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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 51 2597 2491 993 930 258 14262

Peter W. Sauer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter W. Sauer between 1974 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter W. Sauer published across 50 years, from 1974 to 2023, averaging 5.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2013. 7 of the 281 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1974 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2013. 1974: 1 publication 1975: 2 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 5 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 7 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 9 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 2 publications
1974 2023

281 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter W. Sauer: publications per year, 1974 to 2023
Year Publications
1974 1
1975 2
1976 0
1977 1
1978 0
1979 1
1980 0
1981 3
1982 5
1983 5
1984 6
1985 2
1986 6
1987 7
1988 5
1989 9
1990 6
1991 4
1992 7
1993 7
1994 3
1995 8
1996 4
1997 7
1998 4
1999 7
2000 4
2001 12
2002 5
2003 5
2004 6
2005 10
2006 5
2007 8
2008 7
2009 8
2010 6
2011 7
2012 6
2013 14
2014 12
2015 7
2016 8
2017 13
2018 6
2019 5
2020 6
2021 4
2022 5
2023 2
Total 281
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Peter W. Sauer publications per year - data summary

  • Peter W. Sauer, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has 281 publications recorded across 50 years, from 1974 to 2023.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1974 and the most recent to 2023.
  • The most productive year is 2013, with 14 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1974, 1977 and 1979, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 50 years in the span carry no publications at all (1976, 1978 and 1980).
  • The rate of publication averages 5.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.0 per year counting only the 47 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2019-2023) hold 22 publications, 8% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1974-1990: 59 publications (3.5 per year); 1991-2007: 106 publications (6.2 per year); 2008-2023: 116 publications (7.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Peter W. Sauer 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 Peter W. Sauer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 34–53 to 1,065+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 445. Most scientists, 445, have 174–193 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 254–273 publications, is where this scientist sits. 34–53 publications: 24 scientists 54–73 publications: 52 scientists 74–93 publications: 114 scientists 94–113 publications: 203 scientists 114–133 publications: 269 scientists 134–153 publications: 355 scientists 154–173 publications: 403 scientists 174–193 publications: 445 scientists 194–213 publications: 430 scientists 214–233 publications: 431 scientists 234–253 publications: 399 scientists 254–273 publications: 366 scientists 274–293 publications: 335 scientists 294–313 publications: 300 scientists 314–333 publications: 276 scientists 334–353 publications: 250 scientists 354–373 publications: 214 scientists 374–393 publications: 187 scientists 394–413 publications: 152 scientists 414–433 publications: 169 scientists 434–453 publications: 147 scientists 454–473 publications: 111 scientists 474–493 publications: 117 scientists 494–513 publications: 103 scientists 514–533 publications: 99 scientists 534–553 publications: 92 scientists 554–573 publications: 75 scientists 574–593 publications: 58 scientists 594–613 publications: 69 scientists 614–633 publications: 50 scientists 634–653 publications: 62 scientists 654–673 publications: 54 scientists 674–693 publications: 44 scientists 694–713 publications: 37 scientists 714–733 publications: 28 scientists 734–753 publications: 26 scientists 754–773 publications: 26 scientists 774–793 publications: 19 scientists 794–813 publications: 23 scientists 814–833 publications: 20 scientists 834–853 publications: 16 scientists 854–873 publications: 20 scientists 874–893 publications: 11 scientists 894–913 publications: 11 scientists 914–933 publications: 16 scientists 934–953 publications: 13 scientists 954–973 publications: 10 scientists 974–993 publications: 11 scientists 994–1,013 publications: 9 scientists 1,014–1,033 publications: 9 scientists 1,034–1,053 publications: 10 scientists 1,054–1,064 publications: 6 scientists 1,065+ publications: 99 scientists
34–53 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 258 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
34–53 24
54–73 52
74–93 114
94–113 203
114–133 269
134–153 355
154–173 403
174–193 445
194–213 430
214–233 431
234–253 399
254–273 366 258
274–293 335
294–313 300
314–333 276
334–353 250
354–373 214
374–393 187
394–413 152
414–433 169
434–453 147
454–473 111
474–493 117
494–513 103
514–533 99
534–553 92
554–573 75
574–593 58
594–613 69
614–633 50
634–653 62
654–673 54
674–693 44
694–713 37
714–733 28
734–753 26
754–773 26
774–793 19
794–813 23
814–833 20
834–853 16
854–873 20
874–893 11
894–913 11
914–933 16
934–953 13
954–973 10
974–993 11
994–1,013 9
1,014–1,033 9
1,034–1,053 10
1,054–1,064 6
1,065+ 99
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Peter W. Sauer publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 6,875 Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 53 ranges running from 34–53 to 1,065+ publications.
  • Peter W. Sauer, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, records 258 publications - the 47th percentile of the discipline.
  • 47% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Peter W. Sauer, and about 53% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 254–273 publications range, and Peter W. Sauer falls inside that same range.
