris Mourtzis Greece · #6,589 worldwide 1.4k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 George Chryssolouris Greece · #9,956 worldwide 1.1k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Stavros K. Kakkos Greece · #19,161 worldwide 360 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Spyros Ν. Pandis Greece · #30,589 worldwide 1.3k citations · 118 works
  5. 5 Athanassios Skodras Greece · #37,883 worldwide 467 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Michael N. Fardis Greece · #41,363 worldwide 440 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Sotiris Makris Greece · #43,850 worldwide 553 citations · 67 works
  8. 8 Xenophon E. Verykios Greece · #44,875 worldwide 1.1k citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Dimitrios Lymberopoulos Greece · #47,000 worldwide 364 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 George Papatheodorou Greece · #52,431 worldwide 382 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at University of Patras

Which keywords describe research at University of Patras?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Climate Change, Neural Networks, Internet of Things, Remote Sensing and Cyber-Physical 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. Deep Learning236▲ 1.38×80 topics
  2. Machine Learning211▲ 1.29×82 topics
  3. Sustainability175▲ 1.44×63 topics
  4. Climate Change146◆ 1.08×81 topics
  5. Epidemiology123▼ 0.62×114 topics
  6. Neural Networks116▲ 1.51×37 topics
  7. Remote Sensing101▲ 1.64×29 topics
  8. Education96◆ 1.12×56 topics
  9. Environmental Impact95◆ 1.12×46 topics
  10. Renewable Energy90▲ 1.26×37 topics
  11. Internet of Things90▲ 2.1×18 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management86▲ 1.84×18 topics
  13. Big Data82▲ 1.82×24 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications73▲ 1.24×34 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency70▲ 1.49×31 topics
  16. Healthcare63◆ 1.12×23 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties58▲ 1.19×33 topics
  18. Cyber-Physical Systems57▲ 4.4×7 topics
  19. Nanocomposites55▲ 1.37×20 topics
  20. Security52▲ 1.60×21 topics
  21. Applications46▲ 3.4×6 topics
  22. Digital Twin46▲ 6.9×2 topics
  23. Additive Manufacturing46▲ 3.0×6 topics
  24. Cloud Manufacturing44▲ 9.9×1 topic
  25. Smart Manufacturing44▲ 9.9×1 topic
  26. Polymer Composites40▲ 3.0×7 topics
  27. Virtual Prototyping39▲ 8.3×2 topics
  28. Assembly Planning39▲ 10×1 topic
  29. Design for Manufacture39▲ 10×1 topic
  30. Entanglement36▲ 4.8×4 topics
  31. Finite Element Analysis35▲ 3.0×8 topics
  32. 5G Networks34▲ 3.3×4 topics
  33. 3D Printing33▲ 2.8×5 topics
  34. Biomedical Engineering28▲ 3.7×2 topics
  35. Quantum Information28▲ 4.8×3 topics
  36. Holocene25▲ 4.4×3 topics
  37. Mediterranean25▲ 5.4×5 topics
  38. Bell Inequality21▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Decoherence21▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Metaphysics20▲ 9.3×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Patras publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Transformation in Industry, Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

Digital Transformation in Industry: 44 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 39 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 25 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 21 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 20 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofuel production: 18 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing18IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 18 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 18 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 18 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health17COVID-19 and Mental Health: 17 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 44 works
  2. 2 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 39 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 25 works
  4. 4 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 21 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  6. 6 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 18 works
  7. 7 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 18 works
  8. 8 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 18 works
  9. 9 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 18 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 17 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 available32.2%not open67.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Patras's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher 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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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.