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G. Mihalakakou

G. Mihalakakou

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
47
Citations
8813
World Ranking
4848
National Ranking
42

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
9060
World Ranking
5524
National Ranking
31

G. Mihalakakou publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where G. Mihalakakou sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 76 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

G. Mihalakakou D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where G. Mihalakakou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

G. Mihalakakou is affiliated with the University of Patras in Greece and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research focuses on key topics such as Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications, Urban Green Space and Health, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Energy Efficiency and Management, and Soil and Unsaturated Flow.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Energies, Sustainability, Preprints.org, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, and Energy and Buildings.

Recent papers authored by G. Mihalakakou reflect a range of environmental and energy sustainability challenges:

  • Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives (2023, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • Applications of earth-to-air heat exchangers: A holistic review (2023, University of Thessaly Institutional Repository)
  • Cool Pavements: State of the Art and New Technologies (2022, Sustainability)
  • Evaluating the Technical and Environmental Capabilities of Geothermal Systems through Life Cycle Assessment (2022, Energies)
  • Sustainable Urban Environment through Green Roofs: A Literature Review with Case Studies (2023, Sustainability)

G. Mihalakakou has collaborated frequently with coauthors such as John A. Paravantis, Manolis Souliotis, Alexandros Romeos, Athanasios Giannadakis, and Spiros Papaefthimiou, with multiple joint publications indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of the green roof thermal properties and investigation of its energy performance

    A Niachou;K Papakonstantinou;M Santamouris;A Tsangrassoulis

  • Social acceptance of renewable energy sources: A review of contingent valuation applications

    Eleni K. Stigka;John A. Paravantis;Giouli K. Mihalakakou

  • Investigating and analysing the energy and environmental performance of an experimental green roof system installed in a nursery school building in Athens, Greece

    M. Santamouris;C. Pavlou;P. Doukas;G. Mihalakakou

  • On the application of the energy balance equation to predict ground temperature profiles

    G. Mihalakakou;M. Santamouris;J.O. Lewis;D.N. Asimakopoulos

  • On estimating soil surface temperature profiles

    G. Mihalakakou

  • Modelling the thermal performance of earth-to-air heat exchangers

    G. Mihalakakou;M. Santamouris;D. Asimakopoulos

  • Using intelligent clustering techniques to classify the energy performance of school buildings

    M. Santamouris;G. Mihalakakou;P. Patargias;N. Gaitani

  • On the use of bioclimatic architecture principles in order to improve thermal comfort conditions in outdoor spaces

    N. Gaitani;G. Mihalakakou;M. Santamouris

  • On the impact of temperature on tropospheric ozone concentration levels in urban environments

    E. Stathopoulou;G. Mihalakakou;M. Santamouris;H. S. Bagiorgas

  • Use of two-component Weibull mixtures in the analysis of wind speed in the Eastern Mediterranean

    S.A. Akdağ;H.S. Bagiorgas;G. Mihalakakou

  • Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives

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  • Estimating the ecological footprint of the heat island effect over Athens, Greece

    M. Santamouris;K. Paraponiaris;G. Mihalakakou

  • On the green roof system. Selection, state of the art and energy potential investigation of a system installed in an office building in Athens, Greece

    A. Spala;H.S. Bagiorgas;M.N. Assimakopoulos;J. Kalavrouziotis

  • Simulation of the Urban Heat Island Phenomenon in Mediterranean Climates

    G. Mihalakakou;M. Santamouris;N. Papanikolaou;C. Cartalis

  • On the energy consumption in residential buildings

    G Mihalakakou;M Santamouris;A Tsangrassoulis

  • Determination of places in the great Athens area where the heat island effect is observed

    I. Livada;M. Santamouris;K. Niachou;N. Papanikolaou

  • Using principal component and cluster analysis in the heating evaluation of the school building sector

    N. Gaitani;C. Lehmann;M. Santamouris;G. Mihalakakou

  • Use of buried pipes for energy conservation in cooling of agricultural greenhouses

    M. Santamouris;G. Mihalakakou;C.A. Balaras;A. Argiriou

  • Application of Neural Networks to the Simulation of the Heat Island over Athens, Greece, Using Synoptic Types as a Predictor

    Giouli Mihalakakou;Helena A. Flocas;Manthaios Santamouris;Costas G. Helmis

  • The urban heat island effect in a small Mediterranean city of high summer temperatures and cooling energy demands

    E. Vardoulakis;D. Karamanis;A. Fotiadi;G. Mihalakakou

  • Parametric prediction of the buried pipes cooling potential for passive cooling applications

    G. Mihalakakou;M. Santamouris;D. Asimakopoulos;I. Tselepidaki

Frequent Co-Authors

D. N. Asimakopoulos
D. N. Asimakopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Shafiqur Rehman
Shafiqur Rehman King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Mattheos Santamouris
Mattheos Santamouris University of New South Wales
Constantinos A. Balaras
Constantinos A. Balaras National Observatory of Athens
George Halkos
George Halkos University Of Thessaly
Michael T. Wilson
Michael T. Wilson University of Essex

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