Clifford K. Ho

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
274 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Clifford K. Ho is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Clifford K. Ho has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 72 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 56 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Clifford K. Ho's work include Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (134 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (73 papers) and Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (37 papers). Clifford K. Ho is often cited by papers focused on Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (134 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (73 papers) and Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (37 papers). Clifford K. Ho collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Spain. Clifford K. Ho's co-authors include Brian D. Iverson, Kevin Albrecht, Joshua M. Christian, Stephen Webb, Siri Sahib S. Khalsa, Nathan P. Siegel, Andrea Ambrosini, Gregory J. Kolb, Jesus D. Ortega and Julius Yellowhair and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Clifford K. Ho

254 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Review of high-temperature central receiver designs for concentrating solar power

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clifford K. Ho United States	37	3.0k	2.5k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	274	5.9k
Shinichi Ookawara Japan	55	3.9k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	2.1k 1.8×	571 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	274	8.5k
Ming-Jia Li China	59	3.3k 1.1×	5.7k 2.3×	2.0k 1.8×	2.6k 2.4×	1.5k 1.5×	324	10.5k
Christos N. Markides United Kingdom	64	4.9k 1.6×	7.6k 3.1×	2.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.7×	2.4k 2.4×	402	13.1k
Ahmet Z. Şahin Saudi Arabia	46	2.4k 0.8×	4.4k 1.8×	2.4k 2.1×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	227	8.2k
Wojciech Lipiński Australia	43	1.8k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	3.0k 2.6×	1.2k 1.1×	837 0.8×	211	6.5k
Maziar Arjomandi Australia	40	1.0k 0.3×	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	533 0.5×	229	5.3k
He‐Ping Tan China	46	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	3.2k 2.9×	1.2k 1.1×	322	7.9k
Hans Müller‐Steinhagen Germany	52	1.6k 0.5×	4.0k 1.6×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	819 0.8×	268	8.5k
Sassi Ben Nasrallah Tunisia	45	921 0.3×	2.6k 1.1×	901 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	793 0.8×	263	6.8k
David S.‐K. Ting Canada	38	579 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	657 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	721 0.7×	269	5.6k

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Loutzenhiser, Peter G., Renkun Chen, & Clifford K. Ho. (2025). Progress in particle-based solar energy capture and storage for concentrated solar power and thermal technology applications. Solar Energy. 292. 113432–113432.

Ho, Clifford K., et al.. (2025). A very rare event of sand/dust weather in Hong Kong in late spring in 2025 – observational and forecasting aspects. Atmospheric Environment. 362. 121575–121575.

Feng, Tianshi, Jian Zeng, Ka Man Chung, et al.. (2024). Micromechanical origin of heat transfer to granular flow. Physical review. E. 109(4). L042902–L042902. 4 indexed citations

Gerstle, Walter, et al.. (2023). Experimental testing and computational modeling of a radial packed bed for thermal energy storage. Solar Energy. 264. 111993–111993. 6 indexed citations

Ho, Clifford K., et al.. (2023). Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations to Assess Spatial Variability and Optimal Ventilation Scenarios for Biological Laboratory Exposures. Applied Biosafety. 28(4). 256–264. 2 indexed citations

Ho, Clifford K.. (2023). Multi-stage falling particle receivers. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Ho, Clifford K., Erika Roesler, Tu A. Nguyen, & James Ellison. (2023). Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Renewable Energy and Storage Requirements for Grid Reliability and Resource Adequacy. Journal of Energy Resources Technology. 145(10). 3 indexed citations

Mills, Brantley, et al.. (2022). Thermal Performance of Commercial Falling Particle Receivers at Different Scales.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Albrecht, Kevin, et al.. (2022). Design and Testing of a Prototype Particle/sCO2 Heat Exchanger at Gen3 Operating Conditions.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Ortega, Jesus D., et al.. (2022). Bulk Velocity and Mass Flowrate Estimation of Particle Plumes Through Particle Image Velocimetry Analysis of Thermogram Sequences. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 145(4). 1 indexed citations

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Davidson, Jane H., Clifford K. Ho, & Jane H. Davidson. (2021). Handbook of Solar Thermal Technologies. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks.

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Ortega, Jesus D., et al.. (2021). A simple and fast matlab-based particle size distribution analysis tool. International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements. 9(4). 352–364. 5 indexed citations

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Ho, Clifford K.. (2021). Modeling airborne pathogen transport and transmission risks of SARS-CoV-2. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 95. 297–319. 39 indexed citations

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Albrecht, Kevin & Clifford K. Ho. (2018). High-temperature flow testing and heat transfer for a moving packed-bed particle/sCO2 heat exchanger. AIP conference proceedings. 2033. 40003–40003. 32 indexed citations

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Ho, Clifford K., Joshua M. Christian, Julius Yellowhair, et al.. (2017). Highlights of the high-temperature falling particle receiver project: 2012 - 2016. AIP conference proceedings. 1850. 30027–30027. 40 indexed citations

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Ho, Clifford K., Joshua M. Christian, Julius Yellowhair, et al.. (2016). On-sun testing of an advanced falling particle receiver system. AIP conference proceedings. 1734. 30022–30022. 60 indexed citations

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Hall, Aaron Christopher., et al.. (2011). Copy of Solar Selective Coatings for Concentrating Solar Power Central Receivers.. AM&P Technical Articles. 26 indexed citations

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Patel, Kamlesh D., Murat Okandan, Clifford K. Ho, et al.. (2008). LTCC in microelectronics, microsystems, and sensors. International Conference Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 23–37. 18 indexed citations

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Pitt, William G., et al.. (2007). Modeling carbon black/polymer composite sensors. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 125(2). 396–407. 39 indexed citations

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Ho, Clifford K., et al.. (1997). The effects of infiltration on the thermo-hydrologic behavior of the potential repository at Yucca Mountain. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 387–394. 1 indexed citations

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