OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Architecture and security of SCADA systems: A review	111
Looking back to look forward: Lessons learnt from cyber-attacks on Industrial Control Systems	65
Machine learning for intrusion detection in industrial control systems: Applications, challenges, and recommendations	61
Machine learning for cybersecurity in smart grids: A comprehensive review-based study on methods, solutions, and prospects	55
A hybrid deep learning model for discrimination of physical disturbance and cyber-attack detection in smart grid	41
FDI attack detection using extra trees algorithm and deep learning algorithm-autoencoder in smart grid	39
A multilayer perceptron model for anomaly detection in water treatment plants	34
End-User Privacy Protection Scheme from cyber intrusion in smart grid advanced metering infrastructure	31
Digital transformation of the maritime industry: A cybersecurity systemic approach	29
Developments and research directions in maritime cybersecurity: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	29
Cyber-attacks detection in industrial systems using artificial intelligence-driven methods	28
Vulnerabilities and countermeasures in electrical substations	27
An evaluation framework for industrial control system cyber incidents	25
Resilience analysis of interdependent critical infrastructure systems considering deep learning and network theory	24
An online real-time estimation tool of leakage parameters for hazardous liquid pipelines	24
Power systems resilience: Definition and taxonomy with a view towards metrics	24
A taxonomy of IoT firmware security and principal firmware analysis techniques	23
Vulnerability assessment of urban road traffic systems based on traffic flow	21
Fault-tolerant AI-driven Intrusion Detection System for the Internet of Things	21
Nodal vulnerability assessment of water distribution networks: An integrated Fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS approach	21
Adversarial attacks and mitigation for anomaly detectors of cyber-physical systems	20
APT attacks on industrial control systems: A tale of three incidents	20
Assessing the effects of link-repair sequences on road network resilience	19
A Systematic Literature Review on RAMS analysis for critical infrastructures protection	19
Vulnerability analysis of S7 PLCs: Manipulating the security mechanism	18

Risk assessment and mitigation for electric power sectors: A developing country's perspective	17
Adaptive anomaly detection system based on machine learning algorithms in an industrial control environment	17
Intelligent Intrusion Detection Scheme for Smart Power-Grid Using Optimized Ensemble Learning on Selected Features	16
A Cyber Incident Response and Recovery Framework to Support Operators of Industrial Control Systems	16
On the component resilience importance measures for infrastructure systems	15
Analysis and lessons identified on critical infrastructures and dependencies from an empirical data set	15
A review on effective alarm management systems for industrial process control: Barriers and opportunities	15
Protection of large-scale smart grids against false data injection cyberattacks leading to blackouts	14
Risk-averse bi-level stochastic network interdiction model for cyber-security risk management	14
A homogeneous ensemble based dynamic artificial neural network for solving the intrusion detection problem	14
Resilient backup controller placement in distributed SDN under critical targeted attacks	13
Securing SCADA and critical industrial systems: From needs to security mechanisms	12
Flood risk assessment and application of risk curves for design of mitigation strategies	12
Robustness of the Chinese power grid to cascading failures under attack and defense strategies	12
Exploring the concept of public-private partnership in building critical infrastructure resilience against unexpected events: A systematic review	11
Software-Defined Networking approaches for intrusion response in Industrial Control Systems: A survey	11
Cybersecurity Assessment Framework for Digital Interface Between Safety and Security at Nuclear Power Plants	11
IoT fusion based model predictive pid control approach for oil pipeline infrastructure	9
A hypothesis-driven framework for resilience analysis of public transport network under compound failure scenarios	9
Integrating data-driven and physics-based approaches to characterize failures of interdependent infrastructures	9
Threat Modelling of Cyber–Physical Systems Using an Applied π-Calcul	9
Security in Digital Aeronautical Communications A Comprehensive Gap Analysis	9
Unsupervised machine learning techniques to prevent faults in railroad switch machines	8
Russian-Ukraine armed conflict: Lessons learned on the digital ecosystem	8
ARTINALI#: An Efficient Intrusion Detection Technique for Resource-Constrained Cyber-Physical Systems	8
Impacts of 5G on cyber-physical risks for interdependent connected smart critical infrastructure systems	7
