Michel Daoud Yacoub

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
218 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Michel Daoud Yacoub is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Daoud Yacoub has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 124 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 19 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michel Daoud Yacoub's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (117 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (91 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (89 papers). Michel Daoud Yacoub is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (117 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (91 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (89 papers). Michel Daoud Yacoub collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United Kingdom and United States. Michel Daoud Yacoub's co-authors include Daniel Benevides da Costa, José Cândido Silveira Santos Filho, Gustavo Fraidenraich, Rausley A. A. de Souza, Leonardo Guerra de Rezende Guedes, Ugo Silva Dias, Simon L. Cotton, Paulo Cardieri, Nidhi Simmons and Paschalis C. Sofotasios and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Michel Daoud Yacoub

198 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

The κ-μ distribution and the η-μ distribution 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2007 200 400 600
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. The κ-μ distribution and the η-μ distribution
    2007 673 citations Michel Daoud Yacoub profile →
  2. The $\alpha$-$\mu$ Distribution: A Physical Fading Model for the Stacy Distribution
    2007 529 citations Michel Daoud Yacoub profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michel Daoud Yacoub Brazil 30 3.8k 2.7k 725 202 147 218 4.2k
Emre Telatar Switzerland 20 8.7k 2.3× 7.1k 2.6× 1.0k 1.4× 727 3.6× 123 0.8× 78 9.5k
Mahesh K. Varanasi United States 29 4.4k 1.2× 3.9k 1.4× 318 0.4× 393 1.9× 29 0.2× 219 4.8k
M.J. Gans United States 25 10.6k 2.8× 7.0k 2.6× 2.6k 3.6× 294 1.5× 141 1.0× 66 11.1k
Hajime Suzuki Australia 18 1.7k 0.4× 702 0.3× 377 0.5× 132 0.7× 141 1.0× 116 2.0k
Michel C. Jeruchim United States 11 1.3k 0.4× 676 0.2× 186 0.3× 193 1.0× 54 0.4× 30 1.8k
Iickho Song South Korea 22 1.1k 0.3× 905 0.3× 311 0.4× 288 1.4× 33 0.2× 230 1.8k
E. Bonek Austria 33 4.1k 1.1× 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 1.8× 90 0.4× 123 0.8× 137 4.5k
J.H. Winters United States 41 7.5k 2.0× 5.6k 2.1× 1.4k 1.9× 255 1.3× 147 1.0× 135 8.2k
Tor Aulin Sweden 25 2.9k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 359 0.5× 416 2.1× 83 0.6× 136 3.2k
S. Pasupathy Canada 30 2.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 274 0.4× 526 2.6× 115 0.8× 187 3.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simmons, Nidhi, et al.. (2025). Performance of RIS-Assisted Systems in Mixed Fading Conditions. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(11). 12577–12592. 1 indexed citations
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Yacoub, Michel Daoud, et al.. (2025). Cute But Cunning: Circumventing Lognormal Statistic Complexities. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(5). 1331–1335.
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Simmons, Nidhi, et al.. (2024). A Custom Loss Function for Machine Learning-based Resource Allocation Policies. 19–24. 2 indexed citations
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Yacoub, Michel Daoud, et al.. (2024). Suitability of α-µ for Composite Fading Modeling. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 72(4). 3670–3679. 4 indexed citations
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Cotton, Simon L., et al.. (2022). A Unification of LoS, Non-LoS, and Quasi-LoS Signal Propagation in Wireless Channels. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 71(3). 2682–2696. 2 indexed citations
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Peñarrocha, Vicent Miquel Rodrigo, et al.. (2021). Fading Evaluation in Standardized 5G Millimeter-Wave Band. IEEE Access. 9. 67268–67280. 13 indexed citations
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Peñarrocha, Vicent Miquel Rodrigo, et al.. (2019). Fading Evaluation in the mm-Wave Band. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 67(12). 8725–8738. 29 indexed citations
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Souza, Rausley A. A. de, et al.. (2018). Higher Order Statistics for the $\alpha - \eta - \kappa - \mu$ Fading Model. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 66(6). 3002–3016. 19 indexed citations
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Chun, Young Jin, et al.. (2018). On the Product of Two $\kappa$ –$\mu$ Random Variables and its Application to Double and Composite Fading Channels. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 17(4). 2457–2470. 60 indexed citations
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Fraidenraich, Gustavo, et al.. (2018). Optimal and Suboptimal Velocity Estimators for ArcSAR With Distributed Target. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 15(2). 252–256. 4 indexed citations
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Yacoub, Michel Daoud, et al.. (2015). Long Term Evolution. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Yacoub, Michel Daoud, et al.. (2015). Long Term Evolution: 4G and Beyond. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Yacoub, Michel Daoud & Gustavo Fraidenraich. (2012). 96.33 A solution to the quartic equation. The Mathematical Gazette. 96(536). 271–275. 10 indexed citations
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Dias, Ugo Silva, Michel Daoud Yacoub, & Daniel Benevides da Costa. (2008). The kappa-mu phase-envelope joint distribution.. 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Dias, Ugo Silva, et al.. (2006). On the Nakagami-m autocorrelation and power spectrum functions: Field trials and validation. 253–256. 4 indexed citations
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Yacoub, Michel Daoud, et al.. (2005). The Asymmetrical n-k Distribution. Journal of Communication and Information Systems. 20(3). 182–187. 3 indexed citations
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Filho, José Cândido Silveira Santos & Michel Daoud Yacoub. (2004). Nakagami- m approximation to the sum of M non-identical independent Nakagami- m variates. Electronics Letters. 40(15). 951–952. 83 indexed citations
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Yacoub, Michel Daoud, et al.. (2002). A generalized solution for diversity combining techniques in fading channels. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 50(1). 46–50. 15 indexed citations
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Guedes, Leonardo Guerra de Rezende & Michel Daoud Yacoub. (1997). Sobreposição entre Células com Restrição de Cobertura. 1(1). 10–29. 1 indexed citations
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Fauré, J., et al.. (1967). A propos de quelques lésions cardiqaues survenant dans les suites d'un traumatisme thoracique fermé.. 47(2).

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