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D-Index
39
Citations
9416
World Ranking
4598
National Ranking
26

Costas Vournas 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 Costas Vournas sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 170 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Costas Vournas 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 Costas Vournas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% 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

  • 2005 - IEEE Fellow For leadership in the analysis of power system dynamics and power engineering education.

Overview

Costas Vournas is affiliated with the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. Their research is primarily centered within the field of Engineering, with a significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. Additional areas of specialization include Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Vournas's work spans several main topics related to power systems, highlighting:

  • Power System Optimization and Stability
  • Optimal Power Flow Distribution
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Islanding Detection in Power Systems
  • Power System Reliability and Maintenance
  • HVDC Systems and Fault Protection
  • Wind Turbine Control Systems

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with this researcher across multiple publications, including:

  • Thierry Van Cutsem
  • Giorgos Prionistis
  • Panagiotis Mandoulidis
  • Theodoros Souxes
  • Claudio A. Cañizares

Vournas's research articles are often published in venues specializing in power systems and sustainable energy, such as:

  • Electric Power Systems Research
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks
  • Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège)
  • IEEE Access

Recent publications include:

  • "Definition and Classification of Power System Stability - Revisited & Extended," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • "Fundamentals of power systems modelling in the presence of converter-interfaced generation," 2020, Electric Power Systems Research
  • "Stability definitions and characterization of dynamic behavior in systems with high penetration of power electronic interfaced technologies," 2024, Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège)
  • "Test Systems for Voltage Stability Studies," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
  • "Voltage stability support offered by active distribution networks," 2020, Electric Power Systems Research

Their contributions to the field have been recognized through an IEEE Fellow award received in 2005 for leadership in the analysis of power system dynamics and power engineering education.

Best Publications

  • Voltage Stability of Electric Power Systems

    Thierry Van Cutsem;Costas Vournas

  • Definition and Classification of Power System Stability – Revisited & Extended

    Nikos Hatziargyriou;Jovica Milanovic;Claudia Rahmann;Venkataramana Ajjarapu

  • Power System Voltage Stability

    Unknown

  • Unit Commitment by an Enhanced Simulated Annealing Algorithm

    D.N. Simopoulos;S.D. Kavatza;C.D. Vournas

  • Contribution of Doubly Fed Wind Generators to Oscillation Damping

    G. Tsourakis;B.M. Nomikos;C.D. Vournas

  • Effect of wind parks with doubly fed asynchronous generators on small-signal stability

    G. Tsourakis;B.M. Nomikos;C.D. Vournas

  • Fundamentals of power systems modelling in the presence of converter-interfaced generation

    Mario Paolone;Trevor Gaunt;Xavier Guillaud;Marco Liserre

  • Voltage stability analysis in transient and mid-term time scales

    T. Van Cutsem;C.D. Vournas

  • Reliability Constrained Unit Commitment Using Simulated Annealing

    D.N. Simopoulos;S.D. Kavatza;C.D. Vournas

  • Stability definitions and characterization of dynamic behavior in systems with high penetration of power electronic interfaced technologies

    Nikos Hatziargyriou;Jovica Milanović;Claudia Rahmann;Venkataramana Ajjarapu

  • An educational simulation tool for power system control and stability

    C.D. Vournas;E.G. Potamianakis;C. Moors;T. Van Cutsem

  • Short-term voltage instability: effects on synchronous and induction machines

    E.G. Potamianakis;C.D. Vournas

  • Load Control Using Sensitivity Identification by Means of Smart Transformer

    Giovanni De Carne;Giampaolo Buticchi;Marco Liserre;Constantine Vournas

  • Relationships between voltage and angle stability of power systems

    C.D. Vournas;P.W. Sauer;M.A. Pai

  • Emergency Voltage Stability Controls: an Overview

    T. Van Cutsem;C.D. Vournas

  • Load tap changers in emergency and preventive voltage stability control

    C. Vournas;M. Karystianos

  • Hybrid systems modeling for power systems

    G.K. Fourlas;K.J. Kyriakopoulos;C.D. Vournas

  • Analysis of forced oscillations in a multimachine power system

    C.D. Vournas;N. Krassas;B.C. Papadias

  • Power System Stabilization via Parameter Optimization - Application to the Hellenic Interconnected System

    C. D. Vournas;B. C. Papadias

  • Test systems for voltage stability analysis and security assessment

    Thierry Van Cutsem;Mevludin Glavic;William Rosehart;Jhonatan Andrade dos Santos

  • An educational simulation tool for power system control and stability

    C. Vournas;E. Potamianakis;C. Moors;T. Van Custem

Frequent Co-Authors

Thierry Van Cutsem
Thierry Van Cutsem University of Liège
Marco Liserre
Marco Liserre Kiel University
Giampaolo Buticchi
Giampaolo Buticchi University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Claudio A. Canizares
Claudio A. Canizares University of Waterloo
M.A. Pai
M.A. Pai University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peter W. Sauer
Peter W. Sauer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nikos D. Hatziargyriou
Nikos D. Hatziargyriou National Technical University of Athens
Vijay Vittal
Vijay Vittal Arizona State University
Jovica V. Milanovic
Jovica V. Milanovic University of Manchester
Bikash C. Pal
Bikash C. Pal Imperial College London

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