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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 82 460 443 213 201 417 27194
Computer Science 78 1199 1158 637 611 381 26422

Blake Hannaford publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Blake Hannaford between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Blake Hannaford published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2013. 9 of the 463 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2013. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 10 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 9 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 11 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 15 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 14 publications 2000: 15 publications 2001: 18 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 2 publications
1982 2025

463 publications in total across all disciplines

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Blake Hannaford: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 2
1984 2
1985 4
1986 3
1987 10
1988 7
1989 9
1990 7
1991 11
1992 5
1993 5
1994 11
1995 15
1996 5
1997 7
1998 11
1999 14
2000 15
2001 18
2002 14
2003 9
2004 10
2005 12
2006 13
2007 16
2008 18
2009 13
2010 10
2011 14
2012 12
2013 20
2014 20
2015 13
2016 11
2017 19
2018 13
2019 12
2020 16
2021 15
2022 7
2023 5
2024 7
2025 2
Total 463
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Blake Hannaford 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 Blake Hannaford sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 34–53 to 1,065+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 445. Most scientists, 445, have 174–193 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 414–433 publications, is where this scientist sits. 34–53 publications: 24 scientists 54–73 publications: 52 scientists 74–93 publications: 114 scientists 94–113 publications: 203 scientists 114–133 publications: 269 scientists 134–153 publications: 355 scientists 154–173 publications: 403 scientists 174–193 publications: 445 scientists 194–213 publications: 430 scientists 214–233 publications: 431 scientists 234–253 publications: 399 scientists 254–273 publications: 366 scientists 274–293 publications: 335 scientists 294–313 publications: 300 scientists 314–333 publications: 276 scientists 334–353 publications: 250 scientists 354–373 publications: 214 scientists 374–393 publications: 187 scientists 394–413 publications: 152 scientists 414–433 publications: 169 scientists 434–453 publications: 147 scientists 454–473 publications: 111 scientists 474–493 publications: 117 scientists 494–513 publications: 103 scientists 514–533 publications: 99 scientists 534–553 publications: 92 scientists 554–573 publications: 75 scientists 574–593 publications: 58 scientists 594–613 publications: 69 scientists 614–633 publications: 50 scientists 634–653 publications: 62 scientists 654–673 publications: 54 scientists 674–693 publications: 44 scientists 694–713 publications: 37 scientists 714–733 publications: 28 scientists 734–753 publications: 26 scientists 754–773 publications: 26 scientists 774–793 publications: 19 scientists 794–813 publications: 23 scientists 814–833 publications: 20 scientists 834–853 publications: 16 scientists 854–873 publications: 20 scientists 874–893 publications: 11 scientists 894–913 publications: 11 scientists 914–933 publications: 16 scientists 934–953 publications: 13 scientists 954–973 publications: 10 scientists 974–993 publications: 11 scientists 994–1,013 publications: 9 scientists 1,014–1,033 publications: 9 scientists 1,034–1,053 publications: 10 scientists 1,054–1,064 publications: 6 scientists 1,065+ publications: 99 scientists
34–53 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 417 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
34–53 24
54–73 52
74–93 114
94–113 203
114–133 269
134–153 355
154–173 403
174–193 445
194–213 430
214–233 431
234–253 399
254–273 366
274–293 335
294–313 300
314–333 276
334–353 250
354–373 214
374–393 187
394–413 152
414–433 169 417
434–453 147
454–473 111
474–493 117
494–513 103
514–533 99
534–553 92
554–573 75
574–593 58
594–613 69
614–633 50
634–653 62
654–673 54
674–693 44
694–713 37
714–733 28
734–753 26
754–773 26
774–793 19
794–813 23
814–833 20
834–853 16
854–873 20
874–893 11
894–913 11
914–933 16
934–953 13
954–973 10
974–993 11
994–1,013 9
1,014–1,033 9
1,034–1,053 10
1,054–1,064 6
1,065+ 99
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Blake Hannaford 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 Blake Hannaford sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 111+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 263. Most scientists, 263, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 82 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 178 scientists 31 D-Index: 257 scientists 32 D-Index: 263 scientists 33 D-Index: 262 scientists 34 D-Index: 244 scientists 35 D-Index: 236 scientists 36 D-Index: 211 scientists 37 D-Index: 220 scientists 38 D-Index: 214 scientists 39 D-Index: 214 scientists 40 D-Index: 205 scientists 41 D-Index: 187 scientists 42 D-Index: 194 scientists 43 D-Index: 201 scientists 44 D-Index: 155 scientists 45 D-Index: 189 scientists 46 D-Index: 148 scientists 47 D-Index: 160 scientists 48 D-Index: 134 scientists 49 D-Index: 130 scientists 50 D-Index: 141 scientists 51 D-Index: 156 scientists 52 D-Index: 108 scientists 53 D-Index: 130 scientists 54 D-Index: 112 scientists 55 D-Index: 97 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 102 scientists 58 D-Index: 108 scientists 59 D-Index: 120 scientists 60 D-Index: 103 scientists 61 D-Index: 93 scientists 62 D-Index: 92 scientists 63 D-Index: 74 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 73 scientists 66 D-Index: 64 scientists 67 D-Index: 69 scientists 68 D-Index: 60 scientists 69 D-Index: 39 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 59 scientists 72 D-Index: 46 scientists 73 D-Index: 49 scientists 74 D-Index: 38 scientists 75 D-Index: 35 scientists 76 D-Index: 32 scientists 77 D-Index: 35 scientists 78 D-Index: 31 scientists 79 D-Index: 22 scientists 80 D-Index: 34 scientists 81 D-Index: 31 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 23 scientists 84 D-Index: 18 scientists 85 D-Index: 30 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 20 scientists 89 D-Index: 8 scientists 90 D-Index: 17 scientists 91 D-Index: 7 scientists 92 D-Index: 14 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 10 scientists 98 D-Index: 10 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 16 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 8 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 13 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 5 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 8 scientists 111+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 178
31 257
32 263
33 262
34 244
35 236
36 211
37 220
38 214
39 214
40 205
41 187
42 194
43 201
44 155
45 189
46 148
47 160
48 134
49 130
50 141
51 156
52 108
53 130
54 112
55 97
56 111
57 102
58 108
59 120
60 103
61 93
62 92
63 74
64 77
65 73
66 64
67 69
68 60
69 39
70 57
71 59
72 46
73 49
74 38
75 35
76 32
77 35
78 31
79 22
80 34
81 31
82 34 82
83 23
84 18
85 30
86 19
87 19
88 20
89 8
90 17
91 7
92 14
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 12
97 10
98 10
99 12
100 16
101 5
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to haptic interfaces and telerobotic systems.

