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281 institutions · Industrial Engineering & Automation

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Industrial Engineering & Automation?

2,759 researchers whose main subfield is Industrial Engineering & Automation are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Beihang University has the most (45, 1.6%), followed by College of Engineering (39) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (29). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1Beihang University China4519Zuo, Zongyu #1,858
2College of Engineering United States3914Vamvoudakis, Kyriakos G. #6,212
3Shanghai Jiao Tong University China2912Gu, Guoying #23,269
4Harbin Institute of Technology China269Duan, Guangren #494
5ETH Zürich Switzerland2515Dörfler, Florian #3,737
6Southeast University China2312Wen, Guanghui #10,172
7Huazhong University of Science and Technology China238Su, Housheng #33,006
8Politecnico di Milano Italy228Karimi, Hamid Reza #9,370
9Tongji University China2211Chen, Hong #17,310
10Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China214Chen, Mou #5,059
11Tsinghua University China205Li, Shengbo Eben #3,583
12National University of Singapore Singapore188Ge, S. Shuzhi #3,823
13Tianjin University China184Fang, Fengzhou #5,776
14Beijing Institute of Technology China176Xia, Yuanqing #2,997
15Southern University of Science and Technology China174Liu, Guoping #5,846
16The State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries China1611Guo, Ge #11,266
17Northwestern Polytechnical University China168Xu, Bin #15,583
18Chongqing University China1610Zhao, Kai #53,277
19Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea162Hwangbo, Jemin #76,962
20KU Leuven Belgium155Kruth, Jean Pierre #2,871
21The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong157Zheng, Pai #11,735
22University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States154Zuo, Lei #18,412
23South China University of Technology China154Dai, Shilu #53,429
24Michigan Engineering United States148Bernstein, Dennis S. #8,712
25Nanjing University of Science and Technology China147Yao, Jianyong #13,146
26Shandong University China143Xing, Lantao #60,648
27MIT School of Engineering United States138Slotine, Jean Jacques E. #13,208
28Università degli Studi di Padova Italy133Schenato, Luca #65,652
29École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland125Ijspeert, A. J. #4,152
30University of Science and Technology Beijing China126He, Weirt #13,555
31Dalian University of Technology China125Niu, Ben #21,824
32School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology China123Chai, Runqi #38,056
33Technische Universität München Germany123Chen, Guang #45,816
34Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Norway115Fossen, Thor I. #935
35Dalian Maritime University China115Wang, Ning #4,640
36University of Toronto Canada112Barfoot, Timothy David #8,150
37Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Netherlands114Heemels, W. P.M.H.(Maurice) #38,980
38The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden107Wang, Lihui #977
39Northeastern University United States105Sontag, Eduardo D. #2,775
40City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong107Feng, Gang Gary #4,739
41University of Shanghai for Science and Technology China105Ding, Derui #28,025
42Universität Stuttgart Germany104Allgöwer, Frank #40,051
43University of Patras Greece95Mourtzis, Dimitris #1,840
44Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States95Hogan, Neville #3,843
45University of California, Berkeley United States96Tomizuka, Masayoshi #7,198
46Stanford University United States98Okamura, Allison M. #8,015
47Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy95Siciliano, Bruno #10,061
48School of Automation China95Yang, C. #11,153
49The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong94Zhong, Ray Runyang #12,240
50Yanshan University China91Hua, Changchun #13,497
51Xi'an Jiaotong University China93Li, Xiang #16,473
52Guangdong University of Technology China96Leng, Jiewu #18,944
53Shanghai University China93Wang, Xiaofan Fan #37,684
54Nankai University China92Fang, Yongchung Chun #39,103
55Hunan University China91Wang, Yaonan #41,217
56Shandong University of Science and Technology China92Wang, Zhen #64,756
57Qingdao University China86Hou, Zhongsheng #5,311
58Nanyang Technological University Singapore85Lv, Chen #11,463
59Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands85Willems, Jan C. #12,190
60Carnegie Mellon University United States85Kaess, Michael #20,596
61Zhejiang University China84Gao, Fei #31,610
62Georgia Institute of Technology United States84Chen, Yongxin #43,610
63Imperial College London United Kingdom75Mayne, David Q. #5,134
64The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering United States76Teel, Andrew R. #8,451
65Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong76Huang, Jie #8,536
66University of Waterloo Canada73Dautenhahn, Kerstin #8,721
67East China University of Science and Technology China75Yan, Huaicheng #18,463
68Sant'Anna Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pisa Italy73Cianchetti, Matteo #20,023
69University of Alberta Canada71Huang, Biao #21,703
70Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen Germany72Klocke, Fritz #22,885
71China University of Geosciences China73Wu, Min #24,659
72Seoul National University South Korea74Ahn, Sunghoon #27,580
73Zhejiang University of Technology China72Yu, Li #61,006
74Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences China71Cheng, Long #62,330
75Wuhan University of Technology China72Liu, Quan #75,158
76Stanford Engineering United States66Thrun, Sebastian B. #843
77School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Singapore63Xie, Lihua Hua #2,073
78NYU Tandon School of Engineering United States63Jiang, Zhongping #2,342
79The University of British Columbia Canada62Altintas, Yusuf #5,780
80The Australian National University Australia64Anderson, Brian D.O. #7,139
81Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Italy65Bicchi, Antonio #10,466
82Bohai University China65Zhao, Xudong #10,534
83Universiteit Twente Netherlands63Gibson, Ian #10,939
84Linköpings Universitet Sweden64Ljung, Lennart #11,142
85The University of Manchester United Kingdom62Ding, Zhengtao #12,072
86School of Engineering and Applied Science United States64Lee, Taeyoung #13,382
87Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences China64Cheng, Dai Zhan #14,481
88The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia63Chen, Zhiyong Yong #15,185
89USC Viterbi School of Engineering United States63Mataríc, Maja J. #16,411
90University of Cambridge United Kingdom63Evans, Steve A. #19,176
91NVIDIA United States62Song, Shuran #20,263
92College of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University China63Huang, Yulong #29,596
93Università degli Studi di Firenze Italy62Angeli, David #29,972
94Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences United States63Sastry, Shankar S. #30,785
95Wuhan University of Science and Technology China63Zhu, Kunpeng #31,443
96Jiangsu University China61Ding, Shinghong #33,005
97Donghua University China63Shen, Bo #35,206
98Politecnico di Torino Italy61Calafiore, Giuseppe Carlo #37,085
99Nanjing Tech University China62Ding, Donghong #47,559
100Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico62Romero, David #69,646
101CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France62Moulay, Emmanuel #79,003
102State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems China61Mei, Deqing #90,045
103Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering United States54Krstic, Miroslav #1,181
104Jiangnan University China52Ding, F. #2,212
105Swinburne University of Technology Australia53Han, Qing-Long #2,420
106Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences United States55Wood, Robert J. #2,559
107Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering United States53Nedić, Angelia #2,862
108RMIT University Australia53Yu, Xinghuo #3,935
109Nanjing University of Post and TeleCommunications China53Yue, Dong #9,026
110The Robotics Institute United States51Choset, Howie M. #9,471
111MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science United States54Tsitsiklis, John N. #9,708
112Universidad de Sevilla Spain53Seuret, Alexandre #14,399
113Concordia University Canada52Zhang, Youmin #18,176
114Purdue University United States54Varaiya, Pravin P. #18,784
115Delft University of Technology Netherlands52De Schutter, Bart #22,473
116Central South University China52Gui, Weihua #26,783
117School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University China53Zhu, Lida #30,013
118University of Science and Technology of China China53Cong, Shuang #43,497
119King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia52Mahmoud, Magdi S. #46,585
120George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering United States53Chen, Yehwa #49,398
121Hefei University of Technology China53Chen, Liping #55,992
122UW College of Engineering United States54Mesbahi, Mehran #56,952
123Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Italy53Rauch, Erwin #59,245
124Liaocheng University China52Xia, Jianwei #61,210
125Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture China52Tian, Guangdong #62,170
126Qufu Normal University China52Qi, Wenhai #72,445
127Khalifa University United Arab Emirates51Shaikh-Ahmad, Jamal #81,296
128College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University China51An, Liwei #85,589
129Uppsala Universitet Sweden51Teixeira, André M.H. #96,929
130Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Italy50Peruzzini, Margherita #111,607
131The University of Tokyo Japan50Ishii, Hideaki #133,971
132Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia Italy50Secchi, Cristian #180,259
133University of Strathclyde United Kingdom42Mao, Xuerong #1,554
134UCLA Samueli School of Engineering United States41Tabuada, Paulo #2,354
135University of Washington United States42Todorov, Emanuel V. #2,387
136University of Auckland New Zealand43Xu, Xun W. #2,415
137Université de Lille France42Polyakov, Andrey E. #2,463
138Loughborough University United Kingdom42Chen, Wenhua #3,428
139University of Maryland, College Park United States42Lee, Jay K. #3,734
140University of Macau Macao41Xu, Qingsong #5,504
141University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States43Ba̧sar, Tamer #7,506
