OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Energy Policy is 77. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The carbon footprint of the empty Castilla-La Mancha	591
Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Another case of “resource curse”?	509
Short-run marginal emission factors neglect impactful phenomena and are unsuitable for assessing the power sector emissions impacts of hydrogen electrolysis	440
How does falling incumbent profitability affect energy policy discourse? The discursive construction of nuclear phaseouts and insufficient capacity as a threat in Sweden	329
Is the single-buyer model a barrier to clean energy deployment? Empirical evidence on decarbonization and renewable energy supply in emerging and developing countries	286
Targeted finance and the adoption of solar irrigation by smallholder and women farmers	261
Will the European Union’s emission trading system drive industrial steam electrification?	225
Ultra-low emission standards and corporate production performance: Evidence from Chinese thermal power companies	215
Revealing the power of market-based energy policy: Evidence from China's energy quota trading system using machine learning	201
Make it easy: Addressing sludge and procrastination in energy renovation decisions	179
Electricity supply and demand in the European market: the effect on generation adequacy in a dunkelflaute period	171
How media discourse constructs the role of new energy policies in addressing energy challenges: A comparative analysis of China and the U.S.	165
Energy savings potential and life cycle costs of deep energy retrofits in buildings with and without habitable style loft attic conversions: A case study of Irelands residential sector	162
Economic value of the development of nuclear power plant decommissioning technology in South Korea	160
Editorial Board	158
Is on-property heat and greywater recovery a sustainable option? A quantitative and qualitative assessment up to 2050	158
Enterprise decision-making in energy use rights trading market: A theoretical and simulation study	156
Implementation cost of net zero electricity system: Analysis based on Korean national target	154
How policy has shaped the emerging solar photovoltaic installation industry	146
Policy legacies and energy transitions: Greening policies under sectoral reforms in Argentina and Chile	143
Energy consumption and income of the poor in rural China: Inference for poverty measures	141
Reducing US biofuels requirements mitigates short-term impacts of global population and income growth on agricultural environmental outcomes	140
Time, history and meaning-making in research on people's relations with renewable energy technologies (RETs) – A conceptual proposal	135
Local energy transitions as process: How contract management problems stymie a city's sustainable transition to renewable energy	132
Energy sector in Ecuador for public lighting: Current status	132

Multi-objective optimization for customized solar business models considering technical-economic-environmental performance: A NSGA-II integrated TOPSIS method	130
Policy options to mitigate the fiscal impact of road transport decarbonization: Application to Costa Rica	120
Novel quota and tax regime design approach for green transition: A case study on Switzerland's aviation industry	120
How an energy policy prevents child migration: A natural experiment of the coal-to-gas policy in China	120
Friends with benefits: How income and peer diffusion combine to create an inequality “trap” in the uptake of low-carbon technologies	117
Policy implications of spatially differentiated renewable energy promotion: A multi-level scenario analysis of onshore wind auctioning in Germany	115
Evaluating the accessibility of on-street household electric vehicle charging stations in London: Policy insights from equity analysis across emission zones	114
The effectiveness of building retrofits under a subsidy scheme: Empirical evidence from Switzerland	112
A targeted approach to energy burden reduction measures: Comparing the effects of energy storage, rooftop solar, weatherization, and energy efficiency upgrades	110
Cooking fuel types and the health effects: A field study in China	110
The rebound effect of decarbonization in China’s power sector under the carbon trading scheme	109
Market perspective on climate actions and clean energy transition	109
Climate change policy discontinuity & Australia's 2016-2021 renewable investment supercycle	108
Capacity subscription grid tariff efficiency and the impact of uncertainty on the subscribed level	107
Opportunities for the German gas grid by using synthetic fuels from an energy system perspective	105
Energy policy implications of carbon pricing scenarios for the Brazilian NDC implementation	104
Comparative analysis of UK net-zero scenarios: The role of energy demand reduction	103
CO2 emissions abatement costs and drivers for Indian thermal power industry	101
Quantifying the electric service panel capacities of California's residential buildings	100
Upholding household agency in climate mitigation and socio-technical energy transition in Ethiopia	99
Policy mixes for a just, effective, and public budget-conscious household energy transition in Switzerland	98
Energy poverty in the European Union. The art of kaleidoscopic measurement	98
Post-connection electricity demand and pricing in newly electrified households: Insights from a large-scale dataset in Rwanda	98
The winds of change? Attitudes toward wind projects and their electoral implications in Texas	98
The impact of monetary policy on climate change through the mediation of sectoral renewable energy consumption	95
Do consumers concern about energy saving in purchasing energy-efficient home appliances? Evidence from online e-commerce review	94
The source of wind power producers’ market power	94
Evidence of households' demand flexibility in response to variable hourly electricity prices – Results from a comprehensive field experiment in Norway	93
What is state capacity and how does it matter for energy transition?	93
Bridging the low-carbon technology gap? Assessing energy initiatives for the Global South	92
Impact of government subsidies on the innovation performance of the photovoltaic industry: Based on the moderating effect of carbon trading prices	92
Can fusion energy be cost-competitive and commercially viable? An analysis of magnetically confined reactors	91
Greener together: The impact of China's mixed-ownership reform on firm carbon emissions	90
Carbon emission efficiency of thermal power generation in China: Empirical evidence from the micro-perspective of power plants	89
How to finance green investments? The role of public debt	88
Is air pollution a government failure or a market failure? Global evidence from a multi-dimensional analysis	88
Exploring the links between energy poverty and international migration: Evidence from developing countries	86
Electricity generation portfolios in Mexico: Environmental, economic, and policy implications	85
From 30- to 5-minute settlement rule in the NEM: An early evaluation	85
Fuel efficiency, power trading, and emissions leakage from driving electric vehicles: Evidence from Chinese provinces	85
Assessing import dependencies in the accelerating energy transition: A structural gravity model analysis	85
The unequal impacts of extremely high temperatures on households’ adaptive behaviors: Empirical evidence from fine-grained electricity consumption data	83
Crude oil footprint in the rapidly changing world and implications from their income and price elasticities	83
Future outlook and influencing factors analysis of natural gas consumption in Bangladesh: An economic and policy perspectives	83
An ex-ante evaluation of the French car feebate	83
Editorial Board	82
Reconfiguring industry in the United Kingdom. Global lessons for ambition versus policy on the path towards net-zero	79
Exploring policy support for wind power development from a balancing perspective - A study of dynamic strategies based on evolutionary game	79
Perceptions of accountability and trust in the regulatory governance of wood burning stove sustainability: Survey evidence from the post-Brexit UK	79
Projecting the fuel efficiency of conventional vehicles: CAFE regulations, gasoline taxes and autonomous technical change	78

‘Luctor et emergo’, how a community energy initiative survived the changing policy and technology landscape of the Dutch energy system?	77
Transition from fossil fuel propelled transport to electrified mass transit railway system - Experience from Hong Kong	77
Castles in the Sky: Revisiting the global methane pledge	77