James S. Thorp

17.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
246 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

James S. Thorp is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, James S. Thorp has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 145 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 21 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in James S. Thorp's work include Power System Optimization and Stability (112 papers), Power Systems Fault Detection (80 papers) and HVDC Systems and Fault Protection (54 papers). James S. Thorp is often cited by papers focused on Power System Optimization and Stability (112 papers), Power Systems Fault Detection (80 papers) and HVDC Systems and Fault Protection (54 papers). James S. Thorp collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Brazil. James S. Thorp's co-authors include A.G. Phadke, Arun G. Phadke, Virgilio Centeno, A.G. Phadke, Mark Adamiak, Jaime De La Ree, Ian Dobson, Kamiar Karimi, Hsiao‐Dong Chiang and Anamitra Pal and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

James S. Thorp

239 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

Synchronized Phasor Measurements and Their Applications

2008 1.4k citations James S. Thorp et al. profile →
Synchronized Phasor Measurement Applications in Power Systems

2010 807 citations Virgilio Centeno, James S. Thorp et al. profile →
A New Measurement Technique for Tracking Voltage Phasors, Local System Frequency, and Rate of Change of Frequency

1983 667 citations James S. Thorp et al. profile →
Computer Relaying for Power Systems

2009 502 citations A.G. Phadke, James S. Thorp profile →
Cascading dynamics and mitigation assessment in power system disturbances via a hidden failure model

2005 367 citations James S. Thorp, Ian Dobson et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James S. Thorp

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The role of intersectionality in shaping participant engagement with health research through digital methods: findings from a qualitative study 2025 ·Trials ·(unknown), Felicity L. Bishop, Nisreen A Alwan, Shaun Treweek, Gareth Griffiths, (unknown), (unknown), James S. Thorp, Katherine Bradbury	0
2	Power Grid Oscillation Identification Method in Multisource Oscillation Scenes 2018 ·IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery ·Jing Ma, (unknown), Yongxin Zhang, (unknown), James S. Thorp	4
3	Oscillation centre identification method based on frequency characteristics in multi‐source oscillation scenes 2018 ·IET Generation Transmission & Distribution ·Jing Ma, (unknown), Yongxin Zhang, Pei Li, James S. Thorp	2
4	Use of Polytopic Convexity in Developing an Adaptive Interarea Oscillation Damping Scheme 2016 ·IEEE Transactions on Power Systems ·Tong Wang, Anamitra Pal, James S. Thorp, Yang Yuan	13
5	A Voltage Phasor Based Fault-classification Method for Phasor Measurement Unit Only State Estimator Output 2014 ·Electric Power Components and Systems ·(unknown), James S. Thorp, Shibin Gao, Anamitra Pal, (unknown)	11
6	Co-simulating power systems and communication network for accurate modeling and simulation of PMU based wide area measurement systems using a global event scheduling technique 2013 ·(unknown), Hua Lin, Sandeep K. Shukla, James S. Thorp, Lamine Mili	11
7	A PMU Placement Scheme Ensuring Real-Time Monitoring of Critical Buses of the Network 2013 ·IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery ·Anamitra Pal, (unknown), Virgilio Centeno, James S. Thorp	57
8	Effects of Hypothetical Improvised Nuclear Detonation on the Electrical Infrastructure 2013 ·Christopher L. Barrett, Stephen Eubank, Cansın Yaman Evrenosoglu, Achla Marathe, Madhav Marathe, A.G. Phadke, James S. Thorp, Anil Vullikanti	1
9	Robust Control for Inter-Area Oscillations 2012 ·James S. Thorp, (unknown)	1
10	Methodology for a Security/Dependability Adaptive Protection Scheme Based on Data Mining 2011 ·IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery ·E. Bernabeu, James S. Thorp, Virgilio Centeno	71
11	A Framework for Analyzing Load-Carrying-Capacity of Plug-In Electric Vehicles and Impact on Solar Generators 2011 ·(unknown), Sandeep K. Shukla, James S. Thorp	5
12	Efficient Market Design and Public Goods, Part I: Economic Models 2010 ·International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems ·(unknown), William D. Schulze, Robert J. Thomas, James S. Thorp, Daniel Tylavsky, Richard E. Schuler	1
13	Agent Based Supervision of Zone 3 Relays to Prevent Hidden Failure Based Tripping 2010 ·(unknown), Hua Lin, (unknown), Sandeep K. Shukla, James S. Thorp	16
14	Nodal-price dependent, dual-mode transmission line protection strategy 2005 ·(unknown), (unknown), James S. Thorp	2
15	Location-based scheduling and pricing for energy and reserves: a responsive reserve market proposal 2004 ·Decision Support Systems ·Jie Chen, Timothy D. Mount, James S. Thorp, Robert J. Thomas	34
16	Distributed simulation in manufacturing: EPOCHS: integrated commercial off-the-shelf software for agent-based electric power and communication simulation 2003 ·Winter Simulation Conference ·Kenneth M. Hopkinson, Ken Birman, Renan Giovanini, Denis V. Coury, Xiaoru Wang, James S. Thorp	2
17	Computer algorithms in power systems: from constructive methods to truncated fractals 1993 ·IEEE Transactions on Education ·M. Varghese, Hsiao‐Dong Chiang, James S. Thorp	2
18	On voltage collapse in electric power systems 1990 ·IEEE Transactions on Power Systems ·Hsiao‐Dong Chiang, Ian Dobson, Robert J. Thomas, James S. Thorp, Lazhar Fekih‐Ahmed	210
19	Guaranteed stability of uncertain linear systems 1980 ·IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control ·James S. Thorp	2
20	A descent algorithm for linear continuous Chebyshev approximation 1972 ·Journal of Approximation Theory ·(unknown), James S. Thorp	2

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