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D-Index
87
Citations
52577
World Ranking
333
National Ranking
157

Mark W. Spong publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark W. Spong sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 315 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Mark W. Spong D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark W. Spong sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Rufus Oldenburger Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2011 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • 1996 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the control of robot systems using nonlinear control techniques.

Overview

Mark W. Spong is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, as well as engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics including:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems

The main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering

Subfields of study highlighted in their publications cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Mark W. Spong has collaborated with several researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Alireza Mohammadi
  • Gerardo Flores
  • Nikhil Chopra
  • Masayuki Fujita

Their recent papers include:

  • An Historical Perspective on the Control of Robotic Manipulators, 2021, Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Passivity-Based Control of Robots: Theory and Examples from the Literature, 2022, IEEE Control Systems
  • Integral line-of-sight path following control of magnetic helical microswimmers subject to step-out frequencies, 2021, Automatica
  • Chetaev Instability Framework for Kinetostatic Compliance-Based Protein Unfolding, 2022, IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • Time-Optimal Velocity Tracking Control for Consensus Formation of Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Robots, 2021, Sensors

Publications frequently appear in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • IEEE Control Systems
  • Automatica

Throughout their career, Mark W. Spong has received recognition including:

  • Rufus Oldenburger Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2020)
  • Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) (2011)
  • IEEE Fellow (1996) for contributions to the control of robot systems using nonlinear control techniques

Best Publications

  • Robot Modeling and Control

    Mark W. Spong;Seth Hutchinson;M. Vidyasagar

  • Robot dynamics and control

    Mark W. Spong

  • Bilateral control of teleoperators with time delay

    R.J. Anderson;M.W. Spong

  • Adaptive motion control of rigid robots: a tutorial

    R. Ortega;M. W. Spong

  • Modeling and Control of Elastic Joint Robots

    M. W. Spong

  • Bilateral teleoperation: An historical survey

    Peter F. Hokayem;Mark W. Spong

  • The swing up control problem for the Acrobot

    M.W. Spong

  • Stabilization of a class of underactuated mechanical systems via interconnection and damping assignment

    R. Ortega;M.W. Spong;F. Gomez-Estern;G. Blankenstein

  • Underactuated mechanical systems

    Mark W. Spong

  • Stable Flocking of Multiple Inertial Agents on Balanced Graphs

    Dongjun Lee;M.W. Spong

  • Passive Bilateral Teleoperation With Constant Time Delay

    D. Lee;M.W. Spong

  • Energy based control of the Pendubot

    I. Fantoni;R. Lozano;M.W. Spong

  • Hybrid impedance control of robotic manipulators

    R.J. Anderson;M.W. Spong

  • On the robust control of robot manipulators

    M.W. Spong

  • An integral manifold approach to the feedback control of flexible joint robots

    M. Spong;K. Khorasani;P. Kokotovic

  • Partial feedback linearization of underactuated mechanical systems

    M.W. Spong

  • Passivity-Based Control of Multi-Agent Systems

    Nikhil Chopra;Mark W. Spong

  • Asymptotic stability for force reflecting teleoperators with time delay

    Robert J. Anderson;Mark W. Spong

  • Formation Control and Collision Avoidance for Multi-agent Non-holonomic Systems: Theory and Experiments

    Silvia Mastellone;Dušan M. Stipanović;Christopher R. Graunke;Koji A. Intlekofer

  • On Exponential Synchronization of Kuramoto Oscillators

    N. Chopra;M.W. Spong

  • Brief paper: Synchronization of bilateral teleoperators with time delay

    Nikhil Chopra;Mark W. Spong;Rogelio Lozano

  • Adaptive control of flexible-joint manipulators

    F. Ghorbel;J.Y. Hung;M.W. Spong

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikhil Chopra
Nikhil Chopra University of Maryland, College Park
Dusan M. Stipanovic
Dusan M. Stipanovic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dongjun Lee
Dongjun Lee Seoul National University
Romeo Ortega
Romeo Ortega Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Anton S. Shiriaev
Anton S. Shiriaev Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Seth Hutchinson
Seth Hutchinson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shuzhi Sam Ge
Shuzhi Sam Ge National University of Singapore
Chaouki T. Abdallah
Chaouki T. Abdallah Georgia Institute of Technology
Frank L. Lewis
Frank L. Lewis The University of Texas at Arlington

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