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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
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2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 126 45 45 26 26 957 68705
Materials Science 129 352 334 136 122 975 70888
Physics 131 543 522 303 289 1015 72079

Vladimir M. Shalaev publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Vladimir M. Shalaev between 1979 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Vladimir M. Shalaev published across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025, averaging 23.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 76 publications in 2017. 61 of the 1,117 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 76. Peak 76 publications in 2017. 1979: 1 publication 1980: 4 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 9 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 24 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 29 publications 2002: 20 publications 2003: 23 publications 2004: 18 publications 2005: 29 publications 2006: 49 publications 2007: 66 publications 2008: 39 publications 2009: 35 publications 2010: 52 publications 2011: 24 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 53 publications 2014: 34 publications 2015: 49 publications 2016: 46 publications 2017: 76 publications 2018: 51 publications 2019: 54 publications 2020: 62 publications 2021: 42 publications 2022: 35 publications 2023: 34 publications 2024: 33 publications 2025: 28 publications
1979 2025

1,117 publications in total across all disciplines

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Vladimir M. Shalaev: publications per year, 1979 to 2025
Year Publications
1979 1
1980 4
1981 3
1982 3
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 5
1987 2
1988 7
1989 0
1990 4
1991 2
1992 5
1993 3
1994 8
1995 1
1996 9
1997 10
1998 8
1999 24
2000 16
2001 29
2002 20
2003 23
2004 18
2005 29
2006 49
2007 66
2008 39
2009 35
2010 52
2011 24
2012 21
2013 53
2014 34
2015 49
2016 46
2017 76
2018 51
2019 54
2020 62
2021 42
2022 35
2023 34
2024 33
2025 28
Total 1,117
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Vladimir M. Shalaev publications per year - data summary

  • Vladimir M. Shalaev, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Purdue University West Lafayette, has 1,117 publications recorded across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1979 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2017, with 76 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1979 and 1995, with 1 publication each.
  • 4 of the 47 years in the span carry no publications at all (1983, 1984, 1985 and 1989).
  • The rate of publication averages 23.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 26.0 per year counting only the 43 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 172 publications, 15% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1979-1994: 47 publications (2.9 per year); 1995-2010: 428 publications (26.8 per year); 2011-2025: 642 publications (42.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Vladimir M. Shalaev 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 Vladimir M. Shalaev 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, 954–973 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: 957 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.

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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
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 10 957
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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Vladimir M. Shalaev publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 6,875 Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 53 ranges running from 34–53 to 1,065+ publications.
  • Vladimir M. Shalaev, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Purdue University West Lafayette, records 957 publications - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Vladimir M. Shalaev, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 254–273 publications range, and Vladimir M. Shalaev ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 174–193 publications, holding 445 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 294–313 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Vladimir M. Shalaev 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 Vladimir M. Shalaev 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, 111+ 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: 126 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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+ 96 126
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Vladimir M. Shalaev D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 6,875 Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 82 ranges running from 30 to 111+ D-Index.
  • Vladimir M. Shalaev, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Purdue University West Lafayette, records 126 D-Index - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Vladimir M. Shalaev, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 46 D-Index range, and Vladimir M. Shalaev ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32 D-Index, holding 263 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 50 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For pioneering studies of metamaterials, including the first optical negative-index material, broadband optical magnetism, new plasmonic refractory materials and ultrathin optical components.  
  • 2010 - Max Born Award, Optical Society
  • 2010 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to nanophotonics and the development of optical materials
  • 2006 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2003 - OSA Fellows For significant contributions to the optics of novel plasmonic nanomaterials, namely, metal-dielectric percolation films, fractal aggregates and fractal microcavity composites.
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For important research on the optical properties of novel plasmonic nanomaterials and their application in photonics, spectroscopy and laser physics

Overview

Vladimir M. Shalaev is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy. Within these broader categories, their work is concentrated in subfields such as atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum, including plasmonic and surface plasmon research, photonic and optical devices, photonic crystals and their applications, diamond and carbon-based materials research, advanced fiber laser technologies, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, and gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications.

