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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
62
Citations
21093
World Ranking
1411
National Ranking
580

Computer Science

D-Index
62
Citations
21273
World Ranking
2840
National Ranking
1405

Wade Trappe 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 Wade Trappe sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 308 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wade Trappe 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 Wade Trappe 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.

Overview

Wade Trappe is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily lies at the intersection of computer science and engineering, focusing on areas related to wireless communication and security.

The key fields of study for their work include:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

The research further explores multiple subfields such as:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Modeling and Simulation

The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Wireless Communication Security Techniques
  • Security in Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Guidance and Control Systems
  • Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Wade Trappe are:

  • A Jamming Game With Rival-Type Uncertainty, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • A Multi-Jammer Game With Latency as the User's Communication Utility, 2020, IEEE Communications Letters
  • An Anti-Jamming Multiple Access Channel Game Using Latency as Metric, 2022, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • A Sophisticated Anti-Eavesdropping Strategy, 2022, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • Distributed beamforming based wireless power transfer: Analysis and realization, 2020, Tsinghua Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wade Trappe include:

  • Andrey Garnaev
  • Athina P. Petropulu
  • H. Vincent Poor
  • Vahideh Vakil
  • Xiaoran Fan

Publications have appeared in several specialized venues, with multiple papers in:

  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • ICT Express
  • International Game Theory Review
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Best Publications

  • The feasibility of launching and detecting jamming attacks in wireless networks

    Wenyuan Xu;Wade Trappe;Yanyong Zhang;Timothy Wood

  • Introduction to Cryptography with Coding Theory

    Lawrence C. Washington;Wade Trappe

  • Radio-telepathy: extracting a secret key from an unauthenticated wireless channel

    Suhas Mathur;Wade Trappe;Narayan Mandayam;Chunxuan Ye

  • Jamming sensor networks: attack and defense strategies

    Wenyuan Xu;Ke Ma;W. Trappe;Yanyong Zhang

  • Enhancing Source-Location Privacy in Sensor Network Routing

    P. Kamat;Yanyong Zhang;W. Trappe;C. Ozturk

  • Robust statistical methods for securing wireless localization in sensor networks

    Zang Li;Wade Trappe;Yanyong Zhang;Badri Nath

  • Anti-collusion fingerprinting for multimedia

    W. Trappe;Min Wu;Z.J. Wang;K.J.R. Liu

  • ParkNet: drive-by sensing of road-side parking statistics

    Suhas Mathur;Tong Jin;Nikhil Kasturirangan;Janani Chandrasekaran

  • Source-location privacy in energy-constrained sensor network routing

    Celal Ozturk;Yanyong Zhang;Wade Trappe

  • Detecting and Localizing Wireless Spoofing Attacks

    Yingying Chen;W. Trappe;R.P. Martin

  • Security and privacy vulnerabilities of in-car wireless networks: a tire pressure monitoring system case study

    Ishtiaq Rouf;Rob Miller;Hossen Mustafa;Travis Taylor

  • Information-Theoretically Secret Key Generation for Fading Wireless Channels

    Chunxuan Ye;Suhas Mathur;Alex Reznik;Yogendra Shah

  • Channel surfing and spatial retreats: defenses against wireless denial of service

    Wenyuan Xu;Timothy Wood;Wade Trappe;Yanyong Zhang

  • Using the physical layer for wireless authentication in time-variant channels

    Liang Xiao;L. Greenstein;N. Mandayam;W. Trappe

  • Optimum Co-Design for Spectrum Sharing between Matrix Completion Based MIMO Radars and a MIMO Communication System

    Bo Li;Athina P. Petropulu;Wade Trappe

  • The challenges facing physical layer security

    Wade Trappe

  • Fingerprints in the Ether: Using the Physical Layer for Wireless Authentication

    Liang Xiao;L. Greenstein;N. Mandayam;W. Trappe

  • Collusion-resistant fingerprinting for multimedia

    Min Wu;W. Trappe;Z.J. Wang;K.J.R. Liu

  • Securing Wireless Communications at the Physical Layer

    Ruoheng Liu;Wade Trappe

  • Low-Energy Security: Limits and Opportunities in the Internet of Things

    Wade Trappe;Richard Howard;Robert S. Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanyong Zhang
Yanyong Zhang University of Science and Technology of China
Yingying Chen
Yingying Chen Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Wenyuan Xu
Wenyuan Xu Zhejiang University
K.J.R. Liu
K.J.R. Liu University of Maryland, College Park
Larry J. Greenstein
Larry J. Greenstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Narayan B. Mandayam
Narayan B. Mandayam Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Athina P. Petropulu
Athina P. Petropulu Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard Howard
Richard Howard Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Liang Xiao
Liang Xiao Xiamen University
Min Wu
Min Wu University of Maryland, College Park

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