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D-Index
36
Citations
35072
World Ranking
8533
National Ranking
2348

Andrew J. Viterbi publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Viterbi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 115 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Andrew J. Viterbi D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Viterbi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2010 - IEEE Medal of Honor For seminal contributions to communications technology and theory.”
  • 2007 - IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Medal "For fundamental contributions, innovation, and leadership that enabled the growth of wireless telecommunications."
  • 2007 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his development of the maximum-likelihood algorithm for convolutional coding, known as the Viterbi algorithm, and for his contributions to Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless technology that transformed the theory and practice of digital communications.", Presented by President George W. Bush in the East Room of the White House on September 29, 2008.
  • 2005 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - IEEE Claude E. Shannon Award
  • 1984 - IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal "For fundamental contributions to telecommunication theory and practice and for leadership in teaching."
  • 1978 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering Contributions to communication and coding.

Overview

Andrew J. Viterbi is affiliated with Qualcomm in the United States. Their recent published work includes the paper titled Impact of Digital Wireless: Views from Two Ends of a Dramatic Transformation (2022), which appeared in the IEEE Communications Magazine.

Their publication record includes contributions to the following venues:

  • IEEE Communications Magazine

Frequent co-authors are not listed in the available data.

Throughout their career, Andrew J. Viterbi has received several awards recognizing various aspects of their contributions to communications technology and theory. These honors include:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2017)
  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (2014)
  • IEEE Medal of Honor (2010) for seminal contributions to communications technology and theory
  • US President's National Medal of Science (2007) "For his development of the maximum-likelihood algorithm for convolutional coding, known as the 'Viterbi algorithm,' and for contributions to Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless technology that transformed the theory and practice of digital communications," presented by President George W. Bush in the East Room of the White House on September 29, 2008
  • IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Medal (2007) "For fundamental contributions, innovation, and leadership that enabled the growth of wireless telecommunications."
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute (2005)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1996)
  • IEEE Claude E. Shannon Award (1991)
  • IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1984) "For fundamental contributions to telecommunication theory and practice and for leadership in teaching."
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1978) for contributions to communication and coding

Best Publications

  • Error bounds for convolutional codes and an asymptotically optimum decoding algorithm

    A. Viterbi

  • Cdma: Principles of Spread Spectrum Communication

    Andrew J. Viterbi

  • On the capacity of a cellular CDMA system

    K.S. Gilhousen;I.M. Jacobs;R. Padovani;A.J. Viterbi

  • Principles of digital communication and coding

    Andrew J. Viterbi;James K. Omura

  • System and method for generating signal waveforms in a CDMA cellular telephone system

    Klein S. Gilhousen;Irwin M. Jacobs;Roberto Padovani;Lindsay A. Weaver

  • CDMA/HDR: a bandwidth efficient high speed wireless data service for nomadic users

    P. Bender;P. Black;M. Grob;R. Padovani

  • Convolutional Codes and Their Performance in Communication Systems

    A. Viterbi

  • Nonlinear estimation of PSK-modulated carrier phase with application to burst digital transmission

    A. Viterbi

  • Erlang capacity of a power controlled CDMA system

    A.M. Viterbi;A.J. Viterbi

  • Very low rate convolution codes for maximum theoretical performance of spread-spectrum multiple-access channels

    A.J. Viterbi

  • An intuitive justification and a simplified implementation of the MAP decoder for convolutional codes

    A.J. Viterbi

  • Soft Handoff Extends CDMA Cell Coverage and Increase Reverse Link Capacity

    Andrew J. Viterbi;Audrey M. Viterbi;Klein S. Gilhousen;Ephraim Zehavi

  • Soft handoff extends CDMA cell coverage and increases reverse link capacity

    A.J. Viterbi;A.M. Viterbi;K.S. Gilhousen;E. Zehavi

  • Other-cell interference in cellular power-controlled CDMA

    A.J. Viterbi;A.M. Viterbi;E. Zehavi

  • A pragmatic approach to trellis-coded modulation

    A.J. Viterbi;J.K. Wolf;E. Zehavi;R. Padovani

  • Performance of power-controlled wideband terrestrial digital communication

    A.J. Viterbi;A.M. Viterbi;E. Zehavi

  • Phase-locked loop dynamics in the presence of noise by Fokker-Planck techniques

    A.J. Viterbi

  • Spread spectrum communications: myths and realities

    A.J. Viterbi

  • A Robust Ratio-Threshold Technique to Mitigate Tone and Partial Band Jamming in Coded MFSK Systems

    A. J. Viterbi

  • When not to spread spectrum - A sequel

    A. Viterbi

  • A personal history of the Viterbi algorithm

    A.J. Viterbi

  • Wireless digital communication: a view based on three lessons learned

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Padovani
Roberto Padovani Qualcomm (United States)
Ephraim Zehavi
Ephraim Zehavi Bar-Ilan University
Jack K. Wolf
Jack K. Wolf University of California, San Diego
David J. Goodman
David J. Goodman New York University

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