Alexander Lvovich Fradkov, Chief Researcher at IPMash RAS, Head of the Complex Systems Control Laboratory, Doctor of Technical Sciences, has achieved outstanding international recognition. According to the global ScholarGPS ranking in 2025, he was awarded the status of «HighlyRankedScholar».

The rating is based on three key indicators: productivity (number of publications), influence (citation) and quality (Hirsch index).

This prestigious status means that Alexander Lvovich Fradkov is among 0.05% of the most highly cited scientists in the world in his scientific specialties:

Remote Control: A.L. Fradkov became one of three researchers from Russia who received this highest rank in this field.

Control Theory: Alexander Lvovich is the only scientist from Russia who is in the top 0.05% in this specialty.

The ScholarGPS rating also highlights the «Top Scholar» category, which includes 0.5% of the most cited scientists in their field. The list of «Top Scholar» in control theory includes 21 Russian researchers, including 3 employees of IPMash RAS: A.L. Fradkov, B.R. Andrievsky and I.B. Furtata, as well as A.S. Matveev and A.A. Bobtsov, working in IPMash RAS part-time.

This result clearly confirms the highest level and relevance of the scientific schools of control theory represented at the Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

(https://researchinspb.ru/catalogs/schools/54/ и researchinspb.ru/catalogs/schools/74/ )