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D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 50 2761 2646 1052 981 215 12195
Computer Science 50 5542 5387 2532 2446 228 12321

Zhi Tian publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zhi Tian between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhi Tian published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 11 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2022. 29 of the 308 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2022. 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 32 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 10 publications
1998 2025

308 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zhi Tian: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 2
1999 1
2000 2
2001 7
2002 8
2003 10
2004 12
2005 16
2006 12
2007 12
2008 11
2009 7
2010 11
2011 13
2012 10
2013 5
2014 3
2015 6
2016 11
2017 6
2018 10
2019 18
2020 13
2021 21
2022 32
2023 20
2024 19
2025 10
Total 308
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Zhi Tian 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 Zhi Tian 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, 214–233 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: 215 publications — 34th percentile

34% 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
214–233 431 215
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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Zhi Tian 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 Zhi Tian 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, 50 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: 50 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% 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 50
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to ultra-wideband wireless communications and localization

Overview

Zhi Tian is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work covers various topics such as Advanced Neural Network Applications, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning, Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques, Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms, Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques, and Visual Attention and Saliency Detection.

Publication venues where Zhi Tian frequently publishes include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
  • IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems

Significant recent papers include:

  • FCOS: A Simple and Strong Anchor-free Object Detector, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
  • Twins: Revisiting the Design of Spatial Attention in Vision Transformers, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conditional Positional Encodings for Vision Transformers, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SegViT: Semantic Segmentation with Plain Vision Transformers, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Joint Optimization of Communications and Federated Learning Over the Air, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Frequent coauthors with whom Zhi Tian has collaborated include:

  • Chunhua Shen
  • Yue Wang
  • Hao Chen
  • Xin Fan
  • Yan Huo

Zhi Tian was awarded the title of IEEE Fellow in 2013 for contributions to ultra-wideband wireless communications and localization.

Best Publications

  • Localization via ultra-wideband radios: a look at positioning aspects for future sensor networks

    S. Gezici;Zhi Tian;G.B. Giannakis;H. Kobayashi

  • Compressed Sensing for Wideband Cognitive Radios

    Zhi Tian;G.B. Giannakis

  • A Wavelet Approach to Wideband Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radios

    Zhi Tian;Georgios B. Giannakis

  • Localization via Ultra- Wideband Radios

    Sinan Gezici;Zhi Tian;Georgios B. Biannakis;Hisashi Kobayashi

  • Distributed Compressive Spectrum Sensing in Cooperative Multihop Cognitive Networks

    Fanzi Zeng;Chen Li;Zhi Tian

  • Cyclic Feature Detection With Sub-Nyquist Sampling for Wideband Spectrum Sensing

    Zhi Tian;Y. Tafesse;B. M. Sadler

  • Optimal waveform design for UWB radios

    Xianren Wu;Zhi Tian;T.N. Davidson;G.B. Giannakis

  • Compressed Wideband Sensing in Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks

    Zhi Tian

  • Decentralized Sparse Signal Recovery for Compressive Sleeping Wireless Sensor Networks

    Qing Ling;Zhi Tian

  • A recursive least squares implementation for LCMP beamforming under quadratic constraint

    Zhi Tian;K.L. Bell;H.L. Van Trees

  • Optimal Power Control for Cognitive Radio Networks Under Coupled Interference Constraints: A Cooperative Game-Theoretic Perspective

    Chun-Gang Yang;Jian-Dong Li;Zhi Tian

  • Sparsity Order Estimation and its Application in Compressive Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radios

    Yue Wang;Zhi Tian;Chunyan Feng

  • Compressive Covariance Sensing: Structure-based compressive sensing beyond sparsity

    Daniel Romero;Dyonisius Dony Ariananda;Zhi Tian;Geert Leus

  • A GLRT approach to data-aided timing acquisition in UWB radios-Part I: algorithms

    Zhi Tian;G.B. Giannakis

  • Near-optimum soft decision equalization for frequency selective MIMO channels

    Shoumin Liu;Zhi Tian

  • BER sensitivity to mistiming in ultra-wideband impulse Radios-part I: nonrandom channels

    Zhi Tian;G.B. Giannakis

  • Non-data aided timing acquisition of ultra-wideband transmissions using cyclostationarity

    Liuqing Yang;Zhi Tian;G.B. Giannakis

  • Error performance of pulse-based ultra-wideband MIMO systems over indoor wireless channels

    Huaping Liu;R.C. Qiu;Zhi Tian

  • Localized Structural Health Monitoring Using Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks

    Qing Ling;Zhi Tian;Yuejun Yin;Yue Li

  • Efficient Two-Dimensional Line Spectrum Estimation Based on Decoupled Atomic Norm Minimization

    Zhe Zhang;Yue Wang;Zhi Tian

  • Weighted Energy Detection for Noncoherent Ultra-Wideband Receiver Design

    Feng Wang;Zhi Tian;B M Sadler

Frequent Co-Authors

Qing Ling
Qing Ling Sun Yat-sen University
Georgios B. Giannakis
Georgios B. Giannakis University of Minnesota
Geert Leus
Geert Leus Delft University of Technology
Xiuzhen Cheng
Xiuzhen Cheng Shandong University
Erik Blasch
Erik Blasch United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Genshe Chen
Genshe Chen Intelligent Fusion Technology (United States)
Timothy N. Davidson
Timothy N. Davidson McMaster University
Yingshu Li
Yingshu Li Georgia State University
Jiguo Yu
Jiguo Yu Qilu University of Technology
Sinan Gezici
Sinan Gezici Bilkent University

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