Control Systems in Engineering
Control Systems in Engineering is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the vibration suppression and control of two-mass drive systems, particularly addressing issues such as torsional vibration, elastic coupling, and mechanical resonance. Various control methods including adaptive, neuro-fuzzy, PID, and model-based predictive control are explored for improving the performance of industrial drives with mechanical elasticity.
- Vibration Suppression
- Drive Systems
- Two-Mass System
- Control
- Adaptive
- Torsional Vibration
- Elastic Coupling
- Speed Control
- Mechanical Resonance
- Neuro-Fuzzy
- Research works
- 10k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -13% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Control Systems in Engineering research?
By volume, China and Germany publish the most (910 and 96 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 910 works
- 2 Germany 96 works
- 3 Japan 79 works
- 4 United States 68 works
- 5 India 65 works
- 6 Russia 54 works
- 7 Poland 43 works
- 8 South Korea 34 works
- 9 Vietnam 34 works
- 10 Italy 26 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 in Engineering research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Control Systems in Engineering research, followed by Nanjing University of Science and Technology and Beijing Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 40 works
- 2 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 24 works
- 3 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 22 works
- 4 Beihang UniversityChina 21 works
- 5 Southeast UniversityChina 20 works
- 6 Yanshan UniversityChina 17 works
- 7 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 17 works
- 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 15 works
- 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 14 works
- 10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Control Systems in Engineering?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Control Systems in Engineering include Frank L. Lewis, Xinghuo Yu and Shuzhi Sam Ge.
- 1 Frank L. Lewis United States 3.8k citations
- 2 Xinghuo Yu Australia 2.6k citations
- 3 Shuzhi Sam Ge Singapore 2.4k citations
- 4 YangQuan Chen United States 2.4k citations
- 5 Masayoshi Tomizuka United States 2.2k citations
- 6 Roméo Ortega France 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Control Systems in Engineering research done?
The largest centres of Control Systems in Engineering research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Harbin (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Harbin, Nanjing and Tianjin.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HarbinCN · 52.6 works7.6×
- NanjingCN · 78.1 works4.5×
- TianjinCN · 33.2 works4.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Control Systems in Engineering than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Control Systems in Engineering?
Among universities, judged by research, Harbin Institute of Technology, Southeast University and Nanjing University of Science and 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 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 76.7 | 14.0% | 14.0× | 40 | +17.0% |
| 2 | Southeast UniversityChina | 67.2 | 10.6% | 8.4× | 20 | +60.5% |
| 3 | Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina | 63.0 | 7.4% | 16.6× | 24 | +61.9% |
| 4 | AGH University of KrakowPoland | 61.1 | 6.3% | 14.5× | 10 | +73.3% |
| 5 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 60.2 | 19.0% | 8.8× | 11 | -45.3% |
| 6 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina | 56.0 | 4.0% | 10.8× | 22 | +47.8% |
| 7 | Beihang UniversityChina | 50.8 | 6.4% | 10.9× | 21 | -20.9% |
| 8 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina | 47.0 | 5.0% | 10.9× | 17 | -6.0% |
| 9 | Yanshan UniversityChina | 46.0 | 2.3% | 29.7× | 17 | +25.2% |
| 10 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 38.3 | 11.7% | 4.7× | 13 | -15.1% |
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 in Engineering research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Control Systems in Engineering.
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.