OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews is 142. 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
Editorial Board	1045
Editorial Board	1028
Recent trends in photovoltaic technologies for sustainable transportation in passenger vehicles – A review	960
Urban solar harvesting: The importance of diffuse shadows in complex environments	613
Agrivoltaics for sustainable land use: A critical review of synergistic and antagonistic effects	606
Challenges in large-scale application of phase change materials with shallow geothermal energy system for building heating/cooling: A systematic review	605
Does the environmental Kuznets curve hold across sectors? Evidence from developing and emerging economies	601
Prioritising Positive Energy Districts to achieve carbon neutral cities: Delphi-DANP approach	521
Solar drying technologies: A review of design, efficiency, and environmental impacts	513
Agricultural mechanization in agrivoltaic systems: Challenges, adaptation, and possible advancements	470
Technology standards for direct current microgrids in buildings: A review	457
Employee energy-saving behaviors: Review of theories, influencing factors, and interventions	456
China's onshore wind energy potential in the context of climate change	449
Local flexibility markets in the energy transition: A comparative review and framework for future development	449
Measuring energy transition away from fossil fuels: A new index	396
Application of graphene and graphene derivatives in cooling of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels: A review	389
A review of the photothermal-photovoltaic energy supply system for building in solar energy enrichment zones	389
The role of internet of things adoption on the sustainability performance of the renewable energy supply chain: A conceptual framework	387
Biobased phase change materials in energy storage and thermal management technologies	384
Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage	375
Flexibility chart 2.0: An accessible visual tool to evaluate flexibility resources in power systems	354
A critical review of Madhuca indica as an efficient biodiesel producer: Towards sustainability	350
Novel textured surfaces for superior corrosion mitigation in molten carbonate salts for concentrating solar power	334
Optimizing renewable energy utilization with high gain converters	332
Corrigendum to “Emerging business models in local energy markets: A systematic review of peer-to-peer, community self-consumption, and transactive energy models” [Renew Sustain Energy Rev 179 (2023) 1	324

Comparative analysis of metaheuristic optimization approaches for multisource heat pump operation	311
Solar photovoltaic cooling using Paraffin phase change material: Comprehensive assessment	301
A review on renewable energy-based chemical engineering design and optimization	296
Lifecycle assessment and environmental impacts of hybrid electric vehicles fuelled by bioethanol and biogas	294
An investigation of the recent advances of the integration of solar thermal energy systems to the dairy processes	291
Integrating sustainability across the lifecycle of electric vehicle batteries: Circular supply chain challenges, innovations, and global policy impacts	283
Marine renewable energy for hydrogen production: Advancing towards a sustainable future through technological, economic, and environmental frontiers– a review	278
Recent advance in electrochemically activated supercapacitors: Activation mechanisms, electrode materials and prospects	270
Optimizing mechanisms for promoting low-carbon manufacturing industries towards carbon neutrality	266
Wind tunnel tests for wind turbines: A state-of-the-art review	258
The carbon reduction potential of hydrogen in the low carbon transition of the iron and steel industry: The case of China	256
Accurately forecasting solar radiation distribution at both spatial and temporal dimensions simultaneously with fully-convolutional deep neural network model	252
Defining characteristics of peer-to-peer energy trading, transactive energy, and community self-consumption: A review of literature and expert perspectives	251
Advancing thermal control in buildings with innovative cementitious mortar and recycled expanded glass/n-octadecane phase change material composites	247
Efficient reduction of CO2 to high value-added compounds via photo-thermal catalysis: Mechanisms, catalysts and apparatuses	240
Advances in hydrogel-based materials for improving building energy efficiency	238
Resilience assessment and planning in power distribution systems: Past and future considerations	233
Calcium-based CO2 indirect mineralization of alkaline industrial solid wastes: State-of-the-art technologies	230
Responses of hydroelectricity generation to streamflow drought under climate change	226
Photocatalytic hydrogen production using graphitic carbon nitride (GCN): A precise review	226
Magnetic solid catalysts for sustainable and cleaner biodiesel production: A comprehensive review	225
