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Researcher · Virginia Tech · United States

James S. Thorp

James S. Thorp publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Power System Optimization and Stability, Power Systems Fault Detection and HVDC Systems and Fault Protection.

OpenAlex
World rank
#72,780
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#28,081
of 1,627,098
Works
328
Citations
18k
Citations per work
55.0
h-index
61
i10-index 172Top 0.8% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
James S. Thorp

What does James S. Thorp research?

James S. Thorp's work is mostly in Engineering (71%), Computer Science (6%), Physics and Astronomy (4%).

Physical Sciences: 267 works · 81.5% of their workEngineering: 234 works · 71.4% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 136 works · 41.6% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 91 works · 27.8% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 works · 2.0% of their workComputer Science: 21 works · 6.4% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 11 works · 3.3% of their workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 works · 3.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 works · 3.7% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 61 works · 18.5% of their workTHEIR WORKJames S. Thorp328works
Physical Sciences82%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering23471.4%
    2. Computer Science216.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy123.7%
  2. Everything else6118.5%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering42% of their works
  2. 2Control and Systems Engineering28% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics4% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence3% of their works
  5. 5Computer Networks and Communications3% of their works
  6. 6Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James S. Thorp's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Distributed Generation, Fault Detection, Smart Grid Applications, Phasor Measurement Units, Power System Stability, Microgrid, Protection and Voltage Control.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Distributed Generation1603 topics
  2. Fault Detection1602 topics
  3. Smart Grid Applications1602 topics
  4. Phasor Measurement Units1451 topic
  5. Power System Stability1451 topic
  6. Microgrid1031 topic
  7. Protection1031 topic
  8. Voltage Control952 topics
  9. Power Electronics722 topics
  10. HVDC Transmission571 topic
  11. Modular Multilevel Converters571 topic
  12. Cyber-Physical Systems531 topic
  13. Smart Grid531 topic
  14. Distribution Systems381 topic
  15. Optimal Power Flow381 topic
  16. Anti-Islanding Schemes191 topic
  17. Islanding Detection191 topic
  18. Reliability Evaluation181 topic
  19. Wind Power181 topic
  20. Distributed Power Generation151 topic
  21. Microgrid Control151 topic

Where does James S. Thorp work?

James S. Thorp's main affiliation in the publication record is Virginia Tech, United States.

How many publications and citations does James S. Thorp have?

OpenAlex counts 328 works and 18,043 citations for James S. Thorp, an h-index of 61, ranking #72,780 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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