Patrick Plötz

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Patrick Plötz is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Plötz has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 61 papers in Automotive Engineering and 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Patrick Plötz's work include Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure (73 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (39 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (32 papers). Patrick Plötz is often cited by papers focused on Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure (73 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (39 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (32 papers). Patrick Plötz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Patrick Plötz's co-authors include Till Gnann, Frances Sprei, Simon Funke, Martin Wietschel, Elisabeth Dütschke, Joachim Globisch, Patrick Jochem, Jonn Axsen, Uta Schneider and Michael Wolinetz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Plötz

88 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

A review of consumer preferences of and interactions with electric vehicle charging infrastructure

2018 558 citations Gil Tal, Jonn Axsen et al. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Patrick Plötz	3.3k	2.6k	1.6k	432	378	93	4.1k
Zhenhong Lin	3.1k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	264 0.6×	444 1.2×	104	3.9k
Gerardo Zarazua de Rubens	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	619 1.4×	225 0.6×	36	3.2k
Frances Sprei	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	320 0.7×	433 1.1×	78	3.0k
Lance Noel	2.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	491 1.1×	228 0.6×	40	3.0k
Scott Hardman	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	479 1.1×	274 0.7×	47	2.9k
Johannes Kester	1.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	885 0.6×	421 1.0×	216 0.6×	40	2.5k
Gil Tal	2.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	377 0.9×	504 1.3×	91	3.0k
Martin Wietschel	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	961 0.6×	267 0.6×	98 0.3×	97	3.3k
Till Gnann	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	730 0.5×	198 0.5×	164 0.4×	48	1.9k
Moataz Mohamed	1.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	483 0.3×	187 0.4×	437 1.2×	76	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Plötz

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Speth, Daniel, Patrick Plötz, & Martin Wietschel. (2025). An optimal capacity-constrained fast charging network for battery electric trucks in Germany. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 193. 104383–104383. 5 indexed citations

Yeh, Sonia, et al.. (2025). Leveraging Battery Electric-Bus Charging Networks for Resilient Shared EV Charging via Deep Reinforcement Learning. Engineering.

Stephan, Annegret, et al.. (2025). Feasibility of meeting future battery demand via domestic cell production in Europe. Nature Energy. 10(4). 526–534. 6 indexed citations

Plötz, Patrick & Gil Tal. (2025). Regulate reality in vehicle emission policy. Communications Earth & Environment. 7(1).

Stephan, Annegret, et al.. (2025). Reliable industrial policies required to support the ramp-up of European battery production. Nature Energy. 10(4). 433–434. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaohan, et al.. (2024). Electric bus charging scheduling problem considering charging infrastructure integrated with solar photovoltaic and energy storage systems. Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review. 187. 103572–103572. 11 indexed citations

Plötz, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Shifted or Additional Charging of Electric Vehicles? The Effect of Smart Charging on German Prosumers. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–5. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaohan, et al.. (2024). Transforming public transport depots into profitable energy hubs. Nature Energy. 9(10). 1206–1219. 35 indexed citations

Speth, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Optimized demand-based charging networks for long-haul trucking in Europe. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 45004–45004. 1 indexed citations

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Plötz, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Geospatial truck parking locations data for Europe. Data in Brief. 54. 110277–110277. 3 indexed citations

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Plötz, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Determining the share of renewable electricity in electric vehicle charging in Europe. Energy Reports. 12. 5834–5845. 1 indexed citations

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Yeh, Sonia, et al.. (2023). Battery electric long-haul trucks in Europe: Public charging, energy, and power requirements. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 121. 103825–103825. 37 indexed citations

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Yeh, Sonia, et al.. (2023). A Review of Big Data in Road Freight Transport Modeling: Gaps and Potentials. Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology). 5(1). 6 indexed citations

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Speth, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Synthetic European road freight transport flow data. Data in Brief. 40. 107786–107786. 20 indexed citations

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Plötz, Patrick, et al.. (2021). From lab-to-road: real-world fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Environmental Research Letters. 16(5). 54078–54078. 58 indexed citations

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Schubert, Torben, Barbara Breitschopf, & Patrick Plötz. (2021). Energy efficiency and the direct and indirect effects of energy audits and implementation support programmes in Germany. Energy Policy. 157. 112486–112486. 14 indexed citations

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Plötz, Patrick, Jonn Axsen, Simon Funke, & Till Gnann. (2019). Designing car bans for sustainable transportation. Nature Sustainability. 2(7). 534–536. 69 indexed citations

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Plötz, Patrick, Simon Funke, & Patrick Jochem. (2017). Empirical Fuel Consumption and CO ₂ Emissions of Plug‐In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 22(4). 773–784. 56 indexed citations

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Plötz, Patrick, Simon Funke, Patrick Jochem, & Martin Wietschel. (2017). CO2 Mitigation Potential of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles larger than expected. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16493–16493. 72 indexed citations

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Oppermann, Leif, Elke Hinrichs, U. Schade, et al.. (2015). EnArgus: Zentrales Informationssystem Energieforschungsförderung. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1717–1730. 3 indexed citations

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