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D-Index
70
Citations
30644
World Ranking
890
National Ranking
42

Ron J. Patton 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 Ron J. Patton sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 390 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ron J. Patton 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 Ron J. Patton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

  • 2010 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to robust fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control

Overview

Ron J. Patton is affiliated with the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Engineering and Computer Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including Fault Detection and Control Systems, Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems, Wave and Wind Energy Systems, Smart Grid Security and Resilience, Wind Energy Research and Development, Wind Turbine Control Systems, and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems.

Key recent papers authored by or associated with Ron J. Patton include:

  • Distributed Fault-Tolerant Consensus Tracking Control of Multi-Agent Systems Under Fixed and Switching Topologies, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers
  • Fault-tolerant consensus control of multi-agent systems under actuator/sensor faults and channel noises: A distributed anti-attack strategy, 2022, Information Sciences
  • Distributed Antittack Fault-Tolerant Tracking Control for Vehicle Platoon Systems Under Cyber-Physical Threats, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • Actuator fault tolerant offshore wind turbine load mitigation control, 2023, Renewable Energy
  • Sensor Fault Tolerant Control for a 3-DOF Helicopter Considering Detectability Loss, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers

Frequent publication venues include:

  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers
  • International Journal of Control Automation and Systems
  • International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks

Collaborations are evidenced by recurring co-authors such as Chun Liu, Shuo Shi, Jianglin Lan, Bin Jiang, and Yanhua Liu, indicating active involvement in joint research efforts across multiple publications.

Ron J. Patton was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2010 for contributions to robust fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control.

Best Publications

  • Robust Model-Based Fault Diagnosis for Dynamic Systems

    Jie Chen;Ron J. Patton

  • Issues of Fault Diagnosis for Dynamic Systems

    Ron J. Patton;Paul M. Frank;Robert N. Clark

  • Sliding mode observers for fault detection and isolation

    Christopher Edwards;Sarah K. Spurgeon;Ron J. Patton

  • Fault diagnosis in dynamic systems : theory and applications

    Ron J. Patton;Paul M. Frank;Robert N. Clarke

  • Design of unknown input observers and robust fault detection filters

    Jie Chen;Ron J. Patton;Hong-Yue Zhang

  • Model-Based Fault Diagnosis Techniques

    Silvio Simani;Cesare Fantuzzi;Ronald Jon Patton

  • Fault-Tolerant Control: The 1997 Situation

    Ron J. Patton

  • Observer-based fault detection and isolation: robustness and applications

    R.J. Patton;J. Chen

  • Model-based fault diagnosis in dynamic systems using identification techniques

    Silvio Simani;Ron Patton;Cesare Fantuzzi

  • A Review of Parity Space Approaches to Fault Diagnosis

    R.J. Patton;J. Chen

  • Robust Model-Based Fault Diagnosis: The State of the ART

    Ron J. Patton

  • FAULT-TOLERANT CONTROL SYSTEMS: THE 1997 SITUATION

    Ron J Patton

  • A new strategy for integration of fault estimation within fault-tolerant control

    Jianglin Lan;Ron J. Patton

  • Eigenstructure Assignment for Control System Design

    Guoping P. Liu;Ron Patton

  • Input observability and input reconstruction

    M. Hou;R. J. Patton

  • Introduction to the DAMADICS actuator FDI benchmark study

    Michał Bartyś;Ron Patton;Michał Syfert;Salvador de las Heras

  • Review of parity space approaches to fault diagnosis for aerospace systems

    R. J. Patton;J. Chen

  • Robust fault detection using eigenstructure assignment: a tutorial consideration and some new results

    R.J. Patton;J. Chen

  • Fault detection and diagnosis in aerospace systems using analytical redundancy

    R.J. Patton

  • Optimal filtering and robust fault diagnosis of stochastic systems with unknown disturbances

    J. Chen;R.J. Patton

Frequent Co-Authors

Guo-Ping Liu
Guo-Ping Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
Silvio Simani
Silvio Simani University of Ferrara
Domonkos Tikk
Domonkos Tikk Gravity Research & Development Zrt.
Alessandro Casavola
Alessandro Casavola University of Calabria
Paul M. Frank
Paul M. Frank University of Duisburg-Essen
Steven X. Ding
Steven X. Ding University of Duisburg-Essen
Cesare Fantuzzi
Cesare Fantuzzi University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Guang-Ren Duan
Guang-Ren Duan Harbin Institute of Technology
Joseba Quevedo
Joseba Quevedo Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Marcin Witczak
Marcin Witczak University of Zielona Góra

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