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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 78 572 548 37 35 829 25493
Computer Science 78 1203 1162 39 34 848 25566

Octavia A. Dobre publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Octavia A. Dobre between 1999 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Octavia A. Dobre published across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026, averaging 35.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 114 publications in 2025. 115 of the 987 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 114. Peak 114 publications in 2025. 1999: 3 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 2 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 22 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 28 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 48 publications 2018: 74 publications 2019: 79 publications 2020: 98 publications 2021: 108 publications 2022: 74 publications 2023: 106 publications 2024: 104 publications 2025: 114 publications 2026: 1 publication
1999 2026

987 publications in total across all disciplines

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Octavia A. Dobre: publications per year, 1999 to 2026
Year Publications
1999 3
2000 0
2001 2
2002 2
2003 1
2004 2
2005 4
2006 2
2007 6
2008 5
2009 6
2010 25
2011 9
2012 22
2013 21
2014 21
2015 28
2016 22
2017 48
2018 74
2019 79
2020 98
2021 108
2022 74
2023 106
2024 104
2025 114
2026 1
Total 987
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Octavia A. Dobre publications per year - data summary

  • Octavia A. Dobre, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Memorial University of Newfoundland, has 987 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1999 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 114 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2003 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 28 years in the span carries no publications at all (2000).
  • The rate of publication averages 35.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 36.6 per year counting only the 27 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 399 publications, 40% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1999-2008: 27 publications (2.7 per year); 2009-2018: 276 publications (27.6 per year); 2019-2026: 684 publications (85.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Octavia A. Dobre 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 Octavia A. Dobre 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, 814–833 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: 829 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.

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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 20 829
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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Octavia A. Dobre 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.
  • Octavia A. Dobre, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Memorial University of Newfoundland, records 829 publications - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Octavia A. Dobre, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 254–273 publications range, and Octavia A. Dobre 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).

Octavia A. Dobre 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 Octavia A. Dobre 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, 78 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: 78 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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 78
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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Octavia A. Dobre 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.
  • Octavia A. Dobre, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Memorial University of Newfoundland, records 78 D-Index - the 92nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 92% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Octavia A. Dobre, and about 8% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 46 D-Index range, and Octavia A. Dobre 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

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory and practice of signal intelligence and emerging wireless technologies

Overview

Octavia A. Dobre is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and specializes in research spanning engineering and computer science. Their work focuses primarily on electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's research topics include advanced wireless communication technologies, optical wireless communication technologies, advanced MIMO systems optimization, satellite communication systems, energy harvesting in wireless networks, antenna design and analysis, and IoT and edge/fog computing.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their body of work are Trung Q. Duong, Zhiguo Ding, Telex M. N. Ngatched, Ibrahim Al-Nahhal, and Shun Zhang.

Octavia A. Dobre has published extensively in various venues. Their most frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Recent papers by Octavia A. Dobre feature the following works:

  • 6G Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey, 2021, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Federated Learning for Smart Healthcare: A Survey, 2022, ACM Computing Surveys
  • STAR-RISs: Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, 2021, IEEE Communications Letters
  • Sum Rate Maximization for IRS-Assisted Uplink NOMA, 2020, IEEE Communications Letters
  • Hardware Impaired Ambient Backscatter NOMA Systems: Reliability and Security, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Communications

The scientist has contributed to book publications through Springer Nature, including the 2024 title Reinforcement Learning for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces.

Among the recognitions received is the IEEE Fellow award, granted in 2020 for contributions to the theory and practice of signal intelligence and emerging wireless technologies.

