We request that publications derived from the use of MATPOWER, or the included data files, explicitly acknowledge that fact by citing the appropriate paper(s) and the software itself.
Papers
All publications derived from the use of MATPOWER, or the included data files, should cite the 2011 MATPOWER paper:
R. D. Zimmerman, C. E. Murillo-Sanchez, and R. J. Thomas, “MATPOWER: Steady-State Operations, Planning and Analysis Tools for Power Systems Research and Education,” Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 12–19, Feb. 2011.
Publications derived from the use of the MATPOWER Optimal Scheduling Tool (MOST) should cite the 2013 MOST paper, in addition to the 2011 MATPOWER paper above.
C. E. Murillo-Sanchez, R. D. Zimmerman, C. L. Anderson, and R. J. Thomas, “Secure Planning and Operations of Systems with Stochastic Sources, Energy Storage and Active Demand,” Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 2220–2229, Dec. 2013.
Work making specific reference to the MATPOWER Interior Point Solver (MIPS) should also cite:
H. Wang, C. E. Murillo-Sánchez, R. D. Zimmerman, R. J. Thomas, “On Computational Issues of Market-Based Optimal Power Flow,” Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1185-1193, Aug. 2007.
Note: Some of the case files included with MATPOWER request the citation of additional publications. This includes the ACTIVSg, PEGASE, and RTE cases. Details are available in the help text at the top of the corresponding case files.
Software
For the sake of reproducibility of research results, it is best to cite the specific version of the software used, with the version-specfic DOI. For example, for version 8.0 of MATPOWER, use:
R. D. Zimmerman, C. E. Murillo-Sanchez (2024). MATPOWER (Version 8.0) [Software]. Available: https://matpower.org
To cite the MATPOWER software generally, without reference to a specific version, use the following citation and DOI, with <YEAR> replaced by the year of the most recent release:
R. D. Zimmerman, C. E. Murillo-Sanchez (<YEAR>). MATPOWER
[Software]. Available: https://matpower.org
A list of versions with release dates and version-specific DOI’s can be found via the general DOI at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3236535.
User’s Manuals
The MATPOWER, MIPS and MOST User’s Manuals should also be cited explicitly in work that refers to or is derived from their content. As with the software, the citation and DOI can be version-specific or general, as appropriate. For version 8.0 of the MATPOWER User’s Manual, use:
R. D. Zimmerman, C. E. Murillo-Sanchez. MATPOWER User’s Manual, Version 8.0. 2024.
[Online]. Available: https://matpower.org/docs/MATPOWER-manual-8.0.pdf
For a version non-specific citation, use the following citation and DOI, with <YEAR> replaced by the year of the most recent release:
R. D. Zimmerman, C. E. Murillo-Sanchez. MATPOWER User’s Manual. <YEAR>.
[Online]. Available: https://matpower.org/docs/MATPOWER-manual.pdf
A list of versions of the User’s Manual with release dates and version-specific DOI’s can be found via the general DOI at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3236519.
For information on citing the MIPS or MOST User’s Manuals, please see the mips/CITATION and most/CITATION files, respectively.
Recommendation
In the interest of facilitating research reproducibility and thereby increasing the value of your MATPOWER related research publications, we strongly encourage you to also publish, whenever possible, all of the code and data required to generate the results you are publishing. Zenodo/GitHub and IEEE DataPort are two of many available options.