OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Utilities Policy is 31. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain	207
Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes	169
Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia	126
Ways to promote investments in sustainable energy utilities in the central Asian regional economic cooperation program region	104
Opportunities and challenges for small-scale flexibility in European electricity markets	95
Assessing the effect of increasing block tariffs for residential natural gas in Hefei City, China	68
Measuring the productivity growth of Malaysia's water sector: Implications for regulatory reform	67
Heterogeneity in own-price residential customer demand elasticities for electricity under time-of-use rates: Evidence from a randomized-control trial in the United States	67
Household energy poverty and personal time allocation: Empirical evidence from China	64
Exploratory analysis of the water governance frameworks regarding the OECD principles in two river basins in Brazil and Portugal	59
Evaluation of the multi-dimensional growth potential of China's public charging facilities for electric vehicles through 2030	56
Navigating the transition: The impacts of electricity tariff regulation on distributed generation in Brazil	53
On-street toilets for sanitation access in urban public spaces: A systematic review	50
Good governance and energy justice: Pathways to human development	50
Addressing low-quality electricity service for low-income consumers: Empirical evidence from Brazil	48
Reinventing European air traffic control based on the covid-19 pandemic experience	47
Outage-induced power backup choice in Pakistan	47
A shortage pricing mechanism for capacity remuneration with simulation for the Greek electricity balancing market	47
Feasibility analysis of implementing an On Bill Financing program to promote energy-efficiency in Dubai-UAE	46
Household access to the public electricity grid in Cameroon: Analysis of connection determinants	45
Water governance models for meeting sustainable development Goals:A structured literature review	44
The electrification-social development nexus in Bangladesh: Do governmental policies matter?	42
A mixed-method analysis of New Zealand's smart meter rollout experience	41
Inflation effects of oil and gas prices in the UK: Symmetries and asymmetries	40
A fair grid connection cost-sharing model for electricity based on the random forest machine learning method	39

Technological innovation and energy efficiency in central Eastern European countries	34
Cybersecurity and resilience in the swiss electricity sector: Status and policy options	33
Assessing the integration of planning instruments for urban land use and water service	32
Interactive Time-of-use demand response for industrial electricity customers: A case study	32
Optimal policies for electromobility: Joint assessment of transport and electricity distribution costs in Norway	31
An integrated model for electricity market coupling simulations: Evidence from the European power market crossroad	31
Characterizing flexibility in power markets and systems	31
A review of global research on private investment in the water sector	31