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: September 2024):

  • He is reviewer for 462 scientific journals, having reviewed more than 6000 manuscripts. A subtotal of 2615 manuscripts was reviewed for 207 journals, having weighted impact factor 6.690 and total impact factor: 17494. Indicatively: Elsevier publisher: 1501 manuscripts, MDPI publisher: 270 manuscripts.
  • 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.

Based on the peer reviewed manuscripts following the criteria of: a) being all impact-factored journals, b) being all Scopus and WoS indexed journals, and c) journals in which 20 or more papers have been peer reviewed, the following list of 18 scientific journals is presented (impact factor in parentheses):

  • Journal of Environmental Management (8), 392 papers
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (8.1), 384 papers
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (13.3), 185 papers
  • Applied Energy (10.1), 171 papers
  • Sustainability (3.3), 112 papers
  • International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (2.4), 86 papers
  • Energies (3), 81 papers
  • International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management (1.6), 77 papers
  • Results in Engineering (6), 65 papers
  • Heliyon (3.4), 52 papers
  • Applied Physics A (2.5), 51 papers
  • Sustainable Cities and Society (10.5), 42 papers
  • Journal of Cleaner Production (9.7), 41 papers
  • Engineering Economics (2.5), 24 papers
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (16.3), 23 papers
  • Materials (3.1), 21 papers
  • Plos One (2.9), 21 papers
  • Energy and Buildings (6.6), 20 papers

The total number of the aforementioned peer reviewed papers is 1848 having a total impact factor 13602 and a weighted impact factor 7.360.

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, 2023 and all years 1996-2022-2023”, Stanford University list

-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" (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" (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" (published version 6, October 2023). Positions: 23/84 in NTUA, 218/926 in institutions of Greece.

-For the year 2023 Grigorios was ranked in the top 2.5‰ (position 28,439) according to the number of citations’ received his published papers in the main field "Enabling & Strategic Technologies", sub-fields "Energy" and "Business & Management" (published version 7, September 2024). Positions: 11/91 (top 12%) among NTUA researchers in the global top 2%, 86/1018 (top 8.4%) among researchers in institutions of Greece who are included at the global top 2%.

-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" (published version 6, October 2023). Positions: 98/120 in NTUA, 859/971 in institutions of Greece.

-For the period 1996-2023 Grigorios was ranked in the top 1.57% based on the number of citations’ received his published papers in the main field "Enabling & Strategic Technologies", sub-fields "Energy" and "Business & Management" (published version 7, September 2024). Positions: 80/136 (top 60%) among NTUA researchers in the global top 2%, 713/1065 (top 67%) among researchers in institutions of Greece who are included at the global top 2%.

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), 9,000,000 (year 2023) scientists who have published at least five papers indexed at the Scopus database.

Besides, Grigorios is the main author or co-author of 123 papers in invited book chapters, 61 journals and 16 international conferences, 16 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. Based on the impact factors of year 2024 Grigorios has published 77 papers of total impact factor 263.4 and weighted impact factor 3.421. An indicative list of papers having impact factor at least equal to 3, is (impact factors in parentheses):

  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (16.3), 3 papers
  • Renewable Energy (9), 1 paper
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (8.3), 1 paper
  • Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy (5.5), 1 paper
  • Separation and Purification Reviews (5.2), 1 paper
  • Environment, Development and Sustainability (4.7), 1 paper
  • Recycling (4.6), 1 paper
  • Molecules (4.2), 1 paper
  • Chemical Engineering Science (4.1), 1 paper
  • Sustainability (3.3), 20 papers
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science (3.3), 1 paper
  • Land (3.2), 1 paper
  • Journal of Tourism and Services (3.1), 1 paper
  • Energies (3), 9 papers
  • Climate (3), 1 paper
  • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (3), 1 paper
  • Water (3), 1 paper

98, out of 123, co-authored papers at journals have been registered in the Scopus database having weighted CiteScore: 5,926. Besides 6, out of 123, co-authored papers have been further registered in the PubMed database. The total number of citations is more than 4700, h-index: 39, i-10 index: 84, according to the Google Scholar database; more than 3300 citations, h-index: 33, according to the Scopus database. Among them, 2495 citations are reported at 544 journals with a weighted impact factor of 5.979, total impact factor 14918 and hundreds of citations are reported at 769 journals, book chapters, and conferences [having no impact factor, but support coverage at the databases of "Scopus" and "Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)"].

