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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 36 5406 5191 1863 1738 78 4521

David Steer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David Steer between 1988 and 2020, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David Steer published across 33 years, from 1988 to 2020, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2011. 1 of the 102 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2020. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2011. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 11 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 1 publication 2015: 3 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 0 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 1 publication
1988 2020

102 publications in total across all disciplines

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David Steer: publications per year, 1988 to 2020
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 4
1992 3
1993 1
1994 0
1995 1
1996 1
1997 0
1998 5
1999 4
2000 4
2001 6
2002 3
2003 10
2004 1
2005 2
2006 1
2007 11
2008 10
2009 0
2010 9
2011 12
2012 6
2013 1
2014 1
2015 3
2016 1
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0
2020 1
Total 102
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David Steer 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 Steer 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, 74–93 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: 78 publications — 1st percentile

1% 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 78
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
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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David Steer 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 Steer 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, 36 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: 36 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% 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 36
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
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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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Computer network
  • Telecommunications
  • Electrical engineering

His primary areas of study are Base station, Electronic engineering, Real-time computing, Computer network and Mobile radio. His Base station study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Interference, Radio system, Telecommunications network and Communications system. His Communications system research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Handover, Transmission and Communication channel, Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing.

His Electronic engineering research includes themes of Preamble and Frequency offset. His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Wireless network and Computer network. His research integrates issues of Mobile station, Power control and Mobile communication network in his study of Mobile radio.

His most cited work include:

  • Combining GPS with TOA/TDOA of cellular signals to locate terminal (326 citations)
  • Gps and cellular system interworking (136 citations)
  • Self-selection of radio frequency channels to reduce co-channel and adjacent channel interference in a wireless distributed network (134 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Computer network, Base station, Wireless, Electronic engineering and Communication channel. His Computer network research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Wireless network, Terminal and Distributed computing. His Base station study incorporates themes from Interference, Code division multiple access, Wireless communication systems and Mobile radio.

His study looks at the relationship between Wireless and topics such as Hop, which overlap with Quality of service. His Electronic engineering research integrates issues from Transmission, Electrical engineering, Radio frequency, Modulation and Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. His biological study deals with issues like Real-time computing, which deal with fields such as Assisted GPS.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Computer network (52.81%)
  • Base station (26.97%)
  • Wireless (25.84%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2015)?

  • Computer network (52.81%)
  • Wireless (25.84%)
  • Distributed computing (12.36%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David Steer mainly investigates Computer network, Wireless, Distributed computing, Terminal and Wireless network. His study connects Network Access Device and Computer network. His Wireless research incorporates elements of Relay, Signal, Computer graphics and Hop.

His Signal study also includes

  • Antenna that intertwine with fields like Transmission,
  • Radiation pattern that intertwine with fields like Electronic engineering. David Steer has researched Wireless network in several fields, including Fingerprint and Node. In his study, Low overhead, Communication channel and Node is strongly linked to Real-time computing, which falls under the umbrella field of Mobile station.

Between 2008 and 2015, his most popular works were:

  • Method and apparatus for estimating location of a wireless station using multi-beam transmission (58 citations)
  • Determining device in-range proximity (56 citations)
  • Methods and apparatus to provide network capabilities for connecting to an access network (55 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Computer network
  • Telecommunications
  • Wireless

His main research concerns Computer network, Wireless, Terminal, Access network and Distributed computing. His work is dedicated to discovering how Computer network, Wireless network are connected with Fingerprint and Node and other disciplines. His work carried out in the field of Wireless brings together such families of science as Transmission and Electronic engineering.

His Terminal research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Frame, Network Admission Control, Authentication protocol, Authentication and Network access point. His studies in Access network integrate themes in fields like Routing, Network connection and Listing. His study in Distributed computing is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Network management station and Network Access Device.

Best Publications

  • Combining GPS with TOA/TDOA of cellular signals to locate terminal

    J. Michael Watters;Leo Strawczynski;David G. Steer

  • Gps and cellular system interworking

    J. Michael Watters;Leo Strawczynski;David G. Steer

  • Self-selection of radio frequency channels to reduce co-channel and adjacent channel interference in a wireless distributed network

    David Steer;Koon Hoo Teo;Adrian Smith

  • Devices and processing in a mobile radio communication network having calibration terminals

    J. Michael Watters;Leo Strawczynski;David Steer

  • Cellular terminal location using GPS signals in the cellular band

    J. Watters;Leo Strawezynski;David Steer

  • Dynamic sub-carrier assignment in OFDM systems

    Bassam M. Hashem;David G. Steer;Shalini S. Periyalwar

  • Receiver based adaptive modulation scheme

    Bassam M. Hashem;Shalini S. Periyalwar;David G. Steer

  • Apparatus and method for OFDM data communications

    Koon Hoo Teo;David G. Steer;Chris Ward

  • Minimization of radio resource usage in multi-hop networks with multiple routings

    David Steer;Koon Hoo Teo;Adrian Smith

  • Intra-cell call hand-over in radio communication systems with dynamic channel allocation

    Leo Strawczynski;Howard Martin Sandler;Gregory Loren Plett;David Gwyn Steer

  • Preamble based selection diversity in a time division multiple access radio system using digital demodulation

    Bradley John Morris;David Gwyn Steer

  • Location based power control for mobile communications systems

    David G. Steer

  • Mobile communication device and communication network for providing location services

    J. Michael Watters;Leo Strawczynski;David Steer

  • METHOD TO PROTECT AGAINST INTERFERENCE FROM MOBILEMETHOD TO PROTECT AGAINST INTERFERENCE FROM MOBILE RADIOS RADIOS

    Steer David;Teo Koon Hoo

  • Method and apparatus for estimating location of a wireless station using multi-beam transmission

    David Steer;Scott Widdowson

  • Method of using location information for interference protection

    David G. Steer

  • Method and apparatus for inserting packets into a data stream

    David G. Steer;Paul M. Row

  • Determining device in-range proximity

    David Gwyn Steer;Dongsheng Yu;Robert Novak

  • Using a network frequency reference to augment timing synchronization in a wireless base station

    Charles Nicholls;David Steer;Bradley John Morris

  • Call set-up in a radio communication system with dynamic channel allocation

    Leo Strawczynski;Howard M. Sandler;Gregory L. Plett;David G. Steer

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory L. Plett
Gregory L. Plett University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Koon Hoo Teo
Koon Hoo Teo Mitsubishi Electric (United States)
Peiying Zhu
Peiying Zhu Huawei Technologies (China)
Hang Zhang
Hang Zhang Huawei Technologies (China)
Shalini Periyalwar
Shalini Periyalwar Carleton University
Mo-Han Fong
Mo-Han Fong Intel (United States)
Chandra Sekhar Bontu
Chandra Sekhar Bontu Ericsson (Sweden)

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