Kai Sirén

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Kai Sirén is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Sirén has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Building and Construction, 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Sirén's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (66 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (21 papers) and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (20 papers). Kai Sirén is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (66 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (21 papers) and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (20 papers). Kai Sirén collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Kai Sirén's co-authors include Ala Hasan, Mohamed Hamdy, Sunliang Cao, Juha Jokisalo, Janne Hirvonen, P. Lamberg, Hassam ur Rehman, Hazim Awbi, Guangyu Cao and Behrang Alimohammadisagvand and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Kai Sirén

103 papers receiving 4.1k 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 of the performance of different ventilation and airflow distribution systems in buildings

2014 393 citations Guangyu Cao, Hazim Awbi et al. Building and Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Sirén Finland	37	2.6k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	944	105	4.3k
K.F. Fong Hong Kong	41	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.4×	787 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	104	5.0k
Jyotirmay Mathur India	42	2.2k 0.8×	2.1k 1.5×	680 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	2.1k 2.2×	144	4.9k
Juha Jokisalo Finland	30	2.3k 0.9×	753 0.5×	854 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	413 0.4×	157	3.0k
Risto Kosonen Finland	35	2.9k 1.1×	662 0.5×	724 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	778 0.8×	248	4.4k
Andreas Athienitis Canada	43	4.4k 1.7×	2.4k 1.7×	895 0.7×	2.4k 2.1×	1.8k 1.9×	234	6.5k
Gongsheng Huang Hong Kong	40	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	850 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	179	4.3k
Ben Richard Hughes United Kingdom	42	2.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	465 0.4×	2.6k 2.3×	2.1k 2.3×	121	5.5k
Per Heiselberg Denmark	47	6.2k 2.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	3.8k 3.2×	2.1k 2.2×	320	8.6k
Wim Zeiler Netherlands	23	1.5k 0.6×	495 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	581 0.5×	338 0.4×	187	2.6k
Nicola Bianco Italy	46	3.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	2.3k 2.4×	227	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Sirén

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Sirén

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Sirén

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

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Salonen, Kalle, et al.. (2023). Methods for infection prevention in the built environment—a mini-review. Frontiers in Built Environment. 9. 7 indexed citations

Hasan, Ala, et al.. (2018). Energetic, Cost, and Comfort Performance of a Nearly-Zero Energy Building Including Rule-Based Control of Four Sources of Energy Flexibility. Buildings. 8(12). 172–172. 15 indexed citations

Hirvonen, Janne & Kai Sirén. (2018). A novel fully electrified solar heating system with a high renewable fraction - Optimal designs for a high latitude community. Renewable Energy. 127. 298–309. 25 indexed citations

Cao, Guangyu, Simo Kilpeläinen, & Kai Sirén. (2017). Experimental study of the transverse diffusion of pollutants through a downward plane jet in a room. International Journal of Ventilation. 17(2). 81–92. 5 indexed citations

Alimohammadisagvand, Behrang, Juha Jokisalo, & Kai Sirén. (2017). Comparison of four rule-based demand response control algorithms in an electrically and heat pump-heated residential building. Applied Energy. 209. 167–179. 71 indexed citations

Cao, Sunliang, et al.. (2017). Thermoeconomic analysis of heat and electricity prosumers in residential zero-energy buildings in Finland. Energy. 130. 544–559. 18 indexed citations

Arabzadeh, Vahid, Behrang Alimohammadisagvand, Juha Jokisalo, & Kai Sirén. (2017). A novel cost-optimizing demand response control for a heat pump heated residential building. Building Simulation. 11(3). 533–547. 37 indexed citations

Ali, Mubbashir, Juha Jokisalo, Kai Sirén, Amir Safdarian, & Matti Lehtonen. (2015). A User-centric Demand Response Framework for Residential Heating, Ventilation, and Air-conditioning Load Management. Electric Power Components and Systems. 44(1). 99–109. 12 indexed citations

Haller, Michel, Erik Bertram, Daniel Carbonell, et al.. (2015). Solar and Heat Pump Systems for Residential Buildings.

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Eskola, Lari, et al.. (2015). Airtightness, Air Exchange and Energy Performance in Historic Residential Buildings with Different Structures. International Journal of Ventilation. 14(1). 11–26. 17 indexed citations

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Cao, Guangyu, Hazim Awbi, Runming Yao, et al.. (2014). A review of the performance of different ventilation and airflow distribution systems in buildings. Building and Environment. 73. 171–186. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cao, Sunliang, Ala Hasan, & Kai Sirén. (2013). On-site energy matching indices for buildings with energy conversion, storage and hybrid grid connections. Energy and Buildings. 64. 423–438. 118 indexed citations

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Sirén, Kai, et al.. (2011). A thermal manikin with human thermoregulatory control: Implementation and validation. International Journal of Biometeorology. 56(5). 959–971. 24 indexed citations

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Awbi, Hazim, et al.. (2011). Models of human thermoregulation and the prediction of local and overall thermal sensations. Building and Environment. 46(10). 2023–2032. 58 indexed citations

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Sirén, Kai, et al.. (2010). A new approach using the Pierce two-node model for different body parts. International Journal of Biometeorology. 55(4). 519–532. 56 indexed citations

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Hasan, Ala, et al.. (2007). A cooling tower combined with chilled ceiling: system optimisation. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies. 2(3). 217–224. 3 indexed citations

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Lamberg, P. & Kai Sirén. (2003). Approximate analytical model for solidification in a finite PCM storage with internal fins. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 27(7). 491–513. 81 indexed citations

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Sirén, Kai. (2003). Technical dimensioning of a vertically upwards-blowing air curtain—part II. Energy and Buildings. 35(7). 697–705. 28 indexed citations

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Hagström, Magnus & Kai Sirén. (2000). Calculation of room velocity using kinetic energy balance. ASHRAE winter conference papers. 106(2). 3–12. 7 indexed citations

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Jokisalo, Juha, P. Lamberg, & Kai Sirén. (1999). Suitability of building construction materials in short term energy storage office room simulations.IEA/Implementation Agreement on Energy Storage, Annex 10 Workshop on PCM materials. 3 indexed citations

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