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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. 7.1% 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%
254
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-25%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Renewable Energy and Sustainability research?

By volume, Germany and Austria publish the most (296 and 42 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 296 works
  2. 2 Austria 42 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 26 works
  4. 4 United States 19 works
  5. 5 Poland 18 works
  6. 6 Switzerland 18 works
  7. 7 China 11 works
  8. 8 Sweden 11 works
  9. 9 Italy 11 works
  10. 10 Denmark 11 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.

Germany: 64.1%Austria: 9.1%United Kingdom: 5.6%United States: 4.0%6 others listed: 17.2%64%largest
Germany296 · 64.1%Austria42 · 9.1%United Kingdom26 · 5.6%United States19 · 4.0%6 others listed80 · 17.2%

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

Which institutions lead Renewable Energy and Sustainability research?

By volume in 2022–2025, RWTH Aachen University publishes the most Renewable Energy and Sustainability research, followed by TU Wien and Technische Universität Berlin.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 24 works
  2. 2 TU WienAustria 14 works
  3. 3 Technische Universität BerlinGermany 6 works
  4. 4 Technische Universität DresdenGermany 6 works
  5. 5 Bergmann und Partner RechtsanwälteGermany 6 works
  6. 6 Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied SciencesGermany 5 works
  7. 7 Ruhr University BochumGermany 5 works
  8. 8 Technical University of MunichGermany 5 works
  9. 9 University of AugsburgGermany 4 works
  10. 10 University of FreiburgGermany 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Renewable Energy and Sustainability?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Renewable Energy and Sustainability include Henrik Lund, Brian Vad Mathiesen and Wolf Fïchtner.

  1. 1 Henrik Lund Denmark 1.5k citations
  2. 2 Brian Vad Mathiesen Denmark 1.3k citations
  3. 3 Wolf Fïchtner Germany 1.2k 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 2022–2025 are Aachen (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Berlin (Germany) and Munich (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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Aachen Germany 28 works
  2. 2 Vienna Austria 26 works
  3. 3 Berlin Germany 24 works
  4. 4 Munich Germany 16 works
  5. 5 Stuttgart Germany 15 works
  6. 6 Hamburg Germany 12 works
  7. 7 Karlsruhe Germany 10 works
  8. 8 Dresden Germany 8 works
  9. 9 Bochum Germany 7 works
  10. 10 Freiburg Germany 7 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AachenDE · 27.9 works61×
  2. ViennaAT · 25.6 works22×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Renewable Energy and Sustainability than the world average.

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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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 65.03.9%64.6×24 +100.1%
2 TU WienAustria 10.00.4%83.2×14 +23.9%

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 Renewable Energy and Sustainability research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Renewable Energy and Sustainability.

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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.