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Microgrid Control and Optimization

Microgrid Control and Optimization is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 74k research works in it since 1951. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the control, synchronization, and management of microgrid systems, with an emphasis on distributed power generation, energy storage technologies, and grid integration of renewable energy sources. The research covers various aspects such as voltage and frequency control, decentralized control strategies, virtual synchronous generators, and the application of power electronics in smart grid environments.

  • Microgrid Control
  • Distributed Power Generation
  • Energy Storage Systems
  • Grid Synchronization
  • Renewable Energy Integration
  • Power Electronics
  • Voltage and Frequency Control
  • Decentralized Control
  • Virtual Synchronous Generators
  • Smart Grid Applications
Research works
74k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
7.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Microgrid Control and Optimization

Which countries lead Microgrid Control and Optimization research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (8.3k and 4.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 8.3k works
  2. 2 India 4.1k works
  3. 3 United States 1.7k works
  4. 4 Iran 709 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 475 works
  6. 6 Germany 451 works
  7. 7 Australia 442 works
  8. 8 Brazil 436 works
  9. 9 Italy 400 works
  10. 10 Spain 398 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: 47.7%India: 23.5%United States: 9.6%Iran: 4.1%6 others listed: 15.0%48%largest
China8,266 · 47.7%India4,078 · 23.5%United States1,669 · 9.6%Iran709 · 4.1%6 others listed2,602 · 15.0%

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

Which institutions lead Microgrid Control and Optimization research?

By volume in 2022-now, North China Electric Power University publishes the most Microgrid Control and Optimization research, followed by State Grid Corporation of China (China) and China Southern Power Grid (China).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 410 works
  2. 2 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 400 works
  3. 3 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 242 works
  4. 4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 241 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 239 works
  6. 6 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 214 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Electric (China)China 213 works
  8. 8 Shandong UniversityChina 211 works
  9. 9 Southeast UniversityChina 185 works
  10. 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 185 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microgrid Control and Optimization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microgrid Control and Optimization include Wei Huang, Kai You Wang and Frede Blaabjerg.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  4. 4 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  5. 5 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  6. 6 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k citations
  7. 7 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  8. 8 Seyedali Mirjalili Australia 154k citations
  9. 9 Menachem Elimelech United States 151k citations
  10. 10 Huan Liu Australia 148k 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 Microgrid Control and Optimization?

The most cited paper in Microgrid Control and Optimization is "Overview of Control and Grid Synchronization for Distributed Power Generation Systems" (Frede Blaabjerg, Remus Teodorescu, Marco Liserre et al., 2006), with 5,226 citations. Next come "Network reconfiguration in distribution systems for loss reduction and load balancing" (5,071) and "Hierarchical Control of Droop-Controlled AC and DC Microgrids—A General Approach Toward Standardization" (5,048).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Overview of Control and Grid Synchronization for Distributed Power Generation Systems Frede Blaabjerg, Remus Teodorescu, Marco Liserre et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Oct 2006 5,226
2 Network reconfiguration in distribution systems for loss reduction and load balancing Mesut E. Baran, F.F. Wu · IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery Apr 1989 5,071
3 Hierarchical Control of Droop-Controlled AC and DC Microgrids—A General Approach Toward Standardization Josep Maria Guerrero, Juan C. Vásquez, J. Matas et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 18 Aug 2010 5,048
4 Power-Electronic Systems for the Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources: A Survey Juan Manuel Carrasco, Leopoldo G. Franquelo, Jan T. Białasiewicz et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Open access Jun 2006 4,036
5 Overview of current development in electrical energy storage technologies and the application potential in power system operation Xing Luo, Jihong Wang, Mark Dooner et al. · Applied Energy Open access 16 Oct 2014 3,850
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Microgrid Control and Optimization research done?

The largest centres of Microgrid Control and Optimization research in 2022-now 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 Aswān, Baishan and Pereira.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1.4k works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 623 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 606 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 495 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 450 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 386 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 331 works
  8. 8 ChengduChina 316 works
  9. 9 New DelhiIndia 283 works
  10. 10 JinanChina 282 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AswānEG · 52.3 works28×
  2. BaishanCN · 22.3 works26×
  3. PereiraCO · 26.0 works24×
  4. TādepallegūdemIN · 30.1 works20×
  5. YangpuCN · 88.7 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microgrid Control and Optimization than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microgrid Control and Optimization?

Among universities, judged by research, North China Electric Power University, Khalifa University of Science and Technology and Aalborg University score highest, combining citation 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 21.31%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Khalifa University o…King Fahd University…Aalborg UniversityNorth China Electric…
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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.

Citation 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
1North China Electric Power UniversityChina 60.710.5%28.8×410 +20.2%
2Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyUnited Arab Emirates 60.622.4%9.5×48 +41.5%
3Aalborg UniversityDenmark 60.018.9%14.8×179 -39.7%
4King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 59.620.2%9.7×71 +42.6%
5Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 59.121.3%3.2×59 +61.3%
6Future University in EgyptEgypt 59.132.1%12.0×14 +22.4%
7King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 59.026.1%2.7×31 +31.8%
8Universidad de JaénSpain 57.629.1%8.0×27 +78.0%
9Zhejiang UniversityChina 56.711.0%4.2×239 +28.9%
10Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 56.721.5%4.8×26 +192.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Microgrid Control and Optimization, country by country

Is Microgrid Control and Optimization research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Microgrid Control and Optimization.

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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 Microgrid Control and Optimization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.088% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Microgrid Control and Optimization 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%Microgrid Control and Optimization9.6% 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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