Viorel Bădescu

8.9k total citations
298 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Viorel Bădescu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Artificial Intelligence and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Viorel Bădescu has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 81 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 62 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Viorel Bădescu's work include Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (88 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (80 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (60 papers). Viorel Bădescu is often cited by papers focused on Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (88 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (80 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (60 papers). Viorel Bădescu collaborates with scholars based in Romania, Iraq and United Kingdom. Viorel Bădescu's co-authors include Marius Paulescu, P. T. Landsberg, Alexandru Dumitrescu, Soteris A. Kalogirou, Sotiriοs Karellas, Konstantinos Braimakis, Alexis De Vos, Radu Chiriac, Marek Brabec and Ruxandra Crutescu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Viorel Bădescu

286 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Viorel Bădescu Romania 40 3.0k 2.0k 1.5k 1.3k 1.0k 298 6.3k
S.A. Klein United States 51 6.3k 2.1× 3.9k 2.0× 4.7k 3.0× 2.1k 1.6× 1.6k 1.6× 178 12.0k
Rodrigo Escobar Chile 37 2.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 961 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 243 0.2× 135 4.4k
Yong Shuai China 47 3.4k 1.1× 542 0.3× 2.4k 1.6× 1.9k 1.4× 515 0.5× 378 8.8k
Fuqiang Wang China 51 3.3k 1.1× 532 0.3× 2.5k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 873 0.9× 332 8.8k
Frank Kreith United States 30 1.7k 0.6× 500 0.3× 2.3k 1.5× 740 0.6× 472 0.5× 134 5.7k
Robert Pitz‐Paal Germany 43 3.9k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 2.3k 1.5× 858 0.7× 101 0.1× 246 5.9k
Robert A. Taylor Australia 64 8.5k 2.8× 850 0.4× 5.3k 3.4× 2.9k 2.2× 657 0.6× 290 15.0k
Clifford K. Ho United States 37 3.0k 1.0× 409 0.2× 2.5k 1.6× 1.0k 0.8× 103 0.1× 274 5.9k
Ming-Jia Li China 59 3.3k 1.1× 275 0.1× 5.7k 3.7× 1.5k 1.2× 343 0.3× 324 10.5k
He‐Ping Tan China 46 1.7k 0.5× 277 0.1× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 197 0.2× 322 7.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Viorel Bădescu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Viorel Bădescu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Viorel Bădescu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Viorel Bădescu. The network helps show where Viorel Bădescu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Viorel Bădescu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Viorel Bădescu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Viorel Bădescu 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 Viorel Bădescu. Viorel Bădescu 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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Săbăduş, Andreea, Robert Blaga, Delia Calinoiu, et al.. (2024). A cross-sectional survey of deterministic PV power forecasting: Progress and limitations in current approaches. Renewable Energy. 226. 120385–120385. 23 indexed citations
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Paulescu, Marius, Robert Blaga, Ciprian Dughir, et al.. (2023). Intra-hour PV power forecasting based on sky imagery. Energy. 279. 128135–128135. 13 indexed citations
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Paulescu, Marius, et al.. (2022). Empirical sunshine-based models vs online estimators for solar resources. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 168. 112868–112868. 6 indexed citations
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Paulescu, Marius, et al.. (2021). What Ångström—Prescott equation tells us about the cloud and clear-sky climatologies?. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 147(1-2). 239–250. 2 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel, et al.. (2021). Steady-state performance of capillary tubes for small-scale vapour compression systems using different refrigerants. International Journal of Refrigeration. 130. 87–98. 3 indexed citations
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Brabec, Marek, Alexandru Dumitrescu, Marius Paulescu, & Viorel Bădescu. (2019). A new perspective on the sunshine duration variability. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 139(3-4). 1219–1230. 2 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel. (2018). Upper Bounds for the Conversion Efficiency of Diluted Blackbody Radiation Energy into Work. Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics. 43(4). 273–287. 3 indexed citations
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Dumitrescu, Alexandru, Christian A. Gueymard, & Viorel Bădescu. (2017). Reconstruction of historical aerosol optical depth time series over Romania during summertime. International Journal of Climatology. 37(13). 4720–4732. 7 indexed citations
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Brabec, Marek, et al.. (2017). Experimental and numerical assessment of ignition delay period for pure diesel and biodiesel B20. 1 indexed citations
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Brabec, Marek, Viorel Bădescu, Alexandru Dumitrescu, & Marius Paulescu. (2016). A new point of view on the relationship between global solar irradiation and sunshine quantifiers. Solar Energy. 126. 252–263. 12 indexed citations
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Croitoru, Cristiana, et al.. (2014). Thermal Comfort Analyses in Naturally Ventilated Buildings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(3). 60–66. 3 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel. (2014). Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth's Surface: Recent Advances. CERN Bulletin. 325. 68 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel & Alexandru Dumitrescu. (2013). Simple models to compute solar global irradiance from the CMSAF product Cloud Fractional Coverage. Renewable Energy. 66. 118–131. 23 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel & Alina Mihaela Badescu. (2009). Solar Cells With Down-Converters For Space Applications. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 62. 42–46. 2 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel, et al.. (2009). Asteroid Impacts the Earth: The Tsunami Hazard. 2. 419–439. 1 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel, Richard B. Cathcart, & R. D. Schuiling. (2006). Macro-engineering : a challenge for the future. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 19 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel & Richard B. Cathcart. (2000). Stellar Engines for Kardashev's Type II Civilisations. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 53. 297–306. 8 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel, et al.. (2000). Simulation of a Martian Solar Thermal Power Plant - Diurnal Operation and Power-Efficiency Correlations. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 53. 131–144. 1 indexed citations
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Bădescu, Viorel. (1997). Comments on “available solar energy in an absorption cooling process”. Solar Energy. 61(1). 61–62. 1 indexed citations

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