Athanasios Zachariou

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 761 citations indexed

About

Athanasios Zachariou is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Athanasios Zachariou has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 761 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 21 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Athanasios Zachariou's work include Sperm and Testicular Function (28 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (21 papers) and Sexual function and dysfunction studies (14 papers). Athanasios Zachariou is often cited by papers focused on Sperm and Testicular Function (28 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (21 papers) and Sexual function and dysfunction studies (14 papers). Athanasios Zachariou collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United Kingdom and Japan. Athanasios Zachariou's co-authors include Fotios Dimitriadis, Nikolaos Sofikitis, Aris Kaltsas, Evangelos N. Symeonidis, Athanasios Zikopoulos, Efthalia Moustakli, Atsushi Takenaka, N. Sofikitis, Panagiota Tsounapi and Charalampos Mamoulakis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Athanasios Zachariou

70 papers receiving 748 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.

Impact of Advanced Paternal Age on Fertility and Risks of Genetic Disorders in Offspring

2023 66 citations Aris Kaltsas, Efthalia Moustakli et al. profile →
Oxidative-Stress-Mediated Epigenetic Dysregulation in Spermatogenesis: Implications for Male Infertility and Offspring Health

2025 17 citations Aris Kaltsas, Evangelos N. Symeonidis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Athanasios Zachariou Greece	16	328	209	111	106	103	83	761
Federico Belladelli Italy	21	588 1.8×	316 1.5×	240 2.2×	75 0.7×	127 1.2×	117	1.2k
Fedyeh Haghollahi Iran	14	276 0.8×	215 1.0×	28 0.3×	94 0.9×	44 0.4×	76	607
Kaan Aydos Türkiye	20	476 1.5×	256 1.2×	202 1.8×	59 0.6×	103 1.0×	60	1.0k
Bülent Alıcı Türkiye	16	275 0.8×	178 0.9×	137 1.2×	54 0.5×	119 1.2×	32	829
Aris Kaltsas Greece	13	321 1.0×	189 0.9×	101 0.9×	55 0.5×	50 0.5×	65	561
Agnieszka Brodowska Poland	15	252 0.8×	190 0.9×	77 0.7×	90 0.8×	36 0.3×	67	676
Shadab Salehpour Iran	20	617 1.9×	479 2.3×	183 1.6×	89 0.8×	99 1.0×	96	1.3k
Sara R. Till United States	16	254 0.8×	230 1.1×	126 1.1×	72 0.7×	20 0.2×	34	789
Hamdi Özkara Türkiye	11	191 0.6×	97 0.5×	78 0.7×	42 0.4×	93 0.9×	39	537
Shiva Safarinejad Iran	18	380 1.2×	228 1.1×	311 2.8×	115 1.1×	15 0.1×	24	918

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Zachariou, Athanasios, D. Baltogiannis, Athanasios Zikopoulos, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation on Female Sexual Function in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Narrative Review. Cureus. 17(1). e77306–e77306.

Moustakli, Efthalia, Periklis Katopodis, Anastasios Potiris, et al.. (2025). Oxidative Stress and the NLRP3 Inflammasome: Focus on Female Fertility and Reproductive Health. Cells. 14(1). 36–36. 10 indexed citations

Zachariou, Athanasios, Sudhir Venkatesan, Xiaolin Hu, et al.. (2025). 85P: Phase I results from the phase I/II POTENT trial of tepotinib and pembrolizumab in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 20(3). S62–S63.

Kaltsas, Aris, Ioannis Georgiou, Alexandros Sotiriadis, et al.. (2025). Letrozole at the Crossroads of Efficacy and Fetal Safety in Ovulation Induction: A Narrative Review. Biomedicines. 13(9). 2051–2051.

