OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Energy Research & Social Science is 60. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	424
Editorial Board	389
Unveiling the political economy of fossil fuel extractivism in Colombia: Tracing the processes of phase-in, entrenchment, and lock-in	235
Not enough (yet): A capabilities assessment of the implementation of energy poverty policies in Italy	231
Energy futures reimagined: the global energy transition and dependence on Russian energy as issues in the sociotechnical imaginaries of energy security in Finland	209
Strengthening the sustainability of rural electrification projects: Renewable energy, management models and energy transitions in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia	183
Behaving or not? Explaining energy conservation via identity, values, and awareness in U.S. suburban homes	182
Empowerment or employment? Uncovering the paradoxes of social entrepreneurship for women via Husk Power Systems in rural North India	160
The sun is not enough: The slow solar transition in Arizona and Algeria	145
From obstacles to heritage: The shifting status of glaciers across 150 years of mining research	144
In plain sight: The rise of state coordination and fall of liberalised markets in the United Kingdom power sector	142
Locally charged: Energy justice outcomes of a low-income community solar project in Michigan	136
Navigating the energy transition in South America: Regulatory challenges and trends in Chile’s evolving energy legal landscape	129
User perceptions on the adoption of smart energy management systems in the workplace: Design and policy implications	117
A hydraulic mission for whom? A critical examination of Ethiopia's Gibe III hydropower dam	117
The political economy of socio-technical transitions: A relational view of the state and bus system decarbonization in the United Kingdom	110
I'm coming home (to charge): The relation between commuting practices and peak energy demand in the United Kingdom	108
A systematic mapping study on software approaches analyzing human behavior in energy efficiency	107
Power dynamics, shifting roles, and learning: Exploring key actors in participation processes in the German energy transformation (Energiewende)	106
“I hope they shouldn't happen”: Social vulnerability and resilience to urban energy disruptions in a digital society in Scotland	103
Invisible, intangible, irrelevant, yet inevitable? Qualitative insights into consumer perceptions of heating tariffs and drop-in renewable gases in the German domestic heating market	100
Exploring the challenges and potential of implementing community solar initiatives into Egypt’s urban subsidized low-income housing	99
When beyond compliance is the expectation: the realities of environmental planning and permitting for renewable energy projects in the great plains of the United States	91
After the battle: Emergent norms and the silencing of dissent in a Norwegian wind power community	87
Turning a coal state to a green state: Identifying themes of support and opposition to decarbonize the energy system in the United States	82

Roadblocks of polarization: Interpretive mechanisms of opposition to a speed limit policy on German highways	81
Do solar households want demand response and shared electricity data? Exploring motivation, ability and opportunity in Australia	79
Energy democracy, public participation, and support for local energy system change in Canada	78
Rethinking collaborative action and citizen empowerment: Characterising a Whole-of-Society approach to the energy transition	78
Coal, green growth and crises: Exploring three European Union policy responses to regional energy transitions	77
Does cash money solve energy poverty? Assessing the impact of household heating allowances in Spain	77
Charting the complexities of a post-COVID energy transition: emerging research frontiers for a sustainable future	76
Energy distributive injustices: Assessing the demographics of communities surrounding renewable and fossil fuel power plants in the United States	76
Large-scale renewable energy developments on the Indigenous Estate: How can participation benefit Australia's First Nations peoples?	75
Can renewable energy communities enable a just energy transition? Exploring alignment between stakeholder motivations and needs and EU policy in Latvia, Norway, Portugal and Spain	73
Drivers, barriers and policy options to renewable energy development in Native American communities: A systematic review	72
Routes to renewables: Overcoming obstacles and accelerating biogas cooperation	72
Anticipatory Regulation: Lessons from fracking and insights for Greenhouse Gas Removal innovation and governance	72
Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide	71
Renewable energy transition in Senegal? Exploring the dynamics of emerging paths to a sustainable energy system	71
Whither rentierism following the 2014 oil price decline: Trajectories of policy adjustment in the Arab Gulf	70
Organizations as users in sustainability transitions: Embedding Vehicle-to-Grid technology in the United Kingdom	69
Decarbonising the refinery sector: A socio-technical analysis of advanced biofuels, green hydrogen and carbon capture and storage developments in Sweden	68
The politics of assembling pilots: Policy networks and selection strategies in top-down climate experimentation	68
Fossil fuel racism in the United States: How phasing out coal, oil, and gas can protect communities	66
A just energy transition for Indigenous peoples: From ideal deliberation to fairness in Canada and Australia	66
Energy justice within, between and beyond European community energy initiatives: A review	66
Not just a donor learning experience: Exploring failure, accountability, and harm within a large aid funded biogas project in Malawi	65
Can battery electric vehicles meet sustainable energy demands? Systematically reviewing emissions, grid impacts, and coupling to renewable energy	65
Off the grid and on the fence: Unpacking electric vehicle adoption barriers in isolated microgrids	64
Editorial Board	63
Editorial Board	63
What came first, the pellet or boiler? Interacting leverage points within a sociotechnical system in the United States	62
Traffic ahead: Navigating the road to carbon neutrality	62
Cycles of adversity: Parental joblessness in childhood and energy poverty in adulthood	61
Deepening regional power connectivity: Beyond the industry-centric perspective	61
A stakeholder-centred narrative exploration on carbon capture, utilisation and storage: A systems thinking and participatory approach	61
Gas grid regulation in the context of net zero transitions: A review of seven European countries	61
What is nuclear cultural heritage? Developing an analytical framework	61
Divergent consumer preferences and visions for cooking and heating technologies in the United Kingdom: Make our homes clean, safe, warm and smart!	60
Between decentralization and reintermediation: Blockchain platforms and the governance of ‘commons-led’ and ‘business-led’ energy transitions	60