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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 51 2684 2576 78 75 390 9844
Computer Science 54 4613 4484 207 200 436 10497

Rolf Ernst publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Rolf Ernst between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Rolf Ernst published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 12.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2017. 17 of the 469 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2017. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 5 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 13 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 19 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 25 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 27 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 27 publications 2017: 28 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 8 publications
1989 2025

469 publications in total across all disciplines

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Rolf Ernst: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 1
1991 2
1992 1
1993 5
1994 5
1995 8
1996 3
1997 9
1998 4
1999 13
2000 13
2001 12
2002 19
2003 14
2004 6
2005 17
2006 18
2007 20
2008 12
2009 25
2010 13
2011 17
2012 27
2013 22
2014 18
2015 17
2016 27
2017 28
2018 21
2019 15
2020 8
2021 15
2022 6
2023 10
2024 9
2025 8
Total 469
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Rolf Ernst publications per year - data summary

  • Rolf Ernst, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Technische Universität Braunschweig, has 469 publications recorded across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1989 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2017, with 28 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1989, 1990 and 1992, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 12.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 12.7 per year counting only the 37 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 48 publications, 10% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1989-2001: 77 publications (5.9 per year); 2002-2014: 228 publications (17.5 per year); 2015-2025: 164 publications (14.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Rolf Ernst 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 Rolf Ernst 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, 374–393 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: 390 publications — 73rd percentile

73% 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
374–393 187 390
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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Rolf Ernst 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.
  • Rolf Ernst, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Technische Universität Braunschweig, records 390 publications - the 73rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 73% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Rolf Ernst, and about 27% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 254–273 publications range, and Rolf Ernst 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).

Rolf Ernst 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 Rolf Ernst 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, 51 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: 51 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% 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 51
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
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Rolf Ernst 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.
  • Rolf Ernst, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Technische Universität Braunschweig, records 51 D-Index - the 63rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 63% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Rolf Ernst, and about 37% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 46 D-Index range, and Rolf Ernst 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

  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to hardware and software co-design and embedded system design automation.

Overview

Rolf Ernst is affiliated with Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany and has made contributions primarily in the field of computer science, with a focus on several specialized subfields. Their work spans computer networks and communications, hardware and architecture, electrical and electronic engineering, computational theory and mathematics, and artificial intelligence.

Their research topics notably include:

  • Real-Time Systems Scheduling
  • Network Time Synchronization Technologies
  • Embedded Systems Design Techniques
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
  • Formal Methods in Verification
  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)

Rolf Ernst has authored numerous papers published in various venues, including:

  • 2020: "System-level Logical Execution Time" in ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
  • 2021: "Achieving safety and performance with reconfiguration protocol for ethernet TSN in automotive systems" in Journal of Systems Architecture
  • 2022: "Application-centric Network Management - Addressing Safety and Real-time in V2X Applications" in ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
  • 2022: "Robust Cause-Effect Chains with Bounded Execution Time and System-Level Logical Execution Time" in ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
  • 2020: "A Platform Programming Paradigm for Heterogeneous Systems Integration" in Proceedings of the IEEE

Frequent publication venues for Rolf Ernst include:

  • ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
  • ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Design and Test
  • Journal of Systems Architecture

They have collaborated regularly with several colleagues, among whom are:

  • Alex Bendrick
  • Jonas Peeck
  • Kai-Björn Gemlau
  • Leonie Köhler
  • Dominik Stöhrmann

Rolf Ernst was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2003 for contributions to hardware and software co-design and embedded system design automation.

Best Publications

  • Hardware-software cosynthesis for microcontrollers

    R. Ernst;J. Henkel;T. Benner

  • System level performance analysis - the SymTA/S approach

    Rafik Henia;Arne Hamann;Marek Jersak;Razvan Racu

  • Readings in hardware/software co-design

    Giovanni De Micheli;Rolf Ernst;Wayne Wolf

  • Codesign of embedded systems: status and trends

    R. Ernst

  • A formal approach to MpSoC performance verification

    K. Richter;M. Jersak;R. Ernst

  • An approach to automated hardware/software partitioning using a flexible granularity that is driven by high-level estimation techniques

    J. Henkel;R. Ernst

  • Embedded program timing analysis based on path clustering and architecture classification

    R. Ernst;W. Ye

  • Scheduling analysis of real-time systems with precise modeling of cache related preemption delay

    J. Staschulat;S. Schliecker;R. Ernst

  • Building timing predictable embedded systems

    Philip Axer;Rolf Ernst;Heiko Falk;Alain Girault

  • Mixed Criticality Systems—A History of Misconceptions?

    Rolf Ernst;Marco Di Natale

  • Formal worst-case timing analysis of Ethernet topologies with strict-priority and AVB switching

    Jonas Diemer;Daniel Thiele;Rolf Ernst

  • A Hardware/software Partitioned Using A Dynamically Determined Granularity

    Jörg Henkel;Rolf Ernst

  • Design and architectures for dependable embedded systems

    Jörg Henkel;Lars Bauer;Joachim Becker;Oliver Bringmann

  • Formal worst-case timing analysis of Ethernet TSN's time-aware and peristaltic shapers

    Daniel Thiele;Rolf Ernst;Jonas Diemer

  • Bounding the shared resource load for the performance analysis of multiprocessor systems

    Simon Schliecker;Mircea Negrean;Rolf Ernst

  • FunState-an internal design representation for codesign

    K. Strehl;L. Thiele;M. Gries;D. Ziegenbein

  • Event Model Interfaces for Heterogeneous System Analysis

    K. Richter;R. Ernst

  • Fast timing analysis for hardware-software co-synthesis

    W. Ye;R. Ernst;T. Benner;J. Henkel

  • Response-Time Analysis for Task Chains in Communicating Threads

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  • Applying sensitivity analysis in real-time distributed systems

    R. Racu;M. Jersak;R. Ernst

  • Model composition for scheduling analysis in platform design

    Kai Richter;Dirk Ziegenbein;Marek Jersak;Rolf Ernst

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Teich
Jürgen Teich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lothar Thiele
Lothar Thiele ETH Zurich
Jorg Henkel
Jorg Henkel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Fadi J. Kurdahi
Fadi J. Kurdahi University of California, Irvine
Nikil Dutt
Nikil Dutt University of California, Irvine
Wayne Wolf
Wayne Wolf University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Petru Eles
Petru Eles Linköping University
Peter Marwedel
Peter Marwedel TU Dortmund University
Norbert Wehn
Norbert Wehn Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Davide Rossi
Davide Rossi University of Bologna

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