OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of IT Professional is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
IT Risk and Resilience—Cybersecurity Response to COVID-19	48
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Agriculture	44
Toward a Quantum Software Engineering	43
Intrusion Detection System Through Advance Machine Learning for the Internet of Things Networks	42
Deep Learning-Based COVID-19 Detection Using CT and X-Ray Images: Current Analytics and Comparisons	41
The Evolution of Nonfungible Tokens: Complexity and Novelty of NFT Use-Cases	37
Web 3.0 and the Metaverse Shaping Organizations’ Brand and Product Strategies	36
Digital Twins: Properties, Software Frameworks, and Application Scenarios	32
Taking on the “Dark Side”––Coping With Technostress	30
A Machine-Learning-Based Approach for Autonomous IoT Security	29
To Trust or Not-Trust: Privacy Issues With Voice Assistants	28
Real-Time Diagnosis System of COVID-19 Using X-Ray Images and Deep Learning	27
Drought Stress Detection Using Low-Cost Computer Vision Systems and Machine Learning Techniques	26
Fake News and Misinformation During the Pandemic: What We Know and What We Do Not Know	25
“All Around Me Are Synthetic Faces”: The Mad World of AI-Generated Media	25
Scarcity and Global Insecurity: The Semiconductor Shortage	24
A QoS-Aware Technique for Computation Offloading in IoT-Edge Platforms Using a Convolutional Neural Network and Markov Decision Process	23
Scaling Up Agricultural Research With Artificial Intelligence	23
Healthcare Insurance Frauds: Taxonomy and Blockchain-Based Detection Framework (Block-HI)	22
Policy, Ethical, Social, and Environmental Considerations of Web3 and the Metaverse	19
Remote Sensing: Advancing the Science and the Applications to Transform Agriculture	19
Simulation-Based Training via a “Readymade” Virtual World Platform: Teaching and Learning With Minecraft Education	17
A Review of Artificial Intelligence's Neural Networks (Deep Learning) Applications in Medical Diagnosis and Prediction	16
Enterprise API Security and GDPR Compliance: Design and Implementation Perspective	16
Artificial Intelligence in Developing Countries	16

Building Digital Twins of Cyber Physical Systems With Metaverse for Industry 5.0 and Beyond	15
Cyber Physical Systems and IoT: Architectural Practices, Interoperability, and Transformation	13
Economics of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity	13
The Metaverse and Higher Education Institutions	13
Bridging K–12 Mathematics and Computational Thinking in the Scratch Community: Implications Drawn From a Creative Learning Context	13
Defining Quality of Experience for the Internet of Things	12
Harnessing AI to Transform Agriculture and Inform Agricultural Research	11
Towards Explainability in Machine Learning: The Formal Methods Way	11
COVID-19 Detection Using Integration of Deep Learning Classifiers and Contrast-Enhanced Canny Edge Detected X-Ray Images	11
A Transparent and Traceable Coverage Analysis Model for Vaccine Supply-Chain Using Blockchain Technology	11
The 5G Revolution: Expectations Versus Reality	11
The Hard Truth About Soft Digital Transformation	11
Smart Cities in China: A Brief Overview	10
Digital Scent Technology: Toward the Internet of Senses and the Metaverse	10
Metaverse and Developing Economies	10
Intelligent Traffic Signal Automation Based on Computer Vision Techniques Using Deep Learning	10
A Three-Pronged View on Organizational Agility	10
COVID-19 Fake News Detection Using Ensemble-Based Deep Learning Model	10
Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts to Provide Crop Insurance for Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries	10
Educating Minoritized Students in the United States During COVID-19: How Technology Can be Both the Problem and the Solution	10
The Economics of the Industrial Metaverse	10
Life, IoT, and the Pursuit of Happiness	10
A Novel Framework for Smart Systems Using Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Things	9
Ransomware as a Business (RaaB)	9
Innovation, Emerging Technology, and Digital Transformation	8
Software, Sustainability, and UN Sustainable Development Goals	8
DeepStore: Understanding Customer Behaviors in Unmanned Stores	8
Knowledge-Enhanced Relation Extraction for Chinese EMRs	8
Docker Swarm and Kubernetes Containers for Smart Home Gateway	8
Elastic Resilience for Software-Defined Satellite Networking: Challenges, Solutions, and Open Issues	8
Enhancing Artificial Intelligence Decision Making Frameworks to Support Leadership During Business Disruptions	8
Toward the Bleaching of the Black Boxes: Minimalist Machine Learning	7
Hello Quantum! How Quantum Computing Will Change the World	7
Technology-Enhanced Educational Escape Rooms: A Road Map	7
Virtual Dimension—A Primer to Metaverse	7
ChatGPT in Developing Economies	7
Cybercrime and Privacy Threats of Large Language Models	7
On the Use of Blockchain Technology for Education During Pandemics	7
Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grid Intrusion Detection Systems	6
DeFakePro: Decentralized Deepfake Attacks Detection Using ENF Authentication	6
Trusted Platform Module-Based Privacy in the Public Cloud: Challenges and Future Perspective	6
AI Down on the Farm	6
International Comparative Studies on the Software Testing Profession	6
AI Recommender System With ML for Agricultural Research	6
Data Labeling for the Artificial Intelligence Industry: Economic Impacts in Developing Countries	5
Financial Technology in Latin America	5
Strategic Prototyping Technology Adoption in Startups: Framework, Challenges, and Opportunities	5
Security Issues With Functions as a Service	5
Improved Generalization for Secure Personal Data Publishing Using Deviation	5
