Chirag Deb

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Chirag Deb is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chirag Deb has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Building and Construction, 21 papers in Environmental Engineering and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chirag Deb's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (35 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (13 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (8 papers). Chirag Deb is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (35 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (13 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (8 papers). Chirag Deb collaborates with scholars based in India, Singapore and Switzerland. Chirag Deb's co-authors include Siew Eang Lee, Junjing Yang, Fan Zhang, Kwok Wei Shah, Arno Schlueter, M. Santamouris, David Cheong, Chandra Sekhar, Prashant Anand and Mario Frei and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Chirag Deb

38 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

A review on time series forecasting techniques for buildi... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A review on time series forecasting techniques for building energy consumption
    2017 700 citations Chirag Deb, Fan Zhang et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chirag Deb India 23 1.5k 1.2k 739 455 263 39 2.4k
Junjing Yang Singapore 20 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 809 1.1× 306 0.7× 221 0.8× 28 2.4k
Siew Eang Lee Singapore 24 2.1k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 647 1.4× 354 1.3× 46 3.5k
James O’Donnell Ireland 29 2.1k 1.4× 555 0.5× 851 1.2× 406 0.9× 250 1.0× 117 2.9k
Mengjie Han Sweden 20 1.2k 0.8× 674 0.6× 561 0.8× 336 0.7× 152 0.6× 53 2.0k
Mohammad Yusri Hassan Malaysia 17 880 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 339 0.5× 422 0.9× 253 1.0× 59 2.2k
Clayton Miller Singapore 29 1.9k 1.2× 811 0.7× 820 1.1× 360 0.8× 202 0.8× 111 2.6k
Faridah Hussin Malaysia 14 854 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 346 0.5× 360 0.8× 191 0.7× 54 1.8k
Kadir Amasyali United States 13 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 629 0.9× 435 1.0× 136 0.5× 37 2.1k
Hayati Abdullah Malaysia 8 869 0.6× 753 0.6× 348 0.5× 276 0.6× 180 0.7× 19 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Chirag Deb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chirag Deb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chirag Deb. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chirag Deb. The network helps show where Chirag Deb may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chirag Deb

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chirag Deb. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chirag Deb based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chirag Deb. Chirag Deb is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Deb, Chirag, et al.. (2024). Urban cooling demand benchmarking based on built-urbanization. 375–387. 1 indexed citations
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Göçer, Özgür, et al.. (2024). Are Big Cities Ready to Mitigate Climate Change? Evidence from Sydney, Australia. Climate. 12(9). 137–137. 2 indexed citations
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Anand, Prashant, Ansar Khan, Chirag Deb, et al.. (2024). Systematic review of the efficacy of data-driven urban building energy models during extreme heat in cities: Current trends and future outlook. Building Simulation. 17(5). 695–722. 24 indexed citations
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Jana, Arnab, et al.. (2023). Tropical climates and the interplay between IEQ and energy consumption in buildings: A review. Building and Environment. 242. 110551–110551. 20 indexed citations
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Joshi, K.K., Ansar Khan, Chirag Deb, & Prashant Anand. (2023). Heat Wave Impact on Urban Heat, Thermal Comfort and Energy Consumption in Nashik City. 519–527. 1 indexed citations
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Deb, Chirag, et al.. (2023). Envelope design for low-energy buildings in the tropics: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 186. 113650–113650. 59 indexed citations
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Deb, Chirag, et al.. (2022). Building energy benchmarking in India. 433–438. 1 indexed citations
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Deb, Chirag, et al.. (2021). A machine learning-based framework for cost-optimal building retrofit. Applied Energy. 294. 116990–116990. 37 indexed citations
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Deb, Chirag & Arno Schlueter. (2021). Review of data-driven energy modelling techniques for building retrofit. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 144. 110990–110990. 131 indexed citations
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Frei, Mario, et al.. (2021). Impact of Measurement Uncertainty on Building Modeling and Retrofitting Decisions. Frontiers in Built Environment. 7. 5 indexed citations
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Frei, Mario, Chirag Deb, Zoltán Nagy, Illias Hischier, & Arno Schlueter. (2021). Building Energy Performance Assessment Using an Easily Deployable Sensor Kit: Process, Risks, and Lessons Learned. Frontiers in Built Environment. 6. 7 indexed citations
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Westermann, Paul, Chirag Deb, Arno Schlueter, & Ralph Evins. (2020). Unsupervised learning of energy signatures to identify the heating system and building type using smart meter data. Applied Energy. 264. 114715–114715. 68 indexed citations
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Deb, Chirag, et al.. (2019). Cost-optimal retrofit analysis for residential buildings. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1343(1). 12030–12030. 11 indexed citations
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Deb, Chirag, Mario Frei, Johannes Hofer, & Arno Schlueter. (2018). Automated load disaggregation for residences with electrical resistance heating. Energy and Buildings. 182. 61–74. 27 indexed citations
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Deb, Chirag, Siew Eang Lee, & M. Santamouris. (2018). Using artificial neural networks to assess HVAC related energy saving in retrofitted office buildings. Solar Energy. 163. 32–44. 68 indexed citations
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Yang, Junjing, Chao Ning, Chirag Deb, et al.. (2017). k-Shape clustering algorithm for building energy usage patterns analysis and forecasting model accuracy improvement. Energy and Buildings. 146. 27–37. 151 indexed citations
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Deb, Chirag & Siew Eang Lee. (2017). Determining key variables influencing energy consumption in office buildings through cluster analysis of pre- and post-retrofit building data. Energy and Buildings. 159. 228–245. 92 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fan, Chirag Deb, Siew Eang Lee, Junjing Yang, & Kwok Wei Shah. (2016). Time series forecasting for building energy consumption using weighted Support Vector Regression with differential evolution optimization technique. Energy and Buildings. 126. 94–103. 242 indexed citations
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Yang, Junjing, M. Santamouris, Siew Eang Lee, & Chirag Deb. (2015). Energy performance model development and occupancy number identification of institutional buildings. Energy and Buildings. 123. 192–204. 43 indexed citations
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Saber, Esmail, et al.. (2014). PV (photovoltaics) performance evaluation and simulation-based energy yield prediction for tropical buildings. Energy. 71. 588–595. 78 indexed citations

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