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Elias Kiritsis

Elias Kiritsis

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Physics
Greece
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
88
Citations
22665
World Ranking
2417
National Ranking
3

Elias Kiritsis publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elias Kiritsis sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 247 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Elias Kiritsis D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Elias Kiritsis is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research contributions primarily focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Geometry and Topology.

The main research topics addressed in their work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories, Particle Physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Elias Kiritsis demonstrate the scope of their scientific exploration. These include:

  • Quasiextremal primordial black holes are a viable dark matter candidate (2023), Physical Review D
  • Holographic QFTs on AdSd, wormholes and holographic interfaces (2023), Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Tachyon-dependent Chern-Simons terms and the V-QCD baryon (2022), Journal of High Energy Physics
  • The V-QCD baryon: numerical solution and baryon spectrum (2023), Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Holographic QFTs on S2×S2, spontaneous symmetry breaking and Efimov saddle points (2020), Journal of High Energy Physics

Elias Kiritsis has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Francesco Saverio Nitti, Edwan Préau, Pascal Anastasopoulos, Ahmad Ghodsi, and Matti Järvinen. These collaborations have contributed to a body of work with a notable citation impact in the field.

Their publications have appeared predominantly in the Journal of High Energy Physics, with other contributions in arXiv (Cornell University), Fortschritte der Physik, Physical Review D, and Physical Review Letters.

Best Publications

  • Exploring improved holographic theories for QCD: part I

    U. Gursoy;U. Gursoy;E. Kiritsis;E. Kiritsis;F. Nitti

  • Exploring improved holographic theories for QCD: Part I

    U. Gursoy;E. Kiritsis

  • Effective Holographic Theories for low-temperature condensed matter systems

    Christos Charmousis;Blaise Goutéraux;Bom Soo Kim;Bom Soo Kim;Elias Kiritsis

  • QCD and strongly coupled gauge theories: challenges and perspectives

    N. Brambilla;S. Eidelman;P. Foka;S. Gardner

  • QCD and strongly coupled gauge theories: challenges and perspectives

    N. Brambilla;S. Eidelman;P. Foka;S. Gardner

  • Horava-Lifshitz Cosmology

    Elias Kiritsis;Georgios Kofinas

  • Generalized Holographic Quantum Criticality at Finite Density

    B. Goutéraux;E. Kiritsis;E. Kiritsis

  • Thermal transport and drag force in improved holographic QCD

    Umut Gürsoy;Elias Kiritsis;Georgios Michalogiorgakis;Francesco Nitti

  • String theory in a nutshell

    Elias Kiritsis

  • Holography and thermodynamics of 5D dilaton-gravity

    U. Gürsoy;E. Kiritsis;L. Mazzanti;F. Nitti

  • Mirage Cosmology

    A. Kehagias;E. Kiritsis

  • A D-brane alternative to unification

    Ignatios Antoniadis;E. Kiritsis;T.N. Tomaras

  • Introduction to Superstring Theory

    Elias Kiritsis

  • Chiral symmetry breaking as open string tachyon condensation

    Roberto Casero;Elias Kiritsis;Elias Kiritsis;Ángel Paredes

  • On $R^4$ threshold corrections in IIB string theory and (p,q) string instantons

    Elias Kiritsis;Boris Pioline

  • Non-critical holography and four-dimensional CFT's with fundamentals

    Francesco Bigazzi;Roberto Casero;Aldo Lorenzo Cotrone;Elias Kiritsis;Elias Kiritsis

  • On R4 threshold corrections in type IIB string theory and (p, q)-string instantons

    Elias Kiritsis;Boris Pioline

  • D-branes in standard model building, gravity and cosmology

    Elias Kiritsis;Elias Kiritsis

  • Deconfinement and gluon plasma dynamics in improved holographic QCD.

    Umut Gürsoy;Elias Kiritsis;Elias Kiritsis;Liuba Mazzanti;Francesco Nitti

  • Holographic models for QCD in the Veneziano limit

    Matti Järvinen;Elias Kiritsis;Elias Kiritsis

Frequent Co-Authors

Costas Kounnas
Costas Kounnas École Normale Supérieure
Ignatios Antoniadis
Ignatios Antoniadis Harvard University
Zoltan Fodor
Zoltan Fodor Pennsylvania State University
D. Keane
D. Keane Kent State University
Antonio Pich
Antonio Pich University of Valencia
Dieter Lüst
Dieter Lüst Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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