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Energy Load and Power Forecasting

Energy Load and Power Forecasting is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 21.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the methods and techniques for forecasting electricity prices and load demand, with an emphasis on short-term forecasting using neural networks, ARIMA models, and probabilistic approaches. The cluster also covers topics related to wind power generation, deep learning applications, and renewable energy forecasting.

  • Electricity Price Forecasting
  • Load Forecasting
  • Short-Term Forecasting
  • Neural Networks
  • Wind Power Generation
  • ARIMA Models
  • Probabilistic Forecasting
  • Deep Learning
  • Renewable Energy
  • Time Series Analysis
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+121%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Energy Load and Power Forecasting research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (6.1k and 2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 6.1k works
  2. 2 India 2k works
  3. 3 United States 967 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 425 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 377 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 364 works
  7. 7 Iran 274 works
  8. 8 Germany 272 works
  9. 9 Italy 253 works
  10. 10 ?? 252 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.

China: 53.9%India: 17.8%United States: 8.6%Türkiye: 3.8%6 others listed: 15.9%54%largest
China6,068 · 53.9%India2,003 · 17.8%United States967 · 8.6%Türkiye425 · 3.8%6 others listed1,791 · 15.9%

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

Which institutions lead Energy Load and Power Forecasting research?

By volume in 2022–2025, North China Electric Power University publishes the most Energy Load and Power Forecasting research, followed by State Grid Corporation of China (China) and China Southern Power Grid (China).

Who are the leading researchers in Energy Load and Power Forecasting?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Energy Load and Power Forecasting include Seyedali Mirjalili, Georgios B. Giannakis and Melinda Marquis.

  1. 1 Seyedali Mirjalili Australia 7.6k citations
  2. 2 Georgios B. Giannakis United States 4.6k citations
  3. 3 Melinda Marquis United States 4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Energy Load and Power Forecasting research done?

The largest centres of Energy Load and Power Forecasting research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baishan, Yangpu and Jilin City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1.2k works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 445 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 408 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 371 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 278 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 206 works
  7. 7 Chennai India 193 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 183 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 178 works
  10. 10 Tianjin China 166 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BaishanCN · 21.8 works38×
  2. YangpuCN · 57.5 works20×
  3. Jilin CityCN · 67.5 works13×
  4. Beijing66.6 works10.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Energy Load and Power Forecasting than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Energy Load and Power Forecasting?

Among universities, judged by research, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Dongbei University of Finance and EconomicsChina 70.451.4%19.6×19 +1629.1%
2 Zhejiang University of Finance and EconomicsChina 62.440.6%10.8×12 +359.3%
3 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 62.132.8%7.9×50 +217.4%
4 Macau University of Science and TechnologyMacau 61.047.3%7.6×26
5 Huaiyin Institute of TechnologyChina 60.266.8%13.7×15 -46.1%
6 National Technical University of AthensGreece 58.839.1%8.0×32 +129.3%
7 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 58.219.1%25.5×268 +17.5%
8 Singidunum UniversitySerbia 58.049.2%19.6×11
9 Maulana Azad National Institute of TechnologyIndia 55.823.3%9.8×22 +336.2%
10 Shandong University of Finance and EconomicsChina 54.542.6%10.4×13

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 Load and Power Forecasting research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 121% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Energy Load and Power Forecasting.

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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.