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Frequency Control in Power Systems

Frequency Control in Power Systems is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1954. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on Load Frequency Control (LFC) in power systems, particularly in the context of integrating renewable energy sources and operating in deregulated environments. It covers topics such as automatic generation control, intelligent and decentralized control strategies, optimization techniques, and the impact of energy storage on frequency regulation.

  • Load Frequency Control
  • Automatic Generation Control
  • Renewable Energy
  • Power System
  • Frequency Regulation
  • Intelligent Control
  • Decentralized Control
  • Optimization
  • Deregulated Environment
  • Energy Storage
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+73%
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Which countries lead Frequency Control in Power Systems research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.2k and 690 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 India 690 works
  3. 3 United States 151 works
  4. 4 Iran 97 works
  5. 5 Egypt 94 works
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia 73 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 59 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 55 works
  9. 9 ?? 52 works
  10. 10 Algeria 51 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.

China: 48.0%India: 27.1%United States: 5.9%Iran: 3.8%6 others listed: 15.1%48%largest
China1,220 · 48.0%India690 · 27.1%United States151 · 5.9%Iran97 · 3.8%6 others listed384 · 15.1%

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

Which institutions lead Frequency Control in Power Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, North China Electric Power University publishes the most Frequency Control in Power Systems research, followed by China Southern Power Grid (China) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 North China Electric Power University China 63 works
  2. 2 China Southern Power Grid (China) China 33 works
  3. 3 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 33 works
  4. 4 State Grid Corporation of China (China) China 32 works
  5. 5 Tsinghua University China 29 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 28 works
  7. 7 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 27 works
  8. 8 Southeast University China 27 works
  9. 9 National Institute of Technology Patna India 27 works
  10. 10 National Institute Of Technology Silchar India 25 works

Who are the leading researchers in Frequency Control in Power Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Frequency Control in Power Systems include Frede Blaabjerg, Josep M. Guerrero and Huan Liu.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg 12k citations
  2. 2 Josep M. Guerrero 5.6k citations
  3. 3 Huan Liu 4.9k citations
  4. 4 Zidong Wang 4.4k citations
  5. 5 Remus Teodorescu 4.2k citations
  6. 6 Frank L. Lewis 3.8k citations
  7. 7 Shi Xue Dou 3.5k citations
  8. 8 Bhim Singh 3.3k citations
  9. 9 David J. Hill 2.9k citations
  10. 10 Pedro Rodríguez 2.8k citations

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

Where is Frequency Control in Power Systems research done?

The largest centres of Frequency Control in Power Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Silchar, Patna and Dhahran.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 214 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 98 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 89 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 81 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 71 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 66 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 53 works
  8. 8 Bhubaneswar India 49 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 38 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 36 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SilcharIN · 25.7 works32×
  2. PatnaIN · 31.2 works23×
  3. DhahranSA · 25.6 works17×
  4. BhubaneswarIN · 49.2 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Frequency Control in Power Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Frequency Control in Power Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Aswan University, National Institute of Technology Patna and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 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 26.81%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Aswan University: 14, 30.7%National Institute of Technology Patna: 26, 36.6%King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: 24, 25.3%Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology: 17, 20.7%Nanyang Technological University: 9, 44.8%Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur: 9, 27.6%KIIT University: 14, 18.0%Khalifa University of Science and Technology: 9, 28.2%North China Electric Power University: 63, 9.4%Northeastern University: 22, 26.8%National Institute o…Aswan UniversityKing Fahd University…Veer Surendra Sai Un…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Aswan University Egypt 71.430.7%52.5×14 +521.5%
2National Institute of Technology Patna India 67.036.6%56.7×26
3King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia 61.625.3%21.2×24 +21.6%
4Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology India 60.520.7%81.6×17 +270.4%
5Nanyang Technological University Singapore 59.844.8%3.6×9 +516.1%
6Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur India 59.127.6%16.7×9 +250.6%
7KIIT University India 57.918.0%16.8×14 +384.8%
8Khalifa University of Science and Technology United Arab Emirates 57.728.2%11.9×9
9North China Electric Power University China 57.09.4%28.9×63 +55.7%
10Northeastern University China 55.626.8%7.6×22 +114.0%

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 Frequency Control in Power Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Frequency Control in Power Systems.

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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.

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.