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2025

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
77
Citations
29582
World Ranking
637
National Ranking
225

Carlos A. Silva publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carlos A. Silva sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 537 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Carlos A. Silva D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carlos A. Silva sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Carlos A. Silva is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a notable focus on electrical and electronic engineering.

Their research spans several subfields of study including:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Building and Construction
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Environmental Engineering

The main topics Carlos A. Silva has addressed in their work are:

  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
  • Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization

Recent publications include:

  • "The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation: High-resolution laser ranging of the Earth's forests and topography," 2020, Science of Remote Sensing
  • "Algorithm for Demand Response to Maximize the Penetration of Renewable Energy," 2020, IEEE Access
  • "Peer-to-peer energy trading potential: An assessment for the residential sector under different technology and tariff availabilities," 2020, Energy
  • "Model Predictive Control for Microgrid Functionalities: Review and Future Challenges," 2021, Energies
  • "Assessing policy interventions to stimulate the transition of electric vehicle technology in the European Union," 2023, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Frequent co-authors of Carlos A. Silva are:

  • Patrícia Baptista
  • Fernando Venâncio Mucomole
  • Lourenço Lázaro Magaia
  • Ian Scott
  • A. Barbón

Publication venues where Carlos A. Silva most often publishes include:

  • Energies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Applied Energy

Best Publications

  • The Multimodal Brain Tumor Image Segmentation Benchmark (BRATS)

    Bjoern H. Menze;Andras Jakab;Stefan Bauer;Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer

  • Brain Tumor Segmentation Using Convolutional Neural Networks in MRI Images

    Sergio Pereira;Adriano Pinto;Victor Alves;Carlos A. Silva

  • The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation: High-resolution laser ranging of the Earth’s forests and topography

    Ralph Dubayah;James Bryan Blair;Scott Goetz;Lola Fatoyinbo

  • Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network.

    Jorge A. Ahumada;Carlos E. F. Silva;Krisna Gajapersad;Chris Hallam

  • Informing network users of television programming viewed by other network users

    Robert M. Cooper;Laurence F. Kirsh;Carlos A. Silva

  • On the Interpretability of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: Challenges and Opportunities

    Mauricio Reyes;Raphael Meier;Sérgio Pereira;Carlos A Silva

  • Individual tree detection from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) derived canopy height model in an open canopy mixed conifer forest

    Midhun Mohan;Carlos Alberto Silva;Carine Klauberg;Prahlad Jat

  • The impact of demand side management strategies in the penetration of renewable electricity

    André Pina;André Pina;Carlos Silva;Carlos Silva;Paulo Ferrão;Paulo Ferrão

  • MRBrainS challenge: online evaluation framework for brain image segmentation in 3T MRI scans

    Adriënne M. Mendrik;Koen L. Vincken;Hugo J. Kuijf;Marcel Breeuwer

  • Retinal vessel segmentation based on Fully Convolutional Neural Networks

    Américo Oliveira;Sérgio Pereira;Carlos A. Silva

  • Imputation of individual longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) tree attributes from field and LiDAR data

    Carlos A. Silva;Andrew T. Hudak;Lee A. Vierling;E. Louise Loudermilk

  • Biomass estimation from simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR across environmental gradients in Sonoma County, California

    Laura Duncanson;Laura Duncanson;Amy Neuenschwander;Steven Hancock;Steven Hancock;Nathan Thomas;Nathan Thomas

  • Design and implementation of hybrid renewable energy systems on micro-communities: A review on case studies

    Diana Neves;Carlos A. Silva;Stephen Connors

  • Soil organic carbon and fractions of a Rhodic Ferralsol under the influence of tillage and crop rotation systems in southern Brazil

    Alessandra A Freixo;Pedro Luiz O.de A Machado;Henrique.P dos Santos;Carlos A Silva

  • Overview of the JET results in support to ITER

    X. Litaudon;S. Abduallev;M. Abhangi;P. Abreu

  • Fusing simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR data for regional aboveground biomass mapping

    Carlos Alberto Silva;Carlos Alberto Silva;Laura Duncanson;Steven Hancock;Amy Neuenschwander

  • High-resolution modeling framework for planning electricity systems with high penetration of renewables

    André Pina;André Pina;Carlos A. Silva;Carlos A. Silva;Paulo Ferrão;Paulo Ferrão

  • Efeito Benéfico do Exercício Físico no Controle Metabólico do Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 à Curto Prazo

