Dirk Jordan

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Dirk Jordan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Jordan has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 69 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 33 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dirk Jordan's work include Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (77 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (36 papers) and Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability (32 papers). Dirk Jordan is often cited by papers focused on Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (77 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (36 papers) and Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability (32 papers). Dirk Jordan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Singapore. Dirk Jordan's co-authors include Sarah Kurtz, Kaitlyn T. VanSant, J. Wohlgemuth, Jeff Newmiller, Timothy J. Silverman, Chris Deline, Bill Sekulic, Ryan Smith, Teresa M. Barnes and Michael G. Deceglie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Jordan

96 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Photovoltaic Degradation Rates—an Analytical Review 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750 1000
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. Photovoltaic Degradation Rates—an Analytical Review
    2011 1.1k citations Dirk Jordan, Sarah Kurtz Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dirk Jordan United States 28 2.6k 2.1k 979 974 615 112 3.8k
E. Lorenzo Spain 36 2.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 1.6k 1.6× 393 0.4× 394 0.6× 126 3.6k
J. Wohlgemuth United States 28 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 388 0.4× 617 0.6× 175 0.3× 128 2.6k
A. Malek Algeria 17 1.2k 0.5× 832 0.4× 603 0.6× 216 0.2× 263 0.4× 46 2.2k
Akash Shukla India 22 1.1k 0.4× 880 0.4× 608 0.6× 427 0.4× 390 0.6× 39 2.4k
Kosuke Kurokawa Japan 23 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 554 0.6× 622 0.6× 302 0.5× 156 2.4k
Renu Sharma India 21 873 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 369 0.4× 214 0.2× 257 0.4× 137 1.9k
Marta Victoria Spain 26 1.1k 0.4× 1.9k 0.9× 260 0.3× 288 0.3× 228 0.4× 90 2.6k
Filippo Spertino Italy 27 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 618 0.6× 208 0.2× 182 0.3× 169 2.7k
Qusay Hassan Iraq 27 679 0.3× 1.0k 0.5× 320 0.3× 201 0.2× 778 1.3× 65 2.4k
Christian Cristofari France 26 1.6k 0.6× 782 0.4× 747 0.8× 257 0.3× 140 0.2× 58 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Dirk Jordan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dirk Jordan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Jordan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zuboy, Jarett, et al.. (2025). Growing Panes: Investigating the PV Technology Trends Behind Frequent Early Failures in Modern Glass–Glass Modules. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 15(2). 297–308. 2 indexed citations
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Kempe, Michael, et al.. (2024). Close roof-mounted system temperature estimation for compliance to IEC TS 63126. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 275. 112987–112987. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Steve, et al.. (2024). Photovoltaic Module Performance for Six Years After Hail Damage. 270–273.
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Johnston, Steve, Dirk Jordan, Dana B. Kern, et al.. (2023). Degradation-related defect level in weathered silicon heterojunction modules characterized by deep level transient spectroscopy. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 262. 112527–112527. 2 indexed citations
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Repins, Ingrid, Michael G. Deceglie, Timothy J. Silverman, et al.. (2023). Setting Priorities for Photovoltaic Reliability Research Using Criticality Analysis. 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk & Teresa M. Barnes. (2023). Degradation Science from Nanometers to Kilometers: A Pathway to Rapid Detection for Reliable Photovoltaics. Solar RRL. 7(17). 5 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk & Clifford Hansen. (2023). Clear-sky detection for PV degradation analysis using multiple regression. Renewable Energy. 209. 393–400. 5 indexed citations
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Repins, Ingrid, Michael G. Deceglie, Timothy J. Silverman, et al.. (2023). Setting Priorities for Photovoltaic Reliability Research Using Criticality Analysis. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 14(1). 46–52. 1 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk, et al.. (2022). Future‐proofing photovoltaics module reliability through a unifying predictive modeling framework. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 31(5). 546–553. 9 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk, N. M. Haegel, & Teresa M. Barnes. (2022). Photovoltaics module reliability for the terawatt age. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 4(2). 22002–22002. 41 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk, Teresa M. Barnes, N. M. Haegel, & Ingrid Repins. (2021). Build solar-energy systems to last — save billions. Nature. 600(7888). 215–217. 32 indexed citations
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Kern, Dana B., Arman Mahboubi Soufiani, Dirk Jordan, et al.. (2020). Investigation of SHJ Module Degradation: A Post- Mortem Approach. UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia). 7019. 814–817. 2 indexed citations
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Sinton, Ronald A., et al.. (2020). On the Ambiguity of Using Isc for Analyzing Suns-Voc Data on Modules. 1441–1443. 1 indexed citations
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Kern, Dana B., Steve Johnston, & Dirk Jordan. (2019). Imaging Lateral Drift Kinetics to Understand Causes of Outdoor Degradation in Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaic Modules. Solar RRL. 3(8). 5 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk, Timothy J. Silverman, J. Wohlgemuth, Sarah Kurtz, & Kaitlyn T. VanSant. (2017). Photovoltaic failure and degradation modes. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 25(4). 318–326. 282 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk, Sarah Kurtz, Kaitlyn T. VanSant, & Jeff Newmiller. (2016). Compendium of photovoltaic degradation rates. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 24(7). 978–989. 409 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk, et al.. (2010). Outdoor PV degradation comparison. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2694–2697. 67 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk, et al.. (2001). Corona discharge supersonic free-jet for III–V nitride growth via A 3Σu+ metastable nitrogen molecules. Journal of Applied Physics. 89(2). 883–892. 10 indexed citations
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Jordan, Dirk, et al.. (1999). A corona discharge source for the growth of III-V nitrides. 5576.

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