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Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques

Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques is a research topic within Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1953. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the optimization, modeling, and simulation of photovoltaic arrays, with a specific emphasis on maximum power point tracking (MPPT) techniques. It covers topics such as the role of renewable energy, grid-connected inverters, impact of dust on solar energy, temperature dependence of photovoltaic modules, and the development of control systems for MPPT.

  • Photovoltaic Arrays
  • Maximum Power Point Tracking
  • Solar Energy
  • MPPT Techniques
  • PV System
  • Renewable Energy
  • Grid-Connected Inverters
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Partial Shading
  • Parameter Estimation
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
3.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques

Which countries lead Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (2.5k and 1.9k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 2.5k works
  2. 2 China 1.9k works
  3. 3 United States 627 works
  4. 4 Algeria 388 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 358 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 334 works
  7. 7 Morocco 323 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 289 works
  9. 9 Iraq 267 works
  10. 10 Spain 259 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.

India: 35.2%China: 25.6%United States: 8.7%Algeria: 5.4%6 others listed: 25.3%35%largest
India2,548 · 35.2%China1,851 · 25.6%United States627 · 8.7%Algeria388 · 5.4%6 others listed1,830 · 25.3%

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

Which institutions lead Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Vellore Institute of Technology University publishes the most Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques research, followed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 64 works
  2. 2 Indian Institute of Technology DelhiIndia 63 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 62 works
  4. 4 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 60 works
  5. 5 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 56 works
  6. 6 Delhi Technological UniversityIndia 54 works
  7. 7 Renewable Energy Development CenterAlgeria 50 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 49 works
  9. 9 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 43 works
  10. 10 Fraunhofer-GesellschaftGermany 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques include Frede Blaabjerg, Hua Zhang and Seeram Ramakrishna.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  2. 2 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  3. 3 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  4. 4 Henry James Snaith United Kingdom 182k citations
  5. 5 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  6. 6 Seyedali Mirjalili Australia 154k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques?

The most cited paper in Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques is "Comparison of Photovoltaic Array Maximum Power Point Tracking Techniques" (Trishan Esram, Patrick Lyle Chapman, 2007), with 5,398 citations. Next come "ON THE VALIDATION OF MODELS" (4,865) and "Comprehensive Approach to Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Arrays" (4,380).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comparison of Photovoltaic Array Maximum Power Point Tracking Techniques Trishan Esram, Patrick Lyle Chapman · IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion Jun 2007 5,398
2 ON THE VALIDATION OF MODELS Cort J. Willmott · Physical Geography Jul 1981 4,865
3 Comprehensive Approach to Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Arrays Marcelo Gradella Villalva, Jonas Rafael Gazoli, Ernesto Ruppert Filho · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 30 Mar 2009 4,380
4 A Review of Single-Phase Grid-Connected Inverters for Photovoltaic Modules Søren Bækhøj Kjær, John K. Pedersen, Frede Blaabjerg · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications Sep 2005 3,620
5 Solar thermal collectors and applications Soteris A. Kalogirou · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 2004 3,213
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), New Delhi (India) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in El Jadida and Sétif.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 309 works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 221 works
  3. 3 New DelhiIndia 197 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 124 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 120 works
  6. 6 BaghdadIraq 112 works
  7. 7 DhakaBangladesh 106 works
  8. 8 AlgiersAlgeria 97 works
  9. 9 Xi'anChina 88 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 87 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. El JadidaMA · 28.9 works25×
  2. SétifDZ · 21.8 works24×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, King Saud University and University of Sharjah score highest, combining citation 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 24.82%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →King Fahd University…King Saud UniversityUniversity of SharjahVellore Institute of…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 75.828.2%8.6×30 +86.2%
2King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 68.724.4%2.7×27 +119.9%
3University of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates 66.420.9%7.7×21 +29.0%
4Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 64.713.3%6.3×64 +16.3%
5Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 63.122.6%5.0×13 +171.6%
6Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 62.228.1%1.5×14 +88.4%
7Western UniversityCanada 61.034.7%1.9×11 +264.8%
8Northeast Electric Power UniversityChina 60.725.7%14.1×19 +58.8%
9University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 59.926.5%1.7×20 +31.4%
10Babol Noshirvani University of TechnologyIran 59.323.8%18.3×16 +175.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques, country by country

Is Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.049% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques0.051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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