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Siegfried Selberherr

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Austria
2026
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Engineering and Technology
Austria
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
55
Citations
16366
World Ranking
2137
National Ranking
4

Siegfried Selberherr 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 Siegfried Selberherr sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 1,026 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Siegfried Selberherr 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 Siegfried Selberherr sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1993 - IEEE Fellow For pioneering work in numerical analysis of semiconductor devices and their fabrication processes.
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Siegfried Selberherr is affiliated with TU Wien in Austria and has a significant body of work focused on engineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, materials chemistry, and condensed matter physics.

The main topics covered by their research include magnetic properties of thin films, quantum and electron transport phenomena, advanced memory and neural computing, semiconductor materials and devices, ferroelectric and negative capacitance devices, advancements in semiconductor devices and circuit design, and magnetic properties and applications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Siegfried Selberherr comprise:

  • Challenges for Nanoscale CMOS Logic Based on Two-Dimensional Materials, 2022, Nanomaterials
  • Application of Two-Dimensional Materials towards CMOS-Integrated Gas Sensors, 2022, Nanomaterials
  • Spin and charge drift-diffusion in ultra-scaled MRAM cells, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • A review of quantum transport in field-effect transistors, 2021, Semiconductor Science and Technology
  • The Level-Set Method for Multi-Material Wet Etching and Non-Planar Selective Epitaxy, 2020, IEEE Access

Frequent co-authors include Viktor Sverdlov, Wolfgang Goes, Simone Fiorentini, Roberto Lacerda de Orio, and Johannes Ender.

The most common publication venues for Siegfried Selberherr are Solid-State Electronics, Micromachines, IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Physica B Condensed Matter, and Microelectronics Reliability.

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has authored books published under the publisher Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering & Technology. One notable book is "Stochastic Approaches to Electron Transport in Micro- and Nanostructures," published in 2021.

Awards received by Siegfried Selberherr include membership in Academia Europaea (2013), IEEE Fellow status awarded in 1993 for pioneering work in numerical analysis of semiconductor devices and their fabrication processes, and membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Analysis and simulation of semiconductor devices

    Siegfried Selberherr

  • MINIMOS - A Two-Dimensional MOS Transistor Analyzer

    S. Selberherr;A. Schutz;H.W. Potzl

  • SIMON-A simulator for single-electron tunnel devices and circuits

    C. Wasshuber;H. Kosina;S. Selberherr

  • A review of hydrodynamic and energy-transport models for semiconductor device simulation

    T. Grasser;Ting-Wei Tang;H. Kosina;S. Selberherr

  • Simulation of Semiconductor Devices and Processes

    Siegfried Selberherr;Hannes Stippel;Ernst Strasser

  • The Effect of General Strain on the Band Structure and Electron Mobility of Silicon

    E. Ungersboeck;S. Dhar;G. Karlowatz;V. Sverdlov

  • MOS device modeling at 77 K

    S. Selberherr

  • A CMOS IC for portable EEG acquisition systems

    R. Martins;S. Selberherr;F.A. Vaz

  • Unified particle approach to Wigner-Boltzmann transport in small semiconductor devices

    M. Nedjalkov;H. Kosina;S. Selberherr;Christian Ringhofer

  • Physically based models of electromigration: From Black’s equation to modern TCAD models

    R. L. de Orio;Hajdin Ceric;Siegfried Selberherr

  • A temperature dependent model for the saturation velocity in semiconductor materials

    R Quay;C Moglestue;V Palankovski;S Selberherr

  • Simulation of critical IC fabrication processes using advanced physical and numerical methods

    W. Jungling;P. Pichler;S. Selberherr;E. Guerrero

  • Finite boxes—A generalization of the finite-difference method suitable for semiconductor device simulation

    A.F. Franz;G.A. Franz;S. Selberherr;C. Ringhofer

  • Modeling of tunneling current and gate dielectric reliability for nonvolatile memory devices

    A. Gehring;S. Selberherr

  • Electron mobility model for strained-Si devices

    S. Dhar;H. Kosina;V. Palankovski;S.E. Ungersboeck

  • CMOS-compatible spintronic devices: a review

    Alexander Makarov;Thomas Windbacher;Viktor Sverdlov;Siegfried Selberherr

  • The evolution of the minimos mobility model

    Siegfried Selberherr;Wilfried Hänsch;Marden Seavey;Jan Slotboom

  • Emerging memory technologies: Trends, challenges, and modeling methods

    Alexander Makarov;Viktor Sverdlov;Siegfried Selberherr

  • The Economic Limit to Moore's Law

    K Rupp;S Selberherr

  • Simulation of Critical IC-Fabrication Steps

    P. Pichler;W. Jungling;S. Selberherr;E. Guerrero

Frequent Co-Authors

Asen Asenov
Asen Asenov University of Glasgow
Robert W. Dutton
Robert W. Dutton Stanford University
David Esseni
David Esseni University of Udine
Dragica Vasileska
Dragica Vasileska Arizona State University
Krishna C. Saraswat
Krishna C. Saraswat Stanford University
Yoshio Nishi
Yoshio Nishi Stanford University
Julian Stangl
Julian Stangl Johannes Kepler University of Linz
G. Bauer
G. Bauer Johannes Kepler University of Linz

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