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Colorado Power Electronics (United States)

In research, Colorado Power Electronics (United States) stands highest in Engineering (#3,051 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,639 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering and Physical Sciences (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 20.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#30,644
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,467
of 7,310
Research works
169
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
41.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.27×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
8%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Colorado Power Electronics (United States)

What is Colorado Power Electronics (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #3,051 of 9,532 21.7%152
Physical SciencesDomain #6,639 of 17,446 20.7%166

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colorado Power Electronics (United States) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Colorado Power Electronics (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 97% of research at Colorado Power Electronics (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (94%), Energy (1%), Computer Science (1%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 97.3% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 93.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 73.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKColorado PowerElectronics…34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences97%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3293.6%
    2. Energy01.3%
    3. Computer Science01.2%
    4. Materials Science00.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    6. Environmental Science00.3%
    1. Decision Sciences01.0%
    2. Psychology00.7%
    3. Social Sciences00.4%
    1. Health Professions00.2%
    2. Medicine00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Colorado Power Electronics (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 20.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 25.1 works21×
  2. EngineeringField · 32.1 works6.2×
  3. Physical SciencesDomain · 33.4 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 6.24× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering6.24×32 works
  2. Energy1.41×0 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.00×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×0 works
  5. Psychology0.24×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.16×0 works
  7. Materials Science0.14×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.09×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.03×0 works
  12. Medicine0.01×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Colorado Power Electronics (United States)?

The most cited paper from Colorado Power Electronics (United States) is "Performance limits of switched-capacitor DC-DC converters" (Marek S. Makowski, Dragan Maksimović, 2002), with 477 citations. Next come "Impact of digital control in power electronics" (419) and "Design and implementation of a digital PWM controller for a high-frequency switching DC-DC power converter" (323).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Performance limits of switched-capacitor DC-DC converters Marek S. Makowski, Dragan Maksimović Conference paper 19 Nov 2002 477
2 Impact of digital control in power electronics Maksimović, Zane, Robert W. Erickson Conference paper 2004 419
3 Design and implementation of a digital PWM controller for a high-frequency switching DC-DC power converter Aleksandar Prodić, Dragan Maksimović, Robert W. Erickson Conference paper 13 Nov 2002 323
4 Small-Signal Discrete-Time Modeling of Digitally Controlled PWM Converters Dragan Maksimović, Regan Andrew Zane · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Nov 2007 316
5 System Identification of Power Converters With Digital Control Through Cross-Correlation Methods B. Miao, Regan Andrew Zane, Dragan Maksimović · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Sep 2005 257
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Colorado Power Electronics (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Electric Vehicle Charging, DC-DC Converters, High-Frequency Power Conversion, Thermal Management, Fault Tolerance and Model Predictive Control.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Power Electronics17▲ 154×7 topics
  2. Renewable Energy Integration14▲ 125×3 topics
  3. Electric Vehicle Charging8▲ 286×2 topics
  4. DC-DC Converters8▲ 398×1 topic
  5. High-Frequency Power Conversion8▲ 398×1 topic
  6. Thermal Management6▲ 53×2 topics
  7. Fault Tolerance6▲ 109×2 topics
  8. Model Predictive Control6▲ 65×1 topic
  9. Multilevel Converters6▲ 314×1 topic
  10. Reliability5▲ 178×2 topics
  11. Silicon Carbide4▲ 269×1 topic
  12. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors4▲ 312×1 topic
  13. Efficiency Optimization2▲ 117×2 topics
  14. Lithium-ion Batteries2▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Thermal Analysis2▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Battery Management Systems1▲ 29×1 topic
  17. Thermal Runaway1▲ 29×1 topic
  18. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.7×6 topics
  19. Induction Heating1▲ 194×1 topic
  20. Resonant Inverters1▲ 194×1 topic
  21. Wireless Power Transfer1▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Control Systems1▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Induction Motors1▲ 70×2 topics
  24. Distributed Power Generation1▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Energy Efficiency1▲ 3.1×4 topics
  26. Frequency Selective Surfaces1▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Metasurfaces1▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Microgrid Control1▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Colorado Power Electronics (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced DC-DC Converters, Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Advanced DC-DC Converters8Advanced DC-DC Converters: 8 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…6Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 6 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semicond…4Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…1Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 1 fractional worksInduction Heating and Inverter Technology: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 1 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 1 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 1 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression: 1 fractional worksWireless Power Transfer Systems: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAerospace Engineering1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Induction Heating and Inverter Technology Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Wireless Power Transfer Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available7.5%not open92.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Colorado Power Electronics (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Colorado Power Electronics (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Colorado Power Electronics (United States)0.00014% in 20251990200020102020

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