Ioannis Stefanou

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ioannis Stefanou is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ioannis Stefanou has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 23 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 22 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Ioannis Stefanou's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (23 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers) and Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (13 papers). Ioannis Stefanou is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (23 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers) and Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis (13 papers). Ioannis Stefanou collaborates with scholars based in France, Greece and Australia. Ioannis Stefanou's co-authors include Jean Sulem, Filippo Masi, Paolo Vannucci, Victor Maffi-Berthier, Karam Sab, Manolis Veveakis, Ioannis N. Psycharis, I. Vardoulakis, Michele Godio and Michalis Fragiadakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Automatica and Construction and Building Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ioannis Stefanou

64 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Thermodynamics-based Artificial Neural Networks for constitutive modeling

2020 239 citations Filippo Masi, Ioannis Stefanou et al. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids profile →

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Ioannis Stefanou

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Mohammad Rahimian Iran

Gao Lin China

Jianbo Li China

Franz Ziegler Austria

Luciano Rosati Italy

Xikui Li China

René Chambón France

Y.-H. Pao United States

Ning Guo China

Iradj G. Tadjbakhsh United States

Mohammad Rahimian Iran

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863 ×1.4

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253 ×0.9

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111 ×0.6

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ioannis Stefanou

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20 of 20 papers shown

Stefanou, Ioannis, et al.. (2025). Single-well based control and optimization of hydraulic stimulation and induced seismicity: Application to the Otaniemi geothermal project. Geothermics. 132. 103396–103396.

Masi, Filippo, et al.. (2025). Measurement, self-similarity, and TNT equivalence of blasts from exploding wires. Shock Waves. 35(1). 17–35.

Masi, Filippo, et al.. (2025). miniBLAST: A Novel Experimental Setup for Laboratory Testing of Structures Under Blast Loads. Experimental Techniques. 49(4). 655–675. 1 indexed citations

Stefanou, Ioannis, et al.. (2024). AI‐Driven Approach for Sustainable Extraction of Earth's Subsurface Renewable Energy While Minimizing Seismic Activity. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 49(4). 1126–1138. 1 indexed citations

Stefanou, Ioannis, et al.. (2023). Fault friction under thermal pressurization during large seismic-slip: Numerical analyses and extension of the model of frictional slip. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 248. 108184–108184. 7 indexed citations

Stefanou, Ioannis, et al.. (2021). The role of viscous regularization in dynamical problems, strain localization and mesh dependency. arXiv (Cornell University). 17 indexed citations

Sulem, Jean, et al.. (2020). Compaction banding in high-porosity carbonate rocks. Part I: Experimental observations. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Stefanou, Ioannis, et al.. (2020). A Cosserat Breakage Mechanics model for brittle granular media. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 141. 103975–103975. 26 indexed citations

Stefanou, Ioannis, et al.. (2020). Artificial neural networks prediction of in-plane and out-of-plane homogenized coefficients of hollow blocks masonry wall. Meccanica. 55(3). 525–545. 7 indexed citations

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Masi, Filippo, Ioannis Stefanou, Paolo Vannucci, & Victor Maffi-Berthier. (2019). A Discrete Element Method approach for the preservation of the architectural heritage against explosions. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.

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Stefanou, Ioannis & Eleni Gerolymatou. (2019). Strain localization in geomaterials and regularization: rate-dependency, higher order continuum theories and multi-physics. Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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Got, Jean‐Luc, David Amitrano, Ioannis Stefanou, Élodie Brothelande, & Aline Peltier. (2019). Damage and Strain Localization Around a Pressurized Shallow‐Level Magma Reservoir. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(2). 1443–1458. 12 indexed citations

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Rattez, Hadrien, Ioannis Stefanou, Jean Sulem, Manolis Veveakis, & Thomas Poulet. (2018). Numerical Analysis of Strain Localization in Rocks with Thermo-hydro-mechanical Couplings Using Cosserat Continuum. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 51(10). 3295–3311. 27 indexed citations

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Masi, Filippo, Ioannis Stefanou, & Paolo Vannucci. (2018). On the origin of the cracks in the dome of the Pantheon in Rome. Engineering Failure Analysis. 92. 587–596. 9 indexed citations

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Vannucci, Paolo, Filippo Masi, & Ioannis Stefanou. (2017). A study on the simulation of blast actions on a monument structure. 12 indexed citations

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Stefanou, Ioannis, et al.. (2014). Three dimensional homogenization of masonry structures with building blocks of finite strength: A closed form strength domain. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 54. 258–270. 51 indexed citations

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Stefanou, Ioannis & Jean Sulem. (2014). Chemically induced compaction bands: Triggering conditions and band thickness. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 119(2). 880–899. 35 indexed citations

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Nedjar, Boumediene, et al.. (2013). Modeling of unidirectional fibre-reinforced composites under fibre damage. Mechanics Research Communications. 56. 115–122. 12 indexed citations

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Stefanou, Ioannis & Jean Sulem. (2012). MICROMORPHIC CONTINUA: APPLICATION TO THE HOMOGENIZATION OF DIATOMIC MASONRY COLUMNS. International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering. 10(6). 599–613. 2 indexed citations

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Veveakis, Manolis, Jean Sulem, & Ioannis Stefanou. (2011). Modeling of fault gouges with Cosserat Continuum Mechanics: Influence of thermal pressurization and chemical decomposition as coseismic weakening mechanisms. Journal of Structural Geology. 38. 254–264. 36 indexed citations

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