Launch of denial of service attacks on the modbus/TCP protocol and development of its protection mechanisms	7
Design of a coordinated cyber-physical attack in IoT based smart grid under limited intruder accessibility	7
Vulnerability analysis of urban road networks based on traffic situation	7
SCOPE: Secure Compiling of PLCs in Cyber-Physical Systems	6
Effect of adding physical links on the robustness of the Internet modeled as a physical–logical interdependent network using simple strategies	6
A multi-criteria model for the security assessment of large-infrastructure construction sites	6
Defensive cost–benefit analysis of smart grid digital functionalities	6
Optimal allocation of defensive resources to defend urban power networks against different types of attackers	6
A forensics and compliance auditing framework for critical infrastructure protection	6
VetaDetect: Vehicle tampering detection with closed-loop model ensemble	6
Load-altering attack detection on smart grid using functional observers	6
Industrial intrusion detection based on the behavior of rotating machine	6
Vulnerability analysis of critical infrastructure network	6
Machine learning applications in the resilience of interdependent critical infrastructure systems—A systematic literature review	6
A multi-criteria framework for critical infrastructure systems resilience	5
Evaluation on nuclear emergency response strategies in the Asia-Pacific region	5
An exploratory analysis of the last frontier: A systematic literature review of cybersecurity in space	5
A game-theoretic method to optimize allocation of defensive resource to protect urban water treatment plants against physical attacks	5
A two-stage stochastic multi-objective resilience optimization model for network expansion of interdependent power–water networks under disruption	5
A study on resilient and cost-based design in power distribution network against severe hurricane	5
Mitigation of the impact of disturbances in gas transmission systems	5
Identifying critical and vulnerable links: A new approach using the Fisher information matrix	5
Protocol study and anomaly detection for server-driven traffic in SCADA networks	5
SafeCI: Avoiding process anomalies in critical infrastructure	5

Attack-Defense game analysis of critical infrastructure network based on Cournot model with fixed operating nodes	5
Critical flow centrality measures on interdependent networks with time-varying demands	4
A management knowledge graph approach for critical infrastructure protection: Ontology design, information extraction and relation prediction	4
Rule-based anomaly detection for railway signalling networks	4
Network trace generation for flow-based IDS evaluation in control and automation systems	4
AKAASH: A realizable authentication, key agreement, and secure handover approach for controller-pilot data link communications	4
Cybersecurity professionals information sharing sources and networks in the U.S. electrical power industry	4
Physical layer protection for ADS-B against spoofing and jamming	4
Computer-aided security assessment of water networks monitoring platforms	4
The digital divide in state vulnerability to submarine communications cable failure	3
Bayesian games for the cybersecurity of nuclear power plants	3
Robustness analysis of electricity networks against failure or attack: The case of the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM)	3
ResNet50-1D-CNN: A new lightweight resNet50-One-dimensional convolution neural network transfer learning-based approach for improved intrusion detection in cyber-physical systems	3
A threat modeling language for generating attack graphs of substation automation systems	3
An assessment of frameworks for heterogeneous aircraft operations in low-altitude airspace	3
Chance-constrained vulnerability assessment of smart water distribution systems against stealthy false data injection attacks	2
Linear time invariant system fault isolation: A static compensation decoupling method	2
The drift of industrial control systems to pseudo security	2
A comparison of onshore oil and gas transmission pipeline incident statistics in Canada and the United States	2
Estimating the frequency of cyber threats to nuclear power plants based on operating experience analysis	2
SituRepair: Incorporating machine-learning fault class prediction to inform situational multiple fault automatic program repair	2
Changes in inoperability for interdependent industry sectors in Norway from 2012 to 2017	2
A flexible OT testbed for evaluating on-device implementations of IEC-61850 GOOSE	2
A novel cost-based optimization model for electric power distribution systems resilience improvement under dust storms	2
National and international maritime situational awareness model examples and the effects of North Stream Pipelines sabotage	2
A survey on safeguarding critical infrastructures: Attacks, AI security, and future directions	2