Vikram Iyer

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Vikram Iyer is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Vikram Iyer has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Vikram Iyer's work include Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (15 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (6 papers) and Wireless Body Area Networks (5 papers). Vikram Iyer is often cited by papers focused on Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (15 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (6 papers) and Wireless Body Area Networks (5 papers). Vikram Iyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and United Kingdom. Vikram Iyer's co-authors include Shyamnath Gollakota, Rajalakshmi Nandakumar, Desney Tan, Bryce Kellogg, Joshua R. Smith, Vamsi Talla, Sawyer B. Fuller, Thomas L. Daniel, Justin Chan and Ali Najafi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Vikram Iyer

41 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vikram Iyer United States 16 706 277 246 234 198 46 1.4k
Jaime Valls Miró Australia 23 331 0.5× 398 1.4× 445 1.8× 118 0.5× 408 2.1× 140 1.8k
Yunfei Ma China 18 727 1.0× 187 0.7× 171 0.7× 43 0.2× 127 0.6× 66 1.2k
Mustafa Emre Karagozler United States 11 421 0.6× 571 2.1× 236 1.0× 781 3.3× 217 1.1× 17 1.5k
Xiangyu Xu China 17 468 0.7× 206 0.7× 65 0.3× 96 0.4× 130 0.7× 72 1.1k
Pat Pannuto United States 17 1.1k 1.6× 178 0.6× 152 0.6× 39 0.2× 118 0.6× 68 1.5k
Tomomasa Sato Japan 21 318 0.5× 439 1.6× 121 0.5× 182 0.8× 204 1.0× 173 1.4k
David C. Yates United Kingdom 22 1.8k 2.5× 430 1.6× 210 0.9× 39 0.2× 406 2.1× 89 2.4k
James M. Gilbert United Kingdom 15 403 0.6× 203 0.7× 40 0.2× 144 0.6× 323 1.6× 64 1.3k
P. M. Mendes Portugal 20 817 1.2× 728 2.6× 201 0.8× 69 0.3× 97 0.5× 176 1.6k
Dong Hwan Kim South Korea 23 465 0.7× 143 0.5× 176 0.7× 57 0.2× 248 1.3× 118 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Vikram Iyer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vikram Iyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vikram Iyer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vikram Iyer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vikram Iyer 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 Vikram Iyer. Vikram Iyer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhang, Zhihan, Gregory D. Abowd, Shwetak Patel, et al.. (2025). Living Sustainability: In-Context Interactive Environmental Impact Communication. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies. 9(3). 1–42. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Tong, et al.. (2025). Incorporating Sustainability in Electronics Design: Obstacles and Opportunities. 1–17. 1 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, Ishan, et al.. (2024). WatchLink: Enhancing Smartwatches with Sensor Add-Ons via ECG Interface. 1–13. 2 indexed citations
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Iyer, Vikram, et al.. (2024). Leveraging AI to Improve STEM Engagement for Black and Latine Youth. xxiii–xxiii.
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Morris, Margaret E., et al.. (2024). From Classification to Clinical Insights. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies. 8(2). 1–25. 14 indexed citations
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Iyer, Vikram, et al.. (2023). Thermal Earring. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies. 7(4). 1–28. 5 indexed citations
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Looney, Chris, et al.. (2023). Detection and description of four Vespa mandarinia (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) nests in western North America. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 96. 1–20. 11 indexed citations
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Aliseda, Alberto, et al.. (2023). Solar-powered shape-changing origami microfliers. Science Robotics. 8(82). eadg4276–eadg4276. 33 indexed citations
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Schulz, Adriana, et al.. (2023). Toward Sub-Gram Helicopters: Designing a Miniaturized Flybar for Passive Stability. 2701–2708. 2 indexed citations
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Iyer, Vikram, et al.. (2022). Wind dispersal of battery-free wireless devices. Nature. 603(7901). 427–433. 90 indexed citations
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Daepp, Madeleine I. G., Vaishnavi Ranganathan, Vikram Iyer, et al.. (2022). Eclipse: An End-to-End Platform for Low-Cost, Hyperlocal Environmental Sensing in Cities. 28–40. 22 indexed citations
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Iyer, Vikram, et al.. (2022). Bio-inspired source seeking and obstacle avoidance on a palm-sized drone. 282–289. 5 indexed citations
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Chan, Justin, et al.. (2021). Closed-loop wearable naloxone injector system. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 22663–22663. 21 indexed citations
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Iyer, Vikram, et al.. (2021). Toward battery-free flight: Duty cycled recharging of small drones. 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 5234–5241. 18 indexed citations
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Nandakumar, Rajalakshmi, Vikram Iyer, & Shyamnath Gollakota. (2021). 3D localization for subcentimeter-sized devices. Communications of the ACM. 64(3). 117–125. 1 indexed citations
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Iyer, Vikram, et al.. (2020). Wireless steerable vision for live insects and insect-scale robots. Science Robotics. 5(44). 76 indexed citations
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Iyer, Vikram, et al.. (2018). Wireless Analytics for 3D Printed Objects. 141–152. 9 indexed citations
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Iyer, Vikram, et al.. (2018). Liftoff of a 190 mg Laser-Powered Aerial Vehicle: The Lightest Wireless Robot to Fly. 3587–3594. 95 indexed citations
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Iyer, Vikram, Vamsi Talla, Bryce Kellogg, Joshua R. Smith, & Shyamnath Gollakota. (2017). Inter-Technology Backscatter. GetMobile Mobile Computing and Communications. 21(3). 35–38. 4 indexed citations

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