Energy and Environment Impacts
Energy and Environment Impacts is a research topic within Pollution. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1951. 22.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of indoor air pollution from household fuel use, particularly in developing countries. It covers topics such as energy poverty, respiratory infections, solid fuel use, renewable energy solutions, health impacts, and rural electrification.
- Indoor Air Pollution
- Household Fuel Use
- Energy Poverty
- Respiratory Infections
- Solid Fuel
- Renewable Energy
- Cookstoves
- Health Impacts
- Rural Electrification
- Biomass Combustion
- Research works
- 44k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 9.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +106% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Energy and Environment Impacts research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.2k and 1.4k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.2k works
- 2 United States 1.4k works
- 3 India 1.3k works
- 4 Nigeria 798 works
- 5 United Kingdom 637 works
- 6 Türkiye 546 works
- 7 Brazil 522 works
- 8 Indonesia 379 works
- 9 South Africa 366 works
- 10 Germany 347 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Energy and Environment Impacts research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Johannesburg publishes the most Energy and Environment Impacts research, followed by North China Electric Power University and University of Port Harcourt.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Johannesburg South Africa 71 works
- 2 North China Electric Power University China 49 works
- 3 University of Port Harcourt Nigeria 47 works
- 4 University of Nigeria Nigeria 44 works
- 5 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Ghana 43 works
- 6 University of Tehran Iran 39 works
- 7 Peking University China 36 works
- 8 University of Indonesia Indonesia 35 works
- 9 Makerere University Uganda 34 works
- 10 University of South Africa South Africa 33 works
Who are the leading researchers in Energy and Environment Impacts?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Energy and Environment Impacts include Chuanhua Yu, Lídia Morawska and İbrahim Dinçer.
- 1 Chuanhua Yu 7.4k citations
- 2 Lídia Morawska 6.4k citations
- 3 İbrahim Dinçer 5.9k citations
- 4 Michelle L. Bell 5.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Energy and Environment Impacts research done?
The largest centres of Energy and Environment Impacts research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sunyani, Mogadishu and Dschang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- SunyaniGH · 28.2 works36×
- MogadishuSO · 23.3 works24×
- DschangCM · 27.2 works18×
- Port HarcourtNG · 76.9 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Energy and Environment Impacts than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Energy and Environment Impacts?
Among universities, judged by research, Lebanese American University, ILMA University and Near East University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese American University Lebanon | 69.9 | 76.1% | 8.1× | 14 | — |
| 2 | ILMA University Pakistan | 68.1 | 70.9% | 38.0× | 8 | — |
| 3 | Near East University Cyprus | 67.8 | 51.7% | 13.0× | 26 | — |
| 4 | University of Johannesburg South Africa | 66.1 | 21.6% | 7.6× | 71 | +226.6% |
| 5 | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology Finland | 65.5 | 31.3% | 12.9× | 20 | +320.8% |
| 6 | Université de Dschang Cameroon | 65.0 | 36.0% | 17.9× | 27 | +138.5% |
| 7 | University of International Business and Economics China | 65.0 | 60.7% | 12.4× | 18 | — |
| 8 | European University of Lefke Türkiye | 63.3 | 66.5% | 27.9× | 8 | — |
| 9 | Cyprus International University Cyprus | 62.9 | 57.6% | 16.6× | 13 | — |
| 10 | Azerbaijan State University of Economics Azerbaijan | 62.7 | 56.0% | 16.1× | 14 | — |
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 Energy and Environment Impacts research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 106% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Energy and Environment Impacts.
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.