Smart Grid Energy Management
Smart Grid Energy Management is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 60k research works in it since 1950. 19.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on demand response in smart grids, exploring topics such as energy management, electricity markets, real-time pricing, renewable energy integration, and the use of game theory for optimizing load control in smart homes. It also covers the application of demand response to achieve controllability of electric loads and the potential of peer-to-peer energy trading in microgrids.
- Demand Response
- Smart Grid
- Energy Management
- Electricity Markets
- Renewable Energy
- Real-Time Pricing
- Home Energy
- Smart Home
- Game Theory
- Load Control
- Research works
- 60k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 11k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +71% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Smart Grid Energy Management research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (5.3k and 2.5k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 5.3k works
- 2 India 2.5k works
- 3 United States 1.7k works
- 4 Iran 602 works
- 5 Germany 586 works
- 6 United Kingdom 544 works
- 7 Italy 522 works
- 8 Australia 393 works
- 9 Spain 389 works
- 10 Canada 328 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Smart Grid Energy Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, North China Electric Power University publishes the most Smart Grid Energy Management research, followed by State Grid Corporation of China (China) and Shanghai Electric (China).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 North China Electric Power University China 318 works
- 2 State Grid Corporation of China (China) China 260 works
- 3 Shanghai Electric (China) China 202 works
- 4 China Southern Power Grid (China) China 175 works
- 5 Tsinghua University China 153 works
- 6 Southeast University China 135 works
- 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 125 works
- 8 Zhejiang University China 115 works
- 9 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 114 works
- 10 Tianjin University China 105 works
Who are the leading researchers in Smart Grid Energy Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Smart Grid Energy Management include Frede Blaabjerg, H. Vincent Poor and Rui Zhang.
- 1 Frede Blaabjerg 12k citations
- 2 H. Vincent Poor 9.5k citations
- 3 Rui Zhang 6k citations
- 4 Josep M. Guerrero 5.6k citations
- 5 Zhu Han 4.7k citations
- 6 Luca Benini 4.6k citations
- 7 Marco Liserre 4.6k citations
- 8 Georgios B. Giannakis 4.6k citations
- 9 David Culler 4.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Smart Grid Energy Management research done?
The largest centres of Smart Grid Energy Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vaasa, Yangpu and Aswān.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- VaasaFI · 24.6 works21×
- YangpuCN · 70.7 works20×
- AswānEG · 24.0 works15×
- LappeenrantaFI · 29.1 works14×
- GoldenUS · 67.5 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Smart Grid Energy Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Smart Grid Energy Management?
Among universities, judged by research, North China Electric Power University, Universidad de Jaén and University of Tabriz 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 | 71.1 | 19.1% | 25.2× | 318 | +169.2% |
| 2 | Universidad de Jaén Spain | 70.0 | 37.6% | 9.3× | 26 | +177.9% |
| 3 | University of Tabriz Iran | 68.6 | 32.4% | 8.6× | 39 | +576.3% |
| 4 | Aalborg University Denmark | 67.8 | 32.5% | 8.2× | 80 | +112.8% |
| 5 | University of Vaasa Finland | 66.8 | 25.1% | 23.6× | 24 | +245.4% |
| 6 | Northeast Electric Power University China | 66.1 | 22.6% | 22.1× | 56 | +718.1% |
| 7 | Khalifa University of Science and Technology United Arab Emirates | 65.3 | 39.8% | 5.3× | 24 | +248.4% |
| 8 | Aswan University Egypt | 62.7 | 32.7% | 14.9× | 24 | — |
| 9 | Hohai University China | 60.5 | 19.6% | 7.7× | 81 | +283.7% |
| 10 | Illinois Institute of Technology United States | 60.2 | 34.4% | 9.8× | 16 | +74.5% |
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 Energy Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Smart Grid Energy Management.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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