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Electric Power Systems and Control

Electric Power Systems and Control is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on electric drives, energy efficiency, control systems, reliability, power supply, semiconductor converters, nanotechnology, optimization, traction drives, and mathematical modeling in the context of industrial applications.

  • Electric Drives
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Control Systems
  • Reliability
  • Power Supply
  • Semiconductor Converters
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optimization
  • Traction Drive
  • Mathematical Modeling
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Electric Power Systems and Control

Which countries lead Electric Power Systems and Control research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (1.2k and 602 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 602 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 345 works
  4. 4 United States 212 works
  5. 5 Uzbekistan 150 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 126 works
  7. 7 India 111 works
  8. 8 Germany 67 works
  9. 9 Bulgaria 66 works
  10. 10 Poland 62 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Russia: 41.6%China: 20.2%Ukraine: 11.6%United States: 7.1%6 others listed: 19.5%42%largest
Russia1,242 · 41.6%China602 · 20.2%Ukraine345 · 11.6%United States212 · 7.1%6 others listed581 · 19.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Electric Power Systems and Control research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Electric Power Systems and Control research, followed by Moscow Power Engineering Institute and Novosibirsk State Technical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 88 works
  2. 2 Moscow Power Engineering InstituteRussia 76 works
  3. 3 Novosibirsk State Technical UniversityRussia 47 works
  4. 4 Kazan State Power Engineering UniversityRussia 45 works
  5. 5 Tashkent State Transport UniversityUzbekistan 38 works
  6. 6 Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam KarimovUzbekistan 35 works
  7. 7 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine 33 works
  8. 8 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 31 works
  9. 9 National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Ukraine 31 works
  10. 10 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityRussia 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electric Power Systems and Control?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electric Power Systems and Control include Frede Blaabjerg, K. Satô and J. Qian.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  2. 2 K. Satô France 148k citations
  3. 3 J. Qian France 133k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Electric Power Systems and Control?

The most cited paper in Electric Power Systems and Control is "Estimating the Voltage Stability of a Power System" (P. Kessel, H. Glavitsch, 1986), with 1,116 citations. Next come "Digital Economy as a Factor in the Technological Development of the Mineral Sector" (563) and "Analysis and design of current regulators using complex vectors" (483).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimating the Voltage Stability of a Power System P. Kessel, H. Glavitsch · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery 1986 1,116
2 Digital Economy as a Factor in the Technological Development of the Mineral Sector Vladimir S. Litvinenko · Natural Resources Research Open access 23 Oct 2019 563
3 Analysis and design of current regulators using complex vectors Fernando Briz, Michael W. Degner, R. D. Lorenz · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications Open access 2000 483
4 Microcomputer Control for Sensorless Brushless Motor Kenichi IIZUKA, Hideo Uzuhashi, Minoru Kano et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications May 1985 449
5 The calculation of the temperature rise and load capability of cable systems Jack Neher, M. H. McGrath · Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Part III Power Apparatus and Systems Apr 1957 439
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Electric Power Systems and Control research done?

The largest centres of Electric Power Systems and Control research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Beijing (China) and Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Magnitogorsk, Cheboksary and Ivanovo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 292 works
  2. 2 Saint PetersburgRussia 156 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 111 works
  4. 4 TashkentUzbekistan 105 works
  5. 5 KyivUkraine 88 works
  6. 6 KharkivUkraine 73 works
  7. 7 NovosibirskRussia 59 works
  8. 8 Kazan’Russia 58 works
  9. 9 IrkutskRussia 52 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MagnitogorskRU · 22.4 works185×
  2. CheboksaryRU · 29.7 works115×
  3. IvanovoRU · 21.9 works66×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electric Power Systems and Control than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Electric Power Systems and Control?

Among universities, judged by research, Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov, Tashkent State Transport University and Navoi State Mining Institute score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 23.46%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Navoi State Mining I…AGH University of Kr…Tashkent State Techn…Tashkent State Trans…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam KarimovUzbekistan 72.825.7%141.5×35 +17.3%
2Tashkent State Transport UniversityUzbekistan 65.521.7%196.7×38 +139.7%
3Navoi State Mining InstituteUzbekistan 63.538.0%148.6×8 +139.1%
4AGH University of KrakowPoland 58.629.6%6.8×8 +26.9%
5Zhejiang UniversityChina 53.730.6%1.7×14 +354.7%
6Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityRussia 51.930.0%109.1×20 -56.7%
7Moscow Power Engineering InstituteRussia 48.88.5%159.8×76 -32.4%
8Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 48.523.8%5.7×11 +143.2%
9Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 48.221.6%2.7×16 +637.1%
10South Ural State UniversityRussia 47.85.1%63.6×24 -69.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Electric Power Systems and Control, country by country

Is Electric Power Systems and Control research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Electric Power Systems and Control.

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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 Electric Power Systems and Control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Electric Power Systems and Control over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Electric Power Systems and Control10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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