Stefán Thor Smith

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Stefán Thor Smith is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefán Thor Smith has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Building and Construction, 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stefán Thor Smith's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (9 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (5 papers) and Smart Grid Energy Management (4 papers). Stefán Thor Smith is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (9 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (5 papers) and Smart Grid Energy Management (4 papers). Stefán Thor Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Norway. Stefán Thor Smith's co-authors include Xudong Zhao, Jihuan Xu, Xiaotong Yu, Xingxing Zhang, Saffa Riffat, Changhong Zhan, Sajan Preet, Zhiyin Duan, Hong Jin and Mehdi Shahrestani and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Stefán Thor Smith

26 papers receiving 1.2k 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 comprehensive review on the recycling technology of silicon based photovoltaic solar panels: Challenges and future outlook

2024 97 citations Sajan Preet, Stefán Thor Smith Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefán Thor Smith United Kingdom	13	487	478	232	232	229	27	1.2k
Mehdi Shahrestani United Kingdom	16	359 0.7×	192 0.4×	405 1.7×	211 0.9×	538 2.3×	38	1.1k
Marco Noro Italy	22	665 1.4×	764 1.6×	260 1.1×	258 1.1×	551 2.4×	83	1.4k
Cristina Baglivo Italy	28	472 1.0×	290 0.6×	522 2.3×	376 1.6×	1.2k 5.0×	80	2.0k
Lorenzo Olivieri Spain	15	315 0.6×	242 0.5×	351 1.5×	167 0.7×	568 2.5×	34	957
Guangya Jin China	16	516 1.1×	394 0.8×	360 1.6×	253 1.1×	659 2.9×	29	1.3k
Jan-Olof Dalenbäck Sweden	20	714 1.5×	446 0.9×	265 1.1×	539 2.3×	899 3.9×	89	1.5k
Emmanuel Essah United Kingdom	18	302 0.6×	107 0.2×	407 1.8×	207 0.9×	561 2.4×	52	1.1k
Ksenia Petrichenko Austria	7	320 0.7×	290 0.6×	305 1.3×	162 0.7×	594 2.6×	11	1.0k
Caroline Hachem-Vermette Canada	22	281 0.6×	203 0.4×	525 2.3×	283 1.2×	872 3.8×	84	1.4k
Evanthia A. Nanaki Greece	16	380 0.8×	181 0.4×	216 0.9×	304 1.3×	166 0.7×	40	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefán Thor Smith

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Hertwig, Denise, et al.. (2025). Connecting Physical and Socio‐Economic Spaces for Multi‐Scale Urban Modelling: A Dataset for London. Geoscience Data Journal. 12(2). 1 indexed citations

Preet, Sajan, et al.. (2025). Multivariate optimization of mechanically ventilated photovoltaic double-skin façade system for the cold conditions of composite climate zone. CentAUR (University of Reading). 3(2). 1946–1946.

Coker, Phil, et al.. (2024). An integrated techno-economic approach for design and energy management of heavy goods electric vehicle charging station with energy storage systems. Applied Energy. 369. 123596–123596. 9 indexed citations

Grimmond, Sue, et al.. (2024). Dwelling conversion and energy retrofit modify building anthropogenic heat emission under past and future climates: A case study of London terraced houses. Energy and Buildings. 322. 114668–114668. 3 indexed citations

Preet, Sajan & Stefán Thor Smith. (2024). A comprehensive review on the recycling technology of silicon based photovoltaic solar panels: Challenges and future outlook. Journal of Cleaner Production. 448. 141661–141661. 97 indexed citations breakdown →

Piano, Samuele Lo, Arnald Puy, Steve Pye, et al.. (2023). Unpacking the modeling process for energy policy making. Risk Analysis. 44(6). 1273–1284. 5 indexed citations

Coker, Phil, et al.. (2023). EV smart charging: How tariff selection influences grid stress and carbon reduction. Applied Energy. 348. 121482–121482. 29 indexed citations

Saltelli, Andrea, Marta Kuc‐Czarnecka, Samuele Lo Piano, et al.. (2023). Impact assessment culture in the European Union. Time for something new?. Environmental Science & Policy. 142. 99–111. 9 indexed citations

Piano, Samuele Lo & Stefán Thor Smith. (2022). Energy demand and its temporal flexibility: Approaches, criticalities and ways forward. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 160. 112249–112249. 31 indexed citations

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Kutlu, Çağrı, et al.. (2022). Incorporation of controllable supercooled phase change material heat storage with a solar assisted heat pump: Testing of crystallization triggering and heating demand-based modelling study. Journal of Energy Storage. 55. 105744–105744. 19 indexed citations

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Rodrı́guez, Ana M., Stefán Thor Smith, & Ben Potter. (2021). Sensitivity analysis for building energy audit calculation methods: Handling the uncertainties in small power load estimation. Energy. 238. 121511–121511. 11 indexed citations

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Smith, Stefán Thor, et al.. (2021). Development of a profile-based electricity demand response estimation method: An application based on UK hotel chillers. Energy and Buildings. 246. 111071–111071. 2 indexed citations

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Capel-Timms, Isabella, Stefán Thor Smith, Ting Sun, & Sue Grimmond. (2020). Dynamic Anthropogenic activitieS impacting Heat emissions (DASH v1.0): development and evaluation. Geoscientific model development. 13(10). 4891–4924. 14 indexed citations

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Deng, Jie, Brian J. Pickles, Stefán Thor Smith, & Li Shao. (2020). Infrared radiative performance of urban trees: spatial distribution and interspecific comparison among ten species in the UK by in-situ spectroscopy. Building and Environment. 172. 106682–106682. 12 indexed citations

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Brayshaw, David, et al.. (2019). Quantifying the potential for improved management of weather risk using sub‐seasonal forecasting: The case of UK telecommunications infrastructure. Meteorological Applications. 27(1). 3 indexed citations

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Torriti, Jacopo, et al.. (2018). A comparative analysis of building energy estimation methods in the context of demand response. Energy and Buildings. 174. 13–25. 10 indexed citations

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Ballesteros‐Pérez, Pablo, et al.. (2018). Incorporating the effect of weather in construction scheduling and management with sine wave curves: application in the United Kingdom. Construction Management and Economics. 36(12). 666–682. 40 indexed citations

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Doick, Kieron J., et al.. (2018). Influence of evaporative cooling by urban forests on cooling demand in cities. Urban forestry & urban greening. 37. 65–73. 111 indexed citations

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Smith, Stefán Thor, et al.. (2016). Small power load disaggregation in office buildings based on electrical signature classification. CentAUR (University of Reading). 1–6. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xingxing, Xudong Zhao, Stefán Thor Smith, Jihuan Xu, & Xiaotong Yu. (2011). Review of R&D progress and practical application of the solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) technologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 16(1). 599–617. 370 indexed citations

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