OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Energy for Sustainable Development 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	72
Characteristics of residents' carbon emission and driving factors for carbon peaking: A case study in Wuhan, China	71
Bottom-up assessment of local agriculture, forestry and urban waste potentials towards energy autonomy of isolated regions: Example of Réunion	70
Sustainable vanilla pod dryer for small scale producers based on a participatory learning process	69
Efficiency diagnosis and optimization in distributed solar plants	67
Historical wind power in Karnataka differs from predictive models: A granular analysis of performance across climatology, technology, and location	61
Utilization of biodegradable novel insulating materials for developing indigenous solar water heater for hill climates	58
Experimental and numerical studies on the performance of a waterfall-type cross-flow hydraulic turbine	57
The dilemma and potential development of biodiesel in China - In view of production capacity and policy	56
Resource exporter or R&D champion? Leverage points and transition pathways for the Chilean energy sector	54
Effect of processing on emission characteristics of coal briquettes in cookstoves	54
Experimental investigations of front and rear side soiling on bifacial PV module under different installations and environmental conditions	52
Are waste-based briquettes alternative fuels in developing countries? A critical review	50
Optimal design, operational controls, and data-driven machine learning in sustainable borehole heat exchanger coupled heat pumps: Key implementation challenges and advancement opportunities	49
Exploring the mechanisms of microgrid management from a structural view: A qualitative study from China	49
Performance improvement of an electric injera baking pan (Mitad) using copper powder as additive material	46
The economic and carbon emission benefits of container farms under different photovoltaic storage configurations	45
Agri-PV in Portugal: How to combine agriculture and photovoltaic production	45
Determinants of electric vehicle adoption in urban and peri-urban areas	45
Advanced mini solar still design: Spiral heating, triangular prism condensation, and comprehensive energy-exergy analysis	44
Compressed air and hydrogen energy storage hybridized with solar energy to supply electricity and hot water for a residential settlement	42
Characterizing ‘injustices’ in clean energy transitions in Africa	42
Economic inequalities and rural-urban disparities in clean cooking fuel use in Ghana	41
Revisiting the building energy consumption in China: Insights from a large-scale national survey	41
Estimates of energy savings from energy efficiency improvements in India using Index Decomposition Analysis	40

Editorial Board	39
Successes and challenges to implementing the Fondo de Inclusión Social Energético LPG access program in Peru: Novel insights from front-end implementers	37
Editorial Board	36
Asset ownership and electricity access in the urban informal settlements of Kampala, Uganda	36
The evolving role of solar-based lighting solutions in rural India: Global lessons for distributed renewables	35
Impacts of meteorological conditions on the plummeting surface-reaching solar radiation over a sub-tropical station – Pune, India	34
Editorial Board	34
Techno-economic model of nonincentivized self consumption with residential PV systems in the context of Dominican Republic: A case study	34
Biogas yield using single and two stage anaerobic digestion: An experimental approach	33