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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 33 6030 5788 302 296 166 4926

Kin-Fai Tong publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kin-Fai Tong between 1993 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kin-Fai Tong published across 33 years, from 1993 to 2025, averaging 7.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2023. 49 of the 244 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2023. 1993: 1 publication 1994: 4 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 4 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 4 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 32 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 28 publications
1993 2025

244 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kin-Fai Tong: publications per year, 1993 to 2025
Year Publications
1993 1
1994 4
1995 6
1996 3
1997 8
1998 1
1999 1
2000 3
2001 7
2002 3
2003 4
2004 6
2005 1
2006 4
2007 2
2008 6
2009 2
2010 1
2011 4
2012 4
2013 11
2014 10
2015 8
2016 4
2017 14
2018 9
2019 5
2020 8
2021 8
2022 15
2023 32
2024 21
2025 28
Total 244
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Kin-Fai Tong 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 Kin-Fai Tong 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, 154–173 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: 166 publications — 19th percentile

19% 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
154–173 403 166
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
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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Kin-Fai Tong 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 Kin-Fai Tong 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, 33 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: 33 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% 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 33
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
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96
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Overview

Kin-Fai Tong is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and specializes in engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, and computer networks and communications. Their research covers various aspects of wireless communication technologies and antenna systems.

Their recent publications cover topics related to fluid antenna systems and advanced wireless technologies, including:

  • Performance Limits of Fluid Antenna Systems, 2020, IEEE Communications Letters
  • Bruce Lee-Inspired Fluid Antenna System: Six Research Topics and the Potentials for 6G, 2022, Frontiers in Communications and Networks
  • MIMO Evolution Beyond 5G Through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Fluid Antenna Systems, 2022, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Fluid Antenna System: New Insights on Outage Probability and Diversity Gain, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • An Information-Theoretic Characterization of MIMO-FAS: Optimization, Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff and q-Outage Capacity, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kai-Kit Wong
  • Chan-Byoung Chae
  • Yangyang Zhang
  • Hao Xu

Kin-Fai Tong has published extensively in prominent venues, with multiple papers featured in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • Electronics Letters
  • IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

The main fields of study include:

  • Engineering

Subfields of study span:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biomedical Engineering

The core topics of Kin-Fai Tong's work involve:

  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Wireless Communication Networks Research
  • Microwave Engineering and Waveguides

Best Publications

  • Experimental and simulation studies of the coaxially fed U-slot rectangular patch antenna

    K.F. Lee;K.M. Luk;K.F. Tong;S.M. Shum

  • A broad-band U-slot rectangular patch antenna on a microwave substrate

    Kin-Fai Tong;Kwai-Man Luk;Kai-Fong Lee;R.Q. Lee

  • Circularly Polarized U-Slot Antenna

    Kin-Fai Tong;Ting-Pong Wong

  • Microstrip Patch Antennas—Basic Characteristics and Some Recent Advances

    Kai-Fong Lee;Kin-Fai Tong

  • A Survey of Emerging Interconnects for On-Chip Efficient Multicast and Broadcast in Many-Cores

    Ammar Karkar;Terrence Mak;Kin-Fai Tong;Alex Yakovlev

  • Performance Limits of Fluid Antenna Systems

    Kai Kit Wong;Arman Shojaeifard;Kin-Fai Tong;Yangyang Zhang

  • Frequency diverse array with beam scanning feature

    Jingjing Huang;Kin-Fai Tong;C.J. Baker

  • Planar Endfire Circularly Polarized Antenna Using Combined Magnetic Dipoles

    Wen-Jun Lu;Jing-Wen Shi;Kin-Fai Tong;Hong-Bo Zhu

  • Fluid Antenna Systems

    Kai-Kit Wong;Arman Shojaeifard;Kin-Fai Tong;Yangyang Zhang

  • MIMO Evolution Beyond 5G Through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Fluid Antenna Systems

    Unknown

  • New Proximity Coupled Feeding Method for Reconfigurable Circularly Polarized Microstrip Ring Antennas

    Kin-Fai Tong;Jingjing Huang

  • Frequency diverse array: Simulation and design

    Jingjing Huang;Kin-Fai Tong;Karl Woodbridge;Chris Baker

  • Port Selection for Fluid Antenna Systems

    Unknown

  • Experimental study of the rectangular patch with a U-shaped slot

    K.F. Lee;K.M. Luk;K.F. Tong;Y.L. Yung

  • Fluid Antenna System: New Insights on Outage Probability and Diversity Gain

    Unknown

  • An Information-Theoretic Characterization of MIMO-FAS: Optimization, Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff and <i>q</i>-Outage Capacity

    Unknown

  • Fast Fluid Antenna Multiple Access Enabling Massive Connectivity

    Unknown

  • Compact and Low-Cost 3-D Printed Antennas Metalized Using Spray-Coating Technology for 5G mm-Wave Communication Systems

    Shaker Alkaraki;Andre Sarker Andy;Yue Gao;Kin-Fai Tong

  • A Dual-Band Dual-Polarization Slot Patch Antenna for GPS and Wi-Fi Applications

    Jianling Chen;Kin-Fai Tong;Allann Al-Armaghany;Junhong Wang

  • A Low-Cost Fluid Switch for Frequency-Reconfigurable Vivaldi Antenna

    Cristina Borda-Fortuny;Kin-Fai Tong;Allann Al-Armaghany;Kai-Kit Wong

  • Planar Wideband Loop-Dipole Composite Antenna

    Wen-Jun Lu;Wen-Hai Zhang;Kin Fai Tong;Hong-Bo Zhu

  • Wireless Mesh Networks in IoT networks

    Yu Liu;Kin-Fai Tong;Xiangdong Qiu;Ying Liu

  • Dual-Band Loop-Dipole Composite Unidirectional Antenna for Broadband Wireless Communications

    Wen-Jun Lu;Gui-Mei Liu;Kin Fai Tong;Hong-Bo Zhu

  • Wideband circular patch antenna operated at TM01 mode

    Ka Wai Chan;Kin Fai Tong;Kwai Man Luk

  • A Resilient 2-D Waveguide Communication Fabric for Hybrid Wired-Wireless NoC Design

    Michael Opoku Agyeman;Quoc-Tuan Vien;Ali Ahmadinia;Alexandre Yakovlev

  • Frequency diverse array: Simulation and design

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai-Kit Wong
Kai-Kit Wong University College London
Kwai-Man Luk
Kwai-Man Luk City University of Hong Kong
Kai-Fong Lee
Kai-Fong Lee University of Mississippi
Alex Yakovlev
Alex Yakovlev Newcastle University
Chi Hou Chan
Chi Hou Chan City University of Hong Kong
Hugh Griffiths
Hugh Griffiths University College London
Christopher J. Baker
Christopher J. Baker University of Birmingham
Zesong Fei
Zesong Fei Beijing Institute of Technology
Shi-Wei Qu
Shi-Wei Qu University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Lei Ge
Lei Ge University of Southern Queensland

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