  • The most crowded range is 174–193 publications, holding 445 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 294–313 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Peter W. Sauer 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 Peter W. Sauer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 111+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 263. Most scientists, 263, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 178 scientists 31 D-Index: 257 scientists 32 D-Index: 263 scientists 33 D-Index: 262 scientists 34 D-Index: 244 scientists 35 D-Index: 236 scientists 36 D-Index: 211 scientists 37 D-Index: 220 scientists 38 D-Index: 214 scientists 39 D-Index: 214 scientists 40 D-Index: 205 scientists 41 D-Index: 187 scientists 42 D-Index: 194 scientists 43 D-Index: 201 scientists 44 D-Index: 155 scientists 45 D-Index: 189 scientists 46 D-Index: 148 scientists 47 D-Index: 160 scientists 48 D-Index: 134 scientists 49 D-Index: 130 scientists 50 D-Index: 141 scientists 51 D-Index: 156 scientists 52 D-Index: 108 scientists 53 D-Index: 130 scientists 54 D-Index: 112 scientists 55 D-Index: 97 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 102 scientists 58 D-Index: 108 scientists 59 D-Index: 120 scientists 60 D-Index: 103 scientists 61 D-Index: 93 scientists 62 D-Index: 92 scientists 63 D-Index: 74 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 73 scientists 66 D-Index: 64 scientists 67 D-Index: 69 scientists 68 D-Index: 60 scientists 69 D-Index: 39 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 59 scientists 72 D-Index: 46 scientists 73 D-Index: 49 scientists 74 D-Index: 38 scientists 75 D-Index: 35 scientists 76 D-Index: 32 scientists 77 D-Index: 35 scientists 78 D-Index: 31 scientists 79 D-Index: 22 scientists 80 D-Index: 34 scientists 81 D-Index: 31 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 23 scientists 84 D-Index: 18 scientists 85 D-Index: 30 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 20 scientists 89 D-Index: 8 scientists 90 D-Index: 17 scientists 91 D-Index: 7 scientists 92 D-Index: 14 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 10 scientists 98 D-Index: 10 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 16 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 8 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 13 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 5 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 8 scientists 111+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 178
31 257
32 263
33 262
34 244
35 236
36 211
37 220
38 214
39 214
40 205
41 187
42 194
43 201
44 155
45 189
46 148
47 160
48 134
49 130
50 141
51 156 51
52 108
53 130
54 112
55 97
56 111
57 102
58 108
59 120
60 103
61 93
62 92
63 74
64 77
65 73
66 64
67 69
68 60
69 39
70 57
71 59
72 46
73 49
74 38
75 35
76 32
77 35
78 31
79 22
80 34
81 31
82 34
83 23
84 18
85 30
86 19
87 19
88 20
89 8
90 17
91 7
92 14
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 12
97 10
98 10
99 12
100 16
101 5
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96
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Peter W. Sauer D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 6,875 Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 82 ranges running from 30 to 111+ D-Index.
  • Peter W. Sauer, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, records 51 D-Index - the 63rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 63% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Peter W. Sauer, and about 37% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 46 D-Index range, and Peter W. Sauer ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32 D-Index, holding 263 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 50 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For technical contributions to the modeling, simulation, and dynamic analysis of power systems and for leadership in power engineering education and research.
  • 1993 - IEEE Fellow For leadership in electric power engineering education and for contributions to the theory of electric power system dynamic modeling and stability.

Overview

Peter W. Sauer is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong emphasis on engineering and medicine, particularly within electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging, as well as sociology and political science.

The main topics of their work include microgrid control and optimization, smart grid security and resilience, smart grid energy management, social acceptance of renewable energy, energy and environment impacts, water-energy-food nexus studies, and muscle activation and electromyography studies.

Their body of recent publications reflects this multidisciplinary focus, including:

  • Controller hardware in the loop testing of microgrid secondary frequency control schemes (2020, Electric Power Systems Research)
  • Can renewable energy work for rural societies? Exploring productive use, institutions, support systems, and trust for solar electricity in the Navajo Nation (2023, Energy Research & Social Science)
  • Deep learning and session-specific rapid recalibration for dynamic hand gesture recognition from EMG (2022, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology)
  • The Need for Teaching Place-Based Contextualization for Sustainable Power System Infrastructure Design (2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems)
  • Contextual Challenges in using DERs to Advance Remote Electrification (2022, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences)

Frequent coauthors contributing to the research include Abhiroop Chattopadhyay, Ann-Perry Witmer, Olaoluwapo Ajala, Alejandro D. Domínguez-García, and Siddhartha Nigam.

