K. Gopakumar

13.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
265 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

K. Gopakumar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Gopakumar has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 217 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 43 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 17 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in K. Gopakumar's work include Multilevel Inverters and Converters (209 papers), Advanced DC-DC Converters (131 papers) and Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies (130 papers). K. Gopakumar is often cited by papers focused on Multilevel Inverters and Converters (209 papers), Advanced DC-DC Converters (131 papers) and Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies (130 papers). K. Gopakumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Poland. K. Gopakumar's co-authors include Mariusz Malinowski, José Rodríguez, Marcelo A. Pérez, Leopoldo G. Franquelo, José I. Leon, Samir Kouro, Josep Pou, Bin Wu, R. S. Kanchan and K.K. Mohapatra and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

K. Gopakumar

250 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Recent Advances and Industrial Applications of Multilevel Converters

2010 3.1k citations Mariusz Malinowski, K. Gopakumar et al. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics profile →
A Survey on Cascaded Multilevel Inverters

2009 1.9k citations Mariusz Malinowski, K. Gopakumar et al. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics profile →
A Dual Two-Level Inverter Scheme With Common Mode Voltage Elimination for an Induction Motor Drive

2004 421 citations K. Gopakumar et al. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Gopakumar India	45	11.0k	3.4k	299	270	233	265	11.4k
Anup Kumar Panda India	34	3.2k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	373 1.2×	187 0.7×	402 1.7×	280	3.7k
Xing Zhang China	38	4.4k 0.4×	3.0k 0.9×	382 1.3×	230 0.9×	237 1.0×	418	5.0k
Changliang Xia China	46	6.6k 0.6×	3.8k 1.1×	346 1.2×	748 2.8×	517 2.2×	240	7.5k
Hadi Y. Kanaan Lebanon	28	2.9k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	174 0.6×	221 0.8×	294 1.3×	248	3.4k
Gaolin Wang China	48	7.2k 0.7×	4.2k 1.2×	74 0.2×	779 2.9×	274 1.2×	247	8.0k
Pooya Davari Denmark	37	3.9k 0.4×	2.4k 0.7×	211 0.7×	219 0.8×	593 2.5×	208	4.4k
Jianping Xu China	38	3.9k 0.4×	982 0.3×	150 0.5×	407 1.5×	754 3.2×	270	4.5k
Tingna Shi China	40	4.9k 0.4×	2.9k 0.9×	69 0.2×	685 2.5×	250 1.1×	228	5.7k
Pericle Zanchetta United Kingdom	44	8.4k 0.8×	5.3k 1.5×	247 0.8×	532 2.0×	489 2.1×	378	9.1k
Ralph Kennel Germany	57	14.1k 1.3×	8.0k 2.3×	453 1.5×	812 3.0×	920 3.9×	703	15.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2025). A Single DC Source Multilevel Inverter for Drives With Increasing Linear Modulation Range and Fault Tolerant Capability. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 72(8). 7816–7825.

Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2024). Modulating and Carrier-Based Dodecagonal Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Technique With Fifth and Seventh Order Harmonic Elimination for Split-Phase OEIM. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 40(1). 1787–1796. 1 indexed citations

Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2024). A Multilevel Inverter With Increased Linear Modulation Range for Electric Transportation Applications. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification. 11(1). 814–822. 5 indexed citations

Mathew, Jaison, et al.. (2024). Improved Trans-Z-Source Active-Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Inverter With Continuous Input Current for Induction Motor Drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 72(2). 1281–1291. 1 indexed citations

Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2024). Extending the Linear Modulation Range of a Five-Level Inverter Up To the Full Base Speed for Variable Speed Drive Applications. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics. 6(2). 633–642.

Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2023). A Reduced Switch Count Five Level Inverter With Extended Linear Modulation Range Up to Full Base Speed. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. 12(1). 876–885. 2 indexed citations

Umanand, L., et al.. (2023). Flux-Rate Controlled Harmonic Filtering of an Integrated Magnetics-Based Isolated Single-Phase Inverter Topology. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 59(5). 6300–6311. 1 indexed citations

Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2022). A Hybrid Seven-Level Dual-Inverter Scheme With Reduced Switch Count and Increased Linear Modulation Range. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 38(2). 2013–2021. 12 indexed citations

Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2022). A Generalized Multilevel Inverter With Extended Linear Modulation Range and Instantaneously Balanced DC-Link Series Capacitors for an Induction Motor Drive. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. 11(2). 2104–2113. 3 indexed citations

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Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2022). A General Multilevel Polygonal Space Vector Generation Scheme With Reduced Switching for the Inverter and Harmonic Suppression Using a Switched-Capacitive Filter for the Full Modulation Range. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 37(7). 8167–8176. 6 indexed citations

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Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2021). A Dense Multilevel 30-Sided Space Vector Generation Using a Single DC Link for an Induction Motor Drive. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 36(10). 11681–11690. 3 indexed citations

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Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2021). A Ten-Level Inverter Fed Drive Scheme with Extended Linear Modulation Range. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 69(12). 12261–12269. 1 indexed citations

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Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2021). A Multilevel Inverter With Inherent Common Coupling Point Voltage Balancing of Stacked Capacitors Across a Single DC-Link for Induction Motor Drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 69(12). 12496–12505. 9 indexed citations

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Jarzyna, Wojciech, et al.. (2020). An evaluation of the accuracy of inverter sync angle during the grid's disturbances. Metrology and Measurement Systems. 355–371. 11 indexed citations

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Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2020). A Fault-Tolerant Five-Level Inverter Topology With Reduced Component Count for OEIM Drives. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. 9(1). 961–969. 25 indexed citations

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Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2019). A Twelve Concentric Multilevel Twenty-Four Sided Polygonal Voltage Space Vector Structure for Variable Speed Drives. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 34(10). 9906–9915. 7 indexed citations

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Yadav, Apurv, et al.. (2019). A Hybrid 7-Level Inverter Using Low-Voltage Devices and Operation With Single DC-Link. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 34(10). 9844–9853. 70 indexed citations

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Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2019). Minimization of Switched Capacitor Voltage Ripple in a Multilevel Dodecagonal Voltage Space Vector Structure for Drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 67(1). 126–135. 8 indexed citations

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Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2019). A 5-Level Inverter Scheme Using Single DC Link With Reduced Number of Floating Capacitors and Switches for Open-End IM Drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 67(2). 960–968. 40 indexed citations

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Gopakumar, K., et al.. (2019). A Switched Capacitive Filter-Based Harmonic Elimination Technique by Generating a 30-Sided Voltage Space Vector Structure for IM Drive. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 35(3). 2402–2410. 11 indexed citations

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