2026 James L. Flanagan: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	46	5050	1435	273	12009

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Engineering and Technology

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Research.com Recognitions

2005 - IEEE Medal of Honor For sustained leadership and outstanding contributions in speech technology.”
1996 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his pioneering contributions to speech communication research, and his leadership in the application to telecommunications technology.", Awarded by President Clinton in a White House ceremony on July 26, 1996.
1986 - IEEE Edison Medal For a career of innovation and leadership in speech communication science and technology.
1983 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

James L. Flanagan was affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields including Materials Science and Medicine.

The subfields of study they contributed to included Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

Key topics within their work involved:

Crystallography and molecular interactions
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
Enzyme Structure and Function
Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies

Their recent publications reflected this multidisciplinary focus. These included:

How Many Cocrystals Are We Missing? Assessing Two Crystal Engineering Approaches to Pharmaceutical Cocrystal Screening, 2022, published in Crystal Growth & Design
Anti-factor Xa vs aPTT for heparin monitoring in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, 2022, published in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
Harvesting Electricity from Sound Waves: An Application of Faraday's Law, 2024, presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings

Frequent collaborators in their research included Chiara Cappuccino, David F. Cusack, Carl Harrison, Cillian Holohan, and Monica Lestari.

The venues where the scientist commonly published were:

Crystal Growth & Design
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings

James L. Flanagan received several distinguished awards over the course of their career. These included:

IEEE Medal of Honor in 2005, awarded for sustained leadership and outstanding contributions in speech technology
US President's National Medal of Science in 1996, awarded for pioneering contributions to speech communication research and leadership in telecommunications technology applications
IEEE Edison Medal in 1986, recognizing innovation and leadership in speech communication science and technology
Membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1983

Best Publications

Speech Analysis, Synthesis and Perception

James L. Flanagan

3161
Citations
Synthesis of voiced sounds from a two-mass model of the vocal cords

Unknown

1098
Citations
Digital coding of speech in sub-bands

R. Crochiere;S. Webber;J. Flanagan

654
Citations
Computer‐steered microphone arrays for sound transduction in large rooms

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481
Citations
Speech Coding

J. Flanagan;M. Schroeder;B. Atal;R. Crochiere

347
Citations
Autodirective microphone systems

J. L. Flanagan

324
Citations
Adaptive quantization in differential PCM coding of speech

P. Cummiskey;N. S. Jayant;J. L. Flanagan

282
Citations
Self-oscillating source for vocal-tract synthesizers

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274
Citations
A Difference Limen for Vowel Formant Frequency

James L. Flanagan

220
Citations
Multimodal interaction on PDA's integrating speech and pen inputs.

Sorin Dusan;Gregory J. Gadbois;James L. Flanagan

219
Citations
Spatially selective sound capture for speech and audio processing

J. L. Flanagan;A. C. Surendran;E. E. Jan

178
Citations
A DSP implementation of source location using microphone arrays.

Daniel V. Rabinkin;Richard J. Ranomeron;Art Dahl;Joe French

160
Citations
Synthetic voices for computers

J. L. Flanagan;C. H. Coker;L. R. Rabiner;R. W. Schafer

146
Citations
Synthesis of speech from a dynamic model of the vocal cords and vocal tract

J. L. Flanagan;K. Ishizaka;K. L. Shipley

142
Citations
Method and apparatus including microphone arrays and neural networks for speech/speaker recognition systems

James L. Flanagan;Qiguang Lin;Mazin Rahim;Chiwei Che

122
Citations
Direct determination of vocal tract wall impedance

K. Ishizaka;J. French;J. Flanagan

98
Citations
Parametric coding of speech spectra

Unknown

95
Citations
Microphone arrays and speaker identification

Qiguang Lin;Ea-Ee Jan;J. Flanagan

94
Citations
Difference Limen for the Intensity of a Vowel Sound

James L. Flanagan

94
Citations
The Huge Microphone Array. 2

H.F. Silverman;W.R. Patterson;J.L. Flanagan

91
Citations
Natural communication with information systems

I. Marsic;A. Medl;J. Flanagan

88
Citations
Pitch Discrimination for Synthetic Vowels

James L. Flanagan;Michael G. Saslow

87
Citations
Automatic speaker verification by non-linear time alignment of acoustic parameters

George Rowland Doddington;James Loton Flanagan;Robert Carl Lummis

86
Citations
DSP implementation of source location using microphone arrays

Daniel V. Rabinkin;Richard J. Renomeron;A. J. Dahl;Joseph C. French

60
Citations