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Elevator Systems and Control

Elevator Systems and Control is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the optimization of elevator traffic control systems, including group scheduling, energy efficiency, and simulation-based approaches. It explores the use of genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, and IoT technology in supervisory control and addresses escalator-related injuries.

  • Elevator
  • Traffic Control
  • Group Scheduling
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Simulation
  • Genetic Algorithm
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Escalator Injuries
  • Supervisory Control
  • IoT Technology
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+71%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
67% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Elevator Systems and Control

Which countries lead Elevator Systems and Control research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.4k and 167 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.4k works
  2. 2 India 167 works
  3. 3 United States 151 works
  4. 4 Japan 100 works
  5. 5 Germany 65 works
  6. 6 South Korea 57 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 52 works
  8. 8 Canada 37 works
  9. 9 ?? 36 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 33 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: 66.7%India: 7.9%United States: 7.2%Japan: 4.8%6 others listed: 13.4%67%largest
China1,399 · 66.7%India167 · 7.9%United States151 · 7.2%Japan100 · 4.8%6 others listed280 · 13.4%

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

Which institutions lead Elevator Systems and Control research?

By volume in 2022-now, State Grid Corporation of China (China) publishes the most Elevator Systems and Control research, followed by Institut für Notfallmedizin Allgäu and China Southern Power Grid (China).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 30 works
  2. 2 Institut für Notfallmedizin AllgäuGermany 26 works
  3. 3 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 25 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 23 works
  5. 5 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 22 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 21 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Electric (China)China 21 works
  8. 8 Shandong Special Equipment Inspection InstituteChina 20 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 19 works
  10. 10 Northeastern UniversityChina 18 works

What are the most cited papers in Elevator Systems and Control?

The most cited paper in Elevator Systems and Control is "Vibration Control Using Semi-Active Force Generators" (DEAN C. KARNOPP, M. J. Crosby, R. A. Harwood, 1974), with 1,348 citations. Next come "Modeling and control of magnetorheological dampers for seismic response reduction" (1,343) and "A design framework for teleoperators with kinesthetic feedback" (924).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vibration Control Using Semi-Active Force Generators DEAN C. KARNOPP, M. J. Crosby, R. A. Harwood · Journal of Engineering for Industry May 1974 1,348
2 Modeling and control of magnetorheological dampers for seismic response reduction Shirley J. Dyke, Billie F. Spencer, Mahaveer Kumar Sain et al. · Smart Materials and Structures Open access Oct 1996 1,343
3 A design framework for teleoperators with kinesthetic feedback Blake Hannaford · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 1989 924
4 Automatic rule-based checking of building designs Charles M. Eastman, Jae-min Lee, Yeon-suk Jeong et al. · Automation in Construction 7 Sep 2009 720
5 Traffic signal timing via deep reinforcement learning Li Li, Yisheng Lv, Fei–Yue Wang · IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica 10 Jul 2016 618
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Elevator Systems and Control research done?

The largest centres of Elevator Systems and Control research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Blaichach, Jinan and Shenyang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 199 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 127 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 68 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 67 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 64 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 62 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 61 works
  8. 8 JinanChina 60 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 51 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BlaichachDE · 26.5 works2358×
  2. JinanCN · 59.6 works5.9×
  3. ShenyangCN · 40.3 works5.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

See Elevator Systems and Control on the map

Where is the best place to study Elevator Systems and Control?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Tsinghua 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.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Northeastern UniversityChina 72.025.2%9.1×18 +229.9%
2Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 70.820.0%5.6×22 +105.3%
3Tsinghua UniversityChina 66.828.9%2.9×15 +38.5%
4Zhejiang UniversityChina 66.721.9%3.2×19 +70.8%
5Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 66.618.4%3.3×22 +218.3%
6Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 64.940.7%3.0×12 +34.2%
7Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 59.118.5%10.2×17 +145.7%
8Southeast UniversityChina 58.812.5%5.2×17 +128.4%
9Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 51.114.8%9.9×14 +44.0%
10Beihang UniversityChina 50.518.2%4.8×12 +32.5%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Elevator Systems and Control, country by country

Is Elevator Systems and Control research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Elevator Systems and Control.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Elevator Systems and Control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Elevator Systems and Control0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Elevator Systems and Control over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Elevator Systems and Control10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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