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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 101 169 163 26 26 934 50181

Khaled Ben Letaief publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Khaled Ben Letaief between 1989 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Khaled Ben Letaief published across 38 years, from 1989 to 2026, averaging 30.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 109 publications in 2024. 74 of the 1,156 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 109. Peak 109 publications in 2024. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 11 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 15 publications 1998: 18 publications 1999: 16 publications 2000: 20 publications 2001: 22 publications 2002: 21 publications 2003: 21 publications 2004: 20 publications 2005: 20 publications 2006: 23 publications 2007: 45 publications 2008: 30 publications 2009: 33 publications 2010: 36 publications 2011: 31 publications 2012: 28 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 43 publications 2015: 39 publications 2016: 39 publications 2017: 54 publications 2018: 38 publications 2019: 60 publications 2020: 44 publications 2021: 85 publications 2022: 46 publications 2023: 70 publications 2024: 109 publications 2025: 67 publications 2026: 7 publications
1989 2026

1,156 publications in total across all disciplines

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Khaled Ben Letaief: publications per year, 1989 to 2026
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 2
1991 0
1992 7
1993 3
1994 1
1995 11
1996 4
1997 15
1998 18
1999 16
2000 20
2001 22
2002 21
2003 21
2004 20
2005 20
2006 23
2007 45
2008 30
2009 33
2010 36
2011 31
2012 28
2013 27
2014 43
2015 39
2016 39
2017 54
2018 38
2019 60
2020 44
2021 85
2022 46
2023 70
2024 109
2025 67
2026 7
Total 1,156
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Khaled Ben Letaief publications per year - data summary

  • Khaled Ben Letaief, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has 1,156 publications recorded across 38 years, from 1989 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1989 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 109 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1989 and 1994, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 38 years in the span carries no publications at all (1991).
  • The rate of publication averages 30.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 31.2 per year counting only the 37 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 299 publications, 26% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1989-2001: 120 publications (9.2 per year); 2002-2014: 378 publications (29.1 per year); 2015-2026: 658 publications (54.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Khaled Ben Letaief 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 Khaled Ben Letaief 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, 934–953 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: 934 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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
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 13 934
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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Khaled Ben Letaief publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 6,875 Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 53 ranges running from 34–53 to 1,065+ publications.
  • Khaled Ben Letaief, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, records 934 publications - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Khaled Ben Letaief, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 254–273 publications range, and Khaled Ben Letaief ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 174–193 publications, holding 445 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 294–313 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Khaled Ben Letaief 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 Khaled Ben Letaief 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, 101 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: 101 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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
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 5 101
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96
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Khaled Ben Letaief D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 6,875 Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 82 ranges running from 30 to 111+ D-Index.
  • Khaled Ben Letaief, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, records 101 D-Index - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Khaled Ben Letaief, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 46 D-Index range, and Khaled Ben Letaief ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32 D-Index, holding 263 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 50 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the analysis, design, and performance evaluation of high-speed wireless communication systems

Overview

Khaled Ben Letaief is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with significant contributions in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Aerospace Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on advanced wireless communication technologies and edge intelligence. Notable papers include "Edge Artificial Intelligence for 6G: Vision, Enabling Technologies, and Applications" (2021, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications), "Communication-Efficient Edge AI: Algorithms and Systems" (2020, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials), "Task-Oriented Multi-User Semantic Communications" (2022, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications), "AoI-Minimal Trajectory Planning and Data Collection in UAV-Assisted Wireless Powered IoT Networks" (2020, IEEE Internet of Things Journal), and "Graph Neural Networks for Scalable Radio Resource Management: Architecture Design and Theoretical Analysis" (2020, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications).

The main topics of Khaled Ben Letaief's work include:

  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Wireless Communication Security Techniques
  • Age of Information Optimization
  • Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

Frequent co-authors contributing alongside the scientist are:

  • Pingyi Fan
  • Shenghui Song
  • Yuanming Shi
  • Jun Zhang
  • Ke Xiong

Publications commonly appear in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Proceedings of the IEEE
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Khaled Ben Letaief has authored a book titled Federated Edge Learning, which is scheduled for publication in 2025 by Springer International Publishing.

