5.4 Major fields of science

The majority of publications* produced by "Technological Educational Institutes" fell under the scope of the following fields: “Natural Sciences”, “Engineering and Technology”, “Medical and Health Sciences” and “Agricultural Sciences”. Figure 5.4.1 provides a comprehensive picture of each TEI’s performance -number of publications, citations and the relevant citation scores- in these fields. It also provides information on the specific subfields with citation scores above 1.5.

There were 14 TEIs with scientific activity in field “Natural Sciences”. The publications of the TEIs of Kavala and Crete had the highest impact (citation score: 1.04 and 1.03, respectively), while the ΤΕΙs of Lamia (0.99), Patras (0.96) and Epirus (0.94) were close to the world average.

In “Engineering & Technology” publications were produced by 11 TEIs. The citation scores of publications produced by the TEI of Crete (1.25), ASPETE (1.18), and the TEIs of Patras (1.15), West Macedonia (1.15), Piraeus (1.11) and Serres (1.11) surpassed the world average. 

There were 6 TEIs with scientific activity in the field “Medical & Health Sciences”. The publications of the TEI of Patras were on the world average (1.00).

“Agricultural Sciences” was the field linked to the publishing profile of 6 TEIs, which, however, had low relevant citation scores.

FInally, in the field “Social Sciences”, only two TEIs (Athens and Thessaloniki) systematically produced publications, with low citation scores.

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The field normalised citation score was calculated only for TEIs with more than 50 publications for the period 1996-2010.