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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
62
Citations
17395
World Ranking
1422
National Ranking
68

Computer Science

D-Index
62
Citations
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World Ranking
2874
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Stephen McLaughlin 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 Stephen McLaughlin sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 558 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen McLaughlin 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 Stephen McLaughlin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% 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

  • 2011 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to statistical and nonlinear signal processing techniques in communication systems

Overview

Stephen McLaughlin is a researcher affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple fields, primarily centered around Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics and Astronomy. The main focus lies in instrumentation, computer vision and pattern recognition, electrical and electronic engineering, plant science, and biophysics.

Their research prominently features topics such as advanced optical sensing technologies, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, psychedelics and drug studies, chemical synthesis and alkaloids, optical coherence tomography applications, and optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques.

Recent publications by Stephen McLaughlin include the following papers:

  • Advances in Single-Photon Lidar for Autonomous Vehicles: Working Principles, Challenges, and Recent Advances (2020, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine)
  • Submerged single-photon LiDAR imaging sensor used for real-time 3D scene reconstruction in scattering underwater environments (2023, Optics Express)
  • High-speed 3D sensing via hybrid-mode imaging and guided upsampling (2020, Optica)
  • Sequence and annotation of 42 cannabis genomes reveals extensive copy number variation in cannabinoid synthesis and pathogen resistance genes (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • Pixels2Pose: Super-resolution time-of-flight imaging for 3D pose estimation (2022, Science Advances)

Stephen McLaughlin frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Yoann Altmann
  • Abderrahim Halimi
  • Kevin McKernan
  • Gerald S. Buller
  • Liam T. Kane

Their work is regularly published in well-known venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), F1000Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Optics Express, and IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging.

In recognition of contributions in the field of signal processing, Stephen McLaughlin was named an IEEE Fellow in 2011, with a specific citation for contributions to statistical and nonlinear signal processing techniques in communication systems.

Best Publications

  • Development of EMD-Based Denoising Methods Inspired by Wavelet Thresholding

    Y. Kopsinis;S. McLaughlin

  • Time-Frequency Reassignment and Synchrosqueezing: An Overview

    Francois Auger;Patrick Flandrin;Yu-Ting Lin;Stephen McLaughlin

  • Nonlinear Unmixing of Hyperspectral Images: Models and Algorithms

    Nicolas Dobigeon;Jean-Yves Tourneret;Cedric Richard;Jose Carlos M. Bermudez

  • Relay selection for secure cooperative networks with jamming

    I. Krikidis;J. Thompson;S. Mclaughlin

  • Amplify-and-forward with partial relay selection

    I. Krikidis;J. Thompson;S. McLaughlin;N. Goertz

  • Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing

    F. C. Zheng;Steve McLaughlin;Bernie Mulgrew

  • Comparative study of textural analysis techniques to characterise tissue from intravascular ultrasound

    W.H. Nailon;S. McLaughlin;T. Spencer;M.P. Ramo

  • Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications

    Steve McLaughlin;Bernie Mulgrew;C. F. N. Cowan

  • Max-min relay selection for legacy amplify-and-forward systems with interference

    I. Krikidis;J. Thompson;S. Mclaughlin;N. Goertz

  • Adaptive Bayesian equalizer with decision feedback

    S. Chen;B. Mulgrew;S. McLaughlin

  • A new statistical wideband spatio-temporal channel model for 5-GHz band WLAN systems

    Chia-Chin Chong;Chor-Min Tan;D.I. Laurenson;S. McLaughlin

  • Real-time 3D reconstruction from single-photon lidar data using plug-and-play point cloud denoisers.

    Julián Tachella;Yoann Altmann;Nicolas Mellado;Aongus McCarthy

  • Quantum-inspired computational imaging

    Yoann Altmann;Stephen McLaughlin;Miles J. Padgett;Vivek K. Goyal

  • An FFT-Based Approach for Fast Acquisition in Spread Spectrum Communication Systems

    Sascha M. Spangenberg;Iain Scott;Stephen Mclaughlin;Gordon J. R. Povey

  • Lidar Waveform-Based Analysis of Depth Images Constructed Using Sparse Single-Photon Data

    Yoann Altmann;Ximing Ren;Aongus McCarthy;Gerald S. Buller

  • Method of operating a telecommunications network

    Stephen Mclaughlin;David Irvine Laurenson;Yuefeng Zhou

  • A New Algorithm for Multicomponent Signals Analysis Based on SynchroSqueezing: With an Application to Signal Sampling and Denoising

    S. Meignen;T. Oberlin;S. McLaughlin

  • Complex-valued radial basis function network, part II: application to digital communications channel equalisation

    S. Chen;S. McLaughlin;B. Mulgrew

  • Development of Low-Voltage Load Models for the Residential Load Sector

    Adam J. Collin;George Tsagarakis;Aristides E. Kiprakis;Stephen McLaughlin

  • Survival in stage II/III colorectal cancer is independently predicted by chromosomal and microsatellite instability, but not by specific driver mutations.

    Dmitri Mouradov;Enric Domingo;Peter Gibbs;Peter Gibbs;Peter Gibbs;Robert N Jorissen;Robert N Jorissen

  • Complex-valued radial basis function network, Part I: network architecture and learning algorithms

    S. Chen;S. McLaughlin;B. Mulgrew

  • Performance analysis of compact antenna arrays with MRC in correlated Nakagami fading channels

    J. Luo;J.R. Zeidler;S. McLaughlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Mulgrew
Bernard Mulgrew University of Edinburgh
Gerald S. Buller
Gerald S. Buller Heriot-Watt University
Harald Haas
Harald Haas University of Cambridge
Jean-Yves Tourneret
Jean-Yves Tourneret National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
Peter Grant
Peter Grant University of Edinburgh
Sheng Chen
Sheng Chen University of Southampton
John Thompson
John Thompson University of Edinburgh
Patrice Abry
Patrice Abry École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Cheng-Xiang Wang
Cheng-Xiang Wang Southeast University
Mark A Beach
Mark A Beach University of Bristol

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