2026 Wei Xu: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	51	3828	3671	768	764	437	10529

Overview

Wei Xu is affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and conducts research primarily in the field of engineering. Their work focuses on electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, and extends into mechanical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and aerospace engineering.

Their research covers several main topics including:

Sensorless Control of Electric Motors
Electric Motor Design and Analysis
Multilevel Inverters and Converters
Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics
Microgrid Control and Optimization
Wind Turbine Control Systems
Magnetic Properties and Applications

Wei Xu's publication record includes significant contributions to journals and conferences such as:

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
IEEE Access
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
13th International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications (LDIA), 2021
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Wei Xu include:

Adaptive Speed Control of PMSM Drive System Based a New Sliding-Mode Reaching Law, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Recent Achievements in Model Predictive Control Techniques for Industrial Motor: A Comprehensive State-of-the-Art, 2021, IEEE Access
An Efficient Antidisturbance Sliding-Mode Speed Control Method for PMSM Drive Systems, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Modeling and Transient Response Analysis of Doubly-Fed Variable Speed Pumped Storage Unit in Pumping Mode, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Progress in Piezoelectric Material Based Oceanic Wave Energy Conversion Technology, 2020, IEEE Access

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Wei Xu include:

Yi Liu
Yirong Tang
Abdul Khalique Junejo
Jian Ge
Md. Rabiul Islam

Best Publications

An Improved Direct Torque Control for Three-Level Inverter-Fed Induction Motor Sensorless Drive

Yongchang Zhang;Jianguo Zhu;Zhengming Zhao;Wei Xu

357
Citations
Adaptive Speed Control of PMSM Drive System Based a New Sliding-Mode Reaching Law

Abdul Khalique Junejo;Wei Xu;Chaoxu Mu;Moustafa Magdi Ismail

310
Citations
Latest Advances of Model Predictive Control in Electrical Drives. Part II: Applications and Benchmarking with Classical Control Methods

Jose Rodriguez;Cristian Garcia;Andres Mora;Alireza Davari

291
Citations
Performance Improvement of Model-Predictive Current Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives

Yongchang Zhang;Donglin Xu;Jiali Liu;Suyu Gao

283
Citations
Linear Electric Machines, Drives, and MAGLEVs: An Overview

Ion Boldea;Lucian Nicolae Tutelea;Wei Xu;Marcello Pucci

274
Citations
Analysis of Torque Capability and Quality in Vernier Permanent-Magnet Machines

Dawei Li;Ronghai Qu;Jian Li;Linyuan Xiao

256
Citations
Improved Nonlinear Flux Observer-Based Second-Order SOIFO for PMSM Sensorless Control

Wei Xu;Yajie Jiang;Chaoxu Mu;Frede Blaabjerg

235
Citations
A Simple Method to Reduce Torque Ripple in Direct Torque-Controlled Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motor by Using Vectors With Variable Amplitude and Angle

Yongchang Zhang;Jianguo Zhu;Wei Xu;Youguang Guo

232
Citations
Improved Deadbeat Predictive Current Control Combined Sliding Mode Strategy for PMSM Drive System

Yajie Jiang;Wei Xu;Chaoxu Mu;Yi Liu

226
Citations
Equivalent Circuits for Single-Sided Linear Induction Motors

Wei Xu;Jian Guo Zhu;Yongchang Zhang;Zixin Li

216
Citations
Control of Three-Phase Boost-Type PWM Rectifier in Stationary Frame Under Unbalanced Input Voltage

Zixin Li;Yaohua Li;Ping Wang;Haibin Zhu

170
Citations
Improved Continuous Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Control With Extended State Observer for Speed Regulation of PMSM Drive System

Wei Xu;Abdul Khalique Junejo;Yi Liu;Md. Rabiul Islam

153
Citations
Synthesis of Flux Switching Permanent Magnet Machines

Dawei Li;Ronghai Qu;Jian Li;Wei Xu

151
Citations
An Improved Equivalent Circuit Model of a Single-Sided Linear Induction Motor

Wei Xu;Jian Guo Zhu;Yongchang Zhang;Yaohua Li

151
Citations
Consequent-Pole Toroidal-Winding Outer-Rotor Vernier Permanent-Magnet Machines

Dawei Li;Ronghai Qu;Jian Li;Wei Xu

148
Citations
A comparative study of Luenberger observer, sliding mode observer and extended Kalman filter for sensorless vector control of induction motor drives

Yongchang Zhang;Zhengming Zhao;Ting Lu;Liqiang Yuan

148
Citations
Recent Achievements in Model Predictive Control Techniques for Industrial Motor: A Comprehensive State-of-the-Art

Mahmoud F. Elmorshedy;Wei Xu;Fayez F. M. El-Sousy;Md. Rabiul Islam

133
Citations
Novel Composite Sliding Mode Control for PMSM Drive System Based on Disturbance Observer

Wei Xu;Ya Jie Jiang;Chao Xu Mu

133
Citations
Power Loss and Thermal Analysis for High-Power High-Speed Permanent Magnet Machines

Guanghui Du;Wei Xu;Jianguo Zhu;Na Huang

128
Citations
Equivalent Circuit Derivation and Performance Analysis of a Single-Sided Linear Induction Motor Based on the Winding Function Theory

Wei Xu;Guangyong Sun;Guilin Wen;Zhengwei Wu

116
Citations
Analysis of torque capability and quality in vernier permanent magnet machines

Dawei Li;Ronghai Qu;Jian Li;Leilei Wu

12
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