James Keirstead

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

James Keirstead is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James Keirstead has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Environmental Engineering, 13 papers in Building and Construction and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in James Keirstead's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (10 papers) and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (7 papers). James Keirstead is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (10 papers) and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (7 papers). James Keirstead collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and United States. James Keirstead's co-authors include Stefan Pfenninger, Adam Hawkes, Aruna Sivakumar, Mark Jennings, Nilay Shah, Sheila Samsatli, Matt Leach, Paul D. Rutter, Niels Schulz and Céline Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

James Keirstead

38 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Energy systems modeling for twenty-first century energy challenges

2014 804 citations James Keirstead et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →
A review of urban energy system models: Approaches, challenges and opportunities

2012 468 citations James Keirstead, Mark Jennings et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Keirstead United Kingdom	21	1.4k	619	596	516	400	38	2.5k
Youyin Jing China	21	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	578 1.0×	608 1.2×	457 1.1×	58	4.0k
Catalina Spataru United Kingdom	21	658 0.5×	463 0.7×	450 0.8×	449 0.9×	284 0.7×	94	2.3k
Hans Auer Austria	29	1.7k 1.2×	483 0.8×	663 1.1×	221 0.4×	292 0.7×	114	2.6k
Mikael Odenberger Sweden	28	1.5k 1.0×	314 0.5×	499 0.8×	340 0.7×	435 1.1×	69	2.4k
Russell McKenna Germany	36	2.2k 1.6×	699 1.1×	1.2k 2.0×	612 1.2×	965 2.4×	142	4.4k
George Xydis Denmark	29	1.2k 0.8×	224 0.4×	515 0.9×	342 0.7×	484 1.2×	138	3.0k
Murray Thomson United Kingdom	26	2.7k 1.9×	1.3k 2.0×	1.1k 1.9×	275 0.5×	347 0.9×	70	3.9k
Robert Margolis United States	34	1.9k 1.3×	345 0.6×	1.2k 2.1×	588 1.1×	426 1.1×	88	3.8k
Tania Urmee Australia	35	1.2k 0.8×	662 1.1×	1.1k 1.8×	824 1.6×	585 1.5×	99	3.7k
P. Balachandra India	26	865 0.6×	307 0.5×	640 1.1×	251 0.5×	555 1.4×	76	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by James Keirstead

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Keirstead

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Mazur, Christoph, Alexandre Strapasson, Tim Cockerill, et al.. (2021). Halving Global CO2 Emissions by 2050: Technologies and Costs. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 4 indexed citations

Keirstead, James, et al.. (2016). A Database to Facilitate a Process‐Oriented Approach to Urban Metabolism. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(2). 282–293. 7 indexed citations

Horta, Isabel M. & James Keirstead. (2016). Downscaling Aggregate Urban Metabolism Accounts to Local Districts. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(2). 294–306. 25 indexed citations

Koppelaar, Rembrandt, James Keirstead, Nilay Shah, & Jeremy Woods. (2016). A review of policy analysis purpose and capabilities of electricity system models. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 59. 1531–1544. 28 indexed citations

Keirstead, James, et al.. (2015). Integrated Resource Planning for a Chinese Urban Development. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

Keirstead, James, et al.. (2015). Comparing performance metrics for multi-resource systems: the case of urban metabolism. Journal of Cleaner Production. 163. S241–S253. 14 indexed citations

Keirstead, James. (2014). Fit for Purpose? Rethinking Modeling in Industrial Ecology. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 18(2). 161–163. 4 indexed citations

Keirstead, James. (2014). Introducing sustainable development with a mathematical model. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability. 167(4). 137–142. 2 indexed citations

Baedeker, Carolin, Kathrin Greiff, Marco Hasselkuß, et al.. (2014). Transition through sustainable Product and Service Innovations in Sustainable Living Labs: application of user-centred research methodology within four Living Labs in Northern Europe. 1–21. 11 indexed citations

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Keirstead, James. (2013). Benchmarking urban energy efficiency in the UK. Energy Policy. 63. 575–587. 32 indexed citations

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Keirstead, James & Aruna Sivakumar. (2012). Using Activity‐Based Modeling to Simulate Urban Resource Demands at High Spatial and Temporal Resolutions. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 16(6). 889–900. 32 indexed citations

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Keirstead, James, Sheila Samsatli, Antonio Pantaleo, & Nilay Shah. (2012). Evaluating biomass energy strategies for a UK eco-town with an MILP optimization model. Biomass and Bioenergy. 39. 306–316. 53 indexed citations

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Rutter, Paul D. & James Keirstead. (2012). A brief history and the possible future of urban energy systems. Energy Policy. 50. 72–80. 55 indexed citations

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Keirstead, James & Carlos Calderón. (2012). Capturing spatial effects, technology interactions, and uncertainty in urban energy and carbon models: Retrofitting newcastle as a case-study. Energy Policy. 46. 253–267. 34 indexed citations

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Keirstead, James, Mark Jennings, & Aruna Sivakumar. (2012). A review of urban energy system models: Approaches, challenges and opportunities. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 16(6). 3847–3866. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keirstead, James, Sheila Samsatli, Nilay Shah, & Céline Weber. (2011). The impact of CHP (combined heat and power) planning restrictions on the efficiency of urban energy systems. Energy. 41(1). 93–103. 93 indexed citations

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Keirstead, James & Koen H. van Dam. (2010). A comparison of two ontologies for agent-based modelling of energy systems. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 15 indexed citations

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Keirstead, James, et al.. (2009). SYNCITY: AN INTEGRATED TOOL KIT FOR URBAN ENERGY SYSTEMS MODELLING. 31(3). 3–3. 41 indexed citations

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Keirstead, James. (2007). Behavioural responses to photovoltaic systems in the UK domestic sector. Energy Policy. 35(8). 4128–4141. 171 indexed citations

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Keirstead, James. (2005). Evaluating the applicability of integrated domestic energy consumption frameworks in the UK. Energy Policy. 34(17). 3065–3077. 62 indexed citations

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