Renewable Energy and Sustainability
Renewable Energy and Sustainability is a research topic within Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Science Explorer counts 3.6k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the integration, development, and challenges of renewable energy sources, energy storage, and sustainability in the context of the European Union. It covers topics such as electricity market, climate change mitigation, energy efficiency, and environmental impact.
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Storage
- European Union
- Sustainability
- Electricity Market
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Energy Efficiency
- Power Generation
- Grid Integration
- Environmental Impact
- Research works
- 3.6k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 362 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +6% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
Germany
63% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Renewable Energy and Sustainability research?
By volume, Germany and Austria publish the most (357 and 61 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Germany
357 works
- 2
Austria
61 works
- 3
United Kingdom
29 works
- 4
United States
25 works
- 5
Switzerland
22 works
- 6
Poland
21 works
- 7
China
16 works
- 8
Italy
12 works
- 9
Denmark
12 works
- 10
Sweden
12 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 Renewable Energy and Sustainability research?
By volume in 2022-now, RWTH Aachen University publishes the most Renewable Energy and Sustainability research, followed by TU Wien and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany
29 works
- 2
TU WienAustria
23 works
- 3
Fraunhofer-GesellschaftGermany
20 works
- 4
Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany
15 works
- 5
Leibniz AssociationGermany
9 works
- 6
Technische Universität DresdenGermany
8 works
- 7
Technische Universität BerlinGermany
7 works
- 8
Stuttgart ObservatoryGermany
6 works
- 9
Bergmann und Partner RechtsanwälteGermany
6 works
- 10
Ruhr University BochumGermany
5 works
Who are the leading researchers in Renewable Energy and Sustainability?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Renewable Energy and Sustainability include Frede Blaabjerg, Richard S. J. Frackowiak and Ernst‐Detlef Schulze.
- 1
Frede Blaabjerg
Denmark
203k citations
- 2
Richard S. J. Frackowiak
United Kingdom
142k citations
- 3
Ernst‐Detlef Schulze
Germany
91k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Renewable Energy and Sustainability research done?
The largest centres of Renewable Energy and Sustainability research in 2022-now are Vienna (Austria), Aachen (Germany), Berlin (Germany) and Stuttgart (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Aachen and Vienna.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- AachenDE · 33.0 works56×
- ViennaAT · 37.0 works26×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Renewable Energy and Sustainability than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Renewable Energy and Sustainability?
Among universities, judged by research, RWTH Aachen University and TU Wien 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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany |
80.0 | 3.7% | 64.6× | 29 | +45.3% |
| 2 | TU WienAustria |
20.0 | 3.8% | 130.2× | 23 | +255.5% |
Universities only. The score blends 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 Renewable Energy and Sustainability, country by countryIs Renewable Energy and Sustainability research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Renewable Energy and Sustainability.
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 Renewable Energy and Sustainability as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.
Fractional works of Renewable Energy and Sustainability 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.
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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