142Universität Bonn Germany42Stachniss, Cyrill L. #8,748
143Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes France42Girard, Antoine C. #12,230
144Technische Universität Darmstadt Germany42Peters, Jan #13,157
145Texas A&M University United States43Murphy, Robin Roberson #18,411
146University of Nottingham United Kingdom43Leach, Richard K. #19,137
147Whiting School of Engineering United States42Spall, James C. #20,906
148UNSW Sydney Australia42Savkin, Andrey V. #24,259
149University of Wollongong Australia43Alici, Gursel #25,582
150University of Guelph Canada42Hegab, Hussien Abdel Aziz #29,224
151University of Southern California United States42Khoshnevis, Professor Behrokh #30,517
152Peking University China42Li, Zhongkui #33,644
153Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering United States44Dixon, Warren E. #34,416
154Sun Yat-Sen University China41Li, Weibing #35,354
155Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science United States42Truby, Ryan L. #36,540
156Case School of Engineering United States43Lin, Wei #37,181
157Sapienza Università di Roma Italy42De Luca, Alessandro D. #40,107
158North China University of Technology China41Tan, Wen #45,328
159Carleton University Canada43Huang, Minyi #46,267
160Universidad del Pais Vasco Spain42de Lacalle, Luis Norberto López #47,181
161Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China China41Han, Yongming #48,688
162University of California, San Diego United States43Tolley, Michael Thomas #49,053
163National Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology China41Ge, Zhiqiang #51,133
164Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) Germany42Albu-Schäffer, Alin Olimpiu #52,523
165Hanyang University South Korea41Moon, Jun #61,657
166Guangzhou University China41Zhao, Zhijia #62,215
167Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus Japan41Yoshikawa, Tsuneo #63,557
168Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional Mexico42Poznyak, Alexander S. #65,554
169Saint Petersburg State University Russia42Kuznetsov, N. V. #66,656
170Hunan University of Technology China41Zeng, Hongbing #67,499
171Vanderbilt University School of Engineering United States41Webster, Robert James #71,050
172Qingdao University of Technology China41Zhang, Yanbin #71,729
173Universität Bremen Germany42Brinksmeier, Ekkard #71,743
174University of Ulsan South Korea41Ahn, Kyoung Kwan #72,082
175Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications China41Li, Yongfu #74,699
176University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China42Guo, Qing #75,579
177Brown University United States42Kushner, Harold J. #81,584
178Université McGill Canada41Zhao, Yaoyao ”Fiona” #83,937
179Queen’s University Canada41Jeswiet, Jacob J. #85,805
180Politecnico di Bari Italy41Dotoli, Mariagrazia #85,951
181Qingdao University of Science and Technology China41Liu, Yang #88,436
182University of Oxford United Kingdom41Fallon, Maurice F. #92,489
183School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology China41Zhao, Jie #95,828
184The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen China41Yu, Jiangfan #96,480
185TU Wien Austria40Sauter, Thilo #101,675
186North China Electric Power University China40Liu, Xiangjie #108,062
187Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Germany40Asfour, Tamim #110,408
188Princeton University United States40Ramadge, P. J. #135,861
189Department of Mechanical Engineering United States40Kazerooni, Homayoon #141,242
190China University of Mining and Technology China40Dai, Wei #143,764
191Guangxi University China40Chen, Wuhua #153,845
192National Tsing Hua University Taiwan40Yao, Yuan #177,845
193Universität Zürich Switzerland32Scaramuzza, Davide #1,071
194MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory United States32Rus, Daniela L. #1,337
195Tel Aviv University Israel33Levant, Arie #2,960
196Lingnan University, Hong Kong Hong Kong33Qin, S. Joe #3,310
197Yeungnam University South Korea31Park, Juhyun #5,419
198Shandong Normal University China32Li, Xiaodi #7,847
199College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University China31Zhao, Chunhui #9,278
200Zhengzhou University China33Zhang, Weidong #9,364
201Rocket Force University of Engineering China32Si, Xiaosheng #9,475
202Queensland University of Technology Australia33Corke, Peter I. #9,556
203California Institute of Technology United States32Doyle, John C. #11,989
204University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China31Hong, Yigwruang Guang #12,171
205Brunel University London United Kingdom31Wang, Zidong #14,554
206Technická Univerzita v Košiciach Slovakia32Petráš, Ivo #16,814
207Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science United States31Spong, Mark William #17,376
208Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence United Arab Emirates31Haddadin, Sami #17,638
209Kunming University of Science and Technology China33Na, Jing #19,153
210College of Computing United States32Dellaert, Frank #19,370
211College of Engineering and Computer Science United States33Grieves, Michael W. #19,388
212Mines Paris - PSL France33Bonnabel, Silv́ere #19,465
213UCLouvain Belgium31Blondel, Vincent #20,939
