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D-Index
142
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World Ranking
23
National Ranking
12

Leon O. Chua 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 Leon O. Chua sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 825 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leon O. Chua 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 Leon O. Chua sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 142 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2005 - IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award "For seminal contributions to the foundation of nonlinear circuit theory, and for inventing Chua's Circuit and Cellular Networks, each spawning a new research area."
  • 1997 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1974 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to nonlinear network theory.

Overview

Leon O. Chua is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Neuroscience, with 72 and 64 publications respectively. The subfields of study cover Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research topics focus on areas such as Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Stochastic Dynamics and Bifurcation, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, and Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices.

Recent papers authored by or involving Chua include:

  • All-Optically Controlled Memristor for Optoelectronic Neuromorphic Computing, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Recent Advances and Future Prospects for Memristive Materials, Devices, and Systems, 2023, ACS Nano
  • Research Progress on Memristor: From Synapses to Computing Systems, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers
  • Variability in Resistive Memories, 2023, Advanced Intelligent Systems
  • Vertical-organic-nanocrystal-arrays for crossbar memristors with tuning switching dynamics toward neuromorphic computing, 2021, SmartMat

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Chua include:

  • Ronald Tetzlaff (25 publications)
  • Alon Ascoli (21 publications)
  • Ahmet Şamil Demirkol (19 publications)
  • Rodrigo Picos (13 publications)
  • Stavros G. Stavrinides (13 publications)

Chua's work has appeared predominantly in several publication venues:

  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers (14 publications)
  • International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos (5 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs (4 publications)
  • Chaos Solitons & Fractals (3 publications)

They have also authored books published by World Scientific, including "The Chua Lectures: From Memristors and Cellular Nonlinear Networks to the Edge of Chaos" (2020).

Leon O. Chua has received several awards, such as:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2010)
  • IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award (2005) for contributions to nonlinear circuit theory and inventions of Chua's Circuit and Cellular Networks
  • Member of Academia Europaea (1997)
  • IEEE Fellow (1974) for contributions to nonlinear network theory

Best Publications

  • Memristor-The missing circuit element

    L. Chua

  • Cellular neural networks: theory

    L.O. Chua;L. Yang

  • Cellular neural networks: applications

    L.O. Chua;L. Yang

  • Memristive devices and systems

    L.O. Chua;Sung Mo Kang

  • Practical Numerical Algorithms for Chaotic Systems

    Thomas S. Parker;Leon O. Chua

  • Computer-aided analysis of electronic circuits

    Leon O. Chua

  • Resistance Switching Memories Are Memristors

    Leon Chua

  • The double scroll family

    L. Chua;M. Komuro;T. Matsumoto

  • Linear and nonlinear circuits

    Leon O. Chua

  • The CNN paradigm

    L.O. Chua;T. Roska

  • Neural networks for nonlinear programming

    M.P. Kennedy;L.O. Chua

  • The CNN universal machine: an analogic array computer

    T. Roska;L.O. Chua

  • Circuit Elements With Memory: Memristors, Memcapacitors, and Meminductors

    M. Di Ventra;Y.V. Pershin;L.O. Chua

  • EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF SECURE COMMUNICATIONS VIA CHAOTIC SYNCHRONIZATION

    Lj. Kocarev;K. S. Halle;K. Eckert;L. O. Chua

  • Synchronization in an array of linearly coupled dynamical systems

    Chai Wah Wu;L.O. Chua

  • Impulsive stabilization for control and synchronization of chaotic systems: theory and application to secure communication

    Tao Yang;L.O. Chua

  • Methods of qualitative theory in nonlinear dynamics

    Leonid P. Shilnikov;Andrey L. Shilnikov;Dmitry V. Turaev;Leon O. Chua

  • Circuit elements with memory: memristors, memcapacitors and meminductors

    Massimiliano Di Ventra;Yuriy V. Pershin;Leon O. Chua

  • Fading memory and the problem of approximating nonlinear operators with Volterra series

    S. Boyd;L. Chua

  • The double scroll

    T. Matsumoto;L. Chua;M. Komuro

  • The CNN paradigm

    L. O. Chua

Frequent Co-Authors

Ángel Rodríguez-Vázquez
Ángel Rodríguez-Vázquez University of Seville
Michael Peter Kennedy
Michael Peter Kennedy University College Dublin
Josef A. Nossek
Josef A. Nossek Technical University of Munich
José L. Huertas
José L. Huertas Spanish National Research Council
Luigi Fortuna
Luigi Fortuna University of Catania
Kari Halonen
Kari Halonen Aalto University
Herbert Ho-Ching Iu
Herbert Ho-Ching Iu University of Western Australia
Charles A. Desoer
Charles A. Desoer University of California, Berkeley
Sung-Mo Kang
Sung-Mo Kang University of California, Santa Cruz

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