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Steffen Leonhardt

Steffen Leonhardt

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
14725
World Ranking
2042
National Ranking
62

Steffen Leonhardt 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 Steffen Leonhardt sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 673 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steffen Leonhardt 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 Steffen Leonhardt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Steffen Leonhardt is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Engineering, with a particular focus on Biomedical Engineering. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research topics primarily address Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring, Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy, Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography, Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics, and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

Some notable recent publications include:

  • Non-contact sensing of neonatal pulse rate using camera-based imaging: a clinical feasibility study, 2020, Physiological Measurement
  • Fast body part segmentation and tracking of neonatal video data using deep learning, 2020, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
  • Continuous Monitoring of Vital Signs Using Cameras: A Systematic Review, 2022, Sensors
  • Can mHealth Technology Help Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic?, 2020, IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
  • The dawn of physiological closed-loop ventilation-a review, 2020, Critical Care

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including Marian Walter, Chuong Ngo, Christoph Hoog Antink, Philip von Platen, and Markus Lueken.

Steffen Leonhardt has published regularly in several scientific journals. Key publication venues include:

  • Sensors
  • Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
  • Physiological Measurement
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

In addition to journal articles, Leonhardt has contributed to academic books, with a notable publication being "Image Analysis and Processing - ICIAP 2022" released by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

Best Publications

  • A survey on robotic devices for upper limb rehabilitation

    Paweł Maciejasz;Paweł Maciejasz;Paweł Maciejasz;Jörg Eschweiler;Kurt Gerlach-Hahn;Arne Jansen-Troy

  • Chest electrical impedance tomography examination, data analysis, terminology, clinical use and recommendations: consensus statement of the TRanslational EIT developmeNt stuDy group

    Inéz Frerichs;Marcelo B. P. Amato;Anton H. van Kaam;David G. Tingay

  • Assessment of regional lung recruitment and derecruitment during a PEEP trial based on electrical impedance tomography.

    Torsten Meier;Henning Luepschen;Jan Karsten;Thorsten Leibecke

  • Adaptive Beat-to-Beat Heart Rate Estimation in Ballistocardiograms

    C. Bruser;K. Stadlthanner;S. de Waele;S. Leonhardt

  • Neonatal non-contact respiratory monitoring based on real-time infrared thermography

    Abbas K Abbas;Konrad Heimann;Katrin Jergus;Thorsten Orlikowsky

  • Methods of fault diagnosis

    S. Leonhardt;M. Ayoubi

  • Characterization of textile electrodes and conductors using standardized measurement setups

    L Beckmann;C Neuhaus;G Medrano;N Jungbecker

  • Electrical impedance tomography: the holy grail of ventilation and perfusion monitoring?

    Steffen Leonhardt;Burkhard Lachmann

  • Automatic Step Detection in the Accelerometer Signal

    Hong Ying;Carmen Silex;Andreas Schnitzer;Steffen Leonhardt

  • Tidal recruitment assessed by electrical impedance tomography and computed tomography in a porcine model of lung injury

    Thomas Muders;Henning Luepschen;Jörg Zinserling;Susanne Greschus

  • Ambient and Unobtrusive Cardiorespiratory Monitoring Techniques

    Christoph Bruser;Christoph Hoog Antink;Tobias Wartzek;Marian Walter

  • Remote monitoring of breathing dynamics using infrared thermography.

    Carina Barbosa Pereira;Xinchi Yu;Michael Czaplik;Rolf Rossaint

  • The smart car seat: personalized monitoring of vital signs in automotive applications

    Marian Walter;Benjamin Eilebrecht;Tobias Wartzek;Steffen Leonhardt

  • Methods for engine supervision and control based on cylinder pressure information

    S. Leonhardt;N. Muller;R. Isermann

  • Blood glucose control algorithms for type 1 diabetic patients: A methodological review

    Katrin Lunze;Tarunraj Singh;Marian Walter;Mathias D. Brendel

  • Robust inter-beat interval estimation in cardiac vibration signals

    C Brüser;S Winter;S Leonhardt

  • Mobile Noncontact Monitoring of Heart and Lung Activity

    M. Steffen;A. Aleksandrowicz;S. Leonhardt

  • ECG on the Road: Robust and Unobtrusive Estimation of Heart Rate

    T. Wartzek;B. Eilebrecht;J. Lem;H. J. Lindner

  • Wireless and Non-contact ECG Measurement System – the “Aachen SmartChair”

    A. Aleksandrowicz;S. Leonhardt

  • Automatic Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Vibration Signals

    C. Bruser;J. Diesel;M. D. H. Zink;S. Winter

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Rossaint
Rolf Rossaint RWTH Aachen University
Rolf Isermann
Rolf Isermann Technical University of Darmstadt
Göran Hedenstierna
Göran Hedenstierna Uppsala University
Nikolaus Marx
Nikolaus Marx RWTH Aachen University
Jürgen Floege
Jürgen Floege RWTH Aachen University
Ronaldus Maria Aarts
Ronaldus Maria Aarts Eindhoven University of Technology
Til Aach
Til Aach RWTH Aachen University
Francis J. Doyle
Francis J. Doyle Brown University
Jan Bakker
Jan Bakker New York University
Kay Hameyer
Kay Hameyer RWTH Aachen University

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