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Richard W. Ziolkowski

Richard W. Ziolkowski

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
81
Citations
28253
World Ranking
491
National Ranking
227

Physics

D-Index
81
Citations
28472
World Ranking
2908
National Ranking
1416

Richard W. Ziolkowski 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 W. Ziolkowski sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 699 publications — 94th percentile

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

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

Richard W. Ziolkowski 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 W. Ziolkowski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2019 - IEEE Electromagnetics Award “For contributions to electromagnetic metamaterial-inspired physics and engineering, and localized wave phenomena.”
  • 2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the analysis and modeling of electromagnetic phenomena in linear and nonlinear complex media and metamaterials
  • 2006 - OSA Fellows For contributions to computational electromagnetics modeling of linear, nonlinear, and ultrafast optical phenomena in complex media, metamaterials, and photonic band gap structures.

Overview

Richard W. Ziolkowski is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions in aerospace engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist has made notable contributions to several topics, including:

  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Antenna Design and Optimization
  • Full-Duplex Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Power Transfer Systems

Ziolkowski has published extensively in several venues with the most frequent being:

  • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
  • 2022 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP)
  • IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
  • Applied Physics Letters

Recent papers authored by Ziolkowski include:

  • Quasi-Optical Multi-Beam Antenna Technologies for B5G and 6G mmWave and THz Networks: A Review, 2021, IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
  • Compact, Low-Profile, Linearly and Circularly Polarized Filtennas Enabled With Custom-Designed Feed-Probe Structures, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • Rydberg atom-based field sensing enhancement using a split-ring resonator, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Electrically Small, Single-Substrate Huygens Dipole Rectenna for Ultracompact Wireless Power Transfer Applications, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • High-Directivity, Compact, Omnidirectional Horizontally Polarized Antenna Array, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Ming-Chun Tang, Wei Lin, Mei Li, Y. Jay Guo, and Da Yi.

Throughout their career, Ziolkowski has received various awards:

  • IEEE Electromagnetics Award in 2019 for contributions to electromagnetic metamaterial-inspired physics and engineering, and localized wave phenomena
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) in 2016 for contributions to the analysis and modeling of electromagnetic phenomena in linear and nonlinear complex media and metamaterials
  • OSA Fellow in 2006 for contributions to computational electromagnetics modeling of linear, nonlinear, and ultrafast optical phenomena in complex media, metamaterials, and photonic band gap structures

Best Publications

  • Metamaterials: Physics and Engineering Explorations

    Nader Engheta;Richard W. Ziolkowski

  • Wave propagation in media having negative permittivity and permeability

    Richard W. Ziolkowski;Ehud Heyman

  • Design, fabrication, and testing of double negative metamaterials

    R.W. Ziolkowski

  • Propagation in and scattering from a matched metamaterial having a zero index of refraction.

    Richard W. Ziolkowski

  • Metamaterial-based efficient electrically small antennas

    Richard W. Ziolkowski;Aycan Erentok

  • A positive future for double-negative metamaterials

    Nader Engheta;R.W. Ziolkowski

  • Application of double negative materials to increase the power radiated by electrically small antennas

    R.W. Ziolkowski;A.D. Kipple

  • Metamaterial-Inspired Efficient Electrically Small Antennas

    A. Erentok;R.W. Ziolkowski

  • Ultrafast pulse interactions with two-level atoms

    Richard W. Ziolkowski;John M. Arnold;Daniel M. Gogny

  • Localized transmission of electromagnetic energy

    Richard W. Ziolkowski

  • Exact solutions of the wave equation with complex source locations

    Richard W. Ziolkowski

  • Metamaterial-Inspired Engineering of Antennas

    R. W. Ziolkowski;Peng Jin;Chia-Ching Lin

  • Pulsed and CW Gaussian beam interactions with double negative metamaterial slabs

    Richard W. Ziolkowski

  • Characterization of a volumetric metamaterial realization of an artificial magnetic conductor for antenna applications

    A. Erentok;P.L. Luljak;R.W. Ziolkowski

  • The design and simulated performance of a coated nano-particle laser

    Joshua A. Gordon;Richard W. Ziolkowski

  • Metamaterial-Inspired, Electrically Small Huygens Sources

    Peng Jin;Richard W Ziolkowski

  • Single, Dual and Tri-Band-Notched Ultrawideband (UWB) Antennas Using Capacitively Loaded Loop (CLL) Resonators

    Chia-Ching Lin;Peng Jin;R. W. Ziolkowski

  • Superluminal transmission of information through an electromagnetic metamaterial.

    Richard W. Ziolkowski

  • A Review of the Scattering-Parameter Extraction Method with Clarification of Ambiguity Issues in Relation to Metamaterial Homogenization

    S. Arslanagic;T. V. Hansen;N. A. Mortensen;A. H. Gregersen

  • A bidirectional traveling plane wave representation of exact solutions of the scalar wave equation

    Ioannis M. Besieris;Amr M. Shaarawi;Richard W. Ziolkowski

  • Designing Localized Waves

    Rod Donnelly;Richard W. Ziolkowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Ming-Chun Tang
Ming-Chun Tang Chongqing University
Junping Geng
Junping Geng Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Y. Jay Guo
Y. Jay Guo University of Technology Sydney
Ronghong Jin
Ronghong Jin Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xianling Liang
Xianling Liang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Hao Xin
Hao Xin University of Arizona
Ikmo Park
Ikmo Park Ajou University
Nader Engheta
Nader Engheta University of Pennsylvania
Kamran Ghorbani
Kamran Ghorbani RMIT University
John Papapolymerou
John Papapolymerou Michigan State University

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