Barry Mather

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Barry Mather 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, Barry Mather has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 52 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Barry Mather's work include Microgrid Control and Optimization (42 papers), Optimal Power Flow Distribution (38 papers) and Smart Grid Energy Management (32 papers). Barry Mather is often cited by papers focused on Microgrid Control and Optimization (42 papers), Optimal Power Flow Distribution (38 papers) and Smart Grid Energy Management (32 papers). Barry Mather collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Austria. Barry Mather's co-authors include Fei Ding, Dongbo Zhao, Anmar Arif, Jianhui Wang, Zhaoyu Wang, Dragan Maksimović, Bryan Palmintier, Xiangqi Zhu, W.H. Kersting and Jason Fuller and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Barry Mather

104 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Analytic Considerations and Design Basis for the IEEE Dis... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
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. Analytic Considerations and Design Basis for the IEEE Distribution Test Feeders
    2017 459 citations Kevin P. Schneider, Barry Mather et al. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barry Mather United States 23 2.3k 1.4k 277 213 172 113 2.6k
M. Etezadi-Amoli United States 23 2.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 173 0.6× 389 1.8× 224 1.3× 59 2.4k
Ward Jewell United States 23 1.7k 0.7× 851 0.6× 288 1.0× 229 1.1× 131 0.8× 104 2.0k
Mostafa Sedighizadeh Iran 31 2.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 153 0.6× 405 1.9× 112 0.7× 140 3.0k
Zhigang Lu China 25 2.3k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 223 0.8× 226 1.1× 79 0.5× 120 2.6k
Hassan Monsef Iran 28 2.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 195 0.7× 140 0.7× 229 1.3× 90 2.6k
Om Prakash Mahela India 32 3.1k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 452 1.6× 206 1.0× 267 1.6× 180 3.7k
Ali Mohammad Ranjbar Iran 30 2.9k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 142 0.5× 153 0.7× 154 0.9× 112 3.1k
Mohammad Lutfi Othman Malaysia 26 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 265 1.0× 100 0.5× 103 0.6× 146 2.1k
Ismail Musirin Malaysia 20 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 335 1.2× 132 0.6× 340 2.0× 328 2.7k
A. Kazemi Iran 32 3.5k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 132 0.5× 286 1.3× 399 2.3× 245 3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barry Mather

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All Works

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Chowdhury, Vikram Roy, Barry Mather, Ke Wang, et al.. (2025). Analysis of Transformer Magnetizing Reactance Using Describing Function in Direct Power Control of Back-to-Back Modular Multilevel Converter with Advanced Grid Support. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. 13(4). 5022–5047.
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Carne, Giovanni De, Hamzeh Beiranvand, Salvatore D’Arco, et al.. (2024). The role of energy storage systems for a secure energy supply: A comprehensive review of system needs and technology solutions. Electric Power Systems Research. 236. 110963–110963. 38 indexed citations
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Kamwa, Innocent & Barry Mather. (2024). Taming wind and solar resources: Smart inverters are key [Editor’s voice]. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 22(2). 4–11. 1 indexed citations
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Blonsky, Michael, et al.. (2024). Autonomous Grid Support Functionality in Variable-Speed Drive-Based End-Use Loads. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 39(10). 12177–12182. 4 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiangqi, et al.. (2023). Grid Impact Analysis and Mitigation of En-Route Charging Stations for Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles. IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy. 10. 141–150. 15 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiangqi, et al.. (2021). Grid Value Investigation of Medium-Voltage Back-to-Back Converters. 1–5. 6 indexed citations
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Alam, Mollah Rezaul, et al.. (2019). Islanding Detection of Distributed Generation Using Electrical Variables in Space Vector Domain. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 35(2). 861–870. 22 indexed citations
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Pico, Hugo N. Villegas, Barry Mather, & Gab‐Su Seo. (2018). Model Identification of Inverter Nonlinear Control Dynamics. 1–6. 5 indexed citations
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Cho, Gyu‐Jung, Yun‐Sik Oh, Min-Sung Kim, et al.. (2017). Optimal capacitor bank capacity and placement in distribution systems with high distributed solar power penetration. 1–5. 6 indexed citations
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Boemer, Jens C., Eknath Vittal, Matthew Rylander, & Barry Mather. (2017). Derivation of WECC distributed PV system model parameters from quasi-static time-series distribution system simulations. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Mather, Barry, et al.. (2017). Temporal decompostion of a distribution system Quasi-Static time-series simulation. 1–5. 7 indexed citations
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Reno, Matthew J., et al.. (2017). Motivation and requirements for quasi-static time series (QSTS) for distribution system analysis. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1–5. 67 indexed citations
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Schneider, Kevin P., Barry Mather, Bikash C. Pal, et al.. (2017). Analytic Considerations and Design Basis for the IEEE Distribution Test Feeders. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 33(3). 3181–3188. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lundstrom, Blake, Barry Mather, Mariko Shirazi, & Michael Coddington. (2013). Implementation and validation of advanced unintentional islanding testing using power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation. 3141–3146. 14 indexed citations

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