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Sensorless Control of Electric Motors

Sensorless Control of Electric Motors is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis, control, and sensorless operation of electric machinery and drive systems, with a particular emphasis on induction motors and permanent-magnet motors. It covers topics such as sensorless control, FPGA design, torque control, speed estimation, sliding-mode observer, direct torque control, adaptive control, and parameter estimation in the context of electric motor systems.

  • Sensorless Control
  • Induction Motors
  • Permanent-Magnet Motors
  • FPGA Design
  • Torque Control
  • Speed Estimation
  • Sliding-Mode Observer
  • Direct Torque Control
  • Adaptive Control
  • Parameter Estimation
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
55% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Sensorless Control of Electric Motors

Which countries lead Sensorless Control of Electric Motors research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.5k and 806 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.5k works
  2. 2 India 806 works
  3. 3 United States 228 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 215 works
  5. 5 South Korea 201 works
  6. 6 Japan 163 works
  7. 7 Algeria 142 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 126 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 107 works
  10. 10 Germany 106 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.

China: 54.6%India: 17.5%United States: 4.9%Indonesia: 4.7%6 others listed: 18.3%55%largest
China2,516 · 54.6%India806 · 17.5%United States228 · 4.9%Indonesia215 · 4.7%6 others listed845 · 18.3%

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

Which institutions lead Sensorless Control of Electric Motors research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Sensorless Control of Electric Motors research, followed by Southeast University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 157 works
  2. 2 Southeast UniversityChina 102 works
  3. 3 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 83 works
  4. 4 Jiangsu UniversityChina 79 works
  5. 5 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 78 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 67 works
  7. 7 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 59 works
  8. 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 58 works
  9. 9 Indian Institute of Technology DelhiIndia 50 works
  10. 10 Shanghai Dianji UniversityChina 38 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sensorless Control of Electric Motors?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sensorless Control of Electric Motors include Frede Blaabjerg, John G.F. Cleland and Huan Liu.

  1. 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  2. 2 John G.F. Cleland United Kingdom 198k citations
  3. 3 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  4. 4 K. Satô France 148k citations
  5. 5 G. Martı́nez Germany 126k citations
  6. 6 Josep Maria Guerrero Denmark 123k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Sensorless Control of Electric Motors?

The most cited paper in Sensorless Control of Electric Motors is "A New Quick-Response and High-Efficiency Control Strategy of an Induction Motor" (Isao Takahashi, Toshihiko Noguchi, 1986), with 3,418 citations. Next come "Current control techniques for three-phase voltage-source PWM converters: a survey" (2,124) and "Direct self-control (DSC) of inverter-fed induction machine" (1,709).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A New Quick-Response and High-Efficiency Control Strategy of an Induction Motor Isao Takahashi, Toshihiko Noguchi · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications Sep 1986 3,418
2 Current control techniques for three-phase voltage-source PWM converters: a survey Marian P. Kaźmierkowski, Luigi Malesani · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 1998 2,124
3 Direct self-control (DSC) of inverter-fed induction machine Manfred Depenbrock · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Oct 1988 1,709
4 Electrical Machines and Drives for Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles Z. Q. Zhu, David Howe · Proceedings of the IEEE Apr 2007 1,537
5 Overview of Permanent-Magnet Brushless Drives for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles K. T. Chau, C.C. Chan, Chunhua Liu · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 29 May 2008 1,492
All 97 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Sensorless Control of Electric Motors research done?

The largest centres of Sensorless Control of Electric Motors research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Harbin (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhenjiang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 291 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 252 works
  3. 3 HarbinChina 208 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 161 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 153 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 153 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 100 works
  8. 8 ZhenjiangChina 92 works
  9. 9 New DelhiIndia 79 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 77 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZhenjiangCN · 91.8 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sensorless Control of Electric Motors than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Sensorless Control of Electric Motors?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, Southeast University and Harbin Institute of 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.

0%20%40%mean 20.38%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityNanyang Technologica…Southeast UniversityHarbin Institute of …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Jiangsu UniversityChina 85.328.9%18.4×79 +60.6%
2Southeast UniversityChina 79.919.7%12.8×102 +104.7%
3Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 78.318.2%17.8×157 +48.7%
4Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 66.725.7%4.0×17 +197.0%
5Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 66.115.5%8.5×83 +27.3%
6North China University of TechnologyChina 64.121.6%22.5×19 +24.7%
7Hunan UniversityChina 60.421.7%7.8×30 +52.3%
8Xi'an University of TechnologyChina 59.924.7%11.3×20 +13.5%
9Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 59.819.2%4.2×20 +130.1%
10Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 58.48.6%16.4×78 +57.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Sensorless Control of Electric Motors, country by country

Is Sensorless Control of Electric Motors research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sensorless Control of Electric Motors.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sensorless Control of Electric Motors as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.027% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Sensorless Control of Electric Motors over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Sensorless Control of Electric Motors9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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