Professor Rappaport is listed among “Highly-Cited”
August 29, 2005
Professor Theodore Rappaport, Director of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group, ECE faculty member, as well as the William and Bettye Nowlin Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, has been included among the most highly cited researchers in his field, according to the Institute for Scientific Information. According to their website, “ISIHighlyCited.com reveals…the people behind the accomplishments in 21 broad subject categories in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, engineering and social sciences. These individuals are the most highly cited within each category for the period 1981-1999, and comprise less than one-half of one percent of all publishing researchers--truly an extraordinary accomplishment.”
“It is gratifying to know,” said Rappaport, “that my students and I have been able to help build the knowledge base for today's wireless industry. Even more exciting is the fact that as we learn more about wireless, the advances of semiconductor and computer technologies promise to enable truly ubiquitous, massively broadband tetherless connections.”
“Being acknowledged by Thomson-ISI® as a Highly Cited Researcher,” the website also states, “means that an individual is among the 250 most cited researchers for their published articles within a specific time-period. Citation is a direct measure of influence on the literature of a subject, and it is also a strong indicator of scientific contribution, since it is derived from pattern of interaction among millions of published articles. When one researcher cites another’s work, he/she is acknowledging the relevance of that work to the current study. The interaction is both highly specific, and highly informed; it is a statement by an author of the scholarly relatedness of two works.”
About WNCG
The Wireless Networking & Communications Group (WNCG) is a research center within the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin focused on the development of research and educational materials in fundamental areas of wireless networking. WNCG is sponsored by an active group of Industrial Affiliates, including ADC, Dell, Ericsson, Freescale, National Instruments, Nortel, SBC, SigmaTel, Texas Instruments, Time Warner Cable, and the U.S. Department of Defense. More information about WNCG is available at www.wncg.org
