Hamid Jafarkhani

21.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
291 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Hamid Jafarkhani is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Hamid Jafarkhani has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 200 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 44 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Hamid Jafarkhani's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (105 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (103 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (95 papers). Hamid Jafarkhani is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (105 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (103 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (95 papers). Hamid Jafarkhani collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Hamid Jafarkhani's co-authors include Vahid Tarokh, A.R. Calderbank, Yindi Jing, Arash Kheradvar, M. R. Avendi, Homayoun Yousefi’zadeh, Erdem Koyuncu, N. Seshadri, Alfred Grau and Franco De Flaviis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.

In The Last Decade

Hamid Jafarkhani

280 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

Space-time block codes from orthogonal designs 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 1999 2001 2000 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. Space-time block codes from orthogonal designs
    1999 4.5k citations Hamid Jafarkhani et al. profile →
  2. Space-time block coding for wireless communications: performance results
    1999 1.2k citations Hamid Jafarkhani et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  3. A quasi-orthogonal space-time block code
    2001 835 citations Hamid Jafarkhani IEEE Transactions on Communications profile →
  4. A differential detection scheme for transmit diversity
    2000 552 citations Hamid Jafarkhani et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  5. Single and multiple relay selection schemes and their achievable diversity orders
    2009 481 citations Yindi Jing, Hamid Jafarkhani IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  6. Space-Time Coding
    2005 456 citations Hamid Jafarkhani profile →
  7. Space-time coding theory and practice
    2005 396 citations Hamid Jafarkhani profile →
  8. A combined deep-learning and deformable-model approach to fully automatic segmentation of the left ventricle in cardiac MRI
    2016 394 citations M. R. Avendi, Arash Kheradvar et al. Medical Image Analysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hamid Jafarkhani United States 39 12.3k 10.6k 2.0k 1.2k 988 291 14.1k
A.M. Sayeed United States 41 8.2k 0.7× 3.5k 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 1.7× 676 0.7× 198 10.3k
Athina P. Petropulu United States 43 6.3k 0.5× 3.8k 0.4× 1.0k 0.5× 4.6k 3.8× 570 0.6× 359 10.5k
Shaoqian Li China 46 9.5k 0.8× 5.1k 0.5× 771 0.4× 2.3k 1.9× 211 0.2× 584 11.2k
E. Biglieri Italy 40 11.0k 0.9× 8.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 823 0.7× 327 0.3× 277 12.3k
Hüseyin Arslan United States 43 9.0k 0.7× 6.8k 0.6× 883 0.4× 2.0k 1.7× 322 0.3× 489 11.6k
Giuseppe Caire Germany 58 14.3k 1.2× 12.1k 1.1× 909 0.5× 2.2k 1.9× 640 0.6× 550 18.1k
Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri Saudi Arabia 40 4.3k 0.3× 2.0k 0.2× 420 0.2× 1.3k 1.1× 330 0.3× 365 6.2k
Chintha Tellambura Canada 59 11.9k 1.0× 8.7k 0.8× 534 0.3× 1.5k 1.3× 122 0.1× 590 13.1k
Byonghyo Shim South Korea 37 3.7k 0.3× 1.5k 0.1× 403 0.2× 826 0.7× 362 0.4× 257 5.1k
Markku Juntti Finland 47 7.5k 0.6× 4.1k 0.4× 482 0.2× 1.9k 1.6× 182 0.2× 578 8.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abdelhady, Amr M., et al.. (2025). Optimization of Hybrid Laser-Battery-Powered UAV-Assisted Backscatter Communications. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(11). 11690–11706.
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New, Wee Kiat, Kai‐Kit Wong, Chao Wang, et al.. (2025). Fluid Antenna Systems: Redefining Reconfigurable Wireless Communications. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 44. 1013–1044.
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Abdelhady, Amr M., et al.. (2024). Sensing and Communication in UAV Cellular Networks: Design and Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(6). 5456–5472. 10 indexed citations
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Geraci, Giovanni, et al.. (2024). Optimizing Cellular Networks for UAV Corridors via Quantization Theory. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(10). 14924–14939. 10 indexed citations
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Abdelhady, Amr M., et al.. (2024). Operation Optimization of Laser-Powered Aerial Data Harvesting for Passive IoT Networks. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Jafarkhani, Hamid, Hossein Maleki, & Mojtaba Vaezi. (2024). Modulation and Coding for NOMA and RSMA. Proceedings of the IEEE. 112(9). 1179–1213. 8 indexed citations
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Abdelhady, Amr M., et al.. (2024). Multi-UAV Reinforcement Learning for Data Collection in Cellular MIMO Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(10). 15462–15476. 4 indexed citations
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Abdelhady, Amr M., et al.. (2024). Laser-Empowered UAVs for Aerial Data Aggregation in Passive IoT Networks. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. 5. 1609–1623. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Yuanwei Liu, Hamid Jafarkhani, et al.. (2024). Signal Processing and Learning for Next Generation Multiple Access in 6G. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 18(7). 1146–1177. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Hang, et al.. (2021). Distributed Q-Learning with State Tracking for Multi-agent Networked Control. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 1692–1694. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Yanning, et al.. (2021). Distributed and Quantized Online Multi-Kernel Learning. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 69. 5496–5511. 7 indexed citations
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Jafarkhani, Hamid, et al.. (2021). Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted mmWave UAV Wireless Cellular Networks. 1–6. 13 indexed citations
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Jafarkhani, Hamid, et al.. (2020). mmWave Lens-Based MIMO System for Suppressing Small-Scale Fading and Shadowing. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 19(8). 5292–5306. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Andrew L., et al.. (2020). Fully‑automated deep‑learning segmentation of pediatric cardiovascular magnetic resonance of patients with complex congenital heart diseases. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 22(1). 80–80. 35 indexed citations
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Marsland, Ian, et al.. (2019). Space–Time Signal Design for Multilevel Polar Coding in Slow Fading Broadcast Channels. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 67(9). 5940–5952. 3 indexed citations
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Avendi, M. R., Arash Kheradvar, & Hamid Jafarkhani. (2016). A combined deep-learning and deformable-model approach to fully automatic segmentation of the left ventricle in cardiac MRI. Medical Image Analysis. 30. 108–119. 394 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fakoorian, S. Ali. A., Hamid Jafarkhani, & A. Lee Swindlehurst. (2011). Secure space-time block coding via artificial noise alignment. 651–655. 19 indexed citations
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Dong, Lun, Homayoun Yousefi’zadeh, & Hamid Jafarkhani. (2011). Cooperative Jamming and Power Allocation for Wireless Relay Networks in Presence of Eavesdropper. 1–5. 78 indexed citations
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Li, Liangbin, Yindi Jing, & Hamid Jafarkhani. (2010). Interference Cancellation in Multi-Access Wireless Relay Networks. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Jafarkhani, Hamid. (2005). Space-time coding theory and practice. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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