Evance Chaima

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 894 citations indexed

About

Evance Chaima is a scholar working on Pollution, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Evance Chaima has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 894 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Pollution, 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Evance Chaima's work include Energy and Environment Impacts (4 papers), Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (3 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (3 papers). Evance Chaima is often cited by papers focused on Energy and Environment Impacts (4 papers), Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (3 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (3 papers). Evance Chaima collaborates with scholars based in China, Malawi and Ethiopia. Evance Chaima's co-authors include Jijian Lian, Yusheng Zhang, Chao Ma, Yang Yang, Chao Ma, Kui Xu, Hongshi Xu, Xiaolu Pang, Yanan Qiao and Lin Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Energy Conversion and Management and Energy.

In The Last Decade

Evance Chaima

9 papers receiving 869 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A review on recent sizing methodologies of hybrid renewable energy systems

2019 425 citations Jijian Lian, Yusheng Zhang et al. Energy Conversion and Management profile →
Urban flooding risk assessment based on an integrated k-means cluster algorithm and improved entropy weight method in the region of Haikou, China

2018 337 citations Hongshi Xu, Chao Ma et al. Journal of Hydrology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Evance Chaima China	7	321	318	225	196	156	12	894
Baptiste François United States	17	211 0.7×	603 1.9×	322 1.4×	162 0.8×	414 2.7×	33	1.2k
Fausto A. Canales Colombia	16	490 1.5×	781 2.5×	113 0.5×	330 1.7×	237 1.5×	50	1.5k
Mary A. Cameron United States	9	287 0.9×	486 1.5×	104 0.5×	151 0.8×	53 0.3×	11	889
Yvonne Scholz Germany	13	257 0.8×	671 2.1×	136 0.6×	124 0.6×	37 0.2×	29	1.1k
Galen Maclaurin United States	10	98 0.3×	452 1.4×	182 0.8×	122 0.6×	50 0.3×	21	1.2k
Ludovic Gaudard Switzerland	18	81 0.3×	329 1.0×	136 0.6×	107 0.5×	439 2.8×	31	1.1k
Bryson Robertson Canada	24	187 0.6×	434 1.4×	56 0.2×	212 1.1×	35 0.2×	68	1.5k
Kenichi Nakagami Japan	13	138 0.4×	316 1.0×	96 0.4×	182 0.9×	169 1.1×	20	1.0k
Daniel Weisser United Kingdom	11	331 1.0×	597 1.9×	71 0.3×	291 1.5×	67 0.4×	14	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Evance Chaima

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Evance Chaima

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Sun, Xiangying, Yang Zhou, Yusheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Multi-criteria decision-making optimization of an independent photovoltaic-battery energy storage water pumping system. Energy. 342. 139547–139547.

Zhang, Yusheng, et al.. (2025). Size optimization of the PV-wind complementary pumping station system considering water supply and power reduction. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 81. 104440–104440. 1 indexed citations

Chaima, Evance, et al.. (2024). Hydrological dynamics of the shire river: Insights from baseflow and recession analysis. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 136. 103758–103758.

Zhao, Lin, Liang Chen, Cosmo Ngongondo, et al.. (2024). Correction to: Integrated statistical and graphical non-parametric trend analysis of annual and seasonal rainfall in the Shire River Basin, Malawi. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 155(8). 8459–8459.

Zhao, Lin, Liang Chen, Cosmo Ngongondo, et al.. (2023). Integrated statistical and graphical non-parametric trend analysis of annual and seasonal rainfall in the Shire River Basin, Malawi. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 155(3). 2053–2069. 7 indexed citations

Chaima, Evance, et al.. (2023). Long-term electricity demand scenarios for Malawi's electric power system. Energy Sustainable Development. 73. 23–38. 3 indexed citations

Chaima, Evance, et al.. (2021). Complementary Optimization of Hydropower with Pumped Hydro Storage–Photovoltaic Plant for All-Day Peak Electricity Demand in Malawi. Energies. 14(16). 4948–4948. 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Lin, et al.. (2021). Projected temperature and precipitation changes using the LARS‐WG statistical downscaling model in the Shire River Basin, Malawi. International Journal of Climatology. 42(1). 400–415. 22 indexed citations

Lian, Jijian, Yusheng Zhang, Chao Ma, Yang Yang, & Evance Chaima. (2019). A review on recent sizing methodologies of hybrid renewable energy systems. Energy Conversion and Management. 199. 112027–112027. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lian, Jijian, et al.. (2019). Optimal photovoltaic capacity of large-scale hydro-photovoltaic complementary systems considering electricity delivery demand and reservoir characteristics. Energy Conversion and Management. 195. 597–608. 81 indexed citations

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Xu, Guobin, et al.. (2018). Thermal Cracking Analysis of Microbial Cemented Sand under Various Strains Based on the DEM. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2018(1). 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Hongshi, Chao Ma, Jijian Lian, Kui Xu, & Evance Chaima. (2018). Urban flooding risk assessment based on an integrated k-means cluster algorithm and improved entropy weight method in the region of Haikou, China. Journal of Hydrology. 563. 975–986. 337 indexed citations breakdown →

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