Jo Darkwa

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Jo Darkwa is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Jo Darkwa has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 41 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Jo Darkwa's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (40 papers), Phase Change Materials Research (39 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (35 papers). Jo Darkwa is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (40 papers), Phase Change Materials Research (39 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (35 papers). Jo Darkwa collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Australia. Jo Darkwa's co-authors include Georgios Kokogiannakis, Weiguang Su, John Kaiser Calautit, Dengfeng Du, Paige Wenbin Tien, Shuangyu Wei, Christopher J. Wood, D. H. Chow, Yilin Li and Tongyu Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Jo Darkwa

102 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Review of solid–liquid phase change materials and their encapsulation technologies

2015 812 citations Weiguang Su, Jo Darkwa et al. profile →
Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods for Enhancing Building Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality – A Review

2022 152 citations Paige Wenbin Tien, Shuangyu Wei et al. Energy and AI profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jo Darkwa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jo Darkwa

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Application of life cycle assessment for enhancing sustainability of district heating: A multi-level approach 2025 ·Energy Reports ·Paige Wenbin Tien, Hao Wang, Serik Tokbolat, Rabah Boukhanouf, John Kaiser Calautit, Jo Darkwa	3
2	Control of monodisperse droplet size in microfluidics: A combined experimental and numerical investigation 2025 ·Physics of Fluids ·(unknown), Weiguang Su, Dengfeng Du, Jo Darkwa, Li Wang, (unknown), Anqing Li	0
3	Impacts of Design Parameters on the Thermal Performance of a Macro-Encapsulated Phase-Change-Material Blind Integrated in a Double-Skin Façade System 2025 ·Energies ·Yilin Li, (unknown), (unknown), Wen‐Quan Tao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jo Darkwa	0
4	Energy consumption and carbon emissions of residential buildings with phase-change panels and geopolymer envelopes in China’s cold region 2025 ·Energy and Buildings ·Tao Cai, Yijiang Wang, Yangjie Wang, Yuqi Zhang, Xiaofeng Zheng, Jo Darkwa	0
5	Potential use of district heating networks and the prospects for the advancements within urban areas of Nottingham as a case study 2024 ·Energy Reports ·Paige Wenbin Tien, Yuan Feng, Mark Worall, Serik Tokbolat, Rabah Boukhanouf, John Kaiser Calautit, Jo Darkwa	1
6	A novel prediction model for integrated district energy system based on secondary decomposition and artificial rabbits optimization 2024 ·Energy and Buildings ·Yan Guo, (unknown), Jo Darkwa, Xuliang Duan, Weiguang Su, (unknown), (unknown)	10
7	Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium-Temperature Heat Storage: A Molecular Dynamics Approach and Experimental Validation 2024 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), Jo Darkwa, Mark Worall, John Kaiser Calautit, Rabah Boukhanouf	2
8	Introducing a novel method for simulating stochastic movement and occupancy in residential spaces using time-use survey data 2023 ·Energy and Buildings ·Ruiming Zhang, Tongyu Zhou, Hong Ye, Jo Darkwa	5
9	Experimental investigations into thermal performance of phase change emulsion in a fin-and-tube heat exchanger 2023 ·International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies ·Wei Cai, (unknown), Jo Darkwa	1
10	Review of daytime radiative cooling technologies and control methods 2023 ·Applied Thermal Engineering ·Weiguang Su, (unknown), Jo Darkwa, Mingke Hu, Georgios Kokogiannakis, Chonghai Xu, (unknown)	36
11	Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium Heat Storage Application 2023 ·Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Robert Mokaya, Jo Darkwa, (unknown), Mark Worall, John Kaiser Calautit, Rabah Boukhanouf	3
12	Development of spectrally self-switchable cover with phase change material for dynamic radiative cooling 2022 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Weiguang Su, (unknown), (unknown), Mingke Hu, Georgios Kokogiannakis, Jo Darkwa, Jun Chen, (unknown), (unknown)	25
13	Enhancing the detection performance of a vision-based occupancy detector for buildings 2022 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability ·Paige Wenbin Tien, Shuangyu Wei, (unknown), Jo Darkwa, Christopher J. Wood, John Kaiser Calautit	1
14	Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods for Enhancing Building Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality – A Review breakdown → 2022 ·Energy and AI ·Paige Wenbin Tien, Shuangyu Wei, Jo Darkwa, Christopher J. Wood, John Kaiser Calautit	152
15	Vision-based human activity recognition for reducing building energy demand 2021 ·Building Services Engineering Research and Technology ·Paige Wenbin Tien, Shuangyu Wei, John Kaiser Calautit, Jo Darkwa, Christopher J. Wood	14
16	A deep learning approach towards the detection and recognition of opening of windows for effective management of building ventilation heat losses and reducing space heating demand 2021 ·Renewable Energy ·Paige Wenbin Tien, Shuangyu Wei, Tianshu Liu, John Kaiser Calautit, Jo Darkwa, Christopher J. Wood	56
17	Potential of Bioenergy in Rural Ghana 2021 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), Jo Darkwa, John Kaiser Calautit, Mark Worall, Robert Mokaya, Eunice Akyereko Adjei, Francis Kemausuor, (unknown)	28
18	Prospects of Bioenergy Production for Sustainable Rural Development in Ghana 2021 ·Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) ·(unknown), Jo Darkwa, John Kaiser Calautit	8
19	Development of a novel phase change material emulsion for cooling systems 2015 ·Renewable Energy ·(unknown), Jo Darkwa, Georgios Kokogiannakis	48
20	Review of phase change emulsions (PCMEs) and their applications in HVAC systems 2015 ·Energy and Buildings ·(unknown), Jo Darkwa, Georgios Kokogiannakis	101

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