Vagelis Plevris

A. Major Academic and Editorial Distinctions

1. Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List – Single-Year Citation Impact (2025 and 2026). Included in the Stanford/Elsevier database of the world's top-cited scientists for single-year citation impact in two consecutive editions (2025 and 2026), based on citations received during 2024 and 2025, respectively. The database, compiled by Prof. John P. A. Ioannidis and collaborators at Stanford University and published through the Elsevier Data Repository, evaluates scientific citation impact using Scopus data and a composite indicator (c-score) accounting for citations, h-index, co-authorship, and author position.
2. Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List – Career-Long Citation Impact (2026). Included in the career-long citation impact database in the 2026 edition of the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List. This recognition reflects cumulative scientific citation impact across the researcher's career, based on Scopus citation data through the end of 2025. The assessment uses a composite citation indicator (c-score), incorporating total citations, h-index, co-authorship-adjusted metrics, and author contributions, providing a standardized measure of long-term research influence across scientific disciplines.
3. Springer Nature Editor of Distinction – Author Service Award (2025 and 2026). Received in two consecutive years in recognition of sustained editorial service as Associate Editor of Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, acknowledging contributions to a constructive, fair, and author-focused peer-review process.
4. Computation Best Paper Award (2024; awarded 2026). Selected by the journal's evaluation committee for the article "Multi-Directional Functionally Graded Sandwich Plates: Buckling and Free Vibration Analysis with Refined Plate Models under Various Boundary Conditions," published in Computation, 12(4), 65, 2024. The award recognizes publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence.
5. Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence – Highly Commended Paper Award (2011). Awarded for the article "Neurocomputing Strategies for Solving Reliability-Robust Design Optimization Problems," published in Engineering Computations, 27(7), 819–840, 2010.

B. Citation and Research Impact Distinctions

1. Most Cited Paper – ECCOMAS Congress 2022. Ranked 1st among 443 full papers from the 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS Congress 2022). Publication C50: "Investigation of Performance Metrics in Regression Analysis and Machine Learning-Based Prediction Models."
2. Most Cited Article – Infrastructures (2024). Ranked 1st among 240 articles published in Infrastructures in 2024. Publication J69: "AI in Structural Health Monitoring for Infrastructure Maintenance and Safety."
3. 2nd Most Cited Article – Frontiers in Built Environment (2020). Ranked 2nd among 215 articles published in Frontiers in Built Environment in 2020. Publication J25: "A comparative study of differential evolution variants in constrained structural optimization."
4. 2nd Most Cited Article – Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (2011). Recognized as the second most cited article (ranked 2nd out of 48 published papers) in the journal Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering for 2011. Publication J09: "A hybrid Particle Swarm – Gradient algorithm for global structural optimization."
5. 3rd Most Cited Article – Frontiers in Built Environment (2023). Ranked 3rd among 237 articles published in Frontiers in Built Environment in 2023. Publication J46: "Bridge management through digital twin-based anomaly detection systems: A systematic review."
6. 3rd Most Cited Article – Computation (2024). Ranked 3rd among 251 articles published in Computation in 2024. Publication J62: "Multi-directional functionally graded sandwich plates: buckling and free vibration analysis with refined plate models under various boundary conditions."

C. Fellowships and Scholarships

1. EU Marie Curie Programme Actions Fellowship (2007). Awarded to support participation as a young researcher in the 9th Short Course on Computational Techniques for Plasticity, International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain, 3–7 September 2007.
2. Three Scholarships from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Awarded for excellent academic performance during postgraduate studies (MSc).