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Researcher · Dalarna University · Sweden

Chris Bales

Chris Bales publishes mostly in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Building and Construction and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Heat Transfer and Optimization.

World rank
#563,631
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Sweden
#7,088
of 16,333
Works
52
Citations
172
Citations per work
3.3

What does Chris Bales research?

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 23.7%Building and Construction: 23.7%Mechanical Engineering: 18.6%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 8.5%other fields: 25.5%24%top field
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment23.7%Building and Construction23.7%Mechanical Engineering18.6%Electrical and Electronic Engineering8.5%other fields25.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment24% of their works
  2. 2Building and Construction24% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering19% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Inorganic Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Chris Bales's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology, Solar Thermal Collectors, Building Energy Consumption, Thermal Comfort, Renewable Energy, Heat Transfer, Convective Heat Transfer and Microchannel.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology101 topic
  2. Solar Thermal Collectors101 topic
  3. Building Energy Consumption91 topic
  4. Thermal Comfort91 topic
  5. Renewable Energy83 topics
  6. Heat Transfer72 topics
  7. Convective Heat Transfer41 topic
  8. Microchannel41 topic
  9. Geothermal Energy31 topic
  10. Green Building31 topic
  11. Ground Source Heat Pump31 topic
  12. Life Cycle Assessment31 topic
  13. Solar Energy31 topic
  14. Sustainable Construction31 topic
  15. District Heating21 topic
  16. Energy Systems21 topic
  17. Organic Rankine Cycle21 topic
  18. Waste Heat Recovery21 topic

Where does Chris Bales work?

Chris Bales's main affiliation in the publication record is Dalarna University, Sweden.

How many publications and citations does Chris Bales have?

Science Explorer counts 52 works and 172 citations for Chris Bales, ranking #563,631 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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