M.C. Brito

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

M.C. Brito is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, M.C. Brito has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 34 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 29 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in M.C. Brito's work include Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (21 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (20 papers). M.C. Brito is often cited by papers focused on Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (21 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (20 papers). M.C. Brito collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, France and Netherlands. M.C. Brito's co-authors include Cristina Catita, Paula Redweik, Sara Freitas, Pedro Nunes, Teresa Santos, Nuno Miguel Pereira Gomes, José António Tenedório, Tiago Farias, A.M. Vallêra and Júlia Pereira and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

M.C. Brito

118 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Modelling solar potential in the urban environment: State-of-the-art review

2014 366 citations Sara Freitas, Cristina Catita et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M.C. Brito Portugal	30	1.5k	1.1k	922	835	827	125	3.3k
Ricardo Rüther Brazil	38	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	618 0.7×	690 0.8×	1.9k 2.3×	160	3.7k
Valerio Lo Brano Italy	33	1.4k 0.9×	781 0.7×	872 0.9×	729 0.9×	1.7k 2.0×	89	3.5k
Hasimah Abdul Rahman Malaysia	27	1.9k 1.3×	554 0.5×	929 1.0×	462 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	95	3.7k
Paolo Maria Congedo Italy	36	1.0k 0.7×	756 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	675 0.8×	1.4k 1.7×	115	3.7k
Davide Astiaso Garcia Italy	34	1.4k 0.9×	261 0.2×	567 0.6×	441 0.5×	531 0.6×	116	3.5k
Giuseppina Ciulla Italy	33	1.2k 0.8×	712 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	565 0.7×	1.5k 1.8×	68	3.1k
Joakim Widén Sweden	45	5.0k 3.4×	1.2k 1.1×	2.4k 2.6×	804 1.0×	1.9k 2.3×	121	6.9k
Minhyun Lee South Korea	31	637 0.4×	410 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	658 0.8×	590 0.7×	85	2.6k
Alan S. Fung Canada	35	1.6k 1.1×	296 0.3×	2.1k 2.3×	951 1.1×	2.0k 2.4×	165	5.2k
Rodrigo Escobar Chile	37	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	243 0.3×	500 0.6×	2.5k 3.0×	135	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.C. Brito

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Brito, M.C., et al.. (2024). Strategic raw material requirements for large-scale hydrogen production in Portugal and European Union. Energy Reports. 12. 5133–5144. 4 indexed citations

Sekhar, Y. Raja, et al.. (2024). Assessing the scope of vehicle integrated photovoltaics in urban driving conditions – Case study of a Tier-II city in southern India. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 72. 104040–104040.

Rodrigues, María João, et al.. (2024). Solar Self-Consumption and Urban Energy Vulnerability: Case Study in Lisbon. Sustainability. 16(15). 6635–6635. 3 indexed citations

Campos, Inês, M.C. Brito, & Guilherme Luz. (2023). Scales of solar energy: Exploring citizen satisfaction, interest, and values in a comparison of regions in Portugal and Spain. Energy Research & Social Science. 97. 102952–102952. 26 indexed citations

Ermida, Sofia L., et al.. (2023). Impact of a small-scale solar park on temperature and vegetation parameters obtained from Landsat 8. Renewable Energy. 221. 119827–119827. 6 indexed citations

Brito, M.C., et al.. (2023). Effect of urban shadowing on the potential of solar‐powered vehicles. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 32(2). 73–83. 10 indexed citations

Campos, Inês, et al.. (2022). Structuring the problem of an inclusive and sustainable energy transition – A pilot study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 365. 132763–132763. 22 indexed citations

Brito, M.C., et al.. (2022). Geographical distribution of the angle of incidence uncertainty on the measurement of global horizontal irradiance. Measurement Sensors. 22. 100382–100382. 1 indexed citations

Brito, M.C., et al.. (2022). Estimating global irradiance on tilted surfaces using a cubic multi-directional pyranometer array. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 14(1).

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Haupt, Sue Ellen, et al.. (2019). A regime-based approach for integrating wind information in spatio-temporal solar forecasting models. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 11(5). 5 indexed citations

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Brito, M.C., et al.. (2019). A sinusoidal model to assess PV generation from daily irradiation data. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 11(5). 1 indexed citations

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Freitas, Sara & M.C. Brito. (2019). Non-cumulative only solar photovoltaics for electricity load-matching. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 109. 271–283. 28 indexed citations

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Almeida, R.H., et al.. (2018). Demand aggregation for photovoltaic self-consumption. Energy Reports. 5. 54–61. 34 indexed citations

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Carmo, Maria Beatriz, Ana Paula Cláudio, Ana Paula Afonso, et al.. (2016). Augmented reality for support decision on solar radiation harnessing. 1–8. 3 indexed citations

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Brito, M.C., et al.. (2014). Analysis & Test of Reaction Wheel Induced Micro-Vibrations. ESASP. 727. 65. 1 indexed citations

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Brito, M.C., et al.. (2014). RESULTADOS DOS MECANISMOS DE INCENTIVO AO FOTOVOLTAICO EM PORTUGAL E BRASIL. Anais Congresso Brasileiro de Energia Solar. 1 indexed citations

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Brito, M.C., et al.. (2014). Assessment of diffuse radiation models in Azores. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 5748. 2 indexed citations

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Redweik, Paula, Cristina Catita, & M.C. Brito. (2012). 3D LOCAL SCALE SOLAR RADIATION MODEL BASED ON URBAN LIDAR DATA. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XXXVIII-4/W19. 265–269. 15 indexed citations

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Redweik, Paula, Cristina Catita, & M.C. Brito. (2011). PV Potential Estimation Using 3D Local Scale Solar Radiation Model Based on Urban Lidar Data. EU PVSEC. 4081–4083. 8 indexed citations

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Serra, J.M., et al.. (2004). A wave lab inside a coaxial cable. European Journal of Physics. 25(5). 581–591. 6 indexed citations

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