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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,388
Country Rank
23
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10540.png)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Christophe Collette](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/80/1383872.jpg)
Mechatronics
Vibration control
Active vibration isolation
vibration damping
Physics instruments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,993
75,089
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,118
Country Rank
3,894
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10894.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Yangquan Chen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f0/1770224.jpg)
mechatronics
fractional calculus
uav
digital twins
parallel intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,766
25,002
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,336
Country Rank
4,480
Institution Rank : 110
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10888.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Masayoshi Tomizuka](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ec/1736821.jpg)
mechanical engineering
dynamic systems
control
mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,075
19,200
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,089
Country Rank
4,830
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11450.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Mark Spong](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f9/1677245.jpg)
robotics
control
mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,719
11,001
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,893
Country Rank
68
Institution Rank : 29
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6238.png)
![Singapore](/flags/sg.png)
![TH Lee](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/06/409264.jpg)
Intelligent Control Systems
Adaptive Systems
Intelligent Mechatronics
Precision Control Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,794
10,705
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
15,732
Country Rank
642
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6867.jpg)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Hamid Reza Karimi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e4/1807980.jpg)
Control theory
Applied Mechanics
Mechatronics
Fault Diagnosis
Autonomous Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,861
24,205
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
24,676
Country Rank
1,091
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16323.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Alin Albu-Schäffer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/24/4429829.jpg)
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,647
13,657
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
30,412
Country Rank
104
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5570.jpg)
![New Zealand](/flags/nz.png)
![Subhas Mukhopadhyay](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/03/4357305.jpg)
Sensing technology
IoT
WSN
Healthcare
Mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,021
15,972
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
30,734
Country Rank
388
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15699.png)
![Sweden](/flags/se.png)
![Jiafan Zhang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Robotics
mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,860
16,948
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
31,206
Country Rank
830
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/14980.png)
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
![Frans Van Der Helm](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/4347931.jpg)
Musculoskeletal systems
neuromuscular control
system identification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,610
7,403
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
31,736
Country Rank
1,339
Institution Rank : 20
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11535.png)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Yang Shi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ac/642199.jpg)
Networked and Distributed Control Systems
Model Predictive Control
Mechatronics
Flight Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,330
14,372
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
34,006
Country Rank
1,326
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16460.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Nikos Tsagarakis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/47/4441869.jpg)
Humanoid Robots
Actuators
Mechatronics
Mechanisms
Haptics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,205
11,534
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,446
Country Rank
1,623
Institution Rank : 63
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11554.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Amir Khajepour](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d5/643033.jpg)
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,751
14,251
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
38,386
Country Rank
17,168
Institution Rank : 377
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11200.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![A Galip Ulsoy](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/07/4219484.jpg)
dynamics and control
manufacturing automation
reconfigurable systems
mechatronics
vehicle control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,385
4,156
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
38,662
Country Rank
3,370
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10998.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Huosheng Hu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/74/1147101.jpg)
Robotics
Embedded Systems
Mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,289
8,361
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
43,855
Country Rank
1,168
Institution Rank : 36
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11522.jpg)
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
![Peter Veltink](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f0/1853951.jpg)
neural engineering
rehabilitation engineering
biomechatronics
remote monitoring
e-health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,496
6,310
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
47,901
Country Rank
20,898
Institution Rank : 31
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11450.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Reza Moheimani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/68/1677270.jpg)
Control Engineering
Nanopositioning
Atomically Precise Manufacturing
Mechatronics
Microsystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,343
5,042
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
49,238
Country Rank
401
