Ruud Vullers

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ruud Vullers is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruud Vullers has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 37 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 32 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ruud Vullers's work include Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (36 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (31 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (25 papers). Ruud Vullers is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (36 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (31 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (25 papers). Ruud Vullers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Ruud Vullers's co-authors include Hubregt J. Visser, Vladimir Leonov, Chris Van Hoof, R. van Schaijk, Inge Doms, R. Mertens, Julien Penders, Bernard Grundlehner, Vojkan Mihajlović and Tom Torfs and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Ruud Vullers

86 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Micropower energy harvesting

2009 662 citations Ruud Vullers, Chris Van Hoof et al. profile →
RF Energy Harvesting and Transport for Wireless Sensor Network Applications: Principles and Requirements

2013 453 citations Hubregt J. Visser, Ruud Vullers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruud Vullers Netherlands	25	1.7k	1.1k	932	818	331	88	3.0k
Tom Torfs Belgium	29	1.2k 0.7×	486 0.4×	1.7k 1.9×	373 0.5×	227 0.7×	91	2.9k
Vladimir Leonov Belgium	25	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	925 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	583 1.8×	81	2.4k
Weileun Fang Taiwan	33	2.8k 1.7×	582 0.5×	2.5k 2.7×	569 0.7×	118 0.4×	375	4.3k
P. L. Lewin United Kingdom	35	3.0k 1.8×	926 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	3.1k 3.7×	200 0.6×	442	5.5k
Yves Perriard Switzerland	25	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	185 0.2×	204 0.6×	328	3.4k
Eihab Abdel‐Rahman Canada	32	3.0k 1.8×	939 0.9×	1.7k 1.9×	707 0.9×	362 1.1×	220	5.3k
Aftab M. Hussain Saudi Arabia	22	1.1k 0.6×	402 0.4×	1.6k 1.8×	338 0.4×	107 0.3×	147	2.5k
Rong Zhu China	31	1.1k 0.6×	303 0.3×	2.2k 2.4×	374 0.5×	114 0.3×	135	3.5k
Nader Jalili United States	35	954 0.6×	623 0.6×	941 1.0×	745 0.9×	936 2.8×	226	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruud Vullers

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Altini, Marco, Julien Penders, Ruud Vullers, & Oliver Amft. (2014). Personalizing energy expenditure estimation using physiological signals normalization during activities of daily living. Physiological Measurement. 35(9). 1797–1811. 12 indexed citations

Penders, Julien, Ruud Vullers, Oliver Amft, & Mattia Altini. (2014). Automatic Heart Rate Normalization for Accurate Energy Expenditure Estimation. Methods of Information in Medicine. 53(5). 382–388. 8 indexed citations

Wu, Minxian, et al.. (2013). Electrodeposition of Bismuth Telluride Thermoelectric Films from Chloride-Free Ethylene Glycol Solutions. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 160(4). D196–D201. 18 indexed citations

Leonov, Vladimir, et al.. (2011). Micromachined Polycrystalline Si Thermopiles in a T-shirt. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

Pop, V., et al.. (2011). Human++: wireless autonomous sensor technology for body area networks. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference. 561–566. 12 indexed citations

Visser, Hubregt J. & Ruud Vullers. (2011). A miniature printed antenna with outer surface cable current suppression and low proximity effects. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 192(4). 1837–1841. 1 indexed citations

Leonov, Vladimir, J. Su, & Ruud Vullers. (2010). Calculated performance characteristics of micromachined thermopiles in wearable devices. 391–396. 1 indexed citations

Leonov, Vladimir, Paolo Fiorini, & Ruud Vullers. (2010). Theory and simulation of a thermally matched micromachined thermopile in a wearable energy harvester. Microelectronics Journal. 42(4). 579–584. 24 indexed citations

Visser, Hubregt J. & Ruud Vullers. (2010). Time efficient method for automated antenna design for wireless energy harvesting. TU/e Research Portal. 433–436. 4 indexed citations

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Leonov, Vladimir, Tom Torfs, Chris Van Hoof, & Ruud Vullers. (2009). Smart Wireless Sensors Integrated in Clothing: an Electrocardiography System in a Shirt Powered Using Human Body Heat. 107(8). 154–176. 34 indexed citations

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Huang, Li, Maryam Ashouei, Refet Fırat Yazıcıoğlu, et al.. (2009). Ultra-Low Power Sensor Design for Wireless Body Area Networks - Challenges, Potential Solutions, and Applications.. International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications. 3. 136–148. 23 indexed citations

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Leonov, Vladimir, Paolo Fiorini, Tom Torfs, Ruud Vullers, & Chris Van Hoof. (2009). Thermal matching of a thermoelectric energy harvester with the environment and its application in wearable self-powered wireless medical sensors. 95–100. 15 indexed citations

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Leonov, Vladimir, Refet Fırat Yazıcıoğlu, Tom Torfs, et al.. (2008). Wearable Battery-free Wireless 2-channel EEG Systems Powered by Energy Scavengers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25 indexed citations

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Hohlfeld, Dennis, Ruud Vullers, & Jo De Boeck. (2008). An electromagnetic energy harvester for low frequency excitation. 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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Leonov, Vladimir, B. Gyselinckx, Chris Van Hoof, et al.. (2008). Wearable self-powered wireless devices with thermoelectric energy scavengers. 1–8. 16 indexed citations

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Torfs, Tom, Vladimir Leonov, & Ruud Vullers. (2007). Pulse Oximeter Fully Powered by Human Body Heat. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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Vullers, Ruud, Vladimir Leonov, Tom Sterken, & Andreas Schmitz. (2006). Energy scavengers for wireless intelligent microsystems. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 10 indexed citations

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Kuiper, A. E. T., et al.. (2005). Cu-Si bilayers as storage medium in optical recording. Applied Physics Letters. 86(22). 14 indexed citations

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Hoyer, Marion, et al.. (2003). Flyable media for slider based ultra-high density optical recording. IEE Proceedings - Science Measurement and Technology. 150(5). 203–206. 7 indexed citations

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Ahlskog, M., Ruud Vullers, Chris Van Haesendonck, et al.. (1999). Ring formations from catalytically synthesized carbon nanotubes. Chemical Physics Letters. 300(1-2). 202–206. 78 indexed citations

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