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Lionel C. Kimerling

Lionel C. Kimerling

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 106 812 774 276 253 773 44751
Physics 106 1329 1259 697 649 792 44535

Lionel C. Kimerling publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lionel C. Kimerling between 1969 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lionel C. Kimerling published across 58 years, from 1969 to 2026, averaging 14.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 54 publications in 2006. 11 of the 866 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1969 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 54. Peak 54 publications in 2006. 1969: 1 publication 1970: 0 publications 1971: 4 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 1 publication 1974: 3 publications 1975: 10 publications 1976: 6 publications 1977: 7 publications 1978: 5 publications 1979: 8 publications 1980: 6 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 8 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 8 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 16 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 8 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 12 publications 1996: 13 publications 1997: 17 publications 1998: 12 publications 1999: 21 publications 2000: 24 publications 2001: 30 publications 2002: 21 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 35 publications 2005: 30 publications 2006: 54 publications 2007: 33 publications 2008: 36 publications 2009: 36 publications 2010: 45 publications 2011: 41 publications 2012: 41 publications 2013: 38 publications 2014: 30 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 27 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 10 publications 2026: 1 publication
1969 2026

866 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lionel C. Kimerling: publications per year, 1969 to 2026
Year Publications
1969 1
1970 0
1971 4
1972 0
1973 1
1974 3
1975 10
1976 6
1977 7
1978 5
1979 8
1980 6
1981 4
1982 2
1983 8
1984 3
1985 8
1986 5
1987 6
1988 2
1989 16
1990 2
1991 8
1992 8
1993 6
1994 4
1995 12
1996 13
1997 17
1998 12
1999 21
2000 24
2001 30
2002 21
2003 15
2004 35
2005 30
2006 54
2007 33
2008 36
2009 36
2010 45
2011 41
2012 41
2013 38
2014 30
2015 17
2016 27
2017 13
2018 15
2019 9
2020 12
2021 11
2022 5
2023 18
2024 11
2025 10
2026 1
Total 866
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Lionel C. Kimerling publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lionel C. Kimerling sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 770–789 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 773 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43 773
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Lionel C. Kimerling D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lionel C. Kimerling sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 106–107 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62 106
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the measurement and understanding of the electrical properties of defects in semiconductors and the role of charge state and electronic stimulation in their structure and reactivity

Overview

Lionel C. Kimerling is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, with additional work in Artificial Intelligence, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in Kimerling's work include Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Optical Network Technologies, Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices.

Frequent coauthors in Lionel C. Kimerling's research include:

  • Anu Agarwal
  • Samuel Serna
  • Luigi Ranno
  • Jürgen Michel
  • Dawn T. H. Tan

Kimerling has published repeatedly in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Applied Optics
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Photonics Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kimerling include:

  • Highly efficient fiber to Si waveguide free-form coupler for foundry-scale silicon photonics, 2024, Photonics Research
  • Integrated Photonics Packaging: Challenges and Opportunities, 2022, ACS Photonics
  • High spectro-temporal compression on a nonlinear CMOS-chip, 2021, Light Science & Applications
  • High efficiency four wave mixing and optical bistability in amorphous silicon carbide ring resonators, 2020, APL Photonics
  • Dynamic Complex Emulsions as Amplifiers for On-Chip Photonic Cavity-Enhanced Resonators, 2020, ACS Sensors

Throughout their career, Lionel C. Kimerling has been recognized with fellowships including Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1987, noted for contributions to understanding electrical properties of defects in semiconductors. They were also named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992 and Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2012.

Best Publications

  • High-performance Ge-on-Si photodetectors

    Jurgen Michel;Jifeng Liu;Lionel C. Kimerling

  • Photonic-bandgap microcavities in optical waveguides

    J. S. Foresi;P. R. Villeneuve;J. Ferrera;E. R. Thoen

  • Ge-on-Si laser operating at room temperature.

    Jifeng Liu;Xiaochen Sun;Rodolfo Camacho-Aguilera;Lionel C. Kimerling

  • On-chip optical isolation in monolithically integrated non-reciprocal optical resonators

    Lei Bi;Juejun Hu;Peng Jiang;Dong Hun Kim

  • An electrically pumped germanium laser

    Rodolfo E. Camacho-Aguilera;Yan Cai;Neil Patel;Jonathan T. Bessette

  • Improving thin-film crystalline silicon solar cell efficiencies with photonic crystals

    Peter Bermel;Chiyan Luo;Lirong Zeng;Lionel C. Kimerling

  • High-quality Ge epilayers on Si with low threading-dislocation densities

    Hsin-Chiao Luan;Desmond R. Lim;Kevin K. Lee;Kevin M. Chen

  • Fabrication of ultralow-loss Si/SiO(2) waveguides by roughness reduction.

    Kevin K. Lee;Desmond R. Lim;Lionel C. Kimerling;Jangho Shin

  • Ultra-compact Si-SiO 2 microring resonator optical channel dropping filters

    B.E. Little;J.S. Foresi;G. Steinmeyer;E.R. Thoen

  • Tensile-strained, n-type Ge as a gain medium for monolithic laser integration on Si

    Jifeng Liu;Xiaochen Sun;Dong Pan;Xiaoxin Wang

  • Capacitance Transient Spectroscopy

    G. L. Miller;D. V. Lang;L. C. Kimerling

  • Effect of size and roughness on light transmission in a Si/SiO2 waveguide: Experiments and model

    Kevin K. Lee;Desmond R. Lim;Hsin-Chiao Luan;Anuradha Agarwal

  • Waveguide-integrated, ultralow-energy GeSi electro-absorption modulators

    Jifeng Liu;Mark Beals;Andrew Pomerene;Sarah Bernardis

  • Impurity enhancement of the 1.54‐μm Er3+ luminescence in silicon

    J. Michel;J. L. Benton;R. F. Ferrante;D. C. Jacobson

  • High performance, waveguide integrated Ge photodetectors

    Donghwan Ahn;Ching-yin Hong;Jifeng Liu;Wojciech Giziewicz

  • Recombination enhanced defect reactions

    L.C. Kimerling

  • Strain-induced band gap shrinkage in Ge grown on Si substrate

    Yasuhiko Ishikawa;Kazumi Wada;Douglas D. Cannon;Jifeng Liu

  • Room‐temperature sharp line electroluminescence at λ=1.54 μm from an erbium‐doped, silicon light‐emitting diode

    B. Zheng;J. Michel;F. Y. G. Ren;L. C. Kimerling

  • A roadmap for nanophotonics

    Randolph Kirchain;Lionel Kimerling

  • Efficiency enhancement in Si solar cells by textured photonic crystal back reflector

    L. Zeng;Y. Yi;C. Hong;J. Liu

  • Mid-infrared integrated photonics on silicon: a perspective

    Hongtao Lin;Zhengqian Luo;Zhengqian Luo;Tian Gu;Lionel C Kimerling

Frequent Co-Authors

Jifeng Liu
Jifeng Liu Dartmouth College
Kathleen Richardson
Kathleen Richardson University of Central Florida
Lin Zhang
Lin Zhang Tianjin University
Guifang Li
Guifang Li University of Central Florida
Dawn T. H. Tan
Dawn T. H. Tan Singapore University of Technology and Design
Francesco Morichetti
Francesco Morichetti Polytechnic University of Milan
Igor Luzinov
Igor Luzinov Clemson University

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