Grigorios Kyriakopoulos

Division of Electric Power

Brief Biography

Dr. Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos (2 PhDs) is of Greek origin: Kalamata (Peloponnese) Greece and Evia (Aegean Island) Greece. He is Teaching and Research Associate at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Grigorios has also accumulated a more than 25-years teaching service at NTUA and 10-years teaching service at other University Schools, including: Hellenic Naval Academy (2 years), Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos, Greece (2 years), and School of Pedagogical and Technological Education of Athens (ASPAITE) (4 years). During the period 1991-2024 he accomplished a wide range of university qualifications at undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD, and post-doctoral level, in Greece and abroad:

  • 2022 Ph.D. Low carbon economy. Department of Forestry and Management of Environment and Natural Resources of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
  • 2018 M.Sc. Environmental Design of Cities and Buildings, Hellenic Open University, Greece
  • 2017 M.Sc. Energy, Heriot Watt University, UK (DOATAP-Hellenic NARIC, 2018)
  • 2016 M.A. Orthodox Theology Studies, Hellenic Open University, Greece
  • 2015 PGCert. Mental Health Counseling/Counselor, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), UK
  • 2013 B.Sc. (Hons) Environmental Science, Open University, UK
  • 2013 B.A. Studies in Hellenic Culture, Open University, Cyprus (DOATAP-Hellenic NARIC, 2013)
  • 2013 CertHE Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, University of Leicester, UK
  • 2013 PG Associate Certificate in Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies, Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), University of East London, UK
  • 2013 HND Psychology, Pearson Inc
  • 2012 HND Business and Management, Brighton School of Business and Management, UK
  • 2012 CertHE Psychology, University of Derby, UK
  • 2011 B.A. (1st class Hons) Business Management, London Metropolitan University, UK
  • 2010 Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE): Pedagogical and Teaching Competence, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education in Athens, Greece
  • 2009 Postdoctoral research/postdoc, under the auspices of the State Scholarships Foundation in Greece (IKY). Department of Industrial Management and Technology, University of Piraeus, Greece
  • 2007 M.A. Engineering-Economics Systems, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • 2005 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • 2004 M.Sc. Environmental Design of Infrastructure Works, Hellenic Open University, Greece
  • 1996 MEng Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Reviewing service of Grigorios at the period 2005-2024 is quantified under the Scopus database and it is collectively presented as follows (reference: April 2024):

  • He is reviewer for 439 scientific journals, having reviewed more than 5700 manuscripts. A subtotal of 2319 manuscripts was reviewed for 186 journals, having weighted impact factor 7.012 (cumulative impact factor: 16261).
  • Scopus database: The top-250 highly cited papers gather 14420 citations: h-index: 68 and i-10 index: 250.
  • Scopus database: The top-50 most cited papers (out of the top-250 highly cited papers) have been cited 78-353 times and gather 7306 citations, having a mean value of 146 citations per top-50 most cited paper.

The top-28 journals –according to the following criteria: a) the highest volume of papers’ reviewed, b) being all impact-factored journals, c) being all Scopus and WoS indexed journals, and d) journals in which 10 or more papers have been reviewed– it is outlined below (impact factor in parentheses):

  • Journal of Environmental Management (8.7), 378 papers
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (7.2), 367 papers
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (15.1), 179 papers
  • Applied Energy (11.2), 168 papers
  • Sustainability (3.9), 107 papers
  • International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (2.5), 81 papers
  • Energies (3.2), 80 papers
  • International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management (2.0), 63 papers
  • Heliyon (4), 48 papers
  • Applied Physics A (2.7), 46 papers
  • Journal of Cleaner Production (11.1), 41 papers
  • Sustainable Cities and Society (11.7), 33 papers
  • Engineering Economics (1.830), 22 papers
  • Plos One (3.7), 21 papers
  • Journal of Environmental and Public Health (2.791), 19 papers
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (15.9), 17 papers
  • Electronics (2.9), 15 papers
  • Frontiers in Energy Research (3.4), 15 papers
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change (12), 15 papers
  • Chemical Engineering Science (4.7), 14 papers
  • Economic Research (3.080), 13 papers
  • Mathematical Problems in Engineering (1.430), 13 papers
  • Energy Strategy Reviews (8.2), 12 papers
  • International Journal of Energy Research (4.6), 12 papers
  • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (4.12), 12 papers
  • Materials Chemistry and Physics (4.6), 12 papers
  • Business, Management and Economics Engineering (2.1), 11 papers
  • Energy and Buildings (6.7), 10 papers
  1. This top-28 journals is gathering 1825 papers, which corresponds to 79% of all 2319 papers (indicatively: 1400 papers within the last three decades and 248 papers within the last two decades).
  2. This top-28 journals sustains a cumulative impact factor 13875, which corresponds to 85% of the cumulative impact factor 16261 counted for all 2319 papers.
  3. This top-28 journals sustains a weighted impact factor 7,603 (counted for 1825 papers).

