S. Drakunov

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

S. Drakunov is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Drakunov has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 22 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. Drakunov's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (36 papers), Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots (21 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (14 papers). S. Drakunov is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (36 papers), Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots (21 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (14 papers). S. Drakunov collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Russia. S. Drakunov's co-authors include Ümi̇t Özgüner, Jerry Pratt, Ambarish Goswami, John Carff, Vadim Utkin, Wu‐Chung Su, Anthony M. Bloch, B. Ashrafi, Raymond A. DeCarlo and Ann E. Rundell and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

S. Drakunov

97 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Capture Point: A Step toward Humanoid Push Recovery

2006 769 citations Jerry Pratt, John Carff et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. Drakunov United States	24	2.1k	959	549	375	342	108	3.2k
Masaki Yamakita Japan	23	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	460 0.8×	252 0.7×	169 0.5×	262	2.4k
Hans Joachim Ferreau Belgium	21	2.5k 1.2×	389 0.4×	377 0.7×	600 1.6×	497 1.5×	39	3.5k
Sunan Huang Singapore	30	2.0k 1.0×	521 0.5×	860 1.6×	184 0.5×	208 0.6×	105	2.8k
John Hauser United States	27	3.2k 1.5×	471 0.5×	450 0.8×	332 0.9×	599 1.8×	129	3.9k
Erkan Zergeroğlu Türkiye	28	2.0k 0.9×	312 0.3×	490 0.9×	194 0.5×	698 2.0×	135	2.4k
Mingcong Deng Japan	29	2.0k 0.9×	513 0.5×	507 0.9×	96 0.3×	175 0.5×	395	2.8k
Franck Plestan France	30	3.6k 1.7×	1.4k 1.4×	812 1.5×	284 0.8×	184 0.5×	178	4.9k
Guido Herrmann United Kingdom	29	2.5k 1.2×	394 0.4×	729 1.3×	448 1.2×	152 0.4×	221	3.7k
Mitsuji Sampei Japan	18	1.3k 0.6×	496 0.5×	291 0.5×	201 0.5×	534 1.6×	194	1.6k
Anton Shiriaev Sweden	28	2.2k 1.0×	888 0.9×	535 1.0×	125 0.3×	140 0.4×	155	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Drakunov

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20 of 20 papers shown

Drakunov, S., et al.. (2025). Modified Kalman–Bucy filter for attitude and pose quasi-optimal estimation. Acta Astronautica. 236. 701–708.

Castillo, P., et al.. (2024). Quadrotor Fleet Autonomous Navigation: Fusing Virtual Points Control and Nonlinear Potential Fields. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 33(3). 903–914.

Gudmundsson, Snorri, Vladimir V. Golubev, S. Drakunov, & Charles F. Reinholtz. (2019). Bio-Inspired Methodologies for Energy Conservation and Harvesting Flight-Path Modeling for Unmanned Aerial System. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems. 16(7). 289–295. 4 indexed citations

Hervás, Jaime Rubio, Mahmut Reyhanoglu, & S. Drakunov. (2012). Three-axis magnetic attitude control algorithms for small satellites in the presence of noise. International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems. 1342–1347. 1 indexed citations

Drakunov, S., Mahmut Reyhanoglu, & Brij N. Singh. (2009). Sliding Mode Control of DC-DC Power Converters. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 42(19). 237–242. 9 indexed citations

Defoort, Michaël, Thierry Floquet, Wilfrid Perruquetti, & S. Drakunov. (2009). Integral sliding mode control of an extended Heisenberg system. IET Control Theory and Applications. 3(10). 1409–1424. 23 indexed citations

Reyhanoglu, Mahmut & S. Drakunov. (2008). Attitude stabilization of small satellites using only magnetic actuation. 103–107. 15 indexed citations

Drakunov, S. & Victor J. Law. (2007). Parameter Estimation Using Sliding Mode Observers: Application to the Monod Kinetic Model. Chemical Product and Process Modeling. 2(3). 6 indexed citations

Pratt, Jerry, John Carff, S. Drakunov, & Ambarish Goswami. (2006). Capture Point: A Step toward Humanoid Push Recovery. 200–207. 769 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rizzoni, Giorgio, S. Drakunov, & Yue-Yun Wang. (2005). On-line estimation of indicated torque in IC engines via sliding mode observers. 3. 2123–2127. 17 indexed citations

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Su, Wen‐Chi, S. Drakunov, & Ümi̇t Özgüner. (2003). Sliding mode brushless DC motor current and torque control algorithms. 241. 910–915. 2 indexed citations

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Bloch, Anthony M. & S. Drakunov. (2002). Stabilization of a nonholonomic system via sliding modes. 3. 2961–2963. 64 indexed citations

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Utkin, Vadim, S. Drakunov, Hideki Hashimoto, & Fumio Harashima. (2002). Robot path obstacle avoidance control via sliding mode approach. 1287–1290. 34 indexed citations

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Drakunov, S., Enrique Barbieri, & David Silver. (2002). Sliding mode control in arc welding. 63. 244–247. 1 indexed citations

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Bloch, Anthony M. & S. Drakunov. (1996). Stabilization and tracking in the nonholonomic integrator via sliding modes. Systems & Control Letters. 29(2). 91–99. 131 indexed citations

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Young, J. D., et al.. (1995). RADAR-BASED INTEGRATED VEHICLE CONTROL.

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Drakunov, S., et al.. (1990). Block control principle. II. Automation and Remote Control. 51(6). 65 indexed citations

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Drakunov, S.. (1984). Adaptive quasioptimal filter with discontinuous parameters. Automation and Remote Control. 44(9). 43 indexed citations

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Utkin, Vadim, et al.. (1984). A Hierarchical Principle of the Control System Decomposition Based on Motion Separation. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 17(2). 1553–1558. 13 indexed citations

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Utkin, Vadim & S. Drakunov. (1983). Stochastic regularization of systems with discontinuous controls. Soviet physics. Doklady. 28. 835. 1 indexed citations

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