Behnaam Aazhang

20.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
273 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Behnaam Aazhang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Behnaam Aazhang has authored 273 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 189 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 179 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 32 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Behnaam Aazhang's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (91 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (88 papers) and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (87 papers). Behnaam Aazhang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (91 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (88 papers) and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (87 papers). Behnaam Aazhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and China. Behnaam Aazhang's co-authors include Elza Erkip, A. Sendonaris, Mahesh K. Varanasi, Ashutosh Sabharwal, K.K. Mukkavilli, Mohammad A. Amir Khojastepour, A.M. Sayeed, Brett A. Kaufman, J. Lilleberg and G.C. Orsak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Behnaam Aazhang

256 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

User cooperation diversity-part I: system description

2003 4.6k citations Elza Erkip, Behnaam Aazhang et al. profile →
User cooperation diversity-part II: implementation aspects and performance analysis

2003 2.0k citations Elza Erkip, Behnaam Aazhang et al. profile →
Multistage detection in asynchronous code-division multiple-access communications

1990 907 citations Behnaam Aazhang et al. profile →
On beamforming with finite rate feedback in multiple-antenna systems

2003 650 citations Ashutosh Sabharwal, Elza Erkip et al. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory profile →
Increasing uplink capacity via user cooperation diversity

2002 389 citations Elza Erkip, Behnaam Aazhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Behnaam Aazhang United States	40	12.5k	12.2k	759	611	589	273	14.3k
Michael Gastpar United States	35	6.3k 0.5×	6.5k 0.5×	229 0.3×	972 1.6×	489 0.8×	254	8.0k
Francky Catthoor Belgium	46	5.5k 0.4×	4.9k 0.4×	635 0.8×	1.0k 1.7×	75 0.1×	892	11.3k
Claude Berrou France	20	11.0k 0.9×	9.9k 0.8×	697 0.9×	3.1k 5.1×	240 0.4×	40	12.2k
Wei‐Ping Zhu Canada	43	4.9k 0.4×	2.4k 0.2×	2.0k 2.6×	604 1.0×	932 1.6×	502	8.0k
Jason Cong United States	54	6.9k 0.6×	4.5k 0.4×	213 0.3×	1.8k 2.9×	84 0.1×	404	12.4k
Gábor C. Temes United States	47	10.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.1×	743 1.0×	338 0.6×	428 0.7×	406	12.1k
Hoi‐Jun Yoo South Korea	49	6.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.2×	433 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	182 0.3×	545	10.8k
Andreas Burg Switzerland	36	4.6k 0.4×	3.0k 0.2×	244 0.3×	884 1.4×	148 0.3×	263	5.4k
Huazhong Yang China	48	7.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.1×	315 0.4×	2.1k 3.4×	135 0.2×	619	10.5k
Tushar Krishna United States	34	5.2k 0.4×	4.7k 0.4×	182 0.2×	1.7k 2.8×	76 0.1×	168	9.6k

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Post, Allison, et al.. (2025). Reconstructing 12-lead ECG from reduced lead sets using an encoder–decoder convolutional neural network. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 104. 107486–107486. 1 indexed citations

D’Ambrosio, Raimondo, Christof Karmonik, Sachin Mathur, et al.. (2025). Quantification of Perivascular Flow Dynamics of Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Along Major Arteries Using Phase-Contrast MRI. Radiology. 316(3). e243521–e243521. 1 indexed citations

Raphael, Robert M., et al.. (2023). Biophysics of amplitude-modulated giga-hertz electromagnetic waves stimulation. 1463–1468.

Seddik, Karim G., et al.. (2021). Joint Transmitter-Receiver Optimization and Self-Interference Suppression in Full-Duplex MIMO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 70(7). 6913–6929. 7 indexed citations

Fan, Yingying, Taiyun Chi, Eugene V. Golanov, et al.. (2021). Review of wearable technologies and machine learning methodologies for systematic detection of mild traumatic brain injuries. Journal of Neural Engineering. 18(4). 41006–41006. 24 indexed citations

Luan, Lan, Jacob T. Robinson, Behnaam Aazhang, et al.. (2020). Recent Advances in Electrical Neural Interface Engineering: Minimal Invasiveness, Longevity, and Scalability. Neuron. 108(2). 302–321. 101 indexed citations

Aazhang, Behnaam, et al.. (2020). Learnable Group Transform For Time-Series. International Conference on Machine Learning. 1. 2164–2173. 2 indexed citations

Ahmed, N. U., et al.. (2007). On Power Control with Finite Rate Feedback for Cooperative Relay Networks. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 3 indexed citations

Muharemovic, Tarik, et al.. (2007). Hybrid Linear-Iterative Detection Algorithms for MIMO CDMA. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 1 indexed citations

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Chakrabarti, Arnab, Alexandre de Baynast, Ashutosh Sabharwal, & Behnaam Aazhang. (2006). LDPC Code-Design for the Relay Channel. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 9 indexed citations

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Murphy, Patrick, et al.. (2006). Design of WARP: A wireless open-access research platform. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 1–5. 63 indexed citations

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Sabharwal, Ashutosh, et al.. (2004). A Recursive Construction for Low-Complexity Non-coherent Constellations. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 1(3). 106–106. 1 indexed citations

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Khojastepour, Mohammad A. Amir, Ashutosh Sabharwal, & Behnaam Aazhang. (2003). On the Capacity of 'Cheap' Relay Networks. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 93 indexed citations

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Khojastepour, Mohammad A. Amir, Behnaam Aazhang, & Ashutosh Sabharwal. (2003). Cut-set Theorems for Multi-state Networks. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 5 indexed citations

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Ahmed, N. U., Mohammad A. Amir Khojastepour, Ashutosh Sabharwal, & Behnaam Aazhang. (2003). Finite Backlog Effects on Downlink Scheduling. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 399–405.

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Sabharwal, Ashutosh, et al.. (2002). Constellations for Imperfect Channel State Information at the Receiver. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 2 indexed citations

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Sabharwal, Ashutosh, et al.. (2001). Transmit Diversity with Channel Feedback. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 9 indexed citations

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Aazhang, Behnaam, et al.. (2001). Dual Problems in Power Control. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 6 indexed citations

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Das, Suman, Elza Erkip, Joseph R. Cavallaro, & Behnaam Aazhang. (1998). Iterative Multiuser Detection and Decoding. Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (Rice University). 106–111. 9 indexed citations

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Aazhang, Behnaam & H. Vincent Poor. (1985). PERFORMANCE OF THE HARD-LIMITING DS/SSMA RECEIVER IN NON-GAUSSIAN NOISE.. International Conference on Communications. 2. 844–849.

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