Amirnaser Yazdani

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
119 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Amirnaser Yazdani is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Amirnaser Yazdani has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 71 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Amirnaser Yazdani's work include Microgrid Control and Optimization (60 papers), HVDC Systems and Fault Protection (37 papers) and Islanding Detection in Power Systems (29 papers). Amirnaser Yazdani is often cited by papers focused on Microgrid Control and Optimization (60 papers), HVDC Systems and Fault Protection (37 papers) and Islanding Detection in Power Systems (29 papers). Amirnaser Yazdani collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Iran and United States. Amirnaser Yazdani's co-authors include Reza Iravani, Mohammad B. Delghavi, T.S. Sidhu, Mohammad Zamani, Prajna Paramita Dash, Houshang Karimi, Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, J.A. Martínez, Juri Jatskevich and Rajat Majumder and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

In The Last Decade

Amirnaser Yazdani

114 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Voltage‐Sourced Converter... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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. Voltage‐Sourced Converters in Power Systems
    2010 1.7k citations Amirnaser Yazdani et al. profile →
  2. Voltage-Sourced Converters in Power Systems : Modeling, Control, and Applications
    2010 634 citations Amirnaser Yazdani et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amirnaser Yazdani Canada 41 7.2k 6.0k 816 799 536 119 7.8k
Giri Venkataramanan United States 38 5.5k 0.8× 2.9k 0.5× 301 0.4× 858 1.1× 562 1.0× 218 6.1k
Mihai Ciobotaru Australia 36 4.8k 0.7× 3.8k 0.6× 876 1.1× 904 1.1× 502 0.9× 128 5.3k
Ambrish Chandra Canada 48 11.3k 1.6× 6.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.8× 721 0.9× 1.4k 2.5× 360 12.1k
Keyue Smedley United States 50 8.1k 1.1× 3.1k 0.5× 800 1.0× 226 0.3× 1.3k 2.4× 256 8.3k
Álvaro Luna Spain 39 9.2k 1.3× 8.5k 1.4× 634 0.8× 1.7k 2.1× 322 0.6× 158 9.7k
Edson H. Watanabe Brazil 31 5.2k 0.7× 3.1k 0.5× 322 0.4× 333 0.4× 330 0.6× 146 5.6k
Xiaonan Lu United States 35 7.9k 1.1× 7.7k 1.3× 235 0.3× 1.4k 1.7× 959 1.8× 144 8.9k
Jesús Doval‐Gandoy Spain 46 7.4k 1.0× 5.0k 0.8× 706 0.9× 762 1.0× 218 0.4× 218 7.9k
S.J. Finney United Kingdom 46 6.1k 0.8× 2.1k 0.3× 1.2k 1.5× 184 0.2× 399 0.7× 238 6.5k
Ali Mehrizi‐Sani United States 28 5.3k 0.7× 4.8k 0.8× 154 0.2× 567 0.7× 325 0.6× 173 5.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yazdani, Amirnaser, et al.. (2025). An Isolated Modular Multiport Converter for the Integration of Photovoltaic Energy Sources and Battery Storage in MVDC Networks. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. 40(3). 1726–1735.
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Yazdani, Amirnaser, et al.. (2025). Scalable Bidirectional Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter With Enhanced Voltage Gain. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 40(9). 13931–13940.
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Barakati, S. Masoud, et al.. (2024). Capacitance health monitoring in the modular multilevel converter using a method with minimum number of sensors and computational burden. International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications. 52(12). 6343–6361. 2 indexed citations
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Yazdani, Amirnaser, et al.. (2024). Loss Minimization Algorithm for Surface-Mounted PMSM Using Ripple-Based Extremum Seeking. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 71(12). 15325–15335. 1 indexed citations
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Yazdani, Amirnaser, et al.. (2023). Efficient MPPT for BLDCM-Driven PV Pumping System Based on Ripple Correlation Control. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 38(7). 8022–8026. 10 indexed citations
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Barakati, S. Masoud, et al.. (2022). Passivity-Based Design of a Fractional-Order Virtual Capacitor for Active Damping of Multiparalleled Grid-Connected Current-Source Inverters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 37(7). 7809–7818. 15 indexed citations
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Yazdani, Amirnaser, et al.. (2022). A DC-Side Fault-Tolerant Bidirectional AC-DC Converter for Applications in Distribution Systems. IEEE Access. 10. 46608–46617. 3 indexed citations
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Saeedifard, Maryam, et al.. (2021). Adjustable Wind Farm Frequency Support Through Multi-Terminal HVDC Grids. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 12(2). 1461–1472. 49 indexed citations
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Silva, César, et al.. (2020). Decentralized Model-Based Predictive Control for DER Units Integration in AC Microgrids Subject to Operational and Safety Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 36(4). 2479–2489. 12 indexed citations
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Barakati, S. Masoud, et al.. (2020). Impedance-Based Stability Analysis and Design of a Fractional-Order Active Damper for Grid-Connected Current-Source Inverters. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 12(1). 599–611. 28 indexed citations
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Barakati, S. Masoud, et al.. (2019). An effective hybrid wind-photovoltaic system including battery energy storage with reducing control loops and omitting PV converter. Journal of Energy Storage. 27. 101088–101088. 23 indexed citations
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Yazdani, Amirnaser, et al.. (2019). A Hybrid MMC-Based Photovoltaic and Battery Energy Storage System. 6(1). 32–40. 66 indexed citations
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Saeedifard, Maryam, et al.. (2018). An Enhanced Closed-Loop Control Strategy With Capacitor Voltage Elevation for the DC–DC Modular Multilevel Converter. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 66(3). 2366–2375. 37 indexed citations
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Yazdani, Amirnaser, et al.. (2018). A Power Mismatch Elimination Strategy for an MMC-Based Photovoltaic System. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. 33(3). 1519–1528. 72 indexed citations
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Silva, César, et al.. (2018). Linear State-Feedback Primary Control for Enhanced Dynamic Response of AC Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 10(3). 3149–3161. 39 indexed citations
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Delghavi, Mohammad B. & Amirnaser Yazdani. (2017). Sliding-Mode Control of AC Voltages and Currents of Dispatchable Distributed Energy Resources in Master-Slave-Organized Inverter-Based Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 10(1). 980–991. 87 indexed citations
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Yazdani, Amirnaser, et al.. (2017). An Enhanced Steady-State Model and Capacitor Sizing Method for Modular Multilevel Converters for HVdc Applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 33(6). 4756–4771. 35 indexed citations
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Yazdani, Amirnaser, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of different plating medias and PCR in the detecting of Salmonella Enteritidis from eggs laid by experimentally infected hens.. 1(1). 13–23. 2 indexed citations
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Dash, Prajna Paramita & Amirnaser Yazdani. (2008). A Mathematical Model and Performance Evaluation for a Single-Stage Grid-Connected Photovoltaic (PV) System. International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems. 9(6). 13 indexed citations
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