Overview

Blake Hannaford is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields including Medicine, Engineering, and Computer Science, with a total of 28 publications in Medicine, 23 in Engineering, and 17 in Computer Science.

Their work explores diverse subfields such as Surgery, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Surgery and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition each account for 14 publications, Biomedical Engineering has 12, while Aerospace Engineering and Public Health-related topics have 4 publications each.

Key research topics that Blake Hannaford has contributed to include Surgical Simulation and Training, Soft Robotics and Applications, Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Medical Image Segmentation Techniques, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, and Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning. Among these, Surgical Simulation and Training is the most prominent topic with 20 related publications, followed by Soft Robotics and Applications with 14.

They have authored or co-authored significant papers such as:

  • "A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020" (2021), published in Science Robotics
  • "Towards Better Surgical Instrument Segmentation in Endoscopic Vision: Multi-Angle Feature Aggregation and Contour Supervision" (2020), published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Modeling Cable-Driven Robot With Hysteresis and Cable-Pulley Network Friction" (2020), published in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "The Future of Skull Base Surgery: A View Through Tinted Glasses" (2020), published in World Neurosurgery
  • "Multi-Frame Feature Aggregation for Real-Time Instrument Segmentation in Endoscopic Video" (2021), published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Their frequent co-authors include Randall A. Bly, Kris S. Moe, Yangming Li, Haonan Peng, and Yun-Hsuan Su. Collaborations with these researchers have led to multiple joint publications.

