Roberto Cárdenas

10.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
212 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Roberto Cárdenas is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Cárdenas has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 112 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Roberto Cárdenas's work include Multilevel Inverters and Converters (106 papers), Microgrid Control and Optimization (97 papers) and Wind Turbine Control Systems (60 papers). Roberto Cárdenas is often cited by papers focused on Multilevel Inverters and Converters (106 papers), Microgrid Control and Optimization (97 papers) and Wind Turbine Control Systems (60 papers). Roberto Cárdenas collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United Kingdom and Costa Rica. Roberto Cárdenas's co-authors include R. Peña, John Clare, G. Asher, Patrick Wheeler, Doris Sáez, G.M. Asher, José Rodríguez, Matias Díaz, Marta Molinas and Marco Liserre and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Power Sources and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Cárdenas

204 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

Overview of Multi-MW Wind Turbines and Wind Parks

2011 697 citations Roberto Cárdenas, José Rodríguez et al. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics profile →
Overview of Control Systems for the Operation of DFIGs in Wind Energy Applications

2013 559 citations Roberto Cárdenas, R. Peña et al. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics profile →
Overview of control systems for the operation of DFIGs in wind energy applications

2013 462 citations R. Peña, Roberto Cárdenas et al. profile →
Distributed Control Strategies for Microgrids: An Overview

2020 276 citations Claudio Burgos-Mellado, Roberto Cárdenas et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Roberto Cárdenas	7.3k	5.1k	540	434	407	212	8.2k
Bruno François	4.3k 0.6×	3.3k 0.7×	971 1.8×	815 1.9×	163 0.4×	199	5.4k
Zhenyuan Zhang	2.2k 0.3×	1.1k 0.2×	301 0.6×	230 0.5×	86 0.2×	247	3.6k
Brian K. Johnson	2.1k 0.3×	1.6k 0.3×	229 0.4×	388 0.9×	61 0.1×	187	4.0k
Teng Long	2.0k 0.3×	572 0.1×	233 0.4×	417 1.0×	237 0.6×	195	3.2k
Hongchang Li	3.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	452 0.8×	718 1.7×	36 0.1×	106	4.0k
Xiaoqiang Guo	5.3k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	719 1.3×	545 1.3×	35 0.1×	278	5.8k
Weiguo Liu	2.6k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	40 0.1×	357 0.8×	84 0.2×	251	3.2k
Bo Zhou	2.1k 0.3×	1.3k 0.3×	55 0.1×	97 0.2×	67 0.2×	359	3.3k
Graham Town	3.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.2×	106 0.2×	761 1.8×	32 0.1×	172	4.9k
Haijiao Wang	1.3k 0.2×	1.0k 0.2×	275 0.5×	92 0.2×	165 0.4×	96	2.4k

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Cárdenas, Roberto, et al.. (2025). An Advanced Zero-Error Continuous Control Set Model Predictive Controller for Low Voltage Ride Through of Grid-Connected Power Converters. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 73(1). 682–693.

Mora, Andrés, et al.. (2024). An Optimal Switching Sequence Model Predictive Control Scheme for the 3L-NPC Converter with Output LC Filter. Processes. 12(2). 348–348. 2 indexed citations

Cárdenas, Roberto, et al.. (2024). Continuous Control Set Model Predictive Control of Modular Multilevel Matrix Converters for Low-frequency AC Transmission. Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy. 13(4). 1468–1480.

Salazar, César, Marcela Jaime, Roberto Cárdenas, & Francisco Hernández. (2024). Risk perception and production risk in seaweed aquaculture. Aquaculture Economics & Management. 29(1). 34–62.

Díaz, Matias, et al.. (2024). Experimental Assessment of a Decentralized Control Strategy for a Back-to-Back Modular Multilevel Converter Operating in Low-Frequency AC Transmission. Processes. 12(1). 155–155. 1 indexed citations

Burgos-Mellado, Claudio, et al.. (2023). Reinforcement Learning-Based False Data Injection Attacks Detector for Modular Multilevel Converters. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 71(7). 7927–7937. 3 indexed citations

Burgos-Mellado, Claudio, Felipe Donoso, Tomislav Dragičević, et al.. (2022). Cyber-Attacks in Modular Multilevel Converters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 37(7). 8488–8501. 30 indexed citations

Cárdenas, Roberto, et al.. (2021). Work Life Balance in the Lens of Filipino Workers: A Generational Perspective. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR). 10(10). 588–592. 2 indexed citations

Díaz, Matias, Roberto Cárdenas, Andrés Mora, et al.. (2020). An Overview of Applications of the Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter. Energies. 13(21). 5546–5546. 43 indexed citations

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Díaz, Matias, Roberto Cárdenas, Andrés Mora, et al.. (2020). An Overview of Modelling Techniques and Control Strategies for Modular Multilevel Matrix Converters. Energies. 13(18). 4678–4678. 27 indexed citations

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Burgos-Mellado, Claudio, Roberto Cárdenas, Doris Sáez, et al.. (2019). Distributed Control Strategy Based on a Consensus Algorithm and on the Conservative Power Theory for Imbalance and Harmonic Sharing in 4-Wire Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 11(2). 1604–1619. 54 indexed citations

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Díaz, Matias, Roberto Cárdenas, Mauricio Espinoza, et al.. (2018). Vector Control of a Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter Operating Over the Full Output-Frequency Range. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 66(7). 5102–5114. 40 indexed citations

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Donoso, Felipe, et al.. (2018). Back-to-Back Modular Multilevel Converter for drive applications under unbalanced grid conditions. European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications. 1 indexed citations

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Burgos-Mellado, Claudio, Marcos E. Orchard, Mehrdad Kazerani, Roberto Cárdenas, & Doris Sáez. (2015). Particle-filtering-based estimation of maximum available power state in Lithium-Ion batteries. Applied Energy. 161. 349–363. 107 indexed citations

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Peña, R., et al.. (2011). Control of a Brushless Doubly-Fed induction generator via a matrix converter. European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications. 1–9. 1 indexed citations

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Cárdenas, Roberto, et al.. (2011). Resonant controllers for the control of 4-leg Matrix Converters. European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications. 1–10. 2 indexed citations

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Peña, R., et al.. (2009). Control strategy of an Indirect Matrix Converter with modifying DC voltage. European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications. 1–8. 14 indexed citations

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Tapia, O., et al.. (1991). Electronic aspects of LADH catalytic mechanism. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 39(6). 767–786. 39 indexed citations

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Oliva, Baldomero, et al.. (1991). A molecular dynamics study of a model built Pro-36-Gly mutant derived from the potato carboxypeptidase a inhibitor protein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 176(2). 627–632. 6 indexed citations

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Oliva, Baldomero, Ola Nilsson, Roberto Cárdenas, et al.. (1991). Stability and fluctuations of the potato carboxypeptidase a protein inhibitor fold: A molecular dynamics study. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 176(2). 616–621. 15 indexed citations

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