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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
43
Citations
17589
World Ranking
3792
National Ranking
119

Computer Science

D-Index
43
Citations
17576
World Ranking
7751
National Ranking
198

Alessio Zappone publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessio Zappone sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 173 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Alessio Zappone D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alessio Zappone sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alessio Zappone is affiliated with the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio in Italy. Their research is primarily focused within the field of Engineering, with a significant emphasis on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The extent of their work also covers related subfields such as Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Biomedical Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Satellite Communication Systems
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Cooperative Communication and Network Coding

Alessio Zappone has published extensively in various venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Some of the recent papers by Alessio Zappone include:

  • "Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How it Works, State of Research, and Road Ahead" (2020) published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How It Works, State of Research, and The Road Ahead" (2020) published in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • "Spectral Efficiency and Energy Efficiency Tradeoff in Massive MIMO Downlink Transmission With Statistical CSIT" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
  • "A Globally Optimal Energy-Efficient Power Control Framework and Its Efficient Implementation in Wireless Interference Networks" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
  • "Toward Integrated Sensing and Communications for 6G: Key Enabling Technologies, Standardization, and Challenges" (2024) published in IEEE Communications Standards Magazine

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Marco Di Renzo
  • Mérouane Debbah
  • Robert Kuku Fotock
  • Stefano Buzzi
  • Gabriele Gradoni

Best Publications

  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Energy Efficiency in Wireless Communication

    Chongwen Huang;Alessio Zappone;George C. Alexandropoulos;Merouane Debbah

  • Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How It Works, State of Research, and The Road Ahead

    Marco Di Renzo;Alessio Zappone;Merouane Debbah;Mohamed-Slim Alouini

  • Smart radio environments empowered by reconfigurable AI meta-surfaces: an idea whose time has come

    Marco Di Renzo;Merouane Debbah;Dinh-Thuy Phan-Huy;Alessio Zappone

  • Holographic MIMO Surfaces for 6G Wireless Networks: Opportunities, Challenges, and Trends

    Chongwen Huang;Sha Hu;George C. Alexandropoulos;Alessio Zappone

  • A Survey of Energy-Efficient Techniques for 5G Networks and Challenges Ahead

    Stefano Buzzi;Chih-Lin I;Thierry E. Klein;H. Vincent Poor

  • Wireless Networks Design in the Era of Deep Learning: Model-Based, AI-Based, or Both?

    Alessio Zappone;Marco Di Renzo;Merouane Debbah

  • Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks via Fractional Programming Theory

    Alessio Zappone;Eduard Jorswieck

  • Energy Efficient Multi-User MISO Communication Using Low Resolution Large Intelligent Surfaces

    Chongwen Huang;George C. Alexandropoulos;Alessio Zappone;Merouane Debbah

  • Achievable Rate Maximization by Passive Intelligent Mirrors

    Chongwen Huang;Alessio Zappone;Merouane Debbah;Chau Yuen

  • Energy-Efficient Power Control: A Look at 5G Wireless Technologies

    Alessio Zappone;Luca Sanguinetti;Giacomo Bacci;Eduard Jorswieck

  • Energy-Efficient Power Control in Cell-Free and User-Centric Massive MIMO at Millimeter Wave

    Mario Alonzo;Stefano Buzzi;Alessio Zappone;Ciro D'Elia

  • Energy-Efficient Scheduling and Power Allocation in Downlink OFDMA Networks With Base Station Coordination

    Luca Venturino;Alessio Zappone;Chiara Risi;Stefano Buzzi

  • User-Centric 5G Cellular Networks: Resource Allocation and Comparison With the Cell-Free Massive MIMO Approach

    Stefano Buzzi;Carmen D'Andrea;Alessio Zappone;Ciro D'Elia

  • Globally Optimal Energy-Efficient Power Control and Receiver Design in Wireless Networks

    Alessio Zappone;Emil Bjornson;Luca Sanguinetti;Eduard Jorswieck

  • Model-Aided Wireless Artificial Intelligence: Embedding Expert Knowledge in Deep Neural Networks for Wireless System Optimization

    Alessio Zappone;Marco Di Renzo;Merouane Debbah;Thanh Tu Lam

  • Potential Games for Energy-Efficient Power Control and Subcarrier Allocation in Uplink Multicell OFDMA Systems

    S. Buzzi;G. Colavolpe;D. Saturnino;A. Zappone

  • Overhead-Aware Design of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in Smart Radio Environments

    Alessio Zappone;Marco Di Renzo;Farshad Shams;Xuewen Qian

  • Deep Learning Power Allocation in Massive MIMO

    Luca Sanguinetti;Alessio Zappone;Merouane Debbah

  • Energy Efficiency Optimization in Relay-Assisted MIMO Systems With Perfect and Statistical CSI

    Alessio Zappone;Pan Cao;Eduard A. Jorswieck

  • Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How it Works, State of Research, and Road Ahead.

    Marco Di Renzo;Alessio Zappone;Merouane Debbah;Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduard A. Jorswieck
Eduard A. Jorswieck Technische Universität Braunschweig
Stefano Buzzi
Stefano Buzzi University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Merouane Debbah
Merouane Debbah Khalifa University
Marco Di Renzo
Marco Di Renzo CentraleSupélec
Chau Yuen
Chau Yuen Nanyang Technological University
Luca Sanguinetti
Luca Sanguinetti University of Pisa
George C. Alexandropoulos
George C. Alexandropoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Marco Lops
Marco Lops University of Naples Federico II
Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Mohamed-Slim Alouini King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
H. Vincent Poor
H. Vincent Poor Princeton University

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