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IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 27 281 604 63
Engineering and Technology 79 92 229 50

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 445
Documents by Best Scientists*: 772
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 179
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.261
Impact Factor: 10

Overview

Top Research Topics at IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Wind power, Control theory, Electric power system, Mathematical optimization and Photovoltaic system. The Wind power works featured in it incorporate elements from Wind speed, Reliability engineering, Control engineering, Turbine and Renewable energy. Issues in Renewable energy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Environmental economics, Electricity and Energy storage.

The journal explores topics in Control theory which can be helpful for research in disciplines like AC power, Voltage and Power control. The journal explores research in AC power and the adjacent study of Voltage regulation. The concepts on Electric power system presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Electricity generation, Power optimizer, Electrical engineering and Flexibility (engineering).

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy focuses on Mathematical optimization but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Stochastic process, Distributed generation, Probabilistic logic and Robustness (computer science). The journal focuses on Distributed generation research which is adjacent to topics in Microgrid. The research on Photovoltaic system featured in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy combines topics in other fields like Maximum power point tracking, Grid-connected photovoltaic power system, Electronic engineering and Automotive engineering.

  • Wind power (34.37%)
  • Control theory (32.97%)
  • Electric power system (24.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Comparative Study on Maximum Power Point Tracking Techniques for Photovoltaic Power Systems (1161 citations)
  • Optimal Power Flow Management for Grid Connected PV Systems With Batteries (687 citations)
  • Coordinated Active Power Curtailment of Grid Connected PV Inverters for Overvoltage Prevention (556 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy:

The most cited papers mostly deal with topics like Wind power, Control theory, Electric power system, Photovoltaic system and Control engineering. The most cited articles explore issues in Wind power which can be linked to other research areas like Wind speed, Reliability engineering, Mathematical optimization, Energy storage and Renewable energy. While Control theory is the key highlight in the most cited publications, thet also covered some subjects on AC power and Power control.

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 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Joao P. S. Catalao (36 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mohammad Shahidehpour (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhao Yang Dong (30 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Qiuwei Wu (26 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • John V. Ringwood (26 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 IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tsinghua University (113 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Illinois Institute of Technology (57 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Technical University of Denmark (57 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (49 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (44 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than 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, 10.58% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 32.65% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.59% of all publications and 33.06% 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

  • Optimal Planning for Electricity-Hydrogen Integrated Energy System Considering Power to Hydrogen and Heat and Seasonal Storage

    Guangsheng Pan;Wei Gu;Yuping Lu;Haifeng Qiu

    (2020)
    526 Citations
  • Distributed Multi-Energy Operation of Coupled Electricity, Heating, and Natural Gas Networks

    Da Xu;Qiuwei Wu;Bin Zhou;Canbing Li

    (2020)
    361 Citations
  • Impact of Power Grid Strength and PLL Parameters on Stability of Grid-Connected DFIG Wind Farm

    Ju Liu;Wei Yao;Jinyu Wen;Jiakun Fang

    (2020)
    280 Citations
  • Energy Storage Planning for Enhanced Resilience of Power Distribution Networks Against Earthquakes

    Mostafa Nazemi;Moein Moeini-Aghtaie;Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad;Payman Dehghanian

    (2020)
    240 Citations
  • Steady Output and Fast Tracking MPPT (SOFT-MPPT) for P&O and InC Algorithms

    Shamik Bhattacharyya;Dattu Sampath Kumar P;Susovon Samanta;Sukumar Mishra

    (2021)
    223 Citations
  • Improved EMD-Based Complex Prediction Model for Wind Power Forecasting

    Oveis Abedinia;Mohamed Lotfi;Mehdi Bagheri;Behrouz Sobhani

    (2020)
    209 Citations
  • Deep Concatenated Residual Network With Bidirectional LSTM for One-Hour-Ahead Wind Power Forecasting

    Min-Seung Ko;Kwangsuk Lee;Jae-Kyeong Kim;Chang Woo Hong

    (2021)
    165 Citations

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