Alex McEachern

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 902 citations indexed

About

Alex McEachern is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex McEachern has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 902 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 8 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 4 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alex McEachern's work include Power Quality and Harmonics (12 papers), Power System Optimization and Stability (8 papers) and Smart Grid Security and Resilience (4 papers). Alex McEachern is often cited by papers focused on Power Quality and Harmonics (12 papers), Power System Optimization and Stability (8 papers) and Smart Grid Security and Resilience (4 papers). Alex McEachern collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Alex McEachern's co-authors include Alexandra von Meier, Emma Stewart, David Culler, Reza Arghandeh, Michael Andersen, Sean Peisert, Chuck McParland, Mahdi Jamei, Ciaran Roberts and Anna Scaglione and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and Journal of the Association for Information Systems.

In The Last Decade

Alex McEachern

26 papers receiving 862 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Precision Micro-Synchrophasors for Distribution Systems: A Summary of Applications
    2017 313 citations Alexandra von Meier, Emma Stewart et al. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex McEachern United States 11 801 578 102 71 67 27 902
Ranjana Sodhi India 16 785 1.0× 513 0.9× 101 1.0× 37 0.5× 36 0.5× 59 867
Murat Göl Türkiye 13 653 0.8× 413 0.7× 65 0.6× 66 0.9× 38 0.6× 65 743
Qixun Yang China 13 457 0.6× 381 0.7× 41 0.4× 53 0.7× 34 0.5× 27 538
Jiahui Guo United States 12 457 0.6× 311 0.5× 42 0.4× 79 1.1× 44 0.7× 32 540
Mohammad Farajollahi United States 19 801 1.0× 504 0.9× 304 3.0× 76 1.1× 74 1.1× 30 922
Saeid Esmaeili Iran 17 717 0.9× 451 0.8× 93 0.9× 34 0.5× 13 0.2× 59 805
Olof Samuelsson Sweden 15 1.0k 1.3× 778 1.3× 70 0.7× 49 0.7× 31 0.5× 71 1.1k
Ching‐Lien Huang Taiwan 9 720 0.9× 290 0.5× 43 0.4× 66 0.9× 24 0.4× 17 823
Andrea Angioni Germany 13 502 0.6× 290 0.5× 40 0.4× 22 0.3× 41 0.6× 33 547
Alireza Shahsavari United States 17 726 0.9× 494 0.9× 215 2.1× 70 1.0× 49 0.7× 29 832

Countries citing papers authored by Alex McEachern

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex McEachern

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex McEachern

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All Works

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McEachern, Alex & Alexandra von Meier. (2022). GridSweep: An Early Report on Active Measurements of Electric Distribution Grids. 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Paulo F., et al.. (2019). Power Supplies Under Sags and Distorted AC Voltage. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Ciaran, Anna Scaglione, Mahdi Jamei, et al.. (2019). Learning Behavior of Distribution System Discrete Control Devices for Cyber-Physical Security. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 11(1). 749–761. 10 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Paulo F., et al.. (2018). Immunity of Power Supplies to Highly Distorted AC Voltage. 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Jamei, Mahdi, Anna Scaglione, Ciaran Roberts, et al.. (2017). Online Thevenin parameter tracking using synchrophasor data. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1–5. 9 indexed citations
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Meier, Alexandra von, et al.. (2017). Precision Micro-Synchrophasors for Distribution Systems: A Summary of Applications. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 8(6). 2926–2936. 313 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jamei, Mahdi, Anna Scaglione, Ciaran Roberts, et al.. (2017). Anomaly Detection Using Optimally Placed <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{PMU}$ </tex-math> </inline-formula> Sensors in Distribution Grids. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 33(4). 3611–3623. 92 indexed citations
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Jamei, Mahdi, Emma Stewart, Sean Peisert, et al.. (2016). Micro Synchrophasor-Based Intrusion Detection in Automated Distribution Systems: Toward Critical Infrastructure Security. IEEE Internet Computing. 20(5). 18–27. 29 indexed citations
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Meier, Alexandra von, David Culler, Alex McEachern, & Reza Arghandeh. (2014). Micro-synchrophasors for distribution systems. 1–5. 294 indexed citations
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Bollen, Math, et al.. (2009). CIGRE/CIRED/UIE JWG C4.110 - Voltage dip immunity of equipment in installations: Main Contributions and Conclusions. 1 indexed citations
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McEachern, Alex & Anton Eberhard. (2009). A new, ultra low cost power quality and energy measurement technology - the future of power quality measurement. IET Conference Publications. 1070–1070. 1 indexed citations
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Bollen, Math, et al.. (2007). Voltage dip immunity of equipment in installations. 3(2). 8 indexed citations
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McEachern, Alex. (2007). A new ultra-low-cost power quality measurement technology. 1–4. 3 indexed citations
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Bollen, Math, et al.. (2007). CIGRE/CIRED/UIE JWG C4.110, Voltage dip immunity of equipment in installations. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1–6. 41 indexed citations
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McEachern, Alex. (2007). A free simulator program for teaching power quality concepts. 1–4. 5 indexed citations
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McEachern, Alex. (2005). Identifying harmonic sources on the power grid - some technical challenges. IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2005. 2782–2783. 5 indexed citations
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McEachern, Alex. (2000). Designing Electronic Devices to Survive Power-Quality Events. IEEE Industry Applications Magazine. 6(6). 66–69. 12 indexed citations

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