A study from Türkiye has introduced the Agrivoltaic Innovation Index (AII), a composite scientometric tool designed to assess innovation readiness in agrivoltaics beyond traditional publication and citation metrics. The index evaluates research across four dimensions – conceptual, translational, network, and societal – and shows that high publication volume does not necessarily correspond to higher innovation readiness.
May 22, 2026
A study from Türkiye has developed an Agrivoltaic Innovation Index (AII) for assessing research-driven innovation in agrivoltaics.
The researchers say existing reviews and bibliometric studies largely focus on publication growth, system typologies, or localized techno-economic performance, without providing a quantitative framework to assess innovation readiness across the global research landscape. It describes the AII as a “composite scientometric indicator” that allows for the multidimensional structure of innovation in agrivoltaic research to be considered away from publication numbers and citation counts.
Professor Ekici, the paper’s corresponding author, told pv magazine the index evaluates research through four lenses.
