Journal of Network and Computer Applications

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
Green grant-free power allocation for ultra-dense Internet of Things: A mean-field perspective	90
Mobility-aware fog computing in dynamic networks with mobile nodes: A survey	90
Service migration in multi-access edge computing: A joint state adaptation and reinforcement learning mechanism	89
Two formal design solutions for the generalization of network segmentation	84

Hardening of network segmentation using automated referential penetration testing	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
Holistic survey on energy aware routing techniques for IoT applications	76
NOMA and future 5G & B5G wireless networks: A paradigm	76
Harnessing federated generative learning for green and sustainable Internet of Things	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
Heterogeneous IoT/LTE ProSe virtual infrastructure for disaster situations	64
CE-VNE: Constraint escalation virtual network embedding algorithm assisted by graph convolutional networks	64
Editorial Board	64
OverShard: Scaling blockchain by full sharding with overlapping network and virtual accounts	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
Label-aware learning to enhance unsupervised cross-domain rumor detection	59
Holistic resource management in UAV-assisted wireless networks: An optimization perspective	59
Efficient application mapping approach based on grey wolf optimization for network on chip	59
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
Computation offloading in mobile edge computing networks: A survey	58
A survey on data plane programming with P4: Fundamentals, advances, and applied research	56
Editorial Board	56
FlexMon: A flexible and fine-grained traffic monitor for programmable networks	55
Editorial Board	55
Editorial Board	55
A dynamic state sharding blockchain architecture for scalable and secure crowdsourcing systems	54
AntCom: An effective and efficient anti-tracking system with dynamic and asymmetric communication channel	53
Knowledge reuse in edge computing environments	53
Device and network driven cellular networks architecture and mobility management technique for fog computing-based mobile communication system	53
TRAQR: Trust aware End-to-End QoS routing in multi-domain SDN using Blockchain	51
AI for AI-based intrusion detection as a service: Reinforcement learning to configure models, tasks, and capacities	50
Fatriot: Fault-tolerant MEC architecture for mission-critical systems using a SmartNIC	50
Deep Reinforcement Learning based reliable spectrum sensing under SSDF attacks in Cognitive Radio networks	49
Data reconstruction applications for IoT air pollution sensor networks using graph signal processing	48
A comprehensive survey on reinforcement-learning-based computation offloading techniques in Edge Computing Systems	47
A state lossless scheduling strategy in distributed stream computing systems	46
Socially-aware and energy-efficient resource allocation and power control for D2D multicast content distribution	46
Optimizing the quality of information of networked machine learning agents	45
Editorial Board	45
Editorial Board	42
Fog radio access network optimization for 5G leveraging user mobility and traffic data	41
An online service provisioning strategy for container-based cloud brokers	41

