Rubén Urraca

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Rubén Urraca is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Global and Planetary Change and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Rubén Urraca has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Rubén Urraca's work include Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (19 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (10 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (9 papers). Rubén Urraca is often cited by papers focused on Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (19 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (10 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (9 papers). Rubén Urraca collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Finland. Rubén Urraca's co-authors include Francisco Javier Martínez-de-Pisón, F. Antoñanzas-Torres, J. Antonanzas, Rodrigo Escobar, Andrés Sanz-García, Thomas Huld, Ana Gracia-Amillo, Frank Kaspar, Silvia F. Rivas and Paolo Bertoldi and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Remote Sensing of Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Rubén Urraca

37 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Review of photovoltaic power forecasting

2016 907 citations J. Antonanzas, Rubén Urraca et al. Solar Energy profile →
Evaluation of global horizontal irradiance estimates from ERA5 and COSMO-REA6 reanalyses using ground and satellite-based data

2018 308 citations Rubén Urraca, Thomas Huld et al. Solar Energy profile →

Peers

Rubén Urraca

RESE

EEE

GPC

Jamie M. Bright Australia

Luis Martín Pomares Qatar

F.J. Batlles Spain

Elke Lorenz Germany

Hans Georg Beyer Germany

Lourdes Ramírez Spain

F. Antoñanzas-Torres Spain

Mathieu David Réunion

Sujan Ghimire Australia

Jesús Polo Spain

Jamie M. Bright Australia

Rubén Urraca

1.2k ×0.9

708 ×0.7

RESE

500 ×0.6

EEE

438 ×0.9

GPC

214 ×0.8

Citations per year, relative to Rubén Urraca Rubén Urraca (= 1×) peers Jamie M. Bright

Countries citing papers authored by Rubén Urraca

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rubén Urraca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rubén Urraca

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Urraca, Rubén, et al.. (2025). Assessing discrepancies in global aerosol trends from satellites, models and reanalyses. Remote Sensing of Environment. 328. 114827–114827.

Urraca, Rubén, Jörg Trentmann, Uwe Pfeifroth, & Nadine Gobron. (2024). Can satellite products monitor solar brightening in Europe?. Remote Sensing of Environment. 315. 114472–114472. 2 indexed citations

Urraca, Rubén & Nadine Gobron. (2023). Temporal stability of long-term satellite and reanalysis products to monitor snow cover trends. The cryosphere. 17(2). 1023–1052. 16 indexed citations

Urraca, Rubén, et al.. (2023). Assessing the Fitness of Satellite Albedo Products for Monitoring Snow Albedo Trends. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 61. 1–17. 3 indexed citations

Urraca, Rubén, et al.. (2022). Comparison of Long-Term Albedo Products against Spatially Representative Stations over Snow. Remote Sensing. 14(15). 3745–3745. 9 indexed citations

Urraca, Rubén & Nadine Gobron. (2021). Stability of long-term satellite and reanalysis products to monitor snow cover trends. 2 indexed citations

Rivas, Silvia F., et al.. (2021). A comparative analysis to depict underlying attributes that might determine successful implementation of local adaptation plans. Environmental Science & Policy. 117. 25–33. 11 indexed citations

Rivas, Silvia F., Rubén Urraca, Valentina Palermo, & Paolo Bertoldi. (2021). Covenant of Mayors 2020: Drivers and barriers for monitoring climate action plans. Journal of Cleaner Production. 332. 130029–130029. 38 indexed citations

Rivas, Silvia F., Rubén Urraca, Paolo Bertoldi, & Christian Thiel. (2021). Towards the EU Green Deal: Local key factors to achieve ambitious 2030 climate targets. Journal of Cleaner Production. 320. 128878–128878. 67 indexed citations

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Antoñanzas-Torres, F., Rubén Urraca, Camilo A. Cortés, & Julio Blanco‐Fernández. (2021). Solar E-Cooking with Low-Power Solar Home Systems for Sub-Saharan Africa. Sustainability. 13(21). 12241–12241. 8 indexed citations

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Urraca, Rubén, et al.. (2020). BQC: A free web service to quality control solar irradiance measurements across Europe. Solar Energy. 211. 1–10. 8 indexed citations

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Antonanzas, J., et al.. (2018). Optimal solar tracking strategy to increase irradiance in the plane of array under cloudy conditions: A study across Europe. Solar Energy. 163. 122–130. 48 indexed citations

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Urraca, Rubén, Ana Gracia-Amillo, Thomas Huld, et al.. (2017). Extensive validation of CM SAF surface radiation products over Europe. Remote Sensing of Environment. 199. 171–186. 90 indexed citations

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Urraca, Rubén, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of a novel GA-based methodology for model structure selection: The GA-PARSIMONY. Neurocomputing. 271. 9–17. 12 indexed citations

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Pernía‐Espinoza, Alpha, et al.. (2017). Assessment of microproject-based teaching/learning (MicroPBL) experience in industrial engineering degrees. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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Pernía‐Espinoza, Alpha, et al.. (2016). Methodology based on micro-projects in DIY desktop machines for educational purposes in engineering degrees. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 317–325. 1 indexed citations

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Urraca, Rubén, et al.. (2016). Estimation methods for global solar radiation: Case study evaluation of five different approaches in central Spain. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 77. 1098–1113. 57 indexed citations

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Urraca, Rubén, et al.. (2016). Practical methodology for validating constitutive models for the simulation of rubber compounds in extrusion processes. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 90(5-8). 2377–2387. 9 indexed citations

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Urraca, Rubén, Andrés Sanz-García, Javier Tardáguila, & María P. Diago. (2015). Estimation of total soluble solids in grape berries using a hand‐held NIR spectrometer under field conditions. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 96(9). 3007–3016. 50 indexed citations

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Antoñanzas-Torres, F., et al.. (2015). Impact of atmospheric components on solar clear-sky models at different elevation: Case study Canary Islands. Energy Conversion and Management. 109. 122–129. 17 indexed citations

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