In recognition of their contributions, they were named IEEE Fellow in 2003 for work related to the analysis, design, and performance evaluation of high-speed wireless communication systems.

Best Publications

  • A Survey on Mobile Edge Computing: The Communication Perspective

    Yuyi Mao;Changsheng You;Jun Zhang;Kaibin Huang

  • Multiuser OFDM with adaptive subcarrier, bit, and power allocation

    Cheong Yui Wong;R.S. Cheng;K.B. Lataief;R.D. Murch

  • The Roadmap to 6G: AI Empowered Wireless Networks

    Khaled B. Letaief;Wei Chen;Yuanming Shi;Jun Zhang

  • Dynamic Computation Offloading for Mobile-Edge Computing With Energy Harvesting Devices

    Yuyi Mao;Jun Zhang;Khaled B. Letaief

  • Cooperative Communications for Cognitive Radio Networks

    K. Ben Letaief;Wei Zhang

  • Alternating Minimization Algorithms for Hybrid Precoding in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems

    Xianghao Yu;Juei-Chin Shen;Jun Zhang;Khaled B. Letaief

  • A robust timing and frequency synchronization for OFDM systems

    Hlaing Minn;V.K. Bhargava;K.B. Letaief

  • Optimization of cooperative spectrum sensing with energy detection in cognitive radio networks

    Wei Zhang;R. Mallik;K. Letaief

  • Client-edge-cloud hierarchical federated learning

    Lumin Liu;Jun Zhang;Shenghui Song;Khaled Ben letaief

  • Delay-optimal computation task scheduling for mobile-edge computing systems

    Juan Liu;Yuyi Mao;Jun Zhang;Khaled B. Letaief

  • Stochastic Joint Radio and Computational Resource Management for Multi-User Mobile-Edge Computing Systems

    Yuyi Mao;Jun Zhang;S. H. Song;Khaled B. Letaief

  • Edge Artificial Intelligence for 6G: Vision, Enabling Technologies, and Applications

    Khaled B. Letaief;Yuanming Shi;Jianmin Lu;Jianhua Lu

  • Channel estimation for OFDM transmission in multipath fading channels based on parametric channel modeling

    Baoguo Yang;K.B. Letaief;R.S. Cheng;Zhigang Cao

  • Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radios under Bandwidth Constraints

    Chunhua Sun;Wei Zhang;K.B. Letaief

  • Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Optimization in Cognitive Radio Networks

    Wei Zhang;R.K. Mallik;K. Ben Letaief

  • Cluster-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Systems

    Chunhua Sun;Wei Zhang;K. Ben

  • Multiuser adaptive subcarrier-and-bit allocation with adaptive cell selection for OFDM systems

    Ying Jun Zhang;K.B. Letaief

  • Group Sparse Beamforming for Green Cloud-RAN

    Yuanming Shi;Jun Zhang;Khaled B. Letaief

  • M-PSK and M-QAM BER computation using signal-space concepts

    Jianhua Lu;K.B. Letaief;J.C.-I. Chuang;M.L. Liou

  • Cooperative spectrum sensing with transmit and relay diversity in cognitive radio networks - [transaction letters]

    Wei Zhang;Khaled Letaief

  • Timing recovery for OFDM transmission

    Baoguo Yang;K.B. Letaief;R.S. Cheng;Zhigang Cao

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Zhang
Jun Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Pingyi Fan
Pingyi Fan Tsinghua University
Wei Chen
Wei Chen Tsinghua University
Ross D. Murch
Ross D. Murch Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yuanming Shi
Yuanming Shi ShanghaiTech University
Ke Xiong
Ke Xiong Beijing Jiaotong University
Roger Shu Kwan Cheng
Roger Shu Kwan Cheng Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zhangdui Zhong
Zhangdui Zhong Beijing Jiaotong University
Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang University of New South Wales
Lin Dai
Lin Dai City University of Hong Kong

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