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D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 100 63 60 32 29 1139 46900
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 100 180 174 89 83 1131 46790

Masayoshi Tomizuka publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Masayoshi Tomizuka between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Masayoshi Tomizuka published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 24.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 84 publications in 2024. 129 of the 1,387 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 84. Peak 84 publications in 2024. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 1 publication 1973: 1 publication 1974: 0 publications 1975: 7 publications 1976: 4 publications 1977: 3 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 5 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 3 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 7 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 12 publications 1989: 13 publications 1990: 21 publications 1991: 16 publications 1992: 21 publications 1993: 31 publications 1994: 26 publications 1995: 36 publications 1996: 30 publications 1997: 30 publications 1998: 22 publications 1999: 19 publications 2000: 36 publications 2001: 29 publications 2002: 23 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 30 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 28 publications 2007: 30 publications 2008: 29 publications 2009: 37 publications 2010: 30 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 32 publications 2013: 42 publications 2014: 37 publications 2015: 43 publications 2016: 40 publications 2017: 38 publications 2018: 44 publications 2019: 60 publications 2020: 51 publications 2021: 81 publications 2022: 68 publications 2023: 73 publications 2024: 84 publications 2025: 45 publications
1970 2025

1,387 publications in total across all disciplines

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Masayoshi Tomizuka: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 1
1973 1
1974 0
1975 7
1976 4
1977 3
1978 2
1979 5
1980 3
1981 2
1982 1
1983 3
1984 5
1985 7
1986 5
1987 6
1988 12
1989 13
1990 21
1991 16
1992 21
1993 31
1994 26
1995 36
1996 30
1997 30
1998 22
1999 19
2000 36
2001 29
2002 23
2003 13
2004 30
2005 16
2006 28
2007 30
2008 29
2009 37
2010 30
2011 15
2012 32
2013 42
2014 37
2015 43
2016 40
2017 38
2018 44
2019 60
2020 51
2021 81
2022 68
2023 73
2024 84
2025 45
Total 1,387
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Masayoshi Tomizuka 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 Masayoshi Tomizuka sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 659+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 1,139 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 10
57–66 23
67–76 32
77–86 62
87–96 67
97–106 91
107–116 113
117–126 115
127–136 130
137–146 140
147–156 155
157–166 132
167–176 133
177–186 130
187–196 140
197–206 115
207–216 125
217–226 117
227–236 99
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74
297–306 74
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58
347–356 45
357–366 44
367–376 36
377–386 41
387–396 32
397–406 23
407–416 28
417–426 27
427–436 25
437–446 23
447–456 23
457–466 20
467–476 12
477–486 24
487–496 18
497–506 12
507–516 13
517–526 21
527–536 12
537–546 8
547–556 16
557–566 3
567–576 11
577–586 6
587–596 5
597–606 6
607–616 7
617–626 7
627–636 10
637–646 4
647–656 3
657–658 2
659+ 100 1,139
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Masayoshi Tomizuka 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 Masayoshi Tomizuka sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 93+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 83
31 113
32 144
33 153
34 189
35 158
36 139
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50
53 48
54 58
55 52
56 48
57 42
58 34
59 42
60 37
61 42
62 44
63 22
64 33
65 29
66 23
67 29
68 24
69 19
70 34
71 26
72 19
73 18
74 19
75 14
76 19
77 8
78 18
79 16
80 12
81 17
82 11
83 16
84 7
85 9
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • 2002 - Rufus Oldenburger Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1997 - Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Masayoshi Tomizuka is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. The primary areas of research include engineering and computer science, with a focus on several subfields such as control and systems engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, automotive engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Their main research topics encompass autonomous vehicle technology and safety, robot manipulation and learning, reinforcement learning in robotics, robotic path planning algorithms, advanced neural network applications, video surveillance and tracking methods, and human pose and action recognition.

Recent significant publications by associated researchers linked to Tomizuka's research interests include:

  • Visual Transformers: Token-based Image Representation and Processing for Computer Vision (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Interpretable End-to-End Urban Autonomous Driving With Latent Deep Reinforcement Learning (2021), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Efficient Sampling-Based Maximum Entropy Inverse Reinforcement Learning With Application to Autonomous Driving (2020), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Sparse R-CNN: End-to-End Object Detection with Learnable Proposals (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • EvolveGraph: Multi-Agent Trajectory Prediction with Dynamic Relational Reasoning (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors in the academic network related to this scientist include Wei Zhan, Chenfeng Xu, Mingyu Ding, and Liting Sun.

