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Powertech Labs (Canada)

In research, Powertech Labs (Canada) stands highest in Engineering (#3,984 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,211 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#32,000
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#657
of 718
Research works
192
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.7k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Powertech Labs (Canada)

What is Powertech Labs (Canada) 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 #3,984 of 9,532 12.1%152
Physical SciencesDomain #9,211 of 17,446 12.4%186

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Powertech Labs (Canada) 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 Powertech Labs (Canada) work in?

In all years, 97% of research at Powertech Labs (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (79%), Materials Science (8%), Physics and Astronomy (4%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 186 fractional works · 97.1% of its workEngineering: 152 fractional works · 79.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 73 fractional works · 38.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPowertech Labs(Canada)192fractional works, all years
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 all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering15279.4%
    2. Materials Science157.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy73.6%
    4. Energy42.3%
    5. Computer Science31.6%
    6. Environmental Science31.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    8. Chemistry10.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences20.9%
    2. Social Sciences20.8%
    3. Psychology10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Chemical Engineering: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 7.50× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.71× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy7.50×1 works
  2. Engineering4.71×10 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.58×0 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.31×0 works
  5. Materials Science0.79×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.79×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.73×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.73×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.15×0 works
  10. Medicine0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Powertech Labs (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, M.B. Hughes, Kip Morison and Saeed Arabi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Powertech Labs (Canada).

  1. 1 M.B. Hughes Canada · #1,224,218 worldwide 555 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Kip Morison Canada · #1,301,465 worldwide 989 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Saeed Arabi Canada · #1,620,099 worldwide 407 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Ali Moshref Canada · #1,820,842 worldwide 739 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 K. Abdolall Canada · #4,119,293 worldwide 135 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Gouri S. Bhuyan Canada · #4,238,212 worldwide 1.4k citations · 55 works
  7. 7 V. Buchholz Canada · #4,242,321 worldwide 95 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Ron Garrett Canada · #4,744,945 worldwide 102 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Powertech Labs (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Powertech Labs (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Powertech Labs (Canada) is "Review of condition assessment of power transformers in service" (May Dongmei Wang, A.J. Vandermaar, Krishan D. Srivastava, 2002), with 961 citations. Next come "Hydrokinetic energy conversion systems and assessment of horizontal and vertical axis turbines for river and tidal applications: A technology status review" (833) and "Power system security assessment" (396).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Review of condition assessment of power transformers in service May Dongmei Wang, A.J. Vandermaar, Krishan D. Srivastava · IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine Nov 2002 961
2 Hydrokinetic energy conversion systems and assessment of horizontal and vertical axis turbines for river and tidal applications: A technology status review M.J. Khan, Gouri S. Bhuyan, M. Tariq Iqbal et al. · Applied Energy 2 Apr 2009 833
3 Power system security assessment Kip Morison, L. Wang, Prabha Kundur · IEEE Power and Energy Magazine Sep 2004 396
4 Dynamic reduction of large power systems for stability studies L. Wang, Mark Klein, Solomon Yirga et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems May 1997 199
5 Towards the development of a systematic approach for voltage stability assessment of large-scale power systems B. Gao, G.K. Morison, Prabha Kundur · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 1996 198
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Powertech Labs (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smart Grid Applications, Control Systems, Power Electronics, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Phasor Measurement Units, Power System Stability and Fault Detection.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Smart Grid Applications21▲ 118×2 topics
  2. Control Systems21▲ 42×3 topics
  3. Power Electronics20▲ 37×6 topics
  4. Renewable Energy20▲ 10×16 topics
  5. Smart Grid18▲ 32×8 topics
  6. Phasor Measurement Units17▲ 337×1 topic
  7. Power System Stability17▲ 337×1 topic
  8. Fault Detection16▲ 71×3 topics
  9. Control Strategies16▲ 63×4 topics
  10. Machine Learning13▲ 3.2×12 topics
  11. Voltage Control13▲ 124×2 topics
  12. HVDC Transmission12▲ 137×2 topics
  13. Distributed Generation11▲ 94×3 topics
  14. Offshore Wind Farms11▲ 123×2 topics
  15. Power Systems11▲ 67×2 topics
  16. Wavelet Transform10▲ 28×3 topics
  17. Nanocomposites10▲ 6.8×3 topics
  18. Dielectrics10▲ 145×1 topic
  19. Polymer10▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Modular Multilevel Converters10▲ 189×1 topic
  21. Voltage Source Converters10▲ 189×1 topic
  22. Power System9▲ 42×4 topics
  23. Electrical Systems9▲ 110×2 topics
  24. Dissolved Gas Analysis8▲ 212×1 topic
  25. Frequency Response Analysis8▲ 212×1 topic
  26. Smart Grids8▲ 120×2 topics
  27. Energy Storage8▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Wind Power7▲ 50×3 topics
  29. Microgrid7▲ 198×1 topic
  30. Protection7▲ 198×1 topic
  31. Cyber-Physical Systems6▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Detection6▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Security6▲ 7.8×3 topics
  34. Photovoltaic Systems6▲ 50×3 topics
  35. Privacy6▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Renewable Energy Integration6▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Communication Networks6▲ 105×1 topic
  38. False Data Injection Attacks6▲ 105×1 topic
  39. Arc Fault5▲ 226×1 topic
  40. Localization5▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Powertech Labs (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: HVDC Systems and Fault Protection, Digital Transformation in Industry, Power System Optimization and Stability and Microgrid Control and Optimization.

HVDC Systems and Fault P…1HVDC Systems and Fault Protection: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…1Digital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional worksPower System Optimization and Stability: 1 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…1Microgrid Control and Optimization: 1 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technol…1Smart Cities and Technologies: 1 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy …1Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 1 fractional worksE-Government and Public …1E-Government and Public Services: 1 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 1 fractional worksElectrical Fault Detection and Protection: 0 fractional worksOptimal Power Flow Distribution: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringMedia Technology2 others

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

  1. 1 HVDC Systems and Fault Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Power System Optimization and Stability Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 1 works
  7. 7 E-Government and Public Services Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Electrical Fault Detection and Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Optimal Power Flow Distribution Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 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 available6.1%not open93.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Powertech Labs (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Powertech Labs (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000054% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Powertech Labs (Canada)0.000094% in 20251990200020102020

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