Kaltsas, Aris, Zissis Mamuris, Fotios Dimitriadis, et al.. (2025). Artificial Gametogenesis and In Vitro Spermatogenesis: Emerging Strategies for the Treatment of Male Infertility. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(15). 7383–7383. 3 indexed citations

Hacımüftüoğlu, Ahmet, İsmail Bolat, Serkan Yıldırım, et al.. (2024). Morinda citrifolia protective effects on paclitaxel-induced testis parenchyma toxicity: An experimental study. Reproductive Toxicology. 127. 108611–108611.

Zachariou, Athanasios, Athanasios Zikopoulos, Chara Skentou, et al.. (2024). Supervised Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Improves Sexual Function and Diminishes Sexual Distress in Women with Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomised Controlled Study. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 14(1). 88–88. 3 indexed citations

Zikopoulos, Athanasios, et al.. (2024). Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Detrusor Overactivity in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Narrative Review. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 14(4). 355–355. 2 indexed citations

Kaltsas, Aris, Fotios Dimitriadis, Efthalia Moustakli, et al.. (2024). Oxidative Stress and Erectile Dysfunction: Pathophysiology, Impacts, and Potential Treatments. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 46(8). 8807–8834. 30 indexed citations

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Kaltsas, Aris, Vladimir Kojović, Fotios Dimitriadis, et al.. (2024). Paternal Contributions to Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Approaches. Medicina. 60(12). 1920–1920. 5 indexed citations

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Zachariou, Athanasios, Ioannis Giannakis, Aris Kaltsas, et al.. (2024). Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation’s Impact on Sexual Function in Female Patients with Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity, Sexual Dysfunction, and Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(20). 6042–6042. 1 indexed citations

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Kaltsas, Aris, Michael Chrisofos, Evangelos N. Symeonidis, et al.. (2024). To Drink or Not to Drink? Investigating Alcohol’s Impact on Prostate Cancer Risk. Cancers. 16(20). 3453–3453. 2 indexed citations

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Kaltsas, Aris, Evangelos N. Symeonidis, Athanasios Zikopoulos, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 and Male Infertility: Is There a Role for Antioxidants?. Antioxidants. 12(8). 1483–1483. 4 indexed citations

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Giannakis, Ioannis, Aris Kaltsas, Atsushi Takenaka, Nikolaos Sofikitis, & Athanasios Zachariou. (2023). Urethral diverticulum with stone formation in an adult male after hypospadias repair: A case presentation. Urology Case Reports. 51. 102624–102624.

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Zachariou, Athanasios, Aris Kaltsas, Ioannis Giannakis, et al.. (2022). Translation and Validation of the Intermittent Catheterization Difficulty Questionnaire (ICDQ) into Greek. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. Volume 15. 2571–2577. 1 indexed citations

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Dimitriadis, Fotios, Evangelos N. Symeonidis, Panagiota Tsounapi, et al.. (2021). Administration of Antioxidants in Infertile Male: When it may have a Detrimental Effect?. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 27(24). 2796–2801. 15 indexed citations

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Pyrgidis, Nikolaos, Ioannis Sokolakis, Ioannis Mykoniatis, et al.. (2021). The Effect of Antioxidant Supplementation on Operated or Non-Operated Varicocele-Associated Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Antioxidants. 10(7). 1067–1067. 15 indexed citations

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Symeonidis, Evangelos N., Nikolaos Pyrgidis, Ioannis Sokolakis, et al.. (2021). Redox Balance in Male Infertility: Excellence through Moderation—“Μέτρον ἄριστον”. Antioxidants. 10(10). 1534–1534. 29 indexed citations

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Zachariou, Athanasios, Aris Kaltsas, Fotios Dimitriadis, et al.. (2021). Mirabegron Alleviates the Degree of Burden Experienced by Caregivers of Older Females with Mixed or Urge Incontinence: A Prospective Study. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 16. 291–299. 6 indexed citations

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Zachariou, Athanasios, et al.. (2020). Adherence to clean intermittent catheterization in patients with multiple sclerosis. European Urology Open Science. 19. e692–e692. 1 indexed citations

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