Int. Recognition

Prof. Constantine D. Rakopoulos

Director of Internal Combustion Engines Lab.
Thermal Engineering Department
School of Mechanical Engineering
National Technical University of Athens

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

Citations

Reviewer

REVIEWER IN INDEXED INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND CONFERENCES

1. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

2. American Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

3. ECOS-ASME International Conferences

4. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

5. International Journal of Engine Research, Institution of Mechanical Engineers - SAE

6. Proceedings of the IEEE

7. Transactions of ASCE, Journal of Energy Engineering

8. Transactions of ASME, Journal of Energy Resources Technology

9. Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers

10. Fuel (Elsevier Science)

11. Energy (Elsevier Science)

12. Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier Science)

13. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier Science)

14. Applied Energy (Elsevier Science)

15. Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier Science)

16. Fuel Processing Technology (Elsevier Science)

17. Biosystems Engineering (Elsevier Science)

18. Renewable Energy (Elsevier Science)

19. Combustion and Flame (Elsevier Science)

20. International Journal of Thermal Sciences (Elsevier Science)

21. Advances in Environmental Research (Elsevier Science)

22. Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier Science)

23. Environmental Science and Technology (American Chemical Society)

24. Energy and Fuels (American Chemical Society)

25. Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society

26. Combustion Science and Technology (Taylor and Francis)

27. Chemical Engineering Communications (Taylor and Francis)

28. International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley)

29. Atomization and Sprays (Begell House)

30. International Journal on Energy for a Clean Environment (Begell House)

31. International Journal of Vehicle Design (Inderscience)

32. International Journal of Alternative Propulsion (Inderscience)

33. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management (Inderscience)

34. Thermal Science (Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia)

35. The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (Springer)

36. The Scientific World Journal (Hindawi)

CITATIONS

Citations, excluding self-citations of mine or of my co-authors, from the related data bases of Scopus, ISI Web of Science, SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers - American) and Google Scholar: 3700 and h-index = 36

According to Scopus, for 182 appearing publications, citations are as follows:

i) Including self-citations: 4150 and h-index 36

ii) Excluding self-citations of mine or of my co-authors: 2850 and h-index 30

1) The publication:

Rakopoulos C.D., Dimaratos A.M. and Giakoumis E.G., “Experimental Study of Transient Nitric Oxide, Smoke and Combustion Noise Emissions during Acceleration of an Automotive Turbocharged Diesel Engine” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering, Vol. 225, No. 2, pp. 260-279, 2011,

was characterized as highly commended by the Editor and the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, and appeared on the shortlist when allocating the SAGE Best Paper Award for 2011. Further, this paper is ‘free accessed’ at the journal’s webpage in recognition of its high quality.

2) Top Most Cited Paper in Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), Impact Factor ~3.5

The publication:

Rakopoulos C.D., Antonopoulos K.A., Rakopoulos D.C., Hountalas D.T. and Giakoumis E.G., “Comparative Performance and Emissions Study of a Direct Injection Diesel Engine Using Blends of Diesel Fuel with Vegetable Oils or Bio-Diesels of Various Origins ”, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 47, No. 18-19, pp. 3272-3287, 2006,

was the top most cited paper among all articles (~5000) of the highly indexed scientific Journal, Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier Science), for the five years period 2005-2010.

3) 7th Most Cited Paper in Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), Impact Factor ~3.5

The publication:

Rakopoulos D.C., Rakopoulos C.D., Giakoumis E.G., Dimaratos A.M. and Kyritsis D.C., “Effects of Butanol-Diesel Fuel Blends on the Performance and Emissions of a High-Speed DI Diesel Engine”, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 51, No. 10, pp. 1989-1997, 2010,

is the 7th most cited paper among all articles (~5000) of the highly indexed scientific Journal, Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier Science), for the five years period 2010-2015.

4) 11th Most Cited Paper in FUEL (Elsevier), Impact Factor ~3.5

The publication:

Rakopoulos D.C., Rakopoulos C.D., Hountalas D.T., Kakaras, E.C., Giakoumis E.G. and Papagiannakis R.G., “Investigation of the Performance and Emissions of Bus Engine Operating on Butanol/Diesel Fuel Blends”, FUEL, Vol. 89, No. 10, pp. 2781-2790, 2010,

is the 11th most cited paper among all articles (~5000) of the highly indexed scientific Journal, FUEL (Elsevier Science), for the five years period 2010-2015.

5) 13th Most Cited Paper in FUEL (Elsevier), Impact Factor ~3.5

The publication:

Rakopoulos D.C., Rakopoulos C.D., Papagiannakis R.G. and Kyritsis D.C., “Combustion Heat Release Analysis of Ethanol or N-Butanol Diesel Fuel Blends in Heavy-Duty DI Diesel Engine”, FUEL, Vol. 90, No. 5, pp. 1855-1867, 2011,

is the 13th most cited paper among all articles (~5000) of the highly indexed scientific Journal, FUEL (Elsevier Science), for the five years period 2010-2015.

SPECIAL ISSUES

1) International Journal of Vehicle Design, Inderscience

Vol. 45, No. 1-2, 2007.

“Combustion Modelling and Experiments in I.C. Engines”

Guest Editors: C.D. Rakopoulos and E.G. Giakoumis

2) Energy Conversion and Management, Elsevier Science

Vol. 48, No. 11, 2007.

Special Issue of the ‘ECOS 2006’ International Conference.

Guest Editors: C.A. Frangopoulos, C.D. Rakopoulos and G. Tsatsaronis

3) Energy – The International Journal, Elsevier Science

Vol. 33, No. 2, 2008.

Special Issue of the ‘ECOS 2006’ International Conference

Guest Editors: C.A. Frangopoulos, C.D. Rakopoulos and G. Tsatsaronis.

4) International Journal of Vehicle Design, Inderscience

Vol. 49, No. 1-3, 2009.

“Combustion, Fuels and Emission Control Modelling in Internal Combustion Engines”

Guest Editors: C.D. Rakopoulos and E.G. Giakoumis

5) International Journal of Vehicle Design, Inderscience

Vol. 50, No. 1-4, pp. 1-2, 2009.

"Combustion, Fuels and Emission Control Modelling in Internal Combustion Engines"

Guest Editors: C.D. Rakopoulos and E.G. Giakoumis

6) Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D,

Journal of Automobile Engineering, Vol. 225, No. 9, 2011.

"Transient Operation of Internal Combustion Engines"

Guest Editors: C.D. Rakopoulos and E.G. Giakoumis

7) Journal of Energy Engineering, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Vol. 140, No. 3, 2014.

"Innovative Technologies on Combustion of Biofuels in Engines"

Guest Editors: C.D. Rakopoulos, D.C. Kyritsis and D.C. Rakopoulos

8) Journal of Energy Engineering, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Vol. 141, No. 2, 2015.

"Contemporary Combustion Experimentation and Modeling for Clean and Efficient Power Generation"

Guest Editors: D.C. Kyritsis, C.D. Rakopoulos and D.C. Rakopoulos

9) Journal of Energy Engineering, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Vol. 142, No. ?, 2016 (in preparation).

"Advanced Combustion and Fuel Technologies for Economical and Environmentally-Friendly Power Generation in Engines and Power Plants"

Guest Editors: C.D. Rakopoulos, E.C. Kakaras, D.C. Kyritsis and D.C. Rakopoulos

Website editing: Neofytos Komninos

Special Issues