Blake Hannaford has published extensively in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University) with 8 publications, Journal of Medical Robotics Research with 3, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters with 2, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery with 2, and Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal with 2 publications.

In recognition of their contributions, Blake Hannaford was named an IEEE Fellow in 2006 for their work on haptic interfaces and telerobotic systems.

Best Publications

  • Measurement and modeling of McKibben pneumatic artificial muscles

    Ching-Ping Chou;B. Hannaford

  • A design framework for teleoperators with kinesthetic feedback

    B. Hannaford

  • Time domain passivity control of haptic interfaces

    B. Hannaford;Jee-Hwan Ryu

  • Stable haptic interaction with virtual environments

    R.J. Adams;B. Hannaford

  • A hybrid discriminative/generative approach for modeling human activities

    Jonathan Lester;Tanzeem Choudhury;Nicky Kern;Gaetano Borriello

  • Time domain passivity control of haptic interfaces

    Unknown

  • Stable teleoperation with time domain passivity control

    Jee-Hwan Ryu;Dong-Soo Kwon;B. Hannaford

  • Performance evaluation of a six-axis generalized force-reflecting teleoperator

    B. Hannaford;L. Wood;D.A. McAffee;H. Zak

  • Static and dynamic characteristics of McKibben pneumatic artificial muscles

    Ching-Ping Chou;B. Hannaford

  • Force-reflection and shared compliant control in operating telemanipulators with time delay

    W.S. Kim;B. Hannaford;A.K. Fejczy

  • Force controlled and teleoperated endoscopic grasper for minimally invasive surgery-experimental performance evaluation

    J. Rosen;B. Hannaford;M.P. MacFarlane;M.N. Sinanan

  • McKibben artificial muscles: pneumatic actuators with biomechanical intelligence

    G.K. Klute;J.M. Czerniecki;B. Hannaford

  • A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020.

    Pierre E. Dupont;Bradley J. Nelson;Michael Goldfarb;Blake Hannaford

  • Raven-II: An Open Platform for Surgical Robotics Research

    B. Hannaford;J. Rosen;D. W. Friedman;H. King

  • Markov modeling of minimally invasive surgery based on tool/tissue interaction and force/torque signatures for evaluating surgical skills

    J. Rosen;B. Hannaford;C.G. Richards;M.N. Sinanan

  • The RAVEN: Design and Validation of a Telesurgery System

    Mitchell J. H. Lum;Diana C. W. Friedman;Ganesh Sankaranarayanan;Hawkeye King

  • Roles of the elements of the triphasic control signal.

    Blake Hannaford;Lawrence Stark

  • Stable teleoperation with time-domain passivity control

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  • Generalized approach for modeling minimally invasive surgery as a stochastic process using a discrete Markov model

    J. Rosen;J.D. Brown;L. Chang;M.N. Sinanan

  • Artificial Muscles: Actuators for Biorobotic Systems

    Glenn K. Klute;Joseph M. Czerniecki;Blake Hannaford

  • Stability and performance tradeoffs in bi-lateral telemanipulation

    B. Hannaford

  • Experimental and simulation studies of hard contact in force reflecting teleoperation

    B. Hannaford;R. Anderson

  • The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet

    Ken Goldberg;Hubert Dreyfus;Alvin Goldman;Oliver Grau

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Rosen
Jacob Rosen University of California, Los Angeles
Jee-Hwan Ryu
Jee-Hwan Ryu Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Lawrence Stark
Lawrence Stark University of California, Berkeley
Howard Jay Chizeck
Howard Jay Chizeck University of Washington
Eric J. Seibel
Eric J. Seibel University of Washington
Kenji Kawashima
Kenji Kawashima University of Tokyo
Gaetano Borriello
Gaetano Borriello University of Washington
Stephen R. Ellis
Stephen R. Ellis Ames Research Center
Hyouk Ryeol Choi
Hyouk Ryeol Choi Sungkyunkwan University
Gerd Hirzinger
Gerd Hirzinger German Aerospace Center

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