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Athanasios Loukas publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Athanasios Loukas sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 160 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Athanasios Loukas D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Athanasios Loukas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Athanasios Loukas is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular emphasis on water-related fields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader areas, Loukas has contributed significantly to several subfields, including:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

The range of topics covered by Loukas in their work includes:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Water Resources Management and Optimization
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Loukas has authored and co-authored multiple scientific papers, some of the recent notable publications are:

  • "Quantitative Classification of Desertification Severity for Degraded Aquifer Based on Remotely Sensed Drought Assessment," 2021, published in Hydrology
  • "Simulation and Evaluation of Water Resources Management Scenarios Under Climate Change for Adaptive Management of Coastal Agricultural Watersheds," 2022, Water Resources Management
  • "Estimating Current and Future Rainfall Erosivity in Greece Using Regional Climate Models and Spatial Quantile Regression Forests," 2020, Water
  • "Comparing Two Hydro-Economic Approaches for Multi-Objective Agricultural Water Resources Planning," 2020, Water Resources Management
  • "An Integrated Modeling System for the Evaluation of Water Resources in Coastal Agricultural Watersheds: Application in Almyros Basin, Thessaly, Greece," 2021, Water

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Loukas include:

  • Pantelis Sidiropoulos
  • Aikaterini Lyra
  • Nikitas Mylopoulos
  • Lampros Vasiliades
  • Georgios A. Tziatzios

Publication venues where Loukas most regularly publishes their research are:

  • Water
  • Water Resources Management
  • Water Science & Technology Water Supply
  • Hydrology
  • Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Multi-Criteria Analysis Framework for Potential Flood Prone Areas Mapping

    G. Papaioannou;L. Vasiliades;A. Loukas

  • Probabilistic analysis of drought spatiotemporal characteristics inThessaly region, Greece

    A. Loukas;L. Vasiliades

  • A Modeling System for the Evaluation of Water Resources Management Strategies in Thessaly, Greece

    A. Loukas;N. Mylopoulos;L. Vasiliades

  • Inter-comparison of statistical downscaling methods for projection of extreme precipitation in Europe

    M. A. Sunyer;Y. Hundecha;D. Lawrence;H. Madsen

  • Flood inundation mapping sensitivity to riverine spatial resolution and modelling approach

    G. Papaioannou;A. Loukas;L. Vasiliades;G. T. Aronica

  • A Water Balance Derived Drought Index for Pinios River Basin, Greece

    Lampros Vasiliades;Athanasios Loukas;Nikos Liberis

  • Severity-duration-frequency analysis of droughts and wet periods in Greece.

    Nicolas R. Dalezios;Athanasios Loukas;Lampros Vasiliades;Elias Liakopoulos

  • Climate change effects on drought severity

    A. Loukas;L. Vasiliades;J. Tzabiras

  • Potential climate change impacts on flood producing mechanisms in southern British Columbia, Canada using the CGCMA1 simulation results

    Athanasios Loukas;Lampros Vasiliades;Nicolas R Dalezios

  • Hydrological response to meteorological drought using the Palmer drought indices in Thessaly, Greece

    Lampros Vasiliades;Athanasios Loukas

  • An Operational Method for Flood Directive Implementation in Ungauged Urban Areas

    George Papaioannou;Andreas Efstratiadis;Lampros Vasiliades;Athanasios Loukas

  • Nonstationary Frequency Analysis of Annual Maximum Rainfall Using Climate Covariates

    L. Vasiliades;P. Galiatsatou;A. Loukas

  • Evaluation of a statistical downscaling procedure for the estimation of climate change impacts on droughts

    L. Vasiliades;A. Loukas;G. Patsonas

  • Spatial variability of reference evapotranspiration in Greece

    Nicolas R Dalezios;Athanasios Loukas;Dimitrios Bampzelis

  • Cotton yield estimation based on NOAA/AVHRR produced NDVI

    N.R. Dalezios;C. Domenikiotis;A. Loukas;S.T. Tzortzios

  • The use of NOAA/AVHRR satellite data for monitoring and assessment of forest fires and floods

    C. Domenikiotis;A. Loukas;N. R. Dalezios

  • Surface water quantity and quality assessment in Pinios River, Thessaly, Greece

    A. Loukas

  • Probabilistic flood inundation mapping at ungauged streams due to roughness coefficient uncertainty in hydraulic modelling

    George Papaioannou;Lampros Vasiliades;Athanasios Loukas;Giuseppe T. Aronica

  • Streamflow simulation methods for ungauged and poorly gauged watersheds

    A. Loukas;L. Vasiliades

  • Basin-wide actual evapotranspiration estimation using NOAA/AVHRR satellite data

    Athanasios Loukas;Lampros Vasiliades;Christos Domenikiotis;Nicolas R. Dalezios

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Madsen
Henrik Madsen Technical University of Denmark
Nicholas M. Holden
Nicholas M. Holden University College Dublin
Uwe Ulbrich
Uwe Ulbrich Freie Universität Berlin
Luis Garrote
Luis Garrote Technical University of Madrid
Maria Carmen Llasat
Maria Carmen Llasat University of Barcelona
Assefa M. Melesse
Assefa M. Melesse Florida International University

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