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Energy Institute

In research, Energy Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,982 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,637 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 10.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,984
of 22,385 · #2,578 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#185
of 862
Research works
1.4k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
23.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Energy Institute

What is Energy Institute 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 #1,982 of 10,670 12.7%217 #2144
EngineeringField #1,637 of 5,901 12.3%105 #1392

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Energy Institute 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 Energy Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Energy Institute is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (36%), Environmental Science (14%), Energy (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 251 fractional works · 74.1% of its workEngineering: 122 fractional works · 35.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 47 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 15 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 46 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 9.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 23 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Energy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 5.1% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEnergy Institute339fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences17%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering12235.9%
    2. Environmental Science4613.6%
    3. Energy339.7%
    4. Materials Science226.5%
    5. Computer Science82.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering61.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy51.4%
    8. Chemistry51.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.0%
    10. Mathematics20.5%
    1. Social Sciences257.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.3%
    3. Psychology102.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting51.5%
    5. Decision Sciences41.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.5%
    1. Neuroscience61.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences61.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine92.6%
    2. Health Professions41.2%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Energy Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Energy takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EnergyField · 32.9 works11×
  2. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 22.6 works8.7×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.33× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 10.58× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.39× its world share, 122 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.74× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.85× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy10.58×33 works
  2. Chemical Engineering5.33×6 works
  3. Environmental Science2.74×46 works
  4. Engineering2.39×122 works
  5. Materials Science1.85×22 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.55×11 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.14×4 works
  8. Neuroscience1.08×6 works
  9. Psychology0.94×10 works
  10. Chemistry0.87×5 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×3 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.61×5 works
  13. Social Sciences0.58×25 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×5 works
  15. Health Professions0.44×4 works
  16. Nursing0.43×1 works
  17. Veterinary0.42×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.39×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×6 works
  20. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.31×8 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×5 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.17×2 works
  24. Medicine0.14×9 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Energy Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Birgit Fais, Alexandra Schneiders and John N. Macadam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Energy Institute.

  1. 1 Birgit Fais United Kingdom · #1,015,503 worldwide 1k citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Alexandra Schneiders United Kingdom · #1,408,962 worldwide 196 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 John N. Macadam United Kingdom · #1,888,299 worldwide 219 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Ernest Mihalek United Kingdom · #4,628,813 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 И. Ф. Фаляхов United Kingdom · #4,666,317 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Milan Stojsavljević United Kingdom · #4,866,467 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 И. В. Зуев United Kingdom · #4,869,241 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 D. I. Mirovitskii United Kingdom · #5,191,276 worldwide 17 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Energy Institute

What are the most cited papers from Energy Institute?

The most cited paper from Energy Institute is "The role of hydrogen and fuel cells in the global energy system" (Iain Staffell, Daniel Scamman, Anthony Velazquez Abad et al., 2018), with 4,102 citations. Next come "Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health" (2,050) and "The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises" (1,949).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The role of hydrogen and fuel cells in the global energy system Iain Staffell, Daniel Scamman, Anthony Velazquez Abad et al. · Energy & Environmental Science Open access 10 Dec 2018 4,102
2 Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health Nick Watts et al. · The Lancet Open access 23 Jun 2015 2,050
3 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
4 The geographical distribution of fossil fuels unused when limiting global warming to 2 °C Christophe McGlade, Paul Ekins · Nature 2015 1,815
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 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Energy Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Energy Efficiency, Climate Change, Energy Storage, Energy Transition and Smart Grid.

▲ 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 Energy64▲ 13×38 topics
  2. Sustainability34▲ 4.1×41 topics
  3. Climate Change27▲ 3.0×40 topics
  4. Environmental Impact27▲ 4.6×31 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency21▲ 6.6×18 topics
  6. Energy Storage16▲ 7.2×10 topics
  7. Energy Transition15▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Smart Grid13▲ 10×7 topics
  9. Artificial Neural Networks12▲ 7.6×6 topics
  10. Greenhouse Gas Emissions11▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Model Predictive Control11▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Thermal Comfort11▲ 24×2 topics
  13. Lithium-ion Batteries10▲ 7.3×4 topics
  14. Building Energy Consumption9▲ 36×1 topic
  15. Energy Simulation9▲ 31×1 topic
  16. Life Cycle Assessment9▲ 9.9×6 topics
  17. Household Fuel Use9▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Indoor Air Pollution9▲ 39×1 topic
  19. Battery Technology8▲ 8.9×3 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration8▲ 7.5×5 topics
  21. Cathode Materials8▲ 6.2×3 topics
  22. Global Warming8▲ 5.6×7 topics
  23. Electric Vehicles8▲ 7.8×4 topics
  24. Hydrogen7▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Energy Management7▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Renewable Resources7▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Wind Power Integration7▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Game Theory6▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Smart Energy Systems6▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Demand Response6▲ 21×1 topic
  31. District Heating6▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Electricity Markets6▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Energy Systems6▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Efficiency6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  35. Electrolysis6▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Power-to-Gas6▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Natural Gas6▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Policy6▲ 7.8×7 topics
  39. Carbon Dioxide5▲ 9.8×4 topics
  40. Environmental Policy5▲ 7.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Energy Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Energy and Environment Impacts, Integrated Energy Systems Optimization and Smart Grid Energy Management.

Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 9 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 9 fractional worksIntegrated Energy System…6Integrated Energy Systems Optimization: 6 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Manage…6Smart Grid Energy Management: 6 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 6 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 5 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and…4Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 4 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 4 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 4 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 4 fractional works
Building and ConstructionPollutionElectrical and Electronic EngineeringEnergy Engineering and Power Technology2 others

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

  1. 1 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 9 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 9 works
  3. 3 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 6 works
  6. 6 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  8. 8 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 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 available48.4%not open51.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.4%domestic only50.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Energy Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher 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 Energy Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Energy Institute0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Energy Institute 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%Energy Institute17.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.2% in 2018.

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