Key publication venues where Peter W. Sauer has contributed include IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Energy Research & Social Science, Electric Power Systems Research, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and the Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

Their work in electrical power system dynamic modeling and stability has been recognized with appointments and honors such as the IEEE Fellow designation received in 1993 for leadership in electric power engineering education and contributions to the theory of power system stability. They were also named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2003 for technical contributions to the modeling, simulation, and dynamic analysis of power systems as well as leadership in power engineering education and research.

Best Publications

  • Power System Dynamics and Stability: With Synchrophasor Measurement and Power System Toolbox

    Peter W Sauer;Joe H Chow;M A Pai

  • Power System Dynamics and Stability

    Peter W. Sauer;M. A. Pai

  • Uncertainty Management in the Unit Commitment Problem

    P.A. Ruiz;C.R. Philbrick;E. Zak;K.W. Cheung

  • Power system steady-state stability and the load-flow Jacobian

    P.W. Sauer;M.A. Pai

  • Power System Dynamics and Stability: With Synchrophasor Measurement and Power System Toolbox 2e: With Synchrophasor Measurement and Power System Toolbox

    Peter W. Sauer;M. A. Pai;Joe H. Chow

  • Is strong modal resonance a precursor to power system oscillations

    I. Dobson;J. Zhang;S. Greene;H. Engdahl

  • Power System Toolbox

    Peter W. Sauer;M. A. Pai;Joe H. Chow

  • Dynamic aspects of voltage/power characteristics (multimachine power systems)

    C. Rajagopalan;B.C. Lesieutre;P.W. Sauer;M.A. Pai

  • A Cyber-Physical Modeling and Assessment Framework for Power Grid Infrastructures

    Katherine R. Davis;Charles M. Davis;Saman A. Zonouz;Rakesh B. Bobba

  • Wind power day-ahead uncertainty management through stochastic unit commitment policies

    Pablo A. Ruiz;C. Russ Philbrick;Peter W. Sauer

  • Technical challenges of computing available transfer capability (ATC) in electric power systems

    P.W. Sauer

  • Optimal Tap Setting of Voltage Regulation Transformers Using Batch Reinforcement Learning

    Hanchen Xu;Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia;Peter W. Sauer

  • Enhancement of linear ATC calculations by the incorporation of reactive power flows

    S. Grijalva;P.W. Sauer;J.D. Weber

  • Runtime Semantic Security Analysis to Detect and Mitigate Control-Related Attacks in Power Grids

    Hui Lin;Adam Slagell;Zbigniew T. Kalbarczyk;Peter W. Sauer

  • A user-friendly simulation program for teaching power system operations

    T.J. Overbye;P.W. Sauer;C.M. Marzinzik;G. Gross

  • Relationships between voltage and angle stability of power systems

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

  • Measurement-Based Estimation of Linear Sensitivity Distribution Factors and Applications

    Yu Christine Chen;Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia;Peter W. Sauer

  • Measurement-Based Estimation of the Power Flow Jacobian Matrix

    Yu Christine Chen;Jianhui Wang;Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia;Peter W. Sauer

  • An integral manifold approach to reduced order dynamic modeling of synchronous machines

    P.W. Sauer;S. Ahmed-Zaid;P.V. Kokotovic

  • Stability Limited Load Supply and Interchange Capability

    P. W. Sauer;K. D. Demaree;M. A. Pai

  • On The Formulation of Power Distribution Factors for Linear Load Flow Methods

    P. W. Sauer

  • Data-Driven Voltage Regulation in Radial Power Distribution Systems

    Hanchen Xu;Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia;Venugopal V. Veeravalli;Peter W. Sauer

Frequent Co-Authors

M.A. Pai
M.A. Pai University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia
Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas J. Overbye
Thomas J. Overbye Texas A&M University
George Gross
George Gross University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joe H. Chow
Joe H. Chow Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bernard C. Lesieutre
Bernard C. Lesieutre University of Wisconsin–Madison
Santiago Grijalva
Santiago Grijalva Georgia Institute of Technology
Jonathan W. Kimball
Jonathan W. Kimball Missouri University of Science and Technology
Vijay Vittal
Vijay Vittal Arizona State University
Ian Dobson
Ian Dobson Iowa State University

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