Tom Brown

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
74 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Tom Brown is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Energy Engineering and Power Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Brown has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 16 papers in Energy Engineering and Power Technology. Recurrent topics in Tom Brown's work include Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (48 papers), Electric Power System Optimization (17 papers) and Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (16 papers). Tom Brown is often cited by papers focused on Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (48 papers), Electric Power System Optimization (17 papers) and Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (16 papers). Tom Brown collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and United States. Tom Brown's co-authors include Martin Greiner, David Schlachtberger, Stefan Schramm, Marta Victoria, Fabian Neumann, Elisabeth Zeyen, Alexander Kies, Jonas Hörsch, Gorm Bruun Andresen and Kun Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Tom Brown

71 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Synergies of sector coupling and transmission reinforcement in a cost-optimised, highly renewable European energy system

2018 498 citations Tom Brown, David Schlachtberger et al. Energy profile →
Response to ‘Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems’

2018 356 citations Tom Brown et al. profile →
The potential role of a hydrogen network in Europe

2023 141 citations Fabian Neumann, Elisabeth Zeyen et al. Joule profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Tom Brown	2.7k	1.3k	843	335	324	74	3.7k
Thomas Hamacher	2.5k 0.9×	942 0.7×	687 0.8×	245 0.7×	230 0.7×	232	4.0k
David Moser	2.7k 1.0×	773 0.6×	1.6k 2.0×	439 1.3×	173 0.5×	184	4.4k
Ana Estanqueiro	2.2k 0.8×	537 0.4×	312 0.4×	247 0.7×	441 1.4×	102	2.8k
William D’haeseleer	4.1k 1.5×	848 0.7×	1.5k 1.8×	748 2.2×	392 1.2×	197	7.1k
Curran Crawford	1.6k 0.6×	620 0.5×	639 0.8×	411 1.2×	933 2.9×	171	4.1k
Michael Milligan	3.4k 1.2×	369 0.3×	331 0.4×	146 0.4×	386 1.2×	87	3.9k
Damian Flynn	5.9k 2.2×	706 0.5×	468 0.6×	209 0.6×	489 1.5×	210	6.6k
Rodrigo Escobar	1.4k 0.5×	419 0.3×	2.5k 2.9×	500 1.5×	159 0.5×	135	4.4k
D. Lew	1.5k 0.6×	335 0.3×	304 0.4×	122 0.4×	157 0.5×	67	2.4k
J.G. McGowan	1.3k 0.5×	626 0.5×	547 0.6×	542 1.6×	1.3k 3.9×	97	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Brown

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Brown

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Odenweller, Adrian, Falko Ueckerdt, Johannes Hampp, et al.. (2026). REMIND-PyPSA-Eur: integrating power system flexibility into sector-coupled energy transition pathways. ArXiv.org. 8(2). 25001–25001.

Hofmann, Fabian, et al.. (2025). H2 and CO2 network strategies for the European energy system. Nature Energy. 10(6). 715–724. 10 indexed citations

Brown, Tom, Fabian Neumann, & Iegor Riepin. (2025). Price formation without fuel costs: The interaction of demand elasticity with storage bidding. Energy Economics. 147. 108483–108483. 1 indexed citations

Brown, Tom, et al.. (2025). The impact of temporal hydrogen regulation on hydrogen exporters and their domestic energy transition. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7486–7486. 2 indexed citations

Roelfsema, Mark, Iain Staffell, Gabriel Oreggioni, et al.. (2025). Examining pathways for a climate neutral Europe by 2050; A model comparison analysis including integrated assessment models and energy system models. Energy. 319. 134809–134809. 4 indexed citations

Strunz, Kai, et al.. (2024). Multi‐energy system horizon planning: Early decarbonisation in China avoids stranded assets. 1(1). 81–98. 3 indexed citations

Hagenmeyer, Veit, et al.. (2023). Inverse methods: How feasible are spatially low-resolved capacity expansion modelling results when disaggregated at high spatial resolution?. Energy. 281. 128133–128133. 13 indexed citations

Hampp, Johannes, M. Düren, & Tom Brown. (2023). Import options for chemical energy carriers from renewable sources to Germany. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0262340–e0262340. 70 indexed citations

Zeyen, Elisabeth, Marta Victoria, & Tom Brown. (2023). Endogenous learning for green hydrogen in a sector-coupled energy model for Europe. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3743–3743. 61 indexed citations

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Neumann, Fabian, Elisabeth Zeyen, Marta Victoria, & Tom Brown. (2023). The potential role of a hydrogen network in Europe. Joule. 7(8). 1793–1817. 141 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hagenmeyer, Veit, et al.. (2023). Inverse Methods: How Feasible are Spatially Low-Resolved Capacity Expansion Modeling Results When Disaggregated at High Resolution?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Fabian, Johannes Hampp, Fabian Neumann, Tom Brown, & Jonas Hörsch. (2021). atlite: A Lightweight Python Package for Calculating Renewable Power Potentials and Time Series. The Journal of Open Source Software. 6(62). 3294–3294. 72 indexed citations

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Brown, Tom, Jonas Hörsch, & David Schlachtberger. (2020). Python for Power System Analysis (PyPSA) Version 0.17.0. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations

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Brown, Tom & Lina Reichenberg. (2020). Decreasing market value of variable renewables can be avoided by policy action. arXiv (Cornell University). 59 indexed citations

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Victoria, Marta, Kun Zhu, Tom Brown, Gorm Bruun Andresen, & Martin Greiner. (2019). The role of photovoltaics in a sustainable European energy system under variable CO₂emissions targets, transmission capacities, and costs assumptions. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 28(6). 483–492. 20 indexed citations

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Brown, Tom, Mirko Schäfer, & Martin Greiner. (2019). Sectoral Interactions as Carbon Dioxide Emissions Approach Zero in a Highly-Renewable European Energy System. Energies. 12(6). 1032–1032. 28 indexed citations

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Hörsch, Jonas, et al.. (2019). PyPSA-Eur: An Open Optimisation Model of the European Transmission System (Code). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 207 indexed citations

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Schlachtberger, David, Tom Brown, Mirko Schäfer, Stefan Schramm, & Martin Greiner. (2018). Cost optimal scenarios of a future highly renewable European electricity system: Exploring the influence of weather data, cost parameters and policy constraints. Energy. 163. 100–114. 117 indexed citations

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Schlachtberger, David, Tom Brown, Stefan Schramm, & Martin Greiner. (2017). The benefits of cooperation in a highly renewable European electricity network. Energy. 134. 469–481. 231 indexed citations

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Brown, Tom, et al.. (2016). Solar Power Integration on the Seychelles Islands. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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