2026 Gianluigi Liva: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	31	13480	13072	648	633	270	5380

Gianluigi Liva publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianluigi Liva sits on this spectrum.

32 publications 991+

This scientist: 270 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Gianluigi Liva D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

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

30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gianluigi Liva is affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany, contributing extensively to research in computer science and engineering. Their work predominantly spans computer networks and communications as well as electrical and electronic engineering, with additional involvement in molecular biology, infectious diseases, and artificial intelligence.

The main research topics covered by Liva include:

Error Correcting Code Techniques
Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques
Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
IoT Networks and Protocols
Age of Information Optimization
Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

They have contributed multiple research papers over the years, some of the recent publications being:

"White Paper on Critical and Massive Machine Type Communication Towards 6G," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Semantic Communications in Networked Systems: A Data Significance Perspective," 2022, IEEE Network
"Machine type communications: key drivers and enablers towards the 6G era," 2021, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
"Trends in Channel Coding for 6G," 2024, Proceedings of the IEEE
"The Dynamic Behavior of Frameless ALOHA: Drift Analysis, Throughput, and Age of Information," 2023, IEEE Transactions on Communications

Frequent publication venues for Liva's work include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Communications
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
elib (German Aerospace Center)
IEEE Communications Letters

Collaboration is notable in Liva's career, with frequent co-authors such as:

Hannes Bartz
Andrea Munari
Emna Ben Yacoub
Alexandre Graell i Amat
Enrico Paolini

In addition to articles, Liva has contributed to academic publishing through books, including a publication with Springer Science+Business Media titled "Code-Based Cryptography" in 2022.

Best Publications

Graph-Based Analysis and Optimization of Contention Resolution Diversity Slotted ALOHA

G Liva

762
Citations
Coded Slotted ALOHA: A Graph-Based Method for Uncoordinated Multiple Access

Enrico Paolini;Gianluigi Liva;Marco Chiani

360
Citations
Protograph LDPC Codes Design Based on EXIT Analysis

G. Liva;M. Chiani

342
Citations
Coded random access: applying codes on graphs to design random access protocols

Enrico Paolini;Cedomir Stefanovic;Gianluigi Liva;Petar Popovski

224
Citations
White paper on critical and massive machine type communication towards 6G

N.H. Mahmood;S. Böcker;A. Munari;F. Clazzer

179
Citations
Efficient error-correcting codes in the short blocklength regime

Mustafa Cemil Coskun;Mustafa Cemil Coskun;Giuseppe Durisi;Thomas Jerkovits;Gianluigi Liva

163
Citations
Quasi-Cyclic Generalized LDPC Codes With Low Error Floors

Gianluigi Liva;William E. Ryan;Marco Chiani

149
Citations
Code Design for Short Blocks: A Survey.

Gianluigi Liva;Lorenzo Gaudio;Tudor Ninacs;Thomas Jerkovits

139
Citations
High Throughput Random Access via Codes on Graphs: Coded Slotted ALOHA

Enrico Paolini;Gianluigi Liva;Marco Chiani

138
Citations
Design of LDPC Codes: A Survey and New Results

Gianluigi Liva;Shumei Song;Lan Lan;Yifei Zhang

130
Citations
Coded Slotted ALOHA: A Graph-Based Method for Uncoordinated Multiple Access

Enrico Paolini;Gianluigi Liva;Marco Chiani

116
Citations
Non-Linear Interference Mitigation for Broadband Multimedia Satellite Systems

M.A. Diaz;N. Courville;C. Mosquera;G. Liva

106
Citations
Machine type communications: key drivers and enablers towards the 6G era

Nurul Huda Mahmood;Stefan Böcker;Ingrid Moerman;Onel L. Alcaraz López

91
Citations
Reliability Options for Data Communications in the Future Deep-Space Missions

T. de Cola;E. Paolini;G. Liva;G. P. Calzolari

88
Citations
Performance versus overhead for fountain codes over F q

G. Liva;E. Paolini;M. Chiani

84
Citations
Short Packets Over Block-Memoryless Fading Channels: Pilot-Assisted or Noncoherent Transmission?

Johan Ostman;Giuseppe Durisi;Erik G. Strom;Mustafa C. Coskun

81
Citations
Short Turbo Codes over High Order Fields

G. Liva;E. Paolini;B. Matuz;S. Scalise

73
Citations
Modern Random Access Protocols

Matteo Berioli;Giuseppe Cocco;Gianluigi Liva;Andrea Munari

60
Citations
Maximum Likelihood Erasure Decoding of LDPC Codes: Pivoting Algorithms and Code Design

E. Paolini;G. Liva;B. Matuz;M. Chiani

60
Citations
Spatially-coupled random access on graphs

Gianluigi Liva;Enrico Paolini;Michael Lentmaier;Marco Chiani

59
Citations
Finite-Length Analysis of Irregular Repetition Slotted ALOHA in the Waterfall Region

Alexandre Graell i Amat;Gianluigi Liva

58
Citations
Protograph-Based LDPC Code Design for Shaped Bit-Metric Decoding

Fabian Steiner;Georg Bocherer;Gianluigi Liva

51
Citations
Generalized IRA Erasure Correcting Codes for Hybrid Iterative/Maximum Likelihood Decoding

E. Paolini;G. Liva;B. Matuz;M. Chiani

41
Citations
International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

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40
Citations
Coded Random Access: How Coding Theory Helps to Build Random Access Protocols.

Enrico Paolini;Cedomir Stefanovic;Gianluigi Liva;Petar Popovski

30
Citations
From 5G to 6G: Has the Time for Modern Random Access Come?

Federico Clazzer;Andrea Munari;Gianluigi Liva;Francisco Lazaro Blasco

27
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Chiani University of Bologna

Giuseppe Durisi Chalmers University of Technology

William E. Ryan Zeta Associates

Michael Lentmaier Lund University

Gerhard Bauch Hamburg University of Technology

Soung Chang Liew Chinese University of Hong Kong

Cedomir Stefanovic Aalborg University

Giovanni Emanuele Corazza University of Bologna

Erik G. Ström Chalmers University of Technology

Petar Popovski Aalborg University

External Links

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