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High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems

High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 4.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research, development, and application of Ultra High Voltage (UHV) transmission technology in China. It covers topics such as UHVDC and UHVAC transmission, reactive power optimization, series compensation, smart grid development, transformer technology, and nanoparticle applications in power systems. The research is aimed at addressing the challenges and prospects of implementing UHV transmission for building a stronger and smarter power grid in China.

  • UHV Transmission
  • Power System Technology
  • HVDC Transmission
  • Reactive Power Optimization
  • Series Compensation
  • Electrochemical Electrode
  • Grid Integrated Control
  • Transformer Technology
  • Smart Grid Development
  • Nanoparticle Applications
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
926
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-1%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems research?

By volume, China and ?? publish the most (2.5k and 163 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.5k works
  2. 2 ?? 163 works
  3. 3 United States 146 works
  4. 4 India 146 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 48 works
  6. 6 Germany 46 works
  7. 7 South Korea 43 works
  8. 8 Iran 43 works
  9. 9 Japan 38 works
  10. 10 Canada 31 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: 78.2%??: 5.1%United States: 4.5%India: 4.5%6 others listed: 7.7%78%largest
China2,522 · 78.2%??163 · 5.1%United States146 · 4.5%India146 · 4.5%6 others listed248 · 7.7%

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

Which institutions lead High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, North China Electric Power University publishes the most High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems research, followed by China Southern Power Grid (China) and State Grid Corporation of China (China).

Who are the leading researchers in High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems include Frede Blaabjerg, Rui Zhang and Marco Liserre.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
  2. 2 Rui Zhang Singapore 6k citations
  3. 3 Marco Liserre Germany 4.6k citations
  4. 4 Remus Teodorescu Denmark 4.2k citations
  5. 5 Hirofumi Akagi Japan 3.3k citations
  6. 6 Bhim Singh India 3.3k citations
  7. 7 Zhao Yang Dong Australia 3.1k citations

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

Where is High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems research done?

The largest centres of High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (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 Beijing, Palo Alto and Jilin City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 621 works
  2. 2 Guangzhou China 250 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 175 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 162 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 145 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 122 works
  7. 7 Beijing ?? 118 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 89 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 72 works
  10. 10 Jinan China 71 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Beijing117.7 works80×
  2. Palo AltoUS · 44.4 works38×
  3. Jilin CityCN · 26.1 works23×
  4. HohhotCN · 52.1 works19×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Aalborg University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Xi'an Jiaotong University 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%5%10%mean 5.73%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Aalborg University: 16, 6.7%Huazhong University of Science and Technology: 70, 7.0%Xi'an Jiaotong University: 80, 3.8%Xinjiang University: 16, 9.1%North China Electric Power University: 214, 1.9%Sichuan University: 31, 10.2%Wuhan University: 49, 4.6%Shandong University: 50, 2.1%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 35, 9.0%Chongqing University: 43, 2.9%Xinjiang UniversityHuazhong University …Aalborg UniversityXi'an Jiaotong Unive…
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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
1 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 66.96.7%9.2×16 +238.2%
2 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 63.07.0%12.8×70 -5.0%
3 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 56.93.8%14.3×80 +34.5%
4 Xinjiang UniversityChina 56.69.1%10.9×16 -78.0%
5 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 51.61.9%92.3×214 -46.6%
6 Sichuan UniversityChina 51.610.2%5.3×31 -79.3%
7 Wuhan UniversityChina 51.54.6%11.6×49 -47.0%
8 Shandong UniversityChina 49.32.1%12.1×50 +38.4%
9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 48.69.0%4.7×35 -39.0%
10 Chongqing UniversityChina 45.82.9%11.3×43 -46.7%

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 High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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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.