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Ekmel Ozbay publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ekmel Ozbay sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 894 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Ekmel Ozbay D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ekmel Ozbay sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2019 - OSA Fellows Ekmel Ozbay Bilkent Universitesi, Turkey For sustained and outstanding contributions to the fields of nanophotonics, photonic crystals, and metamaterials
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ekmel Ozbay is affiliated with Bilkent University in Turkey. Their research spans several interconnected fields and subfields within science and engineering, primarily focusing on nanophotonics, photonic crystals, and metamaterials. Their main areas of study include engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy.

The subfields they contribute to are:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Biomedical Engineering

The core topics in their research portfolio cover:

  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

They have published extensively in various scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Optics Letters
  • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Ferroelectrics
  • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Selected recent publications are:

  • How to Build Prussian Blue Based Water Oxidation Catalytic Assemblies: Common Trends and Strategies (2020), Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Au Plasmonic Nanoantennas Coupled with Prussian Blue Catalyst on BiVO4 for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting (2020), ChemSusChem
  • Active Tuning from Narrowband to Broadband Absorbers Using a Sub-wavelength VO2 Embedded Layer (2021), Plasmonics
  • Mid-infrared adaptive thermal camouflage using a phase-change material coupled dielectric nanoantenna (2021), Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • Epsilon-near-zero enhancement of near-field radiative heat transfer in BP/hBN and BP/α-MoO3 parallel-plate structures (2022), Applied Physics Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ekmel Ozbay are:

  • Amir Ghobadi
  • T. Gamze Ulusoy Ghobadi
  • Ferdi Karadaş
  • Amirullah M. Mamedov
  • Hodjat Hajian

The scientist has been recognized with the following awards:

  • OSA Fellows (2019) for sustained and outstanding contributions to nanophotonics, photonic crystals, and metamaterials
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2012)

Best Publications

  • Plasmonics: merging photonics and electronics at nanoscale dimensions.

    Ekmel Ozbay

  • Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals.

    Ertugrul Cubukcu;Koray Aydin;Ekmel Ozbay;Stavroula Foteinopoulou

  • Subwavelength resolution in a two-dimensional photonic-crystal-based superlens.

    E. Cubukcu;K. Aydin;Ekmel Özbay;S. Foteinopolou

  • Tight-binding description of the coupled defect modes in three-dimensional photonic crystals

    Mehmet Bayindir;B. Temelkuran;E. Ozbay

  • Zeta potential : a surface electrical characteristic to probe the interaction of nanoparticles with normal and cancer human breast epithelial cells

    Yu Zhang;Mo Yang;Nathaniel G. Portney;Daxiang Cui

  • Investigation of magnetic resonances for different split-ring resonator parameters and designs

    Koray Aydin;Irfan Bulu;Kaan Guven;Maria Kafesaki

  • Measurement of a three-dimensional photonic band gap in a crystal structure made of dielectric rods.

    E. Özbay;A. Abeyta;G. Tuttle;M. Tringides

  • Optically Implemented Broadband Blueshift Switch in the Terahertz Regime

    Nian-Hai Shen;Maria Massaouti;Mutlu Gokkavas;Jean-Michel Manceau

  • Micromachined millimeter‐wave photonic band‐gap crystals

    E. Özbay;E. Michel;G. Tuttle;R. Biswas

  • Equivalent-Circuit Models for the Design of Metamaterials Based on Artificial Magnetic Inclusions

    F. Bilotti;A. Toscano;L. Vegni;K. Aydin

  • Photonic-crystal-based beam splitters

    Mehmet Bayindir;B. Temelkuran;E. Ozbay

  • Chiral metamaterials: from optical activity and negative refractive index to asymmetric transmission

    Zhaofeng Li;Mehmet Mutlu;Ekmel Ozbay

  • Transmission properties of composite metamaterials in free space

    Mehmet Bayindir;K. Aydin;E. Ozbay;P. Markoš

  • Chiral metamaterials with negative refractive index based on four "U" split ring resonators

    Zhaofeng Li;Rongkuo Zhao;Thomas Koschny;Maria Kafesaki

  • Determination of the effective constitutive parameters of bianisotropic metamaterials from reflection and transmission coefficients

    Zhaofeng Li;Koray Aydin;Ekmel Ozbay

  • Subwavelength resolution with a negative-index metamaterial superlens

    Koray Aydin;Irfan Bulu;Ekmel Ozbay

  • Propagation of photons by hopping: A waveguiding mechanism through localized coupled cavities in three-dimensional photonic crystals

    Mehmet Bayindir;B. Temelkuran;E. Ozbay

  • Photonic crystal-based resonant antenna with a very high directivity

    B. Temelkuran;Mehmet Bayindir;E. Ozbay;R. Biswas

  • Diodelike asymmetric transmission of linearly polarized waves using magnetoelectric coupling and electromagnetic wave tunneling.

    Mehmet Mutlu;Ahmet E Akosman;Andriy E Serebryannikov;Ekmel Ozbay

  • Negative refraction and superlens behavior in a two-dimensional photonic crystal

    R. Moussa;S. Foteinopoulou;L. Zhang;G. Tuttle

Frequent Co-Authors

Koray Aydin
Koray Aydin Northwestern University
Costas M. Soukoulis
Costas M. Soukoulis Iowa State University
Necmi Biyikli
Necmi Biyikli University of Connecticut
Mehmet Bayindir
Mehmet Bayindir Universität Hamburg
Filiberto Bilotti
Filiberto Bilotti Roma Tre University
Lucio Vegni
Lucio Vegni Roma Tre University
Rana Biswas
Rana Biswas Iowa State University
D. M. Bloom
D. M. Bloom Stanford University
Maria Kafesaki
Maria Kafesaki University of Crete
Mihail M. Sigalas
Mihail M. Sigalas University of Patras

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