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Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems

Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 19.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the modeling and control of Port-Hamiltonian systems, with an emphasis on interconnection, damping assignment, passivity-based control, stabilization, controlled Lagrangians, contraction analysis, energy shaping, and their application to nonlinear and mechanical systems.

  • Interconnection
  • Damping Assignment
  • Passivity-Based Control
  • Hamiltonian Systems
  • Stabilization
  • Controlled Lagrangians
  • Contraction Analysis
  • Energy Shaping
  • Nonlinear Systems
  • Mechanical Systems
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+2%
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Which countries lead Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (449 and 157 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 449 works
  2. 2 United States 157 works
  3. 3 France 117 works
  4. 4 Germany 97 works
  5. 5 India 62 works
  6. 6 Italy 60 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 54 works
  8. 8 Mexico 43 works
  9. 9 Japan 42 works
  10. 10 Russia 41 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: 40.0%United States: 14.0%France: 10.4%Germany: 8.7%6 others listed: 26.9%40%largest
China449 · 40.0%United States157 · 14.0%France117 · 10.4%Germany97 · 8.7%6 others listed302 · 26.9%

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

Which institutions lead Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and University of Groningen.

Who are the leading researchers in Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems include Peng Shi, Jinde Cao and Leon O. Chua.

  1. 1 Peng Shi Australia 5k citations
  2. 2 Jinde Cao China 4.2k citations
  3. 3 Leon O. Chua United States 4.1k citations
  4. 4 Frank L. Lewis United States 3.8k citations
  5. 5 Qing‐Long Han Australia 3.8k citations
  6. 6 Brian D. O. Anderson Australia 3.6k citations
  7. 7 Lihua Xie Singapore 3.2k citations
  8. 8 Miroslav Krstić United States 3.1k citations
  9. 9 David J. Hill Australia 2.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems research done?

The largest centres of Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Harbin (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 54 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 35 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 30 works
  4. 4 Harbin China 30 works
  5. 5 Paris France 30 works
  6. 6 Jinan China 26 works
  7. 7 Mexico City Mexico 19 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 19 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 18 works
  10. 10 Qingdao China 18 works
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Where is the best place to study Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Groningen and Imperial College London 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%10%20%mean 9.725%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Harbin Institute of Technology: 21, 16.1%University of Groningen: 14, 10.3%Imperial College London: 12, 9.1%Qufu Normal University: 9, 5.4%Northeastern University: 9, 12.8%Eindhoven University of Technology: 8, 5.3%Southeast University: 9, 12.3%Beihang University: 9, 6.5%Harbin Institute of …University of Gronin…Imperial College Lon…Qufu Normal University
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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
1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 72.116.1%8.4×21 -16.0%
2 University of GroningenNetherlands 68.910.3%19.0×14 +25.8%
3 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 54.79.1%8.7×12 +8.7%
4 Qufu Normal UniversityChina 43.45.4%35.8×9 +47.7%
5 Northeastern UniversityChina 42.512.8%7.1×9 -2.9%
6 Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands 33.75.3%15.8×8 -59.1%
7 Southeast UniversityChina 29.612.3%4.7×9 -21.5%
8 Beihang UniversityChina 28.36.5%5.7×9 +54.2%

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 Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Control and Stability of Dynamical 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.