Building 100 % inverter-based distributed restart zone to assist system restoration	225
Photo-driven enzymatic decarboxylation of fatty acids for bio-aviation fuels production in a continuous microfluidic reactor	221
Enhanced solar photovoltaic power prediction using diverse machine learning algorithms with hyperparameter optimization	218
Polymeric membranes for sustainable gas separation: A comprehensive review with challenges, innovations and future perspectives	212
Quantifying gender in energy poverty: A critical review of data, methodologies and contextual constraints	210
Research progress of enhancing battery safety with phase change materials	208
Ecosystem services and climate action from a circular bioeconomy perspective	205
Navigating the future of flow-induced vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting	204
A review on condensation enhancement techniques for accelerating the evaporation performance of solar desalination system	202
A critical review of bamboo construction materials for sustainability	200
From knowledge gaps to technological maturity: A comparative review of pathways to deep emission reduction for energy-intensive industries	197
The impact of the green technology on the renewable energy innovation: Fresh pieces of evidence under the role of research & development and digital economy	197
MXene based composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications: Featuring bio-mimic approaches	196
Biowaste biorefineries in South Africa: Current status, opportunities, and research and development needs	194
Data-driven wind farm flow control and challenges towards field implementation: A review	194
Lignin valorization reshapes sustainable biomass refining	193
Bioinspired spiking spatiotemporal attention framework for lithium-ion batteries state-of-health estimation	192
Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives	192
The “Fresnel Equations” for Diffuse radiation on Inclined photovoltaic Surfaces (FEDIS)	191
Building renovations and life cycle assessment - A scoping literature review	191
Ruminant methane mitigation: microbiological mechanisms and integrated strategies for sustainable livestock production in the context of climate change	191
Direct ammonia fuel cells: A review	191
Technical, economic and environmental assessment towards the sustainable goals of photovoltaic systems	191
Applications of blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies for enabling prosumers in smart grids: A review	191
A comprehensive review of AI-driven approaches for smart grid stability and reliability	189
Thinking green with 2-D and 3-D MXenes: Environment friendly synthesis and industrial scale applications and global impact	188
A factor analysis and self-organizing map based evaluation approach for the renewable energy heating potentials at county level: A case study in China	186
Power-to-Hydrogen-to-Power as a pathway for wind and solar renewable energy utilization in China: Opportunities and challenges	183
Enhancing solar PV output forecast by integrating ground and satellite observations with deep learning	182

Quantitative fault detection and diagnosis methods for vapour compression chillers: Exploring the potential for field-implementation	181
Enhancing double-slope solar still performance through integrated channel shape variations: An experimental and numerical simulation investigation	181
Integrated application of morphological, anatomical, biochemical and physico-chemical methods to identify superior, lignocellulosic grass feedstocks for bioenergy purposes	180
Suns-Vmp method for health monitoring of 110 PV modules	180
Rutile TiO2's odyssey into the post-lithium ion battery horizon	179
Hydrogen and syngas production by hybrid filtration combustion: Progress and challenges	178
Hard carbon from wood and its constituents: Toward sustainable sodium and potassium-ion battery anodes	178
Towards high-performance fuel cell systems: Comprehensive review of methods for modeling, control, and optimization	177
Cellulose-based thermal management composites: An emerging material for multi-industry sustainability	176
Energy mix diversification in emerging economies: An econometric analysis of determinants	173
Comprehensive thermal assessment of anaerobic digestion process in biogas plants	173
Green hydrogen techno-economic assessments from simulated and measured solar photovoltaic power profiles	171
Multi-energy load forecasting incorporating AI algorithms: research status and trends in integrated energy systems	170
Optimizing methodologies of hybrid renewable energy systems powered reverse osmosis plants	170
Deactivation mechanisms and anti-deactivation strategies of copper-based catalysts in selective catalytic reduction reactions: A review	168
Convection heat transfer in enclosures with inner bodies: A review on single and two-phase nanofluid models	167
Advanced applications of triboelectric sensors across human body regions	167
