Dan Ton

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Dan Ton is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Ton has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 26 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 3 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dan Ton's work include Microgrid Control and Optimization (22 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (18 papers) and Smart Grid Security and Resilience (12 papers). Dan Ton is often cited by papers focused on Microgrid Control and Optimization (22 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (18 papers) and Smart Grid Security and Resilience (12 papers). Dan Ton collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Ireland. Dan Ton's co-authors include Kevin P. Schneider, Chen‐Ching Liu, Yin Xu, Francis Tuffner, Jianhui Wang, Chen Chen, Marcelo Elizondo, Jinghan He, Cong Liu and Jinho Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Dan Ton

34 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

The U.S. Department of Energy's Microgrid Initiative 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2016 100 200 300 400 500
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. The U.S. Department of Energy's Microgrid Initiative
    2012 502 citations Dan Ton et al. profile →
  2. Microgrids for Service Restoration to Critical Load in a Resilient Distribution System
    2016 355 citations Yin Xu, Chen‐Ching Liu et al. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dan Ton United States 19 2.3k 1.8k 355 335 259 35 2.6k
Van‐Hai Bui South Korea 23 2.1k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 182 0.5× 113 0.3× 295 1.1× 72 2.4k
Mohammed Benidris United States 21 1.7k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 277 0.8× 612 1.8× 207 0.8× 177 2.0k
Anamika Dubey United States 24 1.8k 0.8× 944 0.5× 240 0.7× 275 0.8× 503 1.9× 130 2.1k
Shunbo Lei China 21 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 460 1.3× 435 1.3× 114 0.4× 79 2.2k
Hossein Farzin Iran 17 1.6k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 170 0.5× 285 0.9× 347 1.3× 54 1.8k
Sajad Najafi Ravadanegh Iran 26 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 61 0.2× 136 0.4× 151 0.6× 112 2.5k
Mohammad Sadegh Sepasian Iran 25 1.6k 0.7× 620 0.3× 166 0.5× 332 1.0× 120 0.5× 60 1.8k
Bokan Chen United States 13 2.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 274 0.8× 248 0.7× 62 0.2× 14 2.4k
Yanling Lin China 14 1.4k 0.6× 913 0.5× 755 2.1× 459 1.4× 38 0.1× 26 1.9k
Haozhong Cheng China 26 2.0k 0.8× 785 0.4× 62 0.2× 354 1.1× 81 0.3× 148 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Dan Ton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan Ton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Ton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dan Ton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dan Ton based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dan Ton. Dan Ton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jain, Akshay Kumar, et al.. (2024). Testbed Demonstration of a Microgrid Building Block Prototype. 1–6.
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Jain, Akshay Kumar, et al.. (2024). Microgrid Service Restoration Incorporating Unmonitored Automatic Voltage Controllers and Net Metered Loads. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 15(5). 4377–4392. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Chen‐Ching, Akshay Kumar Jain, Dushan Boroyevich, et al.. (2023). Microgrid Building Blocks: Concept and Feasibility. IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy. 10. 463–476. 11 indexed citations
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Jain, Akshay Kumar, Chen‐Ching Liu, Kevin P. Schneider, Francis Tuffner, & Dan Ton. (2023). Demand Estimation of Net Metered Loads for Microgrid Restoration. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Schneider, Kevin P., Ben Ollis, Matthew J. Reno, et al.. (2022). A Framework for Coordinated Self-Assembly of Networked Microgrids Using Consensus Algorithms. IEEE Access. 10. 3864–3878. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Chen‐Ching, et al.. (2021). Critical values of cyber parameters in a dynamic microgrid system. IET Generation Transmission & Distribution. 16(1). 99–109. 6 indexed citations
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Ton, Dan. (2021). Microgrid Protection: R&D to Meet the Challenges to Come [In My View]. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 19(3). 107–108. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Chen‐Ching, et al.. (2020). Dynamics and control of microgrids as a resiliency source. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems. 30(11). 12 indexed citations
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Schneider, Kevin P., et al.. (2020). Networked Microgrid Operations: Supporting a Resilient Electric Power Infrastructure. IEEE Electrification Magazine. 8(4). 70–79. 14 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaoyu, Yin Xu, Xiangyu Wu, et al.. (2019). A Two-Layer Distributed Cooperative Control Method for Islanded Networked Microgrid Systems. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 11(2). 942–957. 79 indexed citations
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Schneider, Kevin P., Francis Tuffner, Marcelo Elizondo, et al.. (2017). Enabling Resiliency Operations Across Multiple Microgrids With Grid Friendly Appliance Controllers. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 9(5). 4755–4764. 68 indexed citations
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Xu, Yin, Chen‐Ching Liu, Zhiwen Wang, et al.. (2017). DGs for Service Restoration to Critical Loads in a Secondary Network. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 10(1). 435–447. 109 indexed citations
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Schneider, Kevin P., et al.. (2016). Evaluating the feasibility to use microgrids as a resiliency resource. 1–1. 79 indexed citations
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Xu, Yin, Chen‐Ching Liu, Kevin P. Schneider, & Dan Ton. (2015). Toward a resilient distribution system. 1–5. 43 indexed citations
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Smith, Mark & Dan Ton. (2013). Key Connections: The U.S. Department of Energy?s Microgrid Initiative. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 11(4). 22–27. 69 indexed citations
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Hanley, Charles J., J.D. Boyes, Geoffrey Taylor Klise, et al.. (2009). Technology development needs for integrated grid-connected PV systems and electric energy storage. 1832–1837. 26 indexed citations
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Kroposki, Benjamin, Robert Margolis, & Dan Ton. (2009). Harnessing the sun. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 7(3). 22–33. 44 indexed citations
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Ton, Dan & W. Bower. (2008). Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS). EU PVSEC. 3049–3053. 6 indexed citations

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