Grigorios serves as Associate Editor or Editorial Board member at more than 30 scientific journals, including: Frontiers in Endocrinology (2024), Frontiers in Climate (2024), Discover Sustainability (Editorial Board, 2023-), Journal of Energy and Power Technology (Editorial Board, 2023-), PLOS ONE eds (Editorial Board, Academic Editor, 2023-2024), Hindawi eds (2023-), Thermal Science and Engineering (Editorial Board, 2023-), Frontiers in Pharmacology (specialty section: Drugs Outcomes Research and Policies, 2022-2023), Journal of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences (Editorial Board, 2022-), Engineering Economics (Editorial Advisory Board, 2022-), Business Management and Economics Research (Editorial Board, 2022-), Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry (Associate Editor, 2022-), Journal of Human, Earth, and Future (Editorial Board, 2022-), Green and Low-Carbon Economy (Editorial Board, 2022-), Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal (co-Editor-in-Chief, 2021-), Journal of Environmental Management (Associate Editor, 2020-2021), International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (Handling Editor, 2020-2021), Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy (2021-), Oeconomia Copernicana (2021-), Merits (2021-), Journal of Legal Ethical and Regulatory Issues (2018-), International Journal of Entrepreneurship (2018-), Sustainability (2018-), Problems and Perspectives in Management (Section Editor, 2018-), Investment Management and Financial Innovations (2018-), Environmental Economics (2018-) (Press Release, 23 September 2019), Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal, American Journal of Industrial and Business Management (Academic Editor, 2013-), Archives of Current Research International (2018-), Journal of Scientific Research and Reports (2014-), Materials Science for Energy Technologies (2018-2023), Journal of Management and Sustainability (Associate Editor, 2012-), International Journal of Chemical and Process Engineering Research (Associate Editor, 2014-).

In 2016 the website Publons announced the “Sentinels of Science” awarding reviewers and editors who were honored as the most active peer reviewers (Press Release, 26 September 2016). The award for the second most prolific reviewer in 2016, among top peer reviewers motivated by their dedication to science (Press Release, 23 September 2016), went to Grigorios Kyriakopoulos. In 2017 he was in the top 1% reviewers in Greece (Publons directory), as well as at 2 -out of 27- research fields: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (1st), Environmental Science (14th). Then, in 2018 Grigorios was in the top 1% reviewers among thousands registered researchers from 220 countries worldwide at 5 -out of 22- Essential Science Indicators (ESI) research fields: Agricultural Sciences (6th), Environment/Ecology (7th), Engineering (35th), Plant and Animal Science (25th), Multidisciplinary (22nd). On counting reviews and editorial records performed for journals indexed only in the Web of Science Core Collection for the period: September 2018 – September 2019, Grigorios was in the top 1% reviewers (Publons directory) among thousands registered researchers from 223 countries worldwide at the following 3 -out of 22- research fields: Engineering, Environment and Ecology, Cross-Field/Multidisciplinary.

“World’s top 2% of highly cited scientists for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and all years 1996-2022”

-For the year 2020 Grigorios was ranked in the top-1.4% (position 95,295) according to the number of citations’ received his published papers in the main field "Enabling & Strategic Technologies", sub-fields "Energy" and "Environmental Sciences", according to the Stanford University list (published version 3, October 2021).

-For the year 2021 Grigorios was ranked in the top-8.1‰ (position 65,163) according to the number of citations’ received his published papers in the main field "Enabling & Strategic Technologies", sub-fields "Energy" and "Business & Management", according to the Stanford University list (published version 5, October 2022).

-For the year 2022 Grigorios was ranked in the top-6.1‰ (position 64,197) according to the number of citations’ received his published papers in the main field "Enabling & Strategic Technologies", sub-fields "Energy" and "Business & Management", according to the Stanford University list (published version 6, October 2023). Positions: 23/84 in NTUA, 218/926 in institutions of Greece.

-For the period 1996-2022 Grigorios was ranked in the top-1,83% according to the number of citations’ received his published papers in the main field "Enabling & Strategic Technologies", sub-fields "Energy" and "Business & Management", according to the Stanford University list (published version 6, October 2023). Positions: 98/120 in NTUA, 859/971 in institutions of Greece.

In absolute numbers, this global top 2% for the year 2020 corresponds to the total citations received 190,000 scientists in a total of 6,800,000 scientists, while for the years 2021 and 2022 this global top 2% corresponds to the total citations received 200,000 scientists, in a total of 8,000,000 (year 2021), 10,000,000 (year 2022) scientists who have published at least five papers indexed at the Scopus database.

Besides, Grigorios is the main author or co-author of 114 papers in invited book chapters, 53 journals and 14 international conferences, including (indicatively): twenty papers at the "Sustainability" (impact factor 3.9), nine papers at the "Energies" (impact factor: 3.2), three papers at the “Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews” (impact factor: 15.9), three papers at the "International Journal of Renewable Energy Development" (impact factor: 2.5), two papers at the “Applied Sciences” (impact factor: 2.7), two papers at the "Amfiteatru Economic" (impact factor: 2.304), two papers at the "Desalination and Water Treatment" (impact factor: 1.1), two papers at the "Global NEST Journal" (impact factor: 1.1), one paper at the “Renewable Energy” (impact factor: 8.7), one paper at the "Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management" (impact factor: 8.464), one paper at the “Separation and Purification Reviews” (impact factor: 5.4), one paper at the "Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy" (impact factor: 6), one paper at the "Frontiers in Environmental Science" (impact factor: 4.6), one paper at the "Molecules" (impact factor: 4.6), one paper at the “International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education” (impact factor: 4.120), one paper at the "Environment, Development and Sustainability" (impact factor: 4.080), one paper at the "Land" (impact factor: 3.9), one paper at the "Climate" (impact factor: 3.7), one paper at the "Inventions" (impact factor: 3.4), one paper at the "Inhalation Toxicology" (impact factor: 2.1), one paper at the "Social Indicators Research" (impact factor: 2.935), one paper at the "Journal of Marine Science and Engineering" (impact factor: 2.9), one paper at the "Acta Montanistica Slovaca" (impact factor: 1.6), two papers at the "Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity" (CiteScore: 7.5), two papers at the "Problems and Perspectives in Management" (CiteScore: 2.4), one paper at the "TEM Journal" (CiteScore: 1.9), one paper at the "WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics" (CiteScore: 1.6), one paper at the "Environment, Energy and Earth Sciences (E3S) Web Conferences" (CiteScore: 1.0), one paper at the "Journal of Risk and Financial Management" (CiteScore: 0.7); 14 book chapters (after editorial boards' invitation) in the fields of: engineering, energy, environmental and educational policies; as well as more than 30 announcements at international scientific conferences and workshops. Τhe 87 recently published papers (period 2016-2024) have been accommodated at invited book chapters and the following journals (indicatively) (in descending plethora-, chronological-, impact factor-, order): "International Journal of Renewable Energy Development" (1 paper 2024; 1 paper, 2022; 1 paper, 2021), "Global NEST Journal" (1 paper, 2024; 1 paper 2019), "Sustainability" (1 paper, 2023; 4 papers, 2022; 3 papers, 2021; 5 papers, 2020; 3 papers, 2019; 4 papers, 2018), "Energies" (2 papers, 2023; 3 papers, 2022; 1 paper, 2021; 1 paper, 2020; 2 papers, 2019), "Applied Sciences" (1 paper, 2023; 1 paper, 2022), "Amfiteatru Economic" (1 paper 2022; 1 paper, 2021), "Desalination and Water Treatment" (1 paper, 2022; 1 paper, 2019), "Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity" (2 papers, 2020), "International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering" (2 papers, 2019), "Academy of Strategic Management Journal" (2 papers, 2018), "Frontiers in Environmental Science" (1 paper, 2024), "Land" (1 paper, 2023), "Inventions" (1 paper, 2023), "Climate" (1 paper, 2023), "Environment, Development and Sustainability" (1 paper, 2022), "Journal of Marine Science and Engineering" (1 paper, 2022), "Acta Montanistica Slovaca" (1 paper, 2022), "Journal of Risk and Financial Management" (1 paper, 2022), "Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management" (1 paper, 2021), "Molecules" (1 paper, 2021), "Social Indicators Research" (1 paper, 2021), "E&M Economics and Management" (1 paper, 2021), "TEM Journal" (1 paper, 2021), "WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics" (1 paper, 2021), "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health" (1 paper, 2020), "International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education" (1 paper, 2020), "Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy" (1 paper, 2019), "Renewable Energy" (1 paper, 2018). 6, out of 114, co-authored papers have been further registered in the PubMed database.The total number of citations is 4102, including 182 citations in 2018, 240 citations in 2019, 375 citations in 2020, 779 citations in 2021, 817 citations in 2022, 972 citations in 2023, 335 citations in 2024; h-index: 34 and i10-index: 75, according to the database of Google Scholar (2884 citations, h-index: 31, according to the database of "Scopus"). Among them, 2160 citations are reported at 481 journals with a weighted impact factor of 6.185, cumulative impact factor 13360 and hundreds of citations are reported at 625 journals, book chapters, and conferences [having no impact factor, but support coverage at the databases of "Scopus" and "Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)"].

The top-31 journals –of 10, or more, citing times each– of Grigorios papers count for 1281 with total impact factor 9077 and weighted impact factor 7.086. In parentheses it is noted the journals’ impact factor, next to the citing times per journal (self-citations excluded, update: April 2024):

  • Sustainability (3.9), 268
  • Journal of Environmental Management (8.7), 220
  • Energies (3.2), 147
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (15.1), 67
  • Journal of Cleaner Production (11.1), 51
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (15.9), 44
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (7.2), 37
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research (5.8), 36
  • International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (2.5) 30
  • Plos One (3.7), 29
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science (4.6), 27
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change (12), 27
  • Renewable Energy (8.7), 26
  • International Journal of Energy Sector Management (3.1), 25
  • Environment Development and Sustainability (4.9), 22
  • Applied Energy (11.2), 21
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (13.6), 20
  • Economic Research (3.080), 18
  • Energy Policy (9), 18
  • Chemosphere (8.8), 17
  • Heliyon (4), 16
  • Sustainable Development (12.5), 16
  • Energy (9), 14
  • Journal of Energy Storage (9.4), 14
  • Science of the Total Environment (9.8), 14
  • Sustainable Cities and Society (11.7), 14
  • Water (3.4), 13
  • Frontiers in Energy Research (3.4), 10
  • IEEE Access (3.9), 10
  • Journal of Competitiveness (3.85), 10
  • Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (CiteScore: 7.5), 22

Besides, among the most high impact factor citing journals, having impact factor 10 or more, there is a total of 33 journals having 293 citing papers in the range of: Resources Policy (impact factor 10.2) up to Joule (impact factor 39.8). Weighted impact factor of these 33 journals for this subtotal of 293 citing papers: 13.7

4 highly cited papers – Data from: Web of Science, Essential Science Indicators: These highly cited papers received enough citations to place them in the top 1% of their academic fields based on a highly cited threshold for these fields and publication years:

  • Dalia Streimikiene and Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos (2023). Energy Poverty and Low Carbon Energy Transition. Energies, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Article Number: 610. DOI: 10.3390/en16020610. Published: January 2023. Period: 2023-2024. Academic field: Energy and Fuels. Categories/Classification: Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Household Air Pollution.
  • Dalia Streimikiene, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Vidas Lekavicius and Indre Siksnelyte-Butkiene (2021). Energy Poverty and Low Carbon Just Energy Transition: Comparative Study in Lithuania and Greece. Social Indicators Research, Volume: 151, Issue: 1, 319-371. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-021-02685-9. Published: April 2021. Period: 2021-2024. Academic fields: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, Sociology. Categories/Classification: Social Sciences, Sustainability Science, Renewable Energy.
  • Stamatios Ntanos, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Miltiadis Chalikias, Garyfallos Arabatzis and Michalis Skordoulis (2018). Public Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Case Study from Greece. Sustainability, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Article Number: 687. DOI: 10.3390/su10030687. Published: March 2018. Year: 2018. Academic field: Social Sciences.
  • Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos and Garyfallos Arabatzis (2016). Electrical energy storage systems in electricity generation: Energy policies, innovative technologies, and regulatory regimes. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume: 56, 1044-1067. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.046. Published: April 2016. Period: 2016-2024. Academic fields: Engineering, Green and Sustainable Science and Technology, Energy and Fuels. Categories/Classification: Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science, Power Systems and Electric Vehicles, Unit Commitment.

He is also editor, co-editor, or guest editor at the following research topics and special issues:

1) research topic: Microplastics Pollution, participating journals: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Microplastics, Sustainability, Toxics, Water.

2) research topic: Sustainability of Digital Transformation for the Environment, at the scientific journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science, section of: Environmental Economics and Management . This research topic was finalized at February 2024, having accommodated 15 scientific papers.

3) co-editorship special issue: Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Resources and Sustainable Utilization, at the scientific journal: Sustainability.

4) New Energy and Future Energy Systems - Proceedings of NEFES 2022, online conference, China, 25-28 October 2022. Editor: Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos.

5) New Energy and Future Energy Systems - Proceedings of NEFES 2023, Matsue, Japan, 21–24 November 2023. Editor: Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos.

6) Functional materials and circular economy, at the scientific journal: Materials Circular Economy, Springer Nature eds. Editors: Kunal Mondal, Ashutosh Sharma, Nagaraj P. Shetti, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Seeram Ramakrishna.

7) Green Strategies for Plastic Recycling and Management, at the scientific journal: Sustainable Polymer and Energy. Editor: Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos.

8) Materials Science: Materials, Methods and Processes of Greening Industry and Environmental Sustainability, at the scientific journal: SN Applied Sciences (Springer Nature eds). Editor: Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos

as well as at the following 18 publications:

1) Book: "Novel Materials and Water Purification: Towards a Sustainable Future", 1st Edition 2024. Editors: Miltiadis G. Zamparas and Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos. Hardback ISBN: 978-1-83767-049-9, pdf ISBN:978-1-83767-166-3, epub: 978-1-83767-167-0, 377 pp. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) eds. This book was finalized at February 2024, having accommodated 13 book chapters.

2) Book: “Water Management and Circular Economy”, 1st Edition 2023. Editors: Miltiadis G. Zamparas and Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos. Paperback ISBN: 9780323952804, eBook ISBN: 9780323952811, 478 pp. Elsevier eds.

3) “Materials Science for Energy Technologies” journal, at the special issue on "Energy Materials and Circular Economy".

Submission deadline: June 2023

Guest Editors: Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Dr. Kunal Mondal

4) “Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry” and "Frontiers in Environmental Science" journals, at the special issue on: "Chemical Innovations in Emerging and Niche Technologies: Technological, Environmental and Socio-Economic Advancements".

Special issue sections (jointly): Chemical Treatments (Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry), Water and Wastewater Management (Frontiers in Environmental Science)

Deadline of full manuscripts: October 2022

Guest Editors: Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Prof. Dr. Denis Solovev, Dr. Ioannis Sebos, Dr. Miltiadis Zamparas

5) Book: “SMART Automatics and Energy: Proceedings of SMART-ICAE 2021”, 1st Edition 2022. Editors: Denis B. Solovev, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Terziev Venelin. Hardback ISBN-13: 9789811687587, ISBN-10: 9811687587, 780 pp. Springer eds.

6) Book: “COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on New Economy Development and Societal Change”, 1st Edition 2022. Editor: C.R.G. Popescu. Chapter 15: Popescu, C.R.G., Kyriakopoulos G.L. (2022). Strategic Human Resource Management in the 21st-Century Organizational Landscape: Human and Intellectual Capital as Drivers for Performance Management. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3374-4, ISBN-13: 9781668433744, ISBN-10: 1668433745, EISBN-13: 9781668433768, ISBN-13 Softcover: 9781668433751, 350 pp. IGI Global eds.

7) “Laws” journal, having the following information:

Special issue title: "Technology and Economics Law in Energy Markets and Environmental Problems".

Special issue section: Environmental Law Issues

Deadline: 28 February 2023

Guest Editors:

Prof. Dr. Maria Alessandra Ragusa, University of Catania, Italy

Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

8) "Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research" journal, at the special issue on: "Environmental Economics and Management".

Guest Editor: Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

9) Book: “Chemical Lake Restoration – Technologies, Innovations and Economic Perspectives”, 1st Edition. Editors: Miltiadis G. Zamparas and Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos. Print-ISBN: 978-3-030-76379-4 (Hbk). Online-ISBN: 978-3-030-76380-0 (PDF). Springer Nature eds, 2021, 8 chapters, 209 pp. Co-author of writing the book chapters: 3, 5, 8.

10) Book: “Sustainable Development of Electrical Energy Storage Technologies in Energy Production”, 1st Edition. Editor: Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos. Print-ISBN: 978-3-0365-0928-0 (Hbk). Online-ISBN: 978-3-0365-0929-7 (PDF). MDPI eds 2021, 15 chapters, 288 pp. Co-author of writing 4, out of 15, book chapters.

11) Book: “Low Carbon Energy Technologies in Sustainable Energy Systems”, 1st Edition. Editor: Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos. Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0128228975, ISBN-10: 0128228970. Elsevier eds. Imprint: Academic Press, 2021, 15 chapters, 418 pp. Author of chapter 15.

12) “Energies” journal, with the co-editors Prof. Dr. Dalia Streimikiene and Prof. Dr. Tomas Baležentis, at the special issue on "Addressing Challenges of Low-Carbon Energy Transition". This special issue was finalized having accommodated 5 scientific papers. Co-author of writing 2, out of 5, papers.

13) “Sustainability” journal, with the co-editors Prof. Dr. Dalia Streimikiene and Prof. Dr. Tomas Baležentis, at the special issue on "Polymer Waste Management". This special issue was finalized at 31 December 2021, having accommodated 5 scientific papers. Co-author of writing 1, out of 5, paper.

14) “Sustainability” journal, at the special issue on "Technologies and Strategies of the Development of the Low Carbon Economy". This special issue was finalized at June 2020, having accommodated 5 scientific papers. Co-author of writing 3, out of 5, papers.

15) “Sustainability” journal, at the special issue on "Sustainable Development of Electrical Energy Storage Technology in Energy Production". This special issue was finalized at September 2018, having accommodated 15 scientific papers. Co-author of writing 4, out of 15, papers.

16) “Academy of Strategic Management Journal”, at the special issue on “Innovative technologies, Industrial development, Agrarian policies, Resource management and Sustainable strategies towards the economic growth of the Russian Federation". Volume: 16, Issue 2, year 2017. This special issue accommodates 20 personally selected and reviewed papers.

17) “International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering” journal, at the special issue on “Green house buildings and infrastructures”, by:

Guest Editor: Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. D. Venkat Reddy, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India

18) “International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering” journal, at the special issue on “Renewable and sustainable energy resources”, by:

Guest Editor: Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. D. Venkat Reddy, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India

The special issues at the “International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering” journal were finalized at October 2018, having accommodated 10 scientific papers in total. Co-author of writing 2, out of 10, papers.

Furthermore, he serves as:

a) Guest-Editor at the “ HighTech and Innovation Journal” at the special issue on "Grand Challenges Initiative: Sustainability and Development". Special issue section: Sustainability, Energy and Clean Technologies. Deadline: December 2022.

b) Chief-Editor at the:

5th International Conference on Advanced Education and Management (ICAEM 2018) in Shanghai, 21-22 July 2018, China.

c) Technical Committee member at the:

International Conference on Sustainable Development on Energy and Environment Protection (SDEEP2017) in Yichang, 28-30 July 2017, China - IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science.

d) Reviewer of more than 650 peer reviewed papers submitted at more than 30 scientific conferences including (the number of reviews is noted in parentheses):

  • 2023 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (ICEST 2023), 23-25 November 2023, Shandong University, Qingdao, China (1 review)
  • 5th International Scientific Conference on Digital Transformation of Industry: Trends, Management, Strategies (DTI-2023). “From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: Challenges and Perspectives", 25-27 October 2023
  • 5th International Conference on Smart Power and Internet Energy Systems (SPIES 2023), 1-4 December 2023, Shenyang, China (1 review)
  • 12th International Conference on Clean and Green Energy (ICCGE 2023), 25-27 May 2023, Xiamen, China
  • 2023 International Conference on Energy Science and Environmental Engineering (CESEE 2023), 14-16 April 2023, Sanya, China
  • X Euro-Asian Symposium on Economic Theory "Viability of Economic Theories: through Order and Chaos" (EASET 2022), 29-30 June 2022, Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation (3 reviews)
  • 13th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (ICEST 2022), 21-23 October 2022, Shandong University, Qingdao, China (3 reviews)
  • 7th International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy Systems (NEFES 2022), 25-28 October 2022, Nanjing, China
  • 2022 - 8th International Conference on Information Management and Industrial Engineering (ICII 2022), 25-27 May 2022, Cape Town, South Africa
  • International Conference on SMART Automatics and Energy (SMART-ICAE), 7-8 October 2021, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
  • 2021 International Conference on Energy Science and Environmental Chemistry (ICESEC 2021), 4-5 December 2021, Wuhan, China
  • 6th International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE 2020) online (virtual conference without any physical participation), 23-26 August 2020. (20 reviews)
  • 6th International Conference on Information Management and Industrial Engineering (ICII 2020) in Cape Town, South Africa, 20-22 January 2020. (7 reviews)
  • Global Conference on Advanced Smart and Sustainable Technologies in Engineering (GCASSTE 2020) in Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering (MITE) Campus, Moodabidri, Mangalore, Karnataka, India, 30-31 January 2020.
  • 2nd International Conference on Smart Power and Internet Energy Systems (SPIES 2020), 2-4 June 2020, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 5th International conference on Agricultural and Biological Sciences (ABS 2019) in Macau, 21-24 July 2019, China. (4 reviews)
  • Euro Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering Advancements (Catalysis 2019) in Rome, 9-11 September 2019, Italy.
  • 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Electric and Industrial Engineering (MEIE 2019) in Hangzhou, 25-27 May 2019, China. (1 review)
  • 2019 International Conference on Smart Power and Internet Energy Systems (SPIES 2019) in Deakin University, 25-27 April 2019, Melbourne, Australia. (1 review)
  • 4th International Conference on Education and Social Development (ICESD 2019) in Shenzhen, 19-20 January 2019, China.
  • 11th Conference on Interdisciplinary Problems in Environmental Protection and Engineering (EKO-DOK Conference) in Dolny Śląsk, 8–10 April 2019, Poland.
  • International Conference on Biofuels and Bioenergy, in Barcelona 23-25 September 2019, Spain.
  • 8th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet2018), being held in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Fuzzy System and Data Mining (FSDM2018) in Bangkok, 16-19 November 2018, Thailand. (23 reviews)
  • International Conference on Sensor Networks and Signal Processing (SNSP 2018), being hosted by School of Communication and Information Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, 28-31 October 2018, China. (11 reviews)
  • 6th Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE 2018) in Beijing, 24-27 October 2017, China. (10 reviews)
  • International Workshop on Environmental Management, Science and Engineering (IWEMSE 2018) in Xiamen, Fujian, 16-17 June 2018, China. (6 reviews)
  • 4th International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE 2018) in I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, 17-21 July 2018, Taiwan. (4 reviews)
  • 2018 the International Conference on Product and Industrial Engineering (ICPIE 2018) in Chengdu, 27-29 October, 2018, China. (3 reviews)
  • International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection (EEEP2018) in Sanya, 19-21 November 2018, China. (11 reviews)
  • 2nd International Conference on Computer Science and Application Engineering (CSAE 2018) in Hohhot, 22-24 October 2018, China. (1 review)
  • International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection (EEEP2017) in Sanya, 20-22 November 2017, China. (11 reviews)
  • 4th International Conference on Advanced Education and Management (ICAEM 2017) in Qingdao, 16-17 December 2017, China.
  • 8th International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2017) in Chania, 21-24 September 2017, Greece.
  • International Conferences on New Energy and Future Energy System: NEFES 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, China. (500 reviews, in total)
  • 2nd International Conference on Advanced Education and Management (ICAEM2015) in Guilin, 15-16 May 2014, Guangxi, China. (22 reviews)
  • International Conference on Education and Social Development (ICESD 2015) in Nanjing, 5-6 December 2015, China. (6 reviews)
  • 7th World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Chemistry in Cavtat, 13-15 June 2006, Croatia. (4 reviews)

The main international Who'sWho editions: IBC-UK, ABI-US and Marquis-US, contain biographical information of Grigorios during the last two decades of publication.

List of published papers, books, theses and journals served as reviewer (updated: 24 March 2024).

Research Interests

Engineering, Environment, Energy, Renewable Energy Sources, Low Carbon Economy, Waste Management from Organic Pollutants, Properties of Polymer Materials, Business Administration, Education, Culture, Human Resource Management, Psychology, Urban and Regional Development, Forest Resources Management, Extroversion and Internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Development Economics, Environmental Systems, Circular Economy, Behavioral Ecology

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