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Heath, Robert  PhD

Leading researcher with 1510 publications
Dr. Robert W. Heath Jr. is the Lampe Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State University. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, in 1996 and 1997 respectively, and the Ph.D. from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 2002, all in electrical engineering. From 1998 to 2001, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff then a Senior Consultant at Iospan Wireless Inc, San Jose, CA where he worked on the design and implementation of the physical and link layers of the first commercial MIMO-OFDM communication system. From 2002 to 2020, he was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin where he was a Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering and founded the Situation Aware Vehicular Systems initiative. He is also President and CEO of MIMO Wireless Inc. His research interests include several aspects of wireless communication, signal processing, and sensing: MIMO, limited feedback techniques, multi-hop networking, manifold signal processing, millimeter wave communication techniques, and vehicular communication systems. He authored ``Introduction to Wireless Digital Communication'' (Prentice Hall, 2017) and ``Digital Wireless Communication: Physical Layer Exploration Lab Using the NI USRP'' (National Technology and Science Press, 2012), and co-authored ``Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications'' (Prentice Hall, 2014) and ``Foundations of MIMO Communication'' (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Dr. Heath is currently Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. He has been an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communication, an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and lead guest editor for an IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications special issue on limited feedback communication, lead guest editor for an IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing special issue on Heterogenous Networks, lead guest editor for an IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Special Issue entitled the Signal Processing Revolution, and lead guest editor for an IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing special issue on Signal Processing for Millimeter Wave Communication. He was on the steering committee for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications from 2011-2014. He was a member of the Signal Processing for Communications Technical Committee in the IEEE Signal Processing Society and is a former Chair of the IEEE COMSOC Communications Technical Theory Committee. He was a technical co-chair for the 2007 Fall Vehicular Technology Conference, general chair of the 2008 Communication Theory Workshop, general co-chair, technical co-chair and co-organizer of the 2009 IEEE Signal Processing for Wireless Communications Workshop, local co-organizer for the 2009 IEEE CAMSAP Conference, technical co-chair for the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, the technical chair for the 2011 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, general chair for the 2013 Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, founding general co-chair for the 2013 IEEE GlobalSIP conference, and was technical co-chair for the 2014 IEEE GLOBECOM conference. He has co-organized a number of Workshops at IEEE ICC and IEEE GLOBECOM. Dr. Heath co-authored of a number of award-winning papers published in conferences and journals. He was co-recipient of the 2010 and 2013 EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking best paper awards, the 2012 Signal Processing Magazine best paper award, a 2013 Signal Processing Society best paper award, the 2014 EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing best paper award, the 2014 and 2018 Journal of Communications and Networks best paper awards, the 2016 IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize, the 2016 IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper show More

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1510

Total documents

4.37

Normalized Impact

459

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

28.54

International Collab. (%)

Most cited publications


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Dimensions One by One

Spanning 73 diverse indicators, the dimensions considered capture a comprehensive spectrum of academic attributes. Each dimension includes a set of indicators and has a especific weight on the One Index. More information here...

Activity

923
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.

Impact

967
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Excellence

993
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Leadership

916
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Cooperation

728
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Openness

975
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Community Support

261
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Community Recognition

0
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Transference

365
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Fundraising

0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

All indicators

Performance

Activity

Reflects an author's research output.

Documents 1510 Count of all document types.
Docs/Year 4.03 Average of documents published by author per year.
Citable docs 1132 Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews.
Journal Articles 657 Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed.
Conferences 473 Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium.
Reviews 2 Review papers authored by the researcher.
Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Theses 1 Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings
Books 12 A whole monograph or the entire book.
Book Chapters 0 Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator.
Datasets 0 Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation.
Editorials 3 Papers where the author contributed editorial content.
Reports 3 Research reports or white papers authored.
Grants 0 Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author.
Pre-Prints 308 Number of publications freely available in pre-print format.
Clinical Trials N/A Number of clinical trials where the author has participated.
Other types 0 Other type of documents.

Impact

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citations 82858 Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types).
Self Citations 5901 Citations where the author references their own previous work.
Self Citation Rate 7.122 Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count.
Non Self Citation Rate 92.878 Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations.
Hot Citations 936 Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months.
Citations/Document 54.87 Average of citations recieved per document.
% Not Cited 0.0 Percentage of documents with no citations recieved.
Relative Citation Index 4.374 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
Journal Relative Citation Index 2.524 Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications.
H Index 135 Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times.
G Index 263 Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times.
i10 Index 704 Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved.

Excellence

Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Citation Score 0.649 Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th.
Citation Normalized Percentile 0.614 Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex.
Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) 459 Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Higly Cited Papers 3.04 Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 1%) 104 Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Relative Outstanding Papers 6.887 Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents.
Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) 20 Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.
Hot Papers 32 Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline.

Interaction within community

Leadership

Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Docs Leadership 1139 Number of documents lead by the author.
% Leadership 75.43 Percentage of documents lead by the author.
Docs International Leadership 304 Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
% International Leadership 20.13 Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
Principal Investigator 0 Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project.
Associations Founded 0 Number of associations founded by the author.
Societies Founded 0 Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author.
Foundations Founded 0 Number of research-related foundations established by the author.
Councils 0 Number of councils founded by author.

Cooperation

Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.

Authors/Paper 5.04 Average number of authors per document.
% Highly Authored Papers 0.13 Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors.
Countries/Paper 1.11 Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document.
Docs International Collaboration 431 Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line.
% International Collaboration 28.54 Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line.

Community Support

Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.

Peer Review Counts 0 Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications.
Society Membership 2 Number of societies of wich the author is a member.
Society Memberships 0 Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies.
Editorial Board Memberships 0 Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board.
Panelists 0 Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls.

Community Recognition

Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.

Distinctions 0 Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career.
Invitations 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations.
Talks 0 Number of times the author has been invited to talks.
Professorships 0 Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips.
Commissioned Reports 0 Commissioned reports done by the author.

Interaction with society

Openness

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Open Access Documents 608 Number of documents in Open Access mode.
% Open Access Documents 40.26 Percentage of documents in Open Access mode.
Open Access Gold 34 Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ.
Open Access Green 399 Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository.
Open Access Hybrid 79 Free under an open license in a toll-access journal.
Open Access Bronze 96 Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license.
Open Access Closed 902 Non Open Access documents.

Transference

Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.

Patents 0 Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention.
Advisory Boards 0 Number of advisory boards of which the author is member.
Companies 0 Number of companies created or founded by the author.

Fundraising

Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.

Funding Counts 0 Number of activities reported as funding recieved.
ERC Grantees 0 Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council.
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