Theodorοs Grigoratos

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Theodorοs Grigoratos is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Theodorοs Grigoratos has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Automotive Engineering, 27 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 9 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Theodorοs Grigoratos's work include Vehicle emissions and performance (34 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (26 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (7 papers). Theodorοs Grigoratos is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle emissions and performance (34 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (26 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (7 papers). Theodorοs Grigoratos collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Greece and Belgium. Theodorοs Grigoratos's co-authors include Giorgio Martini, Georgios Fontaras, Barouch Giechaskiel, Constantini Samara, Nikiforos Zacharof, Marcel Mathissen, Rainer Vogt, Mats Gustafsson, Dimitra Voutsa and Tero Lähde and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Atmospheric Environment.

In The Last Decade

Theodorοs Grigoratos

42 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Brake wear particle emissions: a review

2014 679 citations Theodorοs Grigoratos, Giorgio Martini Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
Contribution of Road Vehicle Tyre Wear to Microplastics and Ambient Air Pollution

2024 60 citations Barouch Giechaskiel, Theodorοs Grigoratos et al. Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Theodorοs Grigoratos Italy	21	1.2k	1.0k	409	353	331	44	2.0k
Olli Sippula Finland	35	993 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	678 1.7×	1.3k 3.8×	681 2.1×	121	3.7k
Jarkko Tissari Finland	32	724 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	645 1.6×	941 2.7×	345 1.0×	65	2.6k
Mats Gustafsson Sweden	29	1.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	1.3k 3.1×	533 1.5×	571 1.7×	97	3.3k
Claes Tullin Sweden	17	254 0.2×	463 0.5×	308 0.8×	306 0.9×	148 0.4×	45	1.9k
Shaohua Hu China	23	742 0.6×	822 0.8×	104 0.3×	310 0.9×	856 2.6×	58	2.3k
Christoph Schmidl Austria	19	394 0.3×	826 0.8×	304 0.7×	835 2.4×	201 0.6×	50	1.7k
Masami Furuuchi Japan	24	364 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	210 0.5×	711 2.0×	349 1.1×	106	1.8k
Yungang Wang China	26	221 0.2×	640 0.6×	118 0.3×	527 1.5×	260 0.8×	89	1.9k
Nicholas C. Surawski Australia	28	1.1k 1.0×	668 0.7×	77 0.2×	301 0.9×	409 1.2×	69	2.0k
David Heist United States	23	426 0.4×	801 0.8×	89 0.2×	323 0.9×	902 2.7×	53	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Theodorοs Grigoratos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Theodorοs Grigoratos

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All Works

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Christou, Alexandros, Barouch Giechaskiel, Ulf Olofsson, & Theodorοs Grigoratos. (2025). Review of Health Effects of Automotive Brake and Tyre Wear Particles. Toxics. 13(4). 301–301. 3 indexed citations

Giechaskiel, Barouch, et al.. (2025). Tire Wear, Tread Depth Reduction, and Service Life. Vehicles. 7(2). 29–29. 1 indexed citations

Giechaskiel, Barouch, Theodorοs Grigoratos, Marcel Mathissen, et al.. (2024). Contribution of Road Vehicle Tyre Wear to Microplastics and Ambient Air Pollution. Sustainability. 16(2). 522–522. 60 indexed citations breakdown →

Giechaskiel, Barouch, et al.. (2024). Light-Duty Vehicle Brake Emission Factors. Atmosphere. 15(1). 97–97. 22 indexed citations

Giechaskiel, Barouch, Theodorοs Grigoratos, Panagiota Dilara, & Vicente Franco. (2024). Environmental and Health Benefits of Reducing Tyre Wear Emissions in Preparation for the New Euro 7 Standard. Sustainability. 16(24). 10919–10919. 3 indexed citations

Grigoratos, Theodorοs, et al.. (2023). Interlaboratory Study on Brake Particle Emissions—Part I: Particulate Matter Mass Emissions. Atmosphere. 14(3). 498–498. 26 indexed citations

Eichler, Philipp, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive Analysis of Current Primary Measures to Mitigate Brake Wear Particle Emissions from Light-Duty Vehicles. Atmosphere. 14(4). 712–712. 20 indexed citations

Mathissen, Marcel, Theodorοs Grigoratos, Sebastian Gramstat, et al.. (2023). Interlaboratory Study on Brake Particle Emissions Part II: Particle Number Emissions. Atmosphere. 14(3). 424–424. 15 indexed citations

Grigoratos, Theodorοs, Athanasios Mamakos, Michael Arndt, et al.. (2023). Characterization of Particle Number Setups for Measuring Brake Particle Emissions and Comparison with Exhaust Setups. Atmosphere. 14(1). 103–103. 11 indexed citations

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Grigoratos, Theodorοs, et al.. (2023). Characterization of Laboratory Particulate Matter (PM) Mass Setups for Brake Emission Measurements. Atmosphere. 14(3). 516–516. 8 indexed citations

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Grigoratos, Theodorοs, et al.. (2021). Assessment of waste heat recovery for heavy-duty vehicles during on-road operation. Applied Thermal Engineering. 191. 116891–116891. 10 indexed citations

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Grigoratos, Theodorοs, Jaroslaw Grochowicz, Sebastian Gramstat, et al.. (2020). Statistical Assessment and Temperature Study from the Interlaboratory Application of the WLTP–Brake Cycle. Atmosphere. 11(12). 1309–1309. 21 indexed citations

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Grigoratos, Theodorοs, Giorgio Martini, & Massimo Carriero. (2019). An experimental study to investigate typical temperature conditions in fuel tanks of European vehicles. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(17). 17608–17622. 16 indexed citations

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Mathissen, Marcel, Theodorοs Grigoratos, Tero Lähde, & Rainer Vogt. (2019). Brake Wear Particle Emissions of a Passenger Car Measured on a Chassis Dynamometer. Atmosphere. 10(9). 556–556. 52 indexed citations

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Giechaskiel, Barouch, Tero Lähde, Ricardo Suárez‐Bertoa, et al.. (2018). Particle number measurements in the European legislation and future JRC activities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 174(3). 3–16. 66 indexed citations

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Grigoratos, Theodorοs, et al.. (2018). Study of Brake Wear Particle Emissions of a Minivan on a Chassis Dynamometer. Emission Control Science and Technology. 4(4). 271–278. 31 indexed citations

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Samara, Constantini, et al.. (2017). Chemical characterization and receptor modeling of PM10 in the surroundings of the opencast lignite mines of Western Macedonia, Greece. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(13). 12206–12221. 27 indexed citations

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Grigoratos, Theodorοs & Giorgio Martini. (2014). Brake wear particle emissions: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(4). 2491–2504. 679 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grigoratos, Theodorοs, Constantini Samara, Dimitra Voutsa, E. Manoli, & Αθανάσιος Κούρας. (2014). Chemical composition and mass closure of ambient coarse particles at traffic and urban-background sites in Thessaloniki, Greece. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 21(12). 7708–7722. 64 indexed citations

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Argyropoulos, G., et al.. (2013). Concentrations and source apportionment of PM10 and associated elemental and ionic species in a lignite-burning power generation area of southern Greece. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 20(10). 7214–7230. 19 indexed citations

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