Sofiane Kichou

938 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 688 citations indexed

About

Sofiane Kichou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofiane Kichou has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 688 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sofiane Kichou's work include Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (14 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (14 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (7 papers). Sofiane Kichou is often cited by papers focused on Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (14 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (14 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (7 papers). Sofiane Kichou collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Czechia and Algeria. Sofiane Kichou's co-authors include Aissa Chouder, Santiago Silvestre, G. Nofuentes, Houcine Oudira, Νικόλαος Σκάνδαλος, Llanos Mora‐López, Engin Karatepe, Daniel Guasch Murillo, Kamel Kara and Manuel Domínguez-Pumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Conversion and Management, Energy and Renewable Energy.

In The Last Decade

Sofiane Kichou

21 papers receiving 656 citations

Hit Papers

Faults detection and diagnosis of PV systems based on mac... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75 100
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. Faults detection and diagnosis of PV systems based on machine learning approach using random forest classifier
    2024 111 citations Houcine Oudira, Aissa Chouder et al. Energy Conversion and Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sofiane Kichou Spain 14 487 330 252 125 71 21 688
Marco Rossi Italy 17 442 0.9× 713 2.2× 267 1.1× 263 2.1× 90 1.3× 82 1.0k
Yassine Chaibi Morocco 17 539 1.1× 365 1.1× 305 1.2× 143 1.1× 66 0.9× 37 787
Madhu Sharma India 15 364 0.7× 306 0.9× 188 0.7× 97 0.8× 31 0.4× 45 656
Mark Dales United Kingdom 13 744 1.5× 482 1.5× 350 1.4× 114 0.9× 72 1.0× 15 867
Mahmoud Dhimish United Kingdom 13 809 1.7× 552 1.7× 430 1.7× 133 1.1× 95 1.3× 14 1.0k
Bruce Mehrdadi United Kingdom 10 655 1.3× 443 1.3× 302 1.2× 107 0.9× 57 0.8× 14 777
U. Jahn Italy 10 585 1.2× 330 1.0× 252 1.0× 42 0.3× 44 0.6× 16 756
Eleni Kaplani Greece 13 650 1.3× 411 1.2× 392 1.6× 32 0.3× 61 0.9× 31 882
Siva Ramakrishna Madeti India 7 565 1.2× 407 1.2× 317 1.3× 143 1.1× 84 1.2× 8 738
Muhammad Naveed Akhter Pakistan 8 328 0.7× 513 1.6× 434 1.7× 88 0.7× 25 0.4× 12 699

Countries citing papers authored by Sofiane Kichou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sofiane Kichou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofiane Kichou

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

All Works

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Chouder, Aissa, et al.. (2024). Improving Photovoltaic Power Prediction: Insights through Computational Modeling and Feature Selection. Energies. 17(13). 3078–3078. 9 indexed citations
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Oudira, Houcine, et al.. (2024). Faults detection and diagnosis of PV systems based on machine learning approach using random forest classifier. Energy Conversion and Management. 301. 118076–118076. 111 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kichou, Sofiane, et al.. (2022). A simple and effective methodology for sizing electrical energy storage (EES) systems based on energy balance. Journal of Energy Storage. 49. 104085–104085. 18 indexed citations
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Kichou, Sofiane, et al.. (2022). Floating photovoltaics performance simulation approach. Heliyon. 8(12). e11896–e11896. 34 indexed citations
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Motahhir, Saad, Aissa Chouder, Aboubakr El Hammoumi, et al.. (2020). Optimal Energy Harvesting From a Multistrings PV Generator Based on Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm. IEEE Systems Journal. 15(3). 4137–4144. 52 indexed citations
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Kichou, Sofiane, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Photovoltaic and Battery Storage Effects on the Load Matching Indicators Based on Real Monitored Data. Energies. 13(11). 2727–2727. 20 indexed citations
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Kichou, Sofiane, et al.. (2019). Renewable Energy Supply for Remote Station Located in Antarctica – Simulations Based on Real Measured Data. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 290(1). 12098–12098. 1 indexed citations
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Kichou, Sofiane, et al.. (2019). Optimization method for photovoltaic integration in residential houses. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1343(1). 12093–12093. 2 indexed citations
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Σκάνδαλος, Νικόλαος, et al.. (2018). Energy sufficiency of an administrative building based on real data from one year of operation. 1–8. 9 indexed citations
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Kichou, Sofiane, et al.. (2016). Study of degradation and evaluation of model parameters of micromorph silicon photovoltaic modules under outdoor long term exposure in Jaén, Spain. Energy Conversion and Management. 120. 109–119. 36 indexed citations
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Kichou, Sofiane, et al.. (2016). Behavioral data of thin-film single junction amorphous silicon (a-Si) photovoltaic modules under outdoor long term exposure. Data in Brief. 7. 366–371. 4 indexed citations
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Silvestre, Santiago, et al.. (2016). Degradation analysis of thin film photovoltaic modules under outdoor long term exposure in Spanish continental climate conditions. Solar Energy. 139. 599–607. 47 indexed citations
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Kichou, Sofiane, et al.. (2016). Comparison of two PV array models for the simulation of PV systems using five different algorithms for the parameters identification. Renewable Energy. 99. 270–279. 46 indexed citations
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Garoudja, Elyes, Kamel Kara, Aissa Chouder, Santiago Silvestre, & Sofiane Kichou. (2016). Efficient fault detection and diagnosis procedure for photovoltaic systems. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 851–856. 23 indexed citations
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Silvestre, Santiago, et al.. (2016). Remote supervision and fault detection on OPC monitored PV systems. Solar Energy. 137. 424–433. 44 indexed citations
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Silvestre, Santiago, Sofiane Kichou, Aissa Chouder, G. Nofuentes, & Engin Karatepe. (2015). Analysis of current and voltage indicators in grid connected PV (photovoltaic) systems working in faulty and partial shading conditions. Energy. 86. 42–50. 84 indexed citations

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