Swarun Kumar

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Swarun Kumar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Swarun Kumar has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 28 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Swarun Kumar's work include Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (26 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (19 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (15 papers). Swarun Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (26 papers), Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (19 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (15 papers). Swarun Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Swarun Kumar's co-authors include Dina Katabi, Deepak Vasisht, Stephanie Gil, Daniela Rus, Hariharan Rahul, Li Erran Li, Akshay Gadre, Anthony Rowe, Diana Zhang and Shyamnath Gollakota and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Swarun Kumar

105 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Decimeter-level localization with a single WiFi access point 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400
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. Decimeter-level localization with a single WiFi access point
    2016 496 citations Deepak Vasisht, Swarun Kumar et al. Networked Systems Design and Implementation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Swarun Kumar United States 31 2.5k 1.2k 459 454 441 115 3.3k
Chenren Xu China 27 1.6k 0.7× 950 0.8× 309 0.7× 271 0.6× 536 1.2× 115 2.8k
Dimitrios Koutsonikolas United States 29 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.4× 426 0.9× 350 0.8× 367 0.8× 128 3.1k
Weixiao Meng China 32 2.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 888 1.9× 255 0.6× 200 0.5× 264 3.5k
Mu Zhou China 29 1.9k 0.8× 672 0.5× 906 2.0× 519 1.1× 581 1.3× 249 3.3k
Xiaohua Tian China 28 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 202 0.4× 334 0.7× 288 0.7× 215 2.9k
Parth H. Pathak United States 21 2.1k 0.8× 685 0.5× 229 0.5× 170 0.4× 468 1.1× 74 3.2k
Dinesh Bharadia United States 26 6.1k 2.4× 1.9k 1.5× 1.9k 4.2× 711 1.6× 604 1.4× 102 6.6k
Paolo Carbone Italy 30 2.1k 0.8× 533 0.4× 522 1.1× 413 0.9× 180 0.4× 250 3.2k
Yi Fang China 31 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 386 0.8× 146 0.3× 114 0.3× 206 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Swarun Kumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Swarun Kumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Swarun Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Swarun Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Swarun Kumar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Swarun Kumar. Swarun Kumar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Song, Yiwen, et al.. (2025). Frequency-selective actuation of liquid crystalline elastomer actuators with radio-frequency. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7292–7292. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Jason H., et al.. (2025). Can we make FCC Experts out of LLMs?. 85–90.
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Kumar, Swarun, et al.. (2024). RFID-Enabled Smart Shopping Cart for Enhancing Shopping Efficiency and Preventing Theft. 485–490. 2 indexed citations
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Vogt, Daniel M., et al.. (2024). Reinforcement learning–based framework for whale rendezvous via autonomous sensing robots. Science Robotics. 9(95). eadn7299–eadn7299. 2 indexed citations
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Alipour, Mohamad, et al.. (2023). Platypus: Sub-mm Micro-Displacement Sensing with Passive Millimeter-wave Tags As "Phase Carriers". 136–148. 4 indexed citations
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Herbert, Robert, Piotr Mocny, Yuqi Zhao, et al.. (2023). Thermo‐Mechanically Stable, Liquid Metal Embedded Soft Materials for High‐Temperature Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(31). 12 indexed citations
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Kumar, Swarun, et al.. (2023). Optimizing word sense disambiguation for Hindi language using extended Lesk and conceptual density. IET conference proceedings.. 2023(5). 216–219. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Diana, et al.. (2022). A wireless signal-based sensing framework for robotics. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 41(11-12). 955–992. 7 indexed citations
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Kumar, Swarun, et al.. (2022). Design of Class F Power Amplifier for 433 MHz. International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology. 11(6). 154–163.
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Sun, Yuyi, Swarun Kumar, Shibo He, Jiming Chen, & Zhiguo Shi. (2020). You Foot the Bill! Attacking NFC With Passive Relays. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 8(2). 1197–1210. 8 indexed citations
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Gadre, Akshay, et al.. (2020). Frequency Configuration for {Low-Power} {Wide-Area} Networks in a Heartbeat. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 339–352. 32 indexed citations
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Gadre, Akshay & Swarun Kumar. (2020). Designing an ML-Friendly Wireless Physical Layer for Low-Power IoT. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Swarun, et al.. (2020). Optimization of Diesel Engine Performance by Taguchi Grey Relational Analysis using Fuel Blends. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE). 8(6). 4221–4230. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jingxian, Junbo Zhang, Rajarshi Saha, Haojian Jin, & Swarun Kumar. (2019). Pushing the Range Limits of Commercial Passive RFIDs. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 301–316. 29 indexed citations
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Gadre, Akshay, et al.. (2018). Poster: Maintaining UAV Stability using Low-Power WANs.. 738–740. 1 indexed citations
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Vasisht, Deepak, Swarun Kumar, & Dina Katabi. (2016). Decimeter-level localization with a single WiFi access point. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 165–178. 496 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kumar, Swarun, Benjamin S. Williams, Stephen Kohen, Qing Hu, & John L. Reno. (2004). High temperature continuous-wave operation of terahertz quantum cascade lasers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Benjamin S., Hans Callebaut, Swarun Kumar, Q. Hu, & John L. Reno. (2003). Terahertz quantum cascade laser based on LO-phonon-scattering assisted depopulation. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations

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