Exergoeconomic assessment of a high-efficiency compressed air energy storage system	166
Advancements in methane pyrolysis: A comprehensive review of parameters and molten catalysts in bubble column reactors	165
Improving material selection in shopping centres through a parametric life cycle embodied flow and material cost analysis model	165
Energy transition governance models and uncertainty: Comparative examination of the World Energy Council ETI framework	165
Power system resilience during 2001–2022: A bibliometric and correlation analysis	163
Review on the production of renewable biofuel: Solvent-free deoxygenation	163
Two-phase operation for coordinated charging of electric vehicles in a market environment: From electric vehicle aggregators’ perspective	161
Recent progress in microwave-assisted lignin conversion	161
Techno-economic analysis and network design for CO₂ conversion to jet fuels in the United States	160
High-efficiency heating and cooling technology with embedded pipes in buildings and underground structures: A review	160
Multi-level collaborative fault diagnosis and self-healing framework for proton exchange membrane fuel cell	160
Control technologies of wastewater treatment plants: The state-of-the-art, current challenges, and future directions	160
A review of the materials utilized in the design and fabrication of biogas digesters	159
A review of alkaline electrolyzer technology modeling and applications for decision-making optimization in energy systems	158
Energy balancing and storage in climate-neutral smart energy systems	157
Fuel prices connectedness across Brazilian capitals: The case of ethanol and gasoline	156
Editorial Board	156
Hydrogen supply chain modelling at energy system scale: A review	155
Switching over-voltages and mitigation methods in sustainable power systems with renewable energy integration	155
A review of publicly available data sources for models to study renewables integration in China's power system	154
Embarking on the Asia Supergrid: Trade impact of carbon pricing on regional sustainability in northeast Asia	154
Promising biorefinery products from marine macro and microalgal biomass: A review	153
Bubble behavior in electrocatalytic processes	151
Energy security challenges and opportunities in the carbon neutrality context: A hierarchical model through systematic data-driven analysis	151
Wind turbine nacelle testing: State-of-the-art and development trends	151
Complementary and competitive dynamics of CO2 and N2 in CH4 – Flue gas replacement within natural gas hydrates	151
Nickel manganite-based materials for electrochemical supercapacitors: An overview	151
A comprehensive review on hydrogen production, purification, storage, and utilization: Challenges and future directions	151
A review on the deployment of demand response programs with multiple aspects coexistence over smart grid platform	150
A review of blockchain consensus mechanisms for Peer-to-Peer electricity trading	149
Modification schemes of efficient sorbents for trace CO2 capture	149
Code exposed: Review of five open-source frameworks for modeling renewable energy systems	149
Factors influencing the adoption of zero-emission buses: A review-based framework	149
Analysis method for the design of long submarine cables	148
Decoding the synergies of sustainable development goals in household energy transitions: A global knowledge network analysis	148
Assessing the electricity potential from agricultural residues in Western Macedonia, Greece	147
Optical-thermal modeling and geographic analysis of dusty radiative cooling surfaces	147
Process design and utilisation strategy for CO2 capture in flue gases. Technical assessment and preliminary economic approach for steel mills	147
Editorial Board	147
Oil price distortion and its impact on green economic efficiency in China’s transportation: A spatial effect perspective	146
Factorial equilibrium analyses for socio-economic implications of emission trading	146
Order-disorder transition mechanism for high-capacity amorphous anodes of lithium-ion batteries	146
Corrigendum to ‘Enhancing ecosystem services and biodiversity in agrivoltaics through habitat-enhancing strategies’ [Renew Sustain Energy Reviews, Volume 212, April 2025, start page–end page]	145
Siting considerations for floating solar photovoltaic energy: A systematic review	144
The evolution of circular economy performance assessment: A systematic literature review	144
A review on flow field design for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Challenges to increase the active area for MW applications	144
Progress in CO2 hydrate formation and feasibility analysis for cold thermal energy harvesting application	144
Low-carbon and cost-efficient hydrogen optimisation through a grid-connected electrolyser: The case of GreenLab skive	144
Embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater reuse strategies in Indian Himalayan region	143
Circularity and landscape experience of agrivoltaics: A systematic review of literature and built systems	143