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 JohannesburgSouth Africa 71 works
- 2 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 49 works
- 3 University of Port HarcourtNigeria 47 works
- 4 University of NigeriaNigeria 44 works
- 5 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 43 works
- 6 University of TehranIran 39 works
- 7 Peking UniversityChina 36 works
- 8 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 35 works
- 9 Makerere UniversityUganda 34 works
- 10 University of South AfricaSouth 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 China 7.4k citations
- 2 Lídia Morawska Australia 6.4k citations
- 3 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
- 4 Michelle L. Bell United States 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 UniversityLebanon | 69.9 | 76.1% | 8.1× | 14 | — |
| 2 | ILMA UniversityPakistan | 68.1 | 70.9% | 38.0× | 8 | — |
| 3 | Near East UniversityCyprus | 67.8 | 51.7% | 13.0× | 26 | — |
| 4 | University of JohannesburgSouth Africa | 66.1 | 21.6% | 7.6× | 71 | +226.6% |
| 5 | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFinland | 65.5 | 31.3% | 12.9× | 20 | +320.8% |
| 6 | Université de DschangCameroon | 65.0 | 36.0% | 17.9× | 27 | +138.5% |
| 7 | University of International Business and EconomicsChina | 65.0 | 60.7% | 12.4× | 18 | — |
| 8 | European University of LefkeTürkiye | 63.3 | 66.5% | 27.9× | 8 | — |
| 9 | Cyprus International UniversityCyprus | 62.9 | 57.6% | 16.6× | 13 | — |
| 10 | Azerbaijan State University of EconomicsAzerbaijan | 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.