Sara Eftekharnejad

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sara Eftekharnejad is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Eftekharnejad has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 21 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 11 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Sara Eftekharnejad's work include Power System Optimization and Stability (19 papers), Smart Grid Security and Resilience (12 papers) and Optimal Power Flow Distribution (12 papers). Sara Eftekharnejad is often cited by papers focused on Power System Optimization and Stability (19 papers), Smart Grid Security and Resilience (12 papers) and Optimal Power Flow Distribution (12 papers). Sara Eftekharnejad collaborates with scholars based in United States. Sara Eftekharnejad's co-authors include Vijay Vittal, Brian Keel, Heydt, Sagnik Basumallik, Rui Ma, G.T. Heydt, Brian K. Johnson, Prasanta Ghosh, A. Feliachi and Fanxin Kong and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Access and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.

In The Last Decade

Sara Eftekharnejad

36 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. Impact of increased penetration of photovoltaic generation on power systems
    2012 647 citations Sara Eftekharnejad, Vijay Vittal et al. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara Eftekharnejad United States 11 1.0k 827 171 153 145 37 1.3k
Sobhy M. Abdelkader Egypt 22 1.2k 1.2× 772 0.9× 45 0.3× 107 0.7× 85 0.6× 105 1.5k
Javad Olamaei Iran 18 1000 1.0× 692 0.8× 71 0.4× 88 0.6× 147 1.0× 78 1.2k
Weiye Zheng China 22 1.6k 1.6× 919 1.1× 57 0.3× 143 0.9× 66 0.5× 45 1.7k
Jin Tan United States 18 920 0.9× 703 0.9× 56 0.3× 187 1.2× 112 0.8× 80 1.1k
Mahmood Joorabian Iran 22 1.4k 1.3× 829 1.0× 95 0.6× 81 0.5× 142 1.0× 107 1.5k
Jignesh Solanki United States 18 1.2k 1.2× 955 1.2× 82 0.5× 58 0.4× 66 0.5× 61 1.4k
Minh Quan Duong Vietnam 19 1.2k 1.2× 623 0.8× 181 1.1× 95 0.6× 155 1.1× 86 1.4k
Majid Nayeripour Iran 23 1.2k 1.2× 748 0.9× 44 0.3× 113 0.7× 120 0.8× 70 1.4k
Zhuoli Zhao China 19 1.1k 1.1× 796 1.0× 122 0.7× 202 1.3× 107 0.7× 86 1.3k
Mohamed A. Tolba Egypt 21 725 0.7× 424 0.5× 261 1.5× 107 0.7× 276 1.9× 55 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Eftekharnejad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Eftekharnejad

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ma, Rui, Sara Eftekharnejad, & Chen Zhong. (2024). Predictive Online Transient Stability Assessment for Enhancing Efficiency. IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy. 11. 207–217. 2 indexed citations
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Uwamahoro, Nathalie & Sara Eftekharnejad. (2023). A Comparative Study of Data-Driven Power Grid Cascading Failure Prediction Methods. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Rui, Sagnik Basumallik, & Sara Eftekharnejad. (2022). Controlled Islanding Resilience With High Penetration of Renewable Energy Resources. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 14(2). 1312–1323. 8 indexed citations
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Basumallik, Sagnik, Sara Eftekharnejad, & Makan Fardad. (2022). Controlled Islanding under Complete and Partial False Data Injection Attack Uncertainties against Phasor Measurement Units. Energies. 15(15). 5723–5723. 4 indexed citations
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Basumallik, Sagnik, et al.. (2021). A Data-Driven Solar Irradiance Forecasting Model with Minimum Data. 1–6. 5 indexed citations
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Ma, Rui & Sara Eftekharnejad. (2021). Data Generation for Rare Transient Events: A Generative Adversarial Network Approach. 2021 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS). 1–6. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Rui, et al.. (2020). A Probabilistic Cascading Failure Model for Dynamic Operating Conditions. IEEE Access. 8. 61741–61753. 4 indexed citations
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Eftekharnejad, Sara, et al.. (2020). Data-Driven Solar Generation Forecast Considering Temporal Characteristics of Data. 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yi, et al.. (2020). Supplementing Spinning Reserves with Demand Response under Wind Generation Uncertainty. 77. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Eftekharnejad, Sara, et al.. (2020). Critical Component Identification under Load Uncertainty for Cascading Failure Analysis. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Rui, Sagnik Basumallik, & Sara Eftekharnejad. (2020). A PMU-Based Data-Driven Approach for Classifying Power System Events Considering Cyberattacks. IEEE Systems Journal. 14(3). 3558–3569. 31 indexed citations
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Eftekharnejad, Sara, et al.. (2019). Development of a new voltage stability index and its implementation considering voltage measurement uncertainty. IET Generation Transmission & Distribution. 13(18). 4011–4020. 6 indexed citations
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Basumallik, Sagnik & Sara Eftekharnejad. (2019). Dynamic Islanding in Power Systems Based on Real-Time Operating Conditions. 1–6. 5 indexed citations
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Basumallik, Sagnik, Rui Ma, & Sara Eftekharnejad. (2018). Packet-data anomaly detection in PMU-based state estimator using convolutional neural network. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. 107. 690–702. 109 indexed citations
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Basumallik, Sagnik, et al.. (2017). Impact of false data injection attacks on PMU-based state estimation. 1–6. 8 indexed citations
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Eftekharnejad, Sara. (2012). The Impact of Increased Penetration of Photovoltaic Generation on Smart Grids. 6 indexed citations
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Eftekharnejad, Sara, et al.. (2012). Impact of increased penetration of photovoltaic generation on power systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 28(2). 893–901. 647 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eftekharnejad, Sara, G.T. Heydt, & Vijay Vittal. (2011). Implications of smart grid technology on transmission system reliability. 150. 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Karimi, Alì, Sara Eftekharnejad, & A. Feliachi. (2009). Reinforcement learning based backstepping control of power system oscillations. Electric Power Systems Research. 79(11). 1511–1520. 16 indexed citations

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