Publications are frequently seen in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Masayoshi Tomizuka has received multiple awards throughout their career, including the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 2018, Fellowship of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2010, the Rufus Oldenburger Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2002, the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award from the same society in 1997, and Fellowship of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Fuzzy gain scheduling of PID controllers

    Zhen-Yu Zhao;M. Tomizuka;S. Isaka

  • Zero Phase Error Tracking Algorithm for Digital Control

    Masayoshi Tomizuka

  • Sparse R-CNN: End-to-End Object Detection with Learnable Proposals

    Peize Sun;Rufeng Zhang;Yi Jiang;Tao Kong

  • Automated vehicle control developments in the PATH program

    S.E. Shladover;C.A. Desoer;J.K. Hedrick;M. Tomizuka

  • Digital control of repetitive errors in disk drive systems

    K.K. Chew;M. Tomizuka

  • Adaptive robust control of SISO nonlinear systems in a semi-strict feedback form

    Bin Yao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

  • Analysis and Synthesis of Discrete-Time Repetitive Controllers

    Masayoshi Tomizuka;Tsu-Chin Tsao;Kok-Kia Chew

  • Robust motion controller design for high-accuracy positioning systems

    Ho Seong Lee;M. Tomizuka

  • Control issues in automated highway systems

    J.K. Hedrick;M. Tomizuka;P. Varaiya

  • Control of Rotary Series Elastic Actuator for Ideal Force-Mode Actuation in Human–Robot Interaction Applications

    Kyoungchul Kong;Joonbum Bae;M. Tomizuka

  • Smooth Robust Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of Manipulators With Guaranteed Transient Performance

    Bin Yao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

  • SqueezeSegV3: Spatially-Adaptive Convolution for Efficient Point-Cloud Segmentation

    Chenfeng Xu;Bichen Wu;Zining Wang;Wei Zhan

  • Adaptive robust control of MIMO nonlinear systems in semi-strict feedback forms

    Bin Yao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

  • Preview Control for Vehicle Lateral Guidance in Highway Automation

    Huei Peng;Masayoshi Tomizuka

  • Visual Transformers: Token-based Image Representation and Processing for Computer Vision

    Bichen Wu;Chenfeng Xu;Xiaoliang Dai;Alvin Wan

  • High performance robust motion control of machine tools: an adaptive robust control approach and comparative experiments

    Bin Yao;M. Al-Majed;M. Tomizuka

  • A Compact Rotary Series Elastic Actuator for Human Assistive Systems

    Kyoungchul Kong;Joonbum Bae;M. Tomizuka

  • Chattering reduction and error convergence in the sliding-mode control of a class of nonlinear systems

    P. Kachroo;M. Tomizuka

  • INTERACTION Dataset: An INTERnational, Adversarial and Cooperative moTION Dataset in Interactive Driving Scenarios with Semantic Maps.

    Wei Zhan;Liting Sun;Di Wang;Haojie Shi

  • Contouring control of machine tool feed drive systems: a task coordinate frame approach

    G.T.-C. Chiu;M. Tomizuka

  • A Gait Monitoring System Based on Air Pressure Sensors Embedded in a Shoe

    Kyoungchul Kong;M. Tomizuka

  • Robust adaptive and repetitive digital tracking control and application to a hydraulic servo for noncircular machining

    Tsu-Chin Tsao;Masayoshi Tomizuka

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Horowitz
Roberto Horowitz University of California, Berkeley
Bin Yao
Bin Yao Purdue University West Lafayette
Huei Peng
Huei Peng University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chung Choo Chung
Chung Choo Chung Hanyang University
Tsu-Chin Tsao
Tsu-Chin Tsao University of California, Los Angeles
Prabhakar R. Pagilla
Prabhakar R. Pagilla Texas A&M University
Steven E Shladover
Steven E Shladover University of California, Berkeley
J. Karl Hedrick
J. Karl Hedrick University of California, Berkeley
Tong Heng Lee
Tong Heng Lee National University of Singapore
Katsuhisa Furuta
Katsuhisa Furuta Tokyo Denki University

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