P. Lopez

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 912 citations indexed

About

P. Lopez is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Lopez has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 912 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in P. Lopez's work include Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (6 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (5 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (4 papers). P. Lopez is often cited by papers focused on Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (6 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (5 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (4 papers). P. Lopez collaborates with scholars based in France, Venezuela and Canada. P. Lopez's co-authors include Bertrand Tondu, Ahmed Saïd Nouri, H. Sira‐Ramírez, Mustapha Hamerlain, François Morency, Y. Aurelle, C. Mira, A. Ricard and Claude Le Maire and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Control Systems, International Journal of Systems Science and Industrial Robot the international journal of robotics research and application.

In The Last Decade

P. Lopez

12 papers receiving 849 citations

Hit Papers

Modeling and control of McKibben artificial muscle robot ... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 200 400 600
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. Modeling and control of McKibben artificial muscle robot actuators
    2000 726 citations Bertrand Tondu, P. Lopez IEEE Control Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. Lopez France 6 852 220 151 40 36 14 912
Glenn Mathijssen Belgium 15 679 0.8× 267 1.2× 149 1.0× 23 0.6× 14 0.4× 31 820
Siddharth Sanan United States 7 480 0.6× 129 0.6× 173 1.1× 71 1.8× 70 1.9× 10 536
Kyungmo Jung South Korea 10 313 0.4× 108 0.5× 128 0.8× 55 1.4× 15 0.4× 15 437
Ludo C. Visser Netherlands 12 650 0.8× 275 1.3× 142 0.9× 27 0.7× 17 0.5× 21 747
Pierre Cherelle Belgium 14 675 0.8× 89 0.4× 63 0.4× 70 1.8× 14 0.4× 26 739
Wyatt Felt United States 13 419 0.5× 89 0.4× 110 0.7× 24 0.6× 44 1.2× 16 480
Steve Davis United Kingdom 18 960 1.1× 380 1.7× 280 1.9× 112 2.8× 91 2.5× 38 1.1k
Pham H. Nguyen United States 11 469 0.6× 143 0.7× 179 1.2× 39 1.0× 79 2.2× 25 612
Xinquan Liang Singapore 14 721 0.8× 218 1.0× 285 1.9× 71 1.8× 150 4.2× 18 796
Michiel Plooij Netherlands 10 342 0.4× 140 0.6× 81 0.5× 54 1.4× 15 0.4× 19 452

Countries citing papers authored by P. Lopez

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. Lopez

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. Lopez

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of P. Lopez. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of P. Lopez 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 P. Lopez. P. Lopez is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Morency, François, et al.. (2019). Dynamic Moment Model for Numerical Simulation of a 6-DOF Plate Trajectory around an Aircraft. Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 32(5). 4 indexed citations
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Nouri, Ahmed Saïd & P. Lopez. (2002). Generalized variable structure control of two one-link manipulators in two operating modes. 22. 2479–2484. 3 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (2002). Naturally compliant robot-arms actuated by McKibben artificial muscles. 3. 2635–2640. 57 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand & P. Lopez. (2000). Modeling and control of McKibben artificial muscle robot actuators. IEEE Control Systems. 20(2). 15–38. 726 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tondu, Bertrand & P. Lopez. (1997). The McKibben muscle and its use in actuating robot‐arms showing similarities with human arm behaviour. Industrial Robot the international journal of robotics research and application. 24(6). 432–439. 90 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (1997). Sliding Mode Control of a 2 D.O.F. Scara Robot-Arm Actuated By McKibben Artificial Muscles. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 30(6). 811–816.
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Sira‐Ramírez, H., P. Lopez, & Bertrand Tondu. (1996). Robust stabilization and tracking for robotic manipulators with artificial muscles. International Journal of Systems Science. 27(11). 1067–1075. 6 indexed citations
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Tondu, Bertrand, et al.. (1996). Ion-exchange polymer artificial muscle and actuating system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2779. 359–359. 5 indexed citations
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Sira‐Ramírez, H., P. Lopez, & Ahmed Saïd Nouri. (1995). An application of sliding mode control to the determination of system orders. International Journal of Systems Science. 26(3). 577–593. 1 indexed citations
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Lopez, P. & Claude Le Maire. (1986). Adaptive methodologies and robotics. 1882–1885.

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