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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 133 36 36 20 20 756 118468

Shankar Sastry publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shankar Sastry between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shankar Sastry published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 18.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 42 publications in 2005. 19 of the 849 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 42. Peak 42 publications in 2005. 1980: 4 publications 1981: 8 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 8 publications 1984: 7 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 10 publications 1987: 15 publications 1988: 9 publications 1989: 15 publications 1990: 8 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 11 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 12 publications 1995: 14 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 20 publications 1998: 33 publications 1999: 41 publications 2000: 27 publications 2001: 31 publications 2002: 22 publications 2003: 37 publications 2004: 33 publications 2005: 42 publications 2006: 34 publications 2007: 42 publications 2008: 32 publications 2009: 33 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 23 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 28 publications 2014: 33 publications 2015: 23 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 9 publications
1980 2025

849 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shankar Sastry: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 4
1981 8
1982 2
1983 8
1984 7
1985 3
1986 10
1987 15
1988 9
1989 15
1990 8
1991 5
1992 11
1993 9
1994 12
1995 14
1996 9
1997 20
1998 33
1999 41
2000 27
2001 31
2002 22
2003 37
2004 33
2005 42
2006 34
2007 42
2008 32
2009 33
2010 25
2011 23
2012 14
2013 28
2014 33
2015 23
2016 24
2017 20
2018 11
2019 12
2020 17
2021 9
2022 8
2023 7
2024 10
2025 9
Total 849
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Shankar Sastry 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 Shankar Sastry sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 34–53 to 1,065+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 445. Most scientists, 445, have 174–193 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 754–773 publications, is where this scientist sits. 34–53 publications: 24 scientists 54–73 publications: 52 scientists 74–93 publications: 114 scientists 94–113 publications: 203 scientists 114–133 publications: 269 scientists 134–153 publications: 355 scientists 154–173 publications: 403 scientists 174–193 publications: 445 scientists 194–213 publications: 430 scientists 214–233 publications: 431 scientists 234–253 publications: 399 scientists 254–273 publications: 366 scientists 274–293 publications: 335 scientists 294–313 publications: 300 scientists 314–333 publications: 276 scientists 334–353 publications: 250 scientists 354–373 publications: 214 scientists 374–393 publications: 187 scientists 394–413 publications: 152 scientists 414–433 publications: 169 scientists 434–453 publications: 147 scientists 454–473 publications: 111 scientists 474–493 publications: 117 scientists 494–513 publications: 103 scientists 514–533 publications: 99 scientists 534–553 publications: 92 scientists 554–573 publications: 75 scientists 574–593 publications: 58 scientists 594–613 publications: 69 scientists 614–633 publications: 50 scientists 634–653 publications: 62 scientists 654–673 publications: 54 scientists 674–693 publications: 44 scientists 694–713 publications: 37 scientists 714–733 publications: 28 scientists 734–753 publications: 26 scientists 754–773 publications: 26 scientists 774–793 publications: 19 scientists 794–813 publications: 23 scientists 814–833 publications: 20 scientists 834–853 publications: 16 scientists 854–873 publications: 20 scientists 874–893 publications: 11 scientists 894–913 publications: 11 scientists 914–933 publications: 16 scientists 934–953 publications: 13 scientists 954–973 publications: 10 scientists 974–993 publications: 11 scientists 994–1,013 publications: 9 scientists 1,014–1,033 publications: 9 scientists 1,034–1,053 publications: 10 scientists 1,054–1,064 publications: 6 scientists 1,065+ publications: 99 scientists
34–53 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 756 publications — 95th percentile