Institution Rank : 106
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1537.png)
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
![Wei Hsin Liao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/69/410868.jpg)
adaptive structures
energy harvesting
vibration control
mechatronics
exoskeletons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,999
11,169
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
49,699
Country Rank
21,590
Institution Rank : 463
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10888.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Roberto Horowitz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c7/1739023.jpg)
control
transportation
robotics
mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,879
3,148
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
50,667
Country Rank
414
Institution Rank : 69
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1610.jpg)
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
![Dong Sun](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7c/295094.jpg)
robotics
cell-based bioengineering
motion control and mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,630
7,458
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
52,725
Country Rank
955
Institution Rank : 142
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2228.png)
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
![Francesco Mondada](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/02/1236392.jpg)
Robotics
Education
Mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,151
5,709
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
55,511
Country Rank
110
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5285.jpg)
![Poland](/flags/pl.png)
![Jan Awrejcewicz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/45/1271281.jpg)
Non-Linear Mechanics - Control - Biomechanics - Mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,545
7,871
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
56,335
Country Rank
226
Institution Rank : 82
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10841.jpg)
![New Zealand](/flags/nz.png)
![Xie SQ](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Mechatronics
Robotics
Rehabilitation robotics
Surgical Robotics
Human-Robot Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,366
7,616
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
56,595
Country Rank
24,291
Institution Rank : 289
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4631.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Hongliang Ren](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/04/1345350.jpg)
Biorobotics & intelligent systems
medical mechatronics
continuum
soft flexible robots/sensors
multisensory perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,310
12,509
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
57,198
Country Rank
4,904
Institution Rank : 29
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5308.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Jun Yang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/33/1334838.jpg)
Disturbance Observer
Motion Control
Mechatronics
Robotics
Automation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,191
10,742
0.707
Christophe Collette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,993
75,089
0.799
Mechatronics
Vibration control
Active vibration isolation
vibration damping
Physics instruments
Yangquan Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,766
25,002
0.448
mechatronics
fractional calculus
uav
digital twins
parallel intelligence
Masayoshi Tomizuka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,075
19,200
0.376
mechanical engineering
dynamic systems
control
mechatronics
Mark Spong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,719
11,001
0.226
robotics
control
mechatronics
TH Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,794
10,705
0.256
Intelligent Control Systems
Adaptive Systems
Intelligent Mechatronics
Precision Control Systems
Hamid Reza Karimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,861
24,205
0.657
Control theory
Applied Mechanics
Mechatronics
Fault Diagnosis
Autonomous Systems
Alin Albu-Schäffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,647
13,657
0.494
Subhas Mukhopadhyay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,021
15,972
0.665
Sensing technology
IoT
WSN
Healthcare
Mechatronics
Jiafan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,860
16,948
0.710
Robotics
mechatronics
Frans Van Der Helm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,610
7,403
0.314
Musculoskeletal systems
neuromuscular control
system identification
Yang Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,330
14,372
0.616
Networked and Distributed Control Systems
Model Predictive Control
Mechatronics
Flight Control
Nikos Tsagarakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,205
11,534
0.519
Humanoid Robots
Actuators
Mechatronics
Mechanisms
Haptics
Amir Khajepour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,751
14,251
0.687
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems
A Galip Ulsoy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,385
4,156
0.204
dynamics and control
manufacturing automation
reconfigurable systems
mechatronics
vehicle control
Huosheng Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,289
8,361
0.412
Robotics
Embedded Systems
Mechatronics
Peter Veltink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,496
6,310
0.341
neural engineering
rehabilitation engineering
biomechatronics
remote monitoring
e-health
Reza Moheimani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,343
5,042
0.291
Control Engineering
Nanopositioning
Atomically Precise Manufacturing
Mechatronics
Microsystems
Wei Hsin Liao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,999
11,169
0.657
adaptive structures
energy harvesting
vibration control
mechatronics
exoskeletons
Roberto Horowitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,879
3,148
0.187
control
transportation
robotics
mechatronics
Dong Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,630
7,458
0.448
robotics
cell-based bioengineering
motion control and mechatronics
Francesco Mondada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,151
5,709
0.353
Robotics
Education
Mechatronics
Jan Awrejcewicz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,545
7,871
0.506
Non-Linear Mechanics - Control - Biomechanics - Mechatronics
Xie SQ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,366
7,616
0.496
Mechatronics
Robotics
Rehabilitation robotics
Surgical Robotics
Human-Robot Interaction
Hongliang Ren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,310
12,509
0.817
Biorobotics & intelligent systems
medical mechatronics
continuum
soft flexible robots/sensors
multisensory perception
Jun Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,191
10,742
0.707
Disturbance Observer
Motion Control
Mechatronics
Robotics
Automation