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Letaief, Khaled  PhD

Leading researcher with 1059 publications in the last 36 years
Dr. Letaief received his BS, MS, and PhD from Purdue University, USA. He is an internationally recognized leader in wireless communications. He is a Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, and Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences. He is also recognized by Thomson Reuters as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher with an h-index of 87 and was listed among the 2020 top 30 of AI 2000 Internet of Things Most Influential Scholars. Dr. Letaief is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. He is the recipient of many distinguished awards including the 2019 Distinguished Research Excellence Award by HKUST School of Engineering (Highest research award and only one recipient/3 years is honored for his/her contributions); 2019 IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award; 2018 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award, 2016 IEEE Marconi Prize Award in Wireless Communications, and 2010 Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award. He is well recognized for his dedicated service to professional societies and in particular IEEE where he has served in many leadership positions. These include the IEEE Communications Society President, the world's leading organization for communications professionals with headquarter in New York City and members in 162 countries. Since 1993, he has been with HKUST where he has held many administrative positions, including Dean of Engineering, Head of the Electronic and Computer Engineering department, and founding Director of Huawei Innovation Laboratory. show More

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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
1059

Total documents

3.49

Normalized Impact

284

Highly Cited Papers (10%)

64.49

International Collab. (%)

Most cited publications


Main coauthors


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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

996
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.

Impact

914
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Excellence

971
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.

Leadership

989
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.

Cooperation

744
/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

966
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.

Community Support

0
/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

239
/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 1059 Count of all document types.
Docs/Year 29.42 Average of documents published by author per year.
Citable docs 823 Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews.
Journal Articles 461 Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed.
Conferences 361 Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium.
Reviews 1 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 0 Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings
Books 1 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 2 Papers where the author contributed editorial content.
Reports 0 Research reports or white papers authored.
Grants 0 Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author.
Pre-Prints 221 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 36498 Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types).
Self Citations 1763 Citations where the author references their own previous work.
Self Citation Rate 4.83 Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count.
Non Self Citation Rate 95.17 Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations.
Hot Citations 944 Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months.
Citations/Document 34.46 Average of citations recieved per document.
% Not Cited 0.0 Percentage of documents with no citations recieved.
Relative Citation Index 3.487 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 1.922 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 84 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 174 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 395 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 0.626 Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th.
Citation Normalized Percentile 0.567 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%) 284 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 2.682 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%) 53 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 5.005 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%) 12 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 30 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 862 Number of documents lead by the author.
% Leadership 81.4 Percentage of documents lead by the author.
Docs International Leadership 567 Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author.
% International Leadership 53.54 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 6.29 Average number of authors per document.
% Highly Authored Papers 3.59 Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors.
Countries/Paper 1.76 Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document.
Docs International Collaboration 683 Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line.
% International Collaboration 64.49 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 0 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 432 Number of documents in Open Access mode.
% Open Access Documents 40.79 Percentage of documents in Open Access mode.
Open Access Gold 14 Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ.
Open Access Green 333 Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository.
Open Access Hybrid 9 Free under an open license in a toll-access journal.
Open Access Bronze 76 Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license.
Open Access Closed 627 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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