Electrical Fault Detection and Protection
Electrical Fault Detection and Protection is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 7.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the detection and localization of arc faults in electrical systems, particularly in the context of photovoltaic systems and aircraft wiring. The research involves various methods such as reflectometry, time-domain analysis, and machine learning for identifying and pinpointing series faults in wires.
- Arc Fault
- Detection
- Localization
- Electrical Systems
- Reflectometry
- Photovoltaic Systems
- Time-Domain Analysis
- Series Faults
- Wire Diagnosis
- Aircraft Wiring
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 958 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 7.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +49% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Electrical Fault Detection and Protection research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 300 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.2k works
- 2 United States 300 works
- 3 India 201 works
- 4 Brazil 78 works
- 5 Japan 77 works
- 6 South Korea 73 works
- 7 Indonesia 72 works
- 8 ?? 71 works
- 9 Germany 69 works
- 10 Russia 66 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.
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Which institutions lead Electrical Fault Detection and Protection research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Electrical Fault Detection and Protection research, followed by State Grid Corporation of China (China) and China Southern Power Grid (China).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 91 works
- 2 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 67 works
- 3 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 63 works
- 4 Shanghai Electric (China)China 51 works
- 5 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 48 works
- 6 Electric Power Research InstituteUnited States 25 works
- 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 24 works
- 8 Wuhan UniversityChina 24 works
- 9 Sichuan UniversityChina 22 works
- 10 Fuzhou UniversityChina 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Electrical Fault Detection and Protection?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Electrical Fault Detection and Protection include Frede Blaabjerg.
- 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Electrical Fault Detection and Protection research done?
The largest centres of Electrical Fault Detection and Protection research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xi'an, Palo Alto and Beijing.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Xi'an20.8 works97×
- Palo AltoUS · 24.8 works25×
- Beijing21.8 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electrical Fault Detection and Protection than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Electrical Fault Detection and Protection?
Among universities, judged by research, Fuzhou University, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Xi'an University of Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuzhou UniversityChina | 75.4 | 17.2% | 13.0× | 22 | +133.3% |
| 2 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 69.0 | 8.1% | 19.2× | 91 | +89.0% |
| 3 | Xi'an University of TechnologyChina | 60.7 | 10.2% | 11.6× | 11 | +228.3% |
| 4 | Shandong University of TechnologyChina | 59.7 | 14.4% | 15.0× | 12 | — |
| 5 | Changsha University of Science and TechnologyChina | 55.9 | 8.1% | 19.4× | 14 | +139.6% |
| 6 | Hebei University of TechnologyChina | 51.5 | 14.1% | 9.5× | 11 | -62.4% |
| 7 | Chongqing UniversityChina | 50.6 | 9.3% | 6.7× | 21 | +114.5% |
| 8 | North China Electric Power UniversityChina | 49.4 | 2.9% | 24.2× | 48 | +19.5% |
| 9 | Hunan UniversityChina | 47.5 | 11.4% | 4.8× | 10 | +340.5% |
| 10 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 45.6 | 13.5% | 4.5× | 22 | +16.7% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Electrical Fault Detection and Protection research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 49% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Electrical Fault Detection and Protection.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.