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D-Index
41
Citations
7760
World Ranking
4257
National Ranking
164

Shugen Ma 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 Shugen Ma sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 602 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shugen Ma 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 Shugen Ma sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shugen Ma is affiliated with Ritsumeikan University in Japan and has a strong focus on engineering research, particularly within the subfields of Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Their work encompasses a variety of topics related to robotics and control systems.

The main topics covered in Shugen Ma's research include:

  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

They have published frequently in several academic venues. The top publication venues are:

  • The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics
  • Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Shugen Ma's recent papers illustrate a broad engagement across robotics and control engineering. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Compensated model-free adaptive tracking control scheme for autonomous underwater vehicles via extended state observer," 2020, Ocean Engineering
  • "Robotics in Search and Rescue (SAR) Operations: An Ethical and Design Perspective Framework for Response Phase," 2023, Applied Sciences
  • "A Pressing Attachment Approach for a Wall-Climbing Robot Utilizing Passive Suction Cups," 2020, Robotics
  • "Q-Whex: A simple and highly mobile quasi-wheeled hexapod robot," 2023, Journal of Field Robotics
  • "Active Disturbance Rejection Control of Euler-Lagrange Systems Exploiting Internal Damping," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of researchers, with top coauthors including:

  • Yang Tian
  • Chao Ren
  • Atsushi Kakogawa
  • Guoteng Zhang
  • Longchuan Li

Overall, Shugen Ma's research contributions span a range of engineering disciplines, with a notable focus on robotic systems, adaptive control methodologies, and applications in soft robotics and rehabilitation.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of creeping locomotion of a snake-like robot

    Shugen Ma

  • Extended State Observer-Based Sliding Mode Control of an Omnidirectional Mobile Robot With Friction Compensation

    Chao Ren;Xiaohan Li;Xuebo Yang;Shugen Ma

  • Analysis of stairs-climbing ability for a tracked reconfigurable modular robot

    Jinguo Liu;Yuechao Wang;Shugen Ma;Bin Li

  • Analysis of creeping locomotion of a snake robot on a slope

    Shugen Ma;N. Tadokoro;Bin Li;K. Inoue

  • Analysis of snake movement forms for realization of snake-like robots

    S. Ma

  • CPG-based control of serpentine locomotion of a snake-like robot ☆

    Xiaodong Wu;Shugen Ma;Shugen Ma

  • Coupled tendon-driven multijoint manipulator

    S. Hirose;S. Ma

  • Design of a wall-climbing robot with passive suction cups

    Yu Yoshida;Shugen Ma

  • Omnidirectional static walking of a quadruped robot

    S. Ma;T. Tomiyama;H. Wada

  • Development of a creeping snake-robot

    Shugen Ma;H. Araya;Li Li

  • Turning and side motion of snake-like robot

    Changlong Ye;Shugen Ma;Bin Li;Yuechao Wang

  • Design and experiments for a coupled tendon-driven manipulator

    S. Ma;S. Hirose;H. Yoshinada

  • Current research, key performances and future development of search and rescue robots

    Jinguo Liu;Yuechao Wang;Bin Li;Shugen Ma

  • Development of an Adaptive Mobile Robot for In-Pipe Inspection Task

    Peng Li;Shugen Ma;Bin Li;Yuechao Wang

  • Analysis of Creeping Locomotion of a Snake-like Robot on a Slope

    Shugen Ma;Naoki Tadokoro

  • Design and modelling of a snake robot in traveling wave locomotion

    Li Chen;Shugen Ma;Yuechao Wang;Bin Li

  • Adaptive creeping locomotion of a CPG-controlled snake-like robot to environment change

    Xiaodong Wu;Shugen Ma

  • Development of a hyper-redundant multijoint manipulator for maintenance of nuclear reactors

    Shugen Ma;Shigeo Hirose;Hiroshi Yoshinada

  • Neural oscillator network-based controller for meandering locomotion of snake-like robots

    K. Inoue;Shugen Ma;Chenghua Jin

  • Dynamic analysis of 3-dimensional snake robots

    Shugen Ma;Y. Ohmameuda;K. Inoue

  • Analysis of Creeping Locomotion of a Snake-like Robot on a Slope

    Naoki Tadokoro;Shugen Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Huayan Pu
Huayan Pu Shanghai University
Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose Hibot Corp.
Jun Luo
Jun Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sadao Kawamura
Sadao Kawamura Ritsumeikan University
Wen J. Li
Wen J. Li City University of Hong Kong
Yun-Hui Liu
Yun-Hui Liu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yangmin Li
Yangmin Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Shinichi Hirai
Shinichi Hirai Ritsumeikan University
Ning Xi
Ning Xi University of Hong Kong
Huosheng Hu
Huosheng Hu University of Essex

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