Denis Dochain

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
329 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Denis Dochain is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Molecular Biology and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis Dochain has authored 329 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 255 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 98 papers in Molecular Biology and 47 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Denis Dochain's work include Advanced Control Systems Optimization (175 papers), Extremum Seeking Control Systems (54 papers) and Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations (49 papers). Denis Dochain is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Control Systems Optimization (175 papers), Extremum Seeking Control Systems (54 papers) and Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations (49 papers). Denis Dochain collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Canada and France. Denis Dochain's co-authors include Martin Guay, Pascal Perrier, Joseph J. Winkin, Georges Bastin, Audrey Favache, Olivier Bernard, Jean‐Philippe Steyer, A. Genovesi, Alain Rapaport and J.P. Babary and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Chemistry of Materials and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Denis Dochain

309 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

On-line estimation and adaptive control of bioreactors

1991 612 citations Denis Dochain et al. profile →
State and parameter estimation in chemical and biochemical processes: a tutorial

2003 357 citations Denis Dochain Journal of Process Control profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Denis Dochain	4.6k	1.7k	599	541	532	329	6.4k
Michael A. Henson	2.9k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	108 0.2×	259 0.5×	1.2k 2.2×	195	6.6k
Alain Vande Wouwer	1.4k 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	248 0.4×	63 0.1×	459 0.9×	296	3.1k
Sten Bay Jørgensen	1.9k 0.4×	541 0.3×	382 0.6×	106 0.2×	469 0.9×	203	4.0k
M.A. Hussain	2.5k 0.5×	403 0.2×	125 0.2×	175 0.3×	1.1k 2.1×	265	7.0k
Martin Guay	3.6k 0.8×	728 0.4×	134 0.2×	285 0.5×	170 0.3×	279	4.4k
Antonio A. Alonso	1.4k 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	92 0.2×	156 0.3×	230 0.4×	140	3.3k
Nael H. El‐Farra	3.8k 0.8×	284 0.2×	68 0.1×	416 0.8×	125 0.2×	165	4.6k
Dominique Bonvin	4.7k 1.0×	532 0.3×	57 0.1×	109 0.2×	422 0.8×	326	6.0k
José Álvarez‐Ramírez	1.5k 0.3×	313 0.2×	73 0.1×	489 0.9×	457 0.9×	344	6.8k
Jie Zhang	3.4k 0.7×	197 0.1×	115 0.2×	149 0.3×	854 1.6×	504	7.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Denis Dochain

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Rapaport, Alain, et al.. (2025). Predictive control of flow rates and concentrations in sewage transport and treatment systems. Journal of Process Control. 147. 103386–103386. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoyu, Chuanhou Gao, & Denis Dochain. (2025). Network combination to persistence of high-dimensional delayed complex balanced mass-action systems. Automatica. 176. 112256–112256. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2025). Automatic Implementation of Neural Networks Through Reaction Networks—Part I: Circuit Design and Convergence Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(10). 6356–6371.

Pyrkin, Anton A., Alexey Bobtsov, Roméo Ortega, José Guadalupe Romero, & Denis Dochain. (2023). A globally convergent estimator of the parameters of the classical model of a continuous stirred tank reactor. Journal of Process Control. 132. 103129–103129. 2 indexed citations

Winkin, Joseph J., et al.. (2023). Funnel control for a class of nonlinear infinite-dimensional systems. Automatica. 152. 110964–110964. 5 indexed citations

Rapaport, Alain & Denis Dochain. (2023). Design of asymptotic observers to estimate parameters of systems that are not asymptotically identifiable. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 56(2). 11651–11656. 1 indexed citations

Dochain, Denis, et al.. (2023). Thermodynamics Analysis of the Distributed Parameter Model of Counterflow Heat Exchanger. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 56(2). 10460–10465. 1 indexed citations

Fang, Zhou, et al.. (2023). On the relation between ω-limit set and boundaries of mass-action chemical reaction networks. Automatica. 149. 110828–110828. 2 indexed citations

Stýskalík, Aleš, Claude Poleunis, Arnaud Delcorte, et al.. (2021). Non-hydrolytic sol–gel route to a family of hybrid mesoporous aluminosilicate ethanol dehydration catalysts. Journal of Materials Science. 56(25). 14001–14018. 4 indexed citations

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Ortega, Roméo, Alexey Bobtsov, Nikolay Nikolaev, Johannes Schiffer, & Denis Dochain. (2020). Generalized Parameter Estimation-based Observers: Application to Power\n Systems and Chemical-Biological Reactors. arXiv (Cornell University). 55 indexed citations

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Rocher, Vincent, et al.. (2019). Management of an integrated network of wastewater treatment plants for improving water quality in a river basin. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 52(1). 358–363. 10 indexed citations

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Dogot, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Diversity of farming systems integrating fish pond aquaculture in the province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Dochain, Denis, et al.. (2017). Optimization of houseflies’ larvae production on pig wastes and brewers’ grains for integrated fish and pig farms in the tropics. Livestock research for rural development. 1 indexed citations

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Rapaport, Alain & Denis Dochain. (2010). Minimal time control of fed-batch processes for growth functions with several maxima. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 8 indexed citations

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Winkin, Joseph J., et al.. (2004). Multiple equilbrium profiles for nonisothermal tubular reactor nonlinear models. Repository of the University of Namur. 11(3). 339–352. 12 indexed citations

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Dochain, Denis, et al.. (2003). Sturm-Liouville systems are Riesz-spectral systems. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. 13(4). 481–484. 58 indexed citations

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Dochain, Denis & Pascal Perrier. (2002). Computer applications in biotechnology 2001 : CAB 8 : modelling, monitoring and control of biotechnological processes : a proceedings volume from the 8th IFAC International Conference, Québec City, Canada, 24-27 June 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Gernaey, Krist V., Britta Petersen, Denis Dochain, & Peter A. Vanrolleghem. (2002). Modeling aerobic carbon source degradation processes using titrimetric data and combined respirometric–titrimetric data: Structural and practical identifiability. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 79(7). 754–767. 27 indexed citations

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Babary, J.P., et al.. (1997). Modelling and identification of a fixed-bed denitrification bioreactor. Systems Analysis Modelling Simulation. 30(4). 289–309. 6 indexed citations

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Dochain, Denis, et al.. (1988). Adaptive control of anaerobic digestion processes—a pilot‐scale application. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 31(4). 287–294. 62 indexed citations

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