Thomas Hamacher

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
232 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Hamacher is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Hamacher has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 44 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 34 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Hamacher's work include Smart Grid Energy Management (69 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (66 papers) and Electric Power System Optimization (34 papers). Thomas Hamacher is often cited by papers focused on Smart Grid Energy Management (69 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (66 papers) and Electric Power System Optimization (34 papers). Thomas Hamacher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Hamacher's co-authors include Matthias Huber, Katrin Schaber, Cristina de la Rúa, Florian Steinke, Tobias Massier, Maximilian Möckl, Sarmad Hanif, Sebastian Troitzsch, Hoay Beng Gooi and P. Mühlich and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Hamacher

212 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Integration of wind and solar power in Europe: Assessment... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2019 100 200 300 400
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. Integration of wind and solar power in Europe: Assessment of flexibility requirements
    2014 422 citations Thomas Hamacher et al. profile →
  2. Life cycle assessment of hydrogen from proton exchange membrane water electrolysis in future energy systems
    2019 412 citations Cristina de la Rúa, Thomas Hamacher 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
Thomas Hamacher Germany 30 2.5k 942 687 614 486 232 4.0k
Xinyu Chen China 26 1.3k 0.5× 336 0.4× 209 0.3× 236 0.4× 233 0.5× 129 2.5k
Huaizhi Wang China 33 3.6k 1.4× 297 0.3× 1.0k 1.5× 1.1k 1.8× 359 0.7× 136 4.9k
Bin Ye China 27 960 0.4× 177 0.2× 439 0.6× 149 0.2× 363 0.7× 114 2.3k
William D’haeseleer Belgium 46 4.1k 1.6× 848 0.9× 1.5k 2.2× 1.3k 2.2× 231 0.5× 197 7.1k
Ali Q. Al‐Shetwi Malaysia 30 2.2k 0.9× 861 0.9× 852 1.2× 1.2k 2.0× 573 1.2× 77 3.7k
Paul Deane Ireland 35 2.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 960 1.4× 515 0.8× 244 0.5× 79 4.4k
Muhammad Shahzad Nazir China 36 2.2k 0.9× 499 0.5× 745 1.1× 647 1.1× 352 0.7× 116 3.8k
Curran Crawford Canada 34 1.6k 0.6× 620 0.7× 639 0.9× 455 0.7× 566 1.2× 171 4.1k
M.C. Brito Portugal 30 1.5k 0.6× 223 0.2× 827 1.2× 192 0.3× 444 0.9× 125 3.3k
Amer Al‐Hinai Oman 25 1.9k 0.8× 618 0.7× 586 0.9× 1.2k 1.9× 238 0.5× 116 3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Hamacher

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hamacher, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Urea and salt induced modulation of protein interactions: implications for crystallization and liquid–liquid phase separation. Soft Matter. 21(10). 1937–1948. 3 indexed citations
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Terzija, Vladimir, et al.. (2025). Grid Agnostic Droop Control Strategy for Damping Restoration and Optimal Reactive Power-Sharing. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics. 6. 613–629. 1 indexed citations
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Webber, Michael E., et al.. (2024). Assessment of a coupled electricity and hydrogen sector in the Texas energy system in 2050. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 91. 787–799. 2 indexed citations
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Hamacher, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive and open model structure for the design of future energy systems with sector coupling. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100094–100094. 3 indexed citations
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Guo, Peiyao, Shahab Dehghan, Vladimir Terzija, Thomas Hamacher, & Vedran S. Perić. (2024). Assessment of wind-related storage investment options in a market-based environment. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. 162. 110265–110265. 1 indexed citations
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Fu, Kun, Thomas Hamacher, & Vedran S. Perić. (2024). Development of self-adaptive digital twin for battery monitoring and management system. Electric Power Systems Research. 234. 110698–110698. 7 indexed citations
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Hamacher, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Electrifying light commercial vehicles for last-mile deliveries: Environmental and economic perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production. 416. 137933–137933. 25 indexed citations
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Hamacher, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Optimization-based framework for low-voltage grid reinforcement assessment under various levels of flexibility and coordination. Applied Energy. 343. 121147–121147. 10 indexed citations
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Hamacher, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Temperature flexible operation of district heating with booster heat pumps – Improving efficiency of existing networks. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2600(8). 82028–82028.
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Heinrichs, Heidi, et al.. (2023). Global Hydrogen and Synfuel Exchanges in an Emission-Free Energy System. Energies. 16(7). 3277–3277. 11 indexed citations
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Hamacher, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Global Potentials and Costs of Synfuels via Fischer–Tropsch Process. Energies. 16(4). 1976–1976. 12 indexed citations
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Hamacher, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Control of bidirectional prosumer substations in smart thermal grids: A weighted proportional-integral control approach. Applied Energy. 354. 122239–122239. 9 indexed citations
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Gazafroudi, Amin Shokri, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Hierarchical, Multi-Agent, Community-Based, Local Energy Markets Based on Key Performance Indicators. Energies. 15(10). 3575–3575. 15 indexed citations
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Siala, Kais, et al.. (2021). Life Cycle Climate Change Impact of a Cost-Optimal HVDC Connection to Import Solar Energy from Australia to Singapore. Energies. 14(21). 7178–7178. 3 indexed citations
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Massier, Tobias, et al.. (2018). Fast Online Distributed Voltage Support in Distribution Grids using Consensus Algorithm. 350–355. 3 indexed citations
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Hanif, Sarmad, et al.. (2015). Model predictive control scheme for investigating demand side flexibility in Singapore. 19. 1–6. 8 indexed citations
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Steinke, Florian, et al.. (2012). Grid Extensions for the Integration of Variable Renewable Energies in Europe: Who Benefits Where?. Energy Policy. 2 indexed citations
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Aboumahboub, Tino, Katrin Schaber, Peter Tzscheutschler, & Thomas Hamacher. (2010). Investigating optimal configuration of a prospective renewable-based electricity supply sector. International Conference on Energy & Environment. 83–89. 2 indexed citations

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