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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 56 2048 1963 46 45 187 13915
Computer Science 56 4035 3922 90 90 190 13951

Sylvain Calinon publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sylvain Calinon between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sylvain Calinon published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 11.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 36 publications in 2024. 63 of the 270 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 36. Peak 36 publications in 2024. 2003: 1 publication 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 36 publications 2025: 27 publications
2003 2025

270 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sylvain Calinon: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 1
2004 3
2005 4
2006 4
2007 8
2008 4
2009 6
2010 7
2011 8
2012 9
2013 6
2014 10
2015 7
2016 12
2017 15
2018 15
2019 14
2020 18
2021 21
2022 15
2023 20
2024 36
2025 27
Total 270
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Sylvain Calinon 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 Sylvain Calinon 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, 174–193 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: 187 publications — 25th percentile

25% 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
174–193 445 187
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
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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Sylvain Calinon 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 Sylvain Calinon 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, 56 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: 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.

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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
52 108
53 130
54 112
55 97
56 111 56
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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Overview

Sylvain Calinon is affiliated with the Idiap Research Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a focus on Control and Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics of Sylvain Calinon's work include:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Human Pose and Action Recognition
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems

Their recent papers cover a range of subjects in robotics and automation. Selected works include:

  • "Robot Cooking With Stir-Fry: Bimanual Non-Prehensile Manipulation of Semi-Fluid Objects," 2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Motion Mappings for Continuous Bilateral Teleoperation," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Learning Optimal Impedance Control During Complex 3D Arm Movements," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Ergodic Exploration Using Tensor Train: Applications in Insertion Tasks," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • "Active Learning of Bayesian Probabilistic Movement Primitives," 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Sylvain Calinon frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • The International Journal of Robotics Research
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine

Collaborations feature several frequent coauthors including Amirreza Razmjoo, Tobias Löw, Teng Xue, Teguh Santoso Lembono, and Hakan Girgin.

In addition to journal articles, Sylvain Calinon has contributed to book publications. One notable book is "Robot Programming by Demonstration: A Probabilistic Approach" published by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Robot Programming by Demonstration

    Sylvain Calinon

  • On Learning, Representing, and Generalizing a Task in a Humanoid Robot

    S. Calinon;F. Guenter;A. Billard

  • Robot Programming by Demonstration

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  • Learning and Reproduction of Gestures by Imitation

    Sylvain Calinon;Florent D'halluin;Eric L Sauser;Darwin G Caldwell

  • Incremental learning of gestures by imitation in a humanoid robot

    Sylvain Calinon;Aude Billard

  • A tutorial on task-parameterized movement learning and retrieval

    Sylvain Calinon

  • Robot motor skill coordination with EM-based Reinforcement Learning

    Petar Kormushev;Sylvain Calinon;Darwin G. Caldwell

  • Imitation Learning of Positional and Force Skills Demonstrated via Kinesthetic Teaching and Haptic Input

    Petar Kormushev;Sylvain Calinon;Darwin G. Caldwell

  • Learning Physical Collaborative Robot Behaviors From Human Demonstrations

    Leonel Rozo;Sylvain Calinon;Darwin G. Caldwell;Pablo Jimenez

  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics: Applications and Real-World Challenges

    Petar Kormushev;Sylvain Calinon;Darwin G. Caldwell

  • Dynamical System Modulation for Robot Learning via Kinesthetic Demonstrations

    M. Hersch;F. Guenter;S. Calinon;A. Billard

  • Discriminative and adaptive imitation in uni-manual and bi-manual tasks

    Aude G. Billard;Sylvain Calinon;Florent Guenter

  • Discovering optimal imitation strategies

    Aude Billard;Aude Billard;Yann Epars;Sylvain Calinon;Stefan Schaal

  • Robot Programming by Demonstration: A Probabilistic Approach

    Sylvain Calinon

  • Reinforcement Learning for Imitating Constrained Reaching Movements

    Florent Guenter;Micha Hersch;Sylvain Calinon;Aude Billard

  • Learning-based control strategy for safe human-robot interaction exploiting task and robot redundancies

    Sylvain Calinon;Irene Sardellitti;Darwin G. Caldwell

  • Learning From Humans

    Aude Gemma Billard;Sylvain Calinon;Rüdiger Dillmann

  • Statistical dynamical systems for skills acquisition in humanoids

    Sylvain Calinon;Zhibin Li;Tohid Alizadeh;Nikos G. Tsagarakis

  • Learning collaborative impedance-based robot behaviors

    Leonel Rozo;Sylvain Calinon;Darwin Caldwell;Pablo Jiménez

  • A task-parameterized probabilistic model with minimal intervention control

    Sylvain Calinon;Danilo Bruno;Darwin G. Caldwell

  • Stochastic gesture production and recognition model for a humanoid robot

    S. Calinon;A. Billard

  • Learning of Gestures by Imitation in a Humanoid Robot

    Sylvain Calinon;Aude Billard

Frequent Co-Authors

Darwin G. Caldwell
Darwin G. Caldwell Italian Institute of Technology
Aude Billard
Aude Billard École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Andreas Birk
Andreas Birk Jacobs University
Gianluca Antonelli
Gianluca Antonelli University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Carme Torras
Carme Torras Spanish National Research Council
Ken Goldberg
Ken Goldberg University of California, Berkeley
Nicolas Mansard
Nicolas Mansard Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems
Nikos G. Tsagarakis
Nikos G. Tsagarakis Italian Institute of Technology
Rolf Johansson
Rolf Johansson Lund University
Abderrahmane Kheddar
Abderrahmane Kheddar Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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