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Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems

Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 30.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and optimization of autonomous aerial refueling systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). It covers topics such as vision-based sensor integration, trajectory tracking controllers, aircraft modeling and simulation, machine vision/GPS integration, flight control, aerodynamic coupling, and UAV technology.

  • Autonomous Aerial Refueling
  • Vision-Based Sensor
  • Aircraft Modeling and Simulation
  • Probe and Drogue System
  • Machine Vision Integration
  • Flight Control
  • Trajectory Tracking Controller
  • Navigation System
  • Aerodynamic Coupling
  • UAV Technology
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
30.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+27%
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Which countries lead Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (778 and 483 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 778 works
  2. 2 Russia 483 works
  3. 3 United States 343 works
  4. 4 India 157 works
  5. 5 Ukraine 116 works
  6. 6 Japan 83 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 76 works
  8. 8 Germany 69 works
  9. 9 Italy 68 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 50 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 35.0%Russia: 21.7%United States: 15.4%India: 7.1%6 others listed: 20.8%35%largest
China778 · 35.0%Russia483 · 21.7%United States343 · 15.4%India157 · 7.1%6 others listed463 · 20.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beihang University publishes the most Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems research, followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Moscow Aviation Institute.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beihang University China 67 works
  2. 2 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 59 works
  3. 3 Moscow Aviation Institute Russia 57 works
  4. 4 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 51 works
  5. 5 Harbin Institute of Technology China 38 works
  6. 6 Beijing Institute of Technology China 34 works
  7. 7 Bauman Moscow State Technical University Russia 30 works
  8. 8 National University of Defense Technology China 29 works
  9. 9 Samara National Research University Russia 24 works
  10. 10 V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences Russia 20 works

Where is Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems research done?

The largest centres of Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Xi'an (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Samara.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 222 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 212 works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 92 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 77 works
  5. 5 Saint Petersburg Russia 55 works
  6. 6 Kyiv Ukraine 50 works
  7. 7 Harbin China 50 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 48 works
  9. 9 Changsha China 34 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SamaraRU · 29.0 works23×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, United States Naval Academy, Beihang University and Northwestern Polytechnical University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%50%100%mean 31.9%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →United States Naval Academy: 11, 80.7%Beihang University: 67, 36.6%Northwestern Polytechnical University: 59, 38.7%Moscow Aviation Institute: 58, 13.6%Politecnico di Milano: 15, 48.2%Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics: 51, 29.1%Bauman Moscow State Technical University: 30, 10.5%Samara National Research University: 24, 14.2%Beijing Institute of Technology: 34, 29.1%St Petersburg University: 19, 18.3%United States Naval …Northwestern Polytec…Beihang UniversityMoscow Aviation Inst…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1United States Naval Academy United States 66.180.7%100.8×11 +37.5%
2Beihang University China 65.636.6%21.3×67 +58.6%
3Northwestern Polytechnical University China 60.038.7%18.1×59 -36.5%
4Moscow Aviation Institute Russia 58.513.6%128.9×58 +158.4%
5Politecnico di Milano Italy 56.648.2%7.4×15 +122.4%
6Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 56.529.1%20.1×51 +7.6%
7Bauman Moscow State Technical University Russia 53.610.5%56.6×30 +259.9%
8Samara National Research University Russia 53.014.2%66.5×24 +287.9%
9Beijing Institute of Technology China 52.029.1%10.0×34 -7.4%
10St Petersburg University Russia 51.618.3%14.1×19 +143.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.