7.1 Publications

Over the period 1996-2010, the Academy of Athens showed a stable upward trend in the number of publications, especially after 2002, finishing with 171 publications in 2010. As for the other Public Research Institutions, their performance varied during the period; in 2010 their publication output was as follows: 125 publications by the National Agricultural Research Foundation/NAGREF, 31 by the Benaki Phytopathological Institute/BPI, 17 by the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute/RA-CTI, 15 by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania/MAICH and the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration/IGME, 9 by the Center of Planning and Economic Research/KEPE, and 5 publications by both the Institute of Engineering Seismology & Earthquake Engineering/ITSAK and the Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving/CRES.

Figure 7.1.1

Figure 7.1.2 displays the number of publications and the annual rate for publications of each Public Research Institution for the years 1996-2010.

Figure 7.1.2

Rate of change: 1+(number of publications in year "n" - number of publications in year "n-1") / number of publications in year "n-1". The rate is 1, if the number of publications is the same accross the years compared.

Figure 7.1.3 shows the publication output of each Public Research Center. For the most recent 5-year period 2006-2010: the National Agricultural Research Foundation/NAGREF produced 692 publications, the Academy of Athens had 652, the Benaki Phytopathological Institute/BPI produced 166, the Research Academic Computer Technology Institute/RA-CTI had 111, the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania/MAICH had 89, the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration/IGME had 73, the Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving/CRES produced 39, the Center of Planning and Economic Research/KEPE had 38 and the Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering/ITSAK had 30.

Figure 7.1.3

Regarding the rate at which the number of publications changed from 2006 to 2010, we observe growth (rate of change >1) for 4 Public Research Institutions (ΚΕPΕ, ACADEMY OF ATHENS, IGME and ΙΤSΑΚ).

Figure 7.1.4

Rate of change: 1+(number of publications in year "2010" - number of publications in year "2006") / number of publications in year "2006". The rate is 1, if the number of publications is the same accross the years compared.