Best Publications

  • Power-Domain Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) in 5G Systems: Potentials and Challenges

    S. M. Riazul Islam;Nurilla Avazov;Octavia A. Dobre;Kyung Sup Kwak

  • Survey of automatic modulation classification techniques: classical approaches and new trends

    Octavia A. Dobre;Ali Abdi;Yeheskel Bar-Ness;Wei Su

  • 6G Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey

    Dinh C. Nguyen;Ming Ding;Pubudu N. Pathirana;Aruna Seneviratne

  • 6G Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey

    Dinh C. Nguyen;Ming Ding;Pubudu N. Pathirana;Aruna Seneviratne

  • Federated Learning for Smart Healthcare: A Survey

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  • On the likelihood-based approach to modulation classification

    F. Hameed;O. Dobre;D. Popescu

  • Resource Allocation for Downlink NOMA Systems: Key Techniques and Open Issues

    S. M. Riazul Islam;Ming Zeng;Octavia A. Dobre;Kyung-Sup Kwak

  • Capacity Comparison Between MIMO-NOMA and MIMO-OMA With Multiple Users in a Cluster

    Ming Zeng;Animesh Yadav;Octavia A. Dobre;Georgios I. Tsiropoulos

  • A Prospective Look: Key Enabling Technologies, Applications and Open Research Topics in 6G Networks

    Lina Bariah;Lina Mohjazi;Sami Muhaidat;Paschalis C. Sofotasios

  • Joint Power and Time Allocation for NOMA–MEC Offloading

    Zhiguo Ding;Jie Xu;Octavia A. Dobre;H. Vincent Poor

  • Higher-order cyclic cumulants for high order modulation classification

    O.A. Dobre;Y. Bar-Ness;Wei Su

  • Radio Resource Allocation Techniques for Efficient Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Networks

    Georgios I. Tsiropoulos;Octavia A. Dobre;Mohamed Hossam Ahmed;Kareem E. Baddour

  • Sum Rate Maximization for IRS-Assisted Uplink NOMA

    Ming Zeng;Xingwang Li;Gen Li;Wanming Hao

  • NOMA Empowered Integrated Sensing and Communication

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  • Hardware Impaired Ambient Backscatter NOMA Systems: Reliability and Security

    Xingwang Li;Mengle Zhao;Ming Zeng;Shahid Mumtaz

  • Specific Emitter Identification via Hilbert–Huang Transform in Single-Hop and Relaying Scenarios

    Jingwen Zhang;Fanggang Wang;Octavia A. Dobre;Zhangdui Zhong

  • Edge Intelligence-Based Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications for Digital Twin-Enabled Metaverse

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  • An Efficient Specific Emitter Identification Method Based on Complex-Valued Neural Networks and Network Compression

    Yu Wang;Guan Gui;Haris Gacanin;Tomoaki Ohtsuki

  • RIS-Assisted Visible Light Communication Systems: A Tutorial

    Unknown

  • Secure Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Integrated Sensing and Communication

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  • Coverage Characterization of STAR-RIS Networks: NOMA and OMA

    Chenyu Wu;Yuanwei Liu;Xidong Mu;Xuemai Gu

  • On the Sum Rate of MIMO-NOMA and MIMO-OMA Systems

    Ming Zeng;Animesh Yadav;Octavia A. Dobre;Georgios I. Tsiropoulos

  • Signal identification for emerging intelligent radios: classical problems and new challenges

    Octavia A. Dobre

  • Blind modulation classification: a concept whose time has come

    O.A. Dobre;A. Abdi;Y. Bar-Ness;Wei Su

  • Robust QAM modulation classification algorithm using cyclic cumulants

    O.A. Dobre;Y. Bar-Ness;Wei Su

  • Second-Order Cyclostationarity of Mobile WiMAX and LTE OFDM Signals and Application to Spectrum Awareness in Cognitive Radio Systems

    Ala'a Al-Habashna;O. A. Dobre;R. Venkatesan;D. C. Popescu

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Vincent Poor
H. Vincent Poor Princeton University
Ming Zeng
Ming Zeng Université Laval
Kanapathippillai Cumanan
Kanapathippillai Cumanan University of York
Cheng Li
Cheng Li Memorial University of Newfoundland
Zhiguo Ding
Zhiguo Ding Nanyang Technological University
Alister G. Burr
Alister G. Burr University of York
Sami Muhaidat
Sami Muhaidat Khalifa University
Salama S. Ikki
Salama S. Ikki Lakehead University
Paschalis C. Sofotasios
Paschalis C. Sofotasios Khalifa University
Yeheskel Bar-Ness
Yeheskel Bar-Ness New Jersey Institute of Technology

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