Power Systems Fault Detection
Power Systems Fault Detection is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 11.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and implementation of adaptive protection schemes for microgrids with high penetration of distributed generation. The research covers topics such as fault detection, relay coordination, optimal protection coordination, fault location using wavelet transform and artificial neural network, and the impact of distributed generation on protective device coordination.
- Microgrid
- Protection
- Fault Detection
- Distributed Generation
- Relay Coordination
- Wavelet Transform
- Artificial Neural Network
- Optimal Coordination
- Fault Location
- Smart Grids
- Research works
- 20k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +39% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Power Systems Fault Detection research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.8k and 673 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.8k works
- 2 India 673 works
- 3 United States 315 works
- 4 Iran 157 works
- 5 Brazil 154 works
- 6 Indonesia 113 works
- 7 Russia 109 works
- 8 ?? 88 works
- 9 United Kingdom 74 works
- 10 Canada 70 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.
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Which institutions lead Power Systems Fault Detection research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China Southern Power Grid (China) publishes the most Power Systems Fault Detection research, followed by State Grid Corporation of China (China) and Shanghai Electric (China).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 130 works
- 2 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 126 works
- 3 Shanghai Electric (China)China 97 works
- 4 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 89 works
- 5 Shandong UniversityChina 54 works
- 6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 51 works
- 7 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 40 works
- 8 China Electric Power Research Institute?? 34 works
- 9 Electric Power Research InstituteUnited States 31 works
- 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 31 works
Who are the leading researchers in Power Systems Fault Detection?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Power Systems Fault Detection include Josep M. Guerrero and Mohammad Shahidehpour.
- 1 Josep M. Guerrero Denmark 5.6k citations
- 2 Mohammad Shahidehpour United States 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Power Systems Fault Detection research done?
The largest centres of Power Systems Fault Detection research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Palo Alto, Beijing and Gurgaon.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Palo AltoUS · 31.4 works21×
- Beijing37.1 works20×
- GurgaonIN · 27.3 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Power Systems Fault Detection than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Power Systems Fault Detection?
Among universities, judged by research, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and Pandit Deendayal Energy 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 | Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia | 66.0 | 18.8% | 17.1× | 16 | +274.0% |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia | 64.8 | 16.9% | 13.3× | 26 | +152.1% |
| 3 | Pandit Deendayal Energy UniversityIndia | 64.0 | 28.2% | 21.4× | 10 | — |
| 4 | National Institute of Technology RaipurIndia | 63.9 | 16.1% | 31.2× | 20 | +525.7% |
| 5 | Shahid Beheshti UniversityIran | 61.9 | 21.0% | 8.7× | 9 | +261.7% |
| 6 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia | 57.2 | 24.5% | 6.8× | 10 | +83.6% |
| 7 | Shandong UniversityChina | 54.4 | 5.6% | 10.2× | 54 | +84.2% |
| 8 | Mansoura UniversityEgypt | 54.1 | 22.1% | 5.5× | 11 | +154.4% |
| 9 | Aalborg UniversityDenmark | 53.2 | 23.5% | 6.2× | 14 | +37.5% |
| 10 | National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliIndia | 50.4 | 7.1% | 12.2× | 12 | +182.4% |
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 Power Systems Fault Detection research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Power Systems Fault Detection.
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.