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, Kamiar Karimi, Ian Dobson, 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

Synchronized Phasor Measu... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2008 2010 1983 2009 2005 400 800 1.2k
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. Synchronized Phasor Measurements and Their Applications
    2008 1.4k citations James S. Thorp et al. profile →
  2. Synchronized Phasor Measurement Applications in Power Systems
    2010 807 citations Virgilio Centeno, James S. Thorp et al. profile →
  3. 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 →
  4. Computer Relaying for Power Systems
    2009 502 citations A.G. Phadke, James S. Thorp profile →
  5. 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 →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
James S. Thorp 10.0k 8.6k 1.2k 991 862 246 12.2k
Ali Abur 9.7k 1.0× 7.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 846 0.9× 976 1.1× 294 11.0k
Innocent Kamwa 10.5k 1.1× 7.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 449 0.5× 967 1.1× 397 12.0k
A.G. Phadke 9.1k 0.9× 7.4k 0.9× 909 0.8× 552 0.6× 677 0.8× 121 10.0k
Joe H. Chow 6.8k 0.7× 5.1k 0.6× 491 0.4× 593 0.6× 575 0.7× 334 8.7k
P. Kundur 22.9k 2.3× 16.4k 1.9× 2.1k 1.7× 653 0.7× 611 0.7× 86 24.5k
Hsiao‐Dong Chiang 7.7k 0.8× 4.8k 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 462 0.5× 439 0.5× 333 9.1k
C.W. Taylor 8.0k 0.8× 5.4k 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 338 0.3× 269 0.3× 62 8.7k
O.P. Malik 9.1k 0.9× 7.0k 0.8× 409 0.3× 193 0.2× 1.5k 1.8× 491 11.4k
M.A. Pai 6.8k 0.7× 4.6k 0.5× 747 0.6× 287 0.3× 283 0.3× 154 7.6k
George C. Verghese 6.0k 0.6× 5.3k 0.6× 129 0.1× 814 0.8× 770 0.9× 194 10.4k

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All Works

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Bishop, Felicity L., Nisreen A Alwan, Shaun Treweek, et al.. (2025). The role of intersectionality in shaping participant engagement with health research through digital methods: findings from a qualitative study. Trials. 26(1). 218–218.
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Ma, Jing, et al.. (2018). Power Grid Oscillation Identification Method in Multisource Oscillation Scenes. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 33(3). 1408–1417. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Tong, Anamitra Pal, James S. Thorp, & Yang Yuan. (2016). Use of Polytopic Convexity in Developing an Adaptive Interarea Oscillation Damping Scheme. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 32(4). 2509–2520. 13 indexed citations
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Ma, Jing, et al.. (2016). Research on the Impact of DFIG Virtual Inertia Control on Power System Small-Signal Stability Considering the Phase-Locked Loop. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 32(3). 2094–2105. 143 indexed citations
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Pal, Anamitra, et al.. (2013). A PMU Placement Scheme Ensuring Real-Time Monitoring of Critical Buses of the Network. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 29(2). 510–517. 57 indexed citations
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Lin, Hua, Yi Deng, Sandeep K. Shukla, James S. Thorp, & Lamine Mili. (2012). Cyber security impacts on all-PMU state estimator - a case study on co-simulation platform GECO. 587–592. 39 indexed citations
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Ma, Jing, Tong Wang, Zengping Wang, & James S. Thorp. (2012). Adaptive Damping Control of Inter-Area Oscillations Based on Federated Kalman Filter Using Wide Area Signals. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 28(2). 1627–1635. 36 indexed citations
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Schulze, William D., et al.. (2010). Efficient Market Design and Public Goods, Part I: Economic Models. International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems. 11(1). 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Hua, et al.. (2010). Agent Based Supervision of Zone 3 Relays to Prevent Hidden Failure Based Tripping. 256–261. 16 indexed citations
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Hopkinson, Kenneth M., et al.. (2010). IP-based communication systems for wide-area frequency stability predictive control. 32. 1–7. 1 indexed citations
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Hopkinson, Kenneth M., Ken Birman, Renan Giovanini, et al.. (2003). Distributed simulation in manufacturing: EPOCHS: integrated commercial off-the-shelf software for agent-based electric power and communication simulation. Winter Simulation Conference. 1158–1166. 2 indexed citations
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Dobson, Ian, et al.. (2003). Examining criticality of blackouts in power system models with cascading events. 10–10. 97 indexed citations
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Thorp, James S., et al.. (1999). A stochastic study of hidden failures in power system protection. Decision Support Systems. 24(3-4). 259–268. 57 indexed citations
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Varghese, M., Hsiao‐Dong Chiang, & James S. Thorp. (1993). Computer algorithms in power systems: from constructive methods to truncated fractals. IEEE Transactions on Education. 36(1). 36–41. 2 indexed citations
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Chiang, Hsiao‐Dong & James S. Thorp. (1987). The closest unstable equilibrium point method for power system dynamic security assessment. 72–76. 2 indexed citations
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Phadke, A.G., James S. Thorp, & Kamiar Karimi. (1986). State Estimlatjon with Phasor Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 1(1). 233–238. 360 indexed citations
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Thorp, James S.. (1980). Guaranteed stability of uncertain linear systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 17(17). 111. 2 indexed citations
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Thorp, James S., et al.. (1972). A descent algorithm for linear continuous Chebyshev approximation. Journal of Approximation Theory. 6(3). 231–241. 2 indexed citations

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