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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 32 6288 6038 95 93 204 4546

Wen-De Zhong publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wen-De Zhong between 1993 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wen-De Zhong published across 33 years, from 1993 to 2025, averaging 6.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2008. 8 of the 217 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2008. 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 3 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 1 publication 2025: 7 publications
1993 2025

217 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wen-De Zhong: publications per year, 1993 to 2025
Year Publications
1993 1
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 0
2001 1
2002 3
2003 5
2004 14
2005 4
2006 4
2007 17
2008 21
2009 16
2010 16
2011 9
2012 15
2013 10
2014 9
2015 10
2016 13
2017 11
2018 11
2019 9
2020 7
2021 1
2022 0
2023 1
2024 1
2025 7
Total 217
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Wen-De Zhong 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 Wen-De Zhong 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, 194–213 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: 204 publications — 30th percentile

30% 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
194–213 430 204
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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Wen-De Zhong 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 Wen-De Zhong 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, 32 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: 32 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% 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 32
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
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Overview

Wen-De Zhong is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Engineering, with significant contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their subfields of study also include Materials Chemistry, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main research topics associated with Wen-De Zhong encompass several aspects of communication and materials science. These topics are:

  • Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Ga2O3 and related materials
  • Abdominal Surgery and Complications
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Radio Wave Propagation Studies
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on communication systems for Internet of Things (IoT) and visible light communication technologies. Selected recent papers include:

  • Integration of Visible Light Communication and Positioning within 5G Networks for Internet of Things, 2020, IEEE Network
  • Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Based Energy-Efficient Resource Management for Social and Cognitive Internet of Things, 2020, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • User-Centric MIMO Techniques for Indoor Visible Light Communication Systems, 2020, IEEE Systems Journal
  • Coordinated Resource Allocation-Based Integrated Visible Light Communication and Positioning Systems for Indoor IoT, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • Lightweight design of SM4 algorithm and realization of threshold scheme, 2021, Journal of Physics Conference Series

Wen-De Zhong frequently collaborates with several researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Helin Yang
  • Chen Chen
  • Arokiaswami Alphones
  • Jiawei Jing
  • Weizhen Liu

Their research has been published extensively in venues like:

  • PubMed
  • IEEE Network
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Systems Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Best Publications

  • Visible Light Communication

    Shlomi Arnon

  • On the Performance of MIMO-NOMA-Based Visible Light Communication Systems

    Chen Chen;Wen-De Zhong;Helin Yang;Pengfei Du

  • Learning-Based Energy-Efficient Resource Management by Heterogeneous RF/VLC for Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Industrial IoT Networks

    Helin Yang;Arokiaswami Alphones;Wen-De Zhong;Chen Chen

  • Photonic Packet Switching: An Overview

    R. S. Tucker;W. De Zhong

  • Demonstration of a Low-Complexity Indoor Visible Light Positioning System Using an Enhanced TDOA Scheme

    Pengfei Du;Sheng Zhang;Chen Chen;Arokiaswami Alphones

  • Performance of dimming control scheme in visible light communication system

    Zixiong Wang;Wen-De Zhong;Changyuan Yu;Jian Chen

  • A Single LED Positioning System Based on Circle Projection

    Ran Zhang;Wen-De Zhong;Qian Kemao;Sheng Zhang

  • High-speed WDM-PON using CW injection-locked Fabry-Pérot laser diodes.

    Zhaowen Xu;Yang Jing Wen;Wen-De Zhong;Chang-Joon Chae

  • Reduction of SINR Fluctuation in Indoor Multi-Cell VLC Systems Using Optimized Angle Diversity Receiver

    Chen Chen;Wen-De Zhong;Helin Yang;Sheng Zhang

  • A heuristic method for design of survivable WDM networks with p-cycles

    Zhenrong Zhang;Wen-De Zhong;B. Mukherjee

  • QoS-Driven Optimized Design-Based Integrated Visible Light Communication and Positioning for Indoor IoT Networks

    Helin Yang;Wen-De Zhong;Chen Chen;Arokiaswami Alphones

  • Image Sensor Based Visible Light Positioning System With Improved Positioning Algorithm

    Ran Zhang;Wen-De Zhong;Kemao Qian;Dehao Wu

  • Connection Establishment of Label Switched Paths in IP/MPLS over Optical Networks

    Xiaomei Niu;Wen-De Zhong;Gangxiang Shen;Tee Hiang Cheng

  • Integration of Visible Light Communication and Positioning within 5G Networks for Internet of Things

    Helin Yang;Wen-De Zhong;Chen Chen;Arokiaswami Alphones

  • Optimizations of $p$ -Cycle-Based Protection of Optical Multicast Sessions

    Feng Zhang;Wen-De Zhong;Yaohui Jin

  • Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Based Energy-Efficient Resource Management for Social and Cognitive Internet of Things

    Helin Yang;Wen-De Zhong;Chen Chen;Arokiaswami Alphones

  • Flexible-Rate SIC-Free NOMA for Downlink VLC Based on Constellation Partitioning Coding

    Chen Chen;Wen-De Zhong;Helin Yang;Pengfei Du

  • On the coverage of multiple-input multiple-output visible light communications [Invited]

    Chen Chen;Wen-De Zhong;Dehao Wu

  • Robust 3D Indoor VLP System Based on ANN Using Hybrid RSS/PDOA

    Sheng Zhang;Pengfei Du;Chen Chen;Wen-De Zhong

  • Dynamically survivable WDM network design with p-cycle-based PWCE

    Zhenrong Zhang;W.-D. Zhong;S.K. Bose

  • Nonlinear Polarization Rotation in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers With Linear Polarization Maintenance

    Songnian Fu;Wen-De Zhong;P. Shum;Chongqing Wu

  • WDM-PON Architectures With a Single Shared Interferometric Filter for Carrier-Reuse Upstream Transmission

    Zhaowen Xu;Yang Jing Wen;Wen-De Zhong;M. Attygalle

  • Joint Precoder and Equalizer Design for Multi-User Multi-Cell MIMO VLC Systems

    Helin Yang;Chen Chen;Wen-De Zhong;Arokiaswami Alphones

  • Wide-FOV and high-gain imaging angle diversity receiver for indoor SDM-VLC systems

    Chen Chen;Wen-De Zhong;Dehao Wu;Zabih Ghassemlooy

  • User-Centric MIMO Techniques for Indoor Visible Light Communication Systems

    Chen Chen;Helin Yang;Pengfei Du;Wen-De Zhong

  • Coordinated Resource Allocation-Based Integrated Visible Light Communication and Positioning Systems for Indoor IoT

    Helin Yang;Wen-De Zhong;Chen Chen;Arokiaswami Alphones

  • Short-range visible light ranging and detecting system using illumination light emitting diodes

    Dehao Wu;Wen-De Zhong;Zabih Ghassemlooy;Chen Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Chen Chen
Chen Chen Chongqing University
Helin Yang
Helin Yang Xiamen University
Arokiaswami Alphones
Arokiaswami Alphones Nanyang Technological University
Moshe Zukerman
Moshe Zukerman City University of Hong Kong
Qi Yang
Qi Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Zabih Ghassemlooy
Zabih Ghassemlooy Northumbria University
Biswanath Mukherjee
Biswanath Mukherjee University of California, Davis
Weisheng Hu
Weisheng Hu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Changyuan Yu
Changyuan Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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