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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 62 59 31 28 1147 52551
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 100 176 170 87 81 1102 49985

YangQuan Chen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by YangQuan Chen between 1992 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. YangQuan Chen published across 35 years, from 1992 to 2026, averaging 45.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 125 publications in 2025. 143 of the 1,602 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 125. Peak 125 publications in 2025. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 10 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 19 publications 2003: 25 publications 2004: 26 publications 2005: 36 publications 2006: 44 publications 2007: 36 publications 2008: 42 publications 2009: 59 publications 2010: 54 publications 2011: 83 publications 2012: 89 publications 2013: 58 publications 2014: 51 publications 2015: 53 publications 2016: 45 publications 2017: 53 publications 2018: 97 publications 2019: 80 publications 2020: 78 publications 2021: 97 publications 2022: 120 publications 2023: 90 publications 2024: 82 publications 2025: 125 publications 2026: 18 publications
1992 2026

1,602 publications in total across all disciplines

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YangQuan Chen: publications per year, 1992 to 2026
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 10
1997 7
1998 6
1999 4
2000 5
2001 9
2002 19
2003 25
2004 26
2005 36
2006 44
2007 36
2008 42
2009 59
2010 54
2011 83
2012 89
2013 58
2014 51
2015 53
2016 45
2017 53
2018 97
2019 80
2020 78
2021 97
2022 120
2023 90
2024 82
2025 125
2026 18
Total 1,602
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YangQuan Chen 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 YangQuan Chen 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: 1,147 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 1,147
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YangQuan Chen 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 YangQuan Chen 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

Overview

YangQuan Chen is affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with extensive contributions in control and systems engineering, modeling and simulation, electrical and electronic engineering, computer networks and communications, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's work covers various specialized topics, including:

  • Advanced Control Systems Design
  • Fractional Differential Equations Solutions
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Extremum Seeking Control Systems
  • Iterative Learning Control Systems
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems

YangQuan Chen has been published extensively in several scholarly venues, with the most frequent venues being:

  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Fractal and Fractional
  • ISA Transactions
  • Nonlinear Dynamics

Their recent papers include:

  • "Adoption of solid organic waste composting products: A critical review" (2020), published in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "FaultFace: Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network (DCGAN) based Ball-Bearing failure detection method" (2020), published in Information Sciences
  • "Forecast analysis of the epidemics trend of COVID-19 in the USA by a generalized fractional-order SEIR model" (2020), published in Nonlinear Dynamics

In coauthorship, YangQuan Chen frequently collaborates with:

  • Jairo Viola
  • Donghai Li
  • Haoyu Niu
  • Zhenlong Wu
  • Liping Chen

The scientist has authored books published by Springer International Publishing and Morgan & Claypool Publishers. These include:

  • "Smart Big Data in Digital Agriculture Applications" (2024)
  • "Towards Optimal Point Cloud Processing for 3D Reconstruction" (2022)
  • "Digital-Twin-Enabled Smart Control Engineering" (2023)

Best Publications

  • Fractional-order Systems and Controls

    Concepción A. Monje;YangQuan Chen;Blas M. Vinagre;Dingyü Xue

  • Object modeling by registration of multiple range images

    Y. Chen;G. Medioni

  • Technical communique: Mittag-Leffler stability of fractional order nonlinear dynamic systems

    Yan Li;YangQuan Chen;Igor Podlubny

  • Iterative Learning Control: Brief Survey and Categorization

    Hyo-Sung Ahn;YangQuan Chen;K.L. Moore

  • Stability of fractional-order nonlinear dynamic systems: Lyapunov direct method and generalized Mittag-Leffler stability

    Yan Li;YangQuan Chen;Igor Podlubny

  • A new collection of real world applications of fractional calculus in science and engineering

    HongGuang Sun;Yong Zhang;Dumitru Baleanu;Dumitru Baleanu;Wen Chen

  • Fractional order control - A tutorial

    YangQuan Chen;Ivo Petras;Dingyu Xue

  • Tuning and auto-tuning of fractional order controllers for industry applications

    Concepción A. Monje;Blas M. Vinagre;Vicente Feliu;YangQuan Chen

  • Discretization schemes for fractional-order differentiators and integrators

    Yang Quan Chen;K.L. Moore

  • Fractional-order systems and control : fundamentals and applications

    Concepción A. Monje;YangQuan Chen;Blas M. Vinagre;Dingyü Xue

  • Variable-order fractional differential operators in anomalous diffusion modeling

    HongGuang Sun;HongGuang Sun;Wen Chen;YangQuan Chen

  • Linear feedback control : analysis and design with MATLAB

    Dingyü Xue;YangQuan Chen;Derek P. Atherton

  • Autopilots for small unmanned aerial vehicles: A survey

    HaiYang Chao;YongCan Cao;YangQuan Chen

  • Robust Stability and Stabilization of Fractional-Order Interval Systems with the Fractional Order $lpha$ : The $0≪lpha≪1$ Case

    Jun-Guo Lu;Yang-Quan Chen

  • Analytical Stability Bound for a Class of Delayed Fractional-Order Dynamic Systems

    YangQuan Chen;Kevin L. Moore

  • Formation control: a review and a new consideration

    Yang Quan Chen;Zhongmin Wang

  • A Fractional Order Proportional and Derivative (FOPD) Motion Controller: Tuning Rule and Experiments

    Hong Sheng Li;Ying Luo;Yang Quan Chen

  • Robust stability check of fractional order linear time invariant systems with interval uncertainties

    YangQuan Chen;Hyo-Sung Ahn;Igor Podlubny

  • High-Order and Model Reference Consensus Algorithms in Cooperative Control of MultiVehicle Systems

    Wei Ren;Kevin L. Moore;Yangquan Chen

  • Two direct Tustin discretization methods for fractional-order differentiator/integrator

    Blas M. Vinagre;Yang Quan Chen;Ivo Petráš

  • On Riemann-Liouville and Caputo Derivatives

    Changpin Li;Deliang Qian;YangQuan Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin L. Moore
Kevin L. Moore Colorado School of Mines
Hyo-Sung Ahn
Hyo-Sung Ahn Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Blas M. Vinagre
Blas M. Vinagre University of Extremadura
Igor Podlubny
Igor Podlubny Technical University of Košice
Changpin Li
Changpin Li Shanghai University
Changyun Wen
Changyun Wen Nanyang Technological University
HongGuang Sun
HongGuang Sun Hohai University
Jian-Xin Xu
Jian-Xin Xu National University of Singapore
Wei Ren
Wei Ren University of California, Riverside
Ivo Petras
Ivo Petras Technical University of Košice

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