Salvador Acha

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Salvador Acha is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Building and Construction and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Salvador Acha has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 25 papers in Building and Construction and 15 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Salvador Acha's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (23 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (19 papers) and Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure (12 papers). Salvador Acha is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (23 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (19 papers) and Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure (12 papers). Salvador Acha collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Mexico. Salvador Acha's co-authors include Nilay Shah, Nilay Shah, Christos N. Markides, Edward O’Dwyer, Indranil Pan, T.C. Green, Niccolò Le Brun, Georgios Mavromatidis, Nicholas J. Ekins‐Daukes and Koen H. van Dam and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Research, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Salvador Acha

53 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

  1. Smart energy systems for sustainable smart cities: Current developments, trends and future directions
    2019 274 citations Edward O’Dwyer, Indranil Pan et al. Applied Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Salvador Acha United Kingdom 21 886 436 330 323 263 57 1.5k
Christos S. Ioakimidis Belgium 22 1.4k 1.6× 317 0.7× 709 2.1× 246 0.8× 157 0.6× 80 2.0k
Karen Byskov Lindberg Norway 22 1.3k 1.5× 829 1.9× 182 0.6× 506 1.6× 107 0.4× 63 1.7k
M.J. Booysen South Africa 23 875 1.0× 357 0.8× 433 1.3× 167 0.5× 99 0.4× 149 1.7k
Javier Campillo Colombia 13 754 0.9× 152 0.3× 227 0.7× 273 0.8× 83 0.3× 46 1.1k
Jani Mikkola Finland 11 1.6k 1.8× 410 0.9× 145 0.4× 475 1.5× 148 0.6× 16 2.1k
Fredrik Wallin Sweden 28 2.0k 2.3× 747 1.7× 376 1.1× 712 2.2× 201 0.8× 123 3.1k
Nursyarizal Mohd Nor Malaysia 19 883 1.0× 699 1.6× 73 0.2× 349 1.1× 256 1.0× 116 1.7k
Ahmed Bilal Awan Saudi Arabia 25 1.1k 1.3× 132 0.3× 147 0.4× 624 1.9× 217 0.8× 76 2.1k
Álvaro Gomes Portugal 25 907 1.0× 786 1.8× 85 0.3× 303 0.9× 106 0.4× 92 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Salvador Acha

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Fields of papers citing papers by Salvador Acha

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Salvador Acha

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Salvador Acha. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Salvador Acha 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 Salvador Acha. Salvador Acha 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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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2025). Lifetime financial analysis of a model predictive control retrofit for integrated PV-battery systems in commercial buildings. Energy and Buildings. 332. 115459–115459. 8 indexed citations
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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous design and control optimisation of combined rainwater harvesting and flood mitigation systems. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 222. 108459–108459. 1 indexed citations
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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2023). Economic and environmental analysis of domestic hot water systems for single-family homes. Energy and Buildings. 286. 112925–112925. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Zixian, Salvador Acha, Nixon Sunny, et al.. (2023). A total cost of ownership analysis of zero emission powertrain solutions for the heavy goods vehicle sector. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 139910–139910. 26 indexed citations
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Dam, Koen H. van, et al.. (2023). An Agent-Based Decision Support Framework for a Prospective Analysis of Transport and Heat Electrification in Urban Areas. Energies. 16(17). 6312–6312. 1 indexed citations
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O’Dwyer, Edward, et al.. (2023). Robust optimisation of combined rainwater harvesting and flood mitigation systems. Water Research. 245. 120532–120532. 10 indexed citations
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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2020). A roadmap investment strategy to reduce carbon intensive refrigerants in the food retail industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 275. 123039–123039. 22 indexed citations
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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2020). Fuel cells as combined heat and power systems in commercial buildings: A case study in the food-retail sector. Energy. 206. 118046–118046. 34 indexed citations
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Olympios, Andreas V., Niccolò Le Brun, Salvador Acha, Nilay Shah, & Christos N. Markides. (2020). Stochastic real-time operation control of a combined heat and power (CHP) system under uncertainty. Energy Conversion and Management. 216. 112916–112916. 32 indexed citations
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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2019). Assessing the Modelling Approach and Datasets Required for Fault Detection in Photovoltaic Systems. Spiral (Imperial College London). 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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O’Dwyer, Edward, Indranil Pan, Salvador Acha, & Nilay Shah. (2019). Smart energy systems for sustainable smart cities: Current developments, trends and future directions. Applied Energy. 237. 581–597. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2018). Spatio-temporal changes of land use land cover dynamics and its implication on urban flood vulnerability in Makurdi, Nigeria. Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment. 10(2). 65–69. 2 indexed citations
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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2017). Integrated optimisation of photovoltaic and battery storage systems for UK commercial buildings. Applied Energy. 199. 466–478. 110 indexed citations
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Acha, Salvador, et al.. (2017). Optimal design and operation of distributed low-carbon energy technologies in commercial buildings. Energy. 142. 578–591. 68 indexed citations
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Madrigal, M. & Salvador Acha. (2002). Power circuits analysis in the Real Harmonic Hartley Domain. 1. 665–668. 1 indexed citations

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