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Energy Systems Catapult

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Research works
12
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
185
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Energy Systems Catapult

Not ranked overall: Energy Systems Catapult is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Energy Systems Catapult work in?

In all years, 83% of research at Energy Systems Catapult is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (66%), Energy (8%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 82.7% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 66.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 37.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 17.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workALL ITS WORKEnergy SystemsCatapult12fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences83%Social Sciences17%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering866.1%
    2. Energy17.9%
    3. Environmental Science15.9%
    4. Chemical Engineering01.4%
    5. Materials Science00.9%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance16.4%
    2. Social Sciences15.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting03.3%
    4. Psychology02.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Chemical Engineering: 10.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 8.59× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.49× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering10.16×0 works
  2. Energy8.59×0 works
  3. Engineering4.49×3 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.32×0 works
  5. Psychology1.94×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×0 works
  7. Chemistry0.65×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.37×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Energy Systems Catapult?

The most cited paper from Energy Systems Catapult is "Temporality, vulnerability, and energy justice in household low carbon innovations" (Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool, Matthew Lipson, Rose Chard, 2019), with 175 citations. Next come "Recycling offshore wind farms at decommissioning stage" (104) and "Sustainable Valorisation of Animal Manures via Thermochemical Conversion Technologies: An Inclusive Review on Recent Trends" (74).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Temporality, vulnerability, and energy justice in household low carbon innovations Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool, Matthew Lipson, Rose Chard · Energy Policy Open access 24 Jan 2019 175
2 Recycling offshore wind farms at decommissioning stage Eva Topham, David McMillan, Stuart I. Bradley et al. · Energy Policy Open access 5 Mar 2019 104
3 Sustainable Valorisation of Animal Manures via Thermochemical Conversion Technologies: An Inclusive Review on Recent Trends Prangya Ranjan Rout, Daya Shankar Pandey, Macsen Haynes-Parry et al. · Waste and Biomass Valorization Open access 10 Sep 2022 74
4 Critical review of solar-assisted air source heat pump in China Shaoliang Zhang, Shuli Liu, Yongliang Shen et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 20 Jan 2024 58
5 From thermal comfort to conflict: The contested control and usage of domestic smart heating in the United Kingdom Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool, Mari Martiskainen, Jody Osborn et al. · Energy Research & Social Science Open access 5 Jun 2020 39
All 31 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Energy Systems Catapult publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Smart Grid Energy Management, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Innovation Policy and R&D and Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes.

Smart Grid Energy Manage…1Smart Grid Energy Management: 1 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 0 fractional worksInnovation Policy and R&D: 0 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 0 fractional worksElectric Power System Optimization: 0 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 0 fractional worksIntegrated Energy System…0Integrated Energy Systems Optimization: 0 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 0 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 0 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEconomics and EconometricsBiomedical EngineeringSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Innovation Policy and R&D Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Electric Power System Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 0 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 available67.7%not open32.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Energy Systems Catapult's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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