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Induction Heating and Inverter Technology

Induction Heating and Inverter Technology is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 21k 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 covers the technology, control algorithms, and applications of induction heating, with a focus on resonant inverters, high-frequency applications, efficiency optimization, and thermal analysis. It explores various aspects such as domestic appliances, power electronics, multi-coil systems, and induction cooking.

  • Induction Heating
  • Resonant Inverters
  • High-Frequency Applications
  • Efficiency Optimization
  • Control Algorithms
  • Domestic Appliances
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Power Electronics
  • Multi-Coil Systems
  • Induction Cooking
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+45%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Induction Heating and Inverter Technology

Which countries lead Induction Heating and Inverter Technology research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.3k and 464 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 India 464 works
  3. 3 United States 295 works
  4. 4 Russia 166 works
  5. 5 Japan 163 works
  6. 6 South Korea 115 works
  7. 7 Germany 115 works
  8. 8 Iran 99 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 92 works
  10. 10 Italy 92 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: 45.5%India: 15.8%United States: 10.0%Russia: 5.7%6 others listed: 23.0%46%largest
China1,336 · 45.5%India464 · 15.8%United States295 · 10.0%Russia166 · 5.7%6 others listed676 · 23.0%

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

Which institutions lead Induction Heating and Inverter Technology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Southeast University publishes the most Induction Heating and Inverter Technology research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Xi'an Jiaotong University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Southeast UniversityChina 47 works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 42 works
  3. 3 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 41 works
  4. 4 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 39 works
  5. 5 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 38 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 38 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 31 works
  8. 8 Technical University of SofiaBulgaria 27 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 22 works
  10. 10 Hunan UniversityChina 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Induction Heating and Inverter Technology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Induction Heating and Inverter Technology include Frede Blaabjerg.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k 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 Induction Heating and Inverter Technology?

The most cited paper in Induction Heating and Inverter Technology is "Pulse width modulation for power converters principles and practice" (Donald Grahame Holmes, Thomas Anthony Lipo, 2003), with 2,329 citations. Next come "A comparison of half-bridge resonant converter topologies" (1,965) and "A NEW MODEL FOR SINGLE-LAYER DRYING" (1,557).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pulse width modulation for power converters principles and practice Donald Grahame Holmes, Thomas Anthony Lipo 2003 2,329
2 A comparison of half-bridge resonant converter topologies R.L. Steigerwald · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Apr 1988 1,965
3 A NEW MODEL FOR SINGLE-LAYER DRYING Adnan Mi̇di̇lli̇, H. Kucuk, Ziya Yapar · Drying Technology 23 Jul 2002 1,557
4 Generalized Techniques of Harmonic Elimination and Voltage Control in Thyristor Inverters: Part I--Harmonic Elimination Hasmukh S. Patel, Richard Gibson Hoft · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications May 1973 1,227
5 Evolution and Modern Approaches for Thermal Analysis of Electrical Machines Aldo Boglietti, Andrea Cavagnino, David Alan Staton et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Open access Mar 2009 989
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Where is Induction Heating and Inverter Technology research done?

The largest centres of Induction Heating and Inverter Technology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 196 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 135 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 91 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 76 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 75 works
  6. 6 HarbinChina 61 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 56 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 56 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 55 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 48 works
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Where is the best place to study Induction Heating and Inverter Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, Southeast University and Harbin Institute 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.

0%20%40%mean 20.39%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityHuazhong University …Southeast UniversityHarbin Institute of …
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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
1Jiangsu UniversityChina 72.837.9%6.1×18 +30.4%
2Southeast UniversityChina 71.517.6%8.8×47 +358.8%
3Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64.717.0%7.0×42 +109.4%
4Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 63.118.3%5.8×38 +125.6%
5Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 62.513.3%12.2×39 +123.7%
6Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 62.115.2%6.5×41 +186.2%
7Hunan UniversityChina 61.025.9%8.2×21 +334.1%
8University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom 59.119.4%6.2×17 +15.0%
9Zhejiang UniversityChina 58.715.8%3.9×38 +256.8%
10University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom 57.123.5%6.7×13 +58.1%

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 Induction Heating and Inverter Technology, country by country

Is Induction Heating and Inverter Technology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Induction Heating and Inverter Technology.

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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 Induction Heating and Inverter Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Induction Heating and Inverter Technology 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.

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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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