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Akihiro Ametani

Akihiro Ametani

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
36
Citations
6059
World Ranking
5316
National Ranking
239

Akihiro Ametani publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akihiro Ametani sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 386 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Akihiro Ametani D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akihiro Ametani sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the analysis of electrical transients in power systems.

Overview

Akihiro Ametani was a researcher affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada. Their work primarily focused on electrical engineering, with significant contributions in the subfields of electrical and electronic engineering, astronomy and astrophysics, control and systems engineering, materials chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Ametani's research spanned several topics including lightning and electromagnetic phenomena, thermal analysis in power transmission, electromagnetic compatibility and noise suppression, high voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena, power line communications and noise, electromagnetic simulation and numerical methods, and high-voltage power transmission systems.

The scientist coauthored papers frequently with Haoyan Xue, Teruo Ohno, Hossein Khalilnezhad, Kazuo Yamamoto, and Jean Mahseredjian.

Regular publication venues for Ametani included:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
  • Electric Power Systems Research
  • IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Institution of Engineering and Technology eBooks
  • IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Ametani's recent papers comprised:

  • "Electromagnetic Transients Program: History and Future", 2020, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • "Impedance and Admittance Formulas for a Multistair Model of Transmission Towers", 2020, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • "An Electromagnetic Model for the Calculation of Tower Surge Impedance Based on Thin Wire Approximation", 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
  • "Theoretical and NEC Calculations of Electromagnetic Fields Generated From a Multi-Phase Underground Cable", 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery
  • "Generalized Formulation and Surge Analysis on Overhead Lines: Impedance/Admittance of A Multi-Layer Earth", 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

The researcher also authored books including Electromagnetic Transients in Large HV Cable Networks: Modeling and calculations, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology in 2021.

Akihiro Ametani was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 1992 for contributions to the analysis of electrical transients in power systems.

Best Publications

  • A General Formulation of Impedance and Admittance of Cables

    A. Ametani

  • A method of a lightning surge analysis recommended in Japan using EMTP

    A. Ametani;T. Kawamura

  • Phase domain modeling of frequency-dependent transmission lines by means of an ARMA model

    T. Noda;N. Nagaoka;A. Ametani

  • Experimental evaluation of a UHV tower model for lightning surge analysis

    T. Yamada;A. Mochizuki;J. Sawada;E. Zaima

  • Modeling of thin wires in a lossy medium for FDTD simulations

    Y. Baba;N. Nagaoka;A. Ametani

  • Frequency-dependent impedance of vertical conductors and a multiconductor tower model

    A. Ametani;Y. Kasai;J. Sawada;A. Mochizuki

  • Harmonic reduction in thyristor converters by harmonic current injection

    A. Ametani

  • A development of a generalized frequency-domain transient program-FTP

    N. Nagaoka;A. Ametani

  • Generalized Method of Harmonic Reduction in AC-DC Converters by Harmonic Current Injection

    Unknown

  • Digital fault location for parallel double-circuit multi-terminal transmission lines

    T. Funabashi;H. Otoguro;Y. Mizuma;L. Dube

  • Application of the Partial Element Equivalent Circuit Method to Analysis of Transient Potential Rises in Grounding Systems

    P. Yutthagowith;A. Ametani;N. Nagaoka;Y. Baba

  • FDTD Simulation of a Horizontal Grounding Electrode and Modeling of its Equivalent Circuit

    M. Tsumura;Y. Baba;N. Nagaoka;A. Ametani

  • An Improved Thin Wire Representation for FDTD Computations

    Y. Taniguchi;Y. Baba;N. Nagaoka;A. Ametani

  • Power System Transients: Theory and Applications

    Akihiro Ametani;Naoto Nagaoka;Yoshihiro Baba;Teruo Ohno

  • A highly efficient method for calculating transmission line transients

    A. Ametani

  • Experimental study of current-dependent grounding resistance of rod electrode

    S. Sekioka;T. Sonoda;A. Ametani

  • Experimental and analytical studies of lightning overvoltages in wind turbine generator systems

    K. Yamamoto;T. Noda;S. Yokoyama;A. Ametani

  • Further improvements to a phase-domain ARMA line model in terms of convolution, steady-state initialization, and stability

    T. Noda;N. Nagaoka;A. Ametani

  • Measurements of grounding resistances for high impulse currents

    S. Sekioka;H. Hayashida;T. Hara;A. Ametani

  • Further studies on wave propagation in overhead lines with earth return: impedance of stratified earth

    Unknown

  • Wave Propagation Characteristics of Cables

    A. Ametani

  • Transient Calculations on Crossbonded Cables

    N. Nagaoka;A. Ametani

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiro Baba
Yoshihiro Baba Doshisha University
Jean Mahseredjian
Jean Mahseredjian Polytechnique Montréal
Vladimir A. Rakov
Vladimir A. Rakov University of Florida
Toshihisa Funabashi
Toshihisa Funabashi University of the Ryukyus
Shigemitsu Okabe
Shigemitsu Okabe TEPCO (Japan)
Farhad Rachidi
Farhad Rachidi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Masaru Ishii
Masaru Ishii Osaka University
Claus Leth Bak
Claus Leth Bak Aalborg University
Mario Paolone
Mario Paolone École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jinliang He
Jinliang He Tsinghua University

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