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title: "Parameter estimation research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “parameter estimation” appeared in 932 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in statistics (413), AI (201) and operations research (169)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “parameter estimation” appeared in 932 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in statistics (413), AI (201) and operations research (169). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “parameter estimation”

Research on “parameter estimation” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “parameter estimation” appeared in 932 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in statistics (413), AI (201) and operations research (169).
- 106 of them were published in 2025, against 87 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were The University of Tokyo (7), Delft University of Technology (6) and University of California, Los Angeles (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Statistics and Computing (26), Expert Systems with Applications (23) and Computational Statistics & Data Analysis (19).
- The most-cited of them is “Finite-Time Convergence Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Dual-Arm Robot With Unknown Kinematics and Dynamics” (IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2018), with 334 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 41 | 38 | 33 | 38 | 36 | 47 | 43 | 43 | 49 | 45 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 15 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 11 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 16 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 7 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 11 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 87 | 92 | 87 | 91 | 104 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 106 | 75 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Statistics and Computing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistics-and-computing.md) | 26 |
| 2 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 23 |
| 3 | [Computational Statistics & Data Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-statistics-data-analysis.md) | 19 |
| 4 | [Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-statistical-theory-and-practice.md) | 19 |
| 5 | [Statistics & Probability Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistics-probability-letters.md) | 17 |
| 6 | [Statistical Papers](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/statistical-papers.md) | 17 |
| 7 | [Computational Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-statistics.md) | 17 |
| 8 | [Spatial Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/spatial-statistics.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/japanese-journal-of-statistics-and-data-science.md) | 11 |
| 10 | [Computational Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-economics.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [The University of Tokyo](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-tokyo.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [Delft University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/delft-university-of-technology.md) | 6 |
| 3 | [University of California, Los Angeles](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-california-los-angeles.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 5 |
| 5 | Center for Mathematical Modeling and Data Science, The University of Osaka | 4 |
| 6 | [China University of Petroleum, East China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/china-university-of-petroleum-east-china.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 4 |
| 8 | Japan Science and Technology Agency | 4 |
| 9 | [Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics.md) | 4 |
| 10 | [Nanjing University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 100 |
| 2 | United States | 63 |
| 3 | Germany | 30 |
| 4 | Italy | 26 |
| 5 | Japan | 23 |
| 6 | India | 20 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 19 |
| 8 | France | 16 |
| 9 | Australia | 14 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 14 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [maximum likelihood estimation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/maximum-likelihood-estimation.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [asymptotic normality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/asymptotic-normality.md) | 15 |
| 3 | [consistency](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/consistency.md) | 14 |
| 4 | [expectation-maximization algorithm](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/expectation-maximization-algorithm.md) | 14 |
| 5 | [computational efficiency](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/computational-efficiency.md) | 13 |
| 6 | [metaheuristic optimization](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/metaheuristic-optimization.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [convergence rate](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/convergence-rate.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [feature selection](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/feature-selection.md) | 8 |
| 9 | heavy-tailed distributions | 8 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 334 | 3.4 | [Finite-Time Convergence Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Dual-Arm Robot With Unknown Kinematics and Dynamics](https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2018.2864940) | [IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-fuzzy-systems.md) | 2018-08-10 | Chenguang Yang, Yiming Jiang, Jing Na et al. |
| 2 | 314 | 2.8 | [A reinforcement learning approach to parameter estimation in dynamic job shop scheduling](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2017.05.026) | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 2017-05-29 | Jamal Shahrabi, Mohammad Amin Adibi, Masoud Mahootchi |
| 3 | 228 | 3.2 | [BayesFlow: Learning Complex Stochastic Models With Invertible Neural Networks](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2020.3042395) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2020-12-18 | Stefan T. Radev, Ulf Kai Mertens, Andreas Voß et al. |
| 4 | 215 | 2.9 | [Integration of Neural Network-Based Symbolic Regression in Deep Learning for Scientific Discovery](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2020.3017010) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2020-08-28 | Samuel Kim, Peter Y. Lu, Srijon Mukherjee et al. |
| 5 | 191 | 2.2 | [Parameter estimation in uncertain differential equations](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10700-019-09310-y) | [Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/fuzzy-optimization-and-decision-making.md) | 2019-09-13 | Kai Yao, Baoding Liu |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “parameter estimation”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/parameter-estimation

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  title = {Papers on “parameter estimation”},
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