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18970
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57

B. A. Carreras publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where B. A. Carreras sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 470 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

B. A. Carreras D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where B. A. Carreras sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For sustained contributions to the understanding and circumvention of operating limitations and enhanced transport in torodial confinement devices subject to MHD fluid instabilities

Overview

B. A. Carreras is affiliated with Carlos III University of Madrid in Spain and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Engineering. Their research spans across several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Control and Systems Engineering, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

The main topics in their work include Magnetic confinement fusion research, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Smart Grid Energy Management, Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, Power System Optimization and Stability, and Power System Reliability and Maintenance.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a focus on power systems, energy reliability, and fusion plasma research. Key papers include:

  • "Assessing Blackout Risk With High Penetration of Variable Renewable Energies", 2021, IEEE Access
  • "Overview of the TJ-II stellarator research programme towards model validation in fusion plasmas", 2021, Nuclear Fusion
  • "Effects of demand control on the complex dynamics of electric power system blackouts", 2020, Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • "Analysis of the blackout risk reduction when segmenting large power systems using lines with controllable power flow", 2023, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
  • "The Potential Impact of Climate Change on the Efficiency and Reliability of Solar, Hydro, and Wind Energy Sources", 2022, Land

B. A. Carreras frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Damià Gomila, B. Ph. van Milligen, J.M. Reynolds-Barredo, L. García, and Pere Colet.

Publication venues where the scientist's work appears regularly include:

  • Nuclear Fusion
  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Physics of Plasmas
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Their research contributions are recognized within the scientific community, as indicated by the award of Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1984 for work related to understanding and circumventing operating limitations and enhanced transport in toroidal confinement devices subject to MHD fluid instabilities.

Best Publications

  • Fluctuations and anomalous transport in tokamaks

    A. J. Wootton;B. A. Carreras;H. Matsumoto;K. McGuire

  • Self-Regulating Shear Flow Turbulence: A Paradigm for the L to H Transition

    P. H. Diamond;Y.-M. Liang;B. A. Carreras;P. W. Terry

  • Evidence for self-organized criticality in a time series of electric power system blackouts

    B.A. Carreras;D.E. Newman;I. Dobson;A.B. Poole

  • A Loading-Dependent Model of Probabilistic Cascading Failure

    Ian Dobson;Benjamin A. Carreras;David E. Newman

  • Fractional diffusion in plasma turbulence

    Diego B Del-Castillo-Negrete;B. A. Carreras;V. Lynch

  • Anomalous diffusion and exit time distribution of particle tracers in plasma turbulence model

    B. A. Carreras;V. E. Lynch;G. M. Zaslavsky

  • The dynamics of marginality and self-organized criticality as a paradigm for turbulent transport

    D. E. Newman;B. A. Carreras;P. H. Diamond;T. S. Hahm

  • A model realization of self‐organized criticality for plasma confinement

    B. A. Carreras;D. Newman;V. E. Lynch;P. H. Diamond

  • Wavelet bicoherence: A new turbulence analysis tool

    B. Ph. van Milligen;E. Sánchez;T. Estrada;C. Hidalgo

  • Numerical methods for the solution of partial differential equations of fractional order

    V. E. Lynch;B. A. Carreras;D. del-Castillo-Negrete;K. M. Ferreira-Mejias

  • Disturbances in a power transmission system

    M. L. Sachtjen;B. A. Carreras;V. E. Lynch

  • Nondiffusive Transport in Plasma Turbulence: A Fractional Diffusion Approach

    Diego B Del-Castillo-Negrete;B. A. Carreras;V. Lynch

  • Progress in anomalous transport research in toroidal magnetic confinement devices

    B.A. Carreras

  • Front dynamics in reaction-diffusion systems with Levy flights: a fractional diffusion approach.

    D del-Castillo-Negrete;B A Carreras;V E Lynch

  • Long-range time correlations in plasma edge turbulence

    B. A. Carreras;B. van Milligen;M. A. Pedrosa;R. Balbin

  • Fluctuation-induced flux at the plasma edge in toroidal devices

    B. A. Carreras;C. Hidalgo;E. Sánchez;M. A. Pedrosa

  • Nonlinear interaction of tearing modes in highly resistive tokamaks

    B. V. Waddell;B. Carreras;H. R. Hicks;J. A. Holmes

  • Transport Effects Induced by Resistive Ballooning Modes and Comparison with High- β p ISX- B Tokamak Confinement

    B. A. Carreras;P. H. Diamond;M. Murakami;J. L. Dunlap

  • Self-similarity of the plasma edge fluctuations

    B. A. Carreras;B. Ph. van Milligen;M. A. Pedrosa;R. Balbín

  • Theory of resistive pressure-gradient-driven turbulence

    B. A. Carreras;L. Garcia;P. H. Diamond

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Newman
David E. Newman University of Alaska Fairbanks
Patrick Diamond
Patrick Diamond University of California, San Diego
Ian Dobson
Ian Dobson Iowa State University
Rajesh Maingi
Rajesh Maingi Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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