OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Network and Computer Applications is 55. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	294
Stackelberg game-based dynamic resource trading for network slicing in 5G networks	246
Terra: Low-latency and reliable event col	214
Cooperative-centrality enabled investigations on edge-based trustworthy framework for cloud focused internet of things	207
Unknown hostile environment-oriented autonomous WSN deployment using a mobile robot	199
A cooperative image object recognition framework and task offloading optimization in edge computing	176
Multi-agent reinforcement learning for privacy-aware distributed CNN in heterogeneous IoT surveillance systems	174
DC-PUF: Machine learning-resistant PUF-based authentication protocol using dependency chain for resource-constraint IoT devices	164
Efficient solutions to the placement and chaining problem of User Plane Functions in 5G networks	163
The universal federator: A third-party authentication solution to federated cloud, edge, and fog	150
SRP: An Efficient Runtime Protection Framework for Blockchain-based Smart Contracts	144
Analysis of cryptocurrency transactions from a network perspective: An overview	140
Editorial Board	120
Editorial Board	117
A Stochastic Computational Graph with Ensemble Learning Model for solving Controller Placement Problem in Software-Defined Wide Area Networks	108
Touch-based continuous mobile device authentication: State-of-the-art, challenges and opportunities	107
Energy-efficient virtual-machine mapping algorithm (EViMA) for workflow tasks with deadlines in a cloud environment	98
BRIP: Towards a privacy-preserving, trustworthy, and transparent ride-sharing system with semantic matching powered by blockchain and IPFS	97
SFTO-Guard: Real-time detection and mitigation system for slow-rate flow table overflow attacks	96
Intelligent energy management with IoT framework in smart cities using intelligent analysis: An application of machine learning methods for complex networks and systems	93
Open RAN security: Challenges and opportunities	92
Mobility-aware fog computing in dynamic networks with mobile nodes: A survey	90
Green grant-free power allocation for ultra-dense Internet of Things: A mean-field perspective	90
Service migration in multi-access edge computing: A joint state adaptation and reinforcement learning mechanism	89
Hardening of network segmentation using automated referential penetration testing	84

Two formal design solutions for the generalization of network segmentation	84
CRAMP: Clustering-based RANs association and MEC placement for delay-sensitive applications	79
Striking the perfect balance: Multi-objective optimization for minimizing deployment cost and maximizing coverage with Harmony Search	78
UAV assisted 5G and beyond wireless networks: A survey	77
Harnessing federated generative learning for green and sustainable Internet of Things	76
Holistic survey on energy aware routing techniques for IoT applications	76
NOMA and future 5G & B5G wireless networks: A paradigm	76
Community detection in complex network based on an improved random algorithm using local and global network information	75
Editorial Board	74
ALSketch: An adaptive learning-based sketch for accurate network measurement under dynamic traffic distribution	73
Reducing cold start delay in serverless computing using lightweight virtual machines	69
Online dynamic replication and placement algorithms for cost optimization of online social networks in two-tier multi-cloud	68
Editorial Board	64
OverShard: Scaling blockchain by full sharding with overlapping network and virtual accounts	64
Heterogeneous IoT/LTE ProSe virtual infrastructure for disaster situations	64
CE-VNE: Constraint escalation virtual network embedding algorithm assisted by graph convolutional networks	64
A systematic review on energy efficiency in the internet of underwater things (IoUT): Recent approaches and research gaps	62
Securing the Industrial Internet of Things against ransomware attacks: A comprehensive analysis of the emerging threat landscape and detection mechanisms	62
Exploring Blockchain-driven security in SDN-based IoT networks	62
Backscatter communication-based wireless sensing (BBWS): Performance enhancement and future applications	61
Caching or not: An online cost optimization algorithm for geodistributed data analysis in cloud environments	60
Efficient application mapping approach based on grey wolf optimization for network on chip	59
Label-aware learning to enhance unsupervised cross-domain rumor detection	59
Holistic resource management in UAV-assisted wireless networks: An optimization perspective	59
Computation offloading in mobile edge computing networks: A survey	58
Constrained routing in multi-partite graph to solve VNF placement and chaining problem	58
Blockchain for IoT-based smart cities: Recent advances, requirements, and future challenges	58
Attenuating majority attack class bias using hybrid deep learning based IDS framework	58
Editorial Board	56
A survey on data plane programming with P4: Fundamentals, advances, and applied research	56
Editorial Board	55
FlexMon: A flexible and fine-grained traffic monitor for programmable networks	55
Editorial Board	55