    Carlos A. da Silva;Walter C. de Lima

  • Turbulent transport reduction by E×B velocity shear during edge plasma biasing: recent experimental results

    G. Van Oost;J. Ad mek;V. Antoni;P. Balan

  • Measuring Individual Tree Diameter and Height Using GatorEye High-Density UAV-Lidar in an Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forest System

    Ana Paula Dalla Corte;Franciel Eduardo Rex;Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida;Carlos Roberto Sanquetta

  • Soil management under no-tillage systems in the tropics with special reference to Brazil

    Pedro L. O. de A. Machado;Carlos A. Silva

  • Analysis of forest fire fatalities in Southern Europe: Spain, Portugal, Greece and Sardinia (Italy)

    Domingo M. Molina-Terrén;Gavriil Xanthopoulos;Michalis Diakakis;Luis Ribeiro

  • Blob/hole formation and zonal-flow generation in the edge plasma of the JET tokamak

    G.S. Xu;G.S. Xu;V. Naulin;W. Fundamenski;C. Hidalgo

  • Monitoring restored tropical forest diversity and structure through UAV-borne hyperspectral and lidar fusion

    Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida;Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida;Eben North Broadbent;Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira;Paula Meli

  • Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following deforestation leads to unaccounted carbon losses

    Celso H. L. Silva Junior;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Liana O. Anderson;Marisa G. Fonseca

  • Monitoring the structure of forest restoration plantations with a drone-lidar system

    Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida;Eben North Broadbent;Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano;Benjamin E. Wilkinson

  • Forest inventory with high-density UAV-Lidar: Machine learning approaches for predicting individual tree attributes

    Ana Paula Dalla Corte;Deivison Venicio Souza;Franciel Eduardo Rex;Carlos Roberto Sanquetta

  • Standardizing Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources

    Ruben Valbuena;Ruben Valbuena;Ruben Valbuena;Brian O’Connor;Florian Zellweger;William Simonson

  • Emerging threats linking tropical deforestation and the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Pedro H.S. Brancalion;Eben North Broadbent;Sergio de-Miguel;Adrián Cardil

  • Assessing the Accuracy of GEDI Data for Canopy Height and Aboveground Biomass Estimates in Mediterranean Forests

    Iván Dorado-Roda;Adrián Pascual;Sérgio Godinho;Carlos Alberto Silva

  • The effectiveness of lidar remote sensing for monitoring forest cover attributes and landscape restoration

    D.R.A. Almeida;S.C. Stark;R. Chazdon;B.W. Nelson

  • Benchmark maps of 33 years of secondary forest age for Brazil

    Celso H. L. Silva Junior;Viola H. A. Heinrich;Ana T. G. Freire;Igor S. Broggio

  • ForestGapR: An r Package for forest gap analysis from canopy height models

    Carlos A. Silva;Carlos A. Silva;Ruben Valbuena;Ekena R. Pinagé;Ekena R. Pinagé;Midhun Mohan;Midhun Mohan

  • The NASA AfriSAR campaign: Airborne SAR and lidar measurements of tropical forest structure and biomass in support of current and future space missions

    Temilola Fatoyinbo;John Armston;Marc Simard;Sassan Saatchi

  • Recent deforestation drove the spike in Amazonian fires

    Adrián Cardil;Sergio de-Miguel;Carlos Alberto Silva;Carlos Alberto Silva;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich

  • Persistent effects of fragmentation on tropical rainforest canopy structure after 20 yr of isolation.

    Danilo R. A. Almeida;Scott C. Stark;Juliana Schietti;Jose L. C. Camargo

  • A new era in forest restoration monitoring

    Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida;Scott C. Stark;Rubén Valbuena;Eben N. Broadbent

Frequent Co-Authors

João M. C. Sousa
João M. C. Sousa Instituto Superior Técnico
A. Kallenbach
A. Kallenbach Max Planck Society
Peter Lang
Peter Lang University of Bern
S. Brezinsek
S. Brezinsek Forschungszentrum Jülich
R. Dux
R. Dux Max Planck Society
C. Angioni
C. Angioni Max Planck Society
Paulo Ferrão
Paulo Ferrão Instituto Superior Técnico
Fabio Villone
Fabio Villone University of Naples Federico II

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