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Multilevel Inverters and Converters

Multilevel Inverters and Converters is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 49k research works in it since 1950. 12.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the design, control, and applications of multilevel converters in power electronics, with an emphasis on renewable energy integration, voltage source inverters, medium voltage drives, PWM strategies, fault tolerance, photovoltaic systems, and electric aircraft.

  • Multilevel Converters
  • Power Electronics
  • Model Predictive Control
  • Renewable Energy Integration
  • Voltage Source Inverters
  • Medium Voltage Drives
  • PWM Strategies
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Photovoltaic Systems
  • Electric Aircraft
Research works
49k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
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Which countries lead Multilevel Inverters and Converters research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.7k and 2.3k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.7k works
  2. 2 India 2.3k works
  3. 3 United States 729 works
  4. 4 South Korea 349 works
  5. 5 Iran 344 works
  6. 6 Brazil 243 works
  7. 7 Japan 233 works
  8. 8 Canada 225 works
  9. 9 Italy 215 works
  10. 10 Germany 206 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: 43.1%India: 27.0%United States: 8.5%South Korea: 4.1%6 others listed: 17.2%43%largest
China3,675 · 43.1%India2,306 · 27.0%United States729 · 8.5%South Korea349 · 4.1%6 others listed1,466 · 17.2%

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

Which institutions lead Multilevel Inverters and Converters research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Multilevel Inverters and Converters research, followed by Zhejiang University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harbin Institute of Technology China 159 works
  2. 2 Zhejiang University China 129 works
  3. 3 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 124 works
  4. 4 Southeast University China 102 works
  5. 5 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India 94 works
  6. 6 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 93 works
  7. 7 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 90 works
  8. 8 Southwest Jiaotong University China 87 works
  9. 9 Shandong University China 80 works
  10. 10 Aalborg University Denmark 72 works

Who are the leading researchers in Multilevel Inverters and Converters?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Multilevel Inverters and Converters include Frede Blaabjerg, José Rodríguez and Josep M. Guerrero.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg 12k citations
  2. 2 José Rodríguez 6.8k citations
  3. 3 Josep M. Guerrero 5.6k citations
  4. 4 Marco Liserre 4.6k citations
  5. 5 Remus Teodorescu 4.2k citations
  6. 6 Fang Zheng Peng 3.7k citations
  7. 7 T.Α. Lipo 3.5k citations
  8. 8 Manfred Morari 3.4k citations
  9. 9 Z. Q. Zhu 3.4k citations
  10. 10 Hirofumi Akagi 3.3k citations

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

Where is Multilevel Inverters and Converters research done?

The largest centres of Multilevel Inverters and Converters research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Wuhan (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tādepallegūdem.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 479 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 297 works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 243 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 242 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 235 works
  6. 6 Chennai India 209 works
  7. 7 Harbin China 206 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 177 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 175 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 152 works

Where it is the local speciality

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Multilevel Inverters and Converters than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Multilevel Inverters and Converters?

Among universities, judged by research, Aalborg University, Khalifa University of Science and Technology and Aswan 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%10%20%30%mean 14.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Aalborg University: 72, 14.7%Khalifa University of Science and Technology: 23, 19.4%Aswan University: 14, 14.2%Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur: 39, 10.9%Universidad Andrés Bello: 9, 26.5%National Institute of Technology Karnataka: 39, 8.5%University of Tabriz: 41, 12.6%Southwest Jiaotong University: 87, 12.1%Southeast University: 102, 11.0%San Sebastián University: 25, 15.1%Khalifa University o…Aalborg UniversityAswan UniversityMalaviya National In…
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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
1Aalborg University Denmark 70.014.7%12.2×72 +146.0%
2Khalifa University of Science and Technology United Arab Emirates 67.319.4%8.3×23 +656.4%
3Aswan University Egypt 62.314.2%14.0×14 +247.5%
4Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur India 61.410.9%21.1×39 +1027.0%
5Universidad Andrés Bello Chile 59.926.5%9.4×9
6National Institute of Technology Karnataka India 59.18.5%18.4×39 +465.0%
7University of Tabriz Iran 58.912.6%15.1×41 +78.4%
8Southwest Jiaotong University China 58.612.1%9.9×87 +41.8%
9Southeast University China 58.511.0%6.6×102 +161.2%
10San Sebastián University Chile 57.815.1%31.2×25

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 Multilevel Inverters and Converters research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Multilevel Inverters and Converters.

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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.