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Centre for Sustainable Energy

In research, Centre for Sustainable Energy stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,192 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,732 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Energy and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Energy is 7.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,295
of 22,385 · #3,629 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#209
of 862
Research works
3.2k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
52k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Centre for Sustainable Energy

What is Centre for Sustainable Energy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,192 of 10,670 13.3%214 #2018
EngineeringField #1,732 of 5,901 13.8%101 #1367

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre for Sustainable Energy sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Centre for Sustainable Energy work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Centre for Sustainable Energy is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Environmental Science (16%), Energy (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 290 fractional works · 73.2% of its workEngineering: 132 fractional works · 33.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 32 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 63 fractional works · 15.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 28 fractional works · 7.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 27 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCentre forSustainable…396fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering13233.4%
    2. Environmental Science6315.8%
    3. Energy287.1%
    4. Materials Science276.8%
    5. Computer Science123.1%
    6. Chemistry102.6%
    7. Chemical Engineering92.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy30.7%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences276.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting143.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance92.3%
    4. Decision Sciences41.1%
    5. Psychology41.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences184.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine123.0%
    2. Health Professions41.1%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Centre for Sustainable Energy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Energy takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EnergyField · 28.0 works7.7×
  2. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 20.5 works6.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.75× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.66× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 7.70× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.23× its world share, 132 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.18× its world share, 63 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.95× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy7.70×28 works
  2. Chemical Engineering6.75×9 works
  3. Environmental Science3.18×63 works
  4. Engineering2.23×132 works
  5. Materials Science1.95×27 works
  6. Chemistry1.66×10 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.17×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.07×14 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×9 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.94×18 works
  11. Nursing0.92×2 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×5 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.54×27 works
  15. Health Professions0.41×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.40×12 works
  17. Psychology0.34×4 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.33×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×7 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.26×3 works
  22. Medicine0.16×12 works
  23. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  25. Veterinary0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre for Sustainable Energy?

Ranked on the quality score, Europäische Kommission, Per Lundsager and Shammy Puri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre for Sustainable Energy.

  1. 1 Europäische Kommission United Kingdom · #774,459 worldwide 1.5k citations · 163 works
  2. 2 Per Lundsager United Kingdom · #2,618,807 worldwide 725 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Shammy Puri United Kingdom · #2,720,957 worldwide 375 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Jette Lundtang Paulsen United Kingdom · #2,825,103 worldwide 177 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Stefanie Federle United Kingdom · #3,117,045 worldwide 30 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Jessica E. Sharpe United Kingdom · #3,639,944 worldwide 236 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 B. Sass United Kingdom · #3,992,439 worldwide 72 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Kurt Lauridsen United Kingdom · #4,053,034 worldwide 96 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Palle Christensen United Kingdom · #4,125,606 worldwide 98 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Jez Cope United Kingdom · #4,397,705 worldwide 24 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Centre for Sustainable Energy

What are the most cited papers from Centre for Sustainable Energy?

The most cited paper from Centre for Sustainable Energy is "A review on buildings energy consumption information" (Luis Pérez‐Lombard, José Ortiz, Christine Pout, 2007), with 6,641 citations. Next come "Estimates of the Annual Net Carbon and Water Exchange of Forests: The EUROFLUX Methodology" (2,070) and "Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health" (2,050).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A review on buildings energy consumption information Luis Pérez‐Lombard, José Ortiz, Christine Pout · Energy and Buildings Open access 16 Mar 2007 6,641
2 Estimates of the Annual Net Carbon and Water Exchange of Forests: The EUROFLUX Methodology Marc Aubinet, Achim Grelle, Andreas Ibrom et al. · Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research Book chapterOpen access 1999 2,070
3 Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health Nick Watts et al. · The Lancet Open access 23 Jun 2015 2,050
4 The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises Nick Watts et al. · The Lancet Open access 2 Dec 2020 1,949
5 The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels Marina B Romanello et al. · The Lancet Open access 25 Oct 2022 1,675
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Sustainable Energy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Energy Storage, Heat Transfer, Energy Efficiency and Lithium-ion Batteries.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Renewable Energy46▲ 8.0×36 topics
  2. Sustainability37▲ 3.8×57 topics
  3. Climate Change30▲ 2.8×59 topics
  4. Environmental Impact29▲ 4.3×37 topics
  5. Energy Storage18▲ 7.1×11 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency14▲ 3.8×25 topics
  7. Heat Transfer14▲ 7.2×16 topics
  8. Nanomaterials12▲ 2.8×17 topics
  9. Sustainable Development11▲ 1.76×30 topics
  10. Lithium-ion Batteries10▲ 6.2×4 topics
  11. Nanoparticles10▲ 2.0×26 topics
  12. Solar Energy9▲ 7.3×5 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 5.8×10 topics
  14. Cathode Materials9▲ 5.6×3 topics
  15. Emissions8▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Thermal Management8▲ 6.4×6 topics
  17. Catalysis8▲ 3.1×22 topics
  18. Greenhouse Gas Emissions8▲ 7.3×6 topics
  19. Energy Transition8▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Phase Change Materials7▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Metal-Organic Frameworks7▲ 4.3×6 topics
  22. Numerical Simulation7▲ 6.1×9 topics
  23. Global Warming6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  24. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  25. Sustainability Assessment6▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Environmental Policy6▲ 7.7×5 topics
  27. Circular Economy6▲ 5.7×8 topics
  28. Heat Exchangers6▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Rechargeable Batteries6▲ 5.6×2 topics
  30. Battery Technology6▲ 5.3×3 topics
  31. Renewable Resources6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  32. Thermodynamic Analysis6▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Hydrogen6▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Social-Ecological Systems5▲ 9.6×3 topics
  35. Household Fuel Use5▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Indoor Air Pollution5▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology5▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Solar Thermal Collectors5▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Metal Recovery5▲ 6.5×3 topics
  40. Chemical Kinetics5▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre for Sustainable Energy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Energy and Environment Impacts, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Energy and Environment I…5Energy and Environment Impacts: 5 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photov…5Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 5 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 4 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 4 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Optimization: 4 fractional worksIntegrated Energy Systems Optimization: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 3 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…3Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 3 fractional worksThermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems: 3 fractional works
PollutionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 5 works
  2. 2 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  3. 3 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 4 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 3 works
  8. 8 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems Mechanical Engineering 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available23.8%not open76.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Sustainable Energy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Centre for Sustainable Energy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00099% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Centre for Sustainable Energy0.0026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre for Sustainable Energy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Centre for Sustainable Energy14.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.7% in 2017.

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