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The high-quality research output produced by the Technical University of Crete, as well as its international reputation, has once again been confirmed by the updated rankings in the bibliometric study by John P. A. Ioannidis (2026) of Stanford University, published on October 7, 2026. The ranking, titled “Updated Science-Wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators” is published annually and assesses the performance of academics worldwide. A total of forty-four (44) members of the academic staff of the Technical University of Crete appear in the ranking lists.

The updated 2026 ranking of the world’s leading scientists is based on a number of indicators focusing on the impact of their published research during 2025, as well as the impact of their research throughout their careers. It evaluates these indicators for more than 8,000,000 scientists worldwide. The broader annual assessment conducted by the Stanford University team is based on the impact of published research, specifically the citations received by each scientist with at least five publications, according to the Scopus database.

Thirty-four (34) members of the academic community of the Technical University of Crete are included, for the year 2025, in the list of the world’s top 100,000 scientists, as well as among those ranked in the top 2% worldwide in their respective scientific fields (across 20 scientific fields and 174 subfields analyzed). These are the following, listed in order of ranking:

1. Emeritus Professor Markos Papageorgiou (School of Production Engineering and Management)
2. Assistant Professor Alexandros Stefanakis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
3. Professor Konstantinos Komnitsas (**) (School of Mineral Resources Engineering)
4. Professor Dionysia Kolokotsa (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
5. Professor Michalis Konsolakis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
6. Professor Elefteria Psillakis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
7. Dr. Manolis Grillakis, Laboratory Teaching Staff (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
8. Professor Fotis Kanellos (School of Production Engineering and Management)
9. Associate Professor Paraskevi Panagiotopoulou (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
10. Associate Professor Aristeidis Koutroulis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
11. Professor Konstantinos Zopounidis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
12. Emeritus Professor Nikolaos Kalogerakis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
13. Professor Michalis Doumpos (School of Production Engineering and Management)
14. Professor Evangelos Grigoroudis (*) (School of Production Engineering and Management)
15. Professor Despina Vamvuka (School of Mineral Resources Engineering)
16. Professor Theocharis Tsoutsos (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
17. Professor Konstantinos Tsagarakis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
18. Professor Petros Gikas (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
19. Professor Mihalis Lazaridis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
20. Professor Konstantinos Gyftakis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
21. Professor Yannis Marinakis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
22. Associate Professor Nikolaos Bekiaris-Liberis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
23. Professor Ioannis Yentekakis (**) (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
24. Professor Georgios Christidis (School of Mineral Resources Engineering)
25. Associate Professor Evangelos Kalogerakis (**) (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
26. Professor Constantinos Chrysikopoulos (**) (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
27. Professor Eftichios Koutroulis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
28. Professor Nikolaos Nikolaidis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
29. Professor Dionissios Hristopulos (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
30. Professor Spiros Papaefthimiou (School of Production Engineering and Management)
31. Retired Professor Ioannis Tsanis (School of Environmental Engineering)
32. Assistant Professor Emmanouil Varouchakis (School of Mineral Resources Engineering)
33. Professor Sotiris Ioannidis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
34. Professor Aggelos Bletsas (**) (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Similarly, in the list of  leading scientists based on their total scientific work, there are thirty eight (38) Professors of the Technical University of Crete, twenty eight (28) of whom are also included in the above list (again, in order of ranking):

1. Emeritus Professor Markos Papageorgiou (School of Production Engineering and Management)
2. Professor Dionysia Kolokotsa (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
3. Professor Konstantinos Zopounidis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
4. Professor Elefteria Psillakis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
5. Professor Konstantinos Komnitsas (School of Mineral Resources Engineering)
6. Professor Michalis Konsolakis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
7. Associate Professor Paraskevi Panagiotopoulou (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
8. Professor Despina Vamvuka (School of Mineral Resources Engineering)
9. Retired Professor Constantinos Chrysikopoulos (**) (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
10. Emeritus Professor Nicolas Kalogerakis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
11. Assistant Professor Alexandros Stefanakis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
12. Professor Aggelos Bletsas (**) (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
13. Professor Theocharis Tsoutsos (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
14. Emeritus Professor Evan Diamadopoulos (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
15. Professor Michalis Doumpos (School of Production Engineering and Management)
16. Professor Yannis Marinakis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
17. Professor Georgios Christidis (School of Mineral Resources Engineering)
18. Professor Evangelos Grigoroudis (*) (School of Production Engineering and Management)
19. Professor Konstantinos Tsagarakis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
20. Professor Petros Gikas (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
21. Professor Ioannis Yentekakis (**) (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
22. Professor Minos Garofalakis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
23. Retired Professor Ioannis Tsanis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
24. Professor Fotis Kanellos (School of Production Engineering and Management)
25. Professor Eftichios Koutroulis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
26. Professor Pagona-Noni Maravelaki (School of Architecture)
27. Professor Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (**) (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
28. Associate Professor Nikolaos Bekiaris-Liberis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
29. Professor Nikolaos Nikolaidis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
30. Emeritus Professor Yannis Phillis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
31. Professor Euripides Petrakis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
32. Professor Michalis Zervakis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
33. Professor Spiros Papaefthimiou (School of Production Engineering and Management)
34. Emeritus Professor Stavros Christodoulakis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
35. Emeritus Professor Nikolaos Matsatsinis (School of Production Engineering and Management)
36. Professor Konstantinos Gyftakis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
37. Professor Michail Lagoudakis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
38. Professor Sotiris Ioannidis (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering)

In both of these lists, a total of forty-four (44) members of the academic staff of the Technical University of Crete are included. 

The Technical University of Crete warmly congratulates its Professors, its teaching and research faculty members, for this important distinction, which reflects the high-level research work conducted at the Institution.

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Professor Evangelos Grigoroudis passed away in November 2023

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Professor Konstantinos Komnitsas: Faculty Member at the Technical University of Crete, European University on Responsible Consumption and Production (EURECA-PRO)
Professor Ioannis Yentekakis: TUC faculty member also affiliated with Institute of Geoenergy / Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (IG/FORTH)
Associate Professor Evangelos Kalogerakis: TUC faculty member, CYENS - Center of Excellence
Professor Constantinos Chrysikopoulos: Retired TUC faculty member also affiliated with Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Professor Angelos Bletsas: TUC faculty member also affiliated with The State University of New Jersey
Professor Minos Garofalakis: TUC faculty member also affiliated with ATHENA Research & Innovation Center
Professor Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos: TUC faculty member, EURECOM