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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Saudi Arabia
2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 131 39 39 1 1 2117 112805

Mohamed-Slim Alouini publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mohamed-Slim Alouini between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mohamed-Slim Alouini published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 69.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 203 publications in 2020. 113 of the 2,224 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
50 100 150 200
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 203. Peak 203 publications in 2020. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 16 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 22 publications 2002: 31 publications 2003: 38 publications 2004: 37 publications 2005: 35 publications 2006: 27 publications 2007: 37 publications 2008: 32 publications 2009: 30 publications 2010: 51 publications 2011: 81 publications 2012: 112 publications 2013: 117 publications 2014: 137 publications 2015: 133 publications 2016: 151 publications 2017: 169 publications 2018: 135 publications 2019: 157 publications 2020: 203 publications 2021: 168 publications 2022: 75 publications 2023: 89 publications 2024: 79 publications 2025: 34 publications
1994 2025

2,224 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mohamed-Slim Alouini: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 1
1996 0
1997 4
1998 6
1999 16
2000 16
2001 22
2002 31
2003 38
2004 37
2005 35
2006 27
2007 37
2008 32
2009 30
2010 51
2011 81
2012 112
2013 117
2014 137
2015 133
2016 151
2017 169
2018 135
2019 157
2020 203
2021 168
2022 75
2023 89
2024 79
2025 34
Total 2,224
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Mohamed-Slim Alouini publications per year - data summary

  • Mohamed-Slim Alouini, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, has 2,224 publications recorded across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1994 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 203 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1994 and 1995, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 32 years in the span carries no publications at all (1996).
  • The rate of publication averages 69.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 71.7 per year counting only the 31 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 445 publications, 20% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1994-2004: 172 publications (15.6 per year); 2005-2015: 792 publications (72.0 per year); 2016-2025: 1,260 publications (126.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Mohamed-Slim Alouini 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 Mohamed-Slim Alouini 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, 1,065+ 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: 2,117 publications — 100th percentile

100% 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
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 2,117
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Mohamed-Slim Alouini 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.
  • Mohamed-Slim Alouini, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, records 2,117 publications - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Mohamed-Slim Alouini, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 254–273 publications range, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini 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).

Mohamed-Slim Alouini 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 Mohamed-Slim Alouini 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, 111+ 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: 131 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96 131
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Mohamed-Slim Alouini 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.
  • Mohamed-Slim Alouini, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, records 131 D-Index - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Mohamed-Slim Alouini, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 46 D-Index range, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2021 - OSA Fellows Mohamed-Slim Alouini King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia For outstanding contributions to optical wireless communications
  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2009 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to design and performance analysis of wireless communication systems
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Mohamed-Slim Alouini is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research focus is primarily within the field of engineering, with a strong emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering and aerospace engineering. The subfields also include computer networks and communications, ocean engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover various advanced communication and networking technologies. These include:

  • Advanced wireless communication technologies
  • Optical wireless communication technologies
  • Satellite communication systems
  • UAV applications and optimization
  • Advanced MIMO systems optimization
  • Energy harvesting in wireless networks
  • Millimeter-wave propagation and modeling

Mohamed-Slim Alouini has published extensively in several venues, with a high concentration in IEEE-related journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

Highly cited recent papers associated with their research are:

  • "Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How it Works, State of Research, and Road Ahead," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Multi-User MISO Communication: Channel Estimation and Beamforming Design," 2020, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
  • "A Key 6G Challenge and Opportunity-Connecting the Base of the Pyramid: A Survey on Rural Connectivity," 2020, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • "An Overview of Signal Processing Techniques for Terahertz Communications," 2021, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • "Deep Denoising Neural Network Assisted Compressive Channel Estimation for mmWave Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include Mustafa A. Kishk, Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri, Basem Shihada, Gaofeng Pan, and Abla Kammoun.

In addition to journal publications, Mohamed-Slim Alouini has contributed to academic books. Notably, they have a publication with Cambridge University Press titled Advanced Wireless Transmission Technologies (2020).

The scientist has received multiple awards and honors recognizing their contributions. These include:

  • OSA Fellow in 2021 for contributions to optical wireless communications
  • Member of Academia Europaea in 2019
  • IEEE Fellow in 2009 for work on design and performance analysis of wireless communication systems
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Best Publications

  • Digital Communication over Fading Channels

    Marvin Kenneth Simon;Mohamed-Slim Alouini

  • On the Energy Detection of Unknown Signals Over Fading Channels

    F.F. Digham;M.-S. Alouini;M.K. Simon

  • Digital Communication over Fading Channels: A Unified Approach to Performance Analysis

    Marvin Kenneth Simon;Mohamed-Slim Alouini

  • Wireless Communications Through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

    Ertugrul Basar;Marco Di Renzo;Julien De Rosny;Merouane Debbah

  • Digital Communication over Fading Channels: Simon/Digital Communications 2e

    Marvin K. Simon;Mohamed-Slim Alouini

  • A performance study of dual-hop transmissions with fixed gain relays

    M.O. Hasna;M.-S. Alouini

  • Smart radio environments empowered by reconfigurable AI meta-surfaces: an idea whose time has come

    Marco Di Renzo;Merouane Debbah;Dinh-Thuy Phan-Huy;Alessio Zappone

  • What should 6G be

    Shuping Dang;Osama Amin;Basem Shihada;Mohamed-Slim Alouini

  • End-to-end performance of transmission systems with relays over Rayleigh-fading channels

    M.O. Hasna;M.-S. Alouini

  • Capacity of Rayleigh fading channels under different adaptive transmission and diversity-combining techniques

    M.-S. Alouini;A.J. Goldsmith

  • A new simple model for land mobile satellite channels: first- and second-order statistics

    A. Abdi;W.C. Lau;M.-S. Alouini;M. Kaveh

  • Adaptive Modulation over Nakagami Fading Channels

    Mohamed-Slim Alouini;Andrea J. Goldsmith

  • A unified approach to the performance analysis of digital communication over generalized fading channels

    M.K. Simon;M. Alouini

  • A Survey of Channel Modeling for UAV Communications

    Aziz Altaf Khuwaja;Yunfei Chen;Nan Zhao;Mohamed-Slim Alouini

  • Optimal power allocation for relayed transmissions over Rayleigh-fading channels

    M.O. Hasna;M.-S. Alouini

  • A unified approach for calculating error rates of linearly modulated signals over generalized fading channels

    M.-S. Alouini;A.J. Goldsmith

  • Area spectral efficiency of cellular mobile radio systems

    M.-S. Alouini;A.J. Goldsmith

  • Outage probability of multihop transmission over Nakagami fading channels

    M.O. Hasna;M.-S. Alouini

  • How much feedback is multi-user diversity really worth?

    D. Gesbert;M.-S. Alouini

  • Smart Radio Environments Empowered by Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: How it Works, State of Research, and Road Ahead.

    Marco Di Renzo;Alessio Zappone;Merouane Debbah;Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Frequent Co-Authors

Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri
Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Hong-Chuan Yang
Hong-Chuan Yang University of Victoria
Khalid A. Qaraqe
Khalid A. Qaraqe Hamad bin Khalifa University
Abla Kammoun
Abla Kammoun King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Hesham ElSawy
Hesham ElSawy Queen's University
Marvin K. Simon
Marvin K. Simon California Institute of Technology
Anas Chaaban
Anas Chaaban University of British Columbia
Imran Shafique Ansari
Imran Shafique Ansari University of Glasgow
Hakim Ghazzai
Hakim Ghazzai King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Boon S. Ooi
Boon S. Ooi King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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