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Richard Ian Laming

Richard Ian Laming

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 59 1803 89 235 10198

Richard Ian Laming publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard Ian Laming between 1986 and 2012, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard Ian Laming published across 27 years, from 1986 to 2012, averaging 9 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 1996. 1 of the 243 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2012. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 1996. 1986: 3 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 4 publications 1989: 15 publications 1990: 19 publications 1991: 13 publications 1992: 16 publications 1993: 17 publications 1994: 11 publications 1995: 18 publications 1996: 33 publications 1997: 29 publications 1998: 28 publications 1999: 15 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 9 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 1 publication
1986 2012

243 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard Ian Laming: publications per year, 1986 to 2012
Year Publications
1986 3
1987 1
1988 4
1989 15
1990 19
1991 13
1992 16
1993 17
1994 11
1995 18
1996 33
1997 29
1998 28
1999 15
2000 6
2001 2
2002 1
2003 9
2004 1
2005 0
2006 0
2007 1
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 1
Total 243
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Richard Ian Laming publications per year - data summary

  • Richard Ian Laming, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Optoscribe Ltd., has 243 publications recorded across 27 years, from 1986 to 2012.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1986 and the most recent to 2012.
  • The most productive year is 1996, with 33 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1987, 2002, 2004, 2007 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 6 of the 27 years in the span carry no publications at all (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 9.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.6 per year counting only the 21 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2008-2012) hold 1 publication, <1% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1986-1994: 99 publications (11.0 per year); 1995-2003: 141 publications (15.7 per year); 2004-2012: 3 publications (0.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is declining.

Richard Ian Laming 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 Richard Ian Laming 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, 234–253 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: 235 publications — 40th percentile

40% 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
234–253 399 235
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
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Richard Ian Laming 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.
  • Richard Ian Laming, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Optoscribe Ltd., records 235 publications - the 40th percentile of the discipline.
  • 40% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Richard Ian Laming, and about 60% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 254–273 publications range, and Richard Ian Laming ranks below 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).

Richard Ian Laming 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 Richard Ian Laming 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, 59 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: 59 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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 59
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
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Richard Ian Laming 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.
  • Richard Ian Laming, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Optoscribe Ltd., records 59 D-Index - the 75th percentile of the discipline.
  • 75% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Richard Ian Laming, and about 25% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 46 D-Index range, and Richard Ian Laming 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

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Optics
  • Laser
  • Optical fiber

Richard Ian Laming mostly deals with Optics, Optical fiber, Optoelectronics, Fiber Bragg grating and Laser. Dispersion-shifted fiber, Grating, Wavelength, Optical amplifier and Diffraction grating are the core of his Optics study. His Optical fiber research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Doping, Erbium, Absorption, Optical communication and Amplifier.

His Optoelectronics research includes elements of Soliton and Nonlinear optics. Richard Ian Laming studied Fiber Bragg grating and PHOSFOS that intersect with Compensation and Subwavelength-diameter optical fibre. His studies deal with areas such as Molecular physics, Band-pass filter and Narrowband as well as Laser.

His most cited work include:

  • Sinc-sampled fiber Bragg gratings for identical multiple wavelength operation (301 citations)
  • Absorption and emission cross section of Er/sup 3+/ doped silica fibers (235 citations)
  • Moving fibre/phase mask-scanning beam technique for enhanced flexibility in producing fibre gratings with uniform phase mask (209 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His scientific interests lie mostly in Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical fiber, Optical amplifier and Amplifier. His Optics and Grating, Fiber Bragg grating, Laser, Dispersion and Erbium investigations all form part of his Optics research activities. His Optoelectronics research incorporates themes from Optical pumping, Erbium doped fiber amplifier and Absorption.

His Optical fiber study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Fiber, Optical communication, Nonlinear optics and Birefringence. His research in Optical amplifier intersects with topics in Low-noise amplifier, Isolator and Signal. His study in Amplifier is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Electronic engineering, Doping and Amplified spontaneous emission.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optics (82.01%)
  • Optoelectronics (36.33%)
  • Optical fiber (33.81%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1997-2003)?

  • Optics (82.01%)
  • Fiber Bragg grating (20.50%)
  • Grating (24.10%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Richard Ian Laming mainly investigates Optics, Fiber Bragg grating, Grating, Optoelectronics and Dispersion. His work on Optics deals in particular with Wavelength-division multiplexing, Optical fiber, Laser, PHOSFOS and Fiber laser. In his study, Subwavelength-diameter optical fibre and Flattening is strongly linked to Amplifier, which falls under the umbrella field of Optical fiber.

Richard Ian Laming has researched Fiber Bragg grating in several fields, including Polarization-maintaining optical fiber, Graded-index fiber, Long-period fiber grating, Photonic-crystal fiber and Blazed grating. His work focuses on many connections between Optoelectronics and other disciplines, such as Pulse, that overlap with his field of interest in Self-phase modulation, AND gate, Nonlinear optics and Soliton. His Dispersion study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Transmission, Compensation and Optical amplifier.

