OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Energy Sustainability and Society is 9. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Empirical case study of a digitally enabled energy community with prosumers and P2P trading	98
Correction: Energy efficiency as a driver of the circular economy and carbon neutrality in selected countries of Southern Europe: a soft computing approach	50
Evaluation of the preference for and viability of clean cookstove adoption in rural Tanzania	48
Financing renewable energy: policy insights from Brazil and Nigeria	46
Comparison of macroeconomic developments in ten scenarios of energy system transformation in Germany: National and regional results	43
Social acceptance of geothermal technology on a global view: a systematic review	33
Public participation GIS scenarios for decision-making on land-use requirements for renewable energy systems	33
Digitalisation and sustainable energy transitions in Africa: assessing the impact of policy and regulatory environments on the energy sector in Nigeria and South Africa	31
Macroeconomic impacts of energy communities and individual prosumers: an assessment of transformation pathways	28
The role of renewable energy in the energy–growth–emission nexus in the ASEAN region	28
Worlds apart? Investigating acceptance and usage demands of carbon-based cosmetics and clothing across European countries	28
A study on a political system for the advance in green hydrogen technology: a South Korea case study	27
Levelized profits for residential PV-battery systems and the role of regulatory and fiscal aspects in Germany	26
Optimal design for a hybrid microgrid-hydrogen storage facility in Saudi Arabia	26
Managing the energy trilemma in the Philippines	24
Environmental trade-offs of (de)centralized renewable electricity systems	23
Mapping emergent public engagement in societal transitions: a scoping review	23
Characterization of necessary elements for a definition of resilience for the energy system	22
Adoption of improved cook stoves by households in informal settlements of Woreda 12, Yeka subcity, Addis Ababa	22
Managing sustainability risks of bioenergy in four Nordic countries	21
Modelling policy scenarios: refocussing the model-policy logic for the case of German passenger transport	21
A global super-grid: sociotechnical drivers and barriers	21
The impacts of observational learning and word-of-mouth learning on farmers’ use of biogas in rural Hubei, China: does interpersonal trust play a role?	21
The value of community technology workers for LPG use: A pilot in Shirati, Tanzania	20
Energy efficiency as a driver of the circular economy and carbon neutrality in selected countries of Southern Europe: a soft computing approach	19

Urban electricity governance and the (re)production of heterogeneous electricity constellations in Dar es Salaam	18
“It’s just politics”: an exploration of people’s frames of the politics of mobility in Germany and their consequences	18
Biodiesel production from a non-edible source of royna (Aphanamixis polystachya) oil	17
Prices of conventional and renewable energy as determinants of sustainable and secure energy development: regression model analysis	17
Electrical energy transition in the context of Ghana	16
Adaptive capability and socioecological traps: a bioenergy case in communities of Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico	16
The circular bioeconomy: a driver for system integration	16
Challenges of the green transition for the recovery of the Western Balkans	15
Effect of fuel injection pressure on the performances of a CI engine using water-emulsified diesel (WED) as a fuel	15
Aging into tricksters: a qualitative study of women’s positioning and leadership in solar energy communities in Japan	14
Renewable energy as a connecting spot between China and Central and Eastern European countries: status, directions and perspectives	14
From ambition to implementation: institutionalisation as a key challenge for a sustainable mobility transition in Germany	13
Operationalising user behaviour: a study on the life cycle assessment of smart home technologies	13
The impact of climate change and environmental regulation on energy poverty: evidence from China	13
Balancing wind power deployment and sustainability objectives in Swedish planning and permitting	12
Spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood consumption and its associated CO2 emissions in Muzaffarabad division, a western Himalayan region	12
Experimental assessment and optimization of the performance of a biodiesel engine using response surface methodology	12
Key forecasts and prospects for green transition in the region of Central Asia beyond 2022	12
Correction to: Governing sustainability of bioenergy, biomaterial and bioproduct supply chains from forest and agricultural landscapes	12
Urban expansion of Energiewende in Germany: a systematic bibliometric analysis and literature study	12
Environmental and economic accounting for biomass energy in Ethiopia	11
Energy security of the European Union and corruption in Central Asia as the main challenges for the European sustainable energy future	11
Weaving an innovation network from the middle-out: the case of the renewable energy ecosystem	11
Sustainable forest biomass: a review of current residue harvesting guidelines	11
One step closer: Laypeople’s perception of production steps for manufacturing CO2-based jet fuel	10
Are claims of cheap muon production correct?	10
Opening up and closing down citizen participation in the development of a sustainable neighborhood energy system	10
Scaling up community wind energy: the relevance of autonomy and community	10
Renewable energy from secondary wood products contributes to local green development: the case of small-scale privately owned forests in Ciamis Regency, Indonesia	10
The public’s intention to vote for continued use of woody biomass for energy in Denmark: a cognitive hierarchy perspective	10
Value creation of straw-based biogas in China	10
Analysis of some of the statements of L. Holmlid about T + D fusion, D + D fusion and ultra-dense hydrogen	9
Sustainable energy recovery from thermal processes: a review	9
Synthetic natural gas in the private heating sector in Germany: match or mismatch between production costs and consumer willingness to pay?	9