214University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science United States32Tao, Gang #21,180
215Cranfield University United Kingdom31Salonitis, Konstantinos #22,330
216Boston University College of Engineering United States32Cassandras, Christos G. #23,850
217University of Bristol United Kingdom32Lepora, Nathan F. #25,416
218Northwestern University United States31Cao, Jian #25,754
219Cornell University United States33Hoffman, Guy #26,627
220Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science United States33Dollar, Aaron M. #26,649
221Department of Automatic Control Sweden32Rantzer, Anders #28,105
222Università degli Studi di Udine Italy32Blanchini, Franco #28,895
223University of Pennsylvania United States32Pappas, George J. #35,122
224Heilongjiang University China31Sun, Shuli #35,524
225Università degli Studi dell'Aquila Italy31Lambiase, F. #36,454
226Tickle College of Engineering United States32Schmitz, Tony L. #37,725
227Department of Cognitive Robotics, TU Delft Netherlands32Alonso-Mora, Javier #37,923
228Budapest University of Technology and Economics Hungary33Monostori, László #39,118
229The University of Osaka Japan33Arimoto, Suguru A. #39,328
230Sorbonne Université France31Coron, Jean Michel #39,847
231Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India31Borkar, Vivek Shripad #40,095
232Technische Universität Berlin Germany31Toussaint, Marc #40,719
233School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University China32Peng, Tao #41,959
234Macau University of Science and Technology Macao32Li, Zhiwu #43,002
235International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad India31Bhat, Sanjay P. #47,767
236Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology China32Wu, Xinyu #48,985
237Chalmers University of Technology Sweden31Gros, Sébastien Nicolas #51,925
238Southwest Jiaotong University China32Xiong, Jun #54,403
239Aalborg University Denmark31Bai, Shaoping #57,762
240Ajou University South Korea31Chwa, Dongkyoung #59,000
241Université Paris-Saclay France32Su, Hang #59,368
242Delft Center for Systems and Control Netherlands31Verhaegen, Michel H.G. #63,327
243College of Engineering and Applied Science United States31Shi, Jing #66,946
244Universitetet i Agder Norway31Zhou, Jing #68,714
245College of Engineering and Computing United States31Leu, Mingchan #71,145
246Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology China32You, Keyou #74,531
247McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering Canada32Elbestawi, Mohamed A.A. #75,675
248Jilin University China31Ma, Yan #75,727
249Shanghai University of Electric Power China31Zhang, Hao #75,878
250Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China32Fang, Bin #79,280
251University of Melbourne Australia31Evans, Robin J. #81,007
252DeepMind Technologies Limited United Kingdom32Bewley, Alex #81,944
253Université Grenoble Alpes France31Brogliato, Bernard #86,126
254Samueli School of Engineering United States31Kia, Solmaz S. #87,017
255School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Singapore31Chen, I. Ming #87,664
256Henan Polytechnic University China31Bu, Xuhui #88,180
257Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories United States31Di Cairano, Stefano #89,874
258Harbin University of Science and Technology China31Hu, Jun #90,941
259Beijing University of Chemical Technology China32Zhu, Qunxiong #92,857
260School of Intelligent Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen China31Mei, Jie #97,816
261Toronto Metropolitan University Canada31Li, Jamy J. #99,741
262The University of Sydney Australia30Quevedo, Daniel E. #101,524
263Institute of Cyber-Systems and Control China30Su, Hongye #101,660
264Shenzhen University China30Bai, Xiaoshan #107,468
265University of Technology Sydney Australia30Dissanayake, Gamini M.W.M. #109,907
266Monash University Australia30Tang, Yunlong #111,891
267National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Japan30Shibata, Takanori #112,090
268Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain30Puig, Vicenç #112,962
269School of Mechano-Electronic Engineering, Xidian University China30Su, Yuxin #125,454
270Meta United States30Forster, Christian #131,631
271School of Engineering United States30Demetriou, Michael A. #133,643
272Universidad de Zaragoza Spain30Tardós, Juan Domingo #133,966
273Centrale Nantes France30Plestan, Franck #134,883
274Suzhou University of Science and Technology China30Cui, Guozeng #135,066
275Hebei University of Technology China30Chen, Haiyong #142,551
276Universidad de Sevilla, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Spain30Limon, Daniel #152,070
277State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University China30Zhang, Tianci #154,410
278Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany30Castellini, Claudio #154,653
279Penn State College of Engineering United States30Dey, Satadru #176,098
280Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan30Varol, Huseyin Atakan #188,921
281Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India30Hote, Yogesh Vijay #204,066

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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