Athanasios Tsakris

17.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
407 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Athanasios Tsakris is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Athanasios Tsakris has authored 407 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Molecular Medicine, 135 papers in Infectious Diseases and 101 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Athanasios Tsakris's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (149 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (47 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (41 papers). Athanasios Tsakris is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (149 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (47 papers) and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing (41 papers). Athanasios Tsakris collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United States and Italy. Athanasios Tsakris's co-authors include Spyros Pournaras, Aggeliki Poulou, Cleo Anastassopoulou, Georgia Vrioni, Evangelia Voulgari, Nicholas Spanakis, Constantinos Siettos, Raffaele Zarrilli, Lucía Russo and Maria Giannouli and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Athanasios Tsakris

391 papers receiving 11.0k citations

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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.

Data-based analysis, modelling and forecasting of the COVID-19 outbreak

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Athanasios Tsakris Greece	55	6.1k	2.7k	2.6k	2.4k	2.0k	407	11.3k
J. Todd Weber United States	17	6.5k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	28	11.3k
Anton Y. Peleg Australia	57	6.9k 1.1×	3.1k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	3.1k 1.3×	4.4k 2.2×	223	14.0k
Arnfinn Sundsfjord Norway	49	4.1k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	156	8.4k
Jesús Rodríguez‐Baño Spain	62	8.5k 1.4×	2.7k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	5.3k 2.2×	1.7k 0.8×	356	14.4k
Jordi Vilà Spain	71	9.0k 1.5×	3.2k 1.2×	6.2k 2.4×	4.6k 1.9×	5.2k 2.6×	540	20.1k
Kyong Ran Peck South Korea	51	3.2k 0.5×	3.6k 1.3×	1.3k 0.5×	3.7k 1.6×	1.5k 0.7×	443	10.0k
Ari Robicsek United States	38	3.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	912 0.5×	91	7.1k
Herman Goossens Belgium	51	3.0k 0.5×	3.2k 1.2×	980 0.4×	4.3k 1.8×	2.3k 1.1×	273	13.8k
Balaji Veeraraghavan India	39	3.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	388	6.6k
Cheol‐In Kang South Korea	43	3.2k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	3.2k 1.3×	906 0.4×	283	8.1k

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Tsantes, Andreas G., Dimitrios V. Papadopoulos, Πέτρος Ιωάννου, et al.. (2025). Local Vancomycin Application Reduces Periprosthetic Joint Infections in Oncologic Megaprosthetic Reconstruction: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Antibiotics. 14(9). 952–952.

Anastassopoulou, Cleo, Snežana Medić, Nikolaos Siafakas, et al.. (2024). Vaccines for the Elderly and Vaccination Programs in Europe and the United States. Vaccines. 12(6). 566–566. 9 indexed citations

Siafakas, Nikolaos, et al.. (2024). Investigating ABO Blood Groups and Secretor Status in Relation to SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Severity. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 14(4). 346–346. 2 indexed citations

Vrioni, Georgia, et al.. (2024). Aspects of Tuberculosis in Greece over the Last Century: Historical Perspectives and Today’s Challenges. 69(4). 245–257. 1 indexed citations

Maltezou, Helena C., Sophia Hatziantoniou, Kalliopi Theodoridou, et al.. (2023). Anaphylaxis rates following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in children and adolescents: Analysis of data reported to EudraVigilance. Vaccine. 41(14). 2382–2386. 7 indexed citations

Mavrouli, Maria, Spyridon Mavroulis, Efthymios Lekkas, & Athanasios Tsakris. (2023). The Impact of Earthquakes on Public Health: A Narrative Review of Infectious Diseases in the Post-Disaster Period Aiming to Disaster Risk Reduction. Microorganisms. 11(2). 419–419. 69 indexed citations

Mavrouli, Maria, Spyridon Mavroulis, Efthymios Lekkas, & Athanasios Tsakris. (2023). An Emerging Health Crisis in Turkey and Syria after the Earthquake Disaster on 6 February 2023: Risk Factors, Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases. Healthcare. 11(7). 1022–1022. 30 indexed citations

Protonotariou, Efthymia, Georgios Meletis, Andigoni Malousi, et al.. (2022). First detection of mcr-1-producing Escherichia coli in Greece. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 31. 252–255. 4 indexed citations

Tsantes, Andreas G., Dimitrios V. Papadopoulos, Rozeta Sokou, et al.. (2022). Aspergillusspp. osteoarticular infections: an updated systematic review on the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of 186 confirmed cases. Medical Mycology. 60(8). 5 indexed citations

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Routsias, John G., et al.. (2021). Diagnostic performance of rapid antigen tests (RATs) for SARS-CoV-2 and their efficacy in monitoring the infectiousness of COVID-19 patients. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 22863–22863. 28 indexed citations

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Tsioutis, Constantinos, Gabriel Birgand, Erik Bathoorn, et al.. (2020). Education and training programmes for infection prevention and control professionals: mapping the current opportunities and local needs in European countries. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. 9(1). 183–183. 20 indexed citations

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Karampatakis, Theodoros, Katerina Tsergouli, Εlias Iosifidis, et al.. (2019). Effects of an Active Surveillance Program and Enhanced Infection Control Measures on Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Carriage and Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care. Microbial Drug Resistance. 25(9). 1347–1356. 8 indexed citations

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Savov, Encho, et al.. (2017). NDM-1 Hazard in the Balkan States: Evidence of the First Outbreak of NDM-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Bulgaria. Microbial Drug Resistance. 24(3). 253–259. 22 indexed citations

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Pournaras, Spyros, Konstantina Dafopoulou, Mariateresa Del Franco, et al.. (2017). Predominance of international clone 2 OXA-23-producing- Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Greece, 2015: results of a nationwide study. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 49(6). 749–753. 57 indexed citations

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Houhoula, Dimitra, Dimitra Peirasmaki, Spyros J. Konteles, et al.. (2012). High Level of Heterogeneity Among Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Clinical and Food Origin Specimens in Greece. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 9(9). 848–852. 4 indexed citations

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Voulgari, Evangelia, et al.. (2010). Emergence of VIM-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Microbial Drug Resistance. 17(1). 105–108. 4 indexed citations

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Ikonomidis, Alexandros, Nicholas Spanakis, Aggeliki Poulou, et al.. (2007). Emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Carrying VIM-4 Metallo- β -Lactamase and SHV-2a Extended-Spectrum β -Lactamase in a Conjugative Plasmid. Microbial Drug Resistance. 13(4). 221–226. 13 indexed citations

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Tsakris, Athanasios, Alexandros Ikonomidis, Aggeliki Poulou, et al.. (2007). Transmission in the community of clonal Proteus mirabilis carrying VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 60(1). 136–139. 33 indexed citations

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Sofianou, Danai, et al.. (2005). CTX-M-1 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Proteus mirabilis in Greece. Microbial Drug Resistance. 11(4). 351–354. 7 indexed citations

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Arvanitidou, Malamatenia, et al.. (2005). Prognostic factors for nosocomial bacteraemia outcome: a prospective study in a Greek teaching hospital. Journal of Hospital Infection. 61(3). 219–224. 16 indexed citations

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