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2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
127
Citations
131467
World Ranking
43
National Ranking
24

Physics

D-Index
131
Citations
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World Ranking
535
National Ranking
298

David R. Smith 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 R. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 748 publications — 95th percentile

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

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

David R. Smith 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 R. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 127 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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 States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - OSA Fellows For first experimental demonstration of negative refractive index; introduction of transformation optics and first demonstration of electromagnetic cloaking; pioneering work in the design, analysis, and characterization of metamaterials and plasmonic media.

Overview

David R. Smith is affiliated with Duke University in the United States, focusing primarily on the field of Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Aerospace Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their scientific contributions cover a range of topics, notably:

  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis
  • Random lasers and scattering media
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

David R. Smith has published in various esteemed venues, with a significant number of their works appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • Optics Express
  • Chemical Biology & Drug Design
  • IEEE Access

Frequent collaborators include Mohammadreza F. Imani, Insang Yoo, Aaron V. Diebold, Michael Boyarsky, and Zhongzhu Liang, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Some recent publications exemplify the scope of their research:

  • "Ultra-broadband metamaterial absorbers from long to very long infrared regime," 2021, Light Science & Applications
  • "Review of Metasurface Antennas for Computational Microwave Imaging," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • "Metalized polyamide heterostructure as a moisture-responsive actuator for multimodal adaptive personal heat management," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Perfect Absorption in a Disordered Medium with Programmable Meta-Atom Inclusions," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Electronically steered metasurface antenna," 2021, Scientific Reports

David R. Smith has been recognized with awards including the designation as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016 and as an OSA Fellow in 2013 for work related to negative refractive index demonstration, transformation optics, electromagnetic cloaking, and contributions to metamaterials and plasmonic media design and analysis.

Best Publications

  • Experimental Verification of a Negative Index of Refraction

    R. A. Shelby;D. R. Smith;S. Schultz

  • Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity

    D. R. Smith;Willie J. Padilla;D. C. Vier;S. C. Nemat-Nasser

  • Controlling Electromagnetic Fields

    J. B. Pendry;D. Schurig;D. R. Smith

  • Metamaterial Electromagnetic Cloak at Microwave Frequencies

    D. Schurig;J. J. Mock;B. J. Justice;S. A. Cummer

  • Perfect metamaterial absorber.

    N. I. Landy;S. Sajuyigbe;J. J. Mock;D. R. Smith

  • Metamaterials and negative refractive index.

    D. R. Smith;J. B. Pendry;M. C. K. Wiltshire

  • Determination of effective permittivity and permeability of metamaterials from reflection and transmission coefficients

    D. R. Smith;S. Schultz;P. Markoš;C. M. Soukoulis

  • Electromagnetic parameter retrieval from inhomogeneous metamaterials

    D. R. Smith;D. R. Smith;D. C. Vier;Th. Koschny;Th. Koschny;C. M. Soukoulis;C. M. Soukoulis

  • An Overview of the Theory and Applications of Metasurfaces: The Two-Dimensional Equivalents of Metamaterials

    C. L. Holloway;E. F. Kuester;J. A. Gordon;J. O'Hara

  • Shape effects in plasmon resonance of individual colloidal silver nanoparticles

    J. J. Mock;M. Barbic;D. R. Smith;D. A. Schultz

  • Terahertz magnetic response from artificial materials.

    T. J. Yen;T. J. Yen;T. J. Yen;W. J. Padilla;W. J. Padilla;W. J. Padilla;N. Fang;N. Fang;N. Fang;D. C. Vier;D. C. Vier;D. C. Vier

  • Interparticle Coupling Effects on Plasmon Resonances of Nanogold Particles

    K.-H. Su;Q.-H. Wei;X. Zhang;J. J. Mock

  • Broadband Ground-Plane Cloak

    R. Liu;C. Ji;J. J. Mock;J. Y. Chin

  • Negative Refractive Index in Left-Handed Materials

    David R. Smith;Norman Kroll

  • Electromagnetic wave propagation in media with indefinite permittivity and permeability tensors.

    D. R. Smith;D. Schurig

  • Microwave transmission through a two-dimensional, isotropic, left-handed metamaterial

    R. A. Shelby;D. R. Smith;S. C. Nemat-Nasser;S. Schultz

  • Single-target molecule detection with nonbleaching multicolor optical immunolabels.

    Sheldon Schultz;David R. Smith;Jack J. Mock;David A. Schultz

  • Probing the Ultimate Limits of Plasmonic Enhancement

    C. Ciracì;R. T. Hill;J. J. Mock;Y. Urzhumov

  • Local Refractive Index Dependence of Plasmon Resonance Spectra from Individual Nanoparticles

    Jack J. Mock;David R. Smith;Sheldon Schultz

  • Probing the mechanisms of large Purcell enhancement in plasmonic nanoantennas

    Gleb M. Akselrod;Christos Argyropoulos;Thang B. Hoang;Cristian Ciracì;Cristian Ciracì

Frequent Co-Authors

Okan Yurduseven
Okan Yurduseven Queen's University Belfast
Mohammadreza F. Imani
Mohammadreza F. Imani Arizona State University
Jonah N. Gollub
Jonah N. Gollub Duke University
Jack J. Mock
Jack J. Mock Duke University
Daniel L. Marks
Daniel L. Marks Duke University
John B. Pendry
John B. Pendry Imperial College London
Nan Marie Jokerst
Nan Marie Jokerst Duke University
Dimitri Basov
Dimitri Basov Columbia University
Willie J. Padilla
Willie J. Padilla Duke University
John Kouvetakis
John Kouvetakis Arizona State University

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