Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 47k research works in it since 1950. 11.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the control and optimization of hydraulic systems, including adaptive and robust control strategies for hydraulic actuators, real-time simulation, modeling of system dynamics, and feedback control in electro-hydraulic systems.
- Hydraulic Systems
- Control
- Adaptive
- Robust
- Actuators
- Real-Time
- Simulation
- Modeling
- Feedback
- Electro-Hydraulic
- Research works
- 47k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +10% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4.1k and 548 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4.1k works
- 2 United States 548 works
- 3 India 369 works
- 4 Germany 358 works
- 5 Japan 257 works
- 6 Italy 226 works
- 7 Russia 203 works
- 8 South Korea 195 works
- 9 United Kingdom 177 works
- 10 Poland 139 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 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangsu University publishes the most Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems research, followed by Zhejiang University and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jiangsu University China 135 works
- 2 Zhejiang University China 100 works
- 3 Tsinghua University China 96 works
- 4 Beihang University China 81 works
- 5 Harbin Institute of Technology China 73 works
- 6 Yanshan University China 73 works
- 7 Nanjing University of Science and Technology China 66 works
- 8 Beijing Institute of Technology China 65 works
- 9 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 62 works
- 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 58 works
Who are the leading researchers in Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems include Qiang Zhang, Frank L. Lewis and Roland Siegwart.
- 1 Qiang Zhang 4.5k citations
- 2 Frank L. Lewis 3.8k citations
- 3 Roland Siegwart 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems research done?
The largest centres of Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Qinhuangdao and Zhenjiang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- QinhuangdaoCN · 73.8 works22×
- ZhenjiangCN · 149.8 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems?
Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, University of Ulsan 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 | Jiangsu University China | 66.8 | 20.5% | 21.8× | 135 | -17.7% |
| 2 | University of Ulsan South Korea | 63.5 | 32.2% | 11.7× | 17 | -0.4% |
| 3 | Nanjing University of Science and Technology China | 58.8 | 13.0% | 9.7× | 66 | +73.3% |
| 4 | Zhejiang Sci-Tech University China | 58.3 | 20.8% | 13.7× | 34 | +11.1% |
| 5 | Yangzhou University China | 57.6 | 21.2% | 10.1× | 46 | -47.0% |
| 6 | Xihua University China | 55.6 | 21.9% | 22.7× | 31 | -31.6% |
| 7 | Yanshan University China | 55.5 | 10.2% | 26.0× | 73 | +30.3% |
| 8 | Xi'an University of Technology China | 55.3 | 18.3% | 12.3× | 33 | +11.9% |
| 9 | Hanoi University of Science and Technology Vietnam | 54.9 | 8.3% | 10.2× | 16 | +325.0% |
| 10 | Beihang University China | 51.8 | 10.5% | 8.8× | 80 | -0.6% |
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 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Hydraulic and Pneumatic 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.