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William H. Steier

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 66 1163 1108 480 443 384 15005
Materials Science 66 5375 5198 1400 1310 367 15074

William H. Steier publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by William H. Steier between 1959 and 2018, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. William H. Steier published across 60 years, from 1959 to 2018, averaging 6.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 1997. 2 of the 414 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1959 to 2018. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 1997. 1959: 1 publication 1960: 1 publication 1961: 3 publications 1962: 3 publications 1963: 1 publication 1964: 1 publication 1965: 3 publications 1966: 5 publications 1967: 3 publications 1968: 2 publications 1969: 1 publication 1970: 1 publication 1971: 3 publications 1972: 1 publication 1973: 1 publication 1974: 3 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 2 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 3 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 14 publications 1991: 11 publications 1992: 14 publications 1993: 17 publications 1994: 17 publications 1995: 21 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 29 publications 1998: 24 publications 1999: 24 publications 2000: 21 publications 2001: 23 publications 2002: 21 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 21 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 0 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 0 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 1 publication 2018: 1 publication
1959 2018

414 publications in total across all disciplines

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William H. Steier: publications per year, 1959 to 2018
Year Publications
1959 1
1960 1
1961 3
1962 3
1963 1
1964 1
1965 3
1966 5
1967 3
1968 2
1969 1
1970 1
1971 3
1972 1
1973 1
1974 3
1975 2
1976 2
1977 2
1978 0
1979 0
1980 1
1981 2
1982 1
1983 1
1984 1
1985 1
1986 3
1987 5
1988 3
1989 6
1990 14
1991 11
1992 14
1993 17
1994 17
1995 21
1996 11
1997 29
1998 24
1999 24
2000 21
2001 23
2002 21
2003 17
2004 13
2005 21
2006 14
2007 8
2008 9
2009 8
2010 5
2011 5
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0
2016 2
2017 1
2018 1
Total 414
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William H. Steier 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 William H. Steier 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, 374–393 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: 384 publications — 72nd percentile

72% 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
374–393 187 384
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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William H. Steier 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 William H. Steier 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, 66 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: 66 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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
58 108
59 120
60 103
61 93
62 92
63 74
64 77
65 73
66 64 66
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William H. Steier is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. The available data does not detail recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, or book publications associated with their academic career.

Steier has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

No specific fields of study, subfields, or main research topics have been recorded in the available information.

Best Publications

  • Low (Sub-1-Volt) Halfwave Voltage Polymeric Electro-optic Modulators Achieved by Controlling Chromophore Shape

    Yongqiang Shi;Cheng Zhang;Hua Zhang;James H. Bechtel

  • Polymer micro-ring filters and modulators

    P. Rabiei;W.H. Steier;Cheng Zhang;L.R. Dalton

  • Demonstration of 110 GHz electro-optic polymer modulators

    Datong Chen;Harold R. Fetterman;Antao Chen;William H. Steier

  • Synthesis and Processing of Improved Organic Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Materials for Applications in Photonics

    L. R. Dalton;A. W. Harper;R. Ghosn;W. H. Steier

  • From molecules to opto-chips: organic electro-optic materials

    Larry R. Dalton;William H. Steier;Bruce H. Robinson;Chang Zhang

  • Low Vπ electrooptic modulators from CLD-1 : Chromophore design and synthesis, material processing, and characterization

    Cheng Zhang;Larry R. Dalton;Min-Cheol Oh;Hua Zhang

  • Quasi-epitaxial growth of organic multiple quantum well structures by organic molecular beam deposition

    F. F. So;S. R. Forrest;Y. Q. Shi;W. H. Steier

  • The molecular and supramolecular engineering of polymeric electro-optic materials

    BH Robinson;LR Dalton;LR Dalton;AW Harper;A Ren

  • Waveguides: characteristic modes of hollow rectangular dielectric waveguides.

    Katherine D. Laakmann;William H. Steier

  • Recent advances in electrooptic polymer modulators incorporating highly nonlinear chromophore

    Min-Cheol Oh;Hua Zhang;Cheng Zhang;H. Erlig

  • New polymers with large and stable second-order nonlinear optical effects

    Mai Chen;Luping Yu;Larry R. Dalton;Yongqiang Shi

  • Translating microscopic optical nonlinearity into macroscopic optical nonlinearity: the role of chromophore chromophore electrostatic interactions

    A. W. Harper;S. Sun;L. R. Dalton;S. M. Garner

  • Large stable photoinduced refractive index change in a nonlinear optical polyester polymer with disperse red side groups

    Yongqiang Shi;William H. Steier;Luping Yu;Mai Chen

  • Wide-bandwidth distributed Bragg reflectors using oxide/GaAs multilayers

    M.H. MacDougal;H. Zhao;P.D. Dapkus;M. Ziari

  • Three-dimensional integrated optics using polymers

    S.M. Garner;Sang-Shin Lee;V. Chuyanov;A. Chen

  • Donor-Acceptor Thiolated Polyenic Chromophores Exhibiting Large Optical Nonlinearity and Excellent Photostability

    Yen-Ju Cheng;Jingdong Luo;Su Huang;Xinghua Zhou

  • Polymer electro-optic devices for integrated optics

    William H Steier;Antao Chen;Sang-Shin Lee;Sean Garner

  • Electro-optic polymer modulators with 0.8 V half-wave voltage

    Yongqiang Shi;Weiping Lin;David J. Olson;James H. Bechtel

  • Photorefractivity at 1.5 μm in CdTe:V

    Afshin Partovi;James Millerd;Elsa M. Garmire;Mehrdad Ziari

  • Investigation of polymers and marine-derived DNA in optoelectronics

    James G. Grote;Joshua A. Hagen;John S. Zetts;Robert L. Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry R. Dalton
Larry R. Dalton University of Washington
Harold R. Fetterman
Harold R. Fetterman University of California, Los Angeles
Sean M. Garner
Sean M. Garner Corning (United States)
Alex K.-Y. Jen
Alex K.-Y. Jen City University of Hong Kong
Bruce H. Robinson
Bruce H. Robinson University of Washington
Jingdong Luo
Jingdong Luo City University of Hong Kong
P.D. Dapkus
P.D. Dapkus University of Southern California
Yi Liao
Yi Liao Florida Institute of Technology
Luping Yu
Luping Yu University of Chicago
Harry R. Allcock
Harry R. Allcock Pennsylvania State University

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