OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Energy Sustainability and Society is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Empirical case study of a digitally enabled energy community with prosumers and P2P trading	98
Correction: Energy efficiency as a driver of the circular economy and carbon neutrality in selected countries of Southern Europe: a soft computing approach	50
Evaluation of the preference for and viability of clean cookstove adoption in rural Tanzania	48
Financing renewable energy: policy insights from Brazil and Nigeria	46
Comparison of macroeconomic developments in ten scenarios of energy system transformation in Germany: National and regional results	43
Public participation GIS scenarios for decision-making on land-use requirements for renewable energy systems	33
Social acceptance of geothermal technology on a global view: a systematic review	33
Digitalisation and sustainable energy transitions in Africa: assessing the impact of policy and regulatory environments on the energy sector in Nigeria and South Africa	31
The role of renewable energy in the energy–growth–emission nexus in the ASEAN region	28
Worlds apart? Investigating acceptance and usage demands of carbon-based cosmetics and clothing across European countries	28
Macroeconomic impacts of energy communities and individual prosumers: an assessment of transformation pathways	28
A study on a political system for the advance in green hydrogen technology: a South Korea case study	27
Optimal design for a hybrid microgrid-hydrogen storage facility in Saudi Arabia	26
Levelized profits for residential PV-battery systems and the role of regulatory and fiscal aspects in Germany	26
Managing the energy trilemma in the Philippines	24
Mapping emergent public engagement in societal transitions: a scoping review	23
Environmental trade-offs of (de)centralized renewable electricity systems	23
Characterization of necessary elements for a definition of resilience for the energy system	22
Adoption of improved cook stoves by households in informal settlements of Woreda 12, Yeka subcity, Addis Ababa	22
A global super-grid: sociotechnical drivers and barriers	21
The impacts of observational learning and word-of-mouth learning on farmers’ use of biogas in rural Hubei, China: does interpersonal trust play a role?	21
Managing sustainability risks of bioenergy in four Nordic countries	21
Modelling policy scenarios: refocussing the model-policy logic for the case of German passenger transport	21
The value of community technology workers for LPG use: A pilot in Shirati, Tanzania	20
Energy efficiency as a driver of the circular economy and carbon neutrality in selected countries of Southern Europe: a soft computing approach	19

“It’s just politics”: an exploration of people’s frames of the politics of mobility in Germany and their consequences	18
Urban electricity governance and the (re)production of heterogeneous electricity constellations in Dar es Salaam	18
Biodiesel production from a non-edible source of royna (Aphanamixis polystachya) oil	17
Prices of conventional and renewable energy as determinants of sustainable and secure energy development: regression model analysis	17
Adaptive capability and socioecological traps: a bioenergy case in communities of Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico	16
The circular bioeconomy: a driver for system integration	16
Electrical energy transition in the context of Ghana	16
Effect of fuel injection pressure on the performances of a CI engine using water-emulsified diesel (WED) as a fuel	15
Challenges of the green transition for the recovery of the Western Balkans	15
Renewable energy as a connecting spot between China and Central and Eastern European countries: status, directions and perspectives	14
Aging into tricksters: a qualitative study of women’s positioning and leadership in solar energy communities in Japan	14
Operationalising user behaviour: a study on the life cycle assessment of smart home technologies	13
The impact of climate change and environmental regulation on energy poverty: evidence from China	13
From ambition to implementation: institutionalisation as a key challenge for a sustainable mobility transition in Germany	13
Experimental assessment and optimization of the performance of a biodiesel engine using response surface methodology	12
Key forecasts and prospects for green transition in the region of Central Asia beyond 2022	12
Correction to: Governing sustainability of bioenergy, biomaterial and bioproduct supply chains from forest and agricultural landscapes	12
Urban expansion of Energiewende in Germany: a systematic bibliometric analysis and literature study	12
Balancing wind power deployment and sustainability objectives in Swedish planning and permitting	12
Spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood consumption and its associated CO2 emissions in Muzaffarabad division, a western Himalayan region	12
Energy security of the European Union and corruption in Central Asia as the main challenges for the European sustainable energy future	11
Weaving an innovation network from the middle-out: the case of the renewable energy ecosystem	11
Sustainable forest biomass: a review of current residue harvesting guidelines	11
Environmental and economic accounting for biomass energy in Ethiopia	11
The public’s intention to vote for continued use of woody biomass for energy in Denmark: a cognitive hierarchy perspective	10
Value creation of straw-based biogas in China	10
One step closer: Laypeople’s perception of production steps for manufacturing CO2-based jet fuel	10
Are claims of cheap muon production correct?	10
Opening up and closing down citizen participation in the development of a sustainable neighborhood energy system	10
Scaling up community wind energy: the relevance of autonomy and community	10
Renewable energy from secondary wood products contributes to local green development: the case of small-scale privately owned forests in Ciamis Regency, Indonesia	10
Synthetic natural gas in the private heating sector in Germany: match or mismatch between production costs and consumer willingness to pay?	9
Analysis of some of the statements of L. Holmlid about T + D fusion, D + D fusion and ultra-dense hydrogen	9
Sustainable energy recovery from thermal processes: a review	9
Are strategy developers well equipped when designing sustainable supply chains for a circular bio-economy? Supporting innovations’ market uptake in a PESTEL + I environment	8
Assessment of wind energy potential along the Egyptian Mediterranean Coast	8
Investigating the determinants of household energy consumption in Nigeria: insights and implications	8
Electricity market relationship between Great Britain and its neighbors: distributional effects of Brexit	8
