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General Energy research

General Energy is a subfield of Energy. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1951. 17.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: Czech company.

Research works
20k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
1
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+47%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead General Energy research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and the United Kingdom rank highest in General Energy. By volume, Russia and China publish the most (616 and 612 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #1 all time 34.0% top 10% · 612 works
  2. 2 United States · #2 all time 15.2% top 10% · 437 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #3 all time 20.3% top 10% · 224 works
  4. 4 Russia · #5 all time 8.6% top 10% · 616 works
  5. 5 Türkiye · #6 all time 15.1% top 10% · 415 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 5 countries ranked in General Energy. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in General Energy

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 616 works
  2. 2 China 612 works
  3. 3 United States 437 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 415 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 224 works
  6. 6 Poland 190 works
  7. 7 Germany 187 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 150 works
  9. 9 France 143 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 128 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Russia: 19.9%China: 19.7%United States: 14.1%Türkiye: 13.4%6 others listed: 32.9%20%largest
Russia616 · 19.9%China612 · 19.7%United States437 · 14.1%Türkiye415 · 13.4%6 others listed1,022 · 32.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead General Energy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Moscow State Institute of International Relations publishes the most General Energy research, followed by Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Melentiev Energy Systems Institute.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 41 works
  2. 2 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 34 works
  3. 3 Melentiev Energy Systems InstituteRussia 31 works
  4. 4 Azerbaijan State University of EconomicsAzerbaijan 29 works
  5. 5 Institute of World Economy and International RelationsRussia 29 works
  6. 6 Armenian State University of EconomicsArmenia 28 works
  7. 7 Financial UniversityRussia 26 works
  8. 8 Yerevan State UniversityArmenia 20 works
  9. 9 Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityKazakhstan 20 works
  10. 10 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in General Energy?

Among the most productive authors in General Energy, Noam Chomsky, William Diebold and Richard N. Cooper rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Noam Chomsky United States · #7 worldwide 3.7k citations · 239 works
  2. 2 William Diebold United States · #33 worldwide 3.8k citations · 208 works
  3. 3 Richard N. Cooper United States · #109 worldwide 2.7k citations · 185 works
  4. 4 Ben Bernanke United States · #440 worldwide 2.7k citations · 195 works
  5. 5 William D. Nordhaus United States · #1,588 worldwide 2k citations · 107 works
  6. 6 J. A. Muir Gray United Kingdom · #1,744 worldwide 2.2k citations · 79 works
  7. 7 Gerry Stoker United Kingdom · #1,855 worldwide 1k citations · 108 works
  8. 8 Keywan Riahi Austria · #2,233 worldwide 2.2k citations · 98 works
  9. 9 Dale W. Jorgenson United States · #2,598 worldwide 2.4k citations · 166 works
  10. 10 Volker Krey Austria · #3,102 worldwide 1.7k citations · 73 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,006 highest-output authors in General Energy. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 General Energy researchers

Where is General Energy research done?

The largest centres of General Energy research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yerevan, Baku and Irkutsk.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 381 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 168 works
  3. 3 Baku Azerbaijan 115 works
  4. 4 Istanbul Türkiye 90 works
  5. 5 Yerevan Armenia 82 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 72 works
  7. 7 Bucharest Romania 66 works
  8. 8 Ankara Türkiye 65 works
  9. 9 Almaty Kazakhstan 60 works
  10. 10 Paris France 55 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. YerevanAM · 82.4 works33×
  2. BakuAZ · 114.7 works27×
  3. IrkutskRU · 41.8 works20×
  4. ChisinauMD · 23.1 works12×
  5. AlmatyKZ · 60.0 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in General Energy than the world average.

See General Energy on the map

General Energy research by country

The best places for General Energy research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study General Energy?

Among universities, judged by research, Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Ural Federal University and Corvinus University of Budapest score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 20.06%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Azerbaijan State University of Economics: 29, 26.5%Ural Federal University: 16, 26.9%Corvinus University of Budapest: 8, 33.2%Silesian University of Technology: 12, 39.5%Comenius University Bratislava: 9, 32.1%Al-Farabi Kazakh National University: 20, 8.7%Financial University: 26, 5.3%Bucharest University of Economic Studies: 34, 7.8%Moscow State Institute of International Relations: 41, 5.1%Peoples' Friendship University of Russia: 20, 15.5%Silesian University …Corvinus University …Ural Federal Univers…Azerbaijan State Uni…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Azerbaijan State University of EconomicsAzerbaijan 70.926.5%93.6×29 —
2 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 70.226.9%9.8×16 +295.1%
3 Corvinus University of BudapestHungary 67.833.2%16.1×8 +567.8%
4 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 64.239.5%8.6×12 —
5 Comenius University BratislavaSlovakia 62.532.1%8.0×9 +308.3%
6 Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityKazakhstan 61.18.7%19.7×20 +228.7%
7 Financial UniversityRussia 59.15.3%21.2×26 +674.7%
8 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 58.87.8%36.2×34 +107.3%
9 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 58.55.1%42.5×41 +103.8%
10 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia 58.315.5%11.0×20 +97.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is General Energy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Global Energy Security and Policy.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does General Energy include?