Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz

504 total citations
35 papers, 361 citations indexed

About

Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 361 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz's work include Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (26 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (18 papers) and solar cell performance optimization (12 papers). Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz is often cited by papers focused on Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (26 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (18 papers) and solar cell performance optimization (12 papers). Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Spain and Sweden. Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz's co-authors include Carlos A. Pineda‐Arellano, Camilo A. Arancibia‐Bulnes, Luis M. Valentín-Coronado, Marcelino Sánchez, Fernando Martell, Rufino Díaz-Uribe, Pedro M. Rodrigo, Wujun Wang, J.G. Carrillo and A. E. González and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Conversion and Management and Energy.

In The Last Decade

Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz

30 papers receiving 345 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz Mexico 10 279 161 110 35 22 35 361
Abdelfettah Barhdadi Morocco 12 312 1.1× 160 1.0× 211 1.9× 14 0.4× 43 2.0× 54 481
Carlos A. F. Fernandes Portugal 14 289 1.0× 74 0.5× 335 3.0× 29 0.8× 33 1.5× 50 510
Amor Gama Algeria 10 276 1.0× 107 0.7× 118 1.1× 90 2.6× 31 1.4× 30 398
Peter King United Kingdom 12 209 0.7× 69 0.4× 93 0.8× 53 1.5× 11 0.5× 31 326
Vinay Gupta India 8 283 1.0× 135 0.8× 164 1.5× 11 0.3× 40 1.8× 13 411
Hasnain Yousuf South Korea 9 187 0.7× 52 0.3× 207 1.9× 14 0.4× 36 1.6× 52 349
Yoshishige Kemmoku Japan 10 176 0.6× 126 0.8× 294 2.7× 14 0.4× 16 0.7× 35 378
Mohammadi Benhmida Morocco 13 312 1.1× 140 0.9× 201 1.8× 27 0.8× 26 1.2× 37 416
İ.E. Türe Türkiye 12 190 0.7× 170 1.1× 112 1.0× 42 1.2× 60 2.7× 18 372
Kent Whitfield United States 7 300 1.1× 121 0.8× 202 1.8× 34 1.0× 13 0.6× 13 403

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Fields of papers citing papers by Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manuel I. Peña‐Cruz

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pineda‐Arellano, Carlos A., et al.. (2025). Evaluation of thermal source in the yield of a hydrothermal liquefaction batch reactor. Applied Thermal Engineering. 268. 125891–125891. 2 indexed citations
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Peña‐Cruz, Manuel I., et al.. (2025). Impact of Aerogel as a Thermal Insulator in Concentrating Solar Systems: An Experimental Study. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 147(6).
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Martell, Fernando, et al.. (2024). Design, development, and electrical characterization of a parabolic dish photovoltaic thermal concentration system. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 16(6).
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Peña‐Cruz, Manuel I., et al.. (2024). Short-term forecast of solar irradiance components using an alternative mathematical approach for the identification of cloud features. Renewable Energy. 237. 121691–121691. 2 indexed citations
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Valentín-Coronado, Luis M., et al.. (2023). Novel closed-loop dual control algorithm for solar trackers of parabolic trough collector systems. Solar Energy. 259. 381–390. 14 indexed citations
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Villafán-Vidales, Heidi Isabel, Patricio J. Valadés-Pelayo, Pedro Arcelus‐Arrillaga, et al.. (2023). Hydrothermal liquefaction of wood wastes in a concentrating solar plant: A techno-economic analysis. Energy Conversion and Management. 282. 116861–116861. 8 indexed citations
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Peña‐Cruz, Manuel I., et al.. (2022). Physicochemical and optical properties of a sustainable and low cost solar absorber coating based on activated carbon from coconut shell. MRS Advances. 7(32). 991–996. 2 indexed citations
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Peña‐Cruz, Manuel I., et al.. (2022). Optical design optimization for improved lamp-reflector units in high-flux solar simulators. Applied Optics. 61(20). 5902–5902. 1 indexed citations
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Valentín-Coronado, Luis M., et al.. (2022). Optical evaluation of 3D printed CPC by coupling photogrammetry and ray tracing analysis. Istrazivanja i projektovanja za privredu. 20(4). 1282–1292.
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Wang, Wujun, et al.. (2021). Optimization of the radiative flux uniformity of a modular solar simulator to improve solar technology qualification testing. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 47. 101372–101372. 16 indexed citations
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Valentín-Coronado, Luis M., et al.. (2021). Solar irradiance components estimation based on a low-cost sky-imager. Solar Energy. 220. 269–281. 5 indexed citations
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Peña‐Cruz, Manuel I., et al.. (2021). A Linear Hybrid Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar Collector: A Methodology Proposal of Optical and Thermal Analysis. Energies. 14(23). 8155–8155. 5 indexed citations
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Peña‐Cruz, Manuel I., et al.. (2020). Control algorithms applied to active solar tracking systems: A review. Solar Energy. 212. 203–219. 74 indexed citations
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Wang, Wujun, et al.. (2020). Numerical analysis on the optical geometrical optimization for an axial type impinging solar receiver. Energy. 216. 119293–119293. 9 indexed citations
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Valentín-Coronado, Luis M., et al.. (2019). Towards the Development of a Low-Cost Irradiance Nowcasting Sky Imager. Applied Sciences. 9(6). 1131–1131. 11 indexed citations
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Peña‐Cruz, Manuel I., et al.. (2019). Optical improvement for modulating a high flux solar simulator designed for solar thermal and thermochemical research. Applied Optics. 58(10). 2605–2605. 8 indexed citations
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Martínez, Susana Silva, et al.. (2018). Modified sol-gel/hydrothermal method for the synthesis of microsized TiO2 and iron-doped TiO2, its characterization and solar photocatalytic activity for an azo dye degradation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 359. 93–101. 32 indexed citations
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Valadés-Pelayo, Patricio J., et al.. (2016). Effect of photocatalyst film geometry on radiation absorption in a solar reactor, a multiscale approach. Chemical Engineering Science. 161. 24–35. 9 indexed citations
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Peña‐Cruz, Manuel I., et al.. (2012). Heliostat Characterization by Optical Techniques and Image Processing. 353–362. 1 indexed citations

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