Sara MacAlpine

1.1k total citations
25 papers, 874 citations indexed

About

Sara MacAlpine is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara MacAlpine has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 874 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Sara MacAlpine's work include Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (20 papers), solar cell performance optimization (18 papers) and Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (14 papers). Sara MacAlpine is often cited by papers focused on Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (20 papers), solar cell performance optimization (18 papers) and Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (14 papers). Sara MacAlpine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and Spain. Sara MacAlpine's co-authors include Michael J. Brandemuehl, Robert W. Erickson, Chris Deline, Joshua S. Stein, Bill Marion, Amir Asgharzadeh, Fatima Toor, Silvana Ayala Pelaez, Raymond K. Kostuk and Clifford Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications and IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.

In The Last Decade

Sara MacAlpine

25 papers receiving 814 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara MacAlpine United States 12 754 696 291 118 92 25 874
Ababacar Ndiaye Senegal 7 592 0.8× 368 0.5× 228 0.8× 178 1.5× 62 0.7× 25 766
B.L. Mathur India 17 756 1.0× 789 1.1× 363 1.2× 107 0.9× 124 1.3× 36 996
Dhirayut Chenvidhya Thailand 12 355 0.5× 312 0.4× 111 0.4× 58 0.5× 27 0.3× 39 544
Romênia G. Vieira Brazil 8 274 0.4× 219 0.3× 148 0.5× 53 0.4× 56 0.6× 12 427
M. Makhlouf Algeria 5 420 0.6× 269 0.4× 276 0.9× 27 0.2× 33 0.4× 9 530
Roger Messenger United States 7 386 0.5× 372 0.5× 208 0.7× 39 0.3× 73 0.8× 10 618
Shashwata Chattopadhyay India 12 405 0.5× 277 0.4× 107 0.4× 143 1.2× 47 0.5× 25 513
Metin Çolak Türkiye 7 603 0.8× 492 0.7× 325 1.1× 68 0.6× 67 0.7× 17 760
Wolfgang Heydenreich Germany 7 355 0.5× 218 0.3× 252 0.9× 28 0.2× 32 0.3× 10 448
Monika Bieri Singapore 11 211 0.3× 367 0.5× 99 0.3× 86 0.7× 60 0.7× 16 542

Countries citing papers authored by Sara MacAlpine

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara MacAlpine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara MacAlpine

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sara MacAlpine. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sara MacAlpine 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 Sara MacAlpine. Sara MacAlpine 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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MacAlpine, Sara, et al.. (2022). Comparison of Measured and Modeled Snow Losses for Photovoltaic Systems in Colorado. 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC). 964–966. 1 indexed citations
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MacAlpine, Sara, et al.. (2021). Predicting Subhourly Clipping Losses for Utility-Scale PV Systems. 2507–2509. 2 indexed citations
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Deline, Chris, Silvana Ayala Pelaez, Sara MacAlpine, & Carlos Olalla. (2020). Estimating and parameterizing mismatch power loss in bifacial photovoltaic systems. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 28(7). 691–703. 51 indexed citations
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Pelaez, Silvana Ayala, Chris Deline, Sara MacAlpine, et al.. (2018). Comparison of Bifacial Solar Irradiance Model Predictions With Field Validation. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 9(1). 82–88. 100 indexed citations
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Marion, Bill, Sara MacAlpine, Chris Deline, et al.. (2017). A Practical Irradiance Model for Bifacial PV Modules. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). 1537–1542. 78 indexed citations
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MacAlpine, Sara, David C. Bobela, Sarah Kurtz, et al.. (2017). Simulated potential for enhanced performance of mechanically stacked hybrid III–V/Si tandem photovoltaic modules using DC–DC converters. Journal of Photonics for Energy. 7(4). 1–1. 15 indexed citations
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MacAlpine, Sara, Chris Deline, & Aron Dobos. (2017). Measured and estimated performance of a fleet of shaded photovoltaic systems with string and module‐level inverters. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 25(8). 714–726. 8 indexed citations
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Deline, Chris, Sara MacAlpine, Bill Marion, et al.. (2017). Evaluation and field assessment of bifacial photovoltaic module power rating methodologies. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). 6 indexed citations
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Deline, Chris, Sara MacAlpine, Bill Marion, et al.. (2016). Evaluation and field assessment of bifacial photovoltaic module power rating methodologies. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 3698–3703. 24 indexed citations
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Hansen, Clifford, Joshua S. Stein, Chris Deline, et al.. (2016). Analysis of irradiance models for bifacial PV modules. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 138–143. 47 indexed citations
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Hizam, Hashim, et al.. (2016). Increasing energy harvest of photovoltaic arrays under uniform illumination : A case study on photovoltaic arrays in boulder CO and Tucson AZ. Universiti Putra Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Putra Malaysia). 23–27. 1 indexed citations
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MacAlpine, Sara. (2014). Characterization and capture of photovoltaic system losses due to nonuniform conditions. CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder). 1 indexed citations
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Hanson, Alex J., et al.. (2014). Partial-Shading Assessment of Photovoltaic Installations via Module-Level Monitoring. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 4(6). 1618–1624. 59 indexed citations
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Dobos, Aron & Sara MacAlpine. (2014). Procedure for applying IEC-61853 test data to a single diode model. 2846–2849. 5 indexed citations
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MacAlpine, Sara, Chris Deline, Robert W. Erickson, & Michael J. Brandemuehl. (2013). Measured module performance variation and the opportunity for distributed power electronics: Analysis of 27 PV arrays in the Southwestern U.S.. 216. 3343–3348. 1 indexed citations
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Deline, Chris & Sara MacAlpine. (2013). Use conditions and efficiency measurements of DC power optimizers for photovoltaic systems. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 4801–4807. 17 indexed citations
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MacAlpine, Sara, Robert W. Erickson, & Michael J. Brandemuehl. (2012). Characterization of Power Optimizer Potential to Increase Energy Capture in Photovoltaic Systems Operating Under Nonuniform Conditions. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 28(6). 2936–2945. 146 indexed citations
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MacAlpine, Sara, Michael J. Brandemuehl, & Robert W. Erickson. (2010). Analysis of Potential for Mitigation of Building-Integrated PV Array Shading Losses Through Use of Distributed Power Converters. 447–456. 3 indexed citations
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Erickson, Robert W., et al.. (2009). Improved Energy Capture in Series String Photovoltaics via Smart Distributed Power Electronics. 904–910. 199 indexed citations

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