Between 2006 and 2020, citation indices grew over time for all institution categories following the growth trend of Greek publications. "RC-GSRT" (80.6%) and ‘‘Other Public Research Institutions” (77.1%) received the highest percentage (%) of cited publications among all institution categories (Figure 4.2.1).

Figure 4.2.1

Figure 4.2.2 tracks the number of citations and its growth/evolution for the 2006-2020 period. During this period, the number of citations in all institution categories followed a growth trend.

Figure 4.2.2

"Universities" receive the highest share in the number of citations. More specifically, during 2016-2020, University publications received 604,725 citations or a share of 85.5% in the total number of citations of Greek publications. (Figure 4.2.3).

Figure 4.2.3