Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis

3.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
46 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis's work include Horticultural and Viticultural Research (6 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (6 papers) and Smart Agriculture and AI (5 papers). Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis is often cited by papers focused on Horticultural and Viticultural Research (6 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (6 papers) and Smart Agriculture and AI (5 papers). Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis's co-authors include Spyros Fountas, Dionysis Bochtis, Manuel Gómez‐Barbero, Vera Eory, Andrew Barnes, T. van der Wal, Jürgen Vangeyte, Iria Soto, Theodora Angelopoulou and George Zalidis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis

42 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Precision Agriculture Technologies Positively Contributing to GHG Emissions Mitigation, Farm Productivity and Economics

2017 400 citations Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis, Spyros Fountas et al. Sustainability profile →
Exploring the adoption of precision agricultural technologies: A cross regional study of EU farmers

2018 314 citations Andrew Barnes, Iria Soto et al. profile →
Remote Sensing Techniques for Soil Organic Carbon Estimation: A Review

2019 253 citations Theodora Angelopoulou, Nikolaos Tziolas et al. Remote Sensing profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis Greece	21	743	485	459	278	213	46	2.1k
Spyros Fountas Greece	27	1.6k 2.2×	771 1.6×	417 0.9×	177 0.6×	202 0.9×	97	2.8k
S. Fountas Greece	22	1.4k 1.9×	422 0.9×	262 0.6×	413 1.5×	128 0.6×	62	2.5k
Simon Blackmore United Kingdom	23	1.2k 1.6×	357 0.7×	430 0.9×	206 0.7×	277 1.3×	70	2.2k
Ram L. Ray United States	24	715 1.0×	625 1.3×	630 1.4×	214 0.8×	322 1.5×	112	3.0k
F.K. van Evert Netherlands	24	947 1.3×	396 0.8×	184 0.4×	162 0.6×	215 1.0×	89	1.8k
Brett Whelan Australia	20	1.5k 2.0×	1.0k 2.2×	752 1.6×	100 0.4×	276 1.3×	42	2.7k
Patrizia Busato Italy	17	1.4k 1.8×	462 1.0×	224 0.5×	113 0.4×	131 0.6×	73	2.8k
Simon Pearson United Kingdom	30	2.6k 3.5×	599 1.2×	308 0.7×	131 0.5×	162 0.8×	128	4.5k
Siva K. Balasundram Malaysia	23	850 1.1×	473 1.0×	310 0.7×	76 0.3×	161 0.8×	61	2.2k
Shahbaz Khan Australia	22	430 0.6×	407 0.8×	600 1.3×	82 0.3×	366 1.7×	102	2.3k

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Angelopoulou, Theodora, Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis, & Sabine Chabrillat. (2025). Earth Observation technologies for agricultural carbon credits: a review. Smart Agricultural Technology. 12. 101493–101493.

Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., et al.. (2025). A review of the EU bioeconomy: concepts, current state and the transition to a circular bioeconomy. Open Research Europe. 5. 163–163.

Petropoulos, Dimitrios, Νικόλαος Αποστολόπουλος, Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis, et al.. (2025). Digital and Entrepreneurial Competencies for the Bioeconomy: Perceptions and Training Needs of Agricultural Professionals in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Sweden. Agriculture. 15(10). 1106–1106. 1 indexed citations

Kyriakarakos, George, et al.. (2024). Carbon Carriers Driving the Net-Zero Future: The Role of Torrefied Biomass Pellets in Power-To-X. Sustainability. 16(21). 9200–9200. 1 indexed citations

Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., et al.. (2024). Farmers’ needs, ideas and interests on the adoption of fossil energy free technologies and strategies in the EU. International Journal of Sustainable Energy. 43(1). 2 indexed citations

Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., et al.. (2024). How can Fossil-Energy-Free Technologies and Strategies (FEFTS) be adopted in European Farming?. Energies. 17(19). 4857–4857.

Kyriakarakos, George, et al.. (2023). Design and implementation of a Decision Support Tool to assist the ranking of fossil-energy-free technologies and strategies for a given farm. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100169–100169. 4 indexed citations

Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., et al.. (2023). A Review of the Current Practices of Bioeconomy Education and Training in the EU. Sustainability. 15(2). 954–954. 8 indexed citations

Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., et al.. (2022). Energy Use in Greenhouses in the EU: A Review Recommending Energy Efficiency Measures and Renewable Energy Sources Adoption. Applied Sciences. 12(10). 5150–5150. 39 indexed citations

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Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., et al.. (2022). Energy Use in the EU Livestock Sector: A Review Recommending Energy Efficiency Measures and Renewable Energy Sources Adoption. Applied Sciences. 12(4). 2142–2142. 32 indexed citations

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Karavas, Christos‐Spyridon, et al.. (2022). Development of a computational tool for the design of seawater reverse osmosis desalination systems powered by photovoltaics for crop irrigation. 1–22. 7 indexed citations

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Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., et al.. (2022). Energy use in open-field agriculture in the EU: A critical review recommending energy efficiency measures and renewable energy sources adoption. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 158. 112098–112098. 86 indexed citations

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Symeonaki, Eleni, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis, Dimitrios Piromalis, Dimitrios Tseles, & Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis. (2022). Ontology-Based IoT Middleware Approach for Smart Livestock Farming toward Agriculture 4.0: A Case Study for Controlling Thermal Environment in a Pig Facility. Agronomy. 12(3). 750–750. 27 indexed citations

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Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., F.K. van Evert, & Spyros Fountas. (2020). Smart Farming Technology Trends: Economic and Environmental Effects, Labor Impact, and Adoption Readiness. Agronomy. 10(5). 743–743. 82 indexed citations

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Angelopoulou, Theodora, Nikolaos Tziolas, Athanasios Τ. Balafoutis, George Zalidis, & Dionysis Bochtis. (2019). Remote Sensing Techniques for Soil Organic Carbon Estimation: A Review. Remote Sensing. 11(6). 676–676. 253 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lampridi, Maria, Dimitrios Katerıs, Vasso Marinoudi, et al.. (2019). A Case-Based Economic Assessment of Robotics Employment in Precision Arable Farming. Agronomy. 9(4). 175–175. 29 indexed citations

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Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., Spyros Fountas, Jürgen Vangeyte, et al.. (2017). Precision Agriculture Technologies Positively Contributing to GHG Emissions Mitigation, Farm Productivity and Economics. Sustainability. 9(8). 1339–1339. 400 indexed citations breakdown →

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Travlos, Ilias, Evangelos Anastasiou, S. Fountas, et al.. (2017). The use of RGB cameras in defining crop development in legumes. Advances in Animal Biosciences. 8(2). 224–228. 9 indexed citations

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Μάρκου, Γιώργος, et al.. (2016). Biogas production from energy crops in northern Greece: economics of electricity generation associated with heat recovery in a greenhouse. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 19(4). 1147–1167. 17 indexed citations

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Balafoutis, Athanasios Τ., Fausto Freire, & G. Papadakis. (2010). Life cycle assessment of sunflower oil produced in Greece and used as fuel in tractor diesel engines.. 1 indexed citations

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