R.G. Hoft

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

R.G. Hoft is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R.G. Hoft has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 19 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in R.G. Hoft's work include Advanced DC-DC Converters (31 papers), Multilevel Inverters and Converters (26 papers) and Electric Motor Design and Analysis (16 papers). R.G. Hoft is often cited by papers focused on Advanced DC-DC Converters (31 papers), Multilevel Inverters and Converters (26 papers) and Electric Motor Design and Analysis (16 papers). R.G. Hoft collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Taiwan. R.G. Hoft's co-authors include Hasmukh S. Patel, Atsuo Kawamura, Toshimasa Haneyoshi, Tsorng‐Juu Liang, Robert M. O’Connell, Bor‐Ren Lin, G. E. Adams, H. Moghbelli, Johnson Asumadu and Daljit Singh and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.

In The Last Decade

R.G. Hoft

74 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Generalized Techniques of Harmonic Elimination and Voltag... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 1974 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Generalized Techniques of Harmonic Elimination and Voltage Control in Thyristor Inverters: Part I--Harmonic Elimination
    1973 941 citations R.G. Hoft et al. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications profile →
  2. Generalized Techniques of Harmonic Elimination and Voltage Control in Thyristor Inverters: Part II --- Voltage Control Techniques
    1974 392 citations R.G. Hoft et al. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R.G. Hoft United States 22 3.2k 1.6k 408 194 110 80 3.5k
R.E. Betz Australia 28 2.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 282 0.7× 130 0.7× 72 0.7× 147 2.9k
Cristian Lascu Romania 23 3.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 229 0.6× 196 1.0× 101 0.9× 55 3.3k
H.A. Gründling Brazil 28 2.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 251 0.6× 94 0.5× 190 1.7× 176 2.8k
Dong-Seok Hyun South Korea 34 3.7k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 539 1.3× 272 1.4× 438 4.0× 194 4.0k
Hoang Le‐Huy Canada 22 1.6k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 181 0.4× 198 1.0× 60 0.5× 93 2.0k
Marko Hinkkanen Finland 37 4.0k 1.3× 2.5k 1.5× 541 1.3× 258 1.3× 91 0.8× 182 4.4k
Boon‐Teck Ooi Canada 32 4.0k 1.3× 2.3k 1.4× 132 0.3× 108 0.6× 123 1.1× 134 4.2k
Gerardo Espinosa–Pérez Mexico 22 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 177 0.4× 59 0.3× 73 0.7× 120 1.8k
C.M. Liaw Taiwan 33 3.0k 0.9× 1.8k 1.1× 461 1.1× 236 1.2× 525 4.8× 142 3.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moghbelli, H., G. E. Adams, & R.G. Hoft. (2003). Prediction of the instantaneous and steady state torque of the switched reluctance motor using the finite element method (FEM). Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting. 59–70. 24 indexed citations
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Moghbelli, H., G. E. Adams, & R.G. Hoft. (2003). Comparison of theoretical and experimental performance of 10 hp switched reluctance motor. Conference Record of the IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting. 89–98. 1 indexed citations
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Hoft, R.G., et al.. (2003). Discrete controlled harmonic and reactive power compensator. Conference Record of the 1988 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting. 881–887. 4 indexed citations
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Hoft, R.G., et al.. (2003). A trajectory sensitivity approach to parameter disturbance problems in indirect field oriented drive systems. Conference Record of the IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting. 617–631.
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Hoft, R.G.. (2002). Power electronics for the next century. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Uematsu, Takeshi & R.G. Hoft. (2002). Resonant power electronic control of switched reluctance motor for electric vehicle propulsion. 1. 264–269. 6 indexed citations
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Liang, Tsorng‐Juu, Robert M. O’Connell, & R.G. Hoft. (1997). Inverter harmonic reduction using Walsh function harmonic elimination method. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 12(6). 971–982. 182 indexed citations
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Hoft, R.G., et al.. (1990). Adaptive frequency domain control of PWM switched power line conditioner. 505–511. 4 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Somik, G. E. Adams, & R.G. Hoft. (1989). FEM analysis of inverter-induction motor rotor conduction losses. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. 4(4). 671–680. 3 indexed citations
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Haneyoshi, Toshimasa, Atsuo Kawamura, & R.G. Hoft. (1988). Waveform compensation of PWM inverter with cyclic fluctuating loads. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 24(4). 582–589. 192 indexed citations
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Kawamura, Atsuo, et al.. (1985). Optimal pole assignment for power electronic systems. 74–88. 8 indexed citations
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Singh, Daljit & R.G. Hoft. (1978). Microcomputer-Controlled Single-Phase Cycloconverter. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation. IECI-25(3). 233–238. 17 indexed citations
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Hoft, R.G., et al.. (1977). Power Electronic Circuit Analysis Techniques. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 10(10). 987–1024. 8 indexed citations
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Hoft, R.G., et al.. (1976). Analysis of Parallel operation of Inverters. 951–958. 5 indexed citations
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Hoft, R.G., et al.. (1975). Lyapunov Stability Analysis of Thyristor Inverter System. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. IA-11(2). 158–164. 4 indexed citations
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Hoft, R.G., et al.. (1975). Optimizing the PWM Waveform of a Thyristor Inverter. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. IA-11(5). 526–530. 25 indexed citations
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Hoft, R.G., Himanshu K. Patel, & Y. Dote. (1972). Thyristor series resonant DC-DC chopper. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 8(3). 286–288. 2 indexed citations
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