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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 60 1633 1563 662 618 505 13927

Daniel J. Blumenthal publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Daniel J. Blumenthal between 1971 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Daniel J. Blumenthal published across 56 years, from 1971 to 2026, averaging 11.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 50 publications in 2005. 26 of the 655 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1971 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 50. Peak 50 publications in 2005. 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 5 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 26 publications 1996: 14 publications 1997: 33 publications 1998: 12 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 26 publications 2001: 15 publications 2002: 19 publications 2003: 28 publications 2004: 28 publications 2005: 50 publications 2006: 35 publications 2007: 29 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 25 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 26 publications 2024: 32 publications 2025: 23 publications 2026: 3 publications
1971 2026

655 publications in total across all disciplines

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Daniel J. Blumenthal: publications per year, 1971 to 2026
Year Publications
1971 1
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 1
1981 1
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 4
1988 4
1989 2
1990 1
1991 5
1992 6
1993 0
1994 7
1995 26
1996 14
1997 33
1998 12
1999 11
2000 26
2001 15
2002 19
2003 28
2004 28
2005 50
2006 35
2007 29
2008 21
2009 14
2010 14
2011 25
2012 8
2013 17
2014 6
2015 4
2016 11
2017 10
2018 11
2019 11
2020 13
2021 25
2022 23
2023 26
2024 32
2025 23
2026 3
Total 655
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Daniel J. Blumenthal 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 Daniel J. Blumenthal 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, 494–513 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: 505 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.

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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
434–453 147
454–473 111
474–493 117
494–513 103 505
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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Daniel J. Blumenthal 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 Daniel J. Blumenthal 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, 60 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: 60 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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 60
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
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

  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2006 - OSA Fellows For contributions to ultrafast optical wavelength conversion, packet OTDM, signal processing and regeneration.
  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to optical packet switching and agile optical networking.

Overview

Daniel J. Blumenthal is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their primary research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. A significant portion of their work intersects subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Oncology, Artificial Intelligence, and Immunology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Photonic and Optical Devices, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Advanced Frequency and Time Standards, Optical Network Technologies, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Daniel J. Blumenthal include Kaikai Liu, Nitesh Chauhan, Andrei Isichenko, Mark Harrington, and Jiawei Wang.

Daniel J. Blumenthal has published numerous papers in prominent venues, with a particular focus on institutions and conferences such as arXiv (Cornell University), the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Nature Communications, the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022, and APL Photonics.

  • 2024: Integrated optical frequency division for microwave and mmWave generation, Nature
  • 2022: 2022 Roadmap on integrated quantum photonics, Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento)
  • 2021: 422 Million intrinsic quality factor planar integrated all-waveguide resonator with sub-MHz linewidth, Nature Communications
  • 2021: Visible light photonic integrated Brillouin laser, Nature Communications
  • 2020: Photonic integration for UV to IR applications, APL Photonics

Throughout their career, Daniel J. Blumenthal has been recognized with multiple awards including Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017, OSA Fellow in 2006 for contributions to ultrafast optical wavelength conversion, packet OTDM, signal processing, and regeneration, and IEEE Fellow in 2003 for contributions to optical packet switching and agile optical networking.

Best Publications

  • Optical performance monitoring

    D.C. Kilper;R. Bach;D.J. Blumenthal;D. Einstein

  • All-optical label swapping networks and technologies

    D.J. Blumenthal;B.-E. Olsson;G. Rossi;T.E. Dimmick

  • Silicon Nitride in Silicon Photonics

    Daniel J. Blumenthal;Rene Heideman;Douwe Geuzebroek;Arne Leinse

  • Ultra-low-loss high-aspect-ratio Si3N4 waveguides.

    Jared F. Bauters;Martijn J. R. Heck;Demis John;Daoxin Dai

  • Planar waveguides with less than 0.1 dB/m propagation loss fabricated with wafer bonding.

    Jared F. Bauters;Martijn J. R. Heck;Demis D. John;Jonathon S. Barton

  • Sub-hertz fundamental linewidth photonic integrated Brillouin laser

    Sarat Gundavarapu;Grant M. Brodnik;Matthew Puckett;Taran Huffman

  • Roadmap on Integrated Quantum Photonics

    Galan Moody;Volker J Sorger;Daniel J Blumenthal;Paul W Juodawlkis

  • Photonic packet switches: architectures and experimental implementations

    D.J. Blumenthal;P.R. Prucnal;J.R. Sauer

  • Tunable Laser Diodes and Related Optical Sources

    Jens Buus;Markus-Christian Amann;Daniel J. Blumenthal

  • Sub-Hz Linewidth Photonic-Integrated Brillouin Laser

    Sarat Gundavarapu;Ryan Behunin;Grant M. Brodnik;Debapam Bose

  • 422 Million Q Planar Integrated All-Waveguide Resonator with a 3.4 Billion Absorption Limited Q and Sub-MHz Linewidth

    Matthew W. Puckett;Kaikai Liu;Nitesh Chauhan;Qiancheng Zhao

  • OPERA: an optical packet experimental routing architecture with label swapping capability

    A. Carena;M.D. Vaughn;R. Gaudino;M. Shell

  • A simple and robust 40-Gb/s wavelength converter using fiber cross-phase modulation and optical filtering

    B.-E. Olsson;P. Ohlen;L. Rau;D.J. Blumenthal

  • All-optical label swapping with wavelength conversion for WDM-IP networks with subcarrier multiplexed addressing

    D.J. Blumenthal;A. Carena;L. Rau;V. Curri

  • Ultra-high quality factor planar Si 3 N 4 ring resonators on Si substrates

    Ming-Chun Tien;Jared F. Bauters;Martijn J. R. Heck;Daryl T. Spencer

  • Low-loss Si3N4 arrayed-waveguide grating (de)multiplexer using nano-core optical waveguides.

    Daoxin Dai;Zhi Wang;Jared F. Bauters;M.-C. Tien

  • Optical signal processing for optical packet switching networks

    D.J. Blumenthal;J.E. Bowers;L. Rau;Hsu-Feng Chou

  • An 8 $\, imes\,$ 8 InP Monolithic Tunable Optical Router (MOTOR) Packet Forwarding Chip

    S.C. Nicholes;M.L. Masanovic;B. Jevremovic;E. Lively

  • Picosecond microwave pulse generation

    Gerard Mourou;Charles V. Stancampiano;Daniel Blumenthal

  • A comparison of optical buffering technologies

    E. F. Burmeister;D. J. Blumenthal;J. E. Bowers

  • 422 Million intrinsic quality factor planar integrated all-waveguide resonator with sub-MHz linewidth.

    Matthew W. Puckett;Kaikai Liu;Nitesh Chauhan;Qiancheng Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
Larry A. Coldren
Larry A. Coldren University of California, Santa Barbara
Martijn J. R. Heck
Martijn J. R. Heck Eindhoven University of Technology
James W. Raring
James W. Raring Kyocera (United States)
Markus-Christian Amann
Markus-Christian Amann Technical University of Munich
Roberto Gaudino
Roberto Gaudino Polytechnic University of Turin
J. Laskar
J. Laskar Maja Systems
Paul R. Prucnal
Paul R. Prucnal Princeton University
Arne Leinse
Arne Leinse LioniX International
Scott B. Papp
Scott B. Papp National Institute of Standards and Technology

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