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International Journal of Sustainable Energy
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International Journal of Sustainable Energy

1478-6451

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gsol20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 466 6 7 5
Engineering and Technology 877 22 29 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 45
Documents by Best Scientists*: 50
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 44
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.514
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Sustainable Energy?

International Journal of Sustainable Energy covers a variety of subjects, including Renewable energy, Photovoltaic system, Meteorology, Waste management and Environmental engineering. The studies on Renewable energy discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Wind power, Electricity, Natural resource economics, Electricity generation and Environmental economics. In addition to Wind power research, it aims to explore topics under Turbine and Wind speed.

Topics in Photovoltaic system were tackled in line with various other fields like Maximum power point tracking, Automotive engineering, Electronic engineering and Solar energy.

  • Renewable energy (17.01%)
  • Photovoltaic system (13.14%)
  • Meteorology (10.95%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • PV-GIS: a web-based solar radiation database for the calculation of PV potential in Europe (215 citations)
  • Residential load and rooftop PV generation: an Australian distribution network dataset (96 citations)
  • The relationship between CO2 emissions, energy consumption and economic growth in Italy (83 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Sustainable Energy:

The journal articles investigate areas of study like Renewable energy, Photovoltaic system, Wind power, Energy consumption and Meteorology. Issues in Renewable energy were discussed in the most cited publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Biofuel and Environmental engineering. The published papers explore research in Photovoltaic system alongside concepts in Maximum power point tracking and other areas of study in Control engineering.

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

  • Statistics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

International Journal of Sustainable Energy focuses largely on the fields of Renewable energy, Energy (signal processing), Photovoltaic system, Environmental economics and Thermal. International Journal of Sustainable Energy focuses on Renewable energy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Power (physics), Electricity generation and Agricultural economics. While it focused on Agricultural economics, it was also able to explore topics like Consumption (economics) and Electricity.

Energy (signal processing) research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Waste management, Sustainable energy, Energy security, Mechanics and Efficient energy use. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Photovoltaic system and Environmental engineering. The Thermal works featured in it incorporate elements from Volumetric flow rate and Thermal efficiency.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Toward comprehensive zero energy building definitions: a literature review and recommendations (11 citations)
  • Low carbon transition at the township level: feasibility study of environmental pollutants and sustainable energy planning (10 citations)
  • Utilisation of machine learning algorithms for the prediction of syngas composition from biomass bio-oil steam reforming (7 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 International Journal of Sustainable Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lingen Chen (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fengrui Sun (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andreas Poullikkas (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Atif Iqbal (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Athanasios Kolios (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last 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 International Journal of Sustainable Energy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Naval University of Engineering (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (13 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Tehran (12 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 5.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.36% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.68% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 70.45% 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

  • Toward comprehensive zero energy building definitions: a literature review and recommendations

    Javad Taherahmadi;Younes Noorollahi;Mostafa Panahi

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Optimal site selection for floating photovoltaic systems based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA): a case study

    (2023)
    43 Citations
  • Barriers to blockchain-based decentralised energy trading: a systematic review

    (2023)
    34 Citations
  • Impacts of thermal energy storage on the management of variable demand and production in electricity and district heating systems: a Swedish case study

    Petra Holmér;Jonathan Ullmark;Lisa Göransson;Viktor Walter

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Renewable energy system paradigm change from trending technology: a review

    Vikas Khare;Cheshta Khare;Savita Nema;Prashant Baredar

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Analysis of type-2 fuzzy fractional-order PD-PI controller for frequency stabilisation of the micro-grid system with real-time simulation

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • A modified moth flame optimisation technique tuned adaptive fuzzy logic PID controller for frequency regulation of an autonomous power system

    Debidasi Mohanty;Sidhartha Panda

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Offshore wind decommissioning: an assessment of the risk of operations

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Numerical analysis of a small ducted wind turbine for performance improvement

    Younes Noorollahi;Sasan Ghanbari;Mojtaba Tahani

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Hybrid mixed ventilation system aided with personalised ventilation to attain comfort and save energy

    Safaa Khalil;Kamel Ghali;Nesreen Ghaddar;Mariam Itani

    (2020)
    14 Citations

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