Antonis I. Vakis

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Antonis I. Vakis is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonis I. Vakis has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 22 papers in Ocean Engineering and 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Antonis I. Vakis's work include Wave and Wind Energy Systems (21 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (19 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers). Antonis I. Vakis is often cited by papers focused on Wave and Wind Energy Systems (21 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (19 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers). Antonis I. Vakis collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Czechia. Antonis I. Vakis's co-authors include S. N. Patek, Andreas A. Polycarpou, Soheil Solhjoo, Bayu Jayawardhana, Yutao Pei, Patrick van Rijn, E. van der Giessen, Xiaoming Liu, Hengxu Song and Yanji Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Antonis I. Vakis

60 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Integrative and Comparative Biology 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Integrative and Comparative Biology
    2006 621 citations Antonis I. Vakis et al. profile →

Peers

Antonis I. Vakis
C. Sachs Germany
Hamed Rajabi Germany
Esther Appel Germany
Jan‐Henning Dirks Germany
Gérald Franz Austria
Alexander Kovalev Germany
Holger F. Bohn Germany
Jiyu Sun China
M. Edwin DeMont Canada
Brook O. Swanson United States
C. Sachs Germany
Antonis I. Vakis
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Countries citing papers authored by Antonis I. Vakis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Antonis I. Vakis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Antonis I. Vakis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Antonis I. Vakis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Antonis I. Vakis. Antonis I. Vakis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Druetta, Pablo, et al.. (2025). Numerical modelling of mass transfer and the plasticization effect of supercritical CO2 on polypropylene during extrusion. International Journal of Thermofluids. 26. 101087–101087. 2 indexed citations
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Vakis, Antonis I., et al.. (2025). Numerical investigation of non-newtonian fluids in single screw extruders, Part I: Steady-state studies. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 218. 25–39. 1 indexed citations
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Druetta, Pablo, et al.. (2024). Modelling supercritical CO2 flow in a co-rotating twin screw extruder using the level-set method. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 205. 569–577. 4 indexed citations
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Grigoriadis, D.G.E., et al.. (2024). Wave-to-wire modelling and hydraulic PTO optimization of a dense point absorber WEC array. Renewable Energy. 237. 121620–121620. 6 indexed citations
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Gao, Qiang, et al.. (2023). Techno-Economic Assessment of Offshore Wind and Hybrid Wind-Wave Farms with Energy Storage Systems. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanji, et al.. (2023). Analysing the influence of power take-off adaptability on the power extraction of dense wave energy converter arrays. Renewable Energy. 211. 1–12. 5 indexed citations
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Wei, Yanji, et al.. (2023). Analysis of the impact of floater interactions on the power extraction of a dense WEC array with adaptable nonlinear PTO. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 15. 1 indexed citations
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Jayawardhana, Bayu, et al.. (2023). Investigating the efficiency of a novel offshore pumped hydro energy storage system: Experimental study on a scale prototype. Journal of Energy Storage. 74. 109374–109374. 12 indexed citations
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Grigoriadis, D.G.E., et al.. (2023). Maximizing the surge amplitude of a floater through an adaptable mooring tightening technique. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 15.
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Gao, Qiang, et al.. (2023). Techno-economic assessment of offshore wind and hybrid wind–wave farms with energy storage systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 192. 114263–114263. 42 indexed citations
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Krushynska, Anastasiia O., et al.. (2022). Modular Kirigami Arrays for Distributed Actuation Systems in Adaptive Optics. Physical Review Applied. 17(4). 1 indexed citations
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Vakis, Antonis I., et al.. (2021). LCA Practices of Plastics and Their Recycling: A Critical Review. Applied Sciences. 11(8). 3305–3305. 35 indexed citations
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Michele, Simone, et al.. (2020). Wave Energy Extraction by Flexible Floaters. Energies. 13(23). 6167–6167. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Bo Sundman, J.G.M. Winkelman, Antonis I. Vakis, & Francesco Picchioni. (2019). Implementation of the UNIQUAC model in the OpenCalphad software. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 507. 112398–112398. 6 indexed citations
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Solhjoo, Soheil, et al.. (2019). Effects of loading conditions on free surface roughening of AISI 420 martensitic stainless steel. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 275. 116311–116311. 14 indexed citations
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Vakis, Antonis I. & John S. Anagnostopoulos. (2016). Mechanical design and modeling of a single-piston pump for the novel power take-off system of a wave energy converter. Renewable Energy. 96. 531–547. 20 indexed citations
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Solhjoo, Soheil & Antonis I. Vakis. (2016). Continuum mechanics at the atomic scale: Insights into non-adhesive contacts using molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Applied Physics. 120(21). 12 indexed citations

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