4.1 Publications

The greatest number of publications was attributed to the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens/UOA and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/AUTH - the country’s largest Higher Education Institutions - with 2,533 and 1,839 publications in 2010 respectively (Figure 4.1.1). These were followed by 6 other Universities with more than 400 publications in 2010: the University of Patras/UOP (1,006 publications), the National Technical University of Athens/NTUA (859), the University of Crete/UOC (841), the University of Ioannina/UOI (818), the University of Thessaly/UTH (559) and the Demokritos University of Thrace/DUTH (491). The remaining Universities produced 261 or less publications in 2010.

There was a growth trend in the number of publications by Universities from 1996 to 2009, which leveled off for some of them in 2010. However, it has been a steady rise for the Harokopio University of Athens/HUA, the University of Central Greece, while the publications of the Universities of Ioannina, Thessaly, Piraeus, Western Macedonia, as well as the Demokritos University of Thrace, marked an increase for most of the period, as shown in Figure 4.1.1.

Figure 4.1.1

Figure 4.1.2 demostrates the number of publications and its annual change rate between 1996 and 2010 for each University.

Figure 4.1.2

Focusing on the last 5-year period, Figure 4.1.3 displays, for each University, the number of publications and the (%) share it holds within the category of "Universities". The National & Kapodistrian University of Athens/UOA accounted for 11,919 publications and a share of 27.1%, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/ AUTH for 8,932 publications and a share of 20.3%, the University of Patras/UOP for 5,124 publications and a share of 11.7%. Other Universities had a share of less than 10%.

Figure 4.1.3

As shown in Figure 4.1.4, between 2006 and 2010, there was a rise in the number of publications in 18 Universities while 7 of them had a rate of change above the average rate of the category “Universities” (University of Western Macedonia/UOWM, University of Peloponnese/UOP, University of Piraeus/UNIPI, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Ionian University, Athens University of Economics and Business and Harokopio University of Athens/HUA).

Figure 4.1.4