2026 Karl Johan Åström: Electronics and Electrical Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	105	137	132	3	3	610	99882

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
2005 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
1995 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to identification, stochastic, and adaptive control and their incorporation in control engineering practice.
1993 - IEEE Medal of Honor For fundamental contributions to theory and applications of adaptive control technology.”
1990 - IEEE Control Systems Award "For fundamental contributions in control theory with emphasis on its practical application."
1985 - Rufus Oldenburger Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1979 - IEEE Fellow For comprehensive contributions to stochastic control theory.

Overview

Karl Johan Åström is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has an extensive background in engineering, particularly within the subfields of control and systems engineering, mechanics of materials, and automotive engineering. Their research spans several areas including adhesion, friction, and surface interactions; dynamics and control of mechanical systems; brake systems and friction analysis; advanced control systems design; advanced control systems optimization; and extremum seeking control systems.

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, with notable papers such as:

Inclusion of the dwell time effect in the LuGre friction model, 2020, Mechatronics
Interactive Tools for Education in Automatic Control [25 Years Ago], 2023, IEEE Control Systems
Next Generation Relay Autotuners - Analysis and Implementation, 2021, 2021 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Mechatronics
IEEE Control Systems
2021 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Åström are:

Luca Simoni
Manuel Beschi
Antonio Visioli
Richard M. Murray
Moa Johansson

In addition to journal and conference publications, Åström has authored book publications affiliated with Lund University. One such publication is Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers, Second Edition, published in 2021.

Åström's career has been recognized through several awards, including:

Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 2005
Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 1995, for contributions to identification, stochastic, and adaptive control and their incorporation in control engineering practice
IEEE Medal of Honor, 1993, for fundamental contributions to theory and applications of adaptive control technology
IEEE Control Systems Award, 1990, for fundamental contributions in control theory with emphasis on its practical application
Rufus Oldenburger Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1985
IEEE Fellow, 1979, for comprehensive contributions to stochastic control theory

Best Publications

Adaptive Control

Karl Johan Astrom;Bjorn Wittenmark

11845
Citations
Computer Controlled Systems: Theory and Design

Karl J. Astrom;Bjorn Wittenmark

9908
Citations
PID Controllers: Theory, Design, and Tuning

Karl Johan Åström;Tore Hägglund

8467
Citations
A new model for control of systems with friction

C. Canudas de Wit;H. Olsson;K.J. Astrom;P. Lischinsky

5032
Citations
Advanced PID Control

Karl Johan Åström;Tore Hägglund

3408
Citations
Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers

Karl Johan Astrom;Richard M. Murray

3397
Citations
Paper: Automatic tuning of simple regulators with specifications on phase and amplitude margins

K. J. Åström;T. Hägglund

2756
Citations
System identification-A survey

K. J. Åström;P. Eykhoff

2405
Citations
Friction Models and Friction Compensation

Henrik Olsson;Karl Johan Åström;Carlos Canudas de Wit;Magnus Gäfvert

2224
Citations
On self tuning regulators

K. J. Åström;B. Wittenmark

2206
Citations
The future of PID control

Karl Johan Åström;Tore Hägglund

2150
Citations
Automatic Tuning of Simple Regulators

Karl Johan Åström;Tore Hägglund

1961
Citations
Revisiting the Ziegler-Nichols step response method for PID control

Tore Hägglund;Karl Johan Åström

1384
Citations
Comparison of Riemann and Lebesgue sampling for first order stochastic systems

K.J. Astrom;B.M. Bernhardsson

1373
Citations
Paper: Zeros of sampled systems

K. J. Åström;P. Hagander;J. Sternby

1315
Citations
Automatic Tuning of Pid Controllers

Karl Johan Åström;Tore Hägglund

1240
Citations
Theory and applications of adaptive control-A survey

K. J. Åström

1192
Citations
Refinements of the Ziegler-Nichols tuning formula

Chang C. Hang;Karl Johan Åström;Weng Kuen Ho

1107
Citations
On structural identifiability

R. Bellman;Karl Johan Åström

1062
Citations
Automatic Tuning and Adaptation for PID Controllers—A Survey

Karl Johan Åström;Tore Hägglund;Chang C. Hang;Weng Kuen Ho

1005
Citations
Swinging up a Pendulum by Energy Control

Karl Johan Åström;Katsuhisa Furuta

248
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tore Hägglund Lund University

Björn Wittenmark Lund University

Chang Chieh Hang National University of Singapore

Karl Henrik Johansson Royal Institute of Technology

Sebastián Dormido National University of Distance Education

Carlos Canudas de Wit Grenoble Institute of Technology

Anders Robertsson Lund University

Katsuhisa Furuta Tokyo Denki University

Manuel Berenguel University of Almería

Lennart Ljung Linköping University

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