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Frontiers in Energy Research
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Frontiers in Energy Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 121 326 460 40
Environmental Sciences 380 61 71 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1177
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1341
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 31
SCIMAGO H-index: 75
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.553
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Energy Research?

The objective of Frontiers in Energy Research is to combine knowledge in the areas of Renewable energy, Chemical engineering, Biomass, Mechanics and Environmental economics. In addition to Renewable energy research, Frontiers in Energy Research aims to explore topics under Fossil fuel, Waste management, Electricity and Energy storage. The studies in Chemical engineering featured incorporate elements of Electrolyte, Electrochemistry and Catalysis.

Electrolyte study tackled is connected to the field of Lithium. It connects the study in Electrochemistry with the closely related area of Cathode. Studies on Cathode discussed in the journal link to the field of Anode.

Topics in Biomass were tackled in line with various other fields like Biofuel and Pulp and paper industry. Heat transfer is a focus of the Mechanics works in it.

  • Renewable energy (11.44%)
  • Chemical engineering (9.30%)
  • Biomass (7.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Recent Advances in Inorganic Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries (212 citations)
  • Recent Trends in the Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Value-Added Products (195 citations)
  • Metal-organic framework-based catalysts: Chemical fixation of CO 2 with epoxides leading to cyclic organic carbonates (168 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers in Energy Research:

The most cited articles focus largely on the fields of Waste management, Electrolyte, Chemical engineering, Inorganic chemistry and Electrochemistry. The most cited publications with studies in Waste management featured incorporate elements of Biomass, Renewable energy and Anaerobic digestion. The published papers explore research in Catalysis and overlapping concepts in Raw material to expand the discourse in Chemical engineering.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Oxygen
  • Organic chemistry
  • Carbon dioxide

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Renewable energy, Control theory, Power (physics), Chemical engineering and Electric power system are the focal point of discussions in Frontiers in Energy Research. The Renewable energy works featured in it incorporate elements from Waste management, Fossil fuel, Electricity, Environmental economics and Process engineering. The studies on Chemical engineering discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Electrolyte and Electrochemistry.

The study on Electric power system presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Wind power.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Nexus Between Crop Residue Burning, Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development Goals Over North-Western India (9 citations)
  • Prospects of Bioenergy Production From Organic Waste Using Anaerobic Digestion Technology: A Mini Review (6 citations)
  • The Sabatier Principle in Electrocatalysis: Basics, Limitations, and Extensions (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Frontiers in Energy Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • François Maréchal (18 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Peter Styring (13 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Zhaoming Meng (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhumabay Bakenov (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jun Wang (8 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Frontiers in Energy Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harbin Engineering University (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 19 less than at the previous edition,
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (18 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 79.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.27% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.08% of all publications and 61.27% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • State of the Art of Catalysts for Biodiesel Production

    I. M. Rizwanul Fattah;H. C. Ong;T. M. I. Mahlia;M. Mofijur

    (2020)
    374 Citations
  • Biohydrogen Production From Biomass Sources: Metabolic Pathways and Economic Analysis

    Shams Forruque Ahmed;Nazifa Rafa;M. Mofijur;Irfan Anjum Badruddin

    (2021)
    250 Citations
  • A Guideline for Life Cycle Assessment of Carbon Capture and Utilization

    Leonard Jan Müller;Arne Kätelhön;Marvin Bachmann;Arno Zimmermann

    (2020)
    215 Citations
  • Techno-Economic Assessment for CO2 Capture From Air Using a Conventional Liquid-Based Absorption Process

    Ali Kiani;Kaiqi Jiang;Paul Feron

    (2020)
    173 Citations
  • Flow Field Patterns for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

    Marco Sauermoser;Natalya Kizilova;Bruno G. Pollet;Signe Kjelstrup

    (2020)
    161 Citations
  • Mineralization Technology for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage

    Colin D. Hills;Nimisha Tripathi;Paula J. Carey

    (2020)
    156 Citations
  • Biomass Torrefaction Process, Product Properties, Reactor Types, and Moving Bed Reactor Design Concepts

    Jaya Shankar Tumuluru;Bahman Ghiasi;Nick R. Soelberg;Shahab Sokhansanj

    (2021)
    106 Citations
  • Best practices for incremental capacity analysis

    (2022)
    97 Citations
  • Strategies to Produce Cost-Effective Third-Generation Biofuel From Microalgae

    Nazifa Rafa;Shams Forruque Ahmed;Irfan Anjum Badruddin;M. Mofijur

    (2021)
    95 Citations
  • Microalgae: The Future Supply House of Biohydrogen and Biogas

    Kexin Wang;Kuan Shiong Khoo;Kit Wayne Chew;Anurita Selvarajoo

    (2021)
    93 Citations

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