Jorge Dávila

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Jorge Dávila is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jorge Dávila has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jorge Dávila's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (73 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (24 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (24 papers). Jorge Dávila is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (73 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (24 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (24 papers). Jorge Dávila collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, France and Israel. Jorge Dávila's co-authors include Leonid Fridman, Arie Levant, Alexander S. Poznyak, Héctor Ríos, Luis T. Aguilar, Jérôme Cieslak, Alessandro Pisano, Ali Zolghadri, Elio Usai and David Henry and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Jorge Dávila

90 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Second-order sliding-mode observer for mechanical systems 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
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.

  1. Second-order sliding-mode observer for mechanical systems
    2005 927 citations Jorge Dávila, Leonid Fridman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jorge Dávila Mexico 22 2.2k 534 390 368 229 95 2.6k
Zhi‐Liang Zhao China 20 2.2k 1.0× 409 0.8× 247 0.6× 322 0.9× 132 0.6× 45 2.5k
Matthew C. Turner United Kingdom 23 2.3k 1.1× 238 0.4× 369 0.9× 261 0.7× 109 0.5× 150 2.6k
Wenchao Xue China 27 2.6k 1.2× 480 0.9× 528 1.4× 399 1.1× 171 0.7× 133 3.1k
Thierry Floquet France 26 2.4k 1.1× 322 0.6× 295 0.8× 229 0.6× 160 0.7× 95 2.9k
Andy Packard United States 28 3.3k 1.5× 323 0.6× 234 0.6× 511 1.4× 317 1.4× 64 3.9k
Jie Huang China 27 2.6k 1.2× 434 0.8× 109 0.3× 341 0.9× 154 0.7× 143 3.0k
Mouhacine Benosman United States 20 1.4k 0.6× 241 0.5× 219 0.6× 153 0.4× 121 0.5× 96 1.7k
Igor Boiko Canada 20 1.6k 0.7× 261 0.5× 398 1.0× 178 0.5× 81 0.4× 158 1.9k
G. Becker United States 9 2.2k 1.0× 234 0.4× 185 0.5× 287 0.8× 355 1.6× 15 2.6k
Chaoyang Dong China 27 1.7k 0.8× 170 0.3× 254 0.7× 687 1.9× 92 0.4× 206 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jorge Dávila

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jorge Dávila

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jorge Dávila. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jorge Dávila based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jorge Dávila. Jorge Dávila is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Muñoz, Filiberto, et al.. (2025). Rigidity-based formation control with prescribed performance for second-order multi-agents system. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 362(9). 107695–107695.
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Moreno, Jaime A., et al.. (2021). Stability Radii-Based Interval Observers for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Access. 10. 3216–3227. 4 indexed citations
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Dávila, Jorge, et al.. (2021). Robust Trajectory Tracking for an Uncertain UAV Based on Active Disturbance Rejection. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 6. 1466–1471. 15 indexed citations
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Dávila, Jorge & Alessandro Pisano. (2020). On the fixed‐time consensus problem for nonlinear uncertain multiagent systems under switching topology. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 31(9). 3841–3858. 7 indexed citations
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Chang, Jing, Jérôme Cieslak, Jorge Dávila, Ali Zolghadri, & Jun Zhou. (2017). Analysis and design of second-order sliding-mode algorithms for quadrotor roll and pitch estimation. ISA Transactions. 71(Pt 2). 495–512. 20 indexed citations
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Chang, Jing, Jérôme Cieslak, Jorge Dávila, et al.. (2017). A Two-Step Approach for an Enhanced Quadrotor Attitude Estimation via IMU Data. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 26(3). 1140–1148. 23 indexed citations
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Dávila, Jorge, Jérôme Cieslak, David Henry, & Ali Zolghadri. (2015). Fault tolerant controller for a class of additive faults: a quasi-continuous high-order sliding mode approach. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 659. 12005–12005.
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Nehaoua, Lamri, Dalil Ichalal, Hichem Arioui, et al.. (2014). An Unknown-Input HOSM Approach to Estimate Lean and Steering Motorcycle Dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 63(7). 3116–3127. 17 indexed citations
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Aguilar-Ibáñez, Carlos, et al.. (2013). A nonlinear robust PI controller for an uncertain system. International Journal of Control. 87(5). 1094–1102. 8 indexed citations
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Aguilar-Ibáñez, Carlos, R. Garrido, & Jorge Dávila. (2012). Output feedback trajectory stabilization of the uncertainty DC servomechanism system. ISA Transactions. 51(6). 801–807. 12 indexed citations
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Dávila, Jorge, Héctor Ríos, & Leonid Fridman. (2012). State Observation for Nonlinear Switched Systems Using Nonhomogeneous High‐Order Sliding Mode Observers. Asian Journal of Control. 14(4). 911–923. 23 indexed citations
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Fridman, Leonid, Jorge Dávila, & Arie Levant. (2011). Variable structure methods for hybrid systems. International Journal of Systems Science. 42(11). 1843–1845. 3 indexed citations
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Fayed, Nicolás, et al.. (2010). Hematological indices, mountain sickness and MRI brain abnormalities in professional and amateur mountain climbers after altitude exposure. Neurological Research. 32(2). 144–147. 3 indexed citations
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Dávila, Jorge, Alessandro Pisano, & Elio Usai. (2010). Continuous and discrete state reconstruction for nonlinear switched systems via high-order sliding-mode observers. International Journal of Systems Science. 42(5). 725–735. 20 indexed citations
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Dávila, Jorge, Leonid Fridman, & Arie Levant. (2008). High-order sliding observation and fault detection. 1699–1704. 3 indexed citations
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M’Sirdi, N.K., et al.. (2006). Second order sliding mode observer for estimation of velocities, wheel sleep, radius and stiffness. 6 pp.–6 pp.. 35 indexed citations
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Fridman, Leonid, Arie Levant, & Jorge Dávila. (2006). High-Order Sliding-Mode Observation and Identification for Linear Systems with Unknown Inputs. 5567–5572. 23 indexed citations
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Dávila, Jorge & Javier López. (2001). Sistemas Electrónicos de Micropago. 22(22). 3–22.
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Rey, Antonio, et al.. (1991). Experimental and theoretical study of the equation of state of trifluoromethane in the near-critical region. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 95(8). 3351–3357. 25 indexed citations

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