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Giorgos Kouvarakis

Giorgos Kouvarakis

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
5149
World Ranking
8917
National Ranking
56

Giorgos Kouvarakis 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 Giorgos Kouvarakis sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 84 publications — 6th percentile

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Giorgos Kouvarakis 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 Giorgos Kouvarakis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Giorgos Kouvarakis is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece and focuses on research within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work primarily explores atmospheric processes and the impact of atmospheric chemistry and aerosols on climate and health.

The main fields of study reflected in Kouvarakis's research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The research subfields are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Oceanography

Kouvarakis's work covers several main topics:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Frequent publication venues where Kouvarakis has published research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Atmosphere
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kouvarakis are:

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • The effect of meteorological conditions and atmospheric composition in the occurrence and development of new particle formation (NPF) events in Europe, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A phenomenology of new particle formation (NPF) at 13 European sites, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Improved indoor air quality during desert dust storms: The impact of the MEDEA exposure-reduction strategies, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A twenty year record of greenhouse gases in the Eastern Mediterranean atmosphere, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Kouvarakis collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • N. Mihalopoulos
  • Nikos Kalivitis
  • Maria Kanakidou
  • Antonis Michanikou
  • Panayiotis Κouis

Best Publications

  • EUCAARI ion spectrometer measurements at 12 European sites – analysis of new particle formation events

    H. E. Manninen;T. Nieminen;E. Asmi;S. Gagné

  • Origin and variability of particulate matter (PM10) mass concentrations over the Eastern Mediterranean

    E. Gerasopoulos;G. Kouvarakis;P. Babasakalis;M. Vrekoussis

  • A European aerosol phenomenology-5 : Climatology of black carbon optical properties at 9 regional background sites across Europe

    M. Zanatta;M. Gysel;N. Bukowiecki;T. Müller

  • Chemical composition and sources of fine and coarse aerosol particles in the Eastern Mediterranean

    E. Koulouri;S. Saarikoski;C. Theodosi;Z. Markaki

  • Explaining global surface aerosol number concentrations in terms of primary emissions and particle formation

    D. V. Spracklen;K. S. Carslaw;J. Merikanto;G. W. Mann

  • Atmospheric deposition of inorganic phosphorus in the Levantine Basin, eastern Mediterranean: Spatial and temporal variability and its role in seawater productivity

    Z. Markaki;K. Oikonomou;M. Kocak;G. Kouvarakis

  • Temporal variations of surface regional background ozone over Crete Island in the southeast Mediterranean

    G. Kouvarakis;K. Tsigaridis;M. Kanakidou;N. Mihalopoulos

  • The effect of the total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006 on meteorological variables in Greece

    D. Founda;D. Melas;S. Lykoudis;I. Lisaridis

  • Particle water and pH in the eastern Mediterranean: source variability and implications for nutrient availability

    Aikaterini Bougiatioti;Aikaterini Bougiatioti;Panayiota Nikolaou;Iasonas Stavroulas;Giorgos Kouvarakis

  • Dust transport over the eastern Mediterranean derived from Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer, Aerosol Robotic Network, and surface measurements

    N. Kalivitis;E. Gerasopoulos;M. Vrekoussis;G. Kouvarakis

  • Aerosol decadal trends – Part 1: In-situ optical measurements at GAW and IMPROVE stations

    M. Collaud Coen;E. Andrews;E. Andrews;A. Asmi;U. Baltensperger

  • Processing of biomass-burning aerosol in the eastern Mediterranean during summertime

    A. Bougiatioti;A. Bougiatioti;I. Stavroulas;E. Kostenidou;P. Zarmpas

  • Seasonal variation of dimethylsulfide in the gas phase and of methanesulfonate and non-sea-salt sulfate in the aerosols phase in the Eastern Mediterranean atmosphere

    G Kouvarakis;N Mihalopoulos

  • Ozone variability in the marine boundary layer of the eastern Mediterranean based on 7‐year observations

    E. Gerasopoulos;G. Kouvarakis;M. Vrekoussis;M. Kanakidou

  • On the importance of atmospheric inputs of inorganic nitrogen species on the productivity of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

    G. Kouvarakis;N. Mihalopoulos;A. Tselepides;S. Stavrakakis

  • Primary versus secondary contributions to particle number concentrations in the European boundary layer

    C. L. Reddington;K. S. Carslaw;D. V. Spracklen;M. G. Frontoso

  • Photochemical ozone production in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Evangelos Gerasopoulos;Giorgos Kouvarakis;Mihalis Vrekoussis;Christos Donoussis

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories

    Paolo Laj;Paolo Laj;Alessandro Bigi;Clémence Rose;Elisabeth Andrews;Elisabeth Andrews

  • A European aerosol phenomenology - 6: Scattering properties of atmospheric aerosol particles from 28 ACTRIS sites

    Marco Pandolfi;Lucas Alados-Arboledas;Andrés Alastuey;Marcos Andrade

  • Spatial and temporal variability of tropospheric ozone (O3) in the boundary layer above the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean)

    G. Kouvarakis;M. Vrekoussis;N. Mihalopoulos;K. Kourtidis

  • Size-segregated mass distributions of aerosols over Eastern Mediterranean: seasonal variability and comparison with AERONET columnar size-distributions

    E. Gerasopoulos;E. Koulouri;N. Kalivitis;G. Kouvarakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos Mihalopoulos
Nikos Mihalopoulos National Observatory of Athens
Aikaterini Bougiatioti
Aikaterini Bougiatioti National Observatory of Athens
Paolo Laj
Paolo Laj Grenoble Alpes University
Maria Kanakidou
Maria Kanakidou University of Crete
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Alfred Wiedensohler
Alfred Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Karine Sellegri
Karine Sellegri University of Clermont Auvergne
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Andrés Alastuey
Andrés Alastuey Spanish National Research Council

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