William Leithead

2.4k total citations
107 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

William Leithead is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William Leithead has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 56 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in William Leithead's work include Wind Energy Research and Development (55 papers), Wind Turbine Control Systems (42 papers) and Power System Optimization and Stability (11 papers). William Leithead is often cited by papers focused on Wind Energy Research and Development (55 papers), Wind Turbine Control Systems (42 papers) and Power System Optimization and Stability (11 papers). William Leithead collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Ireland. William Leithead's co-authors include J. O’Reilly, B. Connor, Adam Dyśko, David C. Reardon, Douglas J. Leith, Sergio Domínguez, J.R. McDonald, Sung‐ho Hur, Olimpo Anaya‐Lara and Hong Yue and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

In The Last Decade

William Leithead

100 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Leithead United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.0k 602 115 112 107 1.8k
Peter Wall United Kingdom 19 1.5k 1.4× 864 0.8× 348 0.6× 91 0.8× 34 0.3× 50 1.8k
Torben Knudsen Denmark 18 584 0.5× 558 0.5× 741 1.2× 203 1.8× 135 1.2× 67 1.3k
Nicolaos Antonio Cutululis Denmark 23 2.2k 2.1× 1.2k 1.2× 657 1.1× 127 1.1× 86 0.8× 162 2.6k
S. Rodrigues Netherlands 16 838 0.8× 400 0.4× 293 0.5× 82 0.7× 146 1.3× 31 1.2k
Ravi Pandit United Kingdom 19 473 0.4× 423 0.4× 340 0.6× 129 1.1× 74 0.7× 52 932
Feng Wu China 23 1.6k 1.5× 828 0.8× 154 0.3× 41 0.4× 275 2.5× 131 1.9k
J.W. van Wingerden Netherlands 21 833 0.8× 575 0.6× 1.6k 2.6× 547 4.8× 153 1.4× 70 1.9k
Ángel Gaspar González Rodríguez Spain 14 345 0.3× 176 0.2× 599 1.0× 162 1.4× 92 0.8× 38 900
Kjetil Uhlen Norway 28 2.6k 2.4× 1.8k 1.7× 117 0.2× 31 0.3× 66 0.6× 147 2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Leithead

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Leithead. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Leithead 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 William Leithead. William Leithead is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leithead, William, et al.. (2025). X-Rotor, an Innovative Offshore Wind Turbine to Reduce Cost of Energy. Energies. 18(10). 2549–2549.
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Leithead, William, et al.. (2024). Controller design for the X-Rotor offshore wind turbine concept. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2767(3). 32050–32050.
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Leithead, William, et al.. (2024). On the use of secondary rotors for vertical axis wind turbine power take‐off. Wind Energy. 27(6). 569–582. 2 indexed citations
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Carroll, James, et al.. (2023). Operational Expenditure Modelling of the X-Rotor Offshore Wind turbine concept: Sensitivity of Key Modelling Assumptions. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2626(1). 12024–12024. 1 indexed citations
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Leithead, William, et al.. (2022). A generic approach to wind farm control and the power adjusting controller. Wind Energy. 25(10). 1735–1757. 7 indexed citations
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Leithead, William, et al.. (2020). Design and Implementation of a Wind Farm Controller Using Aerodynamics Estimated From LIDAR Scans of Wind Turbine Blades. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 5(5). 1735–1740. 2 indexed citations
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Campos‐Gaona, David, et al.. (2020). Dynamic Wind Power Plant Control for System Integration Using the Generator Response Following Concept. Energies. 13(7). 1804–1804. 7 indexed citations
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McDonald, Alasdair, et al.. (2019). Optimisation of design and operation of generators for offshore vertical axis wind turbines. Wind Energy. 22(10). 1324–1342. 3 indexed citations
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Yue, Hong, et al.. (2019). Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Sizing for Offshore Multi-Purpose Platforms. 10 indexed citations
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Hur, Sung‐ho & William Leithead. (2016). Model predictive and linear quadratic Gaussian control of a wind turbine. Optimal Control Applications and Methods. 38(1). 88–111. 17 indexed citations
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Leithead, William, et al.. (2011). Wind turbine control design to enhance the fault ride through capability. P31–P31. 8 indexed citations
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Leithead, William. (2008). Supergen: wind energy technologies. Psychopharmacology. 202(1-3). 165–72. 1 indexed citations
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Leithead, William, et al.. (2007). Active regulation of multi-MW wind turbines : an overview. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 31(20). 24–34. 3 indexed citations
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Leithead, William & Sergio Domínguez. (2006). Coordinated control design for wind turbine control systems. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 103(1). 60–2. 24 indexed citations
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Jamieson, Peter, et al.. (2004). Gyrotorque transmission system for wind turbines. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 50(9). 3240–3246. 1 indexed citations
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Leithead, William, et al.. (2002). Design of robust controllers for a fighter aircraft using individual channel design. 430–435. 1 indexed citations
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Leithead, William, et al.. (1996). Drive-train characteristics of constant speed HAWT's:: part II - simple characterisation of dynamics. Wind Engineering. 20(3). 175–201. 14 indexed citations
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Leithead, William & J. O’Reilly. (1991). Uncertain SISO systems with fixed stable minimum-phase controllers: relationship of closed-loop systems to plant RHP poles and zeros. International Journal of Control. 53(4). 771–798. 15 indexed citations
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Leithead, William, David C. Reardon, & M.J. Grimble. (1991). Wind turbine modelling and control. 1–6. 8 indexed citations
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Reardon, David C. & William Leithead. (1990). Statistical linearization: a comparative study. International Journal of Control. 52(5). 1083–1105. 4 indexed citations

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