OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Energy Research & Social Science is 56. 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
The social dimension of renewable energy storage in electricity markets: The role of partnerships	366
Editorial Board	332
Rethinking path dependence, technical innovation and social practices in a renewable energy future	329
Power dynamics, shifting roles, and learning: Exploring key actors in participation processes in the German energy transformation (Energiewende)	201
The how and what of bottom-up governance to change household energy consumption behaviour	184
Editorial Board	174
Oil, fish, and livelihoods: Narratives of hydrocarbon benefits and gendered relations in Ghana	170
Are Dutch homeowners willing to invest in sustainable heating systems? Comparing intentions and determinants in four scenarios	156
Labour implications of the net-zero transition and clean energy exports in Australia	146
Explaining energy transition: A systemic social mechanisms approach illustrated with the examples of Germany and Poland	138
Understanding structural, governance and regulatory incentives for improved utility performance: Learning from Umeme Ltd in Uganda	131
Supply sunspots and shadows: Business siting patterns and inequitable rooftop solar adoption in the United States	130
Editorial Board	110
Editorial Board	109
Not enough (yet): A capabilities assessment of the implementation of energy poverty policies in Italy	108
Enabling Indigenous-centred decision-making for a just energy transition? Lessons from community consultation and consent in the circumpolar Arctic	103
Weak states, fast transitions? Exploring the role of actors, governance capacity, and tensions in Indian energy politics	102
Frontlining energy justice: Visioning principles for energy transitions from community-based organizations in the United States	99
Context matters: Unpacking decision-making, external influences and spatial factors on clean cooking transitions in Nepal	92
Halfway up the ladder: Developer practices and perspectives on community engagement for utility-scale renewable energy in the United States	91
Editorial Board	90
Reprint of: The privilege of learning and serendipity: My principles of publishing research for a new academic era	90
Editorial Board	88
How will I know about local energy projects? A conjoint-analysis of communication preferences in Germany	86
Interrelations between security and the zero‑carbon energy transition in the Finnish and Norwegian Arctic	86

Corrigendum to “Large inequalities in climate mitigation scenarios are not supported by theories of distributive justice” [Energy Res. Soc. Sci. 118 (2024) 103813]	81
The intangible technological innovation system: The role and influence of voluntary and compliance carbon markets on carbon dioxide removal in the European Union	77
Editorial Board	76
The forgotten half: Men’s influence over cookstove adoption decisions in Northern Kenya	75
Uncharted waters: Exploring coastal recreation impacts, coping behaviors, and attitudes towards offshore wind energy development in the United States	75
Why energy return on energy investment is not useful for policy	75
Predicting attitudes towards fusion energy in Europe: Results of a cross-national public survey in Austria, Finland, Spain and the UK	72
Villain or victim? Framing strategies and legitimation practices in the Russian perspective on the European Union’s Third Energy Package	71
Political strategies in energy transitions: Exploring power dynamics, repertories of interest groups and wind energy pathways in Brazil	71
The politics of low-carbon innovation: Implementing the European Union’s strategic energy technology plan	71
How work patterns affect leisure activities and energy consumption: A time-use analysis for Finland and France	70
High-rise residential building makeovers: Improving renovation quality in the United Kingdom and Canada through systemic analysis	65
Understanding policy divergence after United Kingdom devolution: Strategic action fields in Scottish energy efficiency policy	63
Empowerment or employment? Uncovering the paradoxes of social entrepreneurship for women via Husk Power Systems in rural North India	62
The political economy of socio-technical transitions: A relational view of the state and bus system decarbonization in the United Kingdom	61
Citizen perceptions of fracking-related earthquakes: Exploring the roles of institutional failures and resource loss in Oklahoma, United States	60
Renewable energy development on the Indigenous Estate: Free, prior and informed consent and best practice in agreement-making in Australia	60
Communication breakdown: Energy efficiency recommendations to address the disconnect between building operators and occupants	59
Do solar households want demand response and shared electricity data? Exploring motivation, ability and opportunity in Australia	59
I did my bit! The impact of electric vehicle adoption on compensatory beliefs and norms in Norway	59
Not paid to dance at the powwow: Power relations, community benefits, and wind energy in M’Chigeeng First Nation, Ontario, Canada	59
Unveiling the political economy of fossil fuel extractivism in Colombia: Tracing the processes of phase-in, entrenchment, and lock-in	59
“I hope they shouldn't happen”: Social vulnerability and resilience to urban energy disruptions in a digital society in Scotland	58
Invisible, intangible, irrelevant, yet inevitable? Qualitative insights into consumer perceptions of heating tariffs and drop-in renewable gases in the German domestic heating market	58
Getting emotional or cognitive on social media? Analyzing renewable energy technologies in Instagram posts	58
Fintech RE in a global finance centre: Expert perceptions of the benefits of and challenges to digital financing of distributed and decentralised renewables in Hong Kong	57
Beneath your feet and in your place: Multi-scalar imaginaries of energy, place, and local geothermal development	57
David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe	56
Ready or not, here it comes: Assessing the gaps in community plans for renewable energy transitions within the United States	56
First and last and always: Politics of the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle in EU energy and climate policy	56
Automated and absent: How people and households are accounted for in industry energy scenarios	56
Punctuated shifts or incremental change? A comparative analysis of U.S. state-level renewable energy mandates	56