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D-Index
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3797
World Ranking
5902
National Ranking
117

David Girbau 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 David Girbau sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 143 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Girbau 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 David Girbau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Girbau is affiliated with Rovira i Virgili University in Spain. Their scholarly work primarily lies within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering as major subfields. Other notable subfields include Aerospace Engineering, Media Technology, and Molecular Biology.

The main research topics covered by David Girbau encompass:

  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Radar Systems and Signal Processing
  • Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • RFID technology advancements
  • Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis
  • IoT-based Smart Home Systems
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Their recent publications reflect these interests, including the following representative papers:

  • "Seat-Occupancy Detection System and Breathing Rate Monitoring Based on a Low-Cost mm-Wave Radar at 60 GHz," 2021, published in IEEE Access
  • "Recent Advances in Batteryless NFC Sensors for Chemical Sensing and Biosensing," 2023, published in Biosensors
  • "Vehicle Occupancy Detector Based on FMCW mm-Wave Radar at 77 GHz," 2022, published in IEEE Sensors Journal
  • "Smart Face Mask with an Integrated Heat Flux Sensor for Fast and Remote People's Healthcare Monitoring," 2021, published in Sensors
  • "Spoofing Attacks on FMCW Radars with Low-Cost Backscatter Tags," 2022, published in Sensors

Frequent coauthors working with David Girbau include:

  • Antonio Lázaro
  • Ramón Villarino
  • Marc Lázaro
  • Beatriz Prieto-Simón
  • M. Cujilema

Their publications are commonly found in several scientific venues, including:

  • Sensors
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Sensors Journal
  • IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • ANALYSIS OF VITAL SIGNS MONITORING USING AN IR-UWB RADAR

    Antonio Lazaro;David Girbau;Ramon Villarino

  • Radio Link Budgets for UHF RFID on Multipath Environments

    A. Lazaro;D. Girbau;D. Salinas

  • Passive Wireless Temperature Sensor Based on Time-Coded UWB Chipless RFID Tags

    D. Girbau;A. Ramos;A. Lazaro;S. Rima

  • Techniques for Clutter Suppression in the Presence of Body Movements during the Detection of Respiratory Activity through UWB Radars

    Antonio Lázaro;David Girbau;Ramon Maria Villarino

  • A Survey of NFC Sensors Based on Energy Harvesting for IoT Applications

    Antonio Lazaro;Ramon Villarino;David Girbau

  • Chipless UWB RFID Tag Detection Using Continuous Wavelet Transform

    Antonio Lazaro;A. Ramos;D. Girbau;R. Villarino

  • Frequency-Coded Chipless RFID Tag Based on Dual-Band Resonators

    D. Girbau;J. Lorenzo;A. Lazaro;C. Ferrater

  • Wireless Wearable Magnetometer-Based Sensor for Sleep Quality Monitoring

    Stefano Milici;Antonio Lazaro;Ramon Villarino;David Girbau

  • Temporal Separation Detection for Chipless Depolarizing Frequency-Coded RFID

    Angel Ramos;Etienne Perret;Olivier Rance;Smail Tedjini

  • Remote Sensing of Vital Signs Using a Doppler Radar and Diversity to Overcome Null Detection

    D. Girbau;A. Lazaro;A. Ramos;R. Villarino

  • Chipless Dielectric Constant Sensor for Structural Health Testing

    Antonio Lazaro;Ramon Villarino;Filippo Costa;Simone Genovesi

  • Study of intermodulation in RF MEMS variable capacitors

    D. Girbau;N. Otegi;L. Pradell;A. Lazaro

  • EFFECTS OF INTERFERENCES IN UHF RFID SYSTEMS

    Antonio Lazaro;David Girbau;Ramon Villarino

  • Time-Domain Measurement of Time-Coded UWB Chipless RFID Tags

    Angel Ramos;Antonio Lazaro;David Girbau;Ramon Villarino

  • Simulated and Experimental Investigation of Microwave Imaging Using UWB

    Antonio Lazaro;David Girbau;Ramon Villarino

  • Wavelet-Based Breast Tumor Localization Technique Using a UWB Radar

    Antonio Lazaro;David Girbau;Ramon Villarino

  • Wireless Breathing Sensor Based on Wearable Modulated Frequency Selective Surface

    Stefano Milici;Javier Lorenzo;Antonio Lazaro;Ramon Villarino

  • Battery-Less Soil Moisture Measurement System Based on a NFC Device With Energy Harvesting Capability

    Marti Boada;Antonio Lazaro;Ramon Villarino;David Girbau

  • Vital signs monitoring using impulse based UWB signal

    A. Lazaro;D. Girbau;R. Villarino;A. Ramos

  • A Passive Harmonic Tag for Humidity Sensing

    Antonio Lazaro;Ramon Villarino;David Girbau

  • A Depolarizing Chipless RF Label for Dielectric Permittivity Sensing

    Filippo Costa;Antonio Gentile;Simone Genovesi;Luca Buoncristiani

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Manuel Lazaro
Antonio Manuel Lazaro Rovira i Virgili University
Ramon Villarino
Ramon Villarino Rovira i Virgili University
Simone Genovesi
Simone Genovesi University of Pisa
Filippo Costa
Filippo Costa University of Pisa
Smail Tedjini
Smail Tedjini Grenoble Institute of Technology
Giuliano Manara
Giuliano Manara University of Pisa
Robert Plana
Robert Plana Assystem (United Kingdom)
Eduard Llobet
Eduard Llobet Rovira i Virgili University
Apostolos Georgiadis
Apostolos Georgiadis Heriot-Watt University
Carla Bittencourt
Carla Bittencourt University of Mons

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