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D-Index
35
Citations
5527
World Ranking
5533
National Ranking
230

Silvio Simani 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 Silvio Simani sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 294 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Silvio Simani 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 Silvio Simani sits on this spectrum.

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: 35 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Silvio Simani is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy and has a significant number of contributions in the field of Engineering. Their work primarily focuses on Control and Systems Engineering, with additional involvement in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The main research topics addressed by Simani include:

  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques
  • Wind Turbine Control Systems
  • Wind Energy Research and Development
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

Simani has published extensively across several well-known venues. Notable frequent publication venues are:

  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • Energies
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • Preprints.org

Selected recent papers illustrate the range of topics and applications studied:

  • "Decoupling Adaptive Sliding Mode Observer Design for Wind Turbines Subject to Simultaneous Faults in Sensors and Actuators" (2021) - IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica
  • "Development of a personalized thermal comfort driven controller for HVAC systems" (2021) - Energy
  • "Meta-Learning With Distributional Similarity Preference for Few-Shot Fault Diagnosis Under Varying Working Conditions" (2023) - IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • "A Review on Optimal Control for the Smart Grid Electrical Substation Enhancing Transition Stability" (2021) - Energies
  • "Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control of Wind Turbines: An Overview" (2022) - Energies

Collaboration is an important aspect of Simani's research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Paolo Castaldi
  • Saverio Farsoni
  • Bin Jiang
  • Ningyun Lu
  • Edy Ayala

Best Publications

  • Model-Based Fault Diagnosis Techniques

    Silvio Simani;Cesare Fantuzzi;Ronald Jon Patton

  • Model-based fault diagnosis in dynamic systems using identification techniques

    Silvio Simani;Ron Patton;Cesare Fantuzzi

  • Reliability improvement of wind turbine power generation using model-based fault detection and fault tolerant control: A review

    Hamed Habibi;Ian Howard;Silvio Simani

  • Robust FDI applied to thruster faults of a satellite system

    Ron J. Patton;Faisal J. Uppal;Silvio Simani;Bernard Polle

  • Diagnosis techniques for sensor faults of industrial processes

    S. Simani;C. Fantuzzi;S. Beghelli

  • Fault diagnosis in power plant using neural networks

    S. Simani;C. Fantuzzi

  • Fault diagnosis of an industrial gas turbine prototype using a system identification approach

    Silvio Simani;R. J. Patton

  • Fault Diagnosis of a Wind Turbine Benchmark via Identified Fuzzy Models

    Silvio Simani;Saverio Farsoni;Paolo Castaldi

  • Robust FDI applied to thruster faults of a satellite system

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  • Active actuator fault-tolerant control of a wind turbine benchmark model

    S. Simani;P. Castaldi

  • Data-driven fault diagnosis of a wind farm benchmark model

    Silvio Simani;Paolo Castaldi;Saverio Farsoni

  • Dynamic system identification and model-based fault diagnosis of an industrial gas turbine prototype

    Silvio Simani;Cesare Fantuzzi

  • Identification and fault diagnosis of a simulated model of an industrial gas turbine

    S. Simani

  • Differential geometry based active fault tolerant control for aircraft

    Paolo Castaldi;Nicola Mimmo;S. Simani

  • Identification of piecewise affine models in noisy environment

    Cesare Fantuzzi;S. Simani;S. Beghelli;R. Rovatti

  • Model-based robust fault detection and isolation of an industrial gas turbine prototype using soft computing techniques

    Hasan Abbasi Nozari;Mahdi Aliyari Shoorehdeli;Silvio Simani;Hamed Dehghan Banadaki

  • Design of residual generators and adaptive filters for the FDI of aircraft model sensors

    P. Castaldi;W. Geri;M. Bonfè;S. Simani

  • Data—Driven Approach for Wind Turbine Actuator and Sensor Fault Detection and Isolation

    Silvio Simani;Paolo Castaldi;Andrea Tilli

  • High-speed DSP-based implementation of piecewise-affine and piecewise-quadratic fuzzy systems

    R. Rovatti;C. Fantuzzi;S. Simani

  • Parameter identification for piecewise-affine fuzzy models in noisy environment

    Silvio Simani;Cesare Fantuzzi;Riccardo Rovatti;Sergio Beghelli

  • Adaptive square-root unscented Kalman filter: An experimental study of hydraulic actuator state estimation

    Reza Mohammadi Asl;Yashar Shabbouei Hagh;Silvio Simani;Heikki Handroos

  • Fault detection and isolation for on-board sensors of a general aviation aircraft

    M. Bonfè;P. Castaldi;W. Geri;S. Simani

Frequent Co-Authors

Cesare Fantuzzi
Cesare Fantuzzi University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Ron J. Patton
Ron J. Patton University of Hull
Riccardo Rovatti
Riccardo Rovatti University of Bologna
Mogens Blanke
Mogens Blanke Technical University of Denmark
John V. Ringwood
John V. Ringwood National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Christopher Edwards
Christopher Edwards University of Exeter
Cristian Secchi
Cristian Secchi University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Afef Fekih
Afef Fekih University of Louisiana at Lafayette
David Henry
David Henry University College Cork
Jie Zhang
Jie Zhang Newcastle University

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