Industrial Technology and Control Systems
Industrial Technology and Control Systems is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 67k research works in it since 1950. 1.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of intelligent control systems for various industrial processes, including kiln operation, hydraulic systems, and product design. It encompasses topics such as neural networks, virtual prototyping, knowledge management, and simulation technology to optimize process control and decision-making in complex manufacturing environments.
- Neural Network
- Control System
- Virtual Prototyping
- Knowledge Management
- Simulation Technology
- Fuzzy Control
- Multi-agent Systems
- Hydraulic System Modeling
- Predictive Model
- Ontology-based Modeling
- Research works
- 67k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 1.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -71% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Industrial Technology and Control Systems research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.8k and 132 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.8k works
- 2 United States 132 works
- 3 India 122 works
- 4 Japan 102 works
- 5 Russia 97 works
- 6 ?? 52 works
- 7 Indonesia 47 works
- 8 United Kingdom 42 works
- 9 South Korea 39 works
- 10 Germany 38 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 Industrial Technology and Control Systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Wuhan University of Technology publishes the most Industrial Technology and Control Systems research, followed by Beijing Institute of Technology and Beihang University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Wuhan University of Technology China 35 works
- 2 Beijing Institute of Technology China 34 works
- 3 Beihang University China 34 works
- 4 Harbin Institute of Technology China 32 works
- 5 Tongji University China 32 works
- 6 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 30 works
- 7 Dalian University of Technology China 28 works
- 8 Northeastern University China 27 works
- 9 Tsinghua University China 27 works
- 10 Nanjing University of Science and Technology China 27 works
Where is Industrial Technology and Control Systems research done?
The largest centres of Industrial Technology and Control Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuhu.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WuhuCN · 21.2 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Industrial Technology and Control Systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Industrial Technology and Control Systems?
Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, Northeastern University and Chongqing 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 | Jiangsu University China | 69.6 | 22.7% | 7.6× | 22 | -87.4% |
| 2 | Northeastern University China | 61.1 | 14.7% | 8.2× | 27 | -84.3% |
| 3 | Chongqing University China | 59.0 | 21.6% | 4.9× | 20 | -90.2% |
| 4 | Southeast University China | 58.6 | 17.6% | 4.8× | 24 | -86.4% |
| 5 | Central South University China | 57.6 | 20.5% | 4.0× | 25 | -90.2% |
| 6 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China | 55.5 | 8.7% | 8.7× | 30 | -88.0% |
| 7 | Wuhan University of Technology China | 53.4 | 2.5% | 11.4× | 35 | -80.8% |
| 8 | Nanjing University of Science and Technology China | 53.0 | 8.0% | 8.7× | 27 | -77.6% |
| 9 | Southwest Jiaotong University China | 52.2 | 13.7% | 6.9× | 20 | -85.8% |
| 10 | University of Jinan China | 52.1 | 2.2% | 24.7× | 27 | -31.3% |
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 Technology and Control Systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 71% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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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.