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D-Index
63
Citations
12339
World Ranking
1816
National Ranking
9

Kyriazis Pitilakis 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 Kyriazis Pitilakis sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 290 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kyriazis Pitilakis 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 Kyriazis Pitilakis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Greece Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Greece Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Kyriazis Pitilakis is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Civil and Structural Engineering. Additional areas of study include Geophysics, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Ocean Engineering, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their academic output covers various topics related to geotechnical and seismic engineering. The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their research, among which are:

  • Seismic behaviour of tunnels: From experiments to analysis, 2020, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
  • Selection of optimal intensity measures for fragility assessment of circular tunnels in soft soil deposits, 2021, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
  • Seismic vulnerability of circular tunnels in soft soil deposits: The case of Shanghai metropolitan system, 2020, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
  • Resilience assessment of tunnels: Framework and application for tunnels in alluvial deposits exposed to seismic hazard, 2022, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
  • Performance of geotechnical seismic isolation system using rubber-soil mixtures in centrifuge testing, 2020, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics

Kyriazis Pitilakis frequently publishes in journals such as Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

Collaboration is a prominent aspect of their work, with regular co-authors including:

  • Evi Riga
  • Stefania Apostolaki
  • Sotirios Argyroudis
  • Άννα Καρατζέτζου
  • Stavroula Fotopoulou

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for the quantitative analysis of landslide risk

    J. Corominas;C.J. van Westen;P. Frattini;L. Cascini

  • Seismic fragility curves of shallow tunnels in alluvial deposits

    Sotirios Argyroudis;Kyriazis Pitilakis

  • Dynamic properties of dry sand/rubber (SRM) and gravel/rubber (GRM) mixtures in a wide range of shearing strain amplitudes

    Kostas Senetakis;Anastasios Anastasiadis;Kyriazis Pitilakis

  • SYNER-G: Typology Definition and Fragility Functions for Physical Elements at Seismic Risk

    K. Pitilakis;H. Crowley;A.M. Kaynia

  • Seismic behaviour of tunnels: From experiments to analysis

    Grigorios Tsinidis;Filomena de Silva;Ioannis Anastasopoulos;Emilio Bilotta

  • GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF EURO-SEISTEST, USING FIELD, LABORATORY TESTS AND MODERATE STRONG MOTION RECORDINGS

    K. Pitilakis;D. Raptakis;K. Lontzetidis;Th. Tika-Vassilikou

  • Small-Strain Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio of Sand-Rubber and Gravel-Rubber Mixtures

    Anastasios Anastasiadis;Kostas Senetakis;Kostas Senetakis;Kyriazis Pitilakis

  • Site effects at Euroseistest—I. Determination of the valley structure and confrontation of observations with 1D analysis

    D Raptakis;F.J Chávez-Garcı́a;K Makra;K Pitilakis

  • Performance and Seismic Design of Underground Structures

    Kyriazis Pitilakis;Grigorios Tsinidis

  • Seismic Wave Amplification : Basin Geometry vs Soil Layering

    J. F. Semblat;M. Kham;E. Parara;P. Y. Bard

  • New code site classification, amplification factors and normalized response spectra based on a worldwide ground-motion database

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  • Seismic response of box-type tunnels in soft soil: Experimental and numerical investigation

    Grigorios Tsinidis;Emmanouil Rovithis;Kyriazis Pitilakis;Jean Louis Chazelas

  • Current Challenges and Future Trends in Analytical Fragility and Vulnerability Modeling

    Vitor Silva;Sinan Akkar;Jack Baker;Paolo Bazzurro

  • Erratum to: New code site classification, amplification factors and normalized response spectra based on a worldwide ground-motion database

    Kyriazis Pitilakis;Evi Riga;Anastasios Anastasiadis

  • Resilience assessment of tunnels: Framework and application for tunnels in alluvial deposits exposed to seismic hazard

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  • Systemic seismic risk assessment of road networks considering interactions with the built environment

    Sotirios Argyroudis;Jacopo Selva;Pierre Gehl;Kyriazis Pitilakis

  • Inelastic dynamic analysis of RC bridges accounting for spatial variability of ground motion, site effects and soil-structure interaction phenomena. Part 2: Parametric study

    Anastasios G. Sextos;Andreas J. Kappos;Kyriazis D. Pitilakis

  • Seismic vulnerability assessment of high-rise non-ductile RC buildings considering soil–structure interaction effects

    S.T. Karapetrou;S.D. Fotopoulou;K.D. Pitilakis

  • Consideration of aging and SSI effects on seismic vulnerability assessment of RC buildings

    K. D. Pitilakis;S. T. Karapetrou;S. D. Fotopoulou

  • Development of Seismic Risk Scenarios Based on a Hybrid Method of Vulnerability Assessment

    A. J. Kappos;A. J. Kappos;K. C. Stylianidis;K. Pitilakis

  • Inelastic dynamic analysis of RC bridges accounting for spatial variability of ground motion, site effects and soil–structure interaction phenomena. Part 1: Methodology and analytical tools

    Anastasios G. Sextos;Kyriazis D. Pitilakis;Andreas J. Kappos

  • Site effects at Euroseistest—II. Results from 2D numerical modeling and comparison with observations

    F.J. Chávez-Garcı́a;D. Raptakis;K. Makra;K. Pitilakis

  • Optimization of sensor location by static and dynamic slope stability analysis

    Jaime Bojorque;Guido De Roeck;Jan Maertens

  • SYNER-G: Typology Definition and Fragility Functions for Physical Elements at Seismic Risk Buildings, Lifelines, Transportation Networks and Critical Facilities

    K. Pitilakis;A. M. Kaynia;H. Crowley

Frequent Co-Authors

Kostas Senetakis
Kostas Senetakis City University of Hong Kong
Jacopo Selva
Jacopo Selva National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Helen Crowley
Helen Crowley University of Pavia
Fabrice Cotton
Fabrice Cotton University of Potsdam
Jordi Corominas
Jordi Corominas Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Andreas J. Kappos
Andreas J. Kappos Khalifa University
Peter Moczo
Peter Moczo Comenius University
Jean-Philippe Malet
Jean-Philippe Malet University of Strasbourg
Dino Bindi
Dino Bindi University of Potsdam
Stefano Parolai
Stefano Parolai University of Trieste

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