Werner Leonhard

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
45 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Werner Leonhard is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner Leonhard has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 18 papers in Computational Mechanics and 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Werner Leonhard's work include Physics and Engineering Research Articles (18 papers), Sensorless Control of Electric Motors (12 papers) and Control Systems in Engineering (10 papers). Werner Leonhard is often cited by papers focused on Physics and Engineering Research Articles (18 papers), Sensorless Control of Electric Motors (12 papers) and Control Systems in Engineering (10 papers). Werner Leonhard collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and United Kingdom. Werner Leonhard's co-authors include Walter Schumacher, Paolo Bertoldi, Anı́bal T. de Almeida, Kai Müller, Lars Gertmar, D. Povh, Jutta Schulze and Rosamond Rhodes and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Werner Leonhard

42 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Control of Electrical Drives

1996 1.9k citations Werner Leonhard profile →
Control of Electrical Drives

1985 980 citations Werner Leonhard profile →
Control of Electrical Drives

2001 715 citations Werner Leonhard profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Werner Leonhard Germany	14	3.6k	2.4k	678	256	177	45	4.4k
A.M. Trzynadlowski United States	35	3.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	624 0.9×	152 0.6×	172 1.0×	117	4.5k
Peter Vas United Kingdom	20	4.5k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	430 1.7×	126 0.7×	63	5.7k
M. Zigliotto Italy	35	4.5k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	635 0.9×	279 1.1×	220 1.2×	152	5.3k
R. Krishnan United States	17	3.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	639 0.9×	128 0.5×	203 1.1×	42	3.6k
J. Chiasson United States	38	4.5k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	493 0.7×	194 0.8×	314 1.8×	90	5.3k
S. Okuma Japan	21	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	272 0.4×	245 1.0×	86 0.5×	136	2.8k
Marcello Pucci Italy	34	3.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	355 0.5×	217 0.8×	293 1.7×	201	3.8k
Oleg Wasynczuk United States	24	3.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	289 0.4×	104 0.4×	488 2.8×	123	4.1k
D.W. Novotny United States	34	4.9k 1.4×	2.1k 0.9×	614 0.9×	132 0.5×	780 4.4×	83	5.2k
Teresa Orłowska-Kowalska Poland	33	2.2k 0.6×	3.0k 1.3×	2.0k 2.9×	388 1.5×	146 0.8×	208	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Werner Leonhard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Werner Leonhard

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Werner Leonhard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Werner Leonhard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Werner Leonhard based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Werner Leonhard. Werner Leonhard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Müller, Kai & Werner Leonhard. (2003). Computer control of a robotic driver for emission tests. 88. 1506–1511. 9 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (2002). AC drives with macroelectronic power supply and microelectronic control, flexible sources of controlled mechanical energy. 1. 1–11. 1 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (2002). Feeding the Grid From Regenerative Sources, the Way to a Sustainable Energy Supply?. EPE Journal. 12(3). 38–42. 10 indexed citations

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Gertmar, Lars, et al.. (1999). Power Electronics and Control by Microelectronics in Future Energy Systems. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 9 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1996). Controlled AC drives, a successful transition from ideas to industrial practice. Control Engineering Practice. 4(7). 897–908. 18 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1996). Control of Electrical Drives. 1900 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leonhard, Werner. (1991). 30 Years Space Vectors, 20 Yeras Field Orientation, 10 Year Digital Signal Processing with Controlled AC-Drives, a Review (Part 2). EPE Journal. 1(2). 89–101. 13 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1990). Trajectory control of a multi-axes robot with electrical servo drives. IEEE Control Systems Magazine. 10(6). 3–9. 10 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1988). Field-orientation for controlling AC machines-principle and application. 277–282. 8 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1988). Digitale Signalverarbeitung in der Meß- und Regelungstechnik. 3 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1985). Einführung in die Regelungstechnik. 2 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1985). Control of Electrical Drives. 980 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leonhard, Werner. (1983). Control of AC-Machines with the help of Microelectronics. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 16(16). 769–792. 22 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner, et al.. (1982). Mikroelektronik in der Stromrichtertechnik und bei elektrischen Antrieben : Vorträge der ETG/GMR Factagung, 12.-14. Oktober 1982 in Darmstadt = Microelectronics in power electronics and electrical drives.

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Leonhard, Werner, et al.. (1980). Field-Oriented Control of a Standard AC Motor Using Microprocessors. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. IA-16(2). 186–192. 209 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1980). MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROL OF ELECTRICAL DRIVES. 1 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1976). Zeitoptimale Scherenregelung. Electrical Engineering. 58(1). 61–67. 1 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1973). Statistische Analyse linearer Regelsysteme. 10 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1964). Z�hlende Rechenschaltungen f�r Regelaufgaben. Electrical Engineering. 49(4). 215–234. 1 indexed citations

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Leonhard, Werner. (1959). Elements of reactor-controlled reversible induction-motor drives. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Part II Applications and Industry. 78(2). 106–115. 3 indexed citations

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