Fault Detection and Control Systems
Fault Detection and Control Systems is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 85k research works in it since 1950. 19.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of various data-driven and statistical techniques for process fault detection and diagnosis in industrial settings. It covers topics such as process monitoring, fault isolation, soft sensors, model-based diagnosis, and the use of machine learning in analyzing and improving industrial processes.
- Process Monitoring
- Fault Detection
- Data-Driven Techniques
- Statistical Analysis
- Soft Sensors
- Model-Based Diagnosis
- Industrial Processes
- Multivariate Statistical Methods
- Fault Isolation
- Machine Learning
- Research works
- 85k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 16k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +23% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Fault Detection and Control Systems research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (8.2k and 1.9k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 8.2k works
- 2 United States 1.9k works
- 3 India 1.1k works
- 4 Germany 689 works
- 5 France 512 works
- 6 United Kingdom 470 works
- 7 Italy 438 works
- 8 South Korea 372 works
- 9 Canada 363 works
- 10 Japan 332 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 Fault Detection and Control Systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Northeastern University publishes the most Fault Detection and Control Systems research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Northeastern University China 165 works
- 2 Harbin Institute of Technology China 158 works
- 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 154 works
- 4 Tsinghua University China 154 works
- 5 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 152 works
- 6 Beihang University China 151 works
- 7 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 142 works
- 8 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 126 works
- 9 Central South University China 114 works
- 10 Beijing Institute of Technology China 111 works
Who are the leading researchers in Fault Detection and Control Systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Fault Detection and Control Systems include Frede Blaabjerg and H. Vincent Poor.
- 1 Frede Blaabjerg 12k citations
- 2 H. Vincent Poor 9.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Fault Detection and Control Systems research done?
The largest centres of Fault Detection and Control 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 Shenyang, Hangzhou and Gabès.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Shenyang20.6 works29×
- Hangzhou59.9 works22×
- GabèsTN · 29.6 works21×
- Idaho FallsUS · 26.8 works12×
- AnshanCN · 29.8 works10×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fault Detection and Control Systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Fault Detection and Control Systems?
Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Shandong University of Science and Technology and Xi'an Jiaotong 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.
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 | Northeastern University China | 68.0 | 24.3% | 10.4× | 165 | +33.1% |
| 2 | Shandong University of Science and Technology China | 64.9 | 21.9% | 8.0× | 70 | +642.1% |
| 3 | Xi'an Jiaotong University China | 62.2 | 33.4% | 5.2× | 152 | +35.5% |
| 4 | East China University of Science and Technology China | 61.7 | 25.9% | 9.0× | 81 | +32.6% |
| 5 | Yanshan University China | 61.0 | 33.5% | 8.7× | 53 | -7.3% |
| 6 | Beijing University of Chemical Technology China | 60.6 | 18.8% | 10.9× | 86 | +50.3% |
| 7 | Beihang University China | 60.4 | 23.2% | 7.5× | 151 | +35.5% |
| 8 | Harbin Engineering University China | 59.6 | 25.1% | 9.0× | 84 | +8.6% |
| 9 | University of Science and Technology Beijing China | 58.2 | 23.2% | 6.2× | 88 | +118.2% |
| 10 | Chongqing University China | 57.6 | 33.3% | 5.0× | 99 | +16.5% |
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 Fault Detection and Control Systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Fault Detection and Control Systems.
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.