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Varentec (United States)

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Research works
23
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
476
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
0%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Varentec (United States)

Not ranked overall: Varentec (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Varentec (United States) work in?

In all years, 93% of research at Varentec (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (92%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%), Energy (1%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 93.4% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 91.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 71.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 16.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKVarentec (UnitedStates)23fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences93%Social Sciences7%

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 2 domains and 3 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2191.9%
    2. Energy01.5%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting26.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Varentec (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 20.9 works6.3×
  2. Physical SciencesDomain · 21.2 works2.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

Who are the top researchers at Varentec (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Hong Chun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Varentec (United States).

  1. 1 Hong Chun United States · #4,907,467 worldwide 96 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Varentec (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Varentec (United States)?

The most cited paper from Varentec (United States) is "Review of Challenges and Research Opportunities for Voltage Control in Smart Grids" (Hongbin Sun, Qinglai Guo, Junjian Qi et al., 2019), with 498 citations. Next come "Soft-Switching Solid-State Transformer (S4T)" (157) and "Dyna-C: A Minimal Topology for Bidirectional Solid-State Transformers" (85).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Review of Challenges and Research Opportunities for Voltage Control in Smart Grids Hongbin Sun, Qinglai Guo, Junjian Qi et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Open access 6 Feb 2019 498
2 Soft-Switching Solid-State Transformer (S4T) Hao Chen, Deepak M. Divan · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 24 May 2017 157
3 Dyna-C: A Minimal Topology for Bidirectional Solid-State Transformers Hao Chen, Anish Prasai, Deepak M. Divan · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 29 Mar 2016 85
4 Design of a 10-kV·A Soft-Switching Solid-State Transformer (S4T) Hao Chen, Deepak M. Divan · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 7 Sep 2017 76
5 A 50 kVA Three-Phase Solid State Transformer Based on the Minimal Topology: Dyna-C Hao Chen, Anish Prasai, Rohit Moghe et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2016 72
All 40 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Varentec (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Smart Grid Applications, Renewable Energy, Voltage Control, Distributed Power Generation, Microgrid Control and Smart Grid.

▲ 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Power Electronics10▲ 155×5 topics
  2. Renewable Energy Integration8▲ 139×4 topics
  3. Smart Grid Applications5▲ 220×2 topics
  4. Renewable Energy5▲ 20×4 topics
  5. Voltage Control3▲ 266×2 topics
  6. Distributed Power Generation3▲ 215×1 topic
  7. Microgrid Control3▲ 215×1 topic
  8. Electric Vehicle Charging3▲ 195×2 topics
  9. Smart Grid3▲ 45×3 topics
  10. DC-DC Converters3▲ 262×1 topic
  11. Energy Management3▲ 110×2 topics
  12. High-Frequency Power Conversion3▲ 262×1 topic
  13. Demand Response3▲ 215×1 topic
  14. Distributed Generation3▲ 181×3 topics
  15. Electricity Markets3▲ 215×1 topic
  16. Thermal Management2▲ 35×2 topics
  17. HVDC Transmission2▲ 202×2 topics
  18. Fault Detection2▲ 69×2 topics
  19. Photovoltaic Systems2▲ 128×2 topics
  20. Reliability2▲ 94×1 topic
  21. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors2▲ 194×1 topic
  22. Model Predictive Control2▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Multilevel Converters2▲ 173×1 topic
  24. Power Systems2▲ 97×2 topics
  25. Distribution Systems2▲ 255×1 topic
  26. Modular Multilevel Converters2▲ 278×1 topic
  27. Optimal Power Flow2▲ 255×1 topic
  28. Voltage Source Converters2▲ 278×1 topic
  29. Phasor Measurement Units1▲ 235×1 topic
  30. Power System Stability1▲ 235×1 topic

Which research topics does Varentec (United States) publish most on?

By volume: Microgrid Control and Optimization, Advanced DC-DC Converters, Smart Grid Energy Management and Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies.

Microgrid Control and Optimization: 3 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 3 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Manage…3Smart Grid Energy Management: 3 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semicond…2Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 2 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 2 fractional worksOptimal Power Flow Distribution: 2 fractional worksHVDC Systems and Fault P…2HVDC Systems and Fault Protection: 2 fractional worksPower System Optimization and Stability: 1 fractional worksIslanding Detection in Power Systems: 1 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 0 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringManagement of Technology and Innovation

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

  1. 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Optimal Power Flow Distribution Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 HVDC Systems and Fault Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Power System Optimization and Stability Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Islanding Detection in Power Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 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 available0.4%not open99.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.5%domestic only95.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Varentec (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

201020152020
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