Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics is a research topic within Artificial Intelligence. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 18.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of machine learning methods, particularly artificial neural networks, for forecasting solar radiation and photovoltaic power generation. It covers topics such as solar energy integration, grid-connected PV plant performance prediction, solar position algorithms, and GIS-based site selection for solar farms.
- Solar Radiation
- Forecasting
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Renewable Energy
- Photovoltaic Power
- Solar Energy
- Grid Integration
- Weather Forecasts
- GIS-based Site Selection
- Research works
- 31k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +74% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.8k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
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.
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Which institutions lead Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, North China Electric Power University publishes the most Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Vellore Institute of Technology University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 North China Electric Power University China 64 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 39 works
- 3 Vellore Institute of Technology University India 38 works
- 4 State Grid Corporation of China (China) China 35 works
- 5 Renewable Energy Development Center Algeria 29 works
- 6 National Laboratory of the Rockies United States 28 works
- 7 SRM Institute of Science and Technology India 28 works
- 8 Harbin Institute of Technology China 27 works
- 9 Saveetha University India 26 works
- 10 China Southern Power Grid (China) China 26 works
Who are the leading researchers in Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics include Frede Blaabjerg, Seyedali Mirjalili and İbrahim Dinçer.
- 1 Frede Blaabjerg 12k citations
- 2 Seyedali Mirjalili 7.6k citations
- 3 İbrahim Dinçer 5.9k citations
- 4 Remus Teodorescu 4.2k citations
- 5 Bhim Singh 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics research done?
The largest centres of Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Chennai (India) and Shanghai (China).
Where is the best place to study Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics?
Among universities, judged by research, North China Electric Power University, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah and Abdelmalek Essaâdi 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North China Electric Power University China | 77.9 | 34.3% | 10.5× | 64 | +167.1% |
| 2 | Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Malaysia | 60.5 | 22.4% | 8.8× | 17 | +255.6% |
| 3 | Abdelmalek Essaâdi University Morocco | 60.1 | 18.5% | 11.3× | 18 | +702.7% |
| 4 | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology India | 59.3 | 23.7% | 11.3× | 14 | +451.2% |
| 5 | National Technical University of Athens Greece | 56.7 | 38.6% | 5.4× | 12 | +292.7% |
| 6 | University of Technology - Iraq Iraq | 56.6 | 13.6% | 10.0× | 21 | +166.7% |
| 7 | Shanghai University of Electric Power China | 55.6 | 24.7% | 10.5× | 16 | +113.5% |
| 8 | Universiti Tenaga Nasional Malaysia | 55.5 | 15.1% | 13.1× | 10 | +183.7% |
| 9 | Northeast Electric Power University China | 54.2 | 31.7% | 9.9× | 12 | — |
| 10 | Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology China | 53.6 | 53.7% | 4.5× | 12 | +87.4% |
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 Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 74% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics.
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.