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D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
40
Citations
5916
World Ranking
2040
National Ranking
758

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
5951
World Ranking
4160
National Ranking
1490

Jingang Yi publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jingang Yi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 239 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Jingang Yi D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jingang Yi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jingang Yi is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans across engineering with a focus on biomedical engineering, control and systems engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics related to robotics and human-machine interaction. These include:

  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Jingang Yi's publication record consists of numerous papers in various scientific venues with substantial outputs in some key journals and conference series. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Among their recent scientific contributions are the following papers:

  • Quasi-Direct Drive Actuation for a Lightweight Hip Exoskeleton With High Backdrivability and High Bandwidth, 2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • Two Shank-Mounted IMUs-Based Gait Analysis and Classification for Neurological Disease Patients, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IMU-Based Gait Normalcy Index Calculation for Clinical Evaluation of Impaired Gait, 2020, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
  • Sliding-Mode Nonlinear Predictive Control of Brain-Controlled Mobile Robots, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • RDT-RRT: Real-time double-tree rapidly-exploring random tree path planning for autonomous vehicles, 2023, Expert Systems with Applications

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors including Tao Liu, Xunjie Chen, Chunchu Zhu, Feng Han, and Shuoyu Wang. The frequency of collaborations ranges from 4 to 20 joint works per coauthor.

Best Publications

  • Kinematic Modeling and Analysis of Skid-Steered Mobile Robots With Applications to Low-Cost Inertial-Measurement-Unit-Based Motion Estimation

    Jingang Yi;Hongpeng Wang;Junjie Zhang;Dezhen Song

  • Disturbance-Observer-Based Hysteresis Compensation for Piezoelectric Actuators

    Jingang Yi;S. Chang;Yantao Shen

  • Steady-State Throughput and Scheduling Analysis of Multicluster Tools: A Decomposition Approach

    Jingang Yi;Shengwei Ding;Dezhen Song;M.T. Zhang

  • Adaptive emergency braking control with underestimation of friction coefficient

    J. Yi;L. Alvarez;R. Horowitz

  • Dynamic Friction Model-Based Tire-Road Friction Estimation and Emergency Braking Control

    Luis Alvarez;Jingang Yi;Roberto Horowitz;Luis Olmos

  • Multicluster tools scheduling: an integrated event graph and network model approach

    Shengwei Ding;Jingang Yi;M.T. Zhang

  • Optimal Scheduling of Multicluster Tools With Constant Robot Moving Times, Part I: Two-Cluster Analysis

    Wai Kin Victor Chan;Jingang Yi;Shengwei Ding

  • Quasi-Direct Drive Actuation for a Lightweight Hip Exoskeleton With High Backdrivability and High Bandwidth

    Shuangyue Yu;Tzu-Hao Huang;Xiaolong Yang;Chunhai Jiao

  • IMU-based localization and slip estimation for skid-steered mobile robots

    Jingang Yi;Junjie Zhang;Dezhen Song;S. Jayasuriya

  • Mechatronic Systems Design for an Autonomous Robotic System for High-Efficiency Bridge Deck Inspection and Evaluation

    Hung M. La;Ronny Salim Lim;Basily B. Basily;Nenad Gucunski

  • Trajectory tracking and balance stabilization control of autonomous motorcycles

    Jingang Yi;Dezhen Song;A. Levandowski;S. Jayasuriya

  • Emergency Braking Control with an Observer-based Dynamic Tire/Road Friction Model and Wheel Angular Velocity Measurement

    Jingang Yi;Luis Alvarez;Xavier Claeys;Roberto Horowitz

  • Adaptive Trajectory Tracking Control of Skid-Steered Mobile Robots

    Jingang Yi;Dezhen Song;Junjie Zhang;Z. Goodwin

  • A Piezo-Sensor-Based “Smart Tire” System for Mobile Robots and Vehicles

    Jingang Yi

  • A Vibration-Based PMN-PT Energy Harvester

    A. Mathers;K.S. Moon;Jingang Yi

  • Real-Time Intended Knee Joint Motion Prediction by Deep-Recurrent Neural Networks

    Yongchuang Huang;Zexia He;Yuxuan Liu;Ruiyuan Yang

  • Optimal Scheduling of Multicluster Tools With Constant Robot Moving Times, Part II: Tree-Like Topology Configurations

    Wai Kin Victor Chan;Shengwei Ding;Jingang Yi;Dezhen Song

  • Two Shank-Mounted IMUs-Based Gait Analysis and Classification for Neurological Disease Patients

    Lei Wang;Yun Sun;Qingguo Li;Tao Liu

  • On stable simultaneous input and state estimation for discrete‐time linear systems

    Huazhen Fang;Yang Shi;Jingang Yi

  • On the Stability and Agility of Aggressive Vehicle Maneuvers: A Pendulum-Turn Maneuver Example

    Jingang Yi;Jingliang Li;Jianbo Lu;Zhaodu Liu

  • Adaptive emergency braking control using a dynamic tire/road friction model

    J. Yi;L. Alvarez;R. Horowitz;C.C. de Wit

  • Stability of macroscopic traffic flow modeling through wavefront expansion

    Jingang Yi;Hao Lin;Luis Alvarez;Roberto Horowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Horowitz
Roberto Horowitz University of California, Berkeley
Lei Wang
Lei Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
An-Ping Li
An-Ping Li Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Leonard C. Feldman
Leonard C. Feldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Hao Su
Hao Su University of California, San Diego
J. Karl Hedrick
J. Karl Hedrick University of California, Berkeley
Seiichiro Katsura
Seiichiro Katsura Keio University
Yang Shi
Yang Shi University of Victoria
Hung Manh La
Hung Manh La University of Nevada Reno
Hong Liang
Hong Liang Texas A&M University

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