Correction to: Health concerns and use of biomass energy in households: voices of women from rural communities in Western Uganda	8
SDG 8 and the food–energy–water nexus: a two-country dynamic computable general equilibrium CGE model	8
Trade-offs in biomethane production by substrate mixture optimization under German market conditions	8
Two steps forward, one step back? Party competition, cooperative federalism, and transport policy reforms in Germany	8
Modelling renewable energy communities: assessing the impact of different configurations, technologies and types of participants	7
No easy way out: towards a framework concept of long-term governance	7
An economic–environmental–energy efficiency analysis for optimizing organic waste treatment of a livestock-orchard system: a case in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam	7
Designing a sustainable biofuel supply chain by considering carbon policies: a case study in Iran	7
Criteria prioritization for the sustainable development of second-generation bioethanol in Thailand using the Delphi-AHP technique	7
Assessment of agricultural residue potential for electrification of off-grid communities in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of Ghana	7
“Just” energy? An ecofeminist analysis and critique of a predominant conception of energy	7
Tackling gender disparities in energy research: a diagnostic tool for equality in research centres	6

Justice concerns in large-scale renewable energy projects: a case study echoing the importance of procedural justice in wind energy development in Kenya	6
Safe-and-sustainable-by-design redox active molecules for energy storage applications	6
Net zero 2050 as an EU priroty: modeling a system for efficient investments in eco innovation for climate change mitigation	6
Correction : Low carbon futures: assessing the status of decarbonisation efforts at universities within a 2050 perspective	6
Allometric equations for estimating on-farm fuel production of Gliricidia sepium (Gliricidia) shrubs and Cajanus cajan (pigeon pea) plants in semi-arid Tanzania	6
Causes and effects of the German energy transition in the context of environmental, societal, political, technological, and economic developments	6
Technical reliability of shipboard technologies for the application of alternative fuels	6
Sustainable energy transition in Central Asia: status and challenges	6
Potential markets and policies for sustainable liquid biofuel production with emphasis to Eastern Africa countries: a review	6
Evolution of patterns of specific land use by free-field photovoltaic power plants in Europe from 2006 to 2022	5
Decreasing the energy demand in public buildings using nature-based solutions: case studies from Novi Sad (Republic of Serbia) and Osijek (Republic of Croatia)	5
Delivering an off-grid transition to sustainable energy in Ethiopia and Mozambique	5
Retraction Note: Sustainable development economy and the development of green economy in the European Union	5
Pathways to specialized renewable energy generation: insights from integer portfolio optimization in a globalized electricity market	5
Development of a GIS-based register of biogas plant sites in Lower Saxony, Germany: a foundation for identifying P2G potential	5
Transformative power production futures: citizen jury deliberations in Saskatchewan, Canada	5
Security policies and sustainable development in the Western Balkan region beyond 2022: current status, challenges, and prospects	5
Innovative financing of the sustainable development goals in the countries of the Western Balkans	5
How to avoid unjust energy transitions: insights from the Ruhr region	5
Feasibility-sustainability study of power generation using solar energy at an industrial site: a case study from Egypt	4
Shifting discussions to the supranational level: a narrative discourse analysis on nuclear energy sustainability and the EU Taxonomy	4
Correction to: The incandescent light bulb phase-out: exploring patterns of framing the governance of discontinuing a socio-technical regime	4
The Integrated Policy Package Assessment approach: elaborating ex ante knowledge in the field of urban mobility	4
Life cycle environmental impacts and costs of water electrolysis technologies for green hydrogen production in the future	4
From fossil fuels to alternative fuels: strategy development for a sustainable transport sector in Germany	4
Over a century of small hydropower projects in Indonesia: a historical review	4
Framing the mobility transition: public communication of industry, science, media, and politics in Germany	4
An intervention framework for the adoption of solar home system technology in rural Vhembe district, South Africa	4
Low carbon futures: assessing the status of decarbonisation efforts at universities within a 2050 perspective	4
Social life-cycle assessment (S-LCA) of residential rooftop solar panels using challenge-derived framework	4
Beyond short-term impact of COVID-19 on transport decarbonization: a scenario analysis of passenger and freight transport by mode in China, 2020–2030	3
The governance of energy transition: lessons from the Nigerian electricity sector	3
Municipal heat provision experiences and expectations in Germany	3
Green BIM-based study on the green performance of university buildings in northern China	3
Gender-based opportunity structure in the energy sector: a literature review on women’s networking and mentoring	3
Do current energy policies in Germany promote the use of biomass in areas where it is particularly beneficial to the system? Analysing short- and long-term energy scenarios	3
Willingness to share information for energy efficiency: exploring differences and drivers across the Nordic countries	3
Harder, better, faster, stronger: understanding and improving the tractability of large energy system models	3
The role of sense of ownership in rural community mini-grid management: qualitative case study from Tanzania	3
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Sustainable development economy and the development of green economy in the European Union	3
Scenario-based LCA for assessing the future environmental impacts of wind offshore energy: An exemplary analysis for a 9.5-MW wind turbine in Germany	3
Renewable energy and population growth for sustainable development in the Southeast Asian countries	3
How Germany is phasing out lignite: insights from the Coal Commission and local communities	3
Ageism, welfare, and the energy transition: a comparative analysis of the perceptions among the elderly in Poland and Norway	3
A study on how efficient measures for secondary district heating system performance can be encouraged by motivational tariffs	3
Social acceptance of green hydrogen in Germany: building trust through responsible innovation	3
The development of social science research on smart grids: a semi-structured literature review	3