Control Systems and Identification
Control Systems and Identification is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 21.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers advances in system identification techniques, including parameter estimation for nonlinear models, data-driven control, model-based control, feedback controllers, state estimation for multivariable systems, and the development of recursive algorithms. The papers also discuss model selection approaches and optimal experiment design for system identification.
- System Identification
- Parameter Estimation
- Nonlinear Models
- Data-Driven Control
- Model-Based Control
- Feedback Controllers
- State Estimation
- Multivariable Systems
- Recursive Algorithms
- Model Selection
- Research works
- 44k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -8% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Control Systems and Identification research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 663 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.3k works
- 2 United States 663 works
- 3 Germany 271 works
- 4 France 218 works
- 5 India 213 works
- 6 Japan 168 works
- 7 Italy 154 works
- 8 Russia 143 works
- 9 United Kingdom 137 works
- 10 Brazil 107 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Control Systems and Identification research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Control Systems and Identification research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jiangnan University China 43 works
- 2 Harbin Institute of Technology China 37 works
- 3 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 37 works
- 4 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 31 works
- 5 Tsinghua University China 29 works
- 6 Delft University of Technology Netherlands 28 works
- 7 Technical University of Munich Germany 27 works
- 8 University of Stuttgart Germany 27 works
- 9 Beihang University China 27 works
- 10 Beijing Institute of Technology China 26 works
Who are the leading researchers in Control Systems and Identification?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Control Systems and Identification include Robert Tibshirani, Frede Blaabjerg and Jerome H. Friedman.
- 1 Robert Tibshirani 13k citations
- 2 Frede Blaabjerg 12k citations
- 3 Jerome H. Friedman 11k citations
- 4 H. Vincent Poor 9.5k citations
- 5 Guanrong Chen 5.4k citations
- 6 Peng Shi 5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Control Systems and Identification research done?
The largest centres of Control Systems and Identification research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Eindhoven, Wuxi and Stuttgart.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- EindhovenNL · 37.4 works18×
- WuxiCN · 45.2 works10×
- StuttgartDE · 34.3 works8.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Control Systems and Identification than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Control Systems and Identification?
Among universities, judged by research, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Jiangnan University and Eindhoven University of Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qingdao University of Science and Technology China | 82.7 | 46.0% | 13.0× | 22 | +285.1% |
| 2 | Jiangnan University China | 65.2 | 25.3% | 15.8× | 43 | -15.1% |
| 3 | Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands | 62.2 | 12.4% | 22.9× | 37 | +44.6% |
| 4 | University of Stuttgart Germany | 61.1 | 23.7% | 17.2× | 27 | +11.9% |
| 5 | Leibniz University Hannover Germany | 55.5 | 31.9% | 9.2× | 12 | +24.4% |
| 6 | University of Groningen Netherlands | 54.2 | 30.7% | 6.8× | 15 | +29.2% |
| 7 | Technical University of Munich Germany | 51.9 | 9.4% | 7.7× | 27 | +78.4% |
| 8 | Jiangsu University of Technology China | 51.2 | 24.4% | 32.2× | 11 | — |
| 9 | Delft University of Technology Netherlands | 50.3 | 8.9% | 9.2× | 28 | -22.7% |
| 10 | University of Gabès Tunisia | 48.3 | 2.1% | 52.7× | 18 | +67.8% |
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 Control Systems and Identification research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002. The fastest-growing topics are Control Systems and Identification.
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.