Assistant Lecturer Ali Shamkhi Hashim and Professor Basil Hani Jasim, in collaboration with other researchers, have published a scientific paper in the international journal:

Name: Scientific Reports
Publisher: Springer Nature
Type: Open Access

This is a highly reputable international journal, classified within the first quartile (Q1). Its metrics are as follows:

Impact Factor (Clarivate/Web of Science) = 4.9
CiteScore (Scopus) = 6.9

Title: Reactive Power Sharing between Parallel VSI into Islanded Microgrid based on PSO Algorithm"

Abstract : 
For islanded microgrids, the power sharing and frequency restoration significantly influence MG 
stability and reliability. This paper proposes a control strategy based on the PSO algorithm to modify a 
conventional droop control method. The active power sharing between parallel connected VSI can be 
ensured accurately by selecting a proper value of gain of p-f droop equation at each DG controller, but 
this produces a small steady-state frequency deviation. On the other hand, a proper selection of the 
gain of the Q-V droop equation cannot ensure accurate reactive power sharing. This paper proposed 
a centralized control strategy to compensate steady-state voltage and frequency error and ensure 
reactive power sharing between DGs into islanded MG. In this paper, a PSO algorithm is adopted to 
calculate the parameters of the PI controller of each DG unit, thus making system operation more 
stable and efficient for both transient response and a steady-state period. The simulation results show 
the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy in terms of active and reactive power sharing and 
frequency restoration accuracy compared to a conventional droop method.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-74199-8