Between 1997 and 2003, his most popular works were:

  • Sinc-sampled fiber Bragg gratings for identical multiple wavelength operation (301 citations)
  • Nonlinear self-switching and multiple gap-soliton formation in a fiber Bragg grating. (107 citations)
  • Influence of nonideal chirped fiber grating characteristics on dispersion cancellation (102 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Optics
  • Laser
  • Optical fiber

Richard Ian Laming focuses on Optics, Fiber Bragg grating, Grating, Dispersion and Optical fiber. His research related to PHOSFOS, Multi-mode optical fiber, Dispersion-shifted fiber, Wavelength-division multiplexing and Diffraction grating might be considered part of Optics. As a part of the same scientific study, Richard Ian Laming usually deals with the Multi-mode optical fiber, concentrating on Polarization-maintaining optical fiber and frequently concerns with Distributed feedback laser.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Fiber laser and Long-period fiber grating. Richard Ian Laming has included themes like Decoding methods, Code division multiple access, Bandwidth and Matched filter in his Grating study. His work deals with themes such as Quantum well and Laser, which intersect with Wavelength.

Best Publications

  • Sinc-sampled fiber Bragg gratings for identical multiple wavelength operation

    M. Ibsen;M.K. Durkin;M.J. Cole;R.I. Laming

  • Absorption and emission cross section of Er/sup 3+/ doped silica fibers

    W.L. Barnes;R.I. Laming;E.J. Tarbox;P.R. Morkel

  • Electric current sensors employing spun highly birefringent optical fibers

    R.I. Laming;D.N. Payne

  • Stable single-frequency traveling-wave fiber loop laser with integral saturable-absorber-based tracking narrow-band filter

    Y. Cheng;J.T. Kringlebotn;W.H. Loh;R.I. Laming

  • Moving fibre/phase mask-scanning beam technique for enhanced flexibility in producing fibre gratings with uniform phase mask

    M.J. Cole;W.H. Loh;R.I. Laming;M.N. Zervas

  • Fabrication and characterization of low-loss optical fibers containing rare-earth ions

    S. Poole;D. Payne;R. Mears;M. Fermann

  • 320 fs soliton generation with passively mode-locked erbium fibre laser

    D.J. Richardson;R.I. Laming;D.N. Payne;M.W. Phillips

  • Triple-frequency operation of an Er-doped twincore fiber loop laser

    O. Graydon;W.H. Loh;R.I. Laming;L. Dong

  • The effect of four-wave mixing in fibers on optical frequency-division multiplexed systems

    M.W. Maeda;W.B. Sessa;W.I. Way;A. Yi-Yan

  • Selfstarting, passively modelocked erbium fibre ring laser based on the amplifying Sagnac switch

    D.J. Richardson;R.I. Laming;D.N. Payne;V. Matsas

  • Complex grating structures with uniform phase masks based on the moving fiber-scanning beam technique.

    W. H. Loh;M. J. Cole;M. N. Zervas;S. Barcelos

  • Pump excited-state absorption in erbium-doped fibers.

    Richard I. Laming;Simon B. Poole;E. J. Tarbox

  • Erbium-doped fiber amplifier with flattened gain spectrum

    M. Tachibana;R.I. Laming;P.R. Morkel;D.N. Payne

  • Theoretical modeling of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with excited-state absorption.

    P. R. Morkel;Richard I. Laming

  • Nonlinear self-switching and multiple gap-soliton formation in a fiber Bragg grating.

    D. Taverner;N.G.R. Broderick;D.J. Richardson;R.I. Laming

  • Optimization of apodized linearly chirped fiber gratings for optical communications

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  • Efficient pump wavelengths of erbium-doped fibre optical amplifier

    R.I. Laming;M.C. Farries;P.R. Morkel;L. Reekie

  • Continuously variable true time-delay optical feeder for phased-array antenna employing chirped fiber grating

    J.L. Corral;J. Marti;S. Regidor;J.M. Foster

  • Noise characteristics of high-power doped-fibre superluminescent sources

    P.R. Morkel;R.I. Laming;D.N. Payne

  • Polarimetric Er(3+)-doped fiber distributed-feedback laser sensor for differential pressure and force measurements.

    J T Kringlebotn;W H Loh;R I Laming

  • Influence of nonideal chirped fiber grating characteristics on dispersion cancellation

    K. Ennser;M. Ibsen;M. Durkin;M.N. Zervas

Frequent Co-Authors

David N. Payne
David N. Payne University of Southampton
Michalis N. Zervas
Michalis N. Zervas University of Southampton
Morten Ibsen
Morten Ibsen University of Southampton
David J. Richardson
David J. Richardson Microsoft (United States)
Laurence Reekie
Laurence Reekie City University of Hong Kong
W.H. Loh
W.H. Loh University of Southampton
Daniel W. Hewak
Daniel W. Hewak University of Southampton
Liang Dong
Liang Dong Clemson University
William L. Barnes
William L. Barnes University of Exeter
Neil G. R. Broderick
Neil G. R. Broderick University of Auckland

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