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

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

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
34–53 24
54–73 52
74–93 114
94–113 203
114–133 269
134–153 355
154–173 403
174–193 445
194–213 430
214–233 431
234–253 399
254–273 366
274–293 335
294–313 300
314–333 276
334–353 250
354–373 214
374–393 187
394–413 152
414–433 169
434–453 147
454–473 111
474–493 117
494–513 103
514–533 99
534–553 92
554–573 75
574–593 58
594–613 69
614–633 50
634–653 62
654–673 54
674–693 44
694–713 37
714–733 28
734–753 26
754–773 26 756
774–793 19
794–813 23
814–833 20
834–853 16
854–873 20
874–893 11
894–913 11
914–933 16
934–953 13
954–973 10
974–993 11
994–1,013 9
1,014–1,033 9
1,034–1,053 10
1,054–1,064 6
1,065+ 99
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Shankar Sastry 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 Shankar Sastry sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 111+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 263. Most scientists, 263, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 111+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 178 scientists 31 D-Index: 257 scientists 32 D-Index: 263 scientists 33 D-Index: 262 scientists 34 D-Index: 244 scientists 35 D-Index: 236 scientists 36 D-Index: 211 scientists 37 D-Index: 220 scientists 38 D-Index: 214 scientists 39 D-Index: 214 scientists 40 D-Index: 205 scientists 41 D-Index: 187 scientists 42 D-Index: 194 scientists 43 D-Index: 201 scientists 44 D-Index: 155 scientists 45 D-Index: 189 scientists 46 D-Index: 148 scientists 47 D-Index: 160 scientists 48 D-Index: 134 scientists 49 D-Index: 130 scientists 50 D-Index: 141 scientists 51 D-Index: 156 scientists 52 D-Index: 108 scientists 53 D-Index: 130 scientists 54 D-Index: 112 scientists 55 D-Index: 97 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 102 scientists 58 D-Index: 108 scientists 59 D-Index: 120 scientists 60 D-Index: 103 scientists 61 D-Index: 93 scientists 62 D-Index: 92 scientists 63 D-Index: 74 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 73 scientists 66 D-Index: 64 scientists 67 D-Index: 69 scientists 68 D-Index: 60 scientists 69 D-Index: 39 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 59 scientists 72 D-Index: 46 scientists 73 D-Index: 49 scientists 74 D-Index: 38 scientists 75 D-Index: 35 scientists 76 D-Index: 32 scientists 77 D-Index: 35 scientists 78 D-Index: 31 scientists 79 D-Index: 22 scientists 80 D-Index: 34 scientists 81 D-Index: 31 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 23 scientists 84 D-Index: 18 scientists 85 D-Index: 30 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 20 scientists 89 D-Index: 8 scientists 90 D-Index: 17 scientists 91 D-Index: 7 scientists 92 D-Index: 14 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 10 scientists 98 D-Index: 10 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 16 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 8 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 13 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 5 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 8 scientists 111+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 133 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 178
31 257
32 263
33 262
34 244
35 236
36 211
37 220
38 214
39 214
40 205
41 187
42 194
43 201
44 155
45 189
46 148
47 160
48 134
49 130
50 141
51 156
52 108
53 130
54 112
55 97
56 111
57 102
58 108
59 120
60 103
61 93
62 92
63 74
64 77
65 73
66 64
67 69
68 60
69 39
70 57
71 59
72 46
73 49
74 38
75 35
76 32
77 35
78 31
79 22
80 34
81 31
82 34
83 23
84 18
85 30
86 19
87 19
88 20
89 8
90 17
91 7
92 14
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 12
97 10
98 10
99 12
100 16
101 5
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96 133
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • 2013 - ASM Fellow "For pioneering contributions to deformation of ordered alloys and deformation processing of structural materials."
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For pioneering contributions to the design of hybrid and embedded systems.
  • 1995 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory of nonlinear circuits, nonlinear control systems, and robotics.

Overview

Shankar Sastry is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within computer science and engineering, with a significant focus on artificial intelligence and control and systems engineering. Sastry's work addresses a range of subfields including management science and operations research, computer vision and pattern recognition, and biomedical engineering.

Their academic output includes numerous publications, with recent papers covering topics such as reinforcement learning, traffic optimization, and robotics. Notable recent works include "Combining Model-Based Design and Model-Free Policy Optimization to Learn Safe, Stabilizing Controllers" published in 2021 in IFAC-PapersOnLine, "Dynamic Tolling for Inducing Socially Optimal Traffic Loads" from the 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), and "Maximum Likelihood Constraint Inference from Stochastic Demonstrations" presented at the 2021 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA). Other papers address simultaneous localization and mapping in robotics and decentralized path planning for multi-robot systems, published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and the 2021 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), respectively.

