Fourteen Greek academics working at seven Universities across Greece are included in the list of scientists whose work has the most influence globally, based on its appeal in the last 11 years.
The "Highly Cited Researchers" list is drawn up by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property and Science Business) based on data from the research data base Web of Science.
According to the organisation, there are over nine million scientists working worldwide, of which 6,000 have been included in the Highly Cited Researchers' list.
The fourteen Greek scientists distinguished are:
-Evangelos Yiakoumis from the Athens Polytechnic in engineering
-Eleni Yiamarellou from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Pharmacology and Toxicology
-Giorgos Dedoussis from the Harokopeion University in Molecular Biology and Genetics
-Athanassios Meletios Dimopoulos from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in clinical medicine
-Giorgos Karagiannidis from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in computer science
-Giannis Manios from Harokopeion University in Cross-field
-Sotiris Dougios from Ioannina University in Mathematics
-Giorgos-Ioannis Nyhas from the Agriculture University in Agricultural Sciences
-Dimitris Rakopoulos from the Athens Polytechnic in engineering
-Constantinos Rakopoulos from the Athens Polytechnic in engineering
-Georgia Salandi from Ioannina University in Cross-field
-Gerasimos Filippatos from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in clinical medicine
-Artemis Hatzigeorgiou from the University of Thessalia in Biology and Biochemistry
-Antonia Trichopoulou from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Greek Institute of Health in Social Sciences
*Source: AMNA
