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2026

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D-Index
85
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35610
World Ranking
372
National Ranking
6

Emil Bjornson 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 Emil Bjornson sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 402 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Emil Bjornson 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 Emil Bjornson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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 Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Emil Bjornson is affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, where their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant concentration on electrical and electronic engineering. Their work spans several subfields including aerospace engineering, computer networks and communications, biomedical engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Their main research topics include:

  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
  • Antenna Design and Optimization

Emil Bjornson has authored numerous scientific papers. Some of their recent publications include:

  • "Making Cell-Free Massive MIMO Competitive with MMSE Processing and Centralized Implementation", 2020, CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa)
  • "Prospective Multiple Antenna Technologies for Beyond 5G", 2020, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • "Scalable Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems", 2020, IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • "Foundations of User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO", 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: A signal processing perspective with wireless applications", 2022, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Frequent co-authors in their research activities include:

  • Özlem Tuğfe Demir
  • Erik G. Larsson
  • Luca Sanguinetti
  • Parisa Ramezani
  • Çiçek Çavdar

The scientist publishes regularly in established venues, some of the most common include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Emil Bjornson has also contributed to academic literature through book publications, notably:

  • "Foundations of User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO", 2021, published by Now Publishers

The scope and focus of their work are grounded in engineering disciplines, emphasizing advanced wireless communication systems and signal processing techniques. Their research contributions include collaborative efforts across multiple aspects of wireless network optimization and antenna design.

Best Publications

  • Massive MIMO Networks: Spectral, Energy, and Hardware Efficiency

    Emil Björnson;Jakob Hoydis;Luca Sanguinetti

  • Massive MIMO: ten myths and one critical question

    Emil Björnson;Erik G. Larsson;Thomas L. Marzetta

  • Millimeter Wave Communications for Future Mobile Networks

    Ming Xiao;Shahid Mumtaz;Yongming Huang;Linglong Dai

  • Massive MIMO Systems With Non-Ideal Hardware: Energy Efficiency, Estimation, and Capacity Limits

    Emil Bjornson;Jakob Hoydis;Marios Kountouris;Merouane Debbah

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Versus Decode-and-Forward: How Large Surfaces are Needed to Beat Relaying?

    Emil Bjornson;Ozgecan Ozdogan;Erik G. Larsson

  • Optimal Design of Energy-Efficient Multi-User MIMO Systems: Is Massive MIMO the Answer?

    Emil Bjornson;Luca Sanguinetti;Jakob Hoydis;Merouane Debbah

  • Making Cell-Free Massive MIMO Competitive With MMSE Processing and Centralized Implementation

    Emil Bjornson;Luca Sanguinetti

  • Ubiquitous cell-free Massive MIMO communications

    Giovanni Interdonato;Emil Björnson;Hien Quoc Ngo;Pål K. Frenger

  • Rayleigh Fading Modeling and Channel Hardening for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

    Emil Bjornson;Luca Sanguinetti

  • Prospective Multiple Antenna Technologies for Beyond 5G

    Jiayi Zhang;Emil Björnson;Michail Matthaiou;Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

  • Massive MIMO is a reality—What is next?: Five promising research directions for antenna arrays

    Emil Björnson;Luca Sanguinetti;Henk Wymeersch;Jakob Hoydis

  • Scalable Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

    Emil Bjornson;Luca Sanguinetti

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces: Physics, Propagation, and Pathloss Modeling

    Ozgecan Ozdogan;Emil Bjornson;Erik G. Larsson

  • Massive MIMO for Maximal Spectral Efficiency: How Many Users and Pilots Should Be Allocated?

    Emil Bjornson;Erik G. Larsson;Merouane Debbah

  • Optimal Multiuser Transmit Beamforming: A Difficult Problem with a Simple Solution Structure [Lecture Notes]

    Emil Bjornson;Mats Bengtsson;Bjorn Ottersten

  • Foundations of User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO

    Özlem Tugfe Demir;Emil Björnson;Luca Sanguinetti

  • RIS-Aided Wireless Communications: Prototyping, Adaptive Beamforming, and Indoor/Outdoor Field Trials

    Xilong Pei;Haifan Yin;Li Tan;Lin Cao

  • Massive MIMO Has Unlimited Capacity

    Emil Bjornson;Jakob Hoydis;Luca Sanguinetti

  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: A Signal Processing Perspective With Wireless Applications.

    Emil Björnson;Henk Wymeersch;Bho Matthiesen;Petar Popovski

  • A New Look at Dual-Hop Relaying: Performance Limits with Hardware Impairments

    Emil Bjornson;Michail Matthaiou;Merouane Debbah

  • Optimal Resource Allocation in Coordinated Multi-Cell Systems

    Emil Björnson;Eduard A. Jorswieck

  • Massive MIMO with Non-Ideal Arbitrary Arrays: Hardware Scaling Laws and Circuit-Aware Design

    Emil Bjornson;Michail Matthaiou;Merouane Debbah

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface vs. Decode-and-Forward: How Large Surfaces Are Needed to Beat Relaying?

    Emil Björnson;Özgecan Özdogan;Erik G. Larsson

  • Millimeter Wave Communications for Future Mobile Networks

    Ming Xiao;Shahid Mumtaz;Yongming Huang;Linglong Dai

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik G. Larsson
Erik G. Larsson Linköping University
Luca Sanguinetti
Luca Sanguinetti University of Pisa
Merouane Debbah
Merouane Debbah Khalifa University
Michail Matthaiou
Michail Matthaiou Queen's University Belfast
Bjorn Ottersten
Bjorn Ottersten University of Luxembourg
Mats Bengtsson
Mats Bengtsson Royal Institute of Technology
Jakob Hoydis
Jakob Hoydis Nvidia (United States)
Petar Popovski
Petar Popovski Aalborg University
Zheng Chen
Zheng Chen Peking University

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