Rick S. Blum publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Rick S. Blum between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Rick S. Blum published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2018. 18 of the 472 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20 25

1981 2025

472 publications in total across all disciplines

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Rick S. Blum: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year	Publications
1981	1
1982	0
1983	1
1984	0
1985	0
1986	0
1987	0
1988	0
1989	2
1990	1
1991	2
1992	1
1993	2
1994	6
1995	10
1996	6
1997	6
1998	6
1999	10
2000	15
2001	13
2002	14
2003	13
2004	17
2005	21
2006	19
2007	23
2008	18
2009	22
2010	16
2011	19
2012	13
2013	9
2014	16
2015	21
2016	16
2017	17
2018	29
2019	21
2020	20
2021	15
2022	9
2023	4
2024	12
2025	6
Total	472

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Rick S. Blum 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 Rick S. Blum sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

34–53 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 436 publications — 78th percentile

78% 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	436
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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Rick S. Blum 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 Rick S. Blum sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

50 100 150 200 250

30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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	68
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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Overview

Rick S. Blum is affiliated with Lehigh University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily in Engineering and Computer Science, with significant contributions in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Control and Systems Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's work frequently appears in a variety of publication venues, including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Discover Internet of Things

Rick S. Blum's recent scholarly output includes several papers that address advanced topics in radar signal processing, wireless communication security, and power distribution network optimization. Notable publications from 2020 and 2021 include:

"Suboptimal Low Complexity Joint Multi-Target Detection and Localization for Non-Coherent MIMO Radar With Widely Separated Antennas," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
"Artificial Noise-Aided MIMO Physical Layer Authentication With Imperfect CSI," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
"Secrecy by Design With Applications to Privacy and Compression," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
"Distributed Outage Detection in Power Distribution Networks," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
"Target Detection Using Quantized Cloud MIMO Radar Measurements," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

The main research topics covered include:

Smart Grid Security and Resilience
Wireless Communication Security Techniques
Radar Systems and Signal Processing
Power System Optimization and Stability
Advanced Graph Neural Networks
Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques
Cooperative Communication and Network Coding

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Rick S. Blum include:

Brian M. Sadler
Parv Venkitasubramaniam
Javad Khazaei
Jake Perazzone
Paul Yu

The combination of broad disciplinary focus and prolific publication record illustrates an engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of electronic engineering and computer science, specifically in areas relating to signal processing and network security. The presence of multiple contributions in top IEEE journals highlights participation in leading technical discussions relevant to modern communication systems, radar technology, and smart grid infrastructures.

Best Publications

MIMO Radar with Widely Separated Antennas

A.M. Haimovich;R.S. Blum;L.J. Cimini

2570
Citations
MIMO radar: an idea whose time has come

E. Fishler;A. Haimovich;R. Blum;D. Chizhik

2166
Citations
Spatial Diversity in Radars—Models and Detection Performance

E. Fishler;A. Haimovich;R.S. Blum;L.J. Cimini

2035
Citations
A categorization of multiscale-decomposition-based image fusion schemes with a performance study for a digital camera application

Zhong Zhang;R.S. Blum

1177
Citations
Distributed detection with multiple sensors II. Advanced topics

R.S. Blum;S.A. Kassam;S.A. Kassam;H.V. Poor

788
Citations
MIMO radar waveform design based on mutual information and minimum mean-square error estimation

Yang Yang;R.S. Blum

714
Citations
Target Localization Accuracy Gain in MIMO Radar-Based Systems

Hana Godrich;Alexander M Haimovich;Rick S Blum

677
Citations
MIMO capacity with interference

R.S. Blum

543
Citations
On optimum MIMO with antenna selection

R.S. Blum;J.H. Winters

515
Citations
A new automated quality assessment algorithm for image fusion

Yin Chen;Rick S. Blum

505
Citations
Sparse representation based multi-sensor image fusion for multi-focus and multi-modality images: A review

Qiang Zhang;Yi Liu;Rick S. Blum;Jungong Han

498
Citations
Performance of MIMO radar systems: advantages of angular diversity

E. Fishler;A. Haimovich;R. Blum;R. Cimini

469
Citations
On the capacity of cellular systems with MIMO

R.S. Blum;J.H. Winters;N.R. Sollenberger

439
Citations
Optimized signaling for MIMO interference systems with feedback

Sigen Ye;R.S. Blum

375
Citations
Evaluation of Transmit Diversity in MIMO-Radar Direction Finding

N.H. Lehmann;E. Fishler;A.M. Haimovich;R.S. Blum

367
Citations
Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Diversity with Power Allocation in Wireless Networks

J. Luo;R.S. Blum;L.J. Cimini;L.J. Greenstein

366
Citations
Multi-sensor image fusion and its applications

Rick S. Blum;Zheng Liu

349
Citations
High Resolution Capabilities of MIMO Radar

Nikolaus H. Lehmann;Alexander M. Haimovich;Rick S. Blum;Len Cimini

314
Citations
Target Velocity Estimation and Antenna Placement for MIMO Radar With Widely Separated Antennas

Qian He;R.S. Blum;H. Godrich;A.M. Haimovich

310
Citations
The good, bad and ugly: distributed detection of a known signal in dependent Gaussian noise

P. Willett;P.F. Swaszek;R.S. Blum

298
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Qian He National University of Singapore

Alexander M. Haimovich New Jersey Institute of Technology

Brian M. Sadler United States Army Research Laboratory

Leonard J. Cimini University of Delaware

Lance Kaplan United States Army Research Laboratory

Saleem A. Kassam University of Pennsylvania

Peter A. Andrekson Chalmers University of Technology

Soummya Kar Carnegie Mellon University

Reinaldo A. Valenzuela Nokia (United States)

Jun Fang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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