Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2022, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 406-425.doi: 10.23919/JSEE.2022.000042

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Bibliometric analysis of UAV swarms

Yangyang JIANG1(), Yan GAO2(), Wenqi SONG2(), Yue LI2(), Quan QUAN2,*()   

  1. 1 Beihang University Library, Beijing 100191, China
    2 School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2021-08-24 Online:2022-05-06 Published:2022-05-06
  • Contact: Quan QUAN E-mail:yangyang@buaa.edu.cn;buaa_gaoyan@buaa.edu.cn;jnswqno1@163.com;liyue9556@buaa.edu.cn;qq_buaa@buaa.edu.cn
  • About author:|JIANG Yangyang was born in 1989. She received her B.E. degree from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 2011, and M.S. degree from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2014. She is currently a librarian at Beihang University Library. Her research interests include swarm intelligence and information science & library science. E-mail: yangyang@buaa.edu.cn||GAO Yan was born in 1994. He received his B.S. degree in control science and engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2017. He is working toward his Ph.D. degree at the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. His main research interests include UAVs swarm and quadcopter control. E-mail: buaa_gaoyan@buaa.edu.cn||SONG Wenqi was born in 1999. She received her B.S. degree in control science and engineering from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2021. She is working toward her M.S. degree at the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. Her main research interests include planning and control of UAV swarms and air traffic flow. E-mail: jnswqno1@163.com||LI Yue was born in 2000. She received her B.S. degree in control science and engineering from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2021. She is working toward her M.S. degree at the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. Her main research interests include reliable flight control and swarm. E-mail: liyue9556@buaa.edu.cn||QUAN Quan was born in 1981. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in control science and engineering from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2004, and 2010, respectively. Since 2013, he has been an associate professor with Beihang University in control science and engineering, where he is currently with the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering. His research interests include reliable flight control, swarm intelligence, vision-based navigation and health evaluation. E-mail: qq_buaa@buaa.edu.cn

Abstract:

Projects on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms have been initiated in a big way in the last few years, especially from 2015 to 2016. As a result, the number of related works on UAV swarms has been on the rise, with the rate of growth dramatically accelerating since 2017. This research conducts a bibliometric analysis of robotics swarms and UAV swarms to answer the following questions: (i) Disciplines mentioned in the UAV swarms research. (ii) The future development trends and hotspots in the UAV swarms research. (iii) Tracking related outcomes in the UAV swarms research.

Key words: unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm, bibliometric, mapping knowledge domain