An online bi-objective scheduling algorithm for service provisioning in cloud computing	41
Proactive fault-tolerant wireless mesh networks for mission-critical control systems	39
Network Coding-based Resilient Routing for Maintaining Data Security and Availability in Software-Defined Networks	38
ELA-RCP: An energy-efficient and load balanced algorithm for reliable controller placement in software-defined networks	38
Attacks and defenses in user authentication systems: A survey	38
RVC: A reputation and voting based blockchain consensus mechanism for edge computing-enabled IoT systems	37
A bargain game theory assisted interest packet forwarding strategy for information centric network	36
Comprehensive review on congestion detection, alleviation, and control for IoT networks	36
A review of graph-powered data quality applications for IoT monitoring sensor networks	35
Efficient privacy-preserving ML for IoT: Cluster-based split federated learning scheme for non-IID data	35
Quality-aware multi-task allocation based on location importance in mobile crowdsensing	35
Survey of prominent blockchain development platforms	35
A lightweight SEL for attack detection in IoT/IIoT networks	34
EBDL: Effective blockchain-based covert storage channel with dynamic labels	33
Towards DDoS detection mechanisms in Software-Defined Networking	32
Towards blockchain-IoT based shared mobility: Car-sharing and leasing as a case study	31
A systematic review of blockchain scalability: Issues, solutions, analysis and future research	31
Intelligent aerial video streaming: Achievements and challenges	30
Enhancement of cellular networks via an improved clustering technique with D2D communication for mission-critical applications	30
A novel secure and distributed architecture for privacy-preserving healthcare system	29
Privacy protection among three antithetic-parties for context-aware services	29
Broadcast/multicast delivery integration in B5G/6G environments	29
RICH: Strategy-proof and efficient coflow scheduling in non-cooperative environments	28
Design, implementation, and performance evaluation of an earliest-deadline-first packet scheduling scheme in P4 hardware switches	28
Skin lesion classification using modified deep and multi-directional invariant handcrafted features	28
Firm social management system for supporting IoT users in application environment	28
Editorial Board	27
Controller load optimization strategies in Software-Defined Networking: A survey	27
DQN-based intelligent controller for multiple edge domains	27
Editorial Board	27
A comprehensive plane-wise review of DDoS attacks in SDN: Leveraging detection and mitigation through machine learning and deep learning	26
An efficient and lightweight identity-based scheme for secure communication in clustered wireless sensor networks	25
CPS: Cross-interface network Partitioning and Scheduling towards QoS-aware data flow delivery in multimedia IoT	25
Reinforcement learning-based dynamic routing using mobile sink for data collection in WSNs and IoT applications	25
A survey on security issues in IoT operating systems	25
Light up that Droid! On the effectiveness of static analysis features against app obfuscation for Android malware detection	24
Data transmission reduction using prediction and aggregation techniques in IoT-based wireless sensor networks	24
Node cooperation for workload offloading in a fog computing network via multi-objective optimization	24
MUSE: MUlti-lead Sub-beat ECG for remote AI based atrial fibrillation detection	24
AI-enhanced blockchain technology: A review of advancements and opportunities	24
Multipoint communication using a fog-robotic coordinated nodal conveying system for wireless networks	24
Unfolding the blockchain era: Timeline, evolution, types and real-world applications	24
Recent advances in energy management for Green-IoT: An up-to-date and comprehensive survey	24
Editorial Board	23
Distributed enhanced multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition for cluster analysis in wireless sensor network	23
Neglected infrastructures for 6G—Underwater communications: How mature are they?	23
End-to-end active queue management with Named-Data Networking	23
TridentShell: An enhanced covert and scalable backdoor injection attack on web applications	23
Learned Bloom-filter for the efficient name lookup in Information-Centric Networking	23
A robust authentication scheme for remote diagnosis and maintenance in 5G V2N	23
Editorial Board	22
Efficient congestion control scheme based on caching strategy in NDN	22
DIMY: Enabling privacy-preserving contact tracing	22
Evolving techniques in cyber threat hunting: A systematic review	22
A Contextual Multi-Armed Bandit approach for NDN forwarding	21
An open-source implementation and validation of 5G NR configured grant for URLLC in ns-3 5G LENA: A scheduling case study in industry 4.0 scenarios	21
Synchronizing real-time and high-precision LDoS defense of learning model-based in AIoT with programmable data plane, SDN	21
Preemptive admission control mechanism for strict QoS guarantee to life-saving emergency traffic in wireless LANs	21
Security and privacy of industrial big data: Motivation, opportunities, and challenges	21
USAGE : Uncertain flow graph and spatio-temporal graph convolutional network-based saturation attack detection method	21
A cost aware topology formation scheme for latency sensitive applications in edge infrastructure-as-a-service paradigm	21
SSBM: A spatially separated boxes-based multi-tab website fingerprinting model	21
Lurking in the shadows: Unsupervised decoding of beaconing communication for enhanced cyber threat hunting	20
Review of healthcare industry 4.0 application-based blockchain in terms of security and privacy development attributes: Comprehensive taxonomy, open issues and challenges and recommended solution	20
REPS-AKA3: A secure authentication and re- authentication protocol for LTE networks	20
TD-RA policy-enforcement framework for an SDN-based IoT architecture	20
The convergence of Digital Twins and Distributed Ledger Technologies: A systematic literature review and an architectural proposal	20
Hierarchical community discovery for multi-stage IP bearer network upgradation	20
Towards defining industry 5.0 vision with intelligent and softwarized wireless network architectures and services: A survey	19
A survey of privacy-preserving offloading methods in mobile-edge computing	19
On challenges of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks: A comprehensive survey of requirements, applications, and security issues	19
Anomalous state detection in radio access networks: A proof-of-concept	19
Blockchain for unmanned underwater drones: Research issues, challenges, trends and future directions	19
Mobile cloud computing models security issues: A systematic review	19
Task offloading paradigm in mobile edge computing-current issues, adopted approaches, and future directions	19
Bidirectional utilization of blockchain and privacy computing: Issues, progress, and challenges	19
5G/6G-enabled metaverse technologies: Taxonomy, applications, and open security challenges with future research directions	19
A survey of longitudinal changes in cellular network architecture: The good, the bad, and the ugly	19
Living on the edge: A survey of Digital Twin-Assisted Task Offloading in safety-critical environments	19
A progressive learning method on unknown protocol behaviors	19

Exploiting web content semantic features to detect web robots from weblogs	19
A service function chain mapping scheme based on functional aggregation in space-air-ground integrated networks	18
Deep Neural Networks meet computation offloading in mobile edge networks: Applications, taxonomy, and open issues	18
Multi-Batches Revenue Maximization for competitive products over online social network	18
A survey of consensus algorithms in public blockchain systems for crypto-currencies	18
Exploring an edge convolution and normalization based approach for link prediction in complex networks	18
Dynamic resource management in integrated NOMA terrestrial–satellite networks using multi-agent reinforcement learning	18
Enhanced multi-objective gorilla troops optimizer for real-time multi-user dependent tasks offloading in edge-cloud computing	18
A deep density based and self-determining clustering approach to label unknown traffic	17
Low load DIDS task scheduling based on Q-learning in edge computing environment	17
A systematic review of federated learning: Challenges, aggregation methods, and development tools	17
MATE: A multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for Traffic Engineering in Hybrid Software Defined Networks	17
Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for smart agriculture: A review of architectures, technologies and solutions	17
PMP: A partition-match parallel mechanism for DNN inference acceleration in cloud–edge collaborative environments	16
Multi-UAV aided energy-aware transmissions in mmWave communication network: Action-branching QMIX network	16
Editorial Board	16
Early Prevention and Mitigation of Link Flooding Attacks in Software Defined Networks	16
A survey on essential challenges in relay-aided D2D communication for next-generation cellular networks	16
Community Detection method based on Random walk and Multi objective Evolutionary algorithm in complex networks	16