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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 57 1927 1847 756 706 485 17473
Materials Science 51 9738 9401 2351 2181 351 15230

Volker J. Sorger publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Volker J. Sorger between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Volker J. Sorger published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 27.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 81 publications in 2020. 44 of the 586 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 81. Peak 81 publications in 2020. 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 0 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 44 publications 2018: 63 publications 2019: 65 publications 2020: 81 publications 2021: 64 publications 2022: 60 publications 2023: 67 publications 2024: 28 publications 2025: 16 publications
2005 2025

586 publications in total across all disciplines

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Volker J. Sorger: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 1
2006 1
2007 0
2008 2
2009 9
2010 9
2011 14
2012 11
2013 10
2014 6
2015 18
2016 17
2017 44
2018 63
2019 65
2020 81
2021 64
2022 60
2023 67
2024 28
2025 16
Total 586
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Volker J. Sorger 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 Volker J. Sorger 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, 474–493 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: 485 publications — 83rd percentile

83% 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
474–493 117 485
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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Volker J. Sorger 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 Volker J. Sorger 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, 57 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: 57 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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
57 102 57
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

Volker J. Sorger is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. The scientist's research spans multiple fields of study, including Engineering and Computer Science, with focused subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The research topics covered by Volker J. Sorger largely concentrate on Photonic and Optical Devices, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Optical Network Technologies, 2D Materials and Applications, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • 2022 Roadmap on integrated quantum photonics, 2022, Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento)
  • Strain-engineered high-responsivity MoTe2 photodetector for silicon photonic integrated circuits, 2020, Nature Photonics
  • A Chirality-Based Quantum Leap, 2022, ACS Nano
  • Generation of helical topological exciton-polaritons, 2020, Science
  • Sub-wavelength GHz-fast broadband ITO Mach-Zehnder modulator on silicon photonics, 2020, Optica

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably Hamed Dalir, Mario Miscuglio, Rishi Maiti, Yaliang Gui, and Rubab Amin.

The most common venues for Volker J. Sorger's publications include arXiv (Cornell University), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Nanophotonics, Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, and the 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC).

Best Publications

  • Plasmon lasers at deep subwavelength scale

    Xiang Zhang;Volker Jendrik Sorger;Rupert Francis Maximillian Oulton;Ren-Min Ma

  • A hybrid plasmonic waveguide for subwavelength confinement and long-range propagation

    R. F. Oulton;V. J. Sorger;D. A. Genov;D. F. P. Pile

  • Room temperature sub-diffraction-limited plasmon laser by total internal reflection

    Renmin Ma;Rupert Oulton;Volker Sorger;Guy Bartal

  • Room temperature plasmon laser by total internal reflection

    Ren-Min Ma;Rupert F Oulton;Volker J Sorger;Xiang Zhang

  • High- Q surface-plasmon-polariton whispering-gallery microcavity

    Bumki Min;Bumki Min;Bumki Min;Eric Ostby;Volker Sorger;Erick Ulin-Avila

  • Ultra-compact silicon nanophotonic modulator with broadband response

    Volker J. Sorger;Norberto D. Lanzillotti-Kimura;Ren-Min Ma;Xiang Zhang;Xiang Zhang

  • Roadmap on Integrated Quantum Photonics

    Galan Moody;Volker J Sorger;Daniel J Blumenthal;Paul W Juodawlkis

  • Toward integrated plasmonic circuits

    Volker J. Sorger;Rupert F. Oulton;Ren-Min Ma;Xiang Zhang

  • Plasmon lasers: coherent light source at molecular scales

    Ren-Min Ma;Rupert F. Oulton;Rupert F. Oulton;Volker J. Sorger;Xiang Zhang;Xiang Zhang

  • Photonic tensor cores for machine learning

    Mario Miscuglio;Volker J. Sorger

  • Strain-engineered high-responsivity MoTe2 photodetector for silicon photonic integrated circuits

    R. Maiti;C. Patil;M. A. S. R. Saadi;T. Xie

  • Indium-Tin-Oxide for High-performance Electro-optic Modulation

    Zhizhen Ma;Zhuoran Li;Ke Liu;Ke Liu;Chenran Ye

  • Experimental demonstration of low-loss optical waveguiding at deep sub-wavelength scales

    Volker J. Sorger;Ziliang Ye;Rupert F. Oulton;Yuan Wang

  • Review and perspective on ultrafast wavelength-size electro-optic modulators

    Ke Liu;Ke Liu;Chen Ran Ye;Sikandar Khan;Volker J. Sorger

  • All-optical nonlinear activation function for photonic neural networks [Invited]

    Mario Miscuglio;Armin Mehrabian;Zibo Hu;Shaimaa I. Azzam

  • Plasmonic Fabry-Pérot nanocavity.

    Volker J. Sorger;Rupert F. Oulton;Jie Yao;Guy Bartal

  • A Chirality-Based Quantum Leap.

    Clarice D. Aiello;Muneer Abbas;John M. Abendroth;Andrei Afanasev

  • Generation of helical topological exciton-polaritons

    Wenjing Liu;Zhurun Ji;Yuhui Wang;Gaurav Modi

  • Massively parallel amplitude-only Fourier neural network

    Mario Miscuglio;Zibo Hu;Shurui Li;Jonathan K. George

  • ITO-based Electro-absorption Modulator for Photonic Neural Activation Function

    R. Amin;J. K. George;S. Sun;T. Ferreira de Lima

  • Multiplexed and Electrically Modulated Plasmon Laser Circuit

    Ren-Min Ma;Xiaobo Yin;Rupert F. Oulton;Volker J. Sorger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hamed Dalir
Hamed Dalir University of Florida
Tarek El-Ghazawi
Tarek El-Ghazawi George Washington University
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Rupert F. Oulton
Rupert F. Oulton Imperial College London
Ray T. Chen
Ray T. Chen The University of Texas at Austin
Jacob B. Khurgin
Jacob B. Khurgin Johns Hopkins University
Ritesh Agarwal
Ritesh Agarwal University of Pennsylvania
Paul R. Prucnal
Paul R. Prucnal Princeton University
Bhavin J. Shastri
Bhavin J. Shastri Queen's University
Xiaobo Yin
Xiaobo Yin University of Hong Kong

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