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% the tick is no change
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 China 3.7k works
- 2 India 2.3k works
- 3 United States 729 works
- 4 South Korea 349 works
- 5 Iran 344 works
- 6 Brazil 243 works
- 7 Japan 233 works
- 8 Canada 225 works
- 9 Italy 215 works
- 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.
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 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 159 works
- 2 Zhejiang UniversityChina 129 works
- 3 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 124 works
- 4 Southeast UniversityChina 102 works
- 5 Indian Institute of Technology DelhiIndia 94 works
- 6 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 93 works
- 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 90 works
- 8 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 87 works
- 9 Shandong UniversityChina 80 works
- 10 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 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 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
- 2 José Rodríguez Chile 6.8k citations
- 3 Josep M. Guerrero Denmark 5.6k citations
- 4 Marco Liserre Germany 4.6k citations
- 5 Remus Teodorescu Denmark 4.2k citations
- 6 Fang Zheng Peng United States 3.7k citations
- 7 T.Α. Lipo United States 3.5k citations
- 8 Manfred Morari Switzerland 3.4k citations
- 9 Z. Q. Zhu United Kingdom 3.4k citations
- 10 Hirofumi Akagi Japan 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
Where it is the local speciality
- TādepallegūdemIN · 24.6 works35×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Multilevel Inverters and Converters than the world average.
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aalborg UniversityDenmark | 70.0 | 14.7% | 12.2× | 72 | +146.0% |
| 2 | Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyUnited Arab Emirates | 67.3 | 19.4% | 8.3× | 23 | +656.4% |
| 3 | Aswan UniversityEgypt | 62.3 | 14.2% | 14.0× | 14 | +247.5% |
| 4 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurIndia | 61.4 | 10.9% | 21.1× | 39 | +1027.0% |
| 5 | Universidad Andrés BelloChile | 59.9 | 26.5% | 9.4× | 9 | — |
| 6 | National Institute of Technology KarnatakaIndia | 59.1 | 8.5% | 18.4× | 39 | +465.0% |
| 7 | University of TabrizIran | 58.9 | 12.6% | 15.1× | 41 | +78.4% |
| 8 | Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina | 58.6 | 12.1% | 9.9× | 87 | +41.8% |
| 9 | Southeast UniversityChina | 58.5 | 11.0% | 6.6× | 102 | +161.2% |
| 10 | San Sebastián UniversityChile | 57.8 | 15.1% | 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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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.