OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Energy in Southern Africa is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Determination of country-specific greenhouse gas emission factors for South African liquid and gaseous fuels	21
Integration of waste heat in thermal desalination technologies: A review	15
Cost-benefit analysis of wind power integra-tion in distribution networks	12
Socio-economic factors affecting smallholder farmers’ willingness to adopt biodigester technology in South Africa	7
Absorbed power density approach for optimal design of heaving point absorber wave energy converter: A case study of Durban sea characteristics	6
The feasibility of using biogas generated from livestock manure as an alternative energy source: A South African perspective	6
An overview of the socio-economic impacts of the green hydrogen value chain in Southern Africa	5
Evaluating factors influencing firewood consumption in households at the Thulamela Local Municipality, South Africa	5
An evaluation of variable selection methods using Southern Africa solar irradiation data	5
Modelling emissions from Eskom's coal fired power stations using Generalised Linear Models	4
The nexus between energy poverty, social capital and well-being in Gauteng, South Africa	4
An empirical analysis of the co-benefits of integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Namibian energy sector	3
Socioeconomic determinants of household hybrid electricity adoption on Bugala Island in Uganda	3
Analysis and mitigation of greenhouse gases by replacing traditional energy with a hybrid energy system using battery optimization	3
Determinants of household energy fuel choice in Lesotho	3
Outlier detection in ground-measured solar resource data using statistical classification models	2
A comparative analysis of the application of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies in the energy sector: A case study of South Africa, Germany and China	2
A review of smart inverter capabilities for managing high levels of distributed energy resource integration in South Africa’s power grid	2
A review of the adoption of renewable energy technologies by hotels in Malawi	2