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D-Index
71
Citations
28303
World Ranking
836
National Ranking
359

Kristofer S. J. Pister 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 Kristofer S. J. Pister sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 298 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kristofer S. J. Pister 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 Kristofer S. J. Pister sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kristofer S. J. Pister is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research output spans multiple fields primarily in engineering and computer science, with a significant focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as computer networks and communications.

Their work includes contributions to specialized subfields such as aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, and artificial intelligence. The scientist's research covers diverse topics including energy harvesting in wireless networks, wireless body area networks, robotics and sensor-based localization, astro and planetary science, spacecraft dynamics and control, modular robots and swarm intelligence, and reinforcement learning in robotics.

Several recent papers by this scientist demonstrate a focus on micro- and nanoscale technologies, wireless communication, and low-power devices. These include:

  • Stencil-printed Lithium-ion micro batteries for IoT applications (2020) published in Nano Energy
  • 6TiSCH on SCμM: Running a Synchronized Protocol Stack without Crystals (2020) published in Sensors
  • Accurate 3D Lighthouse Localization of a Low-Power Crystal-Free Single-Chip Mote (2020) published in Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Nanomechanical testing of freestanding polymer films: in situ tensile testing and Tg measurement (2021) published in Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources
  • QuickCal: Assisted Calibration for Crystal-Free Micromotes (2020) published in IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Kristofer S. J. Pister frequently collaborates with a network of coauthors, including Nathan Lambert, Filip Maksimovic, Lydia Lee, Thomas Watteyne, and Brad Wheeler, indicating a pattern of ongoing professional partnerships.

The scientist's publications appear regularly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Sensors, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, and Nano Energy.

Best Publications

  • System architecture directions for networked sensors

    Jason Hill;Robert Szewczyk;Alec Woo;Seth Hollar

  • Next century challenges: mobile networking for “Smart Dust”

    J. M. Kahn;R. H. Katz;K. S. J. Pister

  • Convex position estimation in wireless sensor networks

    L. Doherty;K.S.J. pister;L. El Ghaoui

  • Connecting the physical world with pervasive networks

    D. Estrin;D. Culler;K. Pister;G. Sukhatme

  • Smart Dust: Communicating with a Cubic-Millimeter Computer

    Brett Warneke;Brian Liebowitz;Kristofer S.J. Pister

  • Micro-Electrostatic Vibration-to-Electricity Converters

    Shad Roundy;Paul K. Wright;Kristofer S. J. Pister

  • Routing Metrics Used for Path Calculation in Low-Power and Lossy Networks

    D. Barthel;K. Pister;N. Dejean;Jp. Vasseur

  • Emerging challenges: Mobile networking for “Smart Dust”

    Joseph M. Kahn;Randy Howard Katz;Kristofer S. J. Pister

  • TSMP: TIME SYNCHRONIZED MESH PROTOCOL

    Kristofer S. J. Pister;Lance Doherty;Dust Networks

  • An ultralow-energy ADC for Smart Dust

    M.D. Scott;B.E. Boser;K.S.J. Pister

  • OpenWSN: a standards‐based low‐power wireless development environment

    Thomas Watteyne;Thomas Watteyne;Xavier Vilajosana;Xavier Vilajosana;Branko Kerkez;Fabien Chraim

  • Low-power 2.4-GHz transceiver with passive RX front-end and 400-mV supply

    Ben W. Cook;Axel Berny;Alyosha Molnar;Steven Lanzisera

  • Etchants for use in micromachining of CMOS Microaccelerometers and microelectromechanical devices and method of making the same

    Kristofer S. J. Pister

  • An autonomous 16 mm/sup 3/ solar-powered node for distributed wireless sensor networks

    B.A. Warneke;M.D. Scott;B.S. Leibowitz;Lixia Zhou

  • Reliability through frequency diversity: why channel hopping makes sense

    Thomas Watteyne;Ankur Mehta;Kris Pister

  • Single mask, large force, and large displacement electrostatic linear inchworm motors

    R. Yeh;S. Hollar;K.S.J. Pister

  • Cmos integrated microsensor with a precision measurement circuit

    William J. Kaiser;Kristofer S. J. Pister;Oscar M. Stafsudd;Phyllis R. Nelson

  • Solar powered 10 mg silicon robot

    S. Hollar;A. Flynn;C. Bellew;K.S.J. Pister

  • RF Time of Flight Ranging for Wireless Sensor Network Localization

    S. Lanzisera;D.T. Lin;K.S.J. Pister

  • 3D printed microfluidic circuitry via multijet-based additive manufacturing

    R. D. Sochol;E. Sweet;C. C. Glick;S. Venkatesh

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Watteyne
Thomas Watteyne French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Bernhard E. Boser
Bernhard E. Boser University of California, Berkeley
Joseph M. Kahn
Joseph M. Kahn Stanford University
Sergey Levine
Sergey Levine University of California, Berkeley
Michel M. Maharbiz
Michel M. Maharbiz University of California, Berkeley
Shankar Sastry
Shankar Sastry University of California, Berkeley
Jose M. Carmena
Jose M. Carmena University of California, Berkeley
Richard M. Murray
Richard M. Murray California Institute of Technology
Alyosha Molnar
Alyosha Molnar Cornell University
Ali M. Niknejad
Ali M. Niknejad University of California, Berkeley

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