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Industrial Automation and Control Systems

Industrial Automation and Control Systems is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 3.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diverse applications of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) in industrial automation, including SCADA systems, wireless communication, machine vision for waste recycling, and remote monitoring and control. It also explores the use of OPC technology for real-time data exchange and the implementation of automation in various manufacturing processes.

  • Programmable Logic Controllers
  • SCADA
  • Automation
  • OPC Technology
  • Industrial Control
  • Monitoring System
  • Wireless Communication
  • Machine Vision
  • Remote Control
  • Waste Recycling
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
634
per year above
Top-10% rate
3.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Industrial Automation and Control Systems research?

By volume, Indonesia and China publish the most (1.1k and 525 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 525 works
  3. 3 India 477 works
  4. 4 United States 190 works
  5. 5 ?? 142 works
  6. 6 Russia 63 works
  7. 7 Malaysia 59 works
  8. 8 Germany 55 works
  9. 9 Brazil 48 works
  10. 10 Spain 45 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.

Indonesia: 41.5%China: 19.1%India: 17.4%United States: 6.9%6 others listed: 15.0%42%largest
Indonesia1,138 · 41.5%China525 · 19.1%India477 · 17.4%United States190 · 6.9%6 others listed412 · 15.0%

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

Which institutions lead Industrial Automation and Control Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, State University of Malang publishes the most Industrial Automation and Control Systems research, followed by University of Singaperbangsa Karawang and State University of Padang.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 State University of MalangIndonesia 46 works
  2. 2 University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia 33 works
  3. 3 State University of PadangIndonesia 31 works
  4. 4 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 31 works
  5. 5 Jakarta State PolytechnicIndonesia 28 works
  6. 6 Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversityIndonesia 23 works
  7. 7 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 22 works
  8. 8 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 20 works
  9. 9 Politeknik Energi dan Mineral Akamigas?? 19 works
  10. 10 Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia 15 works

Where is Industrial Automation and Control Systems research done?

The largest centres of Industrial Automation and Control Systems research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Karawang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 112 works
  2. 2 Surabaya Indonesia 102 works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 86 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 84 works
  5. 5 Malang Indonesia 71 works
  6. 6 Medan Indonesia 58 works
  7. 7 Semarang Indonesia 54 works
  8. 8 Padang Indonesia 52 works
  9. 9 Yogyakarta Indonesia 45 works
  10. 10 Depok Indonesia 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KarawangID · 32.7 works23×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Industrial Automation and Control Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, State University of Malang, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE and Siddhartha Medical College 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.

0%2.5%5%7.5%mean 2.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →State University of Malang: 46, 0.7%Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE: 8, 4.0%Siddhartha Medical College: 8, 5.9%Bandung Institute of Technology: 31, 0.8%Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham: 11, 6.0%Institute of Engineering: 11, 0.6%Jakarta State Polytechnic: 28, 0.0%Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University: 23, 0.0%Technical University of Sofia: 9, 3.6%State University of Padang: 32, 0.0%Siddhartha Medical C…Universidad de las F…Bandung Institute of…State University of …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 State University of MalangIndonesia 64.60.7%13.8×46 +1663.9%
2 Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPEEcuador 64.34.0%35.7×8 +374.8%
3 Siddhartha Medical CollegeIndia 61.45.9%15.4×8 —
4 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 61.20.8%13.3×31 +278.7%
5 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 61.26.0%6.1×11 +205.9%
6 Institute of EngineeringNepal 55.80.6%15.8×11 +337.1%
7 Jakarta State PolytechnicIndonesia 55.30.0%29.8×28 +1035.4%
8 Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversityIndonesia 52.10.0%16.4×23 +364.4%
9 Technical University of SofiaBulgaria 51.63.6%19.2×9 —
10 State University of PadangIndonesia 50.50.0%8.4×32 +251.1%

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 Industrial Automation and Control Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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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.

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.