OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Utilities Policy is 33. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Convergence dynamics of urban and rural electricity access rates across African countries	279
Ways to promote investments in sustainable energy utilities in the central Asian regional economic cooperation program region	118
Editorial Board	87
Assessing the effect of increasing block tariffs for residential natural gas in Hefei City, China	86
An overview of Brazil's electricity market: Planning, dispatch models, pricing, and modernization	77
Command and control: A systematic approach to demand-side flexibility	74
How do European Union electric utilities contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals? Empirical insights on reporting and management control practices	71
Agent-based modeling to assess the effects of time-of-use water tariffs on social equity	67
Opportunities and challenges for small-scale flexibility in European electricity markets	67
Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes	64
Good governance and energy justice: Pathways to human development	61
Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia	61
Addressing low-quality electricity service for low-income consumers: Empirical evidence from Brazil	60
Assessing the relationship between electricity theft and customer payment habits: A machine-learning approach	58
Outage-induced power backup choice in Pakistan	57
Exploratory analysis of the water governance frameworks regarding the OECD principles in two river basins in Brazil and Portugal	57
Measuring energy poverty in Argentina: The relevance of regional disparities and policies	56
Navigating the transition: The impacts of electricity tariff regulation on distributed generation in Brazil	51
Household energy poverty and personal time allocation: Empirical evidence from China	51
Household access to the public electricity grid in Cameroon: Analysis of connection determinants	48
Feasibility analysis of implementing an On Bill Financing program to promote energy-efficiency in Dubai-UAE	46
Development and application of regional urban water security indicators	46
Assessing the integration of planning instruments for urban land use and water service	44
A fair grid connection cost-sharing model for electricity based on the random forest machine learning method	42
An integrated model for electricity market coupling simulations: Evidence from the European power market crossroad	41

The electrification-social development nexus in Bangladesh: Do governmental policies matter?	41
A mixed-method analysis of New Zealand's smart meter rollout experience	38
Is China's energy transition pace driven by the supply-side or the demand-side?	36
A system dynamics framework to formulate energy policies for sustainable development in Ethiopia	36
Editorial Board	36
Cybersecurity and resilience in the swiss electricity sector: Status and policy options	36
Technological innovation and energy efficiency in central Eastern European countries	35
Inflation effects of oil and gas prices in the UK: Symmetries and asymmetries	34