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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Israel
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
7619
World Ranking
1815
National Ranking
9

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
7618
World Ranking
4092
National Ranking
19

Tal Shima 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 Tal Shima sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 186 publications — 39th percentile

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

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

Tal Shima 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 Tal Shima sits on this spectrum.

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: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Tal Shima is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering, with a focus on Aerospace Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Computational Mechanics.

Their research work covers a range of topics including:

  • Guidance and Control Systems
  • Military Defense Systems Analysis
  • Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots
  • Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics

Tal Shima has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum
  • Automatica
  • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
  • 2022 European Control Conference (ECC)

Recent papers include:

  • "Consensus-Based Cooperative Geometrical Rules for Simultaneous Target Interception" (2020, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics)
  • "Minimum-Effort Impact-Time Control Guidance Using Quadratic Kinematics Approximation" (2021, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics)
  • "A Combined Linear-Quadratic/Bounded Control Differential Game Guidance Law" (2021, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems)
  • "On shortest Dubins path via a circular boundary" (2020, Automatica)
  • "Cooperative Docking Guidance and Control with Application to Civil Autonomous Aerial Refueling" (2021, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics)

Frequent collaborators in Shima's research include Martin Weiß, Gleb Merkulov, Bhargav Jha, Ronny Tsalik, and Vladimir Turetsky.

Best Publications

  • Sliding-Mode Control for Integrated Missile Autopilot Guidance

    Tal Shima;Moshe Idan;Oded M. Golan

  • Multiple task assignments for cooperating uninhabited aerial vehicles using genetic algorithms

    Tal Shima;Steven J. Rasmussen;Andrew G. Sparks;Kevin M. Passino

  • Linear Quadratic Guidance Laws for Imposing a Terminal Intercept Angle

    Vitaly Shaferman;Tal Shima

  • Optimal Cooperative Pursuit and Evasion Strategies Against a Homing Missile

    Tal Shima

  • UAV Cooperative Decision and Control: Challenges and Practical Approaches

    Steven Rasmussen;Tal Shima;Steven J. Rasmussen

  • Integrated task assignment and path optimization for cooperating uninhabited aerial vehicles using genetic algorithms

    Eugene Edison;Tal Shima

  • Cooperative Differential Games Strategies for Active Aircraft Protection from a Homing Missile

    Andrey Perelman;Tal Shima;Ilan Rusnak

  • Cooperative Multiple-Model Adaptive Guidance for an Aircraft Defending Missile

    Vitaly Shaferman;Tal Shima

  • Integrated sliding mode autopilot-guidance for dual-control missiles

    Moshe Idan;Tal Shima;Oded M. Golan

  • Time-Varying Linear Pursuit-Evasion Game Models with Bounded Controls

    Tal Shima;Josef Shinar

  • Intercept-Angle Guidance

    Tal Shima

  • Nonorthodox guidance law development approach for intercepting maneuvering targets

    J. Shinar;T. Shima

  • Cooperative Optimal Guidance Laws for Imposing a Relative Intercept Angle

    Vitaly Shaferman;Tal Shima

  • Line-of-Sight Interceptor Guidance for Defending an Aircraft

    Ashwini Ratnoo;Tal Shima

  • UAV Team Decision and Control Using Efficient Collaborative Estimation

    Tal Shima;Steven J. Rasmussen;Phillip Chandler

  • Linear Quadratic Optimal Cooperative Strategies for Active Aircraft Protection

    Oleg Prokopov;Tal Shima

  • UAV cooperative multiple task assignments using genetic algorithms

    T. Shima;S.J. Rasmussen;A.G. Sparks

  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Cooperative Tracking of Moving Ground Target in Urban Environments

    Vitaly Shaferman;Tal Shima

  • Intercept Angle Missile Guidance Under Time Varying Acceleration Bounds

    Ilan Taub;Tal Shima

  • Tree search algorithm for assigning cooperating UAVs to multiple tasks

    Steven J. Rasmussen;Tal Shima

Frequent Co-Authors

Zheng Chen
Zheng Chen Peking University
Yakov Ben-Haim
Yakov Ben-Haim Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Gilead Tadmor
Gilead Tadmor Northeastern University
Carmel Domshlak
Carmel Domshlak Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Naira Hovakimyan
Naira Hovakimyan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Meir Pachter
Meir Pachter Air Force Institute of Technology
Kevin M. Passino
Kevin M. Passino The Ohio State University
Prabhakar R. Pagilla
Prabhakar R. Pagilla Texas A&M University

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