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Researcher · Stellenbosch University · South Africa

Alan C. Brent

Alan C. Brent publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pollution and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, on topics such as Energy and Environment Impacts, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy.

ORCID 0000-0003-3769-4512 OpenAlex
World rank
#448,491
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#1,685
of 29,826
Works
394
Citations
9k
Citations per work
22.8
h-index
44
i10-index 158Top 2.4% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Alan C. Brent

What does Alan C. Brent research?

Alan C. Brent's work is mostly in Environmental Science (22%), Energy (13%), Engineering (12%).

Everything else: 210 works · 53.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 184 works · 46.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 87 works · 22.1% of their workPollution: 30 works · 7.7% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 30 works · 7.6% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 27 works · 6.8% of their workEnergy: 50 works · 12.8% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 29 works · 7.4% of their workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 21 works · 5.4% of their workEngineering: 47 works · 11.9% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 47 works · 11.9% of their workTHEIR WORKAlan C. Brent394works
Physical Sciences47%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else21053.2%
    1. Environmental Science8722.1%
    2. Energy5012.8%
    3. Engineering4711.9%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering12% of their works
  2. 2Pollution8% of their works
  3. 3Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law8% of their works
  4. 4Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment7% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Energy Engineering and Power Technology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan C. Brent's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Renewable Energy, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Sustainability Assessment, Household Fuel Use, Indoor Air Pollution, Electrolysis and Hydrogen.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Renewable Energy2054 topics
  2. Environmental Impact912 topics
  3. Sustainability902 topics
  4. Sustainability Assessment852 topics
  5. Household Fuel Use781 topic
  6. Indoor Air Pollution781 topic
  7. Electrolysis541 topic
  8. Hydrogen541 topic
  9. Environmental Sustainability481 topic
  10. Sustainability Indicators481 topic
  11. Distributed Power Generation391 topic
  12. Microgrid Control391 topic
  13. Carbon Footprint371 topic
  14. Demand Response371 topic
  15. Life Cycle Assessment371 topic
  16. Smart Grid371 topic
  17. EROI361 topic
  18. Fossil Fuels361 topic
  19. Green Building341 topic
  20. Sustainable Construction341 topic

Where does Alan C. Brent work?

Alan C. Brent's main affiliation in the publication record is Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Alan C. Brent have?

OpenAlex counts 394 works and 8,990 citations for Alan C. Brent, an h-index of 44, ranking #448,491 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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