Smart Grid and Power Systems
Smart Grid and Power Systems is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 3.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the technology, development, and applications of smart grid systems, including topics such as cloud computing, big data, renewable energy integration, distribution automation, intelligent control, and reliability analysis in the context of electric power systems. The papers also discuss energy efficiency and the impact of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) on power supply.
- Smart Grid
- Cloud Computing
- Big Data
- Power System
- Renewable Energy
- Distribution Automation
- Electric Power
- Intelligent Control
- Reliability Analysis
- Energy Efficiency
- Research works
- 28k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 932 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 3.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -33% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Smart Grid and Power Systems research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (4.2k and 249 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4.2k works
- 2 India 249 works
- 3 ?? 182 works
- 4 United States 180 works
- 5 United Kingdom 42 works
- 6 Indonesia 38 works
- 7 Japan 34 works
- 8 Germany 33 works
- 9 South Korea 32 works
- 10 Iran 30 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 Smart Grid and Power Systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, State Grid Corporation of China (China) publishes the most Smart Grid and Power Systems research, followed by China Southern Power Grid (China) and Shanghai Electric (China).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 State Grid Corporation of China (China) China 400 works
- 2 China Southern Power Grid (China) China 346 works
- 3 Shanghai Electric (China) China 297 works
- 4 North China Electric Power University China 246 works
- 5 China Electric Power Research Institute ?? 109 works
- 6 NARI Group (China) China 109 works
- 7 Inner Mongolia Electric Power (China) China 72 works
- 8 Guizhou Electric Power Design and Research Institute China 62 works
- 9 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 55 works
- 10 Power Grid Corporation (India) India 54 works
Who are the leading researchers in Smart Grid and Power Systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Smart Grid and Power Systems include Mohammad Shahidehpour, Zhao Yang Dong and Kai Wang.
- 1 Mohammad Shahidehpour 3.3k citations
- 2 Zhao Yang Dong 3.1k citations
- 3 Kai Wang 3.1k citations
- 4 Hao Chen 2.6k citations
- 5 Yan Zhang 2.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Smart Grid and Power Systems research done?
The largest centres of Smart Grid and Power Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baishan, Beijing and Yangpu.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BaishanCN · 32.0 works170×
- Beijing120.5 works55×
- YangpuCN · 37.0 works38×
- Palo AltoUS · 48.1 works28×
- GurgaonIN · 54.6 works27×
- Jilin CityCN · 39.9 works23×
- HohhotCN · 91.0 works22×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Smart Grid and Power Systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Smart Grid and Power Systems?
Among universities, judged by research, North China Electric Power University, Northeast Electric Power University and Hohai 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 | North China Electric Power University China | 47.3 | 3.9% | 70.8× | 246 | -66.6% |
| 2 | Northeast Electric Power University China | 46.1 | 11.4% | 53.1× | 37 | -80.0% |
| 3 | Hohai University China | 42.7 | 8.3% | 11.8× | 34 | -73.6% |
| 4 | Tsinghua Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute China | 40.4 | 6.1% | 145.9× | 11 | — |
| 5 | Shanghai Dianji University China | 40.3 | 7.2% | 37.0× | 19 | +7.9% |
| 6 | China Three Gorges University China | 39.5 | 9.1% | 16.7× | 18 | -73.7% |
| 7 | Guangxi University China | 39.1 | 29.0% | 3.2× | 10 | -80.7% |
| 8 | Shanghai University of Electric Power China | 37.3 | 3.8% | 42.6× | 37 | -76.4% |
| 9 | Tianjin University of Technology China | 37.1 | 7.4% | 11.9× | 17 | -56.5% |
| 10 | Shandong University China | 36.2 | 3.1% | 8.5× | 53 | -35.4% |
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 Smart Grid and Power Systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024.
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.