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Researcher · Aarhus University · Denmark

Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool

Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Pollution, on topics such as Energy and Environment Impacts, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy and Global Energy and Sustainability Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-4794-9403 OpenAlex
World rank
#59
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Denmark
#2
of 43,819
Works
1,014
Citations
71k
Citations per work
69.6
h-index
136
i10-index 612Top 0.1% in Sociology and Political Science
Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool

What does Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool research?

Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool's work is mostly in Environmental Science (19%), Social Sciences (15%), Energy (12%).

Everything else: 425 works · 41.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 382 works · 37.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 193 works · 19.0% of their workPollution: 98 works · 9.7% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 94 works · 9.3% of their workEnergy: 117 works · 11.5% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 117 works · 11.5% of their workEngineering: 73 works · 7.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 73 works · 7.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 207 works · 20.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 152 works · 15.0% of their workSociology and Political Science: 152 works · 15.0% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 55 works · 5.4% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 55 works · 5.4% of their workTHEIR WORKBenjamin KennethSovacool1,014works
Physical Sciences38%Social Sciences20%

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 else42541.9%
    1. Environmental Science19319.0%
    2. Energy11711.5%
    3. Engineering737.2%
    1. Social Sciences15215.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance555.4%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science15% of their works
  2. 2Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment12% of their works
  3. 3Pollution10% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change9% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Economics and Econometrics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Sustainability, Household Fuel Use, Indoor Air Pollution, Energy Transition, Public Perception and Social Acceptance.

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.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Renewable Energy8555 topics
  2. Climate Change3723 topics
  3. Sustainability3643 topics
  4. Household Fuel Use2501 topic
  5. Indoor Air Pollution2501 topic
  6. Energy Transition2452 topics
  7. Public Perception1861 topic
  8. Social Acceptance1861 topic
  9. EROI1541 topic
  10. Fossil Fuels1541 topic
  11. Resilience1381 topic
  12. Sustainability Transitions1381 topic
  13. Energy Security1271 topic
  14. Geopolitics1271 topic
  15. Energy Efficiency1101 topic
  16. Rebound Effect1101 topic
  17. Economic Impacts911 topic
  18. Greenhouse Gas Emissions911 topic
  19. Electric Vehicles831 topic
  20. Vehicle-to-Grid831 topic

Where does Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool work?

Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool's main affiliation in the publication record is Aarhus University, Denmark.

How many publications and citations does Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool have?

OpenAlex counts 1,014 works and 70,588 citations for Benjamin Kenneth Sovacool, an h-index of 136, ranking #59 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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