Grant A. Covic

18.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
231 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Grant A. Covic is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Grant A. Covic has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 227 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 133 papers in Automotive Engineering and 35 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Grant A. Covic's work include Wireless Power Transfer Systems (209 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (178 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (132 papers). Grant A. Covic is often cited by papers focused on Wireless Power Transfer Systems (209 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (178 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (132 papers). Grant A. Covic collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Germany and China. Grant A. Covic's co-authors include J.T. Boys, O.H. Stielau, Mickel Budhia, Chang-Yu Huang, Adeel Zaheer, Dariusz Kacprzak, Michael L. G. Kissin, Seho Kim, Hao Hao and Aiguo Patrick Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Grant A. Covic

223 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Design Considerations for a Contactless Electric Vehicle Battery Charger

2005 1.2k citations Grant A. Covic et al. profile →
Modern Trends in Inductive Power Transfer for Transportation Applications

2013 993 citations Grant A. Covic, J.T. Boys profile →
Power Transfer Capability and Bifurcation Phenomena of Loosely Coupled Inductive Power Transfer Systems

2004 992 citations Grant A. Covic et al. profile →
Development of a Single-Sided Flux Magnetic Coupler for Electric Vehicle IPT Charging Systems

2011 980 citations J.T. Boys, Grant A. Covic et al. profile →
Inductive Power Transfer

2013 941 citations Grant A. Covic, J.T. Boys profile →
Design and Optimization of Circular Magnetic Structures for Lumped Inductive Power Transfer Systems

2011 814 citations Grant A. Covic, J.T. Boys et al. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics profile →
Stability and control of inductivelycoupled power transfer systems

2000 483 citations J.T. Boys, Grant A. Covic et al. profile →
A Three-Phase Inductive Power Transfer System for Roadway-Powered Vehicles

2007 374 citations Grant A. Covic, J.T. Boys et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Grant A. Covic New Zealand	57	15.2k	8.1k	2.6k	1.3k	995	231	15.4k
J.T. Boys New Zealand	51	11.2k 0.7×	5.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	810 0.6×	688 0.7×	171	11.4k
Chun T. Rim South Korea	38	6.3k 0.4×	2.6k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	641 0.5×	626 0.6×	138	6.4k
Heath Hofmann United States	48	7.4k 0.5×	3.6k 0.4×	3.5k 1.3×	2.3k 1.8×	260 0.3×	147	9.4k
Ruikun Mai China	42	5.0k 0.3×	2.2k 0.3×	781 0.3×	366 0.3×	355 0.4×	193	5.2k
Fei Lu United States	35	4.6k 0.3×	1.8k 0.2×	815 0.3×	426 0.3×	408 0.4×	158	4.7k
Udaya K. Madawala New Zealand	40	6.2k 0.4×	2.8k 0.4×	672 0.3×	358 0.3×	212 0.2×	273	6.5k
Paul D. Mitcheson United Kingdom	29	5.7k 0.4×	467 0.1×	3.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.4×	210 0.2×	136	6.7k
Regan Zane United States	43	6.7k 0.4×	1.5k 0.2×	1.1k 0.4×	539 0.4×	123 0.1×	253	7.0k
Omer C. Onar United States	31	4.4k 0.3×	2.8k 0.4×	380 0.1×	258 0.2×	143 0.1×	140	4.8k
Robert W. Erickson United States	47	12.3k 0.8×	2.6k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	824 0.6×	51 0.1×	152	13.0k

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Kim, Seho, et al.. (2025). Decoupled Three-Phase Winding for Wireless Power Transfer to Electric Vehicles. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics. 6. 2014–2026.

Zhang, Wenting, Seho Kim, & Grant A. Covic. (2025). Nanocrystalline Core Losses in High Power IPT Systems for EV Charging Applications. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics. 6. 537–550. 1 indexed citations

Thrimawithana, Duleepa J., et al.. (2024). An Integrated Boost Multilevel Converter using Si and SiC switches for Inductive Power Transfer Application. 834–839. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Feiyang Jackman, et al.. (2024). A Dual Sided Power Regulation Control Strategy for a 50 kW Inductive Power Transfer EV Charger. 806–810. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2024). Anisotropic Characterization of Nanocrystalline Alloys for Inductive Power Transfer. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics. 5. 1830–1841. 2 indexed citations

Wong, Johnny, et al.. (2024). Thermal Modelling of Resonant Capacitor Boards for Inductive Power Transfer Systems. 173–176. 1 indexed citations

Maradei, F., Seungyoung Ahn, Tommaso Campi, et al.. (2024). EMC and EMF Safety Aspects of Wireless Power Transfer Systems for e-Mobility. IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Magazine. 13(3). 74–92. 3 indexed citations

Thrimawithana, Duleepa J., et al.. (2024). A Parallel-Connected Tunable Matching Network and Impedance Compression Network for Inductive Charging of Electric Vehicles. 770–773.

Lin, Feiyang Jackman, et al.. (2023). Modular Primary Topology for Interoperable Dynamic Roadway IPT. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 38(11). 13363–13373. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Feiyang Jackman, et al.. (2023). Effects of EV Steel Floor on Leakage Flux for High Power Wireless Charging Systems. 7. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Covic, Grant A., et al.. (2022). Design and Assessment of an Interoperable Wireless Power Transfer System Using an Impedance-Based Method. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 38(2). 2768–2781. 18 indexed citations

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Covic, Grant A., et al.. (2020). Reduced Ferrite Double D Pad for Roadway IPT Applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 36(5). 5055–5068. 30 indexed citations

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Luo, Zhichao, et al.. (2020). Multiobjective Optimization of Inductive Power Transfer Double-D Pads for Electric Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 36(5). 5135–5146. 63 indexed citations

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Covic, Grant A., et al.. (2018). Robust Ferrite-Less Double D Topology for Roadway IPT Applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 34(7). 6062–6075. 55 indexed citations

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Covic, Grant A., et al.. (2018). Comparison of Meander Track Primary Topologies for EV Roadway Charging. 2015–2020. 8 indexed citations

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Hu, Aiguo Patrick, et al.. (2013). Contactless Slipring System based on rotating magnetic field principle for rotary applications. 2566–2573. 10 indexed citations

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Nagendra, Ganesh R., et al.. (2013). Design of a double coupled IPT EV highway. 4606–4611. 25 indexed citations

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Zaheer, Adeel, Dariusz Kacprzak, & Grant A. Covic. (2012). A bipolar receiver pad in a lumped IPT system for electric vehicle charging applications. 283–290. 142 indexed citations

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Boys, J.T., et al.. (2006). Controlling Inrush Currents in Inductively Coupled Power Systems. International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems. 5(2). 2 indexed citations

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Covic, Grant A., et al.. (1998). A New Pulse Charging Methodology for Lead Acid Batteries. 25(1). 1. 23 indexed citations

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