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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
82
Citations
24846
World Ranking
463
National Ranking
213

Materials Science

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84
Citations
25893
World Ranking
2261
National Ranking
656

Sigurd Wagner 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 Sigurd Wagner sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 635 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sigurd Wagner 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 Sigurd Wagner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2017 - David Turnbull Lectureship, Materials Research Society "For groundbreaking contributions to the science and technology of thin film photovoltaics, amorphous silicon and flexible large-area electronics
  • 2000 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to copper indium selenide and amorphous silicon thin-film solar cells and contributions to engineering education.

Overview

Sigurd Wagner is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of engineering, with particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Additional areas of specialization include pollution research and condensed matter physics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the following main topics:

  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Smart Materials for Construction

Sigurd Wagner's publication record includes papers across multiple high-impact venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • Sensors
  • Energy Policy
  • Nature Electronics

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Sigurd Wagner are:

  • "Large-Area Resistive Strain Sensing Sheet for Structural Health Monitoring," 2020, Sensors
  • "Current status and future potential of rooftop solar adoption in the United States," 2023, Energy Policy
  • "A phased array based on large-area electronics that operates at gigahertz frequency," 2021, Nature Electronics
  • "Piezoelectric Soft Robot Inchworm Motion by Tuning Ground Friction Through Robot Shape: Quasi-Static Modeling and Experimental Validation," 2024, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • "Detecting, localizing, and quantifying damage using two-dimensional sensing sheet: lab test and field application," 2021, Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring

Throughout their career, Sigurd Wagner has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Naveen Verma
  • James C. Sturm
  • Prakhar Kumar
  • Zhiwu Zheng
  • Hsin Cheng

Sigurd Wagner's work has been recognized with professional honors including the David Turnbull Lectureship awarded by the Materials Research Society in 2017 for contributions to thin film photovoltaics, amorphous silicon, and flexible large-area electronics. They were named an IEEE Fellow in 2000 for contributions to copper indium selenide and amorphous silicon thin-film solar cells as well as to engineering education.

Best Publications

  • Stretchable gold conductors on elastomeric substrates

    Stéphanie Périchon Lacour;Sigurd Wagner;Zhenyu Huang;Z. Suo

  • Mechanics of rollable and foldable film-on-foil electronics

    Z. Suo;E. Y. Ma;H. Gleskova;S. Wagner

  • Stretchable Interconnects for Elastic Electronic Surfaces

    S.P. Lacour;J. Jones;S. Wagner;Teng Li

  • Sensitive Skin

    V.J. Lumelsky;M.S. Shur;S. Wagner

  • CuInSe2/CdS heterojunction photovoltaic detectors

    Sigurd Wagner;J. L. Shay;P. Migliorato;H. M. Kasper

  • Materials for stretchable electronics

    Sigurd Wagner;Siegfried Bauer

  • Mechanisms of reversible stretchability of thin metal films on elastomeric substrates

    Stéphanie P. Lacour;Donald Chan;Sigurd Wagner;Teng Li

  • Electronic skin: architecture and components

    Sigurd Wagner;Stéphanie P. Lacour;Joyelle Jones;Pai Hui I. Hsu

  • Efficient CuInSe2/CdS solar cells

    J. L. Shay;Sigurd Wagner;H. M. Kasper

  • Stretchability of thin metal films on elastomer substrates

    Teng Li;Zhenyu Huang;Z. Suo;Stéphanie P. Lacour

  • Hybrid layers for use in coatings on electronic devices or other articles

    Prashant Mandlik;Sigurd Wagner;Jeffrey A. Silvernail;Ruiqing Ma

  • Design and performance of thin metal film interconnects for skin-like electronic circuits

    S.P. Lacour;J. Jones;Z. Suo;S. Wagner

  • Heterojunction band discontinuities

    J. L. Shay;Sigurd Wagner;J. C. Phillips

  • Thermocapillary actuation of droplets on chemically patterned surfaces by programmable microheater arrays

    A.A. Darhuber;J.P. Valentino;S.M. Troian;S. Wagner

  • Delocalizing strain in a thin metal film on a polymer substrate

    T. Li;Zy Y. Huang;Zc C. Xi;Sp P. Lacour

  • Stretchable and elastic interconnects

    Sigurd Wagner;Stephanie Perichon Lacour;Zhigang Suo

  • Failure resistance of amorphous silicon transistors under extreme in-plane strain

    H. Gleskova;S. Wagner;Z. Suo

  • Thin film semiconductor deposition on free-standing ZnO columns

    R. Könenkamp;K. Boedecker;M. C. Lux-Steiner;M. Poschenrieder

  • Band tails, entropy, and equilibrium defects in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

    Z E. Smith;S. Wagner

  • Integration of organic LEDs and amorphous Si TFTs onto flexible and lightweight metal foil substrates

    C.C. Wu;S.D. Theiuss;G. Gu;M.H. Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Sturm
James C. Sturm Princeton University
Zhigang Suo
Zhigang Suo Harvard University
Naveen Verma
Naveen Verma Princeton University
Stéphanie P. Lacour
Stéphanie P. Lacour École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Sandra M. Troian
Sandra M. Troian California Institute of Technology
Philippe M. Fauchet
Philippe M. Fauchet Vanderbilt University
Stephen J. Fonash
Stephen J. Fonash Pennsylvania State University
Antoine Kahn
Antoine Kahn Princeton University
Teng Li
Teng Li University of Maryland, College Park
P. Roca i Cabarrocas
P. Roca i Cabarrocas École Polytechnique

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