Alleviating Challenges Related to FDA-Approved Medical Wearables Using Blockchain Technology	5

Misinformation Detection on Social Media: Challenges and the Road Ahead	5
Aerial Data Aiding Smart Societal Reformation: Current Applications and Path Ahead	5
Application of Cognitive Computing for Smart Crowd Management	5
Low-Code, No-Code, What's Under the Hood?	5
Determining Reliable and Precise Execution Time Bounds of Real-Time Software	5
Bitcoin's Adoption as Legal Tender: A Tale of Two Developing Countries	4
A Practical Anonymization Approach for Imbalanced Datasets	4
Masterminds of Deep Learning	4
Evaluating the Effect of Human Factors on Big Data Analytics and Cloud of Things Adoption in the Manufacturing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises	4
Machine Learning in the Assessment of Meat Quality	4
Software Development Process Assessment With MMIS v.2, an ISO/IEC 33000-Based Model	4
Smart Waste Management Using Blockchain	4
Bug, Fault, Error, or Weakness: Demystifying Software Security Vulnerabilities	4
On the Generation of E-Learning Resources Using Business Process, Natural Language Processing, and Web Services	4
Generalized Deepfake Video Detection Through Time-Distribution and Metric Learning	4
Sensing-Based Analytics in Education: The Rise of Multimodal Data Enabled Learning Systems	4
Deep Fake Generation and Detection: Issues, Challenges, and Solutions	4
Formal Methods Boost Experimental Performance for Explainable AI	4
Benefit From the Internet of Things Right Now by Accessing Dark Data	4
Mobile Testing: New Challenges and Perceived Difficulties From Developers of the Italian Industry	4
Economics of the Internet of Things in Sub-Saharan Africa	3
Quality-Based Ranking of Translation Outputs	3
Global Requirement Engineering Through Secondary Market Research: Lessons From Real Consulting Projects	3
Resiliency by Retrograded Communication-the Revival of Shortwave as a Military Communication Channel	3
Economics of Supply Chain Cyberattacks	3
How Machine Learning May Prevent the Breakdown of Democracy by Contributing to Fake News Detection	3
A Pilot Study on Online-Education Supportive Tools in COVID-19 Context	3
Modernizing Legacy Software as Context—Sensitive and Portable Mobile-Enabled Application	3
Smart Contracts in the Global South	3
What If Ethics Got in the Way of Generative AI?	3
A Supervised-Learning-Based Garbage Collection in Solid-State Drives (SSDs)	3
Multimodal AI to Improve Agriculture	3
Predictive Maintenance for Infrastructure Asset Management	3
Investigate Financial Crime Patterns Using Graph Databases	3
Evolutionary Consideration on User Authentication: Security, Privacy, and Safety	3
Power and Performance Efficient SDN-Enabled Fog Architecture	3
The AI-Cybersecurity Nexus: The Good and the Evil	3
Lessons Learned From Applying the NIST Privacy Framework	3
Blockchain: A Privacy Centered Standard for Corporate Compliance	3
Collaboration of Digital Twins Through Linked Open Data: Architecture With FIWARE as Enabling Technology	3
Open Source Software as the Main Driver for Evolving Software Systems Toward a Distributed and Performant E-Commerce Platform: A Zalando Fashion Store Case Study	3
Utilizing Computational Complexity to Protect Cryptocurrency Against Quantum Threats: A Review	2
The Knowledge Graph as an Ontological Framework	2
The Duality of Data and Knowledge Across the Three Waves of AI	2
Topic Modeling Based on Two-Step Flow Theory: Application to Tweets about Bitcoin	2
A Process Model for Service-Oriented Development of Embedded Software Systems	2
Executive Education for C-Suiters	2
Assessing Prehospital Seismic Resilience: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach	2
Mitigating Disinformation and Building Trust in Social Media	2
IT Governance in a DevOps World	2
Low-Latency Intrusion Detection Using a Deep Neural Network	2
Resilience and Elasticity for Continuous Service-Based Processes in Pandemic Ages	2
Low-Code Versus Code-Based Software Development: Which Wins the Productivity Game?	2
Process Design to Use Amazon MTurk for Cognitively Complex Tasks	2
Standards for Cloud Risk Assessments—What's Missing?	2
SpoofCatch: A Client-Side Protection Tool Against Phishing Attacks	2
Learning Lessons From the Scrum Adoption in the Brazilian Air Force	2
Metaverse or Metaworst with Cybersecurity Attacks	2
Online Feedback Management Tools for Early-Stage Startups: Hidden Treasures in the Rocky Mountains	2
Implementing Behavioral Biometrics With TRUST	2
Connecting Dots Between Entrepreneurs, Research Publishers, and Software Engineering Researchers: An Outcome of Mixed Methods Empirical Research	2
Quantum Pliers Cutting the Blockchain	2
Adversarial Attacks and Defenses for Deployed AI Models	2
Questions CEOs Should Ask About Digital Technology Meeting #1: “Tell Me How Technology Works Around Here?”	2
Resilience in Smart City Applications: Faults, Failures, and Solutions	2
Smart Contracts: Some Practical Considerations	2
Reversible Computing in Debugging of Erlang Programs	2
SAME: The Design Space for Seamless Automotive Multimodal Experience	2
Heartbleed Revisited: Is it Just a Buffer Over-Read?	2
The IT Challenges in Disaster Relief: What We Learned From Hurricane Harvey	2
Active Behavior Mining for Digital Twins Extraction	2
75 Years of Astonishing Evolution of IT: 1946–2021	2
Reversible Execution for Robustness in Embodied AI and Industrial Robots	2
I³City: An Interoperated, Intelligent, and Integrated Platform for Smart City Ecosystem	2
A Critical Review of Open Source Software Development: Freedom or Benefit Libertarian View Versus Corporate View	2
Detecting Drift in Deep Learning: A Methodology Primer	2
Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence: Advancing Healthcare Provision in Latin America	2