Frequent coauthors associated with Sastry's work include Chinmay Maheshwari, Tyler Westenbroek, Manxi Wu, Chih-Yuan Chiu, and Sanjit A. Seshia. These collaborations highlight ongoing partnerships in advancing research in control systems and robotics.

Common venues for Sastry's publications reflect a mixture of conference proceedings and preprint platforms, with multiple papers in arXiv (Cornell University), IFAC-PapersOnLine, and leading IEEE conferences and journals related to control technology and robotics.

The main topics explored in Sastry's research are diverse and technical, focusing on areas such as:

  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Auction Theory and Applications

Sastry's career includes recognition and awards in the engineering and scientific community. They are a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) since 2014, an ASM Fellow recognized for contributions to deformation of ordered alloys and deformation processing of structural materials since 2013, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2004. Additionally, Sastry is a member of the National Academy of Engineering since 2001 for work on hybrid and embedded systems design, and an IEEE Fellow since 1995 for contributions to nonlinear circuits, nonlinear control systems, and robotics.

Best Publications

  • Robust Face Recognition via Sparse Representation

    J. Wright;A.Y. Yang;A. Ganesh;S.S. Sastry

  • A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation

    Richard M. Murray;S. Shankar Sastry;Li Zexiang

  • A Mathmematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation

    Richard M. Murray;Zexiang Li;S. Shankar Sastry

  • Adaptive Control: Stability, Convergence and Robustness

    Shankar Sastry;Marc Bodson

  • Nonlinear Systems: Analysis, Stability, and Control

    Shankar Sastry

  • Kalman filtering with intermittent observations

    B. Sinopoli;L. Schenato;M. Franceschetti;K. Poolla

  • Tracking control of non-linear systems using sliding surfaces with application to robot manipulators

    J. J. Slotine;S. S. Sastry

  • An Invitation to 3-D Vision: From Images to Geometric Models

    Yi Ma;Stefano Soatto;Jana Koseck;S. Shankar Sastry

  • Nonholonomic motion planning: steering using sinusoids

    R.M. Murray;S.S. Sastry

  • Adaptive control of mechanical manipulators

    J. Craig;Ping Hsu;S. Sastry

  • Foundations of Control and Estimation Over Lossy Networks

    L. Schenato;B. Sinopoli;M. Franceschetti;K. Poolla

  • Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control.

    Thomas A. Henzinger;Shankar Sastry

  • Conflict resolution for air traffic management: a study in multiagent hybrid systems

    C. Tomlin;G.J. Pappas;S. Sastry

  • Adaptive control of linearizable systems

    S.S. Sastry;A. Isidori

  • Secure Control: Towards Survivable Cyber-Physical Systems

    A.A. Cardenas;S. Amin;S. Sastry

  • Nonlinear control via approximate input-output linearization: the ball and beam example

    J. Hauser;S. Sastry;P. Kokotovic

  • Dynamical properties of hybrid automata

    J. Lygeros;K.H. Johansson;S.N. Simic;Jun Zhang

  • Kinematics and control of multifingered hands with rolling contact

    A.B.A. Cole;J.E. Hauser;S.S. Sastry

  • A calculus for computing Filippov's differential inclusion with application to the variable structure control of robot manipulators

    B. Paden;S. Sastry

  • Feedback linearization vs. adaptive sliding mode control for a quadrotor helicopter

    Daewon Lee;H. Jin Kim;Shankar Sastry

Frequent Co-Authors

John Lygeros
John Lygeros ETH Zurich
Yi Ma
Yi Ma University of Hong Kong
Claire J. Tomlin
Claire J. Tomlin University of California, Berkeley
Allen Y. Yang
Allen Y. Yang University of California, Berkeley
Ruzena Bajcsy
Ruzena Bajcsy University of California, Berkeley
René Vidal
René Vidal University of Pennsylvania
George J. Pappas
George J. Pappas University of Pennsylvania
Luca Schenato
Luca Schenato University of Padua
Richard M. Murray
Richard M. Murray California Institute of Technology

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