Erik Merkel

517 total citations
13 papers, 421 citations indexed

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Erik Merkel is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Merkel has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 421 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Erik Merkel's work include Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (9 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (8 papers) and Renewable Energy and Sustainability (6 papers). Erik Merkel is often cited by papers focused on Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (9 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (8 papers) and Renewable Energy and Sustainability (6 papers). Erik Merkel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Denmark. Erik Merkel's co-authors include Russell McKenna, Wolf Fïchtner, Daniel Fehrenbach, Ute Karl, Neil Strachan, Sven Killinger and Daniel J. Fehrenbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Applied Energy and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Erik Merkel

13 papers receiving 407 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik Merkel Germany	8	280	200	166	66	59	13	421
Florian Ruesch Switzerland	5	278 1.0×	277 1.4×	148 0.9×	58 0.9×	128 2.2×	9	464
Jeļena Ziemele Latvia	14	317 1.1×	198 1.0×	260 1.6×	68 1.0×	76 1.3×	29	460
Hrvoje Dorotić Croatia	10	363 1.3×	119 0.6×	133 0.8×	162 2.5×	48 0.8×	14	481
Ville Olkkonen Finland	12	189 0.7×	77 0.4×	126 0.8×	55 0.8×	77 1.3×	19	349
Jari Shemeikka Finland	11	142 0.5×	147 0.7×	90 0.5×	49 0.7×	73 1.2×	25	304
Vahid Arabzadeh Finland	9	163 0.6×	90 0.5×	101 0.6×	45 0.7×	66 1.1×	15	306
Ankita Gaur Ireland	7	183 0.7×	160 0.8×	181 1.1×	33 0.5×	57 1.0×	16	444
Ivalin Petkov Switzerland	8	288 1.0×	91 0.5×	89 0.5×	188 2.8×	55 0.9×	12	414
Francesco Carducci Italy	8	308 1.1×	118 0.6×	135 0.8×	100 1.5×	28 0.5×	18	511
Nelson Sommerfeldt Sweden	13	191 0.7×	202 1.0×	328 2.0×	40 0.6×	70 1.2×	36	555

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Merkel

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13 of 13 papers shown

McKenna, Russell, Daniel Fehrenbach, & Erik Merkel. (2019). The role of seasonal thermal energy storage in increasing renewable heating shares: A techno-economic analysis for a typical residential district. Energy and Buildings. 187. 38–49. 44 indexed citations

Merkel, Erik, et al.. (2017). Modellgestützte Bewertung des Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsgesetzes 2016 anhand ausgewählter Anwendungsfälle in Wohngebäuden. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft. 41(1). 1–22. 2 indexed citations

McKenna, Russell, Erik Merkel, & Wolf Fïchtner. (2016). Energy autonomy in residential buildings: A techno-economic model-based analysis of the scale effects. Applied Energy. 189. 800–815. 68 indexed citations

McKenna, Russell, et al.. (2016). Analysing socioeconomic diversity and scaling effects on residential electricity load profiles in the context of low carbon technology uptake. Energy Policy. 97. 13–26. 23 indexed citations

Merkel, Erik, Russell McKenna, Daniel Fehrenbach, & Wolf Fïchtner. (2016). A model-based assessment of climate and energy targets for the German residential heat system. Journal of Cleaner Production. 142. 3151–3173. 39 indexed citations

Merkel, Erik, Russell McKenna, & Wolf Fïchtner. (2014). Optimisation of the capacity and the dispatch of decentralised micro-CHP systems: A case study for the UK. Applied Energy. 140. 120–134. 80 indexed citations

Merkel, Erik, Daniel Fehrenbach, Russell McKenna, & Wolf Fïchtner. (2014). Modelling decentralised heat supply: An application and methodological extension in TIMES. Energy. 73. 592–605. 25 indexed citations

Fehrenbach, Daniel, Erik Merkel, Russell McKenna, Ute Karl, & Wolf Fïchtner. (2014). On the economic potential for electric load management in the German residential heating sector – An optimising energy system model approach. Energy. 71. 263–276. 42 indexed citations

McKenna, Russell, et al.. (2013). Selected approaches to integration management for renewable energies. uwf UmweltWirtschaftsForum. 21(3-4). 199–207. 5 indexed citations

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McKenna, Russell, et al.. (2013). Energy efficiency in the German residential sector: A bottom-up building-stock-model-based analysis in the context of energy-political targets. Building and Environment. 62. 77–88. 89 indexed citations

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Merkel, Erik, Daniel J. Fehrenbach, Russell McKenna, & Wolf Fïchtner. (2012). Analyse der Wärme-und Elektrizitätsversorgung des deutschen Wohngebäudesektors in einem optimierenden Energiesystemmodell. 321. 2 indexed citations

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McKenna, Russell, et al.. (2011). Wärmebedarf in Gebäuden : Methodische Ansätze zur Systemanalyse der Wärmeversorgung in Wohngebäuden. 13. 1 indexed citations

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Fehrenbach, Daniel, Erik Merkel, Ute Karl, Russell McKenna, & Wolf Fïchtner. (2000). On the role of the residential heating sector in the energy transition in Germany--an optimising energy system model approach in TIMES. 1 indexed citations

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