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Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems is a research topic within Energy Engineering and Power Technology. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 23.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements, challenges, and potential of hydrogen energy systems and technologies. It covers various aspects such as renewable energy integration, electrolysis, power-to-gas technology, sustainability, energy storage, techno-economic analysis, fuel cells, and environmental impact.

  • Hydrogen
  • Renewable Energy
  • Electrolysis
  • Power-to-Gas
  • Sustainability
  • Energy Storage
  • Techno-Economic Analysis
  • Renewable Resources
  • Fuel Cell
  • Environmental Impact
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+101%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.8k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.8k works
  2. 2 India 1.2k works
  3. 3 United States 931 works
  4. 4 Germany 582 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 451 works
  6. 6 Italy 427 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 422 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 408 works
  9. 9 Iran 341 works
  10. 10 South Korea 326 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: 35.4%India: 14.9%United States: 11.9%Germany: 7.4%6 others listed: 30.3%35%largest
China2,773 · 35.4%India1,164 · 14.9%United States931 · 11.9%Germany582 · 7.4%6 others listed2,374 · 30.3%

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

Which institutions lead Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, North China Electric Power University publishes the most Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems research, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and Tsinghua University.

Who are the leading researchers in Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems include Frede Blaabjerg, İbrahim Dinçer and Josep M. Guerrero.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
  2. 2 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
  3. 3 Josep M. Guerrero Denmark 5.6k citations
  4. 4 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
  5. 5 Zhanhu Guo United States 4.4k citations

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

Where is Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems research done?

The largest centres of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tehran (Iran) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Oshawa, Lappeenranta and Golden.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 634 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 195 works
  3. 3 Tehran Iran 167 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 149 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 147 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 141 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 124 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 109 works
  9. 9 Tianjin China 99 works
  10. 10 Istanbul Türkiye 98 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. OshawaCA · 59.1 works42×
  2. LappeenrantaFI · 28.8 works20×
  3. GoldenUS · 48.1 works14×
  4. JülichDE · 38.2 works12×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, North China Electric Power University and Aalborg 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 35.76%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology: 29, 43.6%North China Electric Power University: 151, 29.9%Aalborg University: 50, 39.2%King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: 54, 34.3%University of Tehran: 50, 31.8%Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières: 12, 50.7%Cranfield University: 15, 38.5%Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology: 9, 33.6%Xi'an Jiaotong University: 90, 33.0%Ontario Tech University: 59, 23.0%Lappeenranta-Lahti U…Aalborg UniversityKing Fahd University…North China Electric…
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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 Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFinland 79.943.6%21.7×29 +1605.6%
2 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 78.329.9%17.3×151 +225.4%
3 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 73.139.2%7.4×50 +189.5%
4 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 72.934.3%11.9×54 +104.6%
5 University of TehranIran 65.131.8%6.5×50 +196.5%
6 Université du Québec à Trois-RivièresCanada 65.150.7%9.9×12 +19.3%
7 Cranfield UniversityUnited Kingdom 64.238.5%8.7×15 +132.9%
8 Rajshahi University of Engineering and TechnologyBangladesh 63.833.6%13.1×9 +253.0%
9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 62.533.0%4.3×90 +213.0%
10 Ontario Tech UniversityCanada 61.023.0%45.5×59 +39.1%

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 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 101% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems.

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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.