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Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
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Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems

Published by: International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems

https://www.sdewes.org/jsdewes/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 922 27 25 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 38
Documents by Best Scientists*: 42
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 26
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.476
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Waste management, Environmental economics, Renewable energy, Environmental engineering and Natural resource economics. The journal connects research in Environmental economics with the related topic of Environmental resource management. While Renewable energy is the focus of Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, it also provided insights into the studies of Photovoltaic system and Electricity.

  • Waste management (14.11%)
  • Environmental economics (10.15%)
  • Renewable energy (9.65%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Trends in Residential Energy Consumption in Saudi Arabia with Particular Reference to the Eastern Province (52 citations)
  • Optimization of photovoltaic energy production through an efficient switching matrix (48 citations)
  • District Heating Network Design and Configuration Optimization with Genetic Algorithm (31 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Renewable energy, Waste management, Sustainability, Natural resource economics and Environmental economics. In addition to Renewable energy research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Water scarcity, Desalination, Environmental resource management, Electrification and Energy transition. While work presented in the journal publications provide substantial information on Waste management, it also covers topics in Production (economics), Fuel cells, Syngas and Environmental engineering.

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

  • Ecology
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Carbon dioxide

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Waste management, Energy (signal processing), Environmental protection, Environmental planning and Environmental economics. Aside from Waste management, the journal also covered works in the field of Water production. The journal explores issues in Environmental protection which can be linked to other research areas like Mediterranean climate, Carbon, Efficient energy use and Greenhouse gas.

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems focuses on Greenhouse gas but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Decoupling (electronics), Environmental degradation and Environmental engineering. The journal explores topics in Environmental planning which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Thermal, Health care, Foundation (engineering), Sustainable management and Sustainable development. Issues in Environmental economics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Energy policy, Hydrogen, Residential sector and Identification (information).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Decarbonised District Heat, Electricity and Synthetic Renewable Gas in Wind- and Solar-Based District Energy Systems (4 citations)
  • Sustainability Assessment of Innovative Energy Technologies – Hydrogen from Wind Power as a Fuel for Mobility Applications (3 citations)
  • Multi-Objective Target-Oriented Robust Optimization of Biomass Co-Firing Networks under Quality Uncertainty (3 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 Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Neven Duić (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • S. Boeykens (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Şiir Kılkış (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ofélia de Queiroz Fernandes Araújo (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Kaiser Calautit (4 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less 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 Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Zagreb (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Maribor (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Palermo (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (4 papers) absent at the last 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, 75.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.33% of all publications and 50.00% 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

  • A Preliminary Energy Assessment to Improve the Energy Sustainability in the Small Islands of the Mediterranean Sea

    Domenico Curto;Vincenzo Franzitta;Marco Trapanese;Maurizio Cirrincione

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Sustainable Biorefineries: What was Learned from the Design, Analysis and Implementation

    Carlos Ariel Cardona Alzate;Sebastian Serna-Loaiza;Mariana Ortiz-Sanchez

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Occupancy heat gain detection and prediction using deep learning approach for reducing building energy demand

    Paige Wenbin Tien;Shuangyu Wei;John Kaiser Calautit;Jo Darkwa

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Analysis of the Thermal Comfort and Energy Performance of a Thermal Chair for Open Plan Office

    Sally Shahzad;Katrina Calautit;Shuangyu Wei;Paige W. Tien

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Parametric Study of a Single Effect Lithium Bromide-Water Absorption Chiller Powered by a Renewable Heat Source

    Muhammad Tawalbeh;Tareq Salameh;Mona Albawab;Amani Al-Othman

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Assessment of sustainable use of material resources in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry - a conceptual Framework proposal for Austria

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Applying the Dispa-SET Model to the Western Balkans Power System

    Matija Pavičević;Sylvain Quoilin;Andreas Zucker;Goran Krajačić

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Wastewater Stabilisation Ponds: Removal of Emerging Contaminants

    Rinku Kumar;Pradeep Kumar

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • The Role of Coagulation-flocculation in the Pretreatment of Reverse Osmosis in Power Plant

    Luciano Dias Xavier;Lidia Yokoyama;Vanessa Reich de Oliveira;Gabriel Travagini Ribeiro

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Thermodynamic-based method for supporting design and operation of thermal grids in presence of distributed energy producers

    (2023)
    7 Citations

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