George Tsakiris

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

George Tsakiris is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Civil and Structural Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, George Tsakiris has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 23 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 21 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in George Tsakiris's work include Hydrology and Drought Analysis (35 papers), Water resources management and optimization (21 papers) and Climate variability and models (18 papers). George Tsakiris is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Drought Analysis (35 papers), Water resources management and optimization (21 papers) and Climate variability and models (18 papers). George Tsakiris collaborates with scholars based in Greece, Belgium and Australia. George Tsakiris's co-authors include Harris Vangelis, Ioannis Nalbantis, Dimitris Tigkas, Mike Spiliotis, Vasilis Bellos, Dimitrios Ε. Alexakis, Giuseppe Rossi, Vassiliοs A. Tsihrintzis, Ioannis M. Kourtis and Georgios D. Gikas and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hydrology and Desalination.

In The Last Decade

George Tsakiris

81 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Assessment of Hydrological Drought Revisited 2006 2026 2012 2019 2008 2006 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Assessment of Hydrological Drought Revisited
    2008 711 citations Ioannis Nalbantis, George Tsakiris Water Resources Management profile →
  2. Regional Drought Assessment Based on the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI)
    2006 660 citations George Tsakiris, Harris Vangelis et al. Water Resources Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Tsakiris Greece 31 3.5k 1.8k 824 515 483 82 4.4k
Qiang Huang China 33 3.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 445 0.5× 438 0.9× 422 0.9× 119 4.3k
Hiroshi Ishidaira Japan 31 1.9k 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 267 0.3× 618 1.2× 382 0.8× 160 3.1k
Athanasios Loukas Greece 31 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 271 0.3× 541 1.1× 358 0.7× 133 3.1k
Venkataramana Sridhar United States 37 3.6k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 408 0.5× 849 1.6× 316 0.7× 126 4.9k
Shreedhar Maskey Netherlands 31 2.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 414 0.5× 476 0.9× 235 0.5× 62 3.2k
Shih‐Chieh Kao United States 34 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 418 0.5× 683 1.3× 423 0.9× 110 4.3k
John A. Dracup United States 32 4.7k 1.3× 2.8k 1.5× 760 0.9× 887 1.7× 863 1.8× 81 6.0k
Fred F. Hattermann Germany 37 2.5k 0.7× 2.7k 1.5× 249 0.3× 506 1.0× 391 0.8× 121 4.0k
Shengzhi Huang China 33 2.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 309 0.4× 788 1.5× 326 0.7× 88 3.9k
Ercan Kahya Türkiye 34 4.0k 1.1× 2.3k 1.3× 407 0.5× 1.7k 3.3× 282 0.6× 88 5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by George Tsakiris

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Tsakiris

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Tsakiris

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kourtis, Ioannis M., Harris Vangelis, Dimitris Tigkas, et al.. (2023). Drought Assessment in Greece Using SPI and ERA5 Climate Reanalysis Data. Sustainability. 15(22). 15999–15999. 17 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George & Daniel P. Loucks. (2023). Adaptive Water Resources Management Under Climate Change: An Introduction. Water Resources Management. 37(6-7). 2221–2233. 29 indexed citations
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Tigkas, Dimitris, Harris Vangelis, Nikolaos Proutsos, & George Tsakiris. (2022). Incorporating aSPI and eRDI in Drought Indices Calculator (DrinC) Software for Agricultural Drought Characterisation and Monitoring. Hydrology. 9(6). 100–100. 28 indexed citations
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Tigkas, Dimitris, Harris Vangelis, & George Tsakiris. (2020). Implementing Crop Evapotranspiration in RDI for Farm-Level Drought Evaluation and Adaptation under Climate Change Conditions. Water Resources Management. 34(14). 4329–4343. 50 indexed citations
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Spiliotis, Mike & George Tsakiris. (2017). Incorporating uncertainty in the design of water distribution systems.. 449–456. 1 indexed citations
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Bellos, Vasilis & George Tsakiris. (2016). A hybrid method for flood simulation in small catchments combining hydrodynamic and hydrological techniques. Journal of Hydrology. 540. 331–339. 76 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George, et al.. (2015). Analysing drought characteristics in recharging areas of Belgian aquifers. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 50. 59–71. 2 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George. (2015). The Status of the European Waters in 2015: a Review. Environmental Processes. 2(3). 543–557. 58 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George & Mike Spiliotis. (2014). Embankment dam break: Uncertainty of outflow based on fuzzy representation of breach formation parameters. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems. 27(5). 2365–2378. 7 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George. (2014). Flood risk assessment: concepts, modelling, applications. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 14(5). 1361–1369. 137 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George, et al.. (2014). Flood Depth-Damage Functions for Built Environment. Environmental Processes. 1(4). 553–572. 112 indexed citations
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Bellos, Vasilis & George Tsakiris. (2014). Comparing Various Methods of Building Representation for 2D Flood Modelling In Built-Up Areas. Water Resources Management. 29(2). 379–397. 72 indexed citations
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Tigkas, Dimitris & George Tsakiris. (2014). Early Estimation of Drought Impacts on Rainfed Wheat Yield in Mediterranean Climate. Environmental Processes. 2(1). 97–114. 58 indexed citations
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Spiliotis, Mike & George Tsakiris. (2013). Closure of "Water Distribution System Analysis: Newton-Raphson Method Revisited". 139(8). 918–919.
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Tsakiris, George, Ioannis Nalbantis, Harris Vangelis, et al.. (2013). A System-based Paradigm of Drought Analysis for Operational Management. Water Resources Management. 27(15). 5281–5297. 119 indexed citations
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Tigkas, Dimitris, Harris Vangelis, & George Tsakiris. (2012). Drought and climatic change impact on streamflow in small watersheds. The Science of The Total Environment. 440. 33–41. 128 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George, Ioannis Nalbantis, & George Cavadias. (2011). Regionalization of low flows based on Canonical Correlation Analysis. Advances in Water Resources. 34(7). 865–872. 41 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George. (2010). Towards an adaptive preparedness framework for facing drought and water shortage. 249–257. 3 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George. (1988). Daily potential evapotranspiration modelling. Agricultural Water Management. 13(2-4). 393–402. 4 indexed citations
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Tsakiris, George, et al.. (1984). Nomographic estimation of performance parameters in sprinkler irrigation. Advances in Water Resources. 7(1). 35–38. 3 indexed citations

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