Iain Staffell

24.4k total citations · 14 hit papers
144 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Iain Staffell is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Energy Engineering and Power Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain Staffell has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 44 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 27 papers in Energy Engineering and Power Technology. Recurrent topics in Iain Staffell's work include Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (61 papers), Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (27 papers) and Electric Power System Optimization (25 papers). Iain Staffell is often cited by papers focused on Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (61 papers), Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (27 papers) and Electric Power System Optimization (25 papers). Iain Staffell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Denmark. Iain Staffell's co-authors include Stefan Pfenninger, Adam Hawkes, Oliver Schmidt, Paul Balcombe, Ajay Gambhir, Paul Ekins, Paul E. Dodds, Richard Green, Nilay Shah and Bruno G. Pollet and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Iain Staffell

135 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The role of hydrogen and fuel cells in the global energy system

2018 2.9k citations Iain Staffell, Paul Balcombe et al. profile →
Future cost and performance of water electrolysis: An expert elicitation study

2017 1.5k citations Iain Staffell, Adam Hawkes et al. profile →
Water electrolysis: from textbook knowledge to the latest scientific strategies and industrial developments

2022 1.3k citations Marian Chatenet, Bruno G. Pollet et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Long-term patterns of European PV output using 30 years of validated hourly reanalysis and satellite data

2016 1.1k citations Stefan Pfenninger, Iain Staffell Energy profile →
Using bias-corrected reanalysis to simulate current and future wind power output

2016 946 citations Iain Staffell, Stefan Pfenninger Energy profile →
The future cost of electrical energy storage based on experience rates

2017 854 citations Adam Hawkes, Iain Staffell et al. Nature Energy profile →
Projecting the Future Levelized Cost of Electricity Storage Technologies

2019 654 citations Adam Hawkes, Iain Staffell et al. profile →
Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies for heating: A review

2015 595 citations Iain Staffell, Adam Hawkes et al. profile →
How to decarbonise international shipping: Options for fuels, technologies and policies

2019 472 citations Paul Balcombe, Jamie Speirs et al. Energy Conversion and Management profile →
Current status of hybrid, battery and fuel cell electric vehicles: From electrochemistry to market prospects

2012 420 citations Bruno G. Pollet, Iain Staffell et al. profile →
How does wind farm performance decline with age?

2014 355 citations Iain Staffell et al. Renewable Energy profile →
High-resolution large-scale onshore wind energy assessments: A review of potential definitions, methodologies and future research needs

2021 144 citations Russell McKenna, Stefan Pfenninger et al. Renewable Energy profile →
A global model of hourly space heating and cooling demand at multiple spatial scales

2023 102 citations Iain Staffell, Stefan Pfenninger et al. Nature Energy profile →
Realistic roles for hydrogen in the future energy transition

2025 75 citations Russell McKenna, Iain Staffell et al. profile →

Peers

Iain Staffell

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Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem United Arab Emirates

Detlef Stolten Germany

Brian Vad Mathiesen Denmark

Christian Breyer Finland

Adam Hawkes United Kingdom

Enas Taha Sayed Egypt

Tabbi Wilberforce United Kingdom

Neven Duić Croatia

A.G. Olabi United Arab Emirates

Lin Lu Hong Kong

Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem United Arab Emirates

Iain Staffell

10.6k ×1.0

EEE

8.2k ×1.5

RESE

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EEPT

4.2k ×1.5

3.1k ×1.7

Citations per year, relative to Iain Staffell Iain Staffell (= 1×) peers Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem

Countries citing papers authored by Iain Staffell

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Iain Staffell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Iain Staffell 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 Iain Staffell. Iain Staffell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Staffell, Iain, et al.. (2025). Historical and future projected costs of capital for ten energy technologies across 176 countries. Scientific Data. 12(1). 1912–1912.

Roelfsema, Mark, Iain Staffell, Gabriel Oreggioni, et al.. (2025). Examining pathways for a climate neutral Europe by 2050; A model comparison analysis including integrated assessment models and energy system models. Energy. 319. 134809–134809. 4 indexed citations

Staffell, Iain, et al.. (2024). Improving wind power modelling through granular spatial and temporal bias correction of reanalysis data. Energy. 313. 133759–133759. 1 indexed citations

Prol, Javier López, Fernando DeLlano-Paz, Anxo Calvo-Silvosa, Stefan Pfenninger, & Iain Staffell. (2024). Spatial integration for firm and load-following wind generation. Environmental Research Letters. 19(9). 94026–94026.

Jackson, Matthew D., et al.. (2024). Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage for low carbon heating and cooling in the United Kingdom: Current status and future prospects. Applied Energy. 376. 124096–124096. 11 indexed citations

Adun, Humphrey, et al.. (2024). Near-term carbon dioxide removal deployment can minimize disruptive pace of decarbonization and economic risks towards United States’ net-zero goal. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 3 indexed citations

Jansen, Malte, et al.. (2022). Island in the Sea: The prospects and impacts of an offshore wind power hub in the North Sea. Advances in Applied Energy. 6. 100090–100090. 33 indexed citations

Beiter, Philipp, Iegor Riepin, Felix Müsgens, et al.. (2022). Policy choices and outcomes for offshore wind auctions globally. Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex). 34 indexed citations

Cooper, Jasmin, et al.. (2022). Comparing satellite methane measurements to inventory estimates: A Canadian case study. Atmospheric Environment X. 17. 100198–100198. 4 indexed citations

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Chatenet, Marian, Bruno G. Pollet, Dario R. Dekel, et al.. (2022). Water electrolysis: from textbook knowledge to the latest scientific strategies and industrial developments. Chemical Society Reviews. 51(11). 4583–4762. 1292 indexed citations breakdown →

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McKenna, Russell, Stefan Pfenninger, Heidi Heinrichs, et al.. (2021). High-resolution large-scale onshore wind energy assessments: A review of potential definitions, methodologies and future research needs. Renewable Energy. 182. 659–684. 144 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vinca, Adriano, Simon Parkinson, Edward Byers, et al.. (2020). The NExus Solutions Tool (NEST) v1.0: an open platform for optimizing multi-scale energy–water–land system transformations. Geoscientific model development. 13(3). 1095–1121. 45 indexed citations

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Staffell, Iain, et al.. (2019). Global levelised cost of electricity from offshore wind. Energy. 189. 116357–116357. 132 indexed citations

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Saint‐Drenan, Yves‐Marie, Romain Besseau, Malte Jansen, et al.. (2019). A parametric model for wind turbine power curves incorporating\n environmental conditions. arXiv (Cornell University). 99 indexed citations

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Balcombe, Paul, et al.. (2019). How to decarbonise international shipping: Options for fuels, technologies and policies. Energy Conversion and Management. 182. 72–88. 472 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pollet, Bruno G., Shyam S. Kocha, & Iain Staffell. (2019). Current status of automotive fuel cells for sustainable transport. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 16. 90–95. 329 indexed citations

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Staffell, Iain, et al.. (2018). Temporally explicit and spatially resolved global offshore wind energy potentials. Energy. 163. 766–781. 127 indexed citations

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Wilson, Grant & Iain Staffell. (2018). Rapid fuel switching from coal to natural gas through effective carbon pricing. Nature Energy. 3(5). 365–372. 150 indexed citations

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Wilson, Grant Alexander & Iain Staffell. (2018). Databook for Nature Energy perspective on coal to gas generation. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Staffell, Iain, et al.. (2017). Temporally-explicit and spatially-resolved global onshore wind energy potentials. Energy. 131. 207–217. 130 indexed citations

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