Engineering and Test Systems
Engineering and Test Systems is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 5.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on fault diagnosis in complex systems, particularly in the aerospace domain. It covers topics such as sequential testing algorithms, hidden Markov models, testability analysis, built-in test (BIT), dynamic multiple fault diagnosis, system health management, and avionics maintenance.
- Fault Diagnosis
- Sequential Testing Algorithms
- Hidden Markov Models
- Testability Analysis
- Aerospace Systems
- Built-In Test (BIT)
- Dynamic Multiple Fault Diagnosis
- System Health Management
- Avionics Maintenance
- Graph-Based Systems
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 585 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -42% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Engineering and Test Systems research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (593 and 139 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 593 works
- 2 United States 139 works
- 3 India 68 works
- 4 Germany 37 works
- 5 United Kingdom 23 works
- 6 South Korea 20 works
- 7 Italy 19 works
- 8 France 16 works
- 9 Japan 16 works
- 10 Türkiye 14 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 Engineering and Test Systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (China) publishes the most Engineering and Test Systems research, followed by University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Beihang University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (China)China 23 works
- 2 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 19 works
- 3 Beihang UniversityChina 16 works
- 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 15 works
- 5 China Academy of Space TechnologyChina 14 works
- 6 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 12 works
- 7 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 11 works
- 8 Xi'an Aeronautical UniversityChina 9 works
- 9 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 8 works
- 10 Institute of ElectronicsChina 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Engineering and Test Systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Engineering and Test Systems include Michael Pecht.
- 1 Michael Pecht United States 2.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Engineering and Test Systems research done?
The largest centres of Engineering and Test Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (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 Xi'an, Harbin and Beijing.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Xi'anCN · 45.4 works5.4×
- HarbinCN · 21.5 works5.0×
- BeijingCN · 163.4 works4.5×
- ChengduCN · 31.0 works4.3×
- ShanghaiCN · 60.2 works4.3×
- NanjingCN · 38.2 works3.6×
- GuangzhouCN · 27.0 works2.9×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Engineering and Test Systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Engineering and Test Systems?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Beihang University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 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 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 72.6 | 5.0% | 15.6× | 19 | -77.7% |
| 2 | Beihang UniversityChina | 68.1 | 5.1% | 14.0× | 16 | -61.1% |
| 3 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina | 57.3 | 4.9% | 11.1× | 10 | -73.9% |
| 4 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 49.1 | 6.8% | 8.4× | 15 | -52.4% |
| 5 | National University of Defense TechnologyChina | 31.0 | 1.3% | 10.2× | 8 | -53.6% |
| 6 | Xi'an Aeronautical UniversityChina | 30.6 | 0.0% | 225.7× | 9 | -81.5% |
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 Engineering and Test Systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 42% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
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.