Simon Watson

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Simon Watson is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Watson has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 39 papers in Environmental Engineering and 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Simon Watson's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (46 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (32 papers) and Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques (28 papers). Simon Watson is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (46 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (32 papers) and Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques (28 papers). Simon Watson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Simon Watson's co-authors include J Tautz-Weinert, Ching-Lai Hor, Shanti Majithia, David Infield, Peter Tavner, Lars Landberg, Apurba Kumar Roy, Christopher S. Gray, Christopher Crabtree and Wenxian Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Simon Watson

121 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Using SCADA data for wind turbine condition monitoring – a review

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon Watson	1.2k	867	623	421	400	131	2.8k
David McMillan	820 0.7×	953 1.1×	774 1.2×	382 0.9×	407 1.0×	96	2.6k
Rupp Carriveau	535 0.5×	592 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	452 1.1×	547 1.4×	116	2.7k
J.G. McGowan	1.3k 1.1×	548 0.6×	1.3k 2.0×	542 1.3×	534 1.3×	97	4.0k
Xiaolei Liu	1.5k 1.3×	336 0.4×	414 0.7×	459 1.1×	427 1.1×	82	3.3k
Yanbin Yuan	1.8k 1.5×	569 0.7×	143 0.2×	515 1.2×	257 0.6×	112	3.6k
Ki‐Yong Oh	1.1k 1.0×	427 0.5×	453 0.7×	143 0.3×	333 0.8×	103	2.3k
N.C. Markatos	805 0.7×	317 0.4×	858 1.4×	1.2k 2.9×	1.5k 3.9×	161	6.0k
Zhiyu Jiang	382 0.3×	635 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	374 0.9×	518 1.3×	135	3.4k
Sherif S. M. Ghoneim	3.1k 2.6×	1.2k 1.4×	330 0.5×	168 0.4×	309 0.8×	223	4.4k
Mauro Venturini	505 0.4×	516 0.6×	557 0.9×	150 0.4×	912 2.3×	171	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Watson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Watson, Simon, et al.. (2025). Kite as a sensor: wind and state estimation in tethered flying systems. Wind energy science. 10(10). 2161–2188.

Zappalá, Donatella, et al.. (2025). Simulating run-to-failure SCADA time series to enhance wind turbine fault detection and prognosis. Wind energy science. 10(11). 2563–2576.

Matsuhira, Nobuto, Minsung Sung, Simon Watson, et al.. (2025). Development of a remotely operated robot system for movement in narrow areas based on workspace characteristics. 1102–1106.

Zappalá, Donatella, et al.. (2024). A hybrid Convolutional Autoencoder training algorithm for unsupervised bearing health indicator construction. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 139. 109477–109477. 3 indexed citations

Merino-Martínez, Roberto, et al.. (2024). Multi-objective calibration of vertical-axis wind turbine controllers: balancing aero-servo-elastic performance and noise. Wind energy science. 9(2). 471–493. 3 indexed citations

Zappalá, Donatella, et al.. (2024). Boosting field data using synthetic SCADA datasets for wind turbine condition monitoring. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2767(3). 32033–32033. 3 indexed citations

Watson, Simon, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the impacts of synoptic weather patterns on North Sea wind power production and ramp events under a changing climate. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 4. 100113–100113. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Yichao, et al.. (2023). Analysis and multi-objective optimisation of wind turbine torque control strategies. Wind energy science. 8(10). 1553–1573. 4 indexed citations

Watson, Simon, et al.. (2023). Modelling the impact of trapped lee waves on offshore wind farm power output. Wind energy science. 8(7). 1179–1200.

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Basu, Sukanta, et al.. (2023). A decision-tree-based measure–correlate–predict approach for peak wind gust estimation from a global reanalysis dataset. Wind energy science. 8(10). 1533–1551. 3 indexed citations

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Kalverla, Peter, et al.. (2020). Clustering wind profile shapes to estimate airborne wind energy production. Wind energy science. 5(3). 1097–1120. 17 indexed citations

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Watson, Simon, et al.. (2020). A simple methodology to detect and quantify wind power ramps. Wind energy science. 5(4). 1731–1741. 5 indexed citations

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Basu, Sukanta, et al.. (2020). Mesoscale modeling of a “Dunkelflaute” event. Wind Energy. 24(1). 5–23. 23 indexed citations

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Basu, Sukanta, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the Predictability of a ‘Dunkelflaute’ Event by Utilizing a Mesoscale Model. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1618(6). 62042–62042. 7 indexed citations

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Desmond, Cian, et al.. (2017). Numerical simulation of non-neutral forest canopy flows at a site in North-Eastern France. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Simon, et al.. (2013). Wind speed variability across the UK between 1957 and 2011. Wind Energy. 18(1). 21–42. 28 indexed citations

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Gammon, Rupert, et al.. (2011). Alkaline electrolysers: Model and real data analysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 36(13). 7956–7962. 31 indexed citations

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Llombart, A., et al.. (2005). Power Curve Characterization II. Modelling Using Polynomial Regression. Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal. 1(3). 363–366. 2 indexed citations

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Watson, Simon, et al.. (2003). Simulation of Power Quality in Residencial Electricity Networks. Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal. 1(1). 620–627. 4 indexed citations

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Turnock, Stephen R., R.J. Pattenden, Richard Pemberton, & Simon Watson. (2000). Computation of viscous steady flow around the KRISO tanker (KVLCC2) hull form. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations

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