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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
88
Citations
31331
World Ranking
324
National Ranking
11

Materials Science

D-Index
86
Citations
28583
World Ranking
2043
National Ranking
84

Physics

D-Index
91
Citations
32971
World Ranking
2163
National Ranking
184

Anatoly V. Zayats 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 Anatoly V. Zayats sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 506 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Anatoly V. Zayats 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 Anatoly V. Zayats sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2012 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2008 - OSA Fellows For pioneering contributions in nano-optics and plasmonics, including nonlinear near-field microscopy, nonlinear plasmonics, and linear and nonlinear spectroscopy of metallic nanostructures.

Overview

Anatoly V. Zayats is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science, contributing extensively to these areas with a focus on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Their main research topics cover a range of subjects within photonics and nanotechnology. These include:

  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Quantum optics and atomic interactions

Zayats has published frequently in several notable venues. The most common publication sources include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Letters
  • Advanced Photonics
  • Nanophotonics
  • Nature Communications

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Optical skyrmions and other topological quasiparticles of light, 2023, Nature Photonics
  • Transverse spinning of unpolarized light, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • Giant Enhancement of Second-Order Nonlinearity of Epsilon-near-Zero Medium by a Plasmonic Metasurface, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Transverse spin dynamics in structured electromagnetic guided waves, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Roadmap on structured waves, 2023, Journal of Optics

Their coauthor network includes collaborations with researchers such as Alexey V. Krasavin, Diane J. Roth, Xiaocong Yuan, Anton Yu. Bykov, and Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts across their research topics.

Anatoly V. Zayats has been recognized with distinctions including the SPIE Fellow award in 2012 and induction as an OSA Fellow in 2008, with the latter awarded for pioneering contributions in nano-optics and plasmonics including nonlinear near-field microscopy, nonlinear plasmonics, and spectroscopy of metallic nanostructures.

Best Publications

  • Nano-optics of surface plasmon polaritons

    Anatoly V. Zayats;Igor I. Smolyaninov;Alexei A. Maradudin

  • Spin-orbit interactions of light

    Konstantin Bliokh;F. J. Rodríguez-Fortuño;Franco Nori;Anatoly Zayats

  • Plasmonic nanorod metamaterials for biosensing.

    A Kabashin;Paul R. Evans;S. Pastkovsky;William Hendren

  • Nonlinear plasmonics

    Unknown

  • Near-field photonics: surface plasmon polaritons and localized surface plasmons

    Anatoly V Zayats;Igor I Smolyaninov

  • Near-Field Interference for the Unidirectional Excitation of Electromagnetic Guided Modes

    Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño;Giuseppe Marino;Pavel Ginzburg;Daniel O’Connor

  • Designed ultrafast optical nonlinearity in a plasmonic nanorod metamaterial enhanced by nonlocality

    G.A. Wurtz;Robert Pollard;William Hendren;G.P. Wiederrecht

  • Single-nanowire spectrometers

    Zongyin Yang;Thomas Albrow-Owen;Hanxiao Cui;Jack Allen Alexander-Webber

  • Near-Field Distribution of Optical Transmission of Periodic Subwavelength Holes in a Metal Film

    Laurent Salomon;Frédéric Grillot;Anatoly V. Zayats;Frédérique de Fornel

  • Molecular plasmonics with tunable exciton-plasmon coupling strength in J-aggregate hybridized Au nanorod assemblies.

    Gregory A. Wurtz;Paul R. Evans;William Hendren;Ronald Atkinson

  • Optical bistability in nonlinear surface-plasmon polaritonic crystals.

    Gregory Wurtz;Robert Pollard;Anatoly Zayats

  • Deep-subwavelength features of photonic skyrmions in a confined electromagnetic field with orbital angular momentum

    Luping Du;Aiping Yang;Anatoly V. Zayats;Xiaocong Yuan

  • Spin–orbit coupling in surface plasmon scattering by nanostructures

    D O'Connor;P Ginzburg;F J Rodríguez-Fortuño;G A Wurtz

  • Ultrafast synthesis and switching of light polarization in nonlinear anisotropic metamaterials

    Luke Nicholls;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño;Mazhar Ejaz Nasir;R. Margoth Córdova-Castro

  • Photonic spin Hall effect in hyperbolic metamaterials for polarization-controlled routing of subwavelength modes

    Polina V. Kapitanova;Pavel Ginzburg;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño;Dmitry S. Filonov

  • Optical nonlocalities and additional waves in epsilon-near-zero metamaterials.

    Robert Pollard;Antony Murphy;William Hendren;Paul Evans

  • Electronically controlled surface plasmon dispersion and optical transmission through metallic hole arrays using liquid crystal.

    Wayne Dickson;Gregory A. Wurtz;Paul R. Evans;Robert J. Pollard

  • Light tunneling via resonant surface plasmon polariton states and the enhanced transmission of periodically nanostructured metal films: An analytical study

    Sergey A. Darmanyan;Sergey A. Darmanyan;Anatoly V. Zayats

  • Optical skyrmions and other topological quasiparticles of light

    Unknown

  • Low-Loss multilayered metamaterial exhibiting a negative index of refraction at visible wavelengths

    Carlos García-Meca;Juan Hurtado;Javier Martí;Alejandro Martínez

  • Silicon-based plasmonic waveguides

    Alexey V. Krasavin;Anatoly V. Zayats

  • Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

    Costantino De Angelis;Andrea Locatelli;Luca Carletti;Davide Rocco

  • Optical nonlocalities and additional waves in epsilon-near-zero metamaterials

    Viktor A. Podolskiy;Robert J. Pollard;Antony Murphy;William R. Hendren

  • Data for: Single-nanowire spectrometers

    Zongyin Yang;Tom Albrow-Owen;Hanxiao Cui;Jack Allen Alexander-Webber

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory A. Wurtz
Gregory A. Wurtz King's College London
Pavel Ginzburg
Pavel Ginzburg Tel Aviv University
Viktor A. Podolskiy
Viktor A. Podolskiy University of Massachusetts Lowell
Pavel A. Belov
Pavel A. Belov ITMO University
Yuri S. Kivshar
Yuri S. Kivshar Australian National University
Stefan A. Maier
Stefan A. Maier Monash University
Nikolay I. Zheludev
Nikolay I. Zheludev University of Southampton
Alejandro Martínez
Alejandro Martínez Universitat Politècnica de València
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi University of Southern Denmark
Alain Dereux
Alain Dereux University of Burgundy

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