Some of the recent notable publications by Vladimir M. Shalaev include:

  • High-efficiency broadband achromatic metalens for near-IR biological imaging window (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Ten years of spasers and plasmonic nanolasers (2020, Light Science & Applications)
  • Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces (2024, ACS Photonics)
  • Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurements (2020, Science)
  • Machine learning-assisted global optimization of photonic devices (2020, Nanophotonics)

Their frequent co-authors include Alexandra Boltasseva, Alexander V. Kildishev, Zhaxylyk A. Kudyshev, Soham Saha, and Alexei Lagutchev.

They have published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being arXiv (Cornell University), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, ACS Photonics, Nanophotonics, and Optical Materials Express.

Vladimir M. Shalaev has been recognized with several professional honors and awards. These include the Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids from the American Physical Society in 2020, Fellowship in the Materials Research Society in 2015 with a citation for pioneering studies in metamaterials, the Max Born Award from the Optical Society in 2010, IEEE Fellowship in 2010 for contributions to nanophotonics and optical materials development, SPIE Fellowship in 2006, OSA Fellowship in 2003 for contributions to plasmonic nanomaterials optics, and Fellowship of the American Physical Society in 2002 for research on optical properties of plasmonic nanomaterials and their applications.

Best Publications

  • Optical negative-index metamaterials

    Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Planar Photonics with Metasurfaces

    Alexander V. Kildishev;Alexandra Boltasseva;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Demonstration of a spaser-based nanolaser

    M A Noginov;G Zhu;A M Belgrave;Reuben Bakker

  • Optical cloaking with metamaterials

    Wenshan Cai;Uday K. Chettiar;Alexander V. Kildishev;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Alternative Plasmonic Materials: Beyond Gold and Silver

    Gururaj V. Naik;Vladimir M. Shalaev;Alexandra Boltasseva;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Searching for better plasmonic materials

    Paul R. West;Satoshi Ishii;Gururaj V. Naik;Naresh K. Emani

  • Negative Index of Refraction in Optical Metamaterials

    Vladimir M. Shalaev;Wenshan Cai;Uday Chettiar;H.-K. Yuan

  • Metasurface holograms for visible light

    Xingjie Ni;Alexander V. Kildishev;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Broadband Light Bending with Plasmonic Nanoantennas

    Xingjie Ni;Naresh K. Emani;Alexander V. Kildishev;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Loss-free and active optical negative-index metamaterials

    Shumin Xiao;Vladimir P. Drachev;Alexander V. Kildishev;Xingjie Ni

  • Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications

    Wenshan Cai;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Spatiotemporal light control with active metasurfaces

    Amr M. Shaltout;Vladimir M. Shalaev;Mark L. Brongersma

  • Refractory plasmonics with titanium nitride: broadband metamaterial absorber.

    Wei Li;Wei Li;Urcan Guler;Nathaniel Kinsey;Gururaj V. Naik

  • Ultra-thin, planar, Babinet-inverted plasmonic metalenses

    Xingjie Ni;Satoshi Ishii;Alexander V Kildishev;Vladimir M Shalaev

  • The Case for Plasmonics

    Mark L. Brongersma;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Nonlinear optics of random media : fractal composites and metal-dielectric films

    Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Electromagnetic properties of small-particle composites

    Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Engineering photonic density of states using metamaterials

    Zubin Jacob;J Y Kim;G Naik;Alexandra Boltasseva;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Resonant Field Enhancements from Metal Nanoparticle Arrays

    Dentcho A. Genov;Andrey K. Sarychev;Vladimir M. Shalaev;Alexander Wei

  • Broadband high-efficiency half-wave plate: a supercell-based plasmonic metasurface approach.

    Fei Ding;Zhuoxian Wang;Sailing He;Sailing He;Vladimir M. Shalaev

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra Boltasseva
Alexandra Boltasseva Purdue University West Lafayette
Alexander V. Kildishev
Alexander V. Kildishev Purdue University West Lafayette
Marcello Ferrera
Marcello Ferrera Heriot-Watt University
Wenshan Cai
Wenshan Cai Georgia Institute of Technology
Viktor A. Podolskiy
Viktor A. Podolskiy University of Massachusetts Lowell
Satoshi Ishii
Satoshi Ishii National Institute for Materials Science
Daniele Faccio
Daniele Faccio University of Glasgow
Evgenii E. Narimanov
Evgenii E. Narimanov Purdue University West Lafayette
Shumin Xiao
Shumin Xiao Harbin Institute of Technology
Thomas A. Klar
Thomas A. Klar Johannes Kepler University of Linz

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