Based on the citations received from personal published papers under the criterion of 20 or more citations per citing journal, the following list of 20 scientific journals is presented (impact factor in parentheses):

  • Sustainability (3.3), 279
  • Journal of Environmental Management (8), 221
  • Energies (3), 163
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (13.3), 75
  • Journal of Cleaner Production (9.7), 56
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (16.3), 45
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (8.1), 44
  • International Journal of Renewable Energy Development (2.5), 41
  • Results in Engineering (6.0), 39
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science (3.3), 35
  • Plos One (2.9), 33
  • International Journal of Energy Sector Management (2.5), 33
  • Renewable Energy (9), 28
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change (12.9), 28
  • Applied Energy (10.1), 26
  • Environment Development and Sustainability (4.7), 25
  • Heliyon (4), 22
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (12.2), 20
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research (CiteScore: 8.7), 36
  • Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (CiteScore: 11,0), 28

The total number of citations from the aforementioned list of journals is 1213 having a total impact factor 7764 and a weighted impact factor 6,400.

Besides, among the most high impact factor citing journals, having impact factor 8 or more, there is a total of 59 journals having 758 citing papers in the range of: Journal of Environmental Management (impact factor 8) up to Joule (impact factor 38.6). Weighted impact factor of these 59 journals for this subtotal of 758 citing papers: 10.242.

5 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:

  1. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos (2023). Land Use Planning and Green Environment Services: The Contribution of Trail Paths to Sustainable Development. Land 12(5), 1041, 25 pp. doi: 10.3390/land12051041, https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051041 , https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/1041. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI); Research Areas: Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Citation Topics: 3. Agriculture, Environment & Ecology, 3.40 Forestry, 3.40.635 Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals: 15. Life on Land, 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities; Categories/Classification: Environmental Sciences, based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year - Data from ISI Web of Science: *Essential Science IndicatorsTM*. Period 2023-2024.
  2. Dalia Streimikiene, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos (2023). Energy Poverty and Low Carbon Energy Transition. Energies 16(2), 610, 14 pp. doi: 10.3390/en16020610. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020610 . https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/2/610 This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Research Areas: Energy & Fuels, Citation Topics: 6 Social Sciences, 6.115 Sustainability Science, 6.115.880 Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development Goals: 07 Affordable and Clean Energy; Web of Science Categories: Energy & Fuels; Categories/Classification: Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Household Air Pollution, based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year - Data from ISI Web of Science: *Essential Science IndicatorsTM*. Period 2023-2024.
  3. Dalia Streimikiene, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Vidas Lekavicius, Indre Siksnelyte-Butkiene (2021). Energy Poverty and Low Carbon Just Energy Transition: Comparative Study in Lithuania and Greece. Social Indicators Research 158(1), 319-371. doi: 10.1007/s11205-021-02685-9. This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Research Areas: Social Sciences - Other Topics; Sociology, Citation Topics: 6. Social Sciences, 6.115 Sustainability Science, 6.115.880 Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development Goals: 07. Affordable and Clean Energy; Categories/Classification: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Sociology, based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year - Data from ISI Web of Science: *Essential Science IndicatorsTM*. Period 2021-2024.
  4. Ntanos Stamatios, Kyriakopoulos Grigorios, Chalikias Miltiadis, Arabatzis Garyfallos, Skordoulis Michalis (2018). Public perceptions and willingness to pay for renewable energy: A case study from Greece. Sustainability 10(3), 687; 16 pp. doi: 10.3390/su10030687. Award: This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Social Sciences based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year - Data from ISI Web of Science: *Essential Science IndicatorsTM*. Year: 2018.
  5. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Garyfallos Arabatzis (2016). Electrical energy storage systems in electricity generation: Energy policies, innovative technologies, and regulatory regimes. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 56, 1044–1067. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.046. Award: This highly cited paper received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Research Areas: Science & Technology - Other TopicsEnergy & Fuels, Citation Topics: 4 Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Computer Science, 4.18 Power Systems & Electric Vehicles, 4.18.204 Distributed Generation, Sustainable Development Goals: 07. Affordable and Clean Energy; Categories/Classification: Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Energy & Fuels, based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year - Data from ISI Web of Science: *Essential Science IndicatorsTM*. Period 2016-2024.

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.

9) Sustainable Infrastructure And Structural Engineering: Innovations In Construction And Design, at the scientific journal: Civil Engineering Journal. Editors: Dr. Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, Prof. Francesco Tornabene, Dr. Omid Aminoroayaie Yamini.

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):

  • DTI 2024, "Artificial Intellect in Industry: Effects, Barriers and The Directions of The National Policy